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This chapter describes environments that typically include one or more network servers—Novell

NetWare servers and Windows NT 4.0 servers—that will share printing to the AR-P15.  It describes

setting up servers that use IPX/SPX or TCP/IP protocols for communicating with the AR-P15.  In

addition, it includes some guidelines for setting up direct communication from Windows NT 4.0

workstations, where a network server is optional.

The AR-P15 can accept jobs concurrently from NetWare, Windows NT 4.0, and AppleShare servers,

as well as jobs sent directly from Windows NT 4.0 workstations.

Because AppleShare servers require no special configuration, they are not discussed in this chapter,

except for use in a Windows NT 4.0 environment.

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When a Windows NT 4.0/2000 computer is configured to connect to the AR-P15 using TCP/IP, it can

print directly to the AR-P15.  If the computer shares the printer over the network, it is acting as a print

server to Windows NT 4.0/2000 clients.  The client machines print to the AR-P15 by printing to the

Windows NT 4.0/2000 print server.  Printing can then be monitored and controlled at the Windows NT

4.0/2000 server machine.

The Windows NT 4.0/2000 server can also use AppleTalk protocols for printing to the AR-P15 as an

alternative to TCP/IP.  When creating a printer to share with AppleTalk users, do not “capture” the

printer. Capturing the printer forces all users to print to the server rather than directly to the printer. If

you capture the printer, AR-P15 print connections will not appear in the Mac OS Chooser.

When TCP/IP network connections are made from Windows NT 4.0/2000 computers, note the

following:

You can enter these addresses manually or use DHCP, RARP, or BOOTP protocols to assign them dynamically.

Each server and workstation running Fiery utilities with TCP/IP also needs the TCP/IP protocol and the utility software.

To configure a Windows NT 4.0/2000 server to communicate with the AR-P15, follow these general

steps.  More detail is provided in subsequent sections.

• Load the TCP/IP network protocol on the server and configure it with an IP address, subnet mask,

and gateway.

• Make sure the Microsoft TCP/IP printing service is installed, and that the computer is using LPR

printing.

• Enter the host name of the AR-P15 in the host database used by your system.

P30 “Adding the AR-P15 to the TCP/IP Network”

• On the Windows NT 4.0/2000 server, create a printer for each AR-P15 print connection, install the

appropriate printer drivers (if necessary) and (optionally) share the printer on the network.

P31 “Installing the AR-P15 as a Shared Printer”

• Configure clients for printing to the printer shared by the Windows NT server.

P32 “Configuring Clients of a Windows NT 4.0/2000 Server”

If your TCP/IP network consists of Windows NT 4.0/2000 servers and Windows NT 4.0/2000 clients,

use the directions in this section.

Register the IP address of the AR-P15 in the host name database used by your system.

• The hosts file maps remote devices to IP addresses. Users can then communicate with any device over TCP/IP by

using the host name rather than having to remember its IP address.
For installations that do not have a network administrator or a central host name database, add the AR-P15 to the
hosts file on the Windows NT 4.0/2000 server.
The Windows NT/2000 hosts file provides compatibility with the UNIX hosts file. The hosts file is used as a local
Domain Name Services (DNS) equivalent. It has the same format as the /etc/hosts file on UNIX servers.

The format of the hosts entry is:  IP Address<TAB>host name<TAB>#comments
(where <TAB> indicates that you press the Tab key.)

To determine the IP Address and Server Name of your system, print a Setting List page from the AR-P15 Touch Panel
Display.  

P103 “Printing Test Pages”

If the AR-P15 has already been defined in an /etc/hosts file or equivalent host name database on a UNIX workstation on
your network, use the same host name here as you used for the name of the remote printer in the /etc/printcap file.

On the AR-P15 Touch Panel Display, perform Network Setup and Printer Setup to support TCP/IP

printing.

• Enter the options in Protocol Setup (IP address of the AR-P15, Subnet mask, and Gateway address).