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`The Little Network Book
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`Independent net\vork pri nte rs are easy to identify. Just look for the net(cid:173)
`work port- either a lOBaseT Ethernet port or a LocalTalk port.
`(Review Chapter 2 fo r deta ils on Ethern et and Loca (Talk.)
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`If a printer doesn't have a network port, you may be able to add one by
`installing a network adapter card in the printer. Adding an internal
`or external network adapter essentially turns a local printer into an
`independent network printer.
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`To determine whether your printer has an expansion slot for a network
`adapter, check the printer manual or ask the printer ma nufacturer.
`Even if you r printe r doesn't have an expansion slot for an internal net(cid:173)
`work adapter, you may be able to use an external network adapter to
`connect the printer to your network. The printer manufacturer may
`also be able to tell you whether there is an external network adapter
`that will work with you r printer, or you can check with a computer store
`or catalog.
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`Some olde r network printers have only a Loca!Talk port-often called
`an AppleTalk port by printer manufacturers, because Loca!Talk can
`use only t he AppleTalk protocol. Printe rs wit h an Ethernet po rt can use
`many network protocols, including Ap ple Talk an d TCP / IP.
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`Apple Talk is chiefly a Maci ntosh protocol. PCs can't communicate with
`network printers that use only the Apple Talk protocol because Wi ndows
`95 and 98 don't normally support it. For example, a printer with a
`LocalTa lk port but no Ethernet port can use only AppleTalk.
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`You can, however, add AppleTalk support to Windows 95 and 98 by
`insta lli ng add itional software that's not included with Wi ndows.
`Alternatively, you may be able to bypass the AppleTalk protocol
`altogether by connecting the printer to a PC as a local printer. These
`solutions are all more thoroughly described in "Connecting PCs to
`AppleTalk Printers" later in this chapter.
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`To share a printer among the computers on your network, that printer
`needs a physical connection-either to one of the network computers
`if it's a local printer or directly to the network if it's a nework printer.
`Each net\Vork computer must have installed the appropriate driver
`software for the printe r as well as network printing software.
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`Ports and Adapters
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`Network adapters made
`for printers are also
`called priflt servers.
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`Mind Your
`Network Protocol
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`A local printer connects to one of the ports on t he back or side of one
`of your computers. Generalty, you connect the pri nter to the computer
`usi ng a cable included with the printer. The type of cab le depends on
`whether the printer was made for the PC, Macintosh, or both.
`
`Local Printer
`Connection
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`• Most local printers for PCs connect using a parallel cable.
`• Most local printe rs for Macs connect with a serial cable.
`• Newer printers can connect to both PCs and Macs using a
`USB cable (universal serial bus).
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`We'lt explain how to connect a local printer later, in "Connect the
`Printer to the PC" and "Connect the Pri nter to the Mac."
`
`USB Converters: If you want to co nnect a local printer
`that doesn't have a USB port to a computer that has only
`USB ports, you may be able to buy a conve rter cable for
`the printer. Hewlett-Packard and Epson sell USB converters
`for their own printers, and other compan ies also offer
`converter cables. Check with you r local compute r store to
`see what's ava ila ble.
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`Like a network computer, an independent network printer con nects
`directly to your network. If you have an Ethernet netwo rk, you'll need
`lOBaseT patch cable long enough to reach a nea rby network jack or
`you r Ethernet hub. If you have a LocalTalk network, you'[{ need a
`LocalTalk connector and a phone co rd. All this equipment is described
`in Chapter 2.
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`If you've set up an Ethernet network and your network printer
`has only a LocalTalk port, don't panic. You can get a LocalTalk(cid:173)
`to-Ethernet converter. These are described in the later section
`"Connect a LocalTalk Printer to an Ethernet Network."
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`Network Printer
`Connection
`: A network printer may
`have its own network
`port, or it may plug into
`an external network
`adapter.
