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4-20 Setting up Network Servers
TO SET UP TCP/IP FOR COMMUNICATION WITH THE FIERY X3
1. A superuser (with root login) must add the Fiery X3 to the network’s IP host table or
other system database of network printers.
2. In the file or utility used by your network, specify the remote printer name, the print
server protocol, the queue, and the spool file for the Fiery X3 name you assigned.
3. Make the Fiery X3 available as a printer to other network users.
4. To verify the TCP/IP connection, ping the IP address or the host name. From any
computer on the network, at the command prompt, type:
ping <IP address>
Type the Fiery X3 IP address assigned in Fiery X3 Network Setup.
After the Fiery X3 is set up as a network printer, you can also ping the name you gave
to the Fiery X3.
ping <hostname>
The server should respond with a message such as:
<IP address> is alive
Some systems will respond with a continuous display of output from the IP address. To
stop the output, type Control-C. You can use the ping command at any time.
TO PRINT TO THE FIERY X3
• On a UNIX system running SunOS 4 or other BSD-based variant, use the lpr command
to send a job to the Fiery X3.
• On a UNIX system running Solaris 2 or any System V implementation of UNIX, use the
lp command to send a job to the Fiery X3.
• Windows NT 4.0 users with the TCP/IP protocol loaded can send print jobs to a
Fiery X3 from their applications or from a command prompt.
Printing from applications uses the Windows NT PostScript driver. This gives
Windows NT 4.0 users the ability to set print options, which is not possible from the
command line.