Xerox 4050 User Manual

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IPDS printing environment
System Overview Guide
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Figure 5-2. Printing system: TCP/IP configuration
1. Host system (PC or mainframe)
2. Interface network (Ethernet or Token Ring)
3. Printer controller
4. Printer interface cables
5. Printer
For information on the various printer configuration options, refer 
to the “Printer components and options” chapter of this guide.
Channel interface —channel-attached systems only
Your system may use a channel interface board and connector 
box for channel connection to a host for IPDS printing.  The 
channel interface board, connected to a channel cable connector 
box, handles all IPDS communications and handshaking with 
PSF on the host when the NPS/IPS is receiving data over a 
channel. (It is not used when the NPS/IPS is printing data using 
TCP/IP.)