Page 1 Fiery SI Color Server A D M I N I S T R A T O R G U I D E...
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Page 6: Table Of Contents
Contents Introduction About the documentation About this manual Conventions used in Fiery SI manuals Chapter 1: Connecting to the Network Fiery SI on the network Stages of installation on the network Quick path to installation Before you begin 1-11 Ethernet cable connection 1-11 Parallel cable connection 1-13...
Page 7 viii Contents Administrative functions in the Setup menu 2-29 Fiery SI Job Log Setup 2-29 Job Log Setup options 2-30 Calibration 2-31 Change Password 2-35 Clear Server 2-36 Exit Setup 2-36 Chapter 3: Setting up network servers Fiery SI on an IPX network Tips for experts—IPX networks Overview of IPX printing to the Fiery SI Conﬁguring a NetWare server for printing...
Page 8 ix Contents Chapter 4: Administering the Fiery SI Administrator functions Maintaining optimal server performance Troubleshooting the Fiery SI Troubleshooting during Setup Runtime error messages Appendix A: Token Ring Network Option Fiery SI Token Ring option Connecting Token Ring hardware Conﬁguring the NetWare server Setting up IPX-Token Ring on the Color Server Setting up NetWare Windows clients Index...
Page 9: About The Documentation
xi About the documentation This manual is intended for anyone who is responsible for integrating the Fiery SI Introduction Color Server ™ into a business environment that includes networked personal comput- ers. After the Fiery SI is set up, as described in this guide and in Getting Started, indi- vidual users will be able print to the color server as a high-performance color PostScript printer.
Page 10: About This Manual
xii Introduction About this manual You’ll ﬁnd the following information in this manual: • Chapter 1 illustrates the supported network conﬁgurations and shows the network connectors on the Fiery SI. • Chapter 2 describes conﬁguring the Fiery SI from its Control Panel. •...
Page 11 xiii About the documentation The initial letters of menu options and Control Panel setups are uppercase. Filenames and settings are listed in the special font only if it is hard to distinguish them from sur- rounding text. Occasionally you will be referred to other Fiery SI manuals, whose titles will be shown in italics.
Page 12: Chapter 1: Connecting To The Network
1-1 Fiery SI on the network This chapter summarizes the stages in setting up a Fiery SI, and includes diagrams that Chapter 1: refer you to other chapters or other manuals for completing your installation. If you Connecting to check those references, you should be able to ﬁnd the information you need quickly. the Network Fiery SI on the network When the Fiery SI is connected to a network, it behaves as a networked PostScript...
Page 13: Stages Of Installation On The Network
1-2 Connecting to the Network Stages of installation on the network Installation can be performed by a network or printing administrator. The stages of a successful installation are: • Physically connecting the Fiery SI to a functioning network Prepare a network node for the Fiery SI—obtain cable and route it to the location where the Fiery SI will be installed (near the copier), and attach the cable to the net- work interface of the Fiery SI.
Page 14 1-3 Fiery SI on the network Summary of Fiery SI network installation ONNECTION Fiery SI Prepare a network node. Connect the Copier Fiery SI to the copier and to the network. ERVER CONFIGURATION Conﬁgure UNIX, Windows NT and IPX Network server (Novell) servers to specify Fiery SI print queues and Fiery SI users.
Page 15: Quick Path To Installation
1-4 Connecting to the Network Quick path to installation The diagrams in the following pages show typical systems that can be used for printing and for using the Fiery SI utilities. To use the diagrams, ﬁnd the page with your preferred platform and network type.
Page 16 1-5 Fiery SI on the network Networked Macintosh computers using AppleTalk Key to setup: 1 Macintosh Getting Started 2 Fiery SI Setup Chapter 2 Another supported protocol Fiery SI connected to copier AppleTalk Macintosh Macintosh Macintosh computers can print directly and run all Fiery SI utilities Macintosh AppleTalk protocol...
Page 17 1-6 Connecting to the Network Predominantly Macintosh environment with AppleTalk Key to setup: 1 Macintosh Getting Started 2 PC with AppleTalk Getting Started 3 Fiery SI Setup Chapter 2 Another supported protocol Fiery SI connected to copier AppleTalk PC compatible Macintosh Macintosh For printing and running Fiery SI...
Page 18 1-7 Fiery SI on the network PC compatibles in a Novell environment Key to setup: 1 NetWare server page 3-4 2 Fiery SI Setup Chapter 2 3 NetWare client Getting Started Another supported protocol 4 Windows 95 with SPX page 3-14, Getting Started 5 Windows 3.1 with SPX Getting Started...
