Xerox 2060 manual Printing system channel-attached configuration

IPDS printing environment

The NPS/IPS can be set up to receive data from the IBM host in one of two ways:

•Through a bus and tag channel connection.

NOTE: If your system will be channel-attached, the printer controller requires an additional component—a channel interface board and channel cable connector box that serve as an interface between the IBM host and the printer controller.

•Through a Token Ring or Ethernet interface using TCP/IP.

NOTE: Your system supports only one other connectivity option in addition to Ethernet. For example, Ethernet and channel connection or Ethernet and Token Ring.

NOTE: A transmission rate of at least 16 megabits per second should be used with a Token Ring interface. (Overall performance depends on network traffic and job density.)

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Figure 5-1. Printing system: channel-attached configuration

1.Host system (PC or mainframe)

2.Printer

3.Printer interface cables

4.Printer controller with channel interface board in the processor

5.Internal channel cable

6.Channel cable connector box

7.Bus and tag cables

5-2 System Overview Guide