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Helmut Kaleth
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Q: 12/640 and Ethernet Connection

Hello,
here`s the question:
How do I access the printer via Ethernet ? It is connected to a router, but do I have to give the printer a
number like 192. ... ?
Thank you in advance.

G4_400 AGP / cpu upgrade @1.1Ghz, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Dec 11, 2008 8:43 AM

by Grant Bennet-Alder,Solvedanswer
Grant Bennet-Alder Grant Bennet-Alder
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A:
I can guide you through the screens from 10.4 Tiger:

System Preferences > Print&Fax > [+] to add a Printer

At the top left are two Icons for "default Browser" and "IP Printer". To set this up as an AppleTalk-over-Ethernet Printer, select "Default Browser". When you select "Default Browser" your printer will probably not appear.

Click the ( More Printers ) button at the bottom.
A sub-window appears, dropping down from the same header. It has a drop-down menu of:

AppleTalk
Bluetooth
Windows Printing

Choose AppleTalk, and an additional drop-down menu appears below the first, with "Local AppleTalk Zone" pre-selected. \[You only have other Zones if you are using a GatorBox or other obsolete antique AppleTalk Router.] Within a quarter minute, any available AppleTalk printers will appear in the list. If they do not, there is a problem with cabling or AppleTalk is not turned on or not assigned to the correct Network Port.

Select your printer from the list. You may now either Autoconfigure (Printer set-Up will query the printer for its identity) or Manually choose an available customization file from the list provided.

Message was edited by: Grant Bennet-Alder

Posted on Dec 11, 2008 5:50 PM

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Helmut Kaleth

Q: 12/640 and Ethernet Connection

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  • by Grant Bennet-Alder,Solvedanswer

    Grant Bennet-Alder Grant Bennet-Alder Dec 11, 2008 5:50 PM in response to Helmut Kaleth
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    Dec 11, 2008 5:50 PM in response to Helmut Kaleth
    I can guide you through the screens from 10.4 Tiger:

    System Preferences > Print&Fax > [+] to add a Printer

    At the top left are two Icons for "default Browser" and "IP Printer". To set this up as an AppleTalk-over-Ethernet Printer, select "Default Browser". When you select "Default Browser" your printer will probably not appear.

    Click the ( More Printers ) button at the bottom.
    A sub-window appears, dropping down from the same header. It has a drop-down menu of:

    AppleTalk
    Bluetooth
    Windows Printing

    Choose AppleTalk, and an additional drop-down menu appears below the first, with "Local AppleTalk Zone" pre-selected. \[You only have other Zones if you are using a GatorBox or other obsolete antique AppleTalk Router.] Within a quarter minute, any available AppleTalk printers will appear in the list. If they do not, there is a problem with cabling or AppleTalk is not turned on or not assigned to the correct Network Port.

    Select your printer from the list. You may now either Autoconfigure (Printer set-Up will query the printer for its identity) or Manually choose an available customization file from the list provided.

    Message was edited by: Grant Bennet-Alder

  • by Helmut Kaleth,

    Helmut Kaleth Helmut Kaleth Dec 12, 2008 8:03 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder
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    Dec 12, 2008 8:03 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder
    Thanks for the lesson, but just to make it sure:
    Am I right, that I do not have to use any AppleTalk cable ?
    Simply the ethernet cable connecting the printer with the router ?

    thanx

  • by Grant Bennet-Alder,Helpful

    Grant Bennet-Alder Grant Bennet-Alder Dec 12, 2008 9:03 AM in response to Helmut Kaleth
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    Dec 12, 2008 9:03 AM in response to Helmut Kaleth
    AppleTalk is the protocol. LocalTalk wiring and Ethernet wiring are the Highways over which it travels. Some models of less popular brands of Wireless Routers do not all pass AppleTalk-over-Ethernet packets. If you have a cabled Ethernet connection, almost every Router will pass AppleTalk-over-Ethernet packets through, and you need no extra wiring other than a standard Ethernet cable to print.

    Early implementations of AppleTalk were over a proprietary self-terminating Apple LocalTalk cabing system. Farallon came along later and saw that if you switched to manual Termination and cheap telephone wiring, you could add more stations and longer distances. Farallon PhoneNet was so popular it was copied by many other companies.

    Later, Ethernet was becoming popular, and was available in baseband and broadband coax, Token Ring, and twisted-pair wiring. Apple made their next generation of AppleTalk available on all of them. When twisted-pair wiring won the contest, AppleTalk-over-Ethernet was still an available and workable solution to the File Sharing and Printer Sharing problem.