Fujitsu 9045 - Manual

13 1 Introduction Overview This chapter introduces you to the PrintNet™ architecture and special features, as well as providing information on installation and configuration tools. What is the PrintNet? The PrintNet print server allows you to attach printers on a local area network (LAN) rather than...

Chapter 1 Interfaces 14 • numerous printer logging methods (e.g. automatic email) to record printer errors and usage • remote management through HTML forms, Telnet sessions, “ rsh/ rcmd/remsh ” commands, SNMP, and pre-defined log methods • extensive built-in troubleshooting tools • built-in “ telnet...

Chapter 1 Interfaces 16 Operating Modes The PrintNet has a self test and internally controlled modes. These are: Power-on Self Test The power-on self test performs diagnostic tests on the PrintNet processor, RAM, ROM, EEPROM, parallel ports, and network interface. The STAT, ERR, and NET LEDs indicat...

10Base2 and 10Base-T 17 Dipswitches On the back of the 10Base2 and 10Base-T interfaces, you will find a small window where you can access three dipswitches labeled 1, 2, and 3 (see Figure 1). The functions of the dipswitches are explained in Table 3. Table 3. 10Base2 and 10Base-T Dipswitch Settings ...

Chapter 1 Interfaces 18 10/100Base-T The PrintNet interface card at the rear of the printer for the 10/100Base-T interface has two indicator lights, shown in Figure 2. Figure 2. Status Indicator Lights and Dipswitches (10/100Base-T) Run and Auto Reset Modes Run Mode is the normal operating state of ...

Chapter 1 Conventions Used In This Manual 20 Conventions Used In This Manual Command syntax and examples are formatted as follows: • The Courier font in boldface indicates commands that you type: $ ping ftp.CompanyWebsite.com • Regular Courier font indicates displayed results: ftp.CompanyWebsite.com...

21 2 Installation and Configuration Installation The PrintNet is unique in that different network connection options are available upon purchase. The base PrintNet model provides an RJ-45 connector for 10Base-T or 10/100Base-T (UTP) networks. A 10Base2 version of the adapter is also available. Conne...

Chapter 2 Installation 22 Figure 3. Physical Setup Network Connector $ $

Configuration Using the Printer Control Panel 23 Configuration Tools There are two parts to a PrintNet setup: 1. Configuring the PrintNet so it can be seen on the network. This involves network related settings (e.g. an IP address within TCP/IP environments) configured through the built-in command s...

IPAssign 25 IPAssign IPAssign is a Windows  utility which helps identify the PrintNet on the network. IPAssign relies on the TCP/IP protocol to locate PrintNet print servers so they can be assigned. Relying on TCP/IP as the underlying protocol, the print server can be assigned an IP address and sub...

Chapter 2 Configuration Tools 26 3. Direct your Web browser to the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) “ http:// IPaddress ” (e.g. “ http://192.75.11.9 ”). The PrintNet HTML structure is divided into several menus as shown in Figure 5. Figure 5. PrintNet HTML Structure NOTE: Online help is available for ...

HTML Forms 27 Printer Status Screen Using the printer IPAddress and any standard web browser, you can check the status of the printer. Figure 6 shows the exact state of the printer by showing the printer LCD message. Figure 6. WWW Printer Status Screen

Chapter 2 Configuration Tools 28 Configuration Alternatives Besides the HTML forms and software provided, the PrintNet internal command shell, npsh, can also be reached using these methods: Telnet A TCP/IP command that helps configure PrintNet settings remotely. A TCP/IP host starts a Telnet session...

29 3 Windows Configuration Overview This chapter details a complete Windows configuration setup including: 1. Identifying the PrintNet on the network using TCP/IP as the underlying protocol 2. Configuring the PrintNet with its mandatory TCP/IP settings (IP address and subnet mask) 3. Configuring a n...

Chapter 3 Windows PrintNet Configuration 30 Figure 7. Windows Integration Windows PrintNet Configuration The IP address and subnet mask are mandatory TCP/IP settings and are needed before the print server can be detected on the network. There are also additional settings which are optional. This sec...

Optional 31 Optional Additional settings, like routing entries, can be configured. This allows communication across subnets when no other router exists. Configuration of the PrintNet can be done from the printer control panel, IPAssign, Web browser, or host commands. To configure these options, see ...

