System overview
Installation Planning Guide 1-11
• You may run the AppleTalk protocol on only one network
device. The network device on which AppleTalk is run does
not have to be the primary network device.
• You may run Novell protocols on only the primary network
device.
Network client components
To send print jobs to the NPS/IPS printer, the customer needs to
provide the proper client hardware as well as operating system
and network software.
Supported client hardware and operating systems
Xerox NPS/IPS supports the following types of networked client
workstations and operating systems:
• Sun Workstation running Solaris 8.0
• PC running MS-DOS 6.2 and Microsoft Windows 95, 98, NT,
4.0, 2000, and ME using Ethernet with TCP/IP or Novell
NetWare 3.11 and 3.12
NOTE: Customers using Novell 4.1 must set the “Bindery
Emulation Mode” to be backwards compatible with Novell
3.12.
• PC 386 or 486, running MS-DOS, version 6.2, with one of the
following TCP/IP packages:
– PathWay Access 3.1, Wollongong Integrated Networking/
Transmission Control Protocol (WIN/TCP) for DOS,
release 6.0
– File Transfer Program (FTP) software, PC-TCP/IP, release
3.0 or higher
– Sun Personal Computer–Network File Services (PC-
NFS), version 5.1
• IBM RS/6000 running IBM AIX, version 4.1
• HP/Apollo running HP-UX, version 10.01
• DECStation 5000/200 running DEC Ultrix, version 4.3
• Apple Macintosh, System 7.x or 8.x, using AppleTalk through
EtherTalk, phase 1 or 2
• Any system that supports RFC-1179 lpr/lpd