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`Whether you have an independent network printer that connects directly
`to your network or you wilt share a local printer that connects to one
`of your computers, all of your compute rs must have compatible driver
`software for that printer to use it via the network. The driver software
`communicates with the printer using a set of commands, a kind of :
`printer language. Using the printer language, the driver tells the
`printer what to print on each page, along with instructions on how many
`copies to make, what paper tray to use, and which special features of
`the printer to use.
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`Languages
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`When you set up a local printer, you need to make sure the necessary
`printer driver software is installed. You can share a local printer that
`uses any Color StyleWriter driver, the StyleWriter 1200 driver, or the
`LaserWriter 300 driver. These drivers have been included with the Mac
`OS for many years and, of course, are packaged with the various printer
`models that use them .
`
`The following table lists printer drivers that have been included with
`one or more versions of t he Mac OS beginning with System 7.5.3
`and the printer models that each driver lets you share. You can install
`additiona l drivers for other printers.
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`Printer Driver
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`For Sharing Printer Models
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`Color SW 1500
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`Color SW 2400
`Color SW 2500
`Color SW Pro
`LaserWriter 300/ LS
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`StyleWriter 1200
`StyleWriter II
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`Color StyleWriter 1500, StyleWri ter 1200, StyleWriter II,
`StyleWriter {original)
`Color StyleWriter 2400 and 2200
`Color Style Writer 2500, 2400, and 2200
`Color StyleWriter Pro
`PersonallaserWriter LS, Personal LaserWriter 300,
`LaserWriter Select 300
`StyleWriter 1200, StyleWriter II, StyleWriter (original)
`StyleWriter II, StyleWriter (original)
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`To verify whether a printer driver is installed:
`1. Open the Chooser (choose it from the Apple menu) .
`2 . On the left side of the Chooser, you'll see icons for the printer
`drivers that are currently installed on the Mac. If you don't see an
`icon for a driver that works with your printer model, you'll need to
`in stall the appropriate driver software.
`3. Close the Chooser.
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`Every printer icon in the Chooser represents a printer
`driver file in t he Extensions folder inside the System folder.
`Some drivers also have configu ration files in the Printer
`Descriptions folder within the Exte nsions folder.
`To install a printer driver:
`1. Open th e CD-ROM or floppy disk that was packaged with your
`printer. Look for an installer program in the CD or disk
`content window.
`2. If you see an installe r program, double-click its icon and follow
`the displayed instructions. (Although some printer drivers can be
`installed without using an installer program, it's better to use one
`if it exists. That way, you're sure not to miss any important files
`or data.) At the end of the in stallation process, the installer wi ll
`probably have you restart the Mac.
`3. If the disk includes no installer program, locate the icon of the
`driver fi le in the CD or disk window and drag it to the System
`folder icon in the Mac hard disk content window. The Mac copies
`the file to the Extensions folder inside its System folder.
`You can also install any of the printer drivers listed in t he
`previous table by doing a custom i nstctllcttion of the Mac OS.
`For more information, see your Mac OS help files.
`
`To enable others on t he network to sha re a local printer co nnected to
`a Mac, you'll make some changes in t he Chooser on that Mac. You'll
`have the opportunity to name the shared printer, assign it a password,
`and establish a log of printer usa ge.
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`To set up a local printer for sharing:
`1. Open the Chooser (from the Apple menu). On the left side of the
`Choose r, you'll see icons for the printer drivers that come with
`Mac OS along with icons for drivers that you have added.
`2 . Click to select the icon of a driver for t he local printer you're going
`to share. If you're not sure wh ich icon to select, review the table
`in t he preceding section. (For in stance, you can choose Color SW
`2500 for a Color StyleWriter model2500, 2400, or 2200.)
`3. On the right side of the Choose r, select t he po rt that the local
`printer is plugged into. If printer names are listed here as well,
`you can ignore them; these are the names of printers shared by
`other Macs on your network.