Configuration Using IPAssign 33 13. If you want to store the TCP/IP settings into the PrintNet flash memory via a browser, click on LAUNCH BROWSER at the next window that displays. This will prevent you from losing the settings after a power cycle. If not, click “No.” 14. Read the text in the “Confi...

Configuration Using ARP 35 At this point, the TCP/IP settings are stored in flash memory and you should be able to see the PrintNet on your Windows network. However, you cannot print to it yet since you have not identified the network printer to your Windows station. Refer to “Windows Host Configura...

Chapter 3 Windows PrintNet Configuration 36 At this point, you should be able to communicate with the PrintNet from your local Windows station. This means the print server knows about an IP address and subnet mask and has these settings in its current memory. However, if the PrintNet is power cycled...

Communicating Across Routers 37 Communicating Across Routers Since Windows environments rely on TCP/IP to communicate with the PrintNet, crossing routers becomes an issue. After following one of the PrintNet configuration methods mentioned, you will most likely only be able to communicate with the p...

Chapter 3 Windows PrintNet Configuration 38 Changing Workgroup Names Windows environments define groups of related computers as “workgroups.” By default, the PrintNet belongs to the workgroup called “WORKGROUP”. However, you may want to change this to suit your network better. To do this: 1. Load a ...

Chapter 3 Windows Host Configuration 40 Windows Host Configuration This section covers Windows NT and Windows 95, Windows 3.1 and Printronix Printing System (PPS) new printer setups. Windows NT 3.51 Host Setup To configure a new printer on a Windows NT 3.51 station: 1. Open the “Control Panel.” 2. D...

Windows NT 4.0 Host Setup 41 6. Select “LPR Port” from the list that displays and click OK to bring up a dialogue box similar to the one found in Figure 12. Figure 12. Add LPR Compatible Printer Dialogue Box 7. Type in the IP address or host name of the PrintNet in the first field. 8. Type in the na...

Chapter 3 Windows Host Configuration 46 Windows 95 Host Setup To configure a new printer on a Windows 95 station: 1. Select “Settings:Printers” from the “Start” menu. 2. Double click on the “Add Printer” icon. 3. Select “Network Printer” from the second window of the “Add Printer” wizard that loaded...

Printronix Printing System (PPS) Host Setup 47 Printronix Printing System (PPS) Host Setup To configure a PPS LPR port for a printer on a Windows station, you will need to: 1. Insert the diskette labeled “PPS” into the floppy drive. 2. Load the File Manager or WinFile and look under the floppy drive...

Chapter 3 Windows Host Configuration 48 15. Click OK when done to return to the “Details” window. You should now see something relating to “PPS Port” within the “Print to the following port:” field. 16. Click OK to close this printer properties window. You now have a new network printer which relies...

IPAssign Cannot Find the PrintNet 49 Windows Troubleshooting Tips This section provides information on possible solutions to some standard configuration errors. If you require technical support, please have as much of the following information as you can available when you call: 1. What level of sof...

Chapter 3 Windows Troubleshooting Tips 50 PrintNet Cannot Be Found on the Network • Have you assigned the PrintNet a unique and valid IP address which corresponds with the other IP addresses on your network? For example, are you sure no other device is using this IP address? • Are you sure you are t...

Cannot Browse the PrintNet on the Network 51 Cannot Browse the PrintNet on the Network • Have you looked under the right Windows workgroup? By default, the PrintNet will be found under “WORKGROUP.” • Are you able to browse other Windows stations and devices on the network from this same station? • H...

Chapter 3 Windows Troubleshooting Tips 52 TCP/IP Access Problem If you can “ ping ” the printer from a workstation, but you cannot Web browse, Telnet, or print to the printer through the PrintNet, there may be an incorrect entry in the TCP access list. In order for this workstation to use the PrintN...

TCP/IP Access Problem 53 6. From a workstation attached to this network segment, create an ARP entry. The PrintNet IP address and hardware or MAC address are needed. At the workstation enter: arp -s < ipaddress > < MACaddress > ping < ipaddress > 7. Try to “ ping ” this IP address ...

Chapter 3 Windows Troubleshooting Tips 54 Web Browser/HTTP Problem In some cases you may not be able to browse the printer web page simply because the PrintNet HTTP may be turned off. If you cannot “ ping ” the PrintNet IP address, make sure the IP Address, subnet mask, and default gateway are set c...

