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Konica Minolta PageScope User Manual

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4506-7796-02

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PageScope
NDPS Gateway 2.0

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  • Page 1: User Manual

    4506-7796-02 User Manual PageScope NDPS Gateway 2.0...
  • Page 2 Foreword Welcome Minolta PageScope NDPS Gateway is software that controls printers and print jobs and checks their status in an NDPS (Novell Distributed Print Services) environment, the newest printing system by Novell, Inc. Minolta PageScope NDPS Gateway provides the following: •...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    1.3 Supported Language ... 2 2 Installation ... 3 2.1 Installing NDPS ... 3 2.2 Installing Minolta PageScope NDPS Gateway ... 4 3 Printer Agent Configuration ... 6 3.1 Starting Up the Configuration Utility ... 6 3.1.1 For a Public Access Printer ...7 3.1.2 For a Controlled Access Printer ...9...
  • Page 4 5.3 Job Info Button ... 29 5.4 Enable/Disable Input Button ... 30 5.5 Pause/Resume Output Button ... 30 5.6 Polling Setting Button ... 30 5.7 Troubleshooting Button ... 31 5.8 Control Panel Displays ... 32 5.9 Linking to PageScope Light ... 32 Contents...
  • Page 5 Contents 6 Minolta PageScope NDPS Gateway Server Capabilities ... 33 6.1 Printer List ... 33 6.2 Specifying Printer Settings ... 34 7 Troubleshooting ... 35 7.1 Troubleshooting the NDPS Printer Configuration Module ... 35 7.1.1 Why does the “Authentication failed”...

  • Page 6: Overview

    • Events can be detected, and messages to users can be generated. • Minolta PageScope NDPS Gateway accesses printers using SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) and displays front panel messages and the status of the printers.

  • Page 7: Supported Language

    1 Overview Novell client Client Web browser Protocol 1.3 Supported Language Printer agent configuration/ Control snap-in NDPS gateway server • For Windows 95/98, NetWare Client v3.32 or later • For Windows NT/2000/XP, NetWare Client v4.83 or later • Internet Explorer 4.0 or later •...

  • Page 8: Installation

    NDPS printer agents. 2.1 Installing NDPS The Minolta PageScope NDPS Gateway is added to the Novell NDPS. Therefore, the first step is to install NDPS. When installing NetWare 5.x or 6.x, make sure that NDPS is also installed.

  • Page 9: Installing Minolta Pagescope Ndps Gateway

    2 Installation 2.2 Installing Minolta PageScope NDPS Gateway Minolta PageScope NDPS Gateway will be installed onto a NetWare server from Windows. Note • Before installation, be sure that you are connected to the NetWare server onto which Minolta PageScope NDPS Gateway will be installed, or that you are logged on with administrator privileges.
  • Page 10 Installation begins, and the files are copied to the specified NetWare server. Files that are copied The following files are copied when Minolta PageScope NDPS Gateway is installed. These files are removed when Minolta PageScope NDPS Gateway is uninstalled. Module Name Path Minocfg.pd2...

  • Page 11: Printer Agent Configuration

    3 Printer Agent Configuration 3 Printer Agent Configuration Each NetWare printer is represented by an NDPS (Novell Distributed Print Services) printer agent. The NDPS client submits a print job to the NDPS printer agent. The NDPS PSM (Print Service Manager) passes the job to the gateway, which submits the job to the NetWare printer for printing.

  • Page 12: For A Public Access Printer

    Controlled access printer A controlled access printer enables you to assign NDS privileges for controlling which users can see, use, and manage this printer. To configure a controlled access printer, you can simply create an NDPS printer object to represent the printer. The newly created NDPS printer object will appear in the NWADMIN utility’s NDS browser.
  • Page 13 From the list, according to the syntax “NDPS_Manager_Name.Context_Name”, select the NDPS manager started up from the server console. Select “Minolta PageScope NDPS Gateway (IP)” in the “Gateway Types” box, and then click the [OK] button. To configure the printer agent, continue with the instructions in section...

  • Page 14: For A Controlled Access Printer

    3.1.2 For a Controlled Access Printer From the NetWare Administrator dialog, select the context under which the printer agent is created in this NDS container (e.g., “CONTEXT_99”). From the “Object” menu, select “Create”. The New Object dialog appears. Select “NDPS Printer”, and then click the [OK] button. The Create NDPS Printer dialog appears.
  • Page 15 “NDPS_Manager_Name.Context_Name”, select the NDPS manager started up from the server console. Select “Minolta PageScope NDPS Gateway (IP)” in the “Gateway Types” box, and then click the [OK] button to proceed. To configure the printer agent, continue with the instructions in section...

  • Page 16: Configuring A Printer Agent

    When creating either a public access printer or a controlled access printer, the same Create Printer Agent dialog appears. After completing the dialog, the Minolta PageScope NDPS Gateway dialog appears. A list of printer names and their corresponding IP address is displayed in the Minolta PageScope NDPS Gateway dialog.
  • Page 17 In the dialog that appears, asking for confirmation, click the [OK] button. A dialog appears, allowing you to select the printer driver for the selected printer. Select the corresponding printer driver. The Minolta PageScope NDPS Gateway will then be completed.

