Tektronix 200 Series - Manual

User Manual 1-1 Chapter 1 Introduction How to use this manual This manual provides information needed by system administrators and others who need to install Tektronix color printers equipped with an internal Ethernet interface. Tektronix printers that do not support the internal Ethernet interface ...

1 Introduction 1-2 Network Utilities for Phaser Color Printers R elated documentation Several manuals and other documents are included with your printer. In most cases, you will need to use some or all of these documents before you use this manual for network conÞguration. ■ Network upgrade kit inst...

Introduction 1 User Manual 1-3 Whom to call for help Customer support Call your dealer or a Tektronix sales representative for assistance, or in the U.S.A. and Canada, call the Customer Support Hot Line: 1-800-835-6100 . Automated information by fax As an alternative to calling the Customer Support ...

1 Introduction 1-4 Network Utilities for Phaser Color Printers Typographical conventions The typographical conventions used in this manual are described in the following topics. File names, directory names, folder names File names, directory names, and folder names in text are represented in italics...

Introduction 1 User Manual 1-5 Command line syntax Bold type is used to indicate characters you must type exactly as shown. For example: COPY B:\ACT-TOOL\ACT.EXE C:\UTILITIES Note Extra spaces are added between command elements for clarity; you need only type a single space. Italic type indicates va...

User Manual 2-1 Chapter 2 Network Printing with Tektronix Color Printers Many Tektronix color printers are equipped with a rear panel Ethernet connector. However, to make the connector active, internal hardware is required. The internal hardware can be purchased initially with the printer as an opti...

2 Network Printing with Tektronix Color Printers 2-2 Network Utilities for Phaser Color Printers If the Ethernet internal hardware is not installed, the Þelds listed in the table do not appear; instead, a Þeld reading ÒEthernet: Not InstalledÓ is listed. Refer to your printer Õs user manual for more...

Network Printing with Tektronix Color Printers 2 User Manual 2-3 Your printerÕs conÞguration page Your printer can generate a conÞguration page that lists the following types of information: ■ General printer information ■ TekColor settings ■ Communication and network parameters for all ports ■ SCSI...

2 Network Printing with Tektronix Color Printers 2-4 Network Utilities for Phaser Color Printers TCP/IP authorization code When the Ethernet option is installed, the EtherTalk and NetWare protocols are immediately active. To acquire TCP/IP capability, another option is required. Upon purchasing the ...

Network Printing with Tektronix Color Printers 2 User Manual 2-5 N etwork installation overview The following diagram summarizes the process of installing a Tektronix printer on a network. Step 1, unpacking and setting up your printer, must be done before attempting to conÞgure the printer on a netw...

2 Network Printing with Tektronix Color Printers 2-6 Network Utilities for Phaser Color Printers Ethernet connection Ethernet is a communication standard that supports very high speed data transmission. Ethernet offers signiÞcant speed improvement compared to serial, parallel, and LocalTalk connecti...

2 Network Printing with Tektronix Color Printers 2-8 Network Utilities for Phaser Color Printers Ethernet cables and termination 10BASE-T (Twisted Pair) Do not use Òsilver satinÓ telephone extension cables for 10BASE-T networks, either as drop cords or as patch cables in the wiring closet. (Silver s...

Network Printing with Tektronix Color Printers 2 User Manual 2-9 Your printerÕs network utilities diskettes Note Do not confuse the printerÕs network utilities diskettes with the standard printer utilities diskettes. The standard utilities diskettes contain PostScript Þles for printer conÞguration n...

Network Printing with Tektronix Color Printers 2 User Manual 2-11 Resetting your printer Several of the procedures in this manual require you to reset the printer. There are three ways to reset the printer: ■ Turn the printer off, then back on again. ■ Use the printer Õs rear-panel DIP switches. See...

2 Network Printing with Tektronix Color Printers 2-12 Network Utilities for Phaser Color Printers Resetting your printer using PostScript Þles Macintosh users Note Do not use the Restart Printer command in the LaserWriter UtilityÕs Utilities menu. Follow this procedure to reset the printer using the...

Network Printing with Tektronix Color Printers 2 User Manual 2-13 PC users This procedure resets the printer by sending a PostScript language Þle over a serial or parallel connection. You can also reset the printer by sending a PostScript language Þle over a NetWare connection, after you have Þnishe...

User Manual 3-1 Chapter 3 EtherTalk Configuration (Macintosh) Before you begin Before you begin the EtherTalk conÞguration, make sure that you have completed the following steps: ■ Your printer should be set up, connected to the network, and turned on. See your printer Õs user manual for information...

3 EtherTalk Configuration (Macintosh) 3-2 Network Utilities for Phaser Color Printers EtherTalk conÞguration overview The following diagram summarizes the steps of the EtherTalk conÞguration procedure. Print out the conÞguration page Your printer Õs conÞguration page reports the printer Õs default n...

