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Contents
Preface ..................................................... xiii
1 DECprint Supervisor Overview
1.1 Purpose of the DECprint Supervisor Software ............... 1–1
1.2 DECprint Supervisor Software Components ................ 1–3
1.2.1 The Print Symbiont ................................ 1–4
1.2.2 Device Control Libraries . ........................... 1–5
1.2.3 Translators ....................................... 1–6
2 Setting Up Printers
2.1 Non-PrintServer Printers ............................... 2–1
2.1.1 Directly-Connected Serial Printers . . ................... 2–2
2.1.2 Networked Printers ................................ 2–3
2.1.2.1 Raw TCP/IP Printers . ........................... 2–3
2.1.2.2 LAT Printers .................................. 2–4
2.1.2.2.1 Configuring the Printer for LAT Access . .......... 2–4
2.1.2.2.2 Setting DECserver LAT Port Characteristics ....... 2–5
2.1.2.2.3 Editing the LAT Configuration File .............. 2–7
2.1.2.2.4 Setting the Communications Speed .............. 2–8
2.1.2.3 AppleTalk Printers . . . ........................... 2–9
2.1.3 General Information ................................ 2–9
2.1.3.1 Supported Printers . . . ........................... 2–9
2.1.3.2 Setting the printer timeout ....................... 2–9
2.1.3.3 Changing the Printer Password . ................... 2–10
2.1.3.4 Setting the Printer Name ........................ 2–10
2.2 DIGITAL PrintServer Printers ........................... 2–11
2.2.1 Defining PrintServer TCP/IP Network Nodes . . .......... 2–11
2.2.2 Defining PrintServer DECnet Network Nodes . . .......... 2–11
2.2.3 Deleting the PrintServer Client Startup File . . . .......... 2–12
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