  • Page 18: Manually Adding A Printer

    (e.g., hop count = 0), but you want to configure a distant printer. Click the [Add Device] button in the Minolta PageScope NDPS Gate- way dialog. The Add Device dialog appears.

  • Page 19: Printer Detection Settings

    3 Printer Agent Configuration 3.4 Printer Detection Settings After clicking the [Advanced] button, various settings can be made to specify the location in which printers are detected. On the “Default Setting” tab of the Advanced dialog, you can change the following two settings: •...
  • Page 20 • If too many broadcast packets will be sent into the network, resulting in increased network traffic Click the [Advanced] button in the Minolta PageScope NDPS Gateway dialog. The Advanced dialog appears. Click the “IP Discovery” tab of the Advanced dialog.
  • Page 21 In the “Subnet Mask” box, enter the subnet mask, and then click the [OK] button. Later, if any printers are found in that specified subnet, they will be added to the list of detected printers in the Minolta PageScope NDPS Gateway dialog.

  • Page 22: Ndps User Interface

    4 NDPS User Interface This section walks through all the screens that an NDPS user encounters. 4.1 NDPS Printer Manager The NDPS Printer Manager is the major utility that NDPS clients can use to configure and monitor their NDPS printing environment. For a Windows 95, 98 or NT client, run “NWPMW32.EXE”, located at “SYS:\PUBLIC\WIN32”, to start up the NDPS Printer Manager.
  • Page 23 4 NDPS User Interface The status of the printers is indicated in real time. All NDPS status defined by Novell will be supported. Some of the supported event types can be found in the following dialog. This dialog shows the two types of events: the print job events and the printer events.

  • Page 24: Installing A Printer Device For A Printer Agent

    4 NDPS User Interface 4.2 Installing a Printer Device for a Printer Agent In this dialog, you can select, deselect and configure NDPS printers from client computers. The “Available Printers” box lists all the NDPS printers that have been registered in NDPS. The NDPS printer registration can be performed either based on a program or manually.
  • Page 25 4 NDPS User Interface NDPS users could select a printer from either the “Installed Printers” box or the “Available Printers” box, then click [Printer Information] to display the details of the printer configuration and its real time status. Notice that the user machine is not required to have the printer driver installed in order to see them.

  • Page 26: Ndps Job Manager

    “Printers” window of the Microsoft Control Panel. Those applications will still work because the NDPS Gateway does not modify the printer software in the target printers. They may provide supplemental information to Novell NDPS Printer Manager because the proprietary information may...

  • Page 27: Ndps Printer Gateway Operation

    The operation of the NDPS network requires the coordination of many components. For detailed explanations of NDPS operation, read the Novell NDPS architecture documents and relevant user manuals. This document focuses on the operation of the Minolta PageScope NDPS Gateway and its snap-in program.

  • Page 28: Ndps Printer Snap-In Operation

    5 NDPS Printer Snap-In Operation 5 NDPS Printer Snap-In Operation The snap-in program is started up differently for controlled access printers and public access printers. For public access printers, select “Tools” from the main menu bar, and then click “View NDPS Public Printers”. A box containing a list of all public access printers is displayed.

  • Page 29: Printer Details Button

    5 NDPS Printer Snap-In Operation 5.1 Printer Details Button Clicking this button displays a menu listing five available commands: Identification, Feature, Status, Set Defaults and About. 5.1.1 Identification Click this command to display the Novell-defined Identification dialog. It shows the NDPS manager that manages the printer agent, the printer manufacturer, model name, printer control DLL name, etc.

  • Page 30: Feature

    5 NDPS Printer Snap-In Operation 5.1.2 Feature Click this command to display the Novell-defined Features dialog, which shows information for supported document formats, duplexing, maximum resolution, printing mechanisms, maximum printing speed and the memory size of the printer. 5.1.3 Status When the printer encounters problems, the Printer Status dialog reports the related details, such as the event time, event name, location where the event occurred, etc., so that the user can quickly locate problems and resolve...

  • Page 31: Set Defaults

    Click this command to display the Novell-defined Printer Defaults dialog, which allows the user to configure the default behavior of the printers, such as, the copy count and banner page settings. 5.1.5 About Click this command to display the current version of the Minolta PageScope NDPS Gateway.

  • Page 32: I/O Info Button

    5 NDPS Printer Snap-In Operation 5.2 I/O Info Button Clicking this button displays a menu, allowing you to see information for the selected paper supply trays and paper output trays for the printer. 5.2.1 Input Summary This summary gives the printer tray names, maximum capacity, paper level, paper size and orientation.

  • Page 33: Output Summary

    5 NDPS Printer Snap-In Operation 5.2.2 Output Summary This summary gives output tray information, including the tray name, tray type, unit dimensions and maximum capacity. Output Configuration Select one of the output trays listed, and then click the [Detail] button to view the tray details.

  • Page 34: Job Info Button

    5 NDPS Printer Snap-In Operation 5.3 Job Info Button Clicking this button displays a menu listing two available commands: Job List and Spooling. Click the “Job List” command to manage the print jobs (move, copy or delete them). Click the “Spooling” command to configure the spooling settings of the printer agent.

  • Page 35: Enable/Disable Input Button

    5 NDPS Printer Snap-In Operation 5.4 Enable/Disable Input Button Clicking this button pