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You may need more information about troubleshooting your network installation or using the printer. The following sources are available:

PhaserShare networking manual. Provides detailed networking information for system administrators, including troubleshooting; available in PDF format on the printer’s CD-ROM. A printed copy of this manual can be ordered from Tektronix (part number 071-0180-01).

Online user manual. Provides complete information on using your printer, including printer care, printer features, and networking; provided in HTML format on the printer’s CD-ROM. It is also available on the Tektronix web site.

PhaserShare Administrator online help. Provides detailed descriptions of all program functions and dialog boxes.

PhaserLink Printer Management Software online help. HTML ﬁles supplied on the printer’s CD-ROM. See “PhaserLink Printer Management software help ﬁles” on page 60.

Readme ﬁles. Provided on the printer’s CD-ROM and diskettes. They contain information about PostScript utility ﬁles and DOS applications that can be used for conﬁguring and using your printer in DOS environments. Some utility ﬁles for Macintosh are also provided.

World Wide Web. User documentation and other printer information is available from the Tektronix web site:

www.tek.com/Color_Printers/support/colcare.html

Technical support hotline. In the U. S. and Canada, call 1-800-835-6100, Monday through Friday, 6:00 am to 5:00 pm PST. For international numbers, see the printer’s user guide or visit:

www.tek.com/Color_Printers/cgi-bin/CPIDlocProcessor

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Tektronix Phaser 840 setup guide If you need more information

Contents

L O R P R I N T E R Page Phaser 840 Color Printer PhaserShare Networking Setup Guide Page Contents Windows NT Setting the Printer’s IP Addressing ParametersPhaserLink Printer Management Software Index Introduction Unix Printing a Conﬁguration Before you begin network conﬁgurationPrinting a Conﬁguration Printer management If you need more information Connecting Your Printer to a Network PhaserShare Series B Ethernet interface Ethernet connections and indicators Built-in Ethernet connector PhaserShare Series B Ethernet card 10Base2 Thin Ethernet Ethernet cables and termination10BaseT or 100BaseTx Twisted Pair 10Base5 Thick Ethernet PhaserShare Series B Token Ring card Token Ring connections and indicators Ring speed jumper Token Ring conﬁguration Token Ring parameters Using the conﬁg-TokenRingscript Conﬁguring Token Ring parameters Arp Using the PhaserShare Administrator to conﬁgure Token Ring Using PhaserLink software to conﬁgure Token Ring LocalTalk card connections and indicators PhaserShare Series B LocalTalk cardLocalTalk connection LocalTalk connectors, cables, and terminators Connecting to a single computer Connecting Your Printer to a Network PhaserShare Networking EtherTalk, LocalTalk TokenTalk Configuration Conﬁguration overview Finding the printer’s name in the Chooser Installing the PhaserShare Administrator Novell NetWare ConfigurationInstallation Log on to the ﬁle server Using the Quick Conﬁguration WizardStart the PhaserShare Administrator Select a print server Conﬁgure the printer and set up queues Launch the Quick Conﬁguration Wizard Setting IPX frame types from the front panel Verify information and ﬁnish the conﬁguration Adding the printer to the host table TCP/IP Configuration UnixAssigning a print queue to the printer Required remote printer queue names Assigning print queues with PhaserPrint for UnixUnix model ﬁles Example installation for a typical BSD Unix system Sample printcap ﬁle Descriptions of printcap parameters Printer conﬁguration Extracting ﬁles from unix.tar Listing the contents of unix.tarExtracting the ﬁles Windows 95 PhaserPort Software TCP/IP conﬁguration for a PC PhaserPort software installation Setting the printer’s IP addressUsing the installer Create your ﬁrst port and install the driver Installation Completed dialog, click Finish Adding a port for a new printer Adding a port to an existing printer Changing a port’s IP address Windows NT Click Start, Settings, and Printers Add the printer Creating an LPR port Creating an AppleTalk port Name the printer and set up sharing Install the driverWindows NT creates the printer Select the port where the printer is connected Adding a Windows NT 4.0 driver on an NT 3.51 server Enter the printer’s name and set up sharing Adding a Windows NT 3.x driver Creating an LPR port Set up sharing Windows NT PhaserShare Networking Setting the Printer’s IP Addressing Parameters Setting IP parameters from the front panel Setting the Printer’s IP Addressing Parameters Setting IP parameters Rarp or Bootp Set the network mask T E Installing the Dhcp server Setting IP parameters DhcpSetting up a Dhcp server Open the Network Administration group Supported BOOTP/DHCP ﬁelds Dhcp transactions Setting IP parameters PostScript utility ﬁle Unix only Running the conﬁg-IPscript Conﬁg-IP ﬁlename Setting IP parameters PhaserLink Printer Management Software DNS Setting the Printer’s IP Addressing Parameters PhaserLink Printer Management Software Accessing printer information from a browser Conﬁguring PhaserLink Help PhaserLink Printer Management software help ﬁlesAccessing PhaserLink Help Setting printer parameters PhaserLink software pages Information Forwarding Disabling Information Forwarding With config-IP script With config-TokenRingscript Index Rarp Page Printed on recycled paper