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Table of Contents 1 Introducti on ........ ........ ......... ........ ......... .... 11 Overview . ................... ............. ................... ............. .............. 1 1 What Is The NIC?.. .................... ............ ...........
T able of Contents 3 NIC Web Server ..... ....... ....... ....... ....... ...... 4 1 Overview .... ................... ............. .................... ................... .... 41 Configur ation ..... ............ .................... ............. .
Table of Contents 4 Windo ws Co nfigur ation . ....... ........ ....... ..... 85 Overview . ................... ............. ................... ............. .............. 8 5 Windows Envi ronment Descript ion ....... ................... ..........
T able of Contents Printing W ith FTP ......................... ............. ................... .. 123 Direct Soc ket Printing ............ .................... ................... .. 1 24 6 z/OS Configu ration , IPDS P rinter . ....... ... 125 Overview .
Table of Contents 8 AS/400 Co nfiguration, IPDS Printer ....... 157 Configuring On AS/400 As An IPDS Printer ............ ............ 157 Printin g AFP, IPDS , And SCS Files ...... .................... ..... 157 Requirem ents .. ................... .
T able of Contents 10 AS/400 Conf iguratio n, TN5250 . ....... ...... 20 5 Setting Up TN5250 Pr int Queue s On AS/40 0 ..................... 205 Setting Up A TN525 0 Connecti on/Device V ia A Telnet Sess ion .............. .................... .......
Table of Contents 13 Ex tra Fe ature s ... ....... ........ .... ........ ....... ... 257 NIC Security .. .................... ................... ............. .................. 25 7 Users And Passwords ........ ............. ................... ...
T able of Contents TCP/IP Ac cess Proble m ....... ............. ................... ............. .. 281 Web B rowser/HTTP Pr oblem ..... ............. .................... ........ 2 82 B K erber os ... ....... ........ .... ........ ....... ..... .
11 1 Intr oduction Overview This chap ter intr oduces y ou to the Ne twork Int erface Card (NIC) archite cture and special fe atures, as well a s providi ng informati on on instal lation an d configu ration too ls.
Chapter 1 Overview 12 What S pecial Feat ures Ar e Av ailable? The N IC offers an extens ive list o f features includi ng: • built-i n HTML fo rms for ea sy cro ss-platfor m confi guration • avail.
What Specia l Featur es Are Availa ble? 13 Logica l Printer Arc hitecture The NIC im plemen ts a logica l printe r arch itecture which give s the system a dminist rator the possib ility to confi gure the p rint serv er to handle and act up on the pri nt data in seve ral ways .
Chapter 1 Logical Pr inter Architectu re 14 Figure 1. Print Path Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Host Destin ation 4 (d4prn) Desti nation 2 (d2prn) Destin ation 3 (d3prn) Dest inati on 1 (d1prn) Model 1 (m1) .
Destinations/Queues 15 Destinat ions/Queues For ever y I/O port o n NIC, the re is at least one pre-de fined logic al print que ue or des tination to ac cept pr int jobs destined for it. This includes print jobs that are sent direc tly to the I/O port, su ch as port 9100.
Chapter 1 Logical Pr inter Architectu re 16 5. Log one or all of th e followi ng inform ation as eac h print job passes thr ough the m odel • Job ID an d username • User ID and three messages p er.
Models 17 Interfaces The NIC in terfaces wi th the host printer through an E thernet 10/100Bas e-T inter face con nector. Two NIC int erfaces ar e availabl e, dependi ng on the ty pe of control ler board th e printe r contains . Some prin ters use externa l NICs with di p switch es and LEDs that plug i nto the IEE E 1284 (parallel ) interfac e.
Chapter 1 Interfac es 18 S peed Setting for 10/1 00Base-T When the r outer i s set to auto- negotiat ion ena ble, the fo llowing is the correc t behavi or of the NIC with eac h setting: 1. 10mb ps Half Dupl ex Use para llel detect ion becau se the NIC i s using force mode and thus h as auto-neg otiation d isabled .
Speed Se tting f or 10/100Ba se-T 19 6. NIC in Auto mode in 10mbps HD envi ronment (dete rmined using 10h d hub) Use aut o-negotiatio n to the highest c ommon lo cal a nd remote capabili ty, i.e. 1 00HD in thi s case. PORs to 10HD. Resets to 10HD. Recon nection a t switch maintains 10 HD.
Chapter 1 Notes And N otices 20 Note s And Notices For your safety an d to protect v aluable equipment, read and c omply with th e notes in cluded i n this ma nual. A de scrip tion follo ws: NOTE: A Note gives you hel pful inform ation a nd tips about printer operatio n and mai ntenance.
21 2 Installation And Configuration Inst allati on The NIC pr ovides an R J-45 co nnecto r for 10/100 Base -T (UTP) networks. Connecting T o The Network To attach the NIC to a ne twork, plu g the net work cabl e into the NIC connecto r.
Chapter 2 Configuration Tools 22 Printing A NIC T est Page Always pri nt an E-NET test page before perform ing any update s or network configur ation us ing the fol lowing s teps: • For P7 000 prin ters: a.
Printing A NIC Test Page 23 • For T5000r /SL5000r printers: a. Take the printer off line. Whe n the pri nter LCD r eads “OFFLINE,” pr ess the dow n arrow a nd ENTER k eys simultan eousl y to unlo ck the c ontrol pa nel. b. Press the “+” ke y until “ Printer Tests” a ppears.
Chapter 2 Configuration Tools 24 Configuration Using The Control Panel You can set NIC set tings fro m the pri nter cont rol panel. CAUTI ON When the printer is first powered on, E-NE T INIT. displays on the control panel. To prevent a loss of NIC configuration information, do not change the NIC settings while this message di splays.
NIC Verification 25 NOTE: If you do n ot put the pr inter onli ne, the se ttings you j ust entered wi ll not take e ffect. Do no t turn the printer off until E-NET REA DY display s. If you turn the pri nter off befor e the new val ues are writte n to me mory in the NIC adapter , you will need to r epower the printer an d repeat s tep 4 and step 5.
Chapter 2 Configuration Tools 26 If the Netma sk does not match, complete the following steps: a. Take the pri nter offline . b. Using the control panel, mo dify the G ateway val ue to 0.0.0.0. (non-con figured). c. Place th e printer o nline and wait until E-NET IS READY displ ays.
Wireless NIC Configuration Using The Control Panel 27 You need to set both t he etherne t and wi reless ne twork IP addresses accordin g to the TCP/IP e nvironment that the printer is connecte d to. The re are fou r param eters acc essed fro m the pr inter control panel that are IP ad dress rel ated.
Chapter 2 Configuration Tools 28 Wireless Par ameter Configu ration Certain " WIRELES S PARAM S" must be config ured to m atch the Access Point settin gs: • Signal Strengt h This menu disp lays the st rength of the wirel ess sig nal. NOTE: This is a di spla y value only and cannot be chang ed.
Wireless NIC Configuration Using The Control Panel 29 • Channel This is th e frequen cy used for wirele ss comm unication. The 2.4GHz ban d spectrum is divided into d ifferent chan nels (1-1 5). It is set to "Def ault" so that the NIC c an detect the correct c hannel to communic ate with th e Access Point in infrastru cture mo de.
Chapter 2 Configuration Tools 30 • Auth Method This featu re allow s the user to sele ct the auth enticati on meth od used for the wireles s networ k interfac e. Dependin g on the r adio card in stalled, the opt ions inc lude Op en, Shared, K erbero s, and LEAP.
Wireless NIC Configuration Using The Control Panel 31 WP A P ar am et e rs • WPA Mode . Sele cts the WP A wireless s ecurity m ode. By default the mode i s set to Disable thus dis abling WPA se curity. If set to Pe rsonal, thi s selects a personal or pre-s hared key mode f or WPA se curity .
Chapter 2 Configuration Tools 32 • Reset LEAP User . Res ets the LE AP user na me to an em pty string. • LEAP Pass word • LEAP Pass word (01-15) . The fir st 15 characte rs of the LEAP passwor d (maximu m numbe r of characte rs is 32). • LEAP Passw ord (16-30) .
Wireless NIC Configuration Using The Control Panel 33 Reset Kerb. Pwd . Reset Kerber os password to an empty string. KDC Por t Number KDC (Key Di stribution Center) p ort numbe r is the 2- byte UDP/TC P port used for Kerbe ros Comm unicatio n.
Chapter 2 Configuration Tools 34 Tc k t L i f e U n i t s Ticket l ifetime un it in eith er seconds, m inutes, h ours, or da ys. • Seco nds (defaul t) • Minutes • Hours • Days T ckt Life ( SEC.
Wireless NIC Configuration Using The Control Panel 35 Renew Life (SEC) Sets the m aximum a llowable amount of ti me in seconds (SEC), minutes ( MIN), hou rs (HR) or d ays (DAY) , as spe cified by t he Renew Life Un its, before warning f or a new Ker beros passwo rd.
Chapter 2 Configuration Tools 36 store ifc 2 wlan pr ofile <WIFI- PROFILE> <0 ...6> The val ues that c an be se t are as follows: 0: 802. 11b operatio n only 1: mixed 802.11b an d 802.11g op eration 2: mixed 8 02.11b and 80 2.11g ope ration withou t support for 5.
HTML Forms 37 NOTE: If you cannot acce ss the web page, ref er to “Web Browser/ HTTP Probl em” on page 2 82. The NIC HT ML structu re is di vided in to several menus as shown in Figure 2. Figure 2. NIC HTML Structure NOTE: Online hel p is avail able for all HTML pag es.
Chapter 2 Configuration Tools 38 Printer S t atus Screen Using the printer IP Addres s and any standar d Web brows er, you can che ck the s tatus of the printer. F igure 3 sh ows the ex act state of the pri nter by sh owing the p rinter LCD m essage. (T his scr een automa tically r efreshe s every mi nute.
Configuration Alternatives 39 Configuration Alte rnatives Besides the HTML forms an d softwar e provided , the NIC inte rnal command s hell, np sh, ca n also be reached us ing Tel net, Remote Shell, an d FTP: Te l n e t A TCP/IP c ommand that helps confi gure NIC sett ings re motely.
Chapter 2 Configuration Tools 40 FTP FTP can also be u sed to con figure pr int serv er setti ngs remotel y. A TCP/IP h ost uses FTP to stor e a file containi ng 1 or mo re NPSH commands on th e FTP file s ystem. The configur ation fil e must be FTP ‘pu t’ to the /c onfig/ default/de faultCfg fil e.
