Network Printing with Tektronix Color Printers

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PhaserShare

Network Printing with Tektronix Color Printers

In today's networked computer environments, shareability and compatibility have become requirements for printers and other workgroup resources on the network.

PhaserShare network cards
Bring ease-of-use, superb shareability and broad compatibility to Tektronix Phaser Color Printers.
PhaserShare printer management software
Makes it easy to install, configure, and manage Phaser printers on a NetWare network.
PhaserLink software
Built into the PhaserShare Ethernet and Token Ring cards, links to on-line information providing printer status and administration.
PhaserPrint workstation software
Provides a driver with push-button control of printer features and fast raster file printing capability from UNIX workstations.
PhaserSym OpenVMS software
Provides network connectivity for DEC OpenVMS workstations.

PhaserShare cards

PhaserShare cards enable you to use your printer with Ethernet, Token Ring, LocalTalk, or serial connections. PhaserShare cards can be purchased initially with the printer as options or added later as upgrade kits. A PhaserShare card is a small, slide-in circuit board installed in the printer, with connectors visible on the back of the printer.

The PhaserShare cards and the protocols they support are listed in the following table. A printer can have only one PhaserShare card installed at a time. When a PhaserShare card is installed, all ports on the card and the printer's standard parallel port can be simultaneously active. Also, all network protocols can be simultaneously active.

The following table summarizes the protocols supported by each PhaserShare card.

PhaserShare Network cards and their supported protocols

PhaserShare card Supported protocols

Ethernet

NetWare
EtherTalk
TCP/IP
HTTP in TCP/IP environments
FTP
TELNET

Token Ring

NetWare
TokenTalk
TCP/IP
HTTP in TCP/IP environments
FTP
TELNET

LocalTalk/Serial

AppleTalk
RS-232-C

Environments supported

Tektronix Phaser printers are compatible with mixed PC, Macintosh, UNIX and VMS workstation environments. The printer automatically switches between the printer's ports and network protocols to service all computers on the network.

Phaser printers are compatible with nearly all PC client/server environments. PhaserShare Ethernet and Token Ring network interfaces are compatible with the following:

NetWare servers via the IPX protocol
Windows NT servers over TCP/IP or EtherTalk protocols
LANServer 4.0 servers via TCP/IP
UNIX workstation via TCP/IP

Any PC in the above server environments can print over the network to a Phaser printer, including the following:

Windows 95
Windows 3.1
Windows NT
Windows for Workgroups
OS/2 Warp
DOS computers

Macintosh computers are supported using AppleTalk (LocalTalk, EtherTalk and TokenTalk).

UNIX workstations typically communicate using the TCP/IP protocol. VMS workstations in DECnet environments are supported using the printer's TCP/IP support and PhaserSym software from Tektronix. Contact the Tektronix Customer Support Hotline for more information.

Phaser printers are compatible with Banyan Vines and Microsoft LAN Manager servers; however, third-party interfaces are required. Contact the Tektronix Customer Support Hotline for more information.

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