EtherTalk Configuration (Macintosh) 3 User Manual 3-3 Finding your printerÕs name in the Chooser 1. Select the Chooser from the Apple menu. 2. In the upper-left corner of the Chooser , Þnd the printer driver icon for your Tektronix printer. (If the printer driver icon does not appear in the Chooser ...

3 EtherTalk Configuration (Macintosh) 3-4 Network Utilities for Phaser Color Printers Changing your printerÕs zone Use the LaserWriter Utility to change the printer Õs zone. 1. Select the printer in the Chooser . 2. Locate the LaserWriter Utility on the Macintosh version of your printer Õs network u...

3 EtherTalk Configuration (Macintosh) 3-6 Network Utilities for Phaser Color Printers Printer name and AppleTalk zones In general, the printer uses the same printer name on both LocalTalk and EtherTalk ports. (The printer name is the name you see in the list of printers when you select the Chooser ....

EtherTalk Configuration (Macintosh) 3 User Manual 3-7 Disabling protocols After your EtherTalk conÞguration is complete, you may want to disable protocols that you are not using to avoid unnecessary network trafÞc. To disable protocols, send the appropriate PostScript language Þle to the printer. Th...

User Manual 4-1 Chapter 4 Novell NetWare Configuration Your Tektronix printer Õs internal NetWare interface implements the PSERVER model. Under this model, print jobs are stored in queues (directories) on a Þle server. A print server takes print jobs from the queues and sends them to printers. In yo...

4 Novell NetWare Configuration 4-2 Network Utilities for Color Printers NetWare conÞguration overview The following diagram summarizes the steps of the NetWare conÞguration procedure.

Novell NetWare Configuration 4 User Manual 4-3 Allowing unencrypted passwords To get jobs from a Þle server Õs print queues, the printer logs on to the Þle server. However, the printer cannot store an encrypted password. If encrypted passwords are used on your system (the NetWare default), the print...

Novell NetWare Configuration 4 User Manual 4-5 The Advanced ConÞguration Tool creates and maintains a conÞguration Þle for each printer. ConÞguration Þles contain the names of the queues and Þle servers the printer will service. ConÞguration Þles created by the Advanced ConÞguration Tool reside in t...

4 Novell NetWare Configuration 4-6 Network Utilities for Color Printers Choosing items in the Advanced ConÞguration Tool Choosing menu items To choose menu items in the Advanced ConÞguration Tool: 1. Select the desired menu item: ■ Use the arrow keys to highlight the desired selection. or ■ If the Þ...

Novell NetWare Configuration 4 User Manual 4-7 List boxes To choose items from a list box (such as a list of queues): 1. Use the arrow keys to highlight the desired selection. 2. When the desired menu item is highlighted, press the Enter key. ■ If the list is too long to be displayed in the box, the...

4 Novell NetWare Configuration 4-8 Network Utilities for Color Printers Advanced ConÞguration Tool menu map The following menu map shows the overall structure of the Advanced ConÞguration Tool. To quickly conÞgure the printer using default settings, use the Quick conÞguration menu. The next topic pr...

4 Novell NetWare Configuration 4-10 Network Utilities for Color Printers N etWare quickstart procedure (Quick ConÞguration) Before beginning this procedure, make sure that the printer is connected to the network and turned on. 1. Log on with supervisor privileges. 2. Start the Advanced ConÞguration ...

4 Novell NetWare Configuration 4-12 Network Utilities for Color Printers Default parameters set up by quick configuration The quickstart procedure uses the default print server and queue parameters listed in the following two tables. If these default parameters are not acceptable, use the Advanced C...

4 Novell NetWare Configuration 4-14 Network Utilities for Color Printers A dvanced conÞguration To perform advanced conÞguration: 1. Log on with supervisor privileges. 2. Start the Advanced ConÞguration Tool: a. Change ( cd ) to the directory that contains the tool. For example, if the tool is in F:...

4 Novell NetWare Configuration 4-16 Network Utilities for Color Printers Configure print server (file server) menu Use this menu to conÞgure Þle-server-speciÞc parameters for the printer. Advanced ConÞguration: ConÞgure print server (file server) menu Submenu Description Choices Print server name Na...

Novell NetWare Configuration 4 User Manual 4-17 Configure queue menu With this menu, you can add or delete queues on a selected Þle server. You can also modify queue parameters. Advanced ConÞguration: ConÞgure queue menu Submenu Description Choices Queue name Name of the print queue Any valid NetWar...

4 Novell NetWare Configuration 4-18 Network Utilities for Color Printers Obtaining print server and queue status The Status menu allows you to view the status of print servers and queues. Print server status menu The Print server status menu displays the following print server status information: ■ ...