41 3 NIC W eb Server Overview The NIC co mes with a printer m anagement t ool that al lows you to monitor, configur e, and man age both the prin ter and i ts print job. The NIC comes wi th a web s erver that allows S ystem Adminis trators an d users ac cess to its printe r managem ent capabili ties from a standar d web brow ser.
Chapter 3 Configuration 42 Configura tion The Confi guratio n menu item s all ow you to configur e the setti ngs for the fo llowing i tems: • Network - this me nu item al lows you to ch ange the net work setting f or each p rotocol : TCP/IP, Wirele ss, and N etBIOS o ver TCP/IP.
TCP/IP Network 43 Network Configura t ion The networ k configu ration allows you to spec ify the set ting for eac h network p rotocol. Be side eac h protocol name is a checkbox which allows you to enabl e or disab le each p rotocol dep ending on your network pri nting nee ds.
Chapter 3 Network Con figuration 44 Figure 5. TCP/IP Network Configuration for Wireless Ethernet Interface The two e dit fie lds contain the NIC's IP address and sub net mask. The che ck boxes enable the RARP, B OOTP, DH CP, DNS, and Persiste nt DHCP pro tocols, which are a lternate meth ods of assign ing IP add resses.
TCP/IP Network 45 Figur e 7. Definin g a Gate way Address for Wirele ss Eth ernet Routin g Figure 8. TCP/IP Static Routes.
Chapter 3 Network Con figuration 46 Routing The routin g table tel ls the NIC which route r or gateway to use to access other s ubnets or hosts. In most situatio ns, you c an simp ly add your router's IP addres s as the default r outer.
Wirel ess 47 Wir e le ss Figure 9. Wireless Network Configuration, 802.11b/g.
Chapter 3 Network Con figuration 48 Figure 10. Wireless Network Configuration, 802.11b.
Wirel ess 49 Network Name Enter the wireless network n ame. Maxi mum lengt h of 32 charac ters. Mode Set the mod e of ope ration fo r the wirel ess device. P seudo, A dhoc, and Manage d are the a vailable s etting s. NOTE: Mode is not a pplicabl e for 802 .
Chapter 3 Network Con figuration 50 Antenna Choose the antenn a type. Diver se, Prim ary, and Aux a re the availab le settings . Preamble This is the pream ble used in the wir eless pac kets. It i s recomm ended to s et to "Defau lt" so th at the NIC ca n detect th e corre ct preamble .
Wirel ess 51 Prof ile Select th e 802.11g W ireless (W i-Fi) mod e in which to operate. Availab le options inclu de: • 802.11b operatio n only • mixed 802 .11b and 80 2.11g o peration • mixed 802 .11b and 80 2.11g o peration with out su pport for 5.
Chapter 3 Network Con figuration 52 Key V alue (Hex) Enter th e key value in Hex format. Key V alue (S tri ng) Enter th e key va lue in s tring forma t. Key Length (Optional) Select t he key l ength, 5 or 13. Default Key Change the default key num ber used for WEP encrypti on.
Windows Network (NetBIOS TCP/ IP) 53 Wi ndows Network ( NetBIOS TCP/IP) TCP/IP i s used for Windows (i.e. Windo ws NT, Wi ndows 95, and Windows for Wor kgroups) printin g unless another p rotocol li ke IPX is avai lable. Ther efore, m andatory T CP/IP set tings (i.
Chapter 3 Print Path Configuration 54 Print Path Co nfiguration The NIC pr int path is the path a p rint job takes when i t reache s the network adapter. Fi rst the job goes to a d estinati on/queu e (e.g. d1prn) wher e it then pass es through an as sociat ed model (e.
Destination Settings 55 Name Name of the d estin ation. The de fault des tination q ueue names are d1prn, d2p rn, d3prn, d 4prn, d5p rn, d6prn, d 7prn, and d8prn. Back Chann el I/O port to receive printer fee dback wh en a prin t job p asses through this des tination.
Chapter 3 Print Path Configuration 56 Current Model Settings Figure 13. Print Path Configuration, Current Model Settings, Model Type Model T ype The opti on is avai lable on t he Print Model web page.
Current Mode l Settings 57 Figure 14. Print Path Conf iguration, Current Model Settings, Banner Page Banner Page The optio n is avail able on th e Print M odel web p age. For a descrip tion, se e page 60. Fil ter The optio n is avail able on th e Print M odel web p age.
Chapter 3 Print Path Configuration 58 Header S tring The opti on is avai lable on t he Print Model web page. For a descripti on, see p age 60. T railer String The opti on is avai lable on t he on th e Print Mode l web p age. For a descripti on, see p age 61.
Current Mode l Settings 59 Print Model Configuration Figure 15. Print Model Configuration, Model Settings Name Name of the mode l. The defau lt model nam es are m1, m2, m3, m4, m5, m6, m7, and m8. Model T ype Define what p rocess ing (if an y) will be perform ed on print j obs passing through th e associa ted destin ation.
Chapter 3 Print Model Configura tion 60 Banner Page Tells the Ethernet Interfac e to produce a banne r page with e ach print jo b. The type of bann er page da ta can be text. You can also specify whether the banner pa ge should come at th e front or the end of a pr int job.
Current Mode l Settings 61 Tr a i l e r S t r i n g Define an es cape seq uence to be sent to the printer after eac h print job. For ex ample, y ou may wan t to send a sequenc e to add a formfeed s o you do n't have to m anually press the formfeed b utton on the pri nter.
Chapter 3 Log Path Configuration 62 Log Path Configuratio n Figure 16. Log Path Settings Name Name of the log pa th. The defaul t names are l1, l2, l 3, l4, l5, l6, l 7, and l8 . Logp ath T ype Define what type o f log infor mation wi ll be tra cked for ea ch prin t job passing thr ough the associ ated desti nation.
Current Mode l Settings 63 Logpath Po rt Define wher e logging i nformatio n for print job s passi ng through th e associated destinat ion will be repor ted.
Chapter 3 TN5250/3 270 Configurat ion 64 TN5250 /3270 Co nfiguration The TN525 0/3270 config uration form all ows you to specify settings for up to eight diffe rent TN5250 /3270 ses sions. NOTE: The standa rd Printr onix NIC m odule does not supp ort TN5250/3 270 protocol .
Current Mode l Settings 65 Figure 18. TN5250/3270 Configuration, TN3270 Mode Mode Specifi es the TN protoco l mode for the current c onfigu ration. Default: TN5250 Host IP Specifi es the IP a ddress or domain n ame of the h ost (AS /400 for TN5250) for the cur rent config uration.
Chapter 3 TN5250/3 270 Configurat ion 66 Resource Name (TN327 0 mode) Spec ifies the na me of th e AS/400 LU session for the curr ent conf iguratio n. The res ource name entered wi ll be the name o f the prin ter device created on the AS /400 ho st for the current s ession .
Current Mode l Settings 67 Device T ype By defaul t, the devic e type is always se t to IBM. WSCST Name (TN5250 mod e) As d eclared on the AS /400 host f or the crea ted printer device. Default: *NO NE WSC ST Library (TN5250 mod e) As d eclared on the AS /400 host f or the crea ted printer device.
Chapter 3 SNMP Configuration 68 SNMP Co nfiguration The SNM P Configurat ion form allows you t o configu re SNMP trap managers a nd the e -mail alert fe atures of NIC. It allows you to configur e how SNM P alerts ar e proces sed by a SNMP trap manager, a Unix s yslog logg ing daemo n, and/o r have e-m ail notifica tions se nt.
Current Mode l Settings 69 Syslog Alert Posting S ettings Figure 20. SNMP Syslog Alert Posting Configuration Specifi es whether alerts fro m the enabl ed alert gro up categor ies for this conf iguration wi ll be se nt to the Uni x syslog daemon.
Chapter 3 SNMP Configuration 70 Specifi es whether alerts from t he enabl ed alert group catego ries for this co nfigurat ion will be sent to the specified e-m ail addres s.
Current Mode l Settings 71 If the Shor t E-mail fo rmat is di sabled, th e messag e will conta in additiona l inform ation inclu ding the d evice n ame and l ocation, ale rt descripti on, alert group, al ert severity level, and printer status.
Chapter 3 SNMP Configuration 72 Specifi es which al ert grou ps are enab led for r eportin g for this configur ation. W hen an ale rt occu rs that is con tained in one of t he enabled a lert groups , it will be posted to the spe cified SNMP manage r, Unix sy slog dae mon, and/or e-mail address.
Current Mode l Settings 73 Media O utput S tacke r Full S tacke r Ja m T ime O ut St a c k e r F u l l Ti m e O u t S tacke r Fault Time Out S tac ker Ja m S tacke r Fault S tack Over Flow S tack Unde.
Chapter 3 SNMP Configuration 74 Mark er Ribbon S tall T i me Out Ribbon Ink Out Ribbon S tall Ribbon Driv e Shutt le Over S peed Ribbon Fa ult Ribbon Detec ted Print Hea d Up Ribbon Br oken Ribbon Loa.
Current Mode l Settings 75 NOTE: Not all of t he alerts are availabl e on all of th e printe rs. The alerts a vailable fo r monitori ng will depe nd on th e printer type and th e optio ns insta lled on th e printe r.
Chapter 3 Administration Configuration 76 Administration Config uration The Adm inistration Co nfigurat ion form is broken down into g eneral print s erver-rel ated setti ngs and pa ssword se curity .
System Inform ation 77 Name Name given to the prin t server in Windo ws environm ent. The de faul name is “P _xxxxx x” where "xxxxxx " equal s the last six digi ts of the NIC’s Ethe rnet addres s. (e.g. P_ 01001C). Description Optional field to h elp ident ify the pr inter’s fe atures a nd capabi lities.
Chapter 3 Administration Configuration 78 Emai l Defines th e user e mail addr ess to receive p rinter a nd job lo gging informa tion from log paths on the NIC. Default: Unc onfigur ed (empty) . SMTP Se rve r Specifi es the I P addre ss or do main n ame of th e SMTP server to be used for processing email me ssages generated by the NIC.
Passwor ds 79 Passwords Figure 24. Administration C onfiguration, Passwords Only a u ser with r oot privil eges can alter the NIC's settings. G uest users can only vi ew setting s but can not alter them. Both types of users can be as signed pa sswords.
Chapter 3 System Configuration 80 System Config uration Figure 25 . System Configuration The Syste m Configur ation form allows y ou to chan ge the NIC 's operatio n mode . Select " Reboot " to re-powe r the pr int serv er. Select " Default" to reset the print server an d have it come up with factory de fault setti ngs.
Kerberos Configuration 81 Prin t Ser ver Sett ing s • Print Ser ver Name – Th e Print Ser ver name i s used in th e KDC databas e and can be confi gured in the Admin istration page. If thi s name is changed , the cor responding name in th e KDC databas e must be changed a ccording ly to matc h it.
