Tektronix Phasershare Printer manual TCP/IP Configuration Overview, Chapter

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6 TCP/IP Configuration Overview

This chapter provides an overview of TCP/IP configuration. For detailed printer configuration instructions, refer to Chapter 7, “TCP/IP Printer Configuration (All Platforms)”; for host configuration instructions, refer to the chapter for your environment:

■Chapter 8, “TCP/IP Host Configuration (UNIX)”

■Chapter 9, “TCP/IP Configuration (OS/2 Warp/LAN Server)”

■Chapter 10, “Windows NT”

■Chapter 11, “Windows 95 and Windows 98: PhaserPort Software”

PhaserShare Series B Ethernet and Token Ring interfaces support the following capabilities:

■Print jobs. The interface can accept print jobs sent via AppSocket, ftp, telnet, lpr, or lp with lpr extensions.

■Printer status. The interface can report printer status through the following protocols:

■lpq/lpc (lpc for UNIX BSD systems only).

■Syslog (UNIX systems only). This protocol functions like a remote printer front panel for reporting printer status.

■SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol; UNIX systems only). The printer’s interface responds to status queries from host-resident SNMP utilities.

■AppSocket. This protocol allows a direct, socket-level connection to the printer.

■HTTP (HyperText Transport Protocol). This protocol allows communication with the printer via PhaserLink Printer Management Software.

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