57 4 Unix Configuration Overview This chapter details a complete Unix  setup including: 1. Configuring the PrintNet with its mandatory TCP/IP settings (i.e., IP address and subnet mask). 2. Configuring the Unix host station with a new printer. Unix Environment Description The PrintNet supports netw...

Chapter 4 Unix Environment Description 58 Figure 13. Unix Integration XTerm PC PC PC XTerm SparcStation SunOS 4.1.1 SCO HP-UX IP Router IRIX Ultrix Linux Solaris OSF/1 PC Printer

Mandatory 59 Unix PrintNet Configuration There are mandatory settings needed before the print server can be detected on the network, as well as some additional optional settings. This section offers alternative methods for configuring your PrintNet and mentions some of the more common optional setti...

Chapter 4 Unix PrintNet Configuration 60 Using ARP To configure the Ethernet Interface with its TCP/IP settings using a manual “ arp ” command, the syntax is: arp -s ipaddress ethernetaddress For the “ aix ” command, the syntax is: aix -s ether ipaddress Mac_address To use either of these commands: ...

Chapter 4 Unix PrintNet Configuration 62 Using RARP RARP allows you to dynamically assign an IP address to the PrintNet upon bootup. To configure the PrintNet with its TCP/IP settings using RARP: 1. On your RARP server, make an entry in the /etc/ethers file for the PrintNet. Syntax: ethernetaddress ...

Using BOOTP 63 Using BOOTP BOOTP allows you to dynamically assign an IP address to the PrintNet upon bootup. In addition, the BOOTP server can provide additional details like a default router/gateway address. To configure the PrintNet with its TCP/IP settings using BOOTP: 1. On your BOOTP server, ma...

Manual System V Host Setup 65 Unix Host Configuration There may be times when you would prefer to or have to perform the manual setup steps for a new printer definition. There may also be times when you require a less common print solution such as direct socket capabilities. This section covers thes...

Chapter 4 Unix Host Configuration 66 To manually configure an LPR/LPD printer on a BSD Unix system: 1. Define an entry for this new printer within the printcap file, /etc/printcap. Syntax: printername: :sh:pw#80:mx#0:\:rm= PrintNetname :\ :rp= PrintNetdestination :\ :lp=:\:sd=/usr/spool/lpd/ printer...

Printing from AIX 67 Example: chmod -R g+rwX,o+rX /usr/spool/lpd/ P5000 chmod -R daemon.daemon /usr/spool/lpd/ P5000 5. Start the printer daemon for this new printer. Example: lpc start P5000 You now have a new printer which relies on LPR/LPD to print to a PrintNet printer. Use the following command...

Chapter 4 Unix Host Configuration 68 3. Log in as “ root .” 4. At the password prompt, press ENTER since there is no default password. 5. Change to the dest directory. Syntax: cd dest 6. List the contents of this directory using the “ dir ” command and determine which destination/queue you would lik...

PrintNet Cannot be Found on the Network 69 Though the host will be sending directly to a TCP port number on the PrintNet, the port numbers are still mapped to destinations/queues in case there is some type of special processing or logging to be done to the job. However, the destination name is of no...

Chapter 4 Unix Troubleshooting Tips 70 faster rate says it knows nothing about this so you may need to try the configuration process again. • Have you confirmed that the network connection to the PrintNet is working correctly? Trying different network cables and locations will help narrow down the p...

Stair-Stepped Output 71 Stair-Stepped Output Stair-stepped output is print which starts at the top left of the page but every line thereafter starts a little further over to the right. It also refers to Unix jobs that print one line of text at the top of a page followed by a series of blank pages. T...

Chapter 4 Unix Troubleshooting Tips 72 For example, if printing to the destination, d2prn, the associated model is m2. Therefore, the command is: set model m2 trailer $FF save For default destination model mappings of the PrintNet, please see “PrintNet Naming Schemes” on page 156. TCP/IP Access Prob...

75 5 Novell Configuration Overview This chapter details a complete Novell setup, including: 1. Identifying the PrintNet on the network. 2. Configuring the PrintNet with its mandatory print setup settings. 3. Configuring a new print queue on the file server. For additional information about further o...

Chapter 5 Novell Environment Description 76 Novell Environment Description The PrintNet supports network printing under Novell environments by using IPX. It supports all 3.1X versions of NetWare. Figure 14 provides a Novell setup overview. Version 4.1X is supported under bindery emulation only. Figu...

