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ETHERNET PRINT SERVER
2.4 EPS Configuration
Depending on your network, the EPS might work properly right out of the
box with no additional configuration. If your network installation will use
the AUI port instead of 10BASE-T, you will need to change one of the DIP
switches before you install the unit. Remember, you need no configuration
if you’re using NetWare, AppleTalk, and LAT. For TCP/IP, the unit needs
an IP address and may use a specific IP gateway host.
There are several ways to configure the EPS settings:
1. The DIP switches, discussed above.
2. Using the EPS command line via a terminal attached to the serial port.
3. Logging into the EPS over the network, via NetWare, Telnet/Rlogin or
LAT. Context-sensitive help and command completion are included to
make setup via the command line easier.
4. BOOTP replies from a TCP/IP network host (the IP address, gateway,
and download filename are settable this way).
5. The included EPSCON NetWare utility, run on a NetWare file server.
6. A configuration file, downloaded from a TCP/IP, LAT, or NetWare host
at boot time, containing EPS1 commands to execute.
The EPS stores its executable code in Flash (rewritable) ROMs, meaning
that it does not need to download software from a host each time it boots.
You need to download host software only when you need to update the code
in the Flash-ROMs with a new version of the software. When new versions of
the EPS software do become available, reloading the Flash-ROMs requires
only one command.
2.5 Printing from the host to the EPS
The EPS was designed to make printing as simple as possible—in most cases,
as easy as printing to any directly connected printer.
Under AppleTalk, the EPS shows up on Macintosh computers under the
Chooser. The EPS is also usable by hosts running third-party AppleTalk
software packages.
Under NetWare and LAT, the EPS can be used as any other network print
server. You simply configure the print queue on the host to use the EPS’s
print ports.
Under TCP/IP, Berkeley remote LPR is supported with no additional host
software. Lp, lpr, and a generic tty interface are supported via the optional
RTEL software.