Epson NX Product Support Bulletin(s) - Page 6

PSB No:

S-0167

Page: 5 of 7

Q.

You mentioned networking - isn't that a lot more complicated in UNIX

than it is in DOS?

A.

Yes - but NeXTSTEP makes it very simple.

NeXTSTEP was designed from

the beginning to be a networked environment, instead of having it "tacked on"

after the fact.

If you take a brand new EPSON NX out of the box and connect

it to an existing NeXTSTEP network, the first time you boot into NeXTSTEP

you'll be prompted to enter a name for your computer - this name can be

anything not already used by another system on the network.

So type in

"sirius", or "jsmith", or "foo" or whatever - and that's it.

Your system will be

recognized on the network by that name and the IP (Internetwork Protocol)

address will be automatically generated and assigned.

You'll now be able to

send and receive E-mail and access other resources on the network.

Q.

What about non-NeXTSTEP networks, like Novell NetWare?

A.

There is an application called

NetWareManager

included that provides access

to NetWare fileservers on the network.

This works in much the same way that

DOS access does - i.e., you can copy eligible files back and forth between the

two environments, or access them right from the NetWare file system.

NetWareManager

is located in the

/NextAdmin

folder.

Q.

Since NeXTSTEP is so graphically oriented, what display resolutions are

supported?

A.

In the shrink-wrapped release of NeXTSTEP 3.1, a display driver is included

for the EPSON NX that supports 1024 x 768 x 64K colors.

An updated driver

is available from NeXT (800-848-6398) that supports the "native" display

mode, which is 1120 x 832 x 64K colors.

Incidentally, on a standard

Progression or Progression 4, NeXTSTEP would run at a resolution of 800 x

600 x 64K colors.

Q.

What about printing?

A.

Since NeXTSTEP uses Adobe's Display PostScript

®

for the display, it logically

uses PostScript printers.

A minimal number of PostScript Printer Description

(PPD) files are installed by default, but there are many more PPD files

contained in the package

Documentation.pkg

on the distribution CD-ROM.

Included are virtually all of the Epson printers that support PostScript, either in

native mode or with an optional PostScript card.

This package can be installed

using the

Installer

application.