77 Novell PrintNet Configuration Mandatory Under all Novell environments, the PrintNet does not require any network settings to make it visible on the network. Simply plug it in to your network and power it on. However, with a new print queue setup on a Novell file server, there can be some mandator...

Chapter 5 Novell PrintNet Configuration 78 Using HTML Forms When defining a new print queue on a Novell file server, a new print server must be defined to represent the PrintNet. This name must match the pre-defined name given to the print server. By default, this name is in the format “M_ xxxxxx ” ...

NetWare Version 3.x PSERVER Setup 79 Novell Host Configuration Under all versions of NetWare  , both PSERVER and RPRINTER setups are supported by the PrintNet. Since a PSERVER setup is the most common, you will find the necessary steps to configure the PrintNet as a PSERVER shown first. Configurati...

NetWare Version 3.x RPRINTER Setup 81 NetWare Version 3.x RPRINTER Setup These steps are for Novell environments with Netware 3.x (or earlier) file servers. To configure a new RPRINTER on a NetWare 3.x network: 1. Log in to the PrintNet command shell, npsh, as root. If you have TCP/IP available and ...

NetWare Version 4.x PSERVER Setup 83 28. Wait two minutes and then check your PSERVER to see if the appropriate printer is being serviced. The PSERVER should indicate that the printer is “Waiting for job.” At this point, the PrintNet knows to receive any jobs this PSERVER.NLM has to send to it throu...

Chapter 5 Novell Host Configuration 84 12. Select PRINTERS. 13. Press INSERT to add a printer to the list. 14. Type in the name of one of the default destinations on the unit for the NAME field and go to the type field. 15. Press ENTER at this field and select DEFINED ELSEWHERE. If DEFINED ELSEWHERE...

NetWare Version 4.x PSERVER Setup 85 npsh unitname command Initiates a single Command with guest access only to the unit instead of entering into a complete session. To communicate with the unit using npsh.exe : 1. From a DOS prompt on a Novell workstation, begin an npsh session with the unit. npsh ...

Chapter 5 Novell Host Configuration 86 NetWare Version 4.x RPRINTER Setup PrintNet can be configured to service both RPRINTER, NDS mode, and PSERVER, bindery mode. Use the following procedure to set up an RPRINTER form of attachment on a 4.x server: 1. PrintNet requires a bindery server login on the...

NetWare Version 4.x RPRINTER Setup 87 3. At a 4.1x console session, if a pserver.nlm session is already running for Fin_Q, first unload it, then reload it to find the new objects, or, simply issue load pserver Fin_Q . If you are successful the print server console screen will show a “printer status”...

Chapter 5 Novell Troubleshooting Tips 88 Novell Troubleshooting Tips This section provides information on possible solutions to some standard configuration errors. If you require technical support, please have as much of the following information available when you call: 1. What level of software ar...

91 6 Novell Configuration for 10/100Base-T Interfaces Overview This chapter provides additional information for Novell environments using the 10/100Base-T interface, including: 1. PrintNet Configuration. This section includes: setting the preferred file server, setting password security, adjusting p...

Chapter 6 Novell PrintNet Configuration (10/100Base-T) 92 Novell PrintNet Configuration (10/100Base-T) There are no mandatory Novell settings needed before the print server can be detected on the network. However, there can be some mandatory settings needed before a Novell print queue can be service...

Preferred File Server (NDS and Bindery setups) 93 Preferred File Server (NDS and Bindery setups) In a bindery setup, the preferred file server specifies the file server that the print server object was created on. In an NDS setup, it specifies a file server that the print server object resides on. S...

Chapter 6 Novell PrintNet Configuration (10/100Base-T) 94 Manual (Telnet) Method 1. Telnet to the print server. This will bring up a login screen: telnet ipaddress NOTE: If prompted for a “User ID” and password first, type in “ root ” for the ID and press ENTER at the password prompt since there’s n...

Setting Password Security (NDS and Bindery setups) 95 Manual (Telnet) Method 1. Telnet to the print server. This will bring up a login screen: telnet ipaddress NOTE: If prompted for a “User ID” and password first, type in “ root ” for the ID and press ENTER at the password prompt since there’s no pa...

Chapter 6 Novell PrintNet Configuration (10/100Base-T) 96 5. Proceed to the next section to store the password on the PrintNet. Netware 3.x 1. Enter PCONSOLE as supervisor on your Novell host. 2. Select “Print Server Information” from the main menu. 3. Select the appropriate printer and press ENTER....