Chapter 3 Status 82 • Ticket Life time – The m aximum t ime allow ed before the Prin t Server i s require d to get a n ew ticket . Default: 43 200 se conds Cred entials Info rmation This sec tion dis plays t he Print Se rver’s p rincip al and its Kerberos ticket cr edentials a fter the P rint Server has authe nticated with the Access Point .
Credentials Informat ion 83 NOTE: You canno t cancel a p rint job with an IP DS Emulat ion. Do not click the Cancel icon. The printe r’s buffer si ze may not a llow you to m onitor the real tim e status o f the printer and the p rint job at th e same time.
Chapter 3 Status - Network 84.
85 4 W indows Configuration Overview This chap ter detai ls a com plete Win dows con figurati on setup includi ng: • Identifyi ng the NIC on the networ k using TC P/IP as the underlying protocol •.
Chapter 4 Windows NIC Configur ation 86 Wi ndows NIC Config uration The IP a ddress and subnet ma sk are mandatory T CP/IP s ettings and are n eeded befo re the pr int ser ver can be detected o n the network. There a re also add ition al optiona l setting s.
Configuration Using ARP 87 3. U se the arp command to a dd an en try into the Windows statio n ARP table for the NIC. This is the most common synta x for this co mmand: Syntax: arp -s ipaddress ethernetaddress Exampl e for Micr osoft TCP s tacks: arp -s 192.
Chapter 4 Windows NIC Configur ation 88 c. Under the “Subnet Mask” head ing, enter the NIC su bnet mask. NOTE: If you would like to com municate with the NIC from across r outers, you wi ll need to fill in a n entry withi n the “Routing ” section.
Changing Workgroup Names 89 3. Click on th e SUBMIT button wh en done an d physi cally repow er the print server to make the new settin gs take effec t. Changing W orkgroup Names Windows environ ments define group s of re lated co mputers as “workgrou ps.
Chapter 4 Windows NIC Configur ation 90 Changing De stination Na mes When defi ning som e printers within Win dows envir onments, th e NIC requi res that you specify a predefin ed destin ation rat her than any name y ou would like. For example , when crea ting a new printer under W indows NT, a screen similar to Figure 2 6 displa ys.
Changing Destination Names 91 This na me can be chang ed to some thing mor e meaning ful usin g the built-in HTML forms. To do this: 1. Load a Web browser on your Win dows station and dire ct it to the URL: http:// NICIPaddress /destConf.html (e.g., http://192.
Chapter 4 Windows Host Configuration 92 Windo ws Host Configuration This sec tion cover s Wind ows Vist a, XP, 200 0, and 2003 Server printer setup. Wi ndows V ist a Setup This ins tallation proced ure assume s that the E thernet a dapter i s configur ed with th e correct IP addre ss, subn et mask and gateway (if requi red).
Windows Vista Setup 93 Figure 28. Choosing a Printer Port 4. Select " Use an ex isting por t:" and “LPT 1: (Prin ter Port) ” from the drop d own menu.
Chapter 4 Windows Host Configuration 94 5. Sele ct the appr opriate printer dr iver for your prin ter and c lick Next. Figure 30. Naming a Printer 6. Enter a printer name and c lick Ne xt. By d efault the p rinter you sele cted in th e previous step is entered.
Windows Vista Setup 95 Figure 31. Sharing the Printer on the Network 7. Select " Share th is printer so that o thers on your net work can find and us e it" and click Next. 8. Click "Pr int a te st pag e" to se e if the printer is wor king co rrectly.
Chapter 4 Windows Host Configuration 96 Figure 32. Completion of the Printer Drive r Installation 9. Click F inish . You ha ve succ essful ly insta lled you r print er driv er. 10. Right- click th e install ed print er driver and sel ect Pro perties. Click t he Ports tab.
Windows Vista Setup 97 Figure 33. Speci fying Port Settings 12. Comple te the Por t Settings tab as de sired: • Raw . (The defa ult.) Mak e sure “Ra w” is s elected i n the “Protocol ” field. Lea ve the se tting at 91 00 (the de fault) in the “Raw S ettings Por t Number” fi eld.
Chapter 4 Windows Host Configuration 98 Wi ndows XP/20 00/2003 Ser ver Host Setup This install ation pro cedure assum es that the NIC i s configur ed with the co rrect IP a ddress, s ubnet mask and gatew ay (if r equired ). In addition , the a dministrat or can “p ing” an d Telnet to the NIC from the server con sole.
Windows XP/2000/2003 Server Host Setup 99 2. Click Next to start the installa tion. 3. Click Next twice to a ccept the installati on destin ation and t he program ’s shortcut d estin ation. 4. Click Insta ll to begin i nstalla tion. 5. If nece ssary, c lick Yes to inst all a Wi ndows d river prio r to installi ng a printer .
Chapter 4 Windows Host Configuration 100 6. Click Next . 7. If neces sary, unch eck the “ Automati cally dete ct and ins tall my Plug and Play pr inter” box and cli ck N ext .
Windows XP/2000/2003 Server Host Setup 101 10. Input the printer name or IP address in the Pri nter Name or IP Addr ess field . NOTE: By default, th e Port Na me value is identi cal to th e Printer Name or IP Address. 11. Click Ne xt . 12. Selec t Custom and cl ick Sett ings.
Chapter 4 Windows Host Configuration 102 13. Comple te the P ort Setting s tab as d esired: • Raw . (The defa ult.) Mak e sure “R aw” is sel ected in the “Protoco l” field . Leave th e setting at 9100 (th e default) i n the “Raw S ettings Port Nu mber” fiel d.
Windows XP/2000/2003 Server Host Setup 103 14. Click Ne xt . 15. Click Finis h . The A dd Pri nter Wizar d window a ppears. 16. Selec t the desi red pri nter and click Next . NOTE: If the prin ter drive r is already instal led, then th e “Add Printer Wizard Use Exi sting Driv er” win dow appear s.
Chapter 4 Windows Host Configuration 104 17. If necess ary, se lect Yes to set th e printer a s the defau lt and click Next . 18. If you d o not want to s hare the pri nter with other network use rs, sele ct Do not share this printer . Othe rwise, s elect Share name , and spec ify a shar e name.
Windows XP/2000/2003 Server Host Setup 105 22. Click Finis h to a dd the printe r. 23. Click OK to confirm tha t the test p age prin ted..
Chapter 4 Windows Host Configuration 106 24. Clic k Finish to complete th e inst allation. The Welco me window displ ays. 25. Clic k N ext to start co nfiguri ng the bas ic settings for you r printer . 26. Sele ct a pr inter to configur e and cl ick Next .
Windows XP/2000/2003 Server Host Setup 107 28. Unchec k the Igno re box t o specif y setup val ues or a ccept the default Ignore pa rameters. 29. Click Ne xt . The Printer S etup - Pa ge 2 dialo g box opens. 30. Unchec k the Igno re box t o specif y setup val ues or a ccept the default Ignore pa rameters, and clic k Next .
Chapter 4 Windows Host Configuration 108 31. Clic k Finish to sen d the wiza rd settings to the print er. NOTE: If you are wa rned that a calibration may inte rfere with th e current p rint job, cl ick yes to contin ue.
109 5 Unix Configuration Overview This chap ter detai ls a com plete U nix setu p includ ing: • Configuring the NIC with i ts mandat ory TCP/IP settings (e.g., IP a ddress and subnet ma sk). • Configuring the Unix h ost stati on with a ne w printer.
Chapter 5 Unix NIC Configuration 110 Unix NIC Configuration There ar e mandator y settin gs needed before th e print ser ver can be detecte d on the ne twork, as well as so me additi onal optio nal settings. Thi s section offers al ternative methods fo r config uring your NI C and mentions some o f the m ore co mmon opti onal se ttings availab le.
Using ARP 111 2. Find the Ethernet add ress fo r the NIC by pr inting a configur ation or reading it f rom the c ontrol p anel. It must be entered as p art of thi s procedur e. 3. U se the arp command to a dd an en try into the Unix sta tion ARP table for this NIC.
Chapter 5 Unix NIC Configuration 112 3. U nder th e Subnet Mask hea ding, enter the NIC su bnet ma sk. NOTE: If you would l ike to comm unicate with the NIC fro m across routers, y ou will need to fil l in an en try within t he “Routin g” sect ion.
Using BOOTP 113 4. Try to ping t he NIC IP address from a local Unix sta tion t o see if it can be seen on your networ k. NOTE: You will only be a ble to com municate with the NIC from a network stat ion on the same sub net as the p rint se rver.
Chapter 5 Unix NIC Configuration 114 2. Turn th e NIC on so that it immediate ly sends o ut a BOO TP request . Wait one minute to allow t he IP addres s assi gnment process to comple te. You should s ee the STA T LED (on t he NIC interf ace) slow d own, indic ating it knows abo ut an IP address to use.
Manual S ystem V Hos t Setup 115 2. At the Ne twork Configuration HTML form that display s, click the first fie ld below Gateway and type in the IP addre ss of the default ro uter/gate way for th e NIC subne t. 3. Click Submit when don e and p hysically rep ower the p rint server to make sure the new set ting is in e ffect.
Chapter 5 NIC Installation on HP-UX 116 NIC Inst allation on HP-UX LPR is su pported i n HP/UX Vers ion 9.0 and g reater. T o config ure a print qu eue using LPR, issue the fol lowing c ommands. NOTE: Requires r oot privi lege. Th e default BSD interfac e file “rmode l” will be used.
Manual S ystem V Hos t Setup 117 Solaris 2.6 – 7 NIC Setup NOTE: Requires S uperuser p rivil ege in the b orne sh ell. Ass ume that you c an ping an d Telnet to the adap ter. The IP ad dress of th e NIC ada pter must be placed in th e /etc/hos ts file.
Chapter 5 Solaris 2.6 – 7 NIC S etup 118 Manual LPR/LPD Host Setup The NIC als o supports Unix operati ng system s which fo llow a BSD print sy stem (e.g ., SunOS 4.1 .x). Thi s means a prin tcap fil e is used to define a ll prin ters avai lable on t he host, an d interfa ce scrip ts are not co mmonly u sed.
Manual LPR/LPD Host Setup 119 2. Create the spool direct ory speci fied b y the sd= entry in the printca p entry for thi s printer. Exampl e: touch /usr/spool/lpd/ P5000 3. Create the log an d accoun t files spe cified by the lf= and af= entries in the print cap entry fo r this p rinter.
Chapter 5 Solaris 2.6 – 7 NIC S etup 120 NIC Configuration for AIX 4 Before y ou set up the pri nter, it is good to kn ow the wa ys a prin t job can be fi lter ed. 1. Standard processin g. F iltering is done on the printe r with no processi ng on t he host.
NIC Configuration for AIX 4 121 Local Filtering 1. Enter smit ty mkvirprt . 2. Add a Re mote Print Queue. 3. Set the type of Rem ote Prin ting to Local Fi ltering... 4. Set the Printer Ma nufactur er to IBM . 5. Set the Printer T ype to IBM 4202 . IMPORT ANT You must change the printe r emulation to Proprinter.
Chapter 5 Solaris 2.6 – 7 NIC S etup 122 T rouble shooting This ins tallation proced ure assume s that the N IC adapte r is configur ed with th e correct IP addre ss, subn et mask, and gateway (if requi red). In addi tion you ca n also ping and telnet to the NI C adapter.
Printing Wi th FTP 123 Printing With FTP Print jo bs can a lso be sent to the NIC using the File Trans fer Protocol (FTP). To do this: 1. On your networ k station , change to the director y contain ing the file you want to print. 2. Open an F TP sess ion with t he NIC.
Chapter 5 Solaris 2.6 – 7 NIC S etup 124 10. Close the FT P sess ion, unle ss you have mor e jobs to print. Synta x: quit Direct Socket Printing Within TC P/IP en vironments , there are some s etups whic h requir e the host to print di rectly to a TCP port number on the NIC, bypassing all of the highe r level de stination /queue names.
125 6 z/OS Configuration, IPDS Printer Overview Use this ch apter to c onfigure z/OS to pr int IPDS f iles on you r line matrix netwo rk printer. To print IP DS files , you mus t have the IPDS opti on on the pri nter. Requirement s Verify that you ha ve the following requir ed softwar e: • PSF Ve rsion 2 .
Chapter 6 Overvie w 126 Configuration Che cklist All of th e foll owing conf iguratio n step s carrie d out on z/OS req uire appropria te RACF au thority. 1. Using the printer op erator p anel, set up the IPDS printer emulat ion to 640 8/6412. 2. Set TCP/IP addresses for the p rinter, such as IP addre ss, gateway ad dress, or subnet m ask.
Configuration Proc edure 127 Configurin g PSF for z/OS to Print IPDS Files To perform this proc edure, you n eed the IP addre ss of the Ethernet. Configuration Procedure Configuring PSF to pri nt IPDS file s includes the follo wing steps : 1. Define the z /OS co mmunicat ions con trol unit to z/OS .
Chapter 6 Configuring PSF for z/OS t o Print IPDS Files 128 Define t he Communicati ons Contr ol Unit to z/OS If you hav e not alrea dy don e so, defi ne the com municati ons contro l unit for th e z/OS host, suc h as the 317 2 or the 3745 co ntrol unit, to z/OS.
Configuration Proc edure 129 Figure 34. Modifying TCP/IP Profile This sec tion con tains informat ion about the sta tements, t he spe cial conside rations that app ly to them , and the c hanges th ey may ma ke necessa ry. If you c hange any of the va lues in t he TCP/IP profile, restart TCP/IP t o pick u p the chan ges.
Chapter 6 Configuring PSF for z/OS t o Print IPDS Files 130 DA T ABU FFERPOOLSIZE The DATA BUFFERPO OLSIZE statement d efines th e number and size of th e data buffer s. For printi ng on TCP/IP- attached pr inters, it is reco mmended that yo u specif y at leas t 160 data b uffers, 3 2768 buffer si ze.
Configuration Proc edure 131 Also, if any ta rget host requires that the keep-aliv e packe t contain data, spec ify SENDGARBAGE TRUE . For ex ample: KEEPALIVEOPTIONS I NTERVAL 5 SENDGARBAGE TRUE ENDKEEPALIVEOPTION S GA TEW A Y The Packe t Size par ameter of t he GATEWAY statemen t defines the maxim um transmiss ion unit (M TU) for the z /OS host.
Chapter 6 Configuring PSF for z/OS t o Print IPDS Files 132 Define the Printer to JES When a TCP /IP-attac hed prin ter is to be used with JES, it must be define d for defe rred prin ting mode with JES .
Configuration Proc edure 133 Define th e Printer to PSF Each TC P/IP-attach ed printer mus t be defin ed to PSF wi th a PRINTDEV statem ent in the PSF st artup pr ocedure. Figure 35 shows a s ample PSFPROC procedure that you c an modify to suit your installatio n.
Chapter 6 Configuring PSF for z/OS t o Print IPDS Files 134 //*X 0G T15. //* //* //*01* CHANGE-ACTIVITY : //* //**** END OF SPECIFICA TIONS ***/ //STEP01EXEC PGM= APSPPIEP ,REGION=4096K //JOBHDR OUTPU.
Configuration Proc edure 135 //*PRINTDEV //* ******************** *************** ********************** ********************** ***********/ //PRT 1CNTL //PRT1PRINTDEV FONTDD=*.FONT30 0,/* 300 PEL FONT LIBRARY DD*/ //OVL YDD=*.OLA Y01,/* OVERLA Y LIBRAR Y DD*/ //PSEGDD=*.
Chapter 6 Configuring PSF for z/OS t o Print IPDS Files 136 Figure 35. Sample PS FPROC proced ure NOTE: To specify a TCP/IP address space n ame other than the default, T CPIP, co de the f ollowing exe.
Verifying a TCP/IP-Att ached Printer on z/O S 137 V erifying a TCP/IP-Att ached Printer on z/OS To operate a TCP/IP- attached printer , use JE S operat or comma nds. S tarting a TCP/IP-att ached Printer To start a TCP/IP-atta ched p rinter, do the followi ng: 1.
Chapter 6 Sharing Line Matrix Printers on z/OS 138 Resolving IPDS Printing Prob lems If you hav e problems printing, do the foll owing: • Print an E thernet Tes t Page. Ref er to your User ’s Manu al . • Verify tha t the IP DS servic e is enable d.
JES Spool Printe r Sharing 139 MGMT MODE Set to OUTA VAIL. OUTA VAIL reque sts that PSF sta rt a communic ations s ession wi th the pri nter only wh en outp ut is availabl e on the J ES spool. FA I L U R E Specifi es the actio n PSF is to take a fter a prin ter fail ure or a TCP /IP network fail ure.
Chapter 6 Handling z/OS Connectivity Problems 140 Port Switching Printer S haring To suppor t printer s haring, 10/ 100Base-T Etherne t Interface printer s automat ically switch a mong al l attache d ports (seria l port, the twinax or coa x port, or the Etherne t network port) .
Ping is Succe ssful 141 Ping is Success ful A succe ssful “ ping ” usually indica tes that the z/OS sys tem can commu nicate with th e printer ; howeve r, you mi ght rece ive a succ essful “ ping ” even though the I P address of the TCP/IP - attached p rinter is a duplicate of anoth er IP addre ss.
Chapter 6 Handling z/OS Connectivity Problems 142.
143 7 AS/400 Configuration, ASCII Printer Overview This chap ter detai ls a com plete AS/ 400 confi guration setup includi ng: • Developi ng Line Desc riptions with C RTLINETH • Configuring the AS.
Chapter 7 Overview 144 NOTE: SSAPS of “ AA” and “ 12” are au tomatical ly set a s default valu es in the line des criptio n when “*CAL C” is used in creatin g new line descr iptions. You do not need to set these va lues unl ess they have been chan ged.
Configuring With ADDTCPIFC 145 The foll owing three pa rameters must be s pecified : Line Descripti on (LI ND) The line de script ion name i s the use r's name for the A S/400 adapter. Th is name must be id entical to the name ente red when the TCP/IP i s configur ed on the A S/400.
Chapter 7 Configuring AS/400 For ASCII Using TCP/IP 146 Figure 37. Exam ple of ADDTCPIFC Interface The foll owing param eters mu st be spe cified: Inte rnet Addre ss Internet a ddress of t he AS/400 LAN adapte r. NOTE: Do not use the IP addre ss of the NIC.
Configuring A Router Definition With ADDTCPRTE 147 Configuring A Router Definition With ADDTCPRTE If necess ary, use th e ADDTCP RTE comman d to crea te a route definitio n. This is required i f the pri nter is som ewhere ot her than on a local s egmen t and mu st cross bridges .
Chapter 7 Configuring The AS/400 For Prin ting 148 Configu ring The AS/400 For Pr inting To configu re an AS /400 for pri nting, you m ust: • set up the prin ting capa bility, and • verify the setup wit h a print job. You will need the fo llowing i nformation: Remote Printer Queue name Set to ‘d1prn’ through ‘d8prn’ .
Setting Up Pr inting For ASCII File s 149 Figure 38. ASCII LP R Parameters The foll owing parame ter values are requi red: Remo te Syst em Enter the hostname of your pri nter or *INTNETADR , which then prompts you to specify the IP add ress of your pr inter.
Chapter 7 Configuring The AS/400 For Prin ting 150 Destinat ion T ype (DESTTYP) Specify *OTHER for the D ESTTYP parameter. T ran sform (T RANSFORM ) Specify *YES . Manu facture r T ype an d Model (MF RTYP MDL ) Select a manufa cturer type a nd mode l.
Setting Up Pr inting For ASCII File s 151 This s elects a generic obje ct that pas ses the data unchanged withou t any escap e codes t o the prin ter. Text files wi ll print i n the cu rrently selec ted printer conf iguration, cpi, lp i, and form len gth.
Chapter 7 Configuring The AS/400 For Prin ting 152 T o Cre ate An A utomatic R emote O utput Queue 1. From the A S/400 co mmand l ine, enter CRTOUTQ . 2. Figur e 39 disp lays in bold the param eters you n eed to spe cify. Send T CP/IP S pooled F ile (LPR ) T ype cho ices, p ress Ent er .
Setting Up Pr inting For ASCII File s 153 Figure 39. Automatic Remote Output Queue Configuration 3. Enter va lues for the fol lowing pa ramet ers: Output Queue (O UTQ) The name of the AS/ 400 output q ueue. The name can be anything you would li ke. This name is not th e same as the printer internal qu eue nam e, ‘d1prn’ .
Chapter 7 Configuring The AS/400 For Prin ting 154 Connection T ype (CNNTYPE) Specify this v alue as *IP . Destinati o n T ype (DESTTYP) Specify *OTHER . *OTHER is a per formance e nhanceme nt, in whic h data is no t requir ed to be tr ansform ed aga in i f the conne ction is interr upted and al lows pr inting of multipl e copies .