Page 19 1-8 Connecting to the Network Windows NT Server environment Key to setup: 1 Windows NT Server page 3-17 2 Fiery SI Setup Chapter 2 3 Windows NT client page 3-24, Another supported Getting Started protocol Fiery SI connected to copier Windows NT Workstation or Windows NT Server acting as print server...
Page 20 1-9 Fiery SI on the network UNIX workstations and PC compatibles on a TCP/IP network Key to setup: 1 UNIX server/host page 3-28 2 Fiery SI Setup Chapter 2 3 UNIX workstation page 3-28 Another supported protocol 4 TCP/IP client Getting Started, page 3-28 5 Windows NT...
Page 21 1-10 Connecting to the Network Fiery SI parallel port connection Key to setup: 1 Fiery SI Setup Chapter 2 2 PC compatible User Guide A supported network protocol Parallel input With the parallel port enabled, the Fiery SI can accept and print jobs sent Fiery SI connected to copier to its parallel port.
Page 22: Before You Begin
1-11 Ethernet cable connection Before you begin The following steps should be completed before you conﬁgure the Fiery SI and the workstations that will print to the Fiery SI. A service technician will have performed some initial installation. O PREPARE FOR IERY INSTALLATION 1.
Page 23 1-12 Connecting to the Network Back view of the Fiery SI Centronics-type parallel connector AUI connector for thinnet and thicknet RJ-45 connector for twisted pair Ethernet Copier connector slot Serial port for densitometer (for calibration) Slots for options, for example token ring Power switch SCSI connector for external CD-ROM drive...
Page 24: Parallel Cable Connection
1-13 Parallel cable connection O USE THICKNET CABLE 1. With the Fiery SI turned off, connect the thicknet cable connector to the AUI connec- tor on the back of the Fiery SI. Press down on the latch to lock the connector. 2.
Page 25: Chapter 2: Setting Up The Fiery Si
2-1 Fiery SI Setup The Fiery SI Color Server ﬁts into a variety of work environments. To prepare for Chapter 2: printing at your site, you need to do some initial conﬁguration to specify the network Setting up the environment and the kind of printing you will do. Fiery SI Fiery SI Setup Setup is required the ﬁrst time the Fiery SI is powered on after new system software is...
Page 26: Fiery Si Setup From The Control Panel
2-2 Setting up the Fiery SI Fiery SI Setup from the Control Panel Setup, performed from the Control Panel right after powering on the Fiery SI, conﬁgures it to communicate with other devices and manage print jobs sent to it. There are four groups of setup options: •...
Page 27 2-3 Fiery SI Setup Fiery SI Control Panel Activity light Server Name Line selection buttons Idle Fiery SI at Idle (ready); message 850 MB shown in display window Server Info Up and down arrow buttons Menu button The User Guide describes the online display screens in detail. This chapter describes only the screens you might see when performing setup.
Page 28 2-4 Setting up the Fiery SI 4. At the startup message, press any button. For software update or setup, The Start Up screen is displayed. press any key. 5. Choose Run Setup to access all setup menus. Run Setup Install Software The Install Software and Format Disk commands are for service technicians.
Page 29: Running Fiery Si Setup
2-5 Fiery SI Setup Running Fiery SI Setup When you restart the Fiery SI and choose , you can select one menu after Run Setup another and enter information about your Fiery SI and your network and printing environment. In each setup, the last line of the display window tells you the name of the current Setup menu.
Page 30 2-6 Setting up the Fiery SI Example: Multiple choice Publish Print Queue Publish Print Queue Printer Setup Printer Setup Press the up or down arrow When the setting you want button to display the other is displayed, press the but- option or options.
Page 31 2-7 Fiery SI Setup If you make a mistake during setup, you can always use the Menu button to cancel without saving changes. If you are viewing a setup screen, pressing the Menu button cancels what you are doing in the current screen to bring you to the next higher level menu.
Page 32: Server Setup Options
2-8 Setting up the Fiery SI Server Setup options The Server Setup menu enables you to specify system information that pertains to the Fiery SI itself and all users. Accessing the Control Panel Setup menu is described on page 2-2. Exit Setup Press button for Server Setup Server Setup...
Page 33 2-9 Fiery SI Setup Print Start Page No/Yes [No] Use this option to specify whether the Fiery SI should print a start page every time it is powered on. The start page displays information about the Fiery SI, including the server name, current date and time, Color Mode, amount of memory installed in the Fiery SI, last calibration date, network protocols enabled, and connections published.
