2.4.2 Network Printing Functions for Clients. Black Box LEP0006A-UK, LEP0006A, LEP0002A, LEP0003A-UK, LEP0006A-EU, LEP0003A, LEP0003A-EU

CHAPTER 2: Introduction

Section 2.4.2

describes the client users highlighted in Figure 2-4.

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Client printing supports several versions of Windows. In Figure 2-4, workstations using different versions are highlighted to show that the print server is compatible with these versions.

Client User

Unix Print Server

Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 98

Workstation

Figure 2-4. Client user printing.

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Common operating systems for clients include Windows 95/98/Me/XP, Windows

NT, Windows 2000, UNIX, Linux, AppleTalk, and Mac.

The print server system provides PTPP (peer-to-peer printing) driver and utilities for Windows 95/98/Me/XP, Windows NT, and Windows 2000 users. PTPP supports the TCP/IP protocol. In Figure 2-5, the supported protocols, along with the software applications supported by PTPP, are highlighted.

Figure 2-5. Print server functions.

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CHAPTER 2: Introduction

In the client installation procedure, after PTPP is installed in Windows, the system will automatically search through all the print servers on the network (manual configuration is also allowed), then add their printing ports into the Windows printing port (see Figure 2-6).

PTPP

Windows 98

P1

Print Server

MIS-2

P1 P2

P3

Print Server

MIS-1

Figure 2-6. Adding printer ports.

Compatible UNIX operating systems include UNIX and Linux. UNIX (which includes HP-UX ® , SCO ® UNIX, SunOS, Solaris ® , Unixware ® , DEC™ UNIX, IBM ®

AIX ® , and others) and Linux use the system-standard LPR to send print jobs to the print server.

Compatible Mac operating systems use the system-standard AppleTalk network to send print jobs to the print server.

Once you’ve configured the client user printing functions, you’re ready to configure the network printing functions. Section 2.4.3 explains how.

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