Setting Up Pr inting For ASCII File s 155 V er ify Printing On AS/400 This secti on verifies that the p rinter is capa ble of prin ting AS CII files and that the printer can be pi nged on the network. To test ASC II printing: 1. Start TC P/IP, if i t is not a lready ru nning, by entering the comma nd STRTCP .
Chapter 7 AS/400 ASCII Troubleshooting 156 AS/400 ASCII T roubleshoo ting During p ower up, the pr inter per forms an in terface h ardware tes t. The prese nce of the ETHERNE T PARAMS menu sel ection at the printer c ontrol pa nel indica tes that the NIC hardwa re is fu nctionin g properly .
157 8 AS/400 Configuration, IPDS Printer Configurin g On AS/400 As An IPDS Printer NOTE: The IPDS emu lation i s not supp orted on the T4204 pr inter. Use t his chap ter to con fig ure y our p rint er on AS/40 0 as an I PDS printer . To print I PDS, you mus t instal l the IPDS opt ion on your printer .
Chapter 8 Configuring On AS/400 As An I PDS Printer 158 Requir ements Contact techn ical suppo rt to obtain t he latest PTFs for PSF/400. For IPDS p rinting , you also n eed to ins tall the IPDS option for the printer .
Configuration Checklist 159 7. Create or verify t he existenc e of an A S/400 TCP/IP interface f or NIC. See “ Configuri ng An AS /400 TCP/I P Interface With ADDTCPIFC” on page 160.
Chapter 8 Configuring On AS/400 As An I PDS Printer 160 Configuring An AS/400 TCP/IP Interface With ADDTC PIFC NOTE: Do not enter t he IP addr ess of the NIC . Do not set the AS/400 i nterface address to the sa me address as the NIC IP addr ess. Also, d o not a dd the NIC to the AS /400 TCP/IP interfac e list.
Configuring An AS/400 TCP/IP Interface With ADDTCPIFC 161 b. Subnet Mask The Subn et Mask for this AS /400 TCP/IP interfac e (for example, 255.255.255 .0 ). c. Lin e Des cri pti on The name assigne d to the AS /400 line description as described in “D evelo ping Line Descripti ons With CRTLINETH” on page 14 3.
Chapter 8 Configuring On AS/400 As An I PDS Printer 162 Configuring PSF/400 For IPDS On V3R2 To conf igure IPDS o n AS/400 V3R2, u se the fol lowing co mmands: • CRTDEVPRT • CRTPSFCFG Configur ing PSF W ith CRTDEVPR T On V3R2 This sec tion des cribes ho w to create a printer device des cription.
Configuring PSF/400 For IPDS On V3R2 163 Display Device Descript ion Device D escription : DEV D printer_type Optio n: OPTION *A LL Categ ory of device : *PR T Autom a tica lly cr eated: NO Device cla.
Chapter 8 Configuring On AS/400 As An I PDS Printer 164 Figure 41. Example of CRTDEVPRT Command (V3R2) 3. Valu es must b e entered for the follo wing pa rameter s: a.
Configuring PSF/400 For IPDS On V3R2 165 g. Font (FONT) Enter an appropr iate valu e. h. Form Feed (FORMFE ED) Specify *CONT . i. Remote Location (RMTLOCNAME) Enter the remote l ocation n ame. Config uring AF P With CRTPS FCFG On V3R2 The PS F™ conf iguratio n object created with t his com mand is used by PSF/ 400 when printing IPDS fil es.
Chapter 8 Configuring On AS/400 As An I PDS Printer 166 Figure 42. Example CRTPSFCFG Command (V3R2) 3. The foll owing param eters are required: a. PSF Configuration (PSFCFG) The name of the print er device you are con figurin g. b. Library Specify QGPL .
Configuring PSF/400 For IPDS On V3R2 167 d. Activate rel ease timer (ACTRLSTM R) Specifi es the p oint a t which the rele ase time r (RLST MR) is activate d.
Chapter 8 Configuring On AS/400 As An I PDS Printer 168 Configuring PSF/400 For IPDS On V3R7 And Above To conf igure IPDS o n AS/400 V3R7 an d above, u se the fol lowing comm ands: • CRTPSFCFG (Opti.
Configuring PSF/400 For IPDS On V3R7 And Above 169 2. A comple ted sc reen lo oks like F igure 43. Figure 43. Examp le CRTPSFC FG Command (V3R7 or V 4R1) PSF Con figurati on Inform ation PSF conf igur.
Chapter 8 Configuring On AS/400 As An I PDS Printer 170 NOTE: The lines in bold in F igure 43 ar e not used by PSF/4 00. Instead, P SF/400 uses the information entered i n the device description screen . 3. The foll owing param eters are recomme nded: a.
Configuring PSF/400 For IPDS On V3R7 And Above 171 NOTE: Only use t he USRDFNOB J parameter if it was de fined in the previ ous proce dure. Se e “Configu ring AF P With CRTPSFCF G On V3R7 Or V4R1 (Opt ional)” on page 168. 2. A complete d screen looks like the example sh own in Figure 44 .
Chapter 8 Configuring On AS/400 As An I PDS Printer 172 Figure 44. Example CRTDEVPRT Command (V3R7 and abov e) 3. Valu es must b e entered for the follo wing pa rameter s: a. Device Descrip tion (DEVD) The dev ice descr iption o r name. b. Device Class (DEV CLS) Specify *LAN c.
Configuring PSF for IPDS On V 4R2 And Above 173 d. Device Mo del (MODEL) Specify 0 e. LAN Attachment (LANATTACH) Specify *IP f. Port Num ber (PO RT) Specify 5001 g.
Chapter 8 Configuring On AS/400 As An I PDS Printer 174 Configuring AFP with CRTPSFCFG on V4R3 and Abo ve (Option al) To configu re the iS eries for IPDS printi ng on V4R3 : 1.
Configuring AFP with CRTPSFCFG on V4R3 and Above (Optional) 175 Figure 45. Example CRTPSFCFG Command (V4R2 and above) 3. The foll owing parame ters are r ecommen ded: PSF config uration (PSFCF G) The name used for this PSF configurati on objec t. The nam e must match the u ser-defin ed objec t name (US RDFNOBJ) in the prin ter DEVD.
Chapter 8 Configuring On AS/400 As An I PDS Printer 176 Release t imer (RLSTMR) Specifi es the am ount of time to wait before a s ession or dialog is releas ed without t erminating the writer. T he ACT RLSTMR paramete r specifi es when thi s timer is to be ac tivated.
Configuring PSF with CRTDEVPRT On V4R2 and Above 177 Create Devic e Desc ( Printer) (CRT DEVPRT) Device desc ription .................... ..... : >P7000 Name Device class ................... ................ : >*LAN *LCL, *RMT , *VRT , *SNPT , *LAN Device type .
Chapter 8 Configuring On AS/400 As An I PDS Printer 178 Figure 46. Example CRTDEVPRT Command (V4R2 and abov e) 2. Valu es must b e entered for the follo wing pa rameter s: Device Des cription (DEVD) The device desc ripti on or nam e. Device Cla ss (DEVCLS) Specify *LA N .
Configuring PSF with CRTDEVPRT On V4R2 and Above 179 Font (F ONT) Enter an appropr iate valu e. Form Feed (FORM FEED) Specify *CONT . Activation ti mer (ACTTMR) Thi s value specif ies th e num ber of se conds that P SF wait s for a printer to respond t o an activ ation r equest.
Chapter 8 Verifying The IPDS Configuration On AS/400 180 V erifying The IPDS Configuration On AS/400 To test IPDS printing: 1. If it is n ot already on, vary on the li ne descri ption: VRYCFG CFGTYPE(*LIN) 2. To start TCP/IP , enter STRTCP . 3. Verify tha t the AS/40 0 TCP/IP in terface is active.
Configuring PSF with CRTDEVPRT On V4R2 and Above 181 7. If you hav e proble ms prin ting, do the followin g: • Print an Ethernet T est Page. R efer to y our User's Man ual . • V erify tha t port num ber 5001 is being used. 8. If you are still unab le to p rint IPDS fi les, con tact technic al support.
Chapter 8 Sharing The AS/400 Printer On Th e Network 182 Printer Sharing Parameters To set up A S/400 for pr inter shar ing, set the following paramete rs.
Printe r Shar ing Par ameters 183 V3R2 CR TPSFCFG CHGPSFCFG ACTTMR *NOMAX The v alu e speci fies t he number of s econds th at PSF/400 will wait for a printer to re spond to an activati on request . If only o ne syst em will be using the printer , use the defaul t value (170 seconds ).
Chapter 8 Sharing The AS/400 Printer On Th e Network 184 V3R7 V4R1 CR TPSF CFG CHGPSFCFG RLSTMR *S EC15 S pecifies the am ount o f time to wait bef ore a sessi on or dialog is rele ased with out termina ting th e writer . The A CTRLSTMR para meter spe cifies when this timer is to be activa ted.
Cannot PING The Printer 185 AS/4 00 T roub leshooting Use this s ection to resolv e problem s config uring AS/40 0 on TC P/IP networks. Cannot PING The Printer If you hav e proble ms trying to ping the pri nter: • Verify th e configurat ion of AS/40 0, includ ing the pri nter and any interve ning de vice s such as route rs and b ridges.
Chapter 8 AS/400 Troubleshooting 186 S pooled Print File Remains In PND S t atus Check the output que ue with the comma nd: WRKOUTQ queuename This typi cally ind icates t hat PSF /400 is wa iting for a respo nse from the printe r. This can be verified by displayi ng the QSPL subsystem, WRKACTJOBSBS ( QSPL ).
187 9 z/OS Configuration, TN3270E z/OS C onfiguration For A TN3270E Pr inter The foll owing config uration i nformation s hows how a line ma trix printer can be c onfigured on z/OS an d Info P rint Se rver to prin t TN3270E. Modtabs ar e provided for both an SCS and DS C printer.
Chapter 9 Program M aterials 188 Program Materials A progr am is identifi ed by a prog ram number an d a feature num ber. The progr am number for Coax P rinter Sup port is 569 7-F51. Addit ional in formation regarding the telnet server an d Info Pr int Server c an be f ound in the followin g manuals .
VTAM Definitions For SCS and DSE TN3 270E 189 Figure 49. Example Of The APPLID That Re presents A Copy Of IPDS VT AM Definitions For SCS and DSE TN3270E The foll owing are VT AM defi nitions for SCS a nd DSE T N3270E printer s. NOTE: These defin itions a re identi cal to th ose of CO AX attach ed printer s.
