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6-4 AppleTalk Network Configuration
• If the printer supports printing binary files through the
parallel or serial port. This option is sometimes selectable
through the front panel of the printer.
• If the printer supports the HP Tagged Binary
Communications Protocol. If this is the case, you must
enable filter 4 on the print server AppleTalk service via
the console as described in Appendix B.
Refer to your printer's documentation for additional
information. If neither of the above is true, the solution is to
print the files in ASCII mode, a mode that is supported in the
PRINT menu of most graphics programs including
QuarkXpress, Adobe Photoshop, and others. The only
drawback of ASCII mode is that print times will be longer
due to the increased file sizes.
Changing the Configuration (Optional)
You may use the Apple LaserWriter Utility or Apple Printer
Utility (or equivalent utility from your printer manufacturer)
to change the AppleTalk name of the TROY XCD print
server. You may also use NCP, TELNET, XCONFIG, or the
serial port to access the print server remote console to change
TROY XCD print server AppleTalk name and default zone
name, and to disable AppleTalk broadcasts. The exact
procedure and configuration commands are described in
Appendix A.
Note: A free unsupported version of TELNET is available on
the National Center for Supercomputer Applications (NCSA)
FTP site (ftp.ncsa.edu/Mac/Telnet/Telnet2.7).
This TELNET requires Mac TCP, which is standard with all
new versions of the Mac OS.