TROY Group Print Server PocketBasic User Manual

 

Document #40182-120  Rev. A 

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The TROY print server supports the AppleTalk protocol running over 
Ethernet (also known as EtherTalk).  This capability allows Macintosh 
computers to print jobs to a printer simultaneously with jobs from 
Windows, UNIX, NetWare, and other computers. 

 

TROY print server AppleTalk capabilities allow a printer to appear as a 
shareable printer node on an AppleTalk Phase 2 network.  The TROY 
print server broadcasts information to Macintoshes on the network, and 
automatically appears in the Print Center or Chooser of each Macintosh.  
Application programs (such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PageMaker, etc.) 
can print without modification or special software on the Macintosh. 

 

Identify the printer to which the print server is connected, and install the 
printer driver. 

 

1.  Verify that Ethernet is enabled from the Network Control Panel or 

AppleTalk Control Panel. 

2.  At a Macintosh workstation, from the Apple menu, open the 

Chooser. 

3.  If the Chooser window displays an AppleTalk zone list, select the 

necessary zone. 

4.  Click on the icon for the printer driver you are going to use.  If you 

have a Postscript printer, you can use the LaserWriter driver. 

5.  Select the print server name (the default is TWC_xxxxxx_P1_AT, 

where "xxxxxx" are the last six digits of the Ethernet address.). 

6.  Close the Chooser.  You can now print to the printer using any 

standard Macintosh application program.