Page 34: Network Setup Options
2-10 Setting up the Fiery SI Save Changes Yes/No [Yes] Select to activate any changes made in the Server Setup; select to return to the main setup menu without making any changes. Network Setup options Network Setup conﬁgures the Fiery SI to receive print jobs over the networks that will be used.
Page 35: Ethernet Setup Options
2-11 Network Setup options 3. To use Ethernet, choose Ethernet Setup, choose the protocol, and enter the appropriate settings. 4. When you have ﬁnished entering settings for one protocol, either select Ethernet Setup again and select another protocol that you use, or choose Exit Network Setup. 5.
Page 36 2-12 Setting up the Fiery SI Choose the next network type and protocol, or choose Exit Network Setup and pro- ceed to Printer Setup. Network Setup Ethernet Setup TCP/IP Setup Enable TCP/IP Yes/No [No] Select if you have a TCP/IP network connected to the Fiery SI. If you are using TCP/IP for printing from Windows NT workstations, NOTE: enabling TCP/IP here also enables you to use Fiery SI utilities from Windows NT...
Page 37 2-13 Network Setup options Gateway Address [127.0.0.1] Use this option to set the gateway address for printing with TCP/IP. By default, no gateway address is set. If your TCP/IP network has a gateway and users outside the gateway plan to print to the Fiery SI using TCP/IP, you must enter the gateway address here.
Page 38 2-14 Setting up the Fiery SI Select Frame Type Ethernet 802.3/Ethernet 802.2/Ethernet II Select the frame type used between the NetWare server(s) and the Fiery SI. Only one frame type can be used. If the IPX/SPX network does not include a NetWare server, select the frame type that is used on the workstation or workstations that will connect to the Fiery SI.
Page 39 2-15 Network Setup options Network Setup Ethernet Setup IPX (Novell) Setup Add File Server This option gives you two ways to add a Novell NetWare ﬁle server. Select File Server From List/Search Name You may select the ﬁle server from a scrollable list, or by a name search. Choose if your network doesn’t have a large number of file servers.
Page 40 2-16 Setting up the Fiery SI Enter Your Login Name [guest] This option and the next only appear if you selected for the Enter Login Name File Server Login . Enter your login name or select guest Enter Your File Server Password Enter the password for logging in to your NetWare ﬁle server.
Page 41 2-17 Network Setup options Network Setup Ethernet Setup IPX (Novell) Setup View Server List Supported Servers This option lets you view the list of ﬁle server(s) currently connected to the Fiery SI, that is, servers you have added in IPX (Novell) Setup. You are notiﬁed if there are none.
Page 42 2-18 Setting up the Fiery SI If you select a short interval, the amount of network trafﬁc increases. This may slow down other network jobs. After you select the poll interval, the IPX (Novell) Setup menu is displayed again. Choose Add Server again until you have connected each NetWare ﬁle server you have conﬁgured for printing to the Fiery SI.
Page 43: Token Ring Setup Options
2-19 Network Setup options Token Ring Setup options This setup can be used only if your system has the Token Ring option installed. Token ring networks used with the Fiery SI use IPX protocols. After enabling token ring and selecting the maximum frame size, you continue with IPX (Novell) Setup. You can set up a maximum of eight token ring connections, but you have to conﬁgure a different NetWare ﬁle server for each token ring connection.
Page 44: Parallel Port Setup Options
2-20 Setting up the Fiery SI Parallel Port Setup options Parallel port printing is enabled in Server Setup; port setup is completed in Network Setup. You must have set the Server Setup Parallel Port option to Enabled (Input) order to print to the parallel port and enter the Parallel Port Setup options. Network Setup Parallel Port Setup Enable Parallel Port...
Page 45: Fiery Si Printing Connections
2-21 Network Setup options Fiery SI printing connections In Fiery SI Printer setup you decide how the Fiery SI manages print jobs by deciding which printing connections should be “published” to users over the network. The Direct connection and Print queue are constantly checked for the presence of jobs. If you don’t want users to print to a connection, don’t publish it.
Page 46 2-22 Setting up the Fiery SI • —The Hold queue can be used for storing jobs that will be printed at a Hold queue later time, and jobs that will be printed repeatedly. The Hold queue requires some administration. In order to print a job in the Hold queue, the job has to be moved or copied from the Hold queue to the Print queue.
Page 47: Printer Setup Options
2-23 Network Setup options Printer Setup options Printer Setup conﬁgures the connections and printing behavior associated with a particular printing device. 1. In the main setup menu, choose Printer Setup. Exit Setup Server Setup Network Setup 2. Enter the options appropriate to the printing requirements at the site and the network Printer Setup protocol or protocols you use.