Chapter 9 Program M aterials 190 ****** ***** ******** ***** ******* ******** ***** ******* ******** ***** ****** * * * PRIN TER WITH SNA CHARACTER SET (LU_1) @DA229 61* * * ****** ***** ******** ****.
TCPIP Configuration With TN3270 E 191 TCPIP Configuration With TN3270E The foll owing is the portion o f the system ’s TCP IP config uration involved wi th TN3270E p rinters. NOTE: Only ad ditions re quired fo r the TN3 270E p rinters a re shown. ; ; Define th e VTAM parameters requir ed for the T elnet se rver.
Chapter 9 Program M aterials 192 Printer Inventory Manager As Defined W ith TN3270 E The foll owing screens show are as of the Pri nter Inventor y Manager invo lved with the defini tion of the TN327 0E prin ters. 1. At main p anel, sel ect optio n 4 to look at the F SS defini tion.
Printer Inventory Manager As Defined With TN3270 E 193 2. Select op tion 5 fr om this pa nel to li st the FS Ss. 3. From the pan el below, brows e the PRINTWA Y FSS to see how the TN3270 E FSS was define d.
Chapter 9 Program M aterials 194 The pan el below s hows how t he FSS (P RINTWAY) is assoc iated with its VTAM Appl id APIP P101. 4. Next look at the pr inter defini tion for the DSE ( LU_3) prin ter in the prin ter inve ntory. 5. Sele ct option 2 from th e Printer Inventory M anager m ain pa nel, to list the p rinters.
Printer Inventory Manager As Defined With TN3270 E 195 6. While brows ing VTAM _DSE1, no tice that t he DSC printe r is defined to IPS as a COAX attach ed printe r.
Chapter 9 Program M aterials 196 Process ing => = > * NetSpool options => => NetSpool end-of-fil e => => IP PrintW ay option s => => * Protoc ol => => * / Use DES T, CLASS, a nd FORMS fo r IP Prin tWay print er selec tion NetSpool LU name .
Printer Inventory Manager As Defined With TN3270 E 197 The foll owing pane l shows t he Alloc ation se ction of th e setup, where the p rinter is associate d with C lass K job s. In the IP P rintway opti ons, retry ti me, retry l imit, and response timeou t is alread y for the printer .
Chapter 9 Program M aterials 198 Browse IP Prin tWay Op tions Command = => Printer d efinition name . VTA M_DSE1 More: + Retention period: Successfu l. . . . Fail ure . . Retry time . . . . . 0000:0 5:00 Retry limit. . . . . 2 Connecti on timeout .
Printer Inventory Manager As Defined With TN3270 E 199 Browse IP Prin tWay Op tions Command = => Printer d efinition name . VTAM _DSE1 More: - Document h eader . . (ex tend) / Translate document header Document t railer . . (extend ) / Translate document trailer Dataset grou ping .
Chapter 9 Program M aterials 200 The followi ng shows whe re the VTA M parameter s were set for the printer. For the DS E print er we chose RMT3 and the logmod e of LU3PRT. The next pa nel shows these setti ngs for the SCS prin ter. Browse VTA M Protocol Command ==> Print er definiti on name .
Printer Inventory Manager As Defined With TN3270 E 201 The last thi ng yo u need to c onfigure is the pri nter. NOTE: A this ti me, InfoPr int Serve r and all related LUs should be active. Using the print er's web pages go to the config uration scr een Configuration Screens 1.
Chapter 9 Configuration Scr eens 202 The foll owing dis plays: 3. Sele ct TN3270 E Mode . The foll owing dis plays: NOTE: Changes will only take effe ct after you r eset the line matrix printer fr om the Sy stem page .
Printer Inventory Manager As Defined With TN3270 E 203 5. Select au to connect. 6. Go to the s ystem page and reboo t for the c hanges t o take effect. 7. After the printer reboots, ent er the co mmand /DT CPIP, T, CONN from the SDSF console. The follow ing mess ages sh ow that the printer is connected.
Chapter 9 Configuration Scr eens 204.
205 10 AS/400 Configuration, TN5250 Setting Up TN 5250 P rint Queues On AS/4 00 Start with V3R7 or later and the most recen t PTF level . The AS/400 should ha ve tcpip insta lled, be f ully co nfigured , and fun ctional. To set up the TN5250 print queue s, do t he followi ng: 1.
Chapter 10 Setting Up A TN5250 Connec tion/Device Via A Telnet Session 206 NOTE: It is not nece ssary to s et up the d evd or queue name on t he AS/400 m anuall y or in adv ance . The config uration and reset of the NIC adap ter automa tically sets up the dev d or queue name.
User Supplied Value s 207 User Supplied V alues Host: For this session , use the I P value fro m (step 4 ab ove). Device description: This is the name o f the vir tual devi ce. Aut o connec t: • If true (enab led) then queue and device automati cally atta ch.
Chapter 10 Using Telnet Commands for TN5250 208 store tn dest <dxprn>c opytimeout<copytimeoutvalue> See pa ge 219 for store com mand de scriptio ns. Lis t Comma nds list tn list stored tn list default tn See page 248 for list c ommand des criptions .
Getting Star ted 209 Example : tn dest d1 prn start By usin g the manua l metho d, time is allowed to proper ly prepare th e AS/400 after t he prin ter is po wered up but b efore a connecti on is es tablished. T his me thod shoul d only b e used during an initial insta llation unti l the p rinter and the AS/400 are synchroni zed.
Chapter 10 TN5250 Job Formatting 210 Separator progr am SE PPGM *NONE Libr ary Printe r error mess age PRTE RMSG *INFO Libr ary *LIB L Host print transform TRANSFORM *NO Manu factur er ty pe and mod e.
Getting Star ted 211 Figure 51. Example of CHGDEVPRT Command Font Identifier (FONT) - Help The print q uality/type face sett ing in TN5250 m ode is NOT set by the TN5250 data str eam. It is onl y set thr ough the f ront pane l. This is true regardless o f the fron t panel T N5250 Host Overrid e setting.
Chapter 10 Font Ide nti fier (FO NT) - He lp 212.
213 11 Monitoring Printers Implementing Pr inter Man agement Printer manageme nt includ es the follo wing tas ks: • Monitoring the status of network p rinters • Respondin g to alar ms • Gatherin.
Chapter 1 1 Implementing Prin ter Management 214 MIB An MIB c ontain s informati on a devi ce ma kes ava ilable th rough SNMP. The MIB is a mana gement inf ormation base that describes informa tion about a ctual obj ects to be managed and co ntrolled.
SNMP 215 Getting The La test MIB Inform ation The latest c opy of th ese and other RFCs can b e obtained from the Internet Engi neering Task Force (IE TF) at http:// www.ielf.org. SNMP SNMP is the protocol used to com municate between manager and agent.
Chapter 1 1 Monitoring Tools 216 PrintNet Enterprise Suite PrintNe t Enterpris e Suite (PNE) is a v ersatile remote managemen t software utility. It allows yo u to organ ize all of the printe rs in yo.
217 12 Commands Command Shell Overview The NIC co mes with a n in-dep th comman d shell ca lled npsh . I t allows you to manipul ate objec ts like destination s, I/O ports , and models an d provi des moni toring and tr oublesh ooting capabil ities.
Chapter 12 Command Shell O verview 218 Main np sh Command Prefixes All con figurabl e comman ds either start w ith store or set , and view co mmands s tart with list . NOTE: If the store prefi x is used , the NIC m ust be re powe red t o make the ch anges take effect.
Store Commands 219 Complete Command List This sec tion outli nes the en tire NIC c ommand s et includin g the comma nd syntax, a d escri ption, and i n most ca ses, a n example for each com mand listed. NOTE: If you see the word ifnum in a ny npsh co mmands , you should s ubstitute a 1 or 2 unless told otherwis e.
Chapter 12 Complete Command List 220 Define the wireles s authenticatio n scheme: store ifc <IFNUM> wlan auth <AUTH-METHOD> (eg. open, shared, lea p) <ifnum> is the i nterface num ber for the wireles s interfac e.
Store Commands 221 Set the wir eless tra nsfer rate (speed): store ifc <IFNUM> wlan speed auto|<1 2 5 11> <ifnum> is the in terface n umber for the wir eless d evice. <speed- flags> ar e the spee ds being selected . They ar e entered as a list of integer s, separat ed by 'spa ce' ch aracters.
Chapter 12 Complete Command List 222 Set wireles s transmit p ower: store ifc <IFNUM> wlan txpwr <0-100> <ifnum> is the i nterface num ber for the wireles s device.
Store Commands 223 store ifc <IFNUM> wlan profile <WIFI-PROFILE> <ifnum> is the in terface n umber for the wirele ss inter face. <WIFI-PRO FILE> is a va lue in the range of 0 to 6, wher e: 0 = 802.11 b only 1 = mixe d 802.11g,b 2 = mixe d 802.
Chapter 12 Complete Command List 224 store ifc <IFNUM> wlan country <COUNTRY-CODE> <ifnum> is the i nterface num ber for the wireles s interfac e.
Store Commands 225 Sets the m aximum a llowable ticket life time in sec onds, min utes, hours, or d ays: store kerberos con fig tktlife <LIFE_TIME> <s|m|h|d> <life_ti me> is betwe en 300 s econds and 259200 seconds (3 days).
Chapter 12 Complete Command List 226 Sets the Kerbe ros pas sword th at must ma tch the Wi ndows 200 0 user pa ssword for the Print S erver: store kerberos passwor d <KERBEROS_PASSWORD> <kerb.
Store Commands 227 store pserver name Exam ple: store pserver name N IC1234 Command to c hange the print s erver name . store pserver opts [[-]jobsecurity] [jobtimeout <SECON DS>] [jobcontrol[of.
Chapter 12 Complete Command List 228 The new l ine at the bottom of th e lpst ate resp onse labele d “prin ter job:” c an report on e of two status v alues: a. In Progress . A j ob in the p rinter is not yet finis hed. b. Done . There ar e no jobs in the p rinter.
Store Commands 229 store pserver smb workgrp <WORKGROUP> Exam ple: store pserver smb workgrp eng Define a di fferent Wind ows workgr oup as de fined by <workgrou p> for th e NIC to be v isible with in (should be 14 charac ters or le ss). By default, the print server on ly come s up within the group called “WORKG ROUP.
Chapter 12 Complete Command List 230 store ptrmgmt mgmt <MG MT PORT NUMBER> Used in PXM L operation . Default: 90 07 store tcpip <IFNUM> ad dr <ADDRESS> Exam pl e: store tcpip 1 addr 192 .75.11.9 Store th e IP addr ess for the NIC. store tcpip <IFNUM> ma sk <MASK> Exam pl e: store tcpip 1 mask 255 .