Adjusting Polling Time (NDS and Bindery setups) 97 2. You should now see a prompt displayed that has the PrintNet’s IP address followed by a colon then root. ipaddress :root> 3. At the prompt, enter: store pserver novell passwd password NOTE: The passwords entered in Netware Administrator or PCON...

Changing the PrintNet Name (NDS and Bindery setups) 99 HTML Method 1. Load a Web browser on a network station that can communicate with the print server over TCP/IP. 2. Direct your Web browser to URL:“ http:// PrintNetIPaddress /adminConf.html ” (e.g. “ http://192.75.11.9/adminConf.html ”). NOTE: If...

Chapter 6 Novell PrintNet Configuration (10/100Base-T) 102 3. At the prompt, enter: store pserver novell mode [nds | bindery | auto] 4. Reset the unit to make the changes take effect. reset Setting the PrintNet NDS Context (NDS setups) The PrintNet allows you to store the print server object in any ...

Setting the PrintNet Preferred NDS Tree (NDS setups) 103 3. At the prompt, enter: store pserver novell context context 4. Reset the unit to make the changes take effect. reset Setting the PrintNet Preferred NDS Tree (NDS setups) The PrintNet supports Novell environments that have multiple trees. If ...

Chapter 6 Novell Host Configuration (10/100Base-T) 104 2. You should now see a prompt displayed that has the PrintNet’s IP address followed by a colon then root. ipaddress :root> 3. At the prompt, enter: store pserver novell tree tree 4. Reset the unit to make the changes take effect. reset Novel...

Chapter 6 Novell Host Configuration (10/100Base-T) 106 This destination allows for further processing of the print job before sending it to the printer. If you are using multiple print servers, you will have to either rename all your destinations to ensure that no printer object names conflict or ke...

Chapter 6 Novell Host Configuration (10/100Base-T) 108 “auto” so that both NDS and Bindery logins are possible. See “Setting the PrintNet NDS Context (NDS setups)” on page 102. RPRINTER/NPRINTER Setup(Netware 3.x and Netware 4.x) This procedure associates an existing PSERVER with a remote PrintNet a...

Chapter 6 Troubleshooting (10/100Base-T) 110 NOTE: If prompted for a “User ID” and password first, type in “ root ” for the ID and press ENTER at the password prompt since there’s no password by default. 3. You should now see a prompt displayed that has the PrintNet’s IP address followed by a colon ...

PSERVER Setup 111 • Have you tried repowering the PrintNet? Wait about a minute before checking to see if it has logged in and attached to a queue. • Is the network connector fastened tightly to the unit? • Is the PrintNet already servicing a queue on another file server? If so, it cannot service an...

RPRINTER/NPRINTER Setup 113 NOTE: Debug messages for the PSERVER setup are in the RPRINTER section here because the PSERVER setup on the PrintNet shares some code with the RPRINTER setup. • Try a debug nest logs telnet command (or find the “General Messages” section on the Novell HTML status page). ...

Chapter 6 Troubleshooting (10/100Base-T) 114 • Have you tried repowering the printer? Wait about a minute before checking to see if it has logged in and attached to a queue. • Is the network connector fastened tightly to the unit? • Is the PrintNet already servicing a queue on another file server? I...

Printing Related 115 Only one RPRINTER connection is allowed to service a PSERVER.NLM printer. • If the PrintNet has logged in to the file server but has not attached to the queue, there may be a permission problem. Make sure the appropriate users have rights to this queue (they should be in the gro...

Chapter 6 Troubleshooting (10/100Base-T) 116 • Is the PrintNet configured as the queue’s “Currently Attached Server”? If not, make sure you have associated the queue and the printer. See “Novell Host Configuration” on page 79. • Is there a hold on the print job? If you select the job from PCON-SOLE’...

Printing Related 117 Some other things to consider when garbled data persists are: • tab expansion ( xtab ) set on (in a model) with graphic jobs • the correct driver for the printer if printing from within Windows For additional information on these suggestions or on various Novell printing mechani...

119 7 Monitoring Printers Implementing Printer Management Printer management includes the following tasks: • Monitoring the status of network printers • Responding to alarms • Gathering statistics on printer operations The three elements of network printer monitoring and management are: • Agent/mana...