Page 48 2-24 Setting up the Fiery SI Publish Direct Connection Yes/No [Yes] This option enables users to print (or download) jobs to the Fiery SI without spooling. Note that jobs printed to the Direct connection are not saved in the Printed queue. If you plan to download fonts from any system to the Fiery SI, you must publish the Direct connection.
Page 49 2-25 Network Setup options IPX File Servers View List/Attach [View List] Choose to attach an IPX ﬁle server to one of the published connections. Attach Choose View List if you want to see a list of the ﬁle servers already attached. If you selected If you selected View List:...
Page 50 2-26 Setting up the Fiery SI Cable to Novell File Server Ethernet/Token Ring [Ethernet] This option appears only if both IPX (Novell) and token ring were enabled in Network Setup, and if the selected Novell ﬁle server has both Ethernet and token ring cabling. Specify the network cabling that will be used between the selected ﬁle server and the Fiery SI.
Page 51 2-27 Network Setup options Color Mode CMYK/Grayscale/Other options [CMYK] Specify whether you will be printing color ( ) or images to the Fiery SI CMYK Grayscale by default, or other color options if they are offered by your printer or copier. CMYK gives you full color prints;...
Page 52 2-28 Setting up the Fiery SI Print to PS Error No/Yes [No] Use this option to specify whether the Fiery SI should print the available portion of a print job when it encounters a PostScript error. Select to print the portion of the job that was processed before the error occurred;...
Page 53: Administrative Functions In The Setup Menu
2-29 Network Setup options Administrative functions in the Setup menu The remaining options in the Setup menu are intended to help you manage print jobs and color output, but are not required for printing: • In the Job Log Setup you specify whether you want the Fiery SI to print and clear its log of printed jobs automatically.
Page 54: Job Log Setup Options
2-30 Setting up the Fiery SI Scroll the main setup menu to choose Job Log Setup. Job Log Setup Calibration Change Password Enter the options as described below. When you have ﬁnished, save changes. Clear Server Setup Job Log Setup options Default values for the following options, where applicable, appear in square brackets.
Page 55: Calibration
2-31 Network Setup options Calibration The Calibration menu lets you calibrate the copier or printer from the server using AutoCal ™ (automatic calibration) from the copier glass. The Calibration menu also lets you remove the current calibration. When the Fiery SI is calibrated, a color correction curve is applied to every color document that is processed for printing.
Page 56 2-32 Setting up the Fiery SI 6. Scroll the main setup menu to choose Calibration. Job Log Setup Calibration Change Password Clear Server Setup When you choose Calibration from the main setup menu, the following menu is dis- played: Exit Calibration Calibrate Remove Calibration Calibration...
Page 57 2-33 Network Setup options Select Target Copier Target/SWOP/EuroScale/DIC/Linear/User-defined [Copier Target] Specify the goal of this calibration by choosing a calibration target from a list of targets on the Fiery SI hard disk. The list includes targets provided with the color server and targets previously saved from the Fiery XJ Print Calibrator utility.
Page 58 2-34 Setting up the Fiery SI Apply/Overwrite Calibration? Yes/No [Yes] Choose if you are satisﬁed with the calibration shown in the comparison page. The newest calibration overwrites any previous one. Choose if for any reason you are not satisﬁed; you return to the main Calibration setup screen.
Page 59: Change Password
2-35 Network Setup options Exit Calibration When you choose , the Fiery SI reboots. Exit Calibration Change Password Change Password enables you to set or change the password for the Fiery SI. The password determines whether a user can modify the Setup options, and whether a user has system administrator control over jobs in the Fiery XJ Spooler queues.
Page 60: Clear Server
2-36 Setting up the Fiery SI Clear Server enables you to clear all queued print jobs from the server—jobs in the Clear Server Fiery SI Print, Hold and Printed queues. The job log is cleared at the same time. If you keep job logs, be sure to print or export the job log before you choose Clear Server Jobs can also be deleted, individually or as a group, from the Fiery XJ Spooler.
Page 61: Chapter 3: Setting Up Network Servers
3-1 Fiery SI on an IPX network This chapter describes environments that typically include one or more network Chapter 3: servers—Novell NetWare servers and Windows NT servers—that will share printing to Setting up the Fiery SI Color Server. It describes setting up servers that use IPX/SPX or TCP/IP network servers protocols for communicating with the Fiery SI.
