Samsung ML-3470 manual Supported operating systems, Via network administration programs

4 Network setup(ML-3471ND only)

This chapter gives you step-by-step instructions for setting up your printer for network connections.

This chapter includes:

•Introduction

•Supported operating systems

•Configuring TCP/IP

•Using SetIP program

•Configuring EtherTalk

•Setting Ethernet speed

•Restoring the network configuration

•Printing a network configuration page

Introduction

Once you have connected your printer to a network with an RJ-45 Ethernet cable, you can share the printer with other network users.

You need to set up the network protocols on the printer to use it as your network printer. Protocols can be set up by the following two methods:

Via network administration programs

You can configure your printer’s print server settings and manage the printer via the following programs that came with your printer:

•SyncThru™ Web Admin Service: Web-based printer management solution for network administrators. SyncThru™ Web Admin Service provides you with an efficient way of manageing network devices and lets you remotely monitor and troubleshoot network machines from any sith with corporate internet access. Download this program from http://solution.samsungprinter.com.

•SyncThru™ Web Service: A web server embedded to your network print server, which allows you to configure the network parameters necessary for the printer to connect to various network environments.

•SetIP: Utility program allowing you to select a network interface and manually configure the IP addresses for use with the TCP/IP protocol. See Using SetIP program on page 4.2.

Via the control panel

You can set up the following basic network parameters through the printer’s control panel:

•Configure TCP/IP

•Configure EtherTalk

Supported operating systems

The following table shows the network environments supported by the printer:

Item		Requirements
Network interface	•	10/100 Base-TX
	•	IEEE 802.11 b/g Wireless LAN (optional)
Network operating	•	Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista
system	•	Various Linux OS
	•	Macintosh OS 8.6 ~ 9.2 and 10.1 ~ 10.5
Network protocols	•	TCP/IP on Windows
	•	EtherTalk
Dynamic addressing	• DHCP, BOOTP
server

•TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

•DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

•BOOTP: Bootstrap Protocol

4.1 <Network setup(ML-3471ND only)>