Ricoh SP 3300D Manual Do Utilizador

EtherTalk environment

5.1

EtherTalk is AppleTalk used in an Ethernet network. This protocol is 
widely used in Macintosh network environments. Microsoft Windows 
system also supports this protocol. Like TCP/IP, EtherTalk also provides 
packet transmission and routing functionality.

The network printer card works on EtherTalk networks, if the host printer 
supports PostScript. The description in this chapter applies to network 
printing from a Macintosh computer. 

Printing in an EtherTalk network is possible with several different 
hardware and software configurations. When you issue a command to 
print a document, the application begins a series of EtherTalk calls 
attempting to establish a connection to the printer. The calls first initiate 
the NBP (Name Binding Protocol) name-lookup process to find the 
currently selected printer and its EtherTalk address. Then the Printer 
Access Protocol (PAP) is used to open a connection with the printer.

Once the connection has been established, the workstation and printer 
interact over a PAP connection. PAP uses lower-level protocols, such as 
ATP and DDP, to provide a data-stream service for sending print data to 
the printer. 

You can configure EtherTalk using the following method:

Run your web browser.

Enter the printer's IP address in the URL field and click Go. 

Select Network Settings > EtherTalk.

• EtherTalk Protocol: allows you to enable or disable the 

EtherTalk protocol. 

• Printer Name: allows you to set the printer name for EtherTalk 

protocol. The default name is RNP+MAC address. This name is 
automatically displayed on Chooser.

• Printer Type: shows the printer type. 

• Last Error Occurred: shows the last error.

• RTMP (timer value for aging A-Router entity): allows you to 

set the time in seconds after which the routing table entry 
maintained by the RTMP protocol times out.

• PAP (wait time before transmitting a tickle packet): enables 

you to define the time interval in seconds after which the PAP 
protocol should resend a tickle packet to verify the status of the 
PAP connection between the printer and your Macintosh. 

• ZIP (current zone): shows the AppleTalk Zone name. If there is 

no configured zone, *(asterisk) should be displayed.

Click Apply.

: The following instructions are for Mac OS 10.3, but similar for 

other versions.

The following steps must be taken to configure the network printer for 
use on a Macintosh system. If the network printer you want to use is not 
listed in the printer pop-up menu when you try to print a document, you 
should add it to your list of available printers. 

Open the Applications folder > Utilities, and Print Setup Utility.

• For MAC OS 10.5, open System Preferences from the 

Applications folder, and click Printer & Fax.

Click Printing > Set Up Printers. 

If the printer already appears in the printer list, select the In Menu 
check box to add it to your list of available printers. You will see the 
printer in the Printer pop-up menu the next time you print.

Click Add on the Printer List.

• For MAC OS 10.5, press the “+” icon then a display window will 

pop up. 

For MAC OS 10.3, select the Rendezvous tab. 

• For MAC OS 10.4, click Default Browser and find the Bonjour.

• For MAC OS 10.5, click Default and find the Bonjour.

If necessary, choose an AppleTalk zone from the pop-up menu that 
appears directly below it. Any AppleTalk printers in the zone you 
have chosen appear in the Printer List.

Select the printer in the Printer List.

To use printer-specific features, choose the item appropriate for 
your printer from the Printer Model pop-up menu, then select your 
printer in the Model Name list.

Click Add.

The printer appears in the Printer List as the default printer (in 
boldface). It also appears in the Printer pop-up menu when you 
print a document.