Tektronix Phasershare Printer TCP/IP Printer Configuration All Platforms, Information Comments

Chapter

7 TCP/IP Printer

Configuration

(All Platforms)

There are two steps to printer configuration:

1.Set the printer’s IP address and other addressing information. The Phaser 840, 740 and 780 printers support the use of IP host name as well as IP addresses.

2.Set the printer’s other TCP/IP parameters (optional):

■Set host access and control character filtering for each port.

■Receiving printer status (Syslog, SNMP, or email notification)

Setting the printer’s IP addressing parameters

Obtain the information listed in the following table. It might be helpful to write down this information so that you can refer to it later when you are performing the configuration.

Information for TCP/IP configuration

Information	Comments
Internet (IP) address for the printer	The format is x.x.x.x, where x represents a decimal number from 0 - 255.
Network mask	If you are unsure, leave this blank; the printer chooses an appropriate mask.
Broadcast address	If you are unsure, leave this blank; the printer computes an appropriate
	broadcast address.
	This is the address the printer uses to send broadcast packets. Regardless
	of how this parameter is set, the printer accepts broadcast packets from any
	of the commonly used broadcast address conventions.
Gateway IP address	This is the address of the router. You need this address if you want to
	communicate with the printer from anywhere other than the local network
	segment.

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