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`Select the driver and port of the local printer you
`want to share with others.
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`4. Click the Setup button to open the Sharing Setup dialog box fo r
`the selected printe r. If you don't see t he Setup button, either you
`selected the wrong icon on t he (eft side of t he Chooser or the
`printer driver doesn't support sharing.
`5. Select the option Share th is Printer. If this option is not present,
`yo u eithe r se(ected the wrong icon on the left side of t he Chooser
`or the printer driver doesn't support sharing.
`6. Enter a name for the printer. This name witt appear in the Chooser
`on othe r net\\/ork Macs.
`7. If you wa nt, you ca n spec ify a passwo rd that users must enter
`before printing from the shared printe r. Leave t he password fie(d
`blank if you don't want to use one.
`8. If you wa nt the Mac to keep track of who prints to the shared
`printer, turn on t he option Keep Log of Printer Usage.
`9. Click OK when you're done.
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`is optional.
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`After you enable shari ng of a local printer, the Chooser identifies it by
`the name you gave it rather than by the port to which it's connected.
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`Setting Up
`Independent
`Network Printers
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`Independent network pri nters are easier to set up than shared local
`printers, because independent printers are inherently shared devices.
`You simply plug the printer into your network, perhaps assign it an IP
`address, and then it's available to all the computers on your network.
`You don't have to configure a computer to act as a host fo r an inde(cid:173)
`pendent network printer.
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`to the Network
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`Network printers have an Ethernet port, a serial port for a LocalTalk
`connector, or both. These ports are just like the ones you'll fi nd on your
`computers, so you can plug a printer into your network by foHowing the
`procedu res desc ribed in Chapter 2 for connecting computers to t he
`network. Here's a recap:
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`• For Ethernet: Run an Et hernet patch cable from the print(cid:173)
`er's Ethernet port to your Ethernet hub or to a nearby
`Ethernet waH jack.
`• For LocalTalk: Plug a Loca!Talk connector into the printer's
`serial port, and use a phone cord to attach t he printer to
`your LocalTalk daisy chain network.
`If the printer doesn't have a built-in network port, you'll have to install
`and configure the inte rnal or external network adapter, or print server,
`that was described earlier in this chapter. Installing an intern al print
`server usually means inserting an adapter card into t he printer's expan(cid:173)
`sion slot. Installing an external print server usually involves connecting
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`After setting up one or more shared printers on your network, you and
`other network users can print to t hem. AH the shared printers that are
`available to Windows PCs on a network-including toea( printers sha red
`by PCs and independent network printers that PCs can use- appea r
`in the Network Neig hborhood window of each PC. The Network
`Neighborhood shows you whi ch printers are connected to your net(cid:173)
`work, but your PC can't use a sha red pri nter un(ess its icon appea rs in
`your PC's Printers folder.
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`Using Shared
`Printers from
`a PC
`If vou're using a
`Macintosh, not a PC,
`skip ahead to "Using
`Shared Printers from a
`Macintosh. n
`
`If you r Printers folder already contains an icon for a shared printer
`t hat you want to use, you're all set. You can begin printin g to t his
`printer whe never you (ike. If yo u need to add an icon for a shared
`toea( printer or an independent network printer, you can do so from the
`Network Neighborhood or from the Printers folder. If you're not sure
`whether you need to add an icon fo r a shared printer; go ahead and
`add it. Having more t han one icon for a printer in the Printe rs folder
`is okay.
`
`The quickest way to add a shared printer's icon to the Printers folder is
`from the Network Neighborhood. Follow these steps:
`
`1. Open the Network Neighborhood (by doub(e-d icking its icon on
`the desktop).
`2 . Look for the icon of the printer whose icon you want to add to the
`Printers folder. If the printer is attached to one of the computers
`on yo ur network, you'll have to double-dick that computer's icon
`in the Network Neighborhood to see its shared printer.