Page 62: Tips For Experts-Ipx Networks
3-2 Setting up network servers In addition to printing, the Fiery SI utilities—job management, spooling, downloading, scanning, and calibration—are available to Windows 95 and Windows 3.1 users that have IPX/SPX protocols loaded. The utility software can be loaded and conﬁgured on each workstation that uses it, as described in Getting Started. In this case, Windows 95 workstations are communicating with the Fiery SI directly, not through the NetWare server.
Page 63: Overview Of Ipx Printing To The Fiery Si
3-3 Overview of IPX printing to the Fiery SI • Each NetWare ﬁle server routes jobs to a single connection on the Fiery SI (Direct, Print Queue, or Hold Queue.) Therefore, if you want to send jobs over IPX to more than one Fiery SI connection, you have to conﬁgure an additional ﬁle server.
Page 64: Conﬁguring A Netware Server For Printing
3-4 Setting up network servers Conﬁguring a NetWare server for printing The following sections explain how to set up a NetWare ﬁle server so that networked users can print to the Fiery SI from their workstations, and the Fiery SI can obtain print jobs from the NetWare server.
Page 65 3-5 Overview of IPX printing to the Fiery SI The table below summarizes what you have to do to conﬁgure two IPX connections for printing to the Fiery SI. You can use it as a checklist for conﬁguring additional con- nections.
Page 66: Setting The Netware 4.X Bindery Context
3-6 Setting up network servers Setting the NetWare 4.x bindery context The native structure for Novell 4.x objects is known as Directory Services (DS). To provide backward compatibility with Novell 3.1x services, Novell 4.x servers use Bindery Emulation to behave like Novell 3.1x servers. If your server is using NetWare 3.x, proceed to “Setting up a Fiery SI print queue”...
Page 67 3-7 Overview of IPX printing to the Fiery SI 3. At the NetWare prompt type load install The NetWare Server Installation window is displayed. 4. Use the down arrow key to select Maintenance/Selective Install. The Installations Options menu is displayed. 5.
Page 68 3-8 Setting up network servers 6. On the menu of available NCF ﬁles, select Edit AUTOEXEC.NCF ﬁle. 7. Type a new line anywhere in the ﬁle as follows: set Bindery Context = O=xx Instead of , type the bindery context obtained from the system administrator. (In this example from a relatively simple directory structure, the Bindery Context is “TS”.) Also note that O in this line is the letter O, not the digit zero.
Page 69: Setting Up A Fiery Si Print Queue
3-9 Overview of IPX printing to the Fiery SI O ACTIVATE THE BINDERY CONTEXT 1. If you cannot reboot the NetWare server at this point, type the command manually at the server’s colon prompt. Use the same command as you entered in the ﬁle (in step 7 of the previ- AUTOEXEC.NCF ous procedure).
Page 70 3-10 Setting up network servers 4. Using the arrow keys, select the name of the ﬁle server you’ll use for sharing Fiery SI printing and press Enter. You must select this ﬁle server later as the NetWare File Server in Fiery SI Network Setup and Printer Setup.
Page 71 3-11 Overview of IPX printing to the Fiery SI 8. Press the Insert key and type a name for a new Fiery SI print queue. Press Enter. 9. Make sure the print queue name you created is selected in the list of Print Queues, and press Enter.
Page 72 3-12 Setting up network servers 11. Press the Insert key. The Queue Server Candidates list is displayed. 12. Use the arrow keys to select the name of the print server you created in step 6 and press Enter. The server name you select will appear in the Queue Servers list. You have associated the selected Fiery SI queue with the print server you created in step 6.
Page 73: Setting Up Netware Windows Clients For Printing
3-13 Overview of IPX printing to the Fiery SI Setting up NetWare Windows clients for printing Before setting up client workstations for printing, make sure you perform Network Setup on the Fiery SI Control Panel, and that the settings reﬂect the entities you created in NetWare Print Console.
Page 74: Conﬁguring Windows 95 Workstations For Remote Utilities
3-14 Setting up network servers Conﬁguring Windows 95 workstations for remote utilities To run the Fiery SI utilities, a Windows 95 workstation on an IPX network must have IPX/SPX protocols loaded and bound to the network driver. There should be a NetWare server on the network.
Page 75 3-15 Overview of IPX printing to the Fiery SI 7. Using a text editor, edit the NET_WSCK.INI ﬁle to list your Fiery SI Color Server, its network name, its IPX Ethernet address, and the printer name code. The ﬁle is commented and mostly self-explanatory. A sample ﬁle for IPX/SPX is shown below, and a general procedure is given in Getting Started.
Page 76 3-16 Setting up network servers O INSTALL UTILITIES ON OTHER CLIENT WORKSTATIONS 1. Make sure your conﬁguration ﬁle works on one computer before you install the utili- ties on other workstations. Start one of the utilities on the original host computer and connect to the Fiery SI you conﬁgured.