Chapter 7 Implementing Printer Management 120 MIB A MIB is a management information base that contains information a device makes available to SNMP. The MIB describes information about actual objects to be managed and controlled. There are many different MIBs defined. Standards of Network Printer MI...

MIB 121 Information Provided by the MIB The Printer MIB contains the following types of information about network printers: Descriptions. Printer configuration, location, and contact. Status. Current operating status of printers. Alerts. Reportable events from printers. General Information about MIB...

Chapter 7 Monitoring Tools 122 SNMP SNMP is the protocol used to communicate between manager and agent. Managers request information, usually through automated polling at specified intervals, and agents respond. Though used primarily on TCP/IP networks, SNMP can be implemented on other protocols, fo...

Setting the SNMP Community Name 123 Setting the SNMP Community Name The default SNMP read-only community name is “public,” and cannot be changed. Change the SNMP R/W community name with the command: set user passwd snmp com_name save where com_name is the new SNMP R/W community name. The default is ...

125 8 Commands Command Shell Overview The PrintNet comes with an in-depth command shell called “npsh.” It allows you to manipulate objects like destinations, I/O ports, and models and provides monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities. npsh Access Methods There are many ways this command shell can...

Chapter 8 Command Shell Overview 126 Getting Command Help The PrintNet command shell provides several online help tools. These include: “?” Command Typing “ ? ” when logged in to the command shell will produce a full listing of all commands available. Command Prefixes Typing in the first portion of ...

Store Commands 127 Complete Command List This section outlines the entire PrintNet command set including the command syntax, a description, and in most cases, an example for each command listed. NOTE: If you see the word “ ifnum ” in any npsh commands, you should substitute a “ 1 ” unless told other...

Chapter 8 Complete Command List 128 store pserver tcpsocket TCPportnumber port newTCPportnumber store pserver tcpsocket 4000 port 5000 Change a pre-defined TCPportnumber on the PrintNet to a newTCPportnumber . The default number is 9100 for prn. store pserver tcpsocket TCPportnumber dest destination...

Store Commands 129 store pserver smb workgrp newworkgroupname store pserver smb workgrp eng Define a different Windows workgroup as defined by newworkgroupname for the PrintNet to be visible within. By default, the print server only comes up within the group called “WORKGROUP.” store pserver from de...

Chapter 8 Complete Command List 130 store tcpip ifnum frametype [[-]ethernet2] [[-]802.2snap] store tcpip 1 frametype ethernet2 802.2snap Control which frame type(s) is supported with the TCP/IP protocol. By default, both Ethernet 2 and 802.2snap are enabled but normal TCP/IP communications rely on ...

Set Commands 131 store tcpip tcp opts [-]keepalive [-]disbufmgmt store tcpip tcp opts keepalive -disbufmgmt Controls whether the PrintNet maintains a connection with a host when data cannot be accepted into its buffer. Normally the keepalive feature is enabled so when the printer cannot accept data,...

Set Commands 133 netbios Windows 95 and Windows for Workgroups printing. ftpd Printing using the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) via TCP/IP. set dest from default Set all destination settings back to factory defaults. set dest from stored Set all current destination settings to the values stored in fla...

Set Commands 135 descramble Automatic descrambling of print jobs passing through which have been scrambled using Printronix proprietary scramble Unix utility, npscramble. xtab Tab expansion from 1 to 16 spaces. set model model trailer trailerstring set model m7 trailer $FF Set a trailer string to be...

Chapter 8 Complete Command List 136 set prn [-]opost set prn -opost Allow or disallow output processing on the parallel port such as carriage return insertion (i.e., onlcr). set prn [-]onlcr set prn -onlcr Enable or disable carriage return insertion on the parallel port. This may be needed for Unix ...

Chapter 8 Complete Command List 138 set sysinfo logport null|syslog set sysinfo logport null Define where the debugging information should be sent to. This can be sent to an output device off of the PrintNet I/O port or to a central TCP/IP host running a SYSLOG daemon. To set this host, use the comm...

Set Commands 139 set time hours [ minutes [ seconds ]] set time 10 30 Set the current time noting the hours based on the 24-hour system and the minutes and seconds ranging from 0 through 59. If the PrintNet is reset, this value will be lost so you will need to set the time again. set user add|del us...

