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Token Ring configuration
When the Token Ring card is installed in the printer, you can configure the Token Ring parameters listed in the following table.

Token Ring parameters

Parameter Description Choices
Address

Token Ring Address (by default, this is a bit swapped version of the printer's Printer ID, and it is a unique address on the network). You can supply a Locally Administered Address.

Any valid token ring address between 04.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx and 07.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx.

All Routes Broadcast

Changes the default frame type for source route broadcasts. All Routes Broadcast is ignored if Bridging is set to Transparent.

NOTE: Some protocols (for example, IP and ARP) always use all routes, so they are not affected by this parameter.

False (the default). The printer uses single-route broadcasts for most source route broadcasts.

True. The printer uses all-routes broadcasts for all broadcasts.

Bridging

Token Ring source routing.

Transparent (no source routing)

SourceRoute (use source routing)

Adaptive (default; printer determines whether or not to use source routing based on the data)

Early Token Release

The printer releases the token at the end of the last byte transmitted (not applicable at 4 Mbps).

On (default)

Off

There are several ways to configure the Token Ring parameters:

Whichever method you use, you must reset the printer before the changes take effect. See Resetting your printer for more information.

Using the PostScript utility files TOKNCFG.PS and Configure Token Ring

You can use the following files to configure the printer for Token Ring networks from PCs and Macintosh computers:

To configure your printer for Token Ring using one of these files, you must edit the file and send it to the printer. When you edit the file, you need to supply the information listed in the table Token Ring parameters. The comments in the file provide more information.

To use this file, first open the file using any text editor. Make the appropriate changes to the file according to the instructions contained in the file. Send the file to the printer by any convenient method. Use a parallel, NetWare, TCP/IP, or TokenTalk connection.

If you send the file to the printer from a PC over a parallel connection, you must add Control-D characters to the beginning and end of the file. You can use the batch file ADDCTRLD.BAT to do this. The files ADDCTRLD.BAT, CTRLD.PS, and TOKNCFG.PS must all be in the same directory. Copy the files to your hard disk before you begin. To use ADDCTRLD.BAT to add Control-D's to the file TOKNCFG.PS, type the following command:

ADDCTRLD TOKNCFG.PS

Using the config-TokenRing script

The UNIX shell script config-TokenRing is provided with the printer's network utilities software. The script creates a PostScript file containing the Token Ring parameters. You set the Token Ring parameters by sending the PostScript file to the printer.

Before performing this procedure, you must install the script on to your host computer. If you have not already installed the file, see Extracting files from unix.tar. Your host spooling system must also be configured.

  1. Make sure that the printer is connected to the network. ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) requires that the printer be connected on the same physical network segment as the host.

  2. Log in.

  3. Run the script config-TokenRing:

    1. Change (cd) to the bin subdirectory in the directory where you placed your printer's network utilities.

    2. Type the name of the script, redirecting the output to a file. Type:

      config-TokenRing > filename

  4. When prompted:

    Will the printer be using early Token Release? [Yes]

    press Enter to accept the default (or type n for no).

    Note: Early Token Release is not applicable to 4 Mbps rings.
  5. When prompted:

    What type of bridging support do you want?
    Source Routing
    Transparent Routing
    Adaptive Routing
    Please enter (S,T, or A) [A]

    press Enter to accept the default, or make another choice.

  6. When prompted:

    Will the printer be using All Routes Broadcasts ? [No]

    press Enter to accept the default (or type y for yes).

  7. When prompted:

    Using the default address will overwrite any currently assigned Locally Administered Address (LAA) Do you want to use the printer's default address? [Yes]

    press Enter to accept the default (or type n for no).

  8. Log in as root.

  9. Make an entry into the host's ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) table defining the printer's Printer Name/Token Ring address pair. In general, this requires a command corresponding to one of the following syntax examples:

    arp -s printer-name Token-Ring-address (for BSD systems)

or

arp -s ether printer-name Token-Ring--address (for System V)

See the documentation for your host system for specifics of this command.

  1. Turn on the printer.

  2. Use the host spooling system (for example, lpr or lp) to send the file you created in Step 3b to the printer. This stores the Token Ring information in the printer's internal memory, where it is retained over a reset or power cycle.

  3. Reset the printer. See Resetting your printer for more information.

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