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3. Double click the CONFIG file, and edit it. The appropriate values for each line are

described in the following section. The file should look like the example below, but
may vary depending on your model.

Begin CMD
0001 Device Name: xxxxxxxx
3000 Apple Zone: *
3001 Printer Type (P1): LaserWriter
3002 Printer Type (P2) LaserWriter
3003 Printer Type (SP): LaserWriter
3004 Printer Type (P3) LaserWriter
3101 AP_PCOMM1: No
3102 AP_PCOMM2: No
3103 AP_PCOMM3: No
3104 AP_PCOMM4: No
Serial Port Configuration
0030 Baud Rate: 9600
0031 Stop Bits: 1
0032 Parity: None
0033 Data Bits: 8
0034 Handshake: HARDWARE
9002

Do NOT modify the following lines:

beginCMD
9002:

4. Save the file.

5. Double click the icon for PSTool.

6. Click the Printer submenu and choose Download Postscript File. A panel will ap-

pear with a list of files.

7. Click the CONFIG file. Then click Download.

AppleTalk Settings

When editing the CONFIG file, only the parameter should be changed. The parameter
is the last part of the line, after the colon (:). Ensure that you use only valid parameters.

0001 Device
Name

The Device Name will initially be the Default Server Name. The
Default Server Name is shown on a sticker on the base of the
device. The Device Name can be changed, but the new name
MUST NOT exceed 19 characters in length.

3000 Apple Zone

The default value "*" allows all AppleTalk zones to access the
Print Server's printers. To restrict access to a particular zone,
enter the zone name here

Printer Type

These are text fields, used to describe the printer driver used
for each port. P1, P2, P3 refer to the parallel ports, while SP
refers to the Serial Port The name can be up to 19 characters
long.

AP_PCOMMn

Values for n

1 = parallel port 1

These settings determine whether the port uses ASCII or Bi-
nary Communication Protocol. Enter NO for ASCII or YES for
Binary.

Binary communication is twice as fast as ASCII.

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