Chapter 8 Complete Command List 140 set var variablename variablestring set var LANDSCAPE 0x1b 0x26 0x6c 0x31 0x4f set var FINISH $FF $PCL-RST Define a new variable to be used in header, trailer, or switch strings on the PrintNet and call it variablename. variablestring can be a space-separated list...

Chapter 8 Complete Command List 142 list time List the current time on the PrintNet. list user List the current user definitions (e.g., user names and types). list var List all pre-defined variables including any newly created ones. Any of these defined variables can be referenced in a string by pla...

Chapter 8 Complete Command List 144 Miscellaneous Commands These commands do not fall under any specific section of the command shell but they are used quite frequently. save [default] Save the current settings to flash memory so they are available after power cycles. Sysinfo, destination, model, lo...

Chapter 8 Complete Command List 146 NOTE: To use a host or IP name instead of the address, you must have set the DNS server on the PrintNet. Use the command “ set sysinfo dns... ” to do this. telnet hostIPaddress [ escapecharacter ] telnet 192.75.11.35 Start a Telnet session with another TCP/IP host...

147 9 Extra Features PrintNet Security There are TCP access lists available to restrict host connections with the device. Users and Passwords The PrintNet supports two user types: root Access to everything within the print server including all configurable settings. guest Ability to list settings on...

Chapter 9 PrintNet Security 148 Example: set user passwd root your_password_for_root save 2. Direct your Web browser to URL “ http:// PrintNetIPaddress /adminConf.html ” (e.g., “ http://192.75.11.9/adminConf.html ”). NOTE: If prompted for a “User ID” and password first, type in “ root ” for the user...

TCP Access Lists 149 TCP Access Lists Within TCP/IP environments, the PrintNet can restrict host access to destinations/queues and remote command (i.e., rsh, rcmd, remsh and telnet) execution services. This is done using an access list similar in function to the Unix .rhosts file. To view the curren...

Chapter 9 Printer Monitoring and Logging 150 Example: store tcpip tcp access add 192.75.11.25 store tcpip tcp access add 192.75.12.0 store tcpip tcp access del 192.75.11.25 reset NOTE: Although the maximum number of entries in the access list is 10, each entry can refer to a network rather than a sp...

Printer Logging Through Logpaths 151 Printer Logging Through Logpaths In the PrintNet product manual, destinations are described as logical queues with associated models and logpaths. Models determine if any extra processing is needed with the print jobs passing through and logpaths determine whethe...

Chapter 9 Printer Monitoring and Logging 152 To view the current logpath settings on the print server: 1. Load a Web browser on a network station that can communicate with the print server over TCP/IP or using Telnet (e.g., Telnet “ipaddress”). The command to view the logpath settings is: NOTE: If p...

Procedure 153 Downloading Software Emulation and operating system software must be loaded into flash memory on the controller board. This software is stored as a compressed file on a 3.5 inch, double-density floppy diskette. The software can be downloaded from the host computer to the printer’s flas...

Chapter 9 Downloading Software 154 8. Get the name of the compressed file on the diskette by listing the contents of the diskette; at the DOS prompt type: DIR <Return> The compressed file on the diskette takes the form FILENAME.EXE 9. Copy the compressed file to the “download” directory you cr...

Procedure 155 14. Once logged in, type the following sequence at the DOS prompt to download the FILENAME.PRG file to the printer: cd dest <Return> cd d1prn <Return> bin <Return> put FILENAME.PRG <Return> (where FILENAME.PRG is the name of the file decompressed in step 11.) 15...

Chapter 9 PrintNet Naming Schemes 156 PrintNet Naming Schemes Figure 16. PrintNet Default Names I/O PORT DESTINATION MODEL LOGPATH d1prn d4prn d3prn d2prn m1 m2 m3 m4 l1 l2 l3 l4 PRN

157 10 Glossary ARP Address Resolution Protocol. Associates a selected IP address with a network device Ethernet address. bps Bits per second. Centronics Parallel port interface standard found on most printers. daemon A continuously running process that handles system-wide functions like print spool...

163 Index Symbols ? Command, 126 A Access Lists TCP, 149 Access Methods npsh, 125 AIX Printing, 67 architecture, 13 C Changing PrintNet name, 78 Command ?, 126 complete list, 127 getting help, 126 Command Prefixes, 126 Command Shell, 125 ways to access, 25 Commands debug, 142 list, 140 miscellaneous...