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Setting up netware windows clients, Using appletalk with macintosh computers, On an ipx (novell) network – Panasonic KX-P8420 User Manual

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Connecting the Printer to a Network

Before setting up client workstations, make sure you perform Network
Setup on the printer, and that the settings reflect the entities you created in

PCONSOLE

.

Client setup has two parts:

Install the PS printer driver on each Windows workstation.

Configure the printer driver to print to a print queue on a Novell file server.

For instructions on installing the appropriate printer driver for your system
see “

Chapter 4

Installing Software for Windows”.

For instructions on configuring the printer driver to print to a Novell file
server print queue, see

page 80

for Windows 95, or

page 92

for

Windows 3.1.

Using AppleTalk with Macintosh computers on an IPX
(Novell) network

Macintosh users on an IPX network can print to the printer in two ways:

Directly, using AppleTalk and bypassing the NetWare server

Through a NetWare server running NetWare for Macintosh

Since the printer supports both AppleTalk and IPX protocols at the same
time, it’s not necessary to use the second option. However, a network
administrator may choose to route all print jobs through a server.

NOTES:

NOTES:

NOTES:

The printer can be attached to only one NetWare server at a time.

Printing via the AppleTalk port of Windows NT 4.0 is not recommended as
it may cause additional, unnecessary pages to be printed.

Printing directly to the printer

Due to the layered design of networks, data can be transmitted using more
than one network protocol. When Macintosh computers are connected to an
IPX network, they can continue to transmit data over Ethernet cable using
AppleTalk protocols. If the printer is on the same network, Macintosh
computers can see and print to the printer, provided that AppleTalk is
enabled on the Macintosh and in Network Protocol Setup.

Setting up
NetWare Windows
clients