Novell NetWare Configuration 4 User Manual 4-19 Monitoring print server activity The Monitor menu enables you to view a print server Õs current and logged activity. You can view one print server at a time. The Monitor menu has the following selections: ■ Begin monitor displays a list of Tektronix pr...

4 Novell NetWare Configuration 4-20 Network Utilities for Color Printers If you configured NetWare using PCONSOLE If you used PCONSOLE for your initial conÞguration, there will be no conÞguration Þle. Use the Advanced ConÞguration Tool to change the print server name or password. 1. Select the ConÞg...

Novell NetWare Configuration 4 User Manual 4-21 Printer conÞguration using PCONSOLE A dding a print server 1. Log in with supervisor privileges. 2. Enter PCONSOLE by typing: PCONSOLE 3. From the Available Options menu, select Print Server Information ( Print Servers in NetWare 4.0). The Print Server...

4 Novell NetWare Configuration 4-22 Network Utilities for Color Printers Selecting queues for the printer 1. From the Available Options menu, select Print Queue Information . A list of queues is displayed. 2. Insert a new queue or select an existing queue. ■ To insert a new queue, Press Insert , typ...

Novell NetWare Configuration 4 User Manual 4-23 M o difying other print server parameters (optional) You can continue to use PCONSOLE to modify the following print server parameters (in the Printer Server Information menu): ■ Full Name ■ Print Server Operators Use the Advanced ConÞguration Tool to m...

4 Novell NetWare Configuration 4-24 Network Utilities for Color Printers How to disable protocols After your network conÞguration is complete, you may want to disable protocols that you are not using to avoid unnecessary network trafÞc. To disable protocols, send the appropriate PostScript language ...

Novell NetWare Configuration 4 User Manual 4-25 Troubleshooting Printer does not appear in the Advanced ConÞguration Tool 1. Make sure that the printer is turned on and properly connected to the network. 2. Verify that the Ethernet frame type used by the printer is supported by the Þle server. The c...

4 Novell NetWare Configuration 4-26 Network Utilities for Color Printers Testing the Þle server-to-printer connection 1. To test the Þle-server-to-printer connection, Þrst use the CAPTURE command to redirect output sent to a port to a network queue. For example: CAPTURE NB NFF NT Q=PHASER L=1 where:...

Novell NetWare Configuration 4 User Manual 4-27 Cannot submit job to a queue Use the Advanced ConÞguration Tool to verify that you are a queue user. 1. Select ConÞgure queue from the Advanced conÞguration menu . 2. Select the Þle server and queue that you are trying to print to. 3. In the next menu,...

4 Novell NetWare Configuration 4-28 Network Utilities for Color Printers Job appears in queue, but printer does not to service it Check the following items: 1. Verify that the printer has been set up to service the queue: a. Using the Advanced ConÞguration Tool, select ConÞgure queue under Advanced ...

Novell NetWare Configuration 4 User Manual 4-29 5. Verify that the printer Õs print server name matches the one created on the Þle server. The conÞguration page reports the printer Õs print server name. For information on printing the conÞguration page, see ÒYour printer Õs conÞguration pageÓ on pag...

TCP/IP Configuration 5 User Manual 5-7 Printing out the conÞguration page Your printer Õs conÞguration page reports important information that you will need for TCP/IP conÞguration. For information on printing out a conÞguration page, see ÒYour printer Õs conÞguration pageÓ on page 2-3. Authorizing ...

5 TCP/IP Configuration 5-8 Network Utilities for Phaser Color Printers Sending the authorization code to your printer The authorization code is derived from the printer Õs Ethernet address, therefore, each authorization code is valid for only one speciÞc printer. If you are installing several Tektro...

TCP/IP Configuration 5 User Manual 5-9 A uthorizing TCP/IP from a Macintosh 1. Connect a Macintosh to the printer via LocalTalk or EtherTalk. 2. Turn on the printer. 3. Use the Authorizer utility to create a PostScript Þle containing the authorization code: a. Locate the Authorizer on the Macintosh ...

TCP/IP Configuration 5 User Manual 5-11 Authorizing TCP/IP from a PC To authorize TCP/IP from a PC, use the AUTHRIZR.EXE utility on the PC version of your printer Õs network utilities diskettes. When using the utility, keep in mind the following information about the user interface: ■ You can work w...

5 TCP/IP Configuration 5-14 Network Utilities for Phaser Color Printers Authorizing TCP/IP from a UNIX host The authorize-feature script on the UNIX version of the printerÕs network utilities diskettes creates a PostScript language file that you can send to the printer to authorize the TCP/IP protoc...

