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User’s Manual InterCon-PrintServer

8.1 Functional Overview

After being switched on for the first time the print server tests a temporary address in a predefined

network area (probe), otherwise the last used address will be contacted (the print server saves the

last used address). If, after 10 aarp probe packets no protest is made, this address will be used. In

case of protest the next higher address is tried.

Via ZIP, broadcast information for a configured zone will be taken from a router. If no router

answers within 5 broadcasts, it is presumed that no zones exist in the network and the default zone

„*“ is used.

If a router answers the broadcast, the print server receives zone validation, the default zone, the

network area and the multicast address of the valid zone.

After the physical address and the zone are determined, the print server tests if the node name is

used by an other node. Therefore 3 NBP (Name Binding protocol) lookup packets are sent and the

print server awaits the reaction within the network.

If the name already exists in the network, the chosen name will be expanded automatically by the

print server (for example: APPLE -> APPLE_0 ... APPLE_999).

The print server Apple name and the Apple name within the printer (printer dependable) will be

compared after each print job. If the print server name differs from the name in the printer, the name

of the printer will be changed. To avoid problems with some printers the space character will be

replaced by the underline character.