Page 77: Fiery Si On A Network With Windows Nt
3-17 Fiery SI on a network with Windows NT Fiery SI on a network with Windows NT When a Windows NT computer is conﬁgured to connect to the Fiery SI using TCP/IP, it can print directly to the Fiery SI. If the computer shares the printer over the network, it is acting as a print server to Windows NT clients.
Page 78: Conﬁguring A Windows Nt Server To Support The Fiery Si
3-18 Setting up network servers • Each server and workstation running Fiery SI remote utilities with TCP/IP needs the TCP/IP protocol, utility software, the NET_WSCK.DLL ﬁle and a properly conﬁgured NET_WSCK.INI ﬁle. Conﬁguring a Windows NT server to support the Fiery SI To conﬁgure a Windows NT server to communicate with the Fiery SI, follow these general steps.
Page 79 3-19 Conﬁguring a Windows NT server to support the Fiery SI TCP/IP O ADD NETWORK SERVICES 1. Log in to the Windows NT server as Administrator. 2. In the Control Panel, double-click the Network icon. The Network Settings dialog box appears. 3.
Page 80: Adding The Fiery Si To The Tcp/Ip Network
3-20 Setting up network servers Adding the Fiery SI to the TCP/IP network If your TCP/IP network consists of Windows NT servers and Windows NT clients, use the directions in this section. If the network also includes UNIX workstations, also check the directions on page 3-30.
Page 81 3-21 Conﬁguring a Windows NT server to support the Fiery SI O ENTER THE HOST NAME OF THE IERY 1. Navigate to the hosts ﬁle that you use for your network or for your local computer. The path to a local hosts ﬁle will resemble the following: c:\WINNT\System32\drivers\etc\hosts 2.
Page 82: Installing The Fiery Si As A Postscript Printer
3-22 Setting up network servers Installing the Fiery SI as a PostScript printer The ﬁrst step in creating a printer is installing the Windows NT PostScript printer driver and the Fiery SI PPD (PostScript printer description), which gives your applications access to some copier or printer features. The installation instructions in Getting Started can be used for every workstation that will print directly and independently to the Fiery SI.
Page 83: Setting Up Another Printer
3-23 Conﬁguring a Windows NT server to support the Fiery SI By default, Windows NT creates a DOS-compliant share name. Use a DOS-compliant name if your network includes Windows for Workgroups clients. 4. Enter the location of the printer in the Location box (optional). 5.
Page 84: Conﬁguring Windows Nt Clients
3-24 Setting up network servers Conﬁguring Windows NT clients Each client of a Windows NT server is already using a network protocol to communicate with the server. Each client can print to the Fiery SI if it has been shared by a Windows NT Server or Windows NT Workstation computer.
Page 85: Conﬁguring Windows Nt Workstations For Remote Utilities
3-25 Conﬁguring a Windows NT server to support the Fiery SI Conﬁguring Windows NT workstations for remote utilities To run the Fiery SI utilities, the workstation must be running Windows NT Server or Windows NT Workstation with TCP/IP protocols loaded and bound to the network driver.
Page 86 3-26 Setting up network servers 7. Using a text editor, edit the NET_WSCK.INI ﬁle to list your Fiery SI Color Server, its network name, and the printer name code. The ﬁle is commented and mostly self-explanatory. A sample ﬁle for TCP/IP is shown below, and a general procedure is given in Getting Started.
Page 87: Using Appletalk With Windows Nt
3-27 Using AppleTalk with Windows NT The Server name entry in the NET_WSCK.INI ﬁle should be the same as the server name you gave the Fiery SI in the Control Panel Server Setup. The device name entry in the NET_WSCK.INI ﬁle must match the device name that is internal to the Fiery SI.
Page 88: Fiery Si On A Network With Unix Workstations
3-28 Setting up network servers Fiery SI on a network with UNIX workstations When a UNIX workstation is conﬁgured with the lpd protocol, and connected to the Fiery SI using TCP/IP, it can print directly to the Fiery SI. While in theory each UNIX workstation can also act as a print server to TCP/IP clients, in practice it’s simpler for all TCP/IP users to print directly to the Fiery SI.
Page 89: Important Note About The Remote Printer Name
3-29 Tips for experts—UNIX workstations Important note about the remote printer name Whichever UNIX system you use, the name used for remote printer (or in the file) in configuring the Fiery SI includes a hard-coded internal name that /etc/printcap the Fiery SI requires. It is not a user-selectable name. Do not enter it elsewhere unless instructed to do so.