`3. Right-dick the icon of the printer you want to add, and choose
`Insta ll from the shortcut menu. The Add Printer Wiza rd starts.
`4. When the Add Printer Wizard asks whether anyone prints from
`MS-DOS programs on t his PC, answer appropriately, and t hen
`d ick t he Next button.
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`If you need help on printing in genera(, open the Windows He(p
`system {dick Start and then d ick Help), dick the Contents tab,
`and took under Print in the How To section.
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`Install from
`the Network
`Neighborhood
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`Use PC MACLAN One way to add the AppleTa(k protocol to Windows is by instaUing
`Miramar Systems's PC MACLAN (http://www.miramarsys.com). lnstaHing
`PC MACLAN on a PC makes AppleTa(k printers appear in the PC's
`Network Neighborhood along with printers shared by other PCs. (PC
`MAC LAN also lets Macs and PCs share files, as described in Chapter 7.)
`As is true for any other printer, the PC with PC MACLAN must
`have appropriate driver software to use an Apple Talk printer. This is no
`problem fo r printers that use PostScript, and most App(eTalk printers
`do. Windows includes drive r software for a number of PostScript
`printers, and additio nal driver software is available fo r Windows from
`printer manufacturers.
`
`As usual, you'll
`create an icon in
`the Printers folder.
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`
`PC MACLAN does not enable printing to non-PostScript printers, such
`as a local StyleWriter that is sha red by the Mac it's connected to. That's
`beca use Windows-based driver for these printers is not ava ilable.
`
`To use an AppleTalk PostScript printer on a PC with PC MACLAN, you
`need only create an icon for it in the PC's Printers folder using the Add
`Printer Wizard
`(as desc ribed in "lnstaU from
`the Network
`Neighborhood" and "lnstaH from the Printers Folder").
`
`If t he Wizard asks you to select t he printer make and model
`but doesn't list t he correct combination, and you don't have
`a disk with Windows driver software fo r the AppleTa(k
`PostScript printer, try se lecting Apple in the list of manufac(cid:173)
`turers and LaserWriter II in the li st of Printers. This driver
`may not provide access to aU the features of the Apple Talk
`PostScript printer, but it may at (east enable the PC to print
`on this printer.
`
`Another product, Thursby Systems's DAVE (http://www.thursby.com),
`takes a different approach to letting PCs use an AppleTa(k PostScript
`printer. lnstaHing this software on a Macintosh aHows PCs on the net\\lork
`to access one AppleTa(k printer that uses PostScript. The PCs see t he
`AppleTalk network printer in the Netwo rk Neighborhood as a sha re of
`the Mac that's running DAVE.
`
`To use an AppleTalk pri nter shared by a Mac with DAVE, you just add
`the sha red Apple Talk printer's icon to the PC's Pri nters folder using the
`Add Printer Wizard, as described earl ier in this chapte r. If you ca n't fi nd
`the Windows driver software for your particular AppleTalk PostScript
`printer, selecting the Apple LaserWriter II driver listed in the Add
`Printer Wizard may at least enable the PC to print.
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`Get Local
`Printer Info
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`6. If you select a shared local printer (not an independent network
`printer) in the Choose r, a Get Info button appears below the list of
`ports and printer names. You can click t his button to see the name
`of the selected printer's Mac connection~ thus confirming that
`you have selected the printer you had in mind.
`You'll also see a li st of fo nts that are installed on the Mac you're
`us ing but that are not present on the printer's Mac. (If you print a
`document conta ining fonts that are not present on the printe r's
`Mac, it may print slowly or incorrectly.)
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`Click Get Info in the Chooser to see the name and other
`fa cts about a shared local printer's Mac.
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`7. When you finish selecti ng a driver, selecting a specific printer, and
`doing any necessa ry printer setup, you should close the Chooser.
`The printer you selected is now the default printe r and will be
`used by Page Setup and Print commands in all Mac ap plications.
`
`Close t he Chooser
`
`For some printers, an ico n appears on the desktop after you select the
`printer in the Chooser. This deskt op printer icon normally appears
`for printers that use any of t he drivers included with the Mac OS (but
`usually not fo r printers t hat use other drivers) . A heavy black border
`aroLmd the icon indicates the default printer.
`
`You can use desktop printer icons to change the default printer and take
`care of other printing chores. You can also change the default printer
`with the Control Strip, if t he Control Strip is available on your Mac.
`
`Desktop
`Printer Icon
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`Connecting
`Macs to Shared
`PC Printers
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`Use DAVE
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`If your network includes PCs as well as Macs, it's not normally possible
`fo r t he Macs to use a sha red local printer that's connected to a PC. This
`is partly because Windows 95 and 98 do not normally use t he same
`network protocol used by ·the Mac OS for printing . Furthermore, Macs
`don't include driver software for printers that connect to PCs (with the
`exception of PostScript printers) . You can overcome these obstacles by
`installi ng additional software on you r Macs.
`
`Thursby Systems's DAVE software enables a Mac to use PostScript
`printers and files shared by PCs on the same network. DAVE is a bit
`complicated to set up, and we don't recommend it as a solution for just
`printing. But if you installed it for file sharing with PCs (as described
`in Chapter 7), then it'll also let your Macs use PostScript printers that
`are otherwise available only to the PCs on your network.
`DAVE implements Microsoft networking software protocols on a
`Macintosh. With DAVE installed, PostScript printers connected to and
`shared by PCs will appea r in the Choose r when you select the
`LaserWriter 8 icon. However, DAVE does not enable Macs to print to non(cid:173)
`PostScript printers shared by PCs. It doesn't supply any printer drivers.
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`Non-PostScript
`PC Printers
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`Ordinari{y, a Mac can't print to shared printers connected to PCs if they
`don't use the PostScript printer {anguage. A Macintosh simp{y doesn't
`have the drivers needed to use these printers.
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`You can, however, add printer dr ivers with a product ca{{ed PowerPrint
`Networks from lnfoWave (http:/jwww.infowave.com). It suppties a
`Mac with printer drivers for more than 1600 printers that use the PCL
`printer {anguage and other non-PostScript printer {anguages.
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`The desi re to share a printer among several computers is reason
`enough to install a network. A network gives eve ryo ne access to a
`top-notch printer yet costs less than equipping every computer with
`a mediocre printer .
`.,. You ca n share local printers that are connected directly to com(cid:173)
`puters and independent network printers that are connected
`directly to your network .
`.,. To share a printer, you'll need a physical connection for it as well
`as softwa re for the network connection and the printer driver
`software .
`.,. To share a local printer with other PCs, you need to plug
`the printer into the PC's parallel port or USB port; install the driver
`software on the PC; install the Windows net\Vork software for file and
`printer sharing; set parameters for Windows control of access to your
`shared printer; and designate the local printer as a shared printer .
`.,. To share a local printer with other Macs, you need to plug
`the printer into a Mac serial port; install the driver software on t he
`Mac; and designate the local printer as a shared printer .
`.,. Network printers are easier to set up than local printers, because
`they're inherently shared devices. You simply plug the printer into
`your network and perhaps ass ign it an IP address. Then it's available
`to the computers on your network .
`.,. Before a PC can use a shared local printer or a network printer
`that appears in its Network Neighborhood, t he printer icon must
`appear in the PC's Printers folder. You can add a shared printer
`from the Printers fo lde r or the Network Neighborhood in Windows
`95 or 98. You can also enable PCs to use AppleTalk printers by
`installi ng additional software .
`.,. To use a shared printer on a Mac, you use the Chooser to
`designate the shared printer as the default printer. (The Mac must
`have the compatible printer driver in its Extensions folder.) You
`can install software that enables Macs to use some printers shared
`by PCs.
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