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TCP/IP for Macintosh

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TCP/IP for Macintosh TCP/IP for Macintosh Setting up the Macintosh Ethernet port for TCP/IP If your Macintosh is not already set up for TCP/IP, perform this procedure to set it up. 1. From the Apple menu, select Control Panels > TCP/IP. 2. From the Connect via menu, select Ethernet. 3. Specify how the Macintosh will obtain it's IP address: Manually or by DHCP. 4. If you select Manually, specify the IP address in the dialog box. 5. Close the dialog box. Creating an LPR Printer with LaserWriter 8.5.1 1. Open the Desktop Printer Utility. (This Apple utility is usually found in a folder called Apple LaserWriter Software.) 2. Under Create Desktop, select Printer (LPR). Click OK. 3. Under PostScript Printer Description (PPD) File, click Change. Choose the appropriate PPD from the list and click Select. If your printer's PPD is not listed, you must install it from the printer's CD-ROM. 4. Under Internet Printer, click Change. In the Printer Address field, enter the printer's IP address or domain name. In the Queue field, enter PS (all upper-case). Click OK. 5. Close the dialog box; when prompted, click Save. 6. Under Save desktop printer as, type a name for the desktop printer. Click Save. Two methods are available for printing via LPR: I Use the new Desktop Printer (LPR). I Use the LaserWriter 8.5.1 driver (any printer can be selected) and select the appropriate LPR printer from the application by selecting File > Print > Printer. Creating an AppSocket Printer with LaserWriter 8.6 Tektronix provides Macintosh AppSocket printing with PhaserPort for MacOS, on the printer's CD-ROM. PhaserPort for MacOS provides a high-speed, bi-directional communications channel using the new plug-in communication architecture of Apple LaserWriter version 8.6. AppSocket provides two advantages over LPR: I AppSocket can be faster than LPR because AppSocket can print the file as it is being received, while LPR requires that the entire file be queued before printing can begin. I AppSocket provides feedback on print job status, which is not available through LPR. 20 Phaser 750 Color Printer

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Phaser 750 Color Printer
TCP/IP for Macintosh
TCP/IP for Macintosh
Setting up the Macintosh Ethernet port for TCP/IP
If your Macintosh is not already set up for TCP/IP, perform this procedure to set it up.
1.
From the
Apple
menu, select
Control Panels
>
TCP/IP.
2.
From the
Connect via
menu, select
Ethernet.
3.
Specify how the Macintosh will obtain it’s IP address:
Manually
or by
DHCP.
4.
If you select
Manually,
specify the IP address in the dialog box.
5.
Close the dialog box.
Creating an LPR Printer with LaserWriter 8.5.1
1.
Open the
Desktop Printer Utility.
(This Apple utility is usually found in a folder
called
Apple LaserWriter Software.
)
2.
Under
Create Desktop,
select
Printer (LPR).
Click
OK.
3.
Under
PostScript Printer Description (PPD) File,
click
Change.
Choose the
appropriate PPD from the list and click
Select.
If your printer’s PPD is not listed, you
must install it from the printer’s CD-ROM.
4.
Under
Internet Printer,
click
Change.
In the
Printer Address
field, enter the printer's
IP address or domain name.
In the
Queue
field, enter
PS
(all upper-case).
Click
OK.
5.
Close the dialog box; when prompted, click
Save.
6.
Under
Save desktop printer as,
type a name for the desktop printer.
Click
Save.
Two methods are available for printing via LPR:
Use the new Desktop Printer (LPR).
Use the LaserWriter 8.5.1 driver (any printer can be selected) and select the
appropriate LPR printer from the application by selecting
File > Print > Printer.
Creating an AppSocket Printer with LaserWriter 8.6
Tektronix provides Macintosh AppSocket printing with PhaserPort for MacOS, on the
printer’s CD-ROM.
PhaserPort for MacOS provides a high-speed, bi-directional
communications channel using the new plug-in communication architecture of Apple
LaserWriter version 8.6.
AppSocket provides two advantages over LPR:
AppSocket can be faster than LPR because AppSocket can print the file as it is being
received, while LPR requires that the entire file be queued before printing can begin.
AppSocket provides feedback on print job status, which is not available through LPR.