Page 90: Setting Up The Fiery Si On Tcp/Ip Networks
3-30 Setting up network servers Setting up the Fiery SI on TCP/IP networks Every machine (host) on a TCP/IP network, including the Fiery SI, must have a unique 32-bit internet address (IP address). If the network is being set up for the ﬁrst time, it’s a good idea to start out with addresses that can be used with the public Internet.
Page 91: Printing And Managing Print Jobs
3-31 Tips for experts—UNIX workstations 4. To verify the TCP/IP connection, ping the IP address or the host name. From any com- puter on the network, at the command prompt, type: ping <IP address> Type the Fiery SI IP address assigned in Fiery SI Network Setup. After the Fiery SI is set up as a network printer, you can also ping the name you gave to the Fiery SI ping <hostname>...
Page 92 3-32 Setting up network servers Managing print jobs The Fiery XJ Spooler andFiery XJ Downloader give you control over print jobs and print options. The Fiery SI utilities currently do not run on UNIX systems. UNIX network administrators can use UNIX utilities for viewing the list of jobs, and for printing and removing jobs that are spooled on UNIX servers.
Page 93 3-33 Tips for experts—UNIX workstations UNIX O USE UTILITIES • Enter UNIX commands to see UNIX print jobs in a Fiery SI queue, or remove (cancel) them from a queue on your UNIX workstation. With superuser privileges, you can go to any workstation and enter the command to remove UNIX jobs.
Page 94: Chapter 4: Administering The Fiery Si
4-1 Administrator functions This chapter gives tips on managing Fiery SI printing, and includes some Chapter 4: troubleshooting hints. Administering the Fiery SI Administrator functions Administration features are provided in the user software package and are built into the color server itself. The following table tells you where to ﬁnd information on these features.
Page 95: Maintaining Optimal Server Performance
4-2 Administering the Fiery SI For these operations: And these tasks: See: Protecting integrity of users’ jobs, Setting the administrator password Change Password, maintaining consistency of server page 2-35 settings Job accounting Viewing, printing, and exporting the job log, user notes. User Guide Setting automatic printing and clearing for the job log See page 2-30...
Page 96: Troubleshooting The Fiery Si
4-3 Troubleshooting the Fiery SI • Leave some jobs that are less urgent to times when there is less network trafﬁc or printing Recurring print jobs or jobs that are not urgent can be printed to the Hold queue. At low-trafﬁc times, the administrator or Fiery XJ Spooler user can move (or copy) all the Hold queue jobs to the Print queue for printing.
Page 97 4-4 Administering the Fiery SI Network Setup messages After this Setup screen: This message: Means: Enable AppleTalk No AppleTalk zone found. The Ethernet network cable is not attached to the connec- (AppleTalk Setup) tor on the Fiery SI. If your AppleTalk network has zones, and you want to specify a zone for the Fiery SI, you must connect the network cable to the Fiery SI before perform- ing AppleTalk Setup.
Page 98 4-5 Troubleshooting the Fiery SI After this Setup screen: This message: Means: Add Server, Enter Your Login No NetWare print No print server was found when Fiery SI queried the ﬁle Name, Enter Your File Server server found. server you selected. Password You must conﬁgure a print server and a print queue for every NetWare ﬁle server that will handle Fiery SI print...
Page 99 4-6 Administering the Fiery SI Novell error screens Novell error: Cause: Suggested action or exit: The guest account, which you have chosen for Enable a guest account on the NetWare server Guest account not avail- initial login, has expired or has been disabled by for the purpose of setup.
Page 100 4-7 Troubleshooting the Fiery SI Novell error: Cause: Suggested action or exit: Indicates other network errors when the Color Notify the IPX (Novell) administrator and Notify IPX (Novell) Server is already connected to a ﬁle server. report the error number. Administrator.
Page 101: Runtime Error Messages
4-8 Administering the Fiery SI Messages you might see in Printer Setup are described in the following table. Printer Setup messages After this Setup screen: This message: Means: Attached IPX File Servers Unattached file You have set up at least one conﬁguration (NetWare File Server/ server detected.
Page 102 4-9 Troubleshooting the Fiery SI PostScript error reporting can be turned on as a print option from Macintosh applica- tions that use a PostScript Level 2 driver or by choosing the Printer Setup option Print to PS error Printer not found—TCP/IP or IPX networks Most failures to ﬁnd a printer on the network are due to conﬂicting or missing name or address settings for the printer/server.
