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There are three ways to change the printer's name:
The name selected here prints on the Startup Page and Configuration Page; the name also appears in the
Chooser
on a Macintosh. The name can be up to 31 characters long. It may contain any printable characters; however, the characters @ : = * are deleted from the name used on AppleTalk. A change is persistent across printer power cycles.
Notes regarding printer names
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If you have more than one printer in the same zone and you choose a name for one printer that is already assigned to another, the second printer registers itself on the network with the number 1 appended to the name. For example, if you attempt to assign a printer the name
TekPhaser
and another printer in the zone already has the same name, the printer you are naming appears on the network as
TekPhaser-1.
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The added number is recalculated each time the printer is turned on. If you have more than one printer with the same name on the network, the printers' names on the network depend on the order in which the printers are turned on. To avoid this confusion, it is recommended that you assign each printer on the network a unique name.
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The added number appears in the
Chooser, on the printer's front panel, and on the Startup Page. On the Configuration Page, the name, without the characters @ : = *, and with the added number, appears in the
EtherTalk,
LocalTalk, and
TokenTalk
areas. The
Printer Name
under
General Information
is the name as it was set, not as it appears in the
Chooser.
Changing the printer's name: Apple Printer Utility
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Locate the
Apple Printer Utility, included with your printer's network utilities software.
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Double-click the
Apple Printer Utility
icon; the
Printer Selector
window is displayed.
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Select the zone (if applicable) and the printer. Click
Open Printer; a dialog box is displayed containing
Printer Information
and
Printer Preferences.
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Click the triangle to the left of
Printer Preferences. Click the triangle to the left of
Name; this displays a dialog box containing a field for the printer's name. Enter the new name in the field.
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Click
Send.
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To reselect the printer with its new name, open the
Chooser.
Changing the printer's name: PhaserLink software
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From the printer's home page, click
Configuration; this displays the
View and Configure Settings
page.
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On the
View and Configure Settings
page, click
View and Configure Interface Settings.
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On the
View and Configure Interface Settings
page, click:
View and Configure EtherTalk Settings,
View and Configure LocalTalk Settings, or
View and Configure TokenTalk Settings.
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In the
Printer Name
field, enter the desired printer name.
For more information on PhaserLink software, see
PhaserLink Software: the Printer's Information Link.
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