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Configuring a Windows NT 4.0/2000 Server
To configure a Windows NT 4.0/2000 server to communicate with the GA-1140, follow these general
steps. More detail is provided in subsequent sections.
• Load the TCP/IP network protocol on the server and configure it with an IP address, subnet mask,
and gateway.
• Make sure the Microsoft TCP/IP printing service is installed, and that the computer is using LPR
printing.
• Enter the host name of the GA-1140 in the host database used by your system.
P30 “Adding the GA-1140 to the TCP/IP Network”
• On the Windows NT 4.0/2000 server, create a printer for each GA-1140 print connection, install the
appropriate printer drivers (if necessary) and (optionally) share the printer on the network.
P31 “Installing the GA-1140 as a Shared Printer”
• Configure clients for printing to the printer shared by the Windows NT server.
P32 “Configuring Clients of a Windows NT 4.0/2000 Server”
Adding the GA-1140 to the TCP/IP Network
If your TCP/IP network consists of Windows NT 4.0/2000 servers and Windows NT 4.0/2000 clients,
use the directions in this section.
1. Register the IP address of the GA-1140 in the host name database used by your system.
• The hosts file maps remote devices to IP addresses. Users can then communicate with any device over TCP/IP by
using the host name rather than having to remember its IP address.
For installations that do not have a network administrator or a central host name database, add the GA-1140 to the
hosts file on the Windows NT 4.0/2000 server.
The Windows NT/2000 hosts file provides compatibility with the UNIX hosts file. The hosts file is used as a local
Domain Name Services (DNS) equivalent. It has the same format as the /etc/hosts file on UNIX servers.
The format of the hosts entry is: IP Address<TAB>host name<TAB>#comments
(where <TAB> indicates that you press the Tab key.)
To determine the IP Address and Server Name of your system, print a Setting List page from the GA-1140 Touch
Panel Display. P103 “Printing Test Pages”
NOTE:
If the GA-1140 has already been defined in an /etc/hosts file or equivalent host name database on a UNIX workstation on
your network, use the same host name here as you used for the name of the remote printer in the /etc/printcap file.
2. On the GA-1140 Touch Panel Display, perform Network Setup and Printer Setup to support TCP/
IP printing.
• Enter the options in Protocol Setup (IP address of the GA-1140, Subnet mask, and Gateway address).