Page 103 4-10 Administering the Fiery SI IPX/SPX TCP/IP In this location: For this item: See page: networks: networks: NET_WSCK.INI for IPX/SPX In [ConfigServers] section: Same user- 3-15 Servern= selected name Windows 95 [Server section name]= 3-15 Devicen= device name 3-15, & (without queue) Getting Started...
Page 104 4-11 Troubleshooting the Fiery SI • Fiery SI Setup—you must have enabled the appropriate network protocol, entered the correct parameters (for example, for TCP/IP, the IP address, etc.; for IPX, the Ethernet frame type setting), and you must have published the Print queue. You can check these settings quickly by printing a conﬁguration page.
Page 105: Appendix A: Token Ring Network Option
A-1 Token Ring Network Option Token Ring is an alternative network architecture to Ethernet architecture. Token Ring Appendix A: networks offer a high resistance to failure and are commonly used in large or high- Token Ring trafﬁc network installations. Network Option Token Ring networks operate by passing a network token around the electronic equiv- alent of a ring.
Page 106 A-2 Token Ring Network Option Back view of the Fiery SI with the Token Ring option installed Ethernet connectors Token Ring connectors Shut off the Fiery SI before connecting it to any network device Do not attach cable to both Token Ring connectors.
Page 107: Conﬁguring The Netware Server
A-3 Token Ring Network Option UTP ( O CONNECT UNSHIELDED TWISTED PAIR CABLE TO THE IERY • With the Fiery SI turned off, connect RJ-45 cable from the Token Ring MAU to the RJ-45 socket on the Token Ring card. Proceed to page 2-2 for Fiery SI Setup.
Page 108: Index
Index Numerics 10Base 2 1-11 back view of the color server 1-12 10Base 5 1-11 binary data, printing via parallel port 2-20 10Base-T 1-11 bindery emulation 3-2 buttons on Control Panel 2-3 accessing color server Setup, Control Panel 2-2 to 2-7 cables, Token Ring Option A-3 Add File Server option 2-14, 2-15 Cable to Novell File Server option 2-26...
Page 109 I-2 Index character set used on Control Panel 2-9 conﬁguring network clients Choose File Server option for editing Novell NetWare 3-13 to 3-16 connection 2-17 Windows NT 3-24 to 3-27 Chooser conﬁguring network servers AppleTalk 2-8 NetWare 3-2, 3-4 to 3-12 color server not displayed 4-10 UNIX 3-30 Fiery XJ utilities 2-8, 3-15, 3-26...
Page 110 I-3 Index Enter Your Print Server Password 2-16, 2-17 error messages 2-27, 4-3, 4-8 date, setting 2-8 Novell 4-5 Default Paper Sizes option 2-27 runtime 4-8 delete symbol, in setup display 2-5 Setup 4-3 to 4-7 densitometer Ethernet 1-11, 1-12, 2-13 calibration from server 2-31 connecting cable 1-11 to 1-13 devicename in UNIX printer name 3-29...
Page 111 I-4 Index Hold queue 2-22, 2-24 job log 2-29 host computer 3-16 clearing 2-29, 2-36 host name 3-17, 3-18, 3-21, 3-31 clearing automatically 2-30 database 3-17 default options 2-29 entering 3-21 printing automatically 2-30 HOSTS ﬁle 3-21 setting the page size used 2-30 Job Log Setup, Control Panel 2-29 to 2-30 jobs, clearing from server 2-36 idle screen, Control Panel 2-3...
Page 112 I-5 Index NetWare File Server 3-9 connecting 2-14, 2-15, 2-25 overwriting calibration 2-34 Ethernet frame type 2-14 ﬁnding available servers 2-15 paper size used by default 2-27 poll interval 2-16 Parallel Connection option 2-26 removing connection 2-18 parallel port selecting connection 2-26 cable (Centronics-type) 1-13 selecting for editing 2-17 connecting 1-13...
Page 113 I-6 Index printing selecting color server queue for Novell CMYK by default 2-27 connection 2-26 connections and queues 2-21, 2-23 setting up NetWare print queue 3-11 to Control Panel map 2-5 3-12 cover page for each job 2-27 specifying for parallel port input 2-26 directly to parallel port 2-20 grayscale by default 2-27 Remove Calibration option 2-34...
Page 114 I-7 Index shielded twisted pair cable Token Ring Option 3-2, A-1 to A-3 connecting to color server A-3 Token Ring Setup 2-11, 2-19 Subnet Mask option 2-12 transceiver 1-11 superuser 3-30 twisted pair cable 1-11, 1-13, A-3 Supported Servers option 2-17 connecting to color server A-3 System Date option 2-8 System Time option 2-8...

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