5 TCP/IP Configuration 5-16 Network Utilities for Phaser Color Printers C onÞguring your host 1. Add the printer Õs name to the host table and assign an IP address to the printer Õs name. Depending on your host system, you may use NIS (Name Information Server, formerly yellow pages) or, on a system ...

TCP/IP Configuration 5 User Manual 5-17 C onÞguring your printer There are two steps to printer conÞguration: 1. Set the printer Õs IP address and other addressing information. 2. Set the printer Õs other TCP/IP parameters: ■ Set host access and control character Þltering ■ Receiving printer status ...

5 TCP/IP Configuration 5-18 Network Utilities for Phaser Color Printers Setting your printerÕs IP address There are two methods to accomplish these printer conÞguration steps: ■ Server-based printer configuration. This method uses RARP (Reverse Address Resolution Protocol) or BOOTP (Boot Parameter P...

5 TCP/IP Configuration 5-24 Network Utilities for Phaser Color Printers Controlling host access and control character Þltering LPR (BSD systems) By sending the appropriate PostScript Þle to the printer, you can control which hosts can access the printer through lpr . You can also control whether lpr...

TCP/IP Configuration 5 User Manual 5-27 R eceiving printer status (optional) Syslog The Syslog facility provides a dynamic path for printer status information that allows administrators to collect information from the printer. By sending the appropriate PostScript Þle to the printer, you can set a t...

TCP/IP Configuration 5 User Manual 5-29 S N M P SNMP allows you to use an SNMP monitoring station to query the printer remotely for its status. By sending the appropriate PostScript Þle to the printer, you provide the following information for the printer to send to your SNMP utility: ■ Printer's na...

TCP/IP Configuration 5 User Manual 5-31 Troubleshooting Testing the network connection Execute the ping command from the host. For example: ping printer-name If the ping test to the printer-name fails, try issuing the ping command again, specifying the printer Õs IP address explicitly: ping printer-...

5 TCP/IP Configuration 5-32 Network Utilities for Phaser Color Printers Solving printing problems ■ If you receive a file too large error message when sending large bitmaps, check the /etc/printcap Þle; mx should be set to 0 . ■ If you receive a file system full message, use the -s option to lpr . R...

User Manual A-1 Appendix A Unix Host Configuration for TCP/IP A variety of host-speciÞc TCP/IP conÞguration information is available from the Tektronix Information Server (via Internet) or from HAL, the Tektronix automated information system (via fax). Requesting information from the Tektronix Infor...

User Manual B-1 Appendix B RARP and BOOTP Enabling RARP RARP can be used to establish communications. The printer broadcasts its Ethernet address across the network, and receives its internet address from the Þrst host to respond. 1. If the rarpd daemon is started within the /etc/rc.local Þle or a s...

B RARP and BOOTP B-2 Network Utilities for Phaser Color Printers 4. Edit the /etc/ethers Þle to add the printer Ethernet addresses and names: 08:00:11:01:00:45 P480-mktg 08:00:11:01:00:46 P480-sales 5. Some hosts require an explicit update to the arp table to add new entries. This command is host-sp...

RARP and BOOTP B User Manual B-3 For System V a. Find out the process ID number for the rarpd daemon; type: ps -ef | grep rarpd This command produces the following output: root 6206 3112 0 Nov 06 - 0:00 /etc/rarpd root 13177 12135 2 06:36:22 pts/3 0:00 grep rarpd b. Restart the rarpd daemon, which i...

B RARP and BOOTP B-4 Network Utilities for Phaser Color Printers B O OTP Bootstrap protocol, BOOTP, is the recommended way to establish communications from the host to the printer in an internet protocol environment. BOOTP obtains booting data from the bootptab Þle. With the proper information store...

B RARP and BOOTP B-6 Network Utilities for Phaser Color Printers Running BOOTP There are two ways to run BOOTP: ■ If the bootpd daemon is started within the /etc/rc.local Þle or a similar startup Þle, it is always running and waiting for BOOTP requests. This method uses system resources at all times...

RARP and BOOTP B User Manual B-7 4. To start the bootpd daemon without rebooting the system, type: /etc/bootpd -s & BOOTP running only on request 1. If the bootpd command line does not exist in your /etc/inetd.conf Þle, you need to add it. To verify that the bootpd startup command is in the Þle,...

User Manual Index-1 Index 4511A 1-1 A ACT.EXE 4-5 addctrld 5-15 ADDCTRLD.BAT 5-11 Advanced conÞguration 4-14 Advanced ConÞguration Tool 4-4 Advanced conÞguration 4-14 default parameters 4-12 installing 4-5 menu map 4-8 Quick conÞguration 4-10 AppleTalk Phase 2 3-1 ARP 5-22 authorization code 2-4 , 5...