TCP/IP Network Setup Procedures

To use a TCP/IP network, it is necessary to perform the following procedures.

1 Protocol Settings

Specify the protocol settings. To specify the settings, use:

The machine's control panel

The Remote UI (via a web browser)

Canon utilities

2 Setting Up a Computer for Printing/Sending a Fax

Specify the settings of each computer you use for printing or sending a fax. (Optional equipment is required to print or send a fax from a computer. For the equipment needed, see "Optional Equipment and System Requirements.")

3 Setting Up a Computer as a File Server

Specify the settings of the computer receiving data sent from the machine.

IMPORTANT
It is recommended that steps 1 and 3 above be performed by the network administrator. The machine or printing equipment does not come with printer driver software that can be used on a UNIX platform. (Use LPD to set up a printer in UNIX.) As the fax option does not come with fax driver software for the UNIX platform, it is not possible to send a fax from a UNIX platform. Pre-determined ports must be opened in order to initiate network communication using TCP/IP. The required ports can be opened by selecting [On] for the appropriate [Network] settings in the machine. It is recommended that the settings for any unused functions be set to [Off]. When a port is opened, it is possible for a third person to gain unauthorized access.

IMPORTANT

It is recommended that steps 1 and 3 above be performed by the network administrator.

The machine or printing equipment does not come with printer driver software that can be used on a UNIX platform. (Use LPD to set up a printer in UNIX.)

As the fax option does not come with fax driver software for the UNIX platform, it is not possible to send a fax from a UNIX platform.

Pre-determined ports must be opened in order to initiate network communication using TCP/IP. The required ports can be opened by selecting [On] for the appropriate [Network] settings in the machine. It is recommended that the settings for any unused functions be set to [Off]. When a port is opened, it is possible for a third person to gain unauthorized access.