Panasonic KX-P8420 User Manual

Support OS

LPD

NCP

PAP

SMB

Windows NT 4.0

Windows 95

Windows 3.11

NetWare 3.x/4.x

Macintosh

Solaris 2.4, 2.5.1

SunOS 4.1.x

*1 not recommended

*2 available when TCP/IP is installed.

*3 Netware is used as a server, Windows3.1,95,NT can be a client machine of this server.

Among above 4 protocols, 3 protocols enable peer to peer printing from the client PC or Macintosh to P8420.

NPRINTER enables server-based printing. The jobs sent from PC are stored on the queue on Netware server and

then transmitted to P8420. Server-based printing is also available if Windows NT4.0 is used as a print server.

NOTE:

-For Printing via Netware server, only remote printer mode is supported. Pserver mode is not supported.

-It is not recommended to print to the printer connected directly to Netware server via lpt port.

If do so, it may cause garbage or blank page printing. Use network as a connection between Netware server and

printer.

- It is not recommended to print from WindowsNT via NT AppleTalk port because this may cause garbage printing.

- If there are two or more printers that use the same SMB name, only 1

printer become available for SMB printing.

So it is strongly recommended to change printer name(Server name) by using WebSetup/Network Setup/Service

Setup.

About Print Queue

When printing via network, 3 ports that corresponding to the following 3 queues are available. The “Queue” is a place

where jobs sent from client machine are saved temporarily in RAM or HDD for printing later.

Direct: If Direct queue is specified as a printer port, print jobs are sent to this queue. Jobs are temporarily stored in

RAM. If HDD is not available, only this queue can be used for N/W printing. The jobs sent to this queue are not stored

in Prnted queue. Files that sent to this queue are printed as soon as the printer become free to accept a print job.

Print: If Print queue is specified as a printer port, jobs sent to the KX-P8420 appear in the Print queue. Each job is

spooled to the print queue on HDD and then processed and printed on FIFO base. You can move and manipulate

the jobs on this queue using WebSpooler. This is the most recommended queue for N/W printing if HDD and 32MB

RAM is installed.

Hold: If Hold queue is specified as a printer port, jobs sent to the Hold queue remain in the Hold queue until they are

moved to the Print queue or deleted. If you need to print the same document frequently, you can send it to the Hold