Store Commands 231 store tcpip del de fault [1|2] Exam ple: store tcpip route del default1 192.75.11.1 1 Delete a de fault rout er/gateway defined b y router IP Address (<router> <ifnum>) so the NIC knows whe re to dir ect pac kets destined for another subnet .
Chapter 12 Complete Command List 232 store tcpip tcp opts [ -]keepalive [-]zeroIPArp [-]keepalivedata Exam pl e: store tcpip tcp opts k eepalive Control w hether the NIC maintains a connec tion with a ho st when data c annot be a ccepted i nto its buffe r.
Store Commands 233 store tn dest <DXP RN> host <IPADDRESS> Exam ple: store tn dest d1prn host 192.75.11.1 Store the IP addre ss of the TN5250/32 70 host Default: Unc onfigure d (empty) IP address store tn dest <DXP RN> port <PORTNUM> Exam ple: store tn dest d1prn port 27 Store the UDP port numb er of the T N server .
Chapter 12 Complete Command List 234 store tn dest <DXPRN> WSCSTname <WSCSTname > Exam pl e: store tn dest d1prn WSCS Tname *NONE Store th e queue nam e to whi ch system message s will b e logge d.
Set Commands 235 store tn from defa ult|current Exam ple: store tn from defaul t Store al l tn defaul t settings o r current settings to flash mem ory so that the y are r etained aft er power up. Set Commands These se ttings alte r the current or working sett ings in mem ory only.
Chapter 12 Complete Command List 236 set dest <DEST> servic e [[-]socket][[-]lpd] [[-]lpsched] [[-]rprin ter] [[-]pserver] [[-]netbios] [[-]ftpd] [[-]tn] Exam pl e: set dest d1prn service -netbios Set the de stinat ion (<des t>) to han dle only certai n print servi ces.
Set Commands 237 set logpath <LOGPA TH> name <NEW_NAME> Exam ple: set logpath l1 nam e pagecount Change the c urrent nam e of the logpath ( <logpath>) to a new name as i ndicated by <new_n ame>. These n ames a re case sens itive.
Chapter 12 Complete Command List 238 set logpath from store d Set all c urrent lo gpath s ettings to the valu es stor ed in flash memory . set lpd Exam pl e: set lpd [-]bytecount Set the job cont rol on th e file si ze of a Li ne Prin ter Daemon (LPD).
Set Commands 239 set model <MODEL> stty [[-]onlcr] [[-]descramble] [xtab <1-16>|none] Exam ple: set model m3 stty onlcr Control ex tra job pr ocessing done by th e <model> . The processi ng options are: onlc r Carriag e return in sertion for Unix tex t jobs.
Chapter 12 Complete Command List 240 set model <MODEL> conf ig [config_num] Set a pr inter co nfiguration number c onfig_num to be load ed prior to pri nting a job on th e specified mo del. If the comm and is sent w ith confi g_num set to 0, the fac tory confi guration is loaded be fore the j ob print s.
Set Commands 241 set prn [-]opost Exam ple: set prn -opost Allow or disal low output process ing on th e paral lel port s uch as carriage return i nsertio n (e.g., on lcr). set prn [-]onlcr Exam ple: set prn -onlcr Enable or disabl e carriag e return insert ion on the paralle l port.
Chapter 12 Complete Command List 242 set snmp manager <INDE X> <IPADDRESS> < TRAP-COMMUNITY> The NIC cont inuously generat es traps. To set the NIC to send traps to a parti cular S NMP manager, us e this comm and to add an SNMP m anager to the trap t able.
Set Commands 243 set snmp emailform at <INDEX> [-]short Enable or disable th e short e- mail messa ge format for an SNMP alert ta ble ent ry. When ena bled, th e short e-m ail format can be used wh en message s will be vi ewed on device s having a limited display size (a cellula r phone o r pager, for exampl e).
Chapter 12 Complete Command List 244 “-all” d isables an d “all” en ables repo rting of a lerts in a ll ale rt groups. Individ ual aler t groups ca n be se lectiv ely enab led or disable d via co mbina tions of a lert group s witches .
Set Commands 245 set sysinfo loginf o [-]sys | [-]tcp | [-]ipx | [-]spx Exam ple: set sysinfo loginf o -sys ipx Set the NIC debuggi ng informati on type.
Chapter 12 Complete Command List 246 set sysinfo syslog hos tIPaddress Exam pl e: set sysinfo syslog 192 .75.11.30 Set the IP address o f the host r unning th e SYSLOG da emon. NIC debuggi ng or pr int job an d printe r loggin g informatio n can be sent to that IP add ress.
Set Commands 247 set user from defa ult Set all us er sett ings back to factory d efaults. set user from stor ed Set all c urrent user se ttings to t he values stored in flash memory. set user passwd sn mp <COM_NAME> Set the new SNMP R/ W commun ity name as the < com_name> value .
Chapter 12 Complete Command List 248 List Commands These commands list t he curren t or wo rking se ttings fo r a part icular sect ion within the co mmand sh ell.
List Commands 249 speed = < speed- flags > preamble = < len-type > pmm = < sleep-ti me > defkey = < key-num > auth = <auth- method> user = <a uth-user-nam e> pass =.
Chapter 12 Complete Command List 250 < len- type > indica tes the se lected pr eamble len gth ("long ", "shor t"or "defau lt"). < sleep -time > indic ates the po wer-sa ve slee p-time i n millis econds . If power-s ave is dis abled ( time is set to zer o), "norm al (power- save off)" disp layd.
List Commands 251 list key List the l icense deta ils and license key num ber. list logins List any acti ve user lo gins on the NIC . list logpath [logp ath] List the c urrent log path setti ngs (e.g., na mes and m apped destinati ons). list model [ model ] List the c urrent mod el se ttings (e.
Chapter 12 Complete Command List 252 list sysinfo List the current NIC system informati on (e.g. , contact na me and protoco l stacks e nabled) . list tcpip List all c urrent TCP/IP network se ttings (e.g. , IP address a nd subne t mask) . list test List the status of output te sts on th e I/O ports.
Miscellaneous Commands 253 Miscellaneous Command s These com mands do not fall under an y specifi c section o f the command s hell, bu t they are used quite f requently . save [default] Save the c urrent sett ings t o flash mem ory so t hey are ava ilable after power c ycles.
Chapter 12 Complete Command List 254 start fox|tts|loopb prn Exam pl e: start fox prn Begin a d ebugging t est on o ne of the I/O ports o n the NIC. Th e tests avai lable ar e: fox A continuou s stream o f text sen t to the attached printer .
Miscellaneous Commands 255 close tcp TCPindex number Exam ple: close tcp 3 Close the a TCP/I P connection bet ween a TCP/I P host and the NIC. The TCPindexnumber can be retr ieved from “debug tcp” output. ping [-s] hostIPad dress [ datasize [ packetnumber ]] Exam ple: ping 192.
Chapter 12 Complete Command List 256 keycode Determin e the he xadecim al value for a ke y to be used as the escape charact er with th e NIC built- in telnet command .
257 13 Extra Featur es NIC Securi ty There a re TCP acc ess li sts ava ilable to restric t host con nections with the dev ice. Users A nd Passwor ds The NIC su pports t wo user ty pes: root Access to ev erything wi thin the pri nt server includi ng all confi gurable settin gs.
Chapter 13 NIC Security 258 2. Direct y our We b browser t o URL: http:// NICIPaddress /adminConf.html (e.g., http://192.75 .11.9/adminConf.html ). NOTE: If prompted f or a “User ID” and pas sword first, t ype in root for the us er ID and press ENTE R at the password pro mpt (since th ere is no pa ssword by default) .
Reset The NIC Pas sword 259 Reset The NIC Pa ssword Occassiona lly a us er will se t a root u ser passwo rd on the NIC adapter an d then for get it. Th is is the p rocedure t o reset the r oot passwor d back to the defaul t (no pas sword). 1. Turn the printer on .
Chapter 13 NIC Security 260 3. List the curren t access lis t. Synta x: list tcpip If the list i s empty , all host s have acces s to the NIC services. I f there ar e entries in the li st, only those ho sts spec ified hav e access t o printi ng and rem ote comma nd execu tion.
Printer And Pr int Job Monitoring 261 Printer Mo nitoring And Logging The NIC al lows you to m onitor p rinter sta tus and lo g informatio n through i ts built-i n HTML forms , comman d set, and logpat hs.
Chapter 13 Printer Monitoring And Logg ing 262 Printer Logging Through Log paths In the N IC product ma nual, d estinatio ns are d escribed as logical queues wi th associa ted model s and log paths.
Printer Logging Through Logpa ths 263 3. At the “P rint Path Con figurati on” HTML fo rm that di splays , select a destinat ion li nk (e.g., d1 prn) from the top of the pag e to bring up the appro priate de stinatio n form.
Chapter 13 Downloading Software Through Th e Network Interface Card (NIC) 264 Without r eleasing t he keys, power the pr inter on , and conti nue holding the keys dow n until y ou see “ TESTING HAR DWARE PLEASE WAIT” o n the LCD. You may then rele ase the k eys.
Printer Logging Through Logpa ths 265 13. Log in to the pri nter by typ ing: root <Enter> You are g iven a pa ssword pr ompt. NOTE: The defau lt is no pas sword. If the FTP prog ram requir es a passwor d, contac t your syste m adminis trator. 14.
Chapter 13 NIC Naming Schemes 266 NIC Naming Schemes A singl e I/O Por t destin ation can be config ured with a vari ety of model and logpa th combin ations. For instance, once you set th e paramete rs for m1 and l1, you can assign the mo del and logpath to more than one I/O p ort destina tion suc h as d1pr n, d2prn, and d8prn.
Printer Logging Through Logpa ths 267 This pe riodic pi ng is diff erent from t he normal ping proc ess. Th e purpose of this pi ng is no t an attempt at dead gate way det ection.
Chapter 13 Periodic Pi ng 268.
269 A T r oubleshooting T ips Wi ndows T roubleshoo ting T ip s This sec tion prov ides in formatio n on poss ible sol utions t o some standard Windows and NIC con figuration e rrors. T echnical Support If you req uire techn ical su pport, please h ave the fol lowing informati on avail able w hen you c all: 1.
Appendix A Windo ws Troubleshooting Tips 270 NIC Cannot Be Found On The Network Please follow these tips to determine what the pr oblem may be with your NIC configur ation.
Errors Occur When Defining An LPR Pr inter 271 Errors O ccur When Defini ng An LPR Printer • Can you ping the NIC from your Window s NT sta tion? If not , please refe r to “NIC C annot Be Fou nd On The Ne twork” on page 270.
