1 Getting startedIntroduction

The Network Printer Card allows you to connect your printer directly to a network to share the printer among multiple users. The printer functions as a network print server supporting various network environments, such as Windows 2000/XP/Vista, Windows Server 2003, and Macintosh 8.6 or higher.

This guide explains how to connect the Network Printer Card and set up your printer as a print sever over the network.

This guide assumes that you have:

•A good working knowledge of your network utilities

•A supported network operating system

•A fully operational computer system

•Access to the supervisor account as a network administrator, or access to an account that has supervisor and print server operator privileges

Supported network environments

Administrators and users can configure, and use printers on the following supported network operating systems:

 

Operating

Network

Printing

Action

 

system

environment

protocol

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows

2000, XP, Vista,

TCP/IP,

See Chapter 3,

 

 

Server 2003

EtherTalk,

“Print Driver

 

 

 

SNMP,

Installation for

 

 

 

HTTP 1.1

Networked

 

 

 

 

Printers.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Macintosh

Macintosh 8.6 ~

TCP/IP,

See Chapter 5,

 

 

9.2, 10.1 ~ 10.5,

EtherTalk,

“EtherTalk

 

 

or higher

SNMP,

environment.”

 

 

 

HTTP 1.1,

 

 

 

 

Bonjour

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: Your printer may not support all of the listed computing environments (operating systems). Therefore, check the network environment your printer supports in the user's guide that came with the printer.

1.1

Getting started

Network Printer Card

System requirements

The following hardware is required to configure your printer for network applications.

Computer

 

Requirements

 

 

 

IBM -

•

80486 CPU or higher

compatible PC

•

Minimum of 16 MB of RAM

 

•

2 MB of free disk space

 

 

 

Macintosh

•

PowerPC 68020 or higher

 

•

Minimum of 8 MB of RAM

 

•

2 MB of free disk space

 

 

 

Connecting your Network Printer Card

1Use a twisted pair cable with an RJ-45 connector to connect the printer to your network.

Once a connection is established between the wired network printer card and your network, the link LEDs on the card light.

Link LED: Lights when the printer card is connected to the network.

Activity LED: Blinks when data packets are being transferred.

2Set up your printer's IP address. See “IP address setup” on page 2.2.