ATechnical Notes
Printer ports
LocalTalk and Ethernet ports
The LocalTalk and Ethernet ports implement a Printer Access Protocol (PAP) server that accepts only one connection at a time. The port’s device type is LaserWriter. The printer implements AppleTalk, Phase 2 for the EtherTalk port. If you ordered your printer with the network option, you received the Network Utilities diskettes and the Network Utilities for Phaser Color Printers User Manual. Refer to that manual for complete information on Ethernet.
Printer name and AppleTalk zones
The Phaser 300X uses the same printer name on all ports. (The printer name is the name you see in the list of printers when you select the Chooser.) If you change the name on one port, the change effects all ports to keep them identical. This avoids confusion for users because they always see the same printer name regardless of the port selected.
If you set the Ethernet zone to be the same as the LocalTalk zone, the printer automatically modifies the name as seen on the LocalTalk network to be different from the name as seen on the Ethernet network. For example, the default printer name Phaser 300X would be changed to Phaser 300X (via LocalTalk). (If necessary, the name is truncated to the