Appendix A Windo ws Troubleshooting Tips 272 Printer Errors When Printing O r No Ou tput • Is there a lar ge job curre ntly printi ng which is taking up all of the printer resources ? Usuall y when pr inting fr om Windo ws 95/98 stations , a busy printe r can cause Wind ows to displ ay a printer error me ssage.
Web Browser/HTTP Proble m 273 To add/de lete a TCP acce ss list entry, refe r to “T CP Acce ss List s” on page 259 . NOTE: When the fo llowing p rocedure i s used, the TCP a ccess li st will be clear ed, but all IP address es will need to b e entered again after the pro cedure is complete .
Appendix A Windo ws Troubleshooting Tips 274 Wi ndows NT 4.0 Or 2000 Host Setup Problems The instal latio n procedur e covered earlier i n this c hapter assu mes that the NIC a dapter i s config ured .
Windows NT 4.0 Or 2000 Host Se tup Problems 275 The Ethernet ca ble is not plugg ed in or the printer is n ot turned on. This messag e is a co mmunica tion failu re between the NT/2000 s erver and the NIC. Chec k cabli ng, IP add ress settings , gateway, e tc.
Appendix A Unix Troubleshooting Tips 276 Unix T roubleshooting T ip s This sec tion p rovides i nformati on on poss ible so lutio ns to som e stand ard configu ration er rors. If you requir e technic al suppo rt, please h ave as muc h of the fol lowing in formation availab le when you ca ll: 1.
Nothing Prints 277 Nothing Print s • Can you ping the NIC from your Unix stati on? If not, p lease refer to “NIC Canno t Be Found O n The Network” sho wn above . • Is the NIC ab le to com municate with the atta ched pr inter? To test this, y ou can: 1.
Appendix A Unix Troubleshooting Tips 278 S t air-S tepped O utput Stair- stepped o utput is p rint whic h start s at the top left of the page but ever y line ther eafter star ts a li ttle further over to th e right. It also refers to U nix jobs th at print o ne line o f text at the top of a pag e followed b y a serie s of blank p ages.
No Form Feed Or Extra Page Comes Out 279 No Form Feed Or Extra Page Comes Out Unix text jobs m ay also hav e probl ems output ting the last pag e of a job espec ially when the BS D Remote ( LPD) print method is used . This m eans the f orm feed button has to be pr essed on the prin ter to get this l ast page o ut.
Appendix A Unix Troubleshooting Tips 280 To add/dele te a TCP access list entry, refe r to “TCP Ac cess Lists ” on page 259. NOTE: When the f ollowing procedu re is used , the TCP acce ss list will be cl eared, but a ll IP address es will need to be entered again after the p rocedure is comp lete.
Front Panel Me ssage – Dynamic ally Set Par ams Read Only 281 TCP/IP Access Prob lem If you can ping the prin ter from a workstation , but you cannot We b browse, Te lnet, or print to th e printe r through the NIC, the re may be an incorr ect entry i n the TCP ac cess l ist.
Appendix A Web Bro wser/HTTP Proble m 282 W eb Brows er/HTTP Problem In some ca ses y ou may not be able t o browse th e printer We b page simply because the NIC H TTP may be turned off.
283 B Kerber os Kerb eros Enable d Wireless NIC Configuration This sec tion prov ides an ex ample of h ow a user configures the Print Ser ver to use the Kerberos au thenticati on via the wire d Telnet sess ion.
Appendix B Kerberos Enabled Wireless NIC Configuration 284 Configuring t he Print Serv er for Kerbero s Authe ntica tio n 1. Create a u ser in the W indows 2 000 se rver that i dentifies th e Print Se rver. NOTE: The user name shou ld be the P rint Se rver’s n ame.
Configuring the Print Ser ver for Kerberos Authentic ation 285 The kname i s defaul t to “krbtgt” w hich is the defaul t name use d in Windows 200 0 KDC. It must be config ured to match with the KDC if the defa ult is chan ged. The k realm i s case sensiti ve; it mu st match the Acce ss P oint’s r ealm.
Appendix B Kerberos Enabled Wireless NIC Configuration 286.
287 C Customer Support Printr onix Customer Support Center IMPORT ANT Please have the following infor mation available prior to calling the Printronix Customer Sup port Center: • Model num ber • Serial number (lo cated on th e back o f the prin ter) • Installed options (i.
Appendix C Printr onix Supplies Department 288 Printr onix Supplies Dep artment Contact the Printr onix Su pplies D epartment for genui ne Prin tronix suppl ies. Americ as (800) 7 33-1900 Europe, Middle E ast, and Afr ica (33) 1 46 2 5 1900 Asia P acific (65) 6548 4116 or (65) 6 548 4182 http://www .
289 D Glossary ARP Address Resolu tion Pr otocol. A ssociates a selected IP address wi th a network de vice Ethernet add ress. bps Bits per second. Centronics P aral lel port inte rface st andard f ound on most printe rs. dae mon A c ontinuous ly runni ng proce ss that handle s system-wi de functio ns like print spooling .
290 EEPR OM Electric ally E rasable /Programm able Re ad- Only Memor y. factory defaults Setti ngs ship ped with th e NIC. Factory Settings S2 ju mper positi on st ating all factory default s ettings are to be used while the NIC is up and running.
291 IP Address T he In ternet Prot ocol Address. A numeri c address such as 12 3.45.61.23 which identifie s a prin ter or ser ver in a L AN or WAN. LAN Loc al Area Network. LED Lig ht Emitting Di ode. The printer ha s an LED displa y which show s the status of the printer to the operato r.
292 Persistent DHCP Wh en this o ption is ena bled, th e IP Addres s, Gatewa y, and Subnet Ma sk obtained through DHS P is s aved. If the DHCP server does not provide a n address , the device will use the previo usly saved DH CP IP a ddress. This opti on only works when DHCP is enabl ed.
293 ROM Read-Only Mem ory. router A device that fo rwards IP packets to their destinati on. Also called a gatewa y. RPRINTER Remote Print er. A Nov ell print meth od where the NIC wait s for jobs to be sent to it fr om a de fined PSERVER. SNMP Si mple Network Managemen t Protoc ol.
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295 Index Symbols ? command , 218 Nume rics 10/100Bas e-T speed settin g, 18 2003 Ser ver, Host s etup, 98 A Access list s, TCP, 259 Access metho ds, npsh, 217 ADDTCPIFC, configuring wi th, 145 ADDTCP.
Index 296 spooled fil es disappea r without printing , 186 spooled p rint fil e remain s in PND status, 18 6 ASCII config uring AS/4 00, 145 setting up for printi ng, 148 Authen tication Meth od, Wire.
Index 297 wireless NIC, 26 Wirele ss Paramete r, 28 Configura tion check list, MVS, 126 Configura tion menu, NIC, 42 Configura tion Scree ns, TN327 0E, 201 Con figur ation to ols, 21 Connectin g to th.
Index 298 HP-UX, 116 HTML NIC structure, 3 7 HTML forms, 36 HTTP, troubl eshooting , 273 I I/O Port , status, 8 2 Informati on, credenti als, 82 Installat ion HP-UX, 116 Sola ris 2.
Index 299 Miscell aneous c omman ds, 253 Mode, TN52 50/3270, 65 Mode, Wirel ess, 49 Model Ty pe, Print M odel, 59 Model Type , Print Path , 56 Mode ls, 15 settin g a formfeed, 279 settin g onlcr , 278.
Index 300 O Onlcr, 278 P Parame ters Kerber os, 32 LEAP, 31 WPA, 31 Passwords , 79 NIC, 257 reset, 259 Wire less, 52 Periodi c Ping, 266 PNE, 21 6 Port, TN525 0/3270, 65 Power Mgm t Mode, Wirele ss, 5.
Index 301 Printin g AIX, 122 ASCII, 148 config uration, AS /400, 14 8 dire ct socket , 124 FTP , 12 3 troubleshoo ting, 2 77 verificati on, AS/40 0, 155 PrintN et E nterpri se Suit e, 216 Problem AS/4.
Index 302 Stair-ste pped output , trouble shooting, 278 Start/Sto p Auto Co nnect, T N5250/3270 , 67 Status I/O Port , 82 menu, 82 Net work, 83 Status sc reen, pri nter, 3 8 St ore c omm ands , 219 TN.
Index 303 Tools, p rinter mon itoring, 215 Trailer Str ing Print Mo del, 61 Print Pa th, 58 Transm it Power, Wirel ess, 50 Troubles hooting AS/400, 18 5 AS/400 AS CII, 156 cannot br owse NIC on Networ.
Index 304 Windows 2000 Host se tup, 98 Host setup troublesho oting, 274 Windows Network (NetB IOS TC P/IP), 53 Workgrou p Name, 5 3 Windows NT 4.0 Host setup troublesho oting, 274 Windows Vista, Host .
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Un point important après l'achat de l'appareil (ou même avant l'achat) est de lire le manuel d'utilisation. Nous devons le faire pour quelques raisons simples:
Si vous n'avez pas encore acheté Printronix Integrated Network Interface Card c'est un bon moment pour vous familiariser avec les données de base sur le produit. Consulter d'abord les pages initiales du manuel d'utilisation, que vous trouverez ci-dessus. Vous devriez y trouver les données techniques les plus importants du Printronix Integrated Network Interface Card - de cette manière, vous pouvez vérifier si l'équipement répond à vos besoins. Explorant les pages suivantes du manuel d'utilisation Printronix Integrated Network Interface Card, vous apprendrez toutes les caractéristiques du produit et des informations sur son fonctionnement. Les informations sur le Printronix Integrated Network Interface Card va certainement vous aider à prendre une décision concernant l'achat.
Dans une situation où vous avez déjà le Printronix Integrated Network Interface Card, mais vous avez pas encore lu le manuel d'utilisation, vous devez le faire pour les raisons décrites ci-dessus,. Vous saurez alors si vous avez correctement utilisé les fonctions disponibles, et si vous avez commis des erreurs qui peuvent réduire la durée de vie du Printronix Integrated Network Interface Card.
Cependant, l'un des rôles les plus importants pour l'utilisateur joués par les manuels d'utilisateur est d'aider à résoudre les problèmes concernant le Printronix Integrated Network Interface Card. Presque toujours, vous y trouverez Troubleshooting, soit les pannes et les défaillances les plus fréquentes de l'apparei Printronix Integrated Network Interface Card ainsi que les instructions sur la façon de les résoudre. Même si vous ne parvenez pas à résoudre le problème, le manuel d‘utilisation va vous montrer le chemin d'une nouvelle procédure – le contact avec le centre de service à la clientèle ou le service le plus proche.
