Xerox 840 User Manual

There are three ways to change the printer’s name:

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Use the Apple Printer Utility; see “Changing the printer’s name: Apple 
Printer Utility” on page 28.

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With a TCP/IP connection and a World Wide Web browser, you can use 
PhaserLink Printer Management Software; see “Changing the printer’s 
name: PhaserLink Printer Management Software” on page 28.

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With a PC running Windows on a NetWare network, you can use the 
PhaserShare Administrator; see “Changing the printer’s 
EtherTalk/TokenTalk zone (optional)” on page 29.

The name selected here prints on the Startup Page and Configuration Page; the name 
also appears in the Chooser on a Macintosh.  The name can be up to 31 characters 
long.  It may contain any printable characters; however, the characters  @  :   =  *  are 
deleted from the name used on AppleTalk.  A change is persistent across printer 
power cycles.  

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If you have more than one printer in the same zone and you choose a name 
for one printer that is already assigned to another, the second printer 
registers itself on the network with the number 1 appended to the name.  
For example, if you attempt to assign a printer the name TekPhaser and 
another printer in the zone already has the same name, the printer you are 
naming appears on the network as TekPhaser-1.

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The added number is recalculated each time the printer is turned on.  If you 
have more than one printer with the same name on the network, the 
printers’ names on the network depend on the order in which the printers 
are turned on.  To avoid this confusion, it is recommended that you assign 
each printer on the network a unique name.

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The added number appears in the Chooser, on the printer’s front panel, 
and on the Startup Page.  On the Configuration Page, the name, without the 
characters @ : = *, and with the added number, appears in the EtherTalk, 
LocalTalk

, and TokenTalk areas.  The Printer Name under General 

 is the name as it was set, not as it appears in the Chooser.