Preparing for installation
4-4 Installation Planning Guide
– Install the necessary network connections required to
connect client workstations to the printer controller. Refer
to the “Network preinstallation checklist” in this chapter.
– Install Ethernet or Token Ring to system location.
– Obtain the necessary interfaces, cables, transceivers, etc.
NOTE: You are responsible for obtaining, stringing, and maintaining fully-populated bus and tag cables for channel-attached systems.
– Sysgen your host to print to an AFP Type1, Group 3
printer. Refer to your IBM documentation for further
information.
– Provide a list of the stocks you want in your default input
tray configuration.
– Review the
NPS/IPS Installation Planning Guide
thoroughly.
– Have the required parameters defined for co nfiguring PSF
to print on the NPS/IPS. Refer to the “Defining the
channel attached printer to the host” or the “Defining the
printer to the host: TCP/IP attachment” appendix of this
guide for examples and explanations of these parameters.
•Client workstations: Make sure all client workstations that
will be submitting print jobs have the proper hardware,
operating system, and networking software supported by the
DocuColor 2060DocuColor NPS/IPS system as client
platforms.
•Training
– Select the personnel to undergo operator training.
– Set up the operator training schedules.
•Applications
– Work with your Xerox system analyst to determine
requirements for the initial applications.
– In a mixed environment, where there is a variety of
printing systems, discuss print quality differences with
your service representative.