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5-18 Setting up Network Servers
ColorPASS on a network with UNIX workstations
When a UNIX workstation is configured with the lpd protocol, and connected to the
ColorPASS over a TCP/IP network, it can print directly to the ColorPASS.
Setting up UNIX workstations requires an administrator with root privileges. After the
initial configuration, UNIX users simply submit print jobs to a named printer.
The job management tools, along with the other Fiery utilities and Fiery WebTools,
are not available on the UNIX platform. A Windows or Mac OS computer on the
same network as the UNIX computer that is set up to use TCP/IP for printing to the
ColorPASS can use the job management tools to manage print jobs that originate from
all workstations on the network.
NOTE: The Fiery WebTools are not supported on Mac OS computers.
Tips for experts—UNIX workstations
Setting up the ColorPASS in a UNIX environment has the same requirements as
setting up any printer or new device:
• A distinct IP address is needed for the ColorPASS as well as for each workstation on
the network.
• You select a name for the ColorPASS that goes with the IP address.
• The IP address of the ColorPASS must be registered for the network in a host database,
and also on the ColorPASS itself.
• The Print queue or the Hold queue (or both) must be published.
Lpd printing to the Direct connection is not supported.
The following information applies especially to the ColorPASS:
• ColorPASS is a printer controller that understands lpd protocols.
• ColorPASS has a remote printer name you must use in order to communicate with it
successfully.
See the next section for details.
