BModifying Printer Operations
Setting the printer’s EtherTalk zone
A zone is a logical grouping of networked devices, such as an engineering or marketing zone. Ask your network administrator which zone your printer should be in.
Since a network needs to be able to uniquely identify any device, you must make sure the zone on EtherTalk is different from the zone on LocalTalk. If you make the EtherTalk zone the same as the LocalTalk zone, the printer automatically makes the name seen on the LocalTalk network different from the name seen on the EtherTalk network. For example, the default printer name Phaser 240 would be changed to Phaser 240 (via LocalTalk). This automatic renaming keeps the printer operational regardless of zone or name conflicts and lets you distinguish the
Use the files for your computer type.
Macintosh file name | PC file name |
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LaserWriter Utility and | ETHRZONE.PS |
Set EtherTalk Zone |
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Macintosh users
With devices grouped into zones, you can use the Chooser to see all the printers in any zone.
To designate the EtherTalk zone, use the Set EtherTalk Zone utility file. You will have to edit this file. You must have a copy of TeachText, or SimpleText for System Software 7.1 and higher, installed on your hard disk to do this editing. If you don’t have a copy already installed, copy TeachText or SimpleText from the same Apple system software diskettes you last used to upgrade your computer.
If you have both LocalTalk and Ethernet cables as part of the same Apple Internet, it is recommended that you connect only the Ethernet cable. There is no benefit to making both LocalTalk and Ethernet connections to the printer if both cables are part of the same Apple Internet. See the Phaser 240 Color Printer User Manual for information on printer behavior in this configuration.
