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M204 v5.7.2 Release Notes (Con’t)
You will be prompted about your type of Unix system and then a Main
Menu will appear providing these choices:
1 Configure New Unit
2 Configure Host Setup
If you’d like to configure the Microplex print server with an IP address
and subnet mask, select “1”. If you can already communicate with the
print server over TCP/IP, then you can select “2” to create a print setup on
this Unix host which can send print jobs to the print server. Simply follow
the prompts until “ezsetup” tells you it has completed its steps.
The key advantages to this new “ezsetup” besides its ease of use are:
• It will work with all Microplex print server models including the
M200/M201, M202/M212, M204, M205/M206, and M208. You do not
need different versions of the software for each model.
• It will work with all firmware versions going back as early as version
4.0. You do not need to worry about firmware compatibility issues any
longer.
• If doing a print setup on a System V Unix host, a very simplistic
Microplex interface script, “rawsysv.if”, will now be used eliminating
the need for any extra host binaries or compilation. This also holds true
if you have a BSD-type Unix system but you want to use an interface
script within the printcap file rather than the standard LPD (or “remote
printer”) print method.
As for the rest of the Unix host software (i.e. the files contained within the
“npdist” directory), the only difference from earlier software versions is
the interface scripts provided. If interface scripts are needed for a Unix
print setup, the concentration is now on short, simplistic scripts which do
not require any additional host binaries or compilation. The scripts simply
capture the spooled data, send it to standard out, and then redirect this
data over the network to the print server. Any extra processing like car-
riage return insertion can then be done on the print server.
All other binaries and source code are the same as before.
Microplex Printing System (MPS) for Windows
Prior to version 5.7.2 of the M204, the only Windows print methods
available were those provided with the operating system. Now with this
new firmware version, Microplex has introduced “MPS” as an alternative
direct socket print method for Windows NT and Windows 95 environ-
ments.
To configure a new MPS printer on a Windows station, you will need to:
1 Insert the Microplex diskette labeled “MPS” into the floppy drive.
2 Load up the File Manager or WinFile and look under the floppy drive
for an MPS ZIP file.
3 Double click on the MPS ZIP file to extract all files within it to a
directory on the Windows station.
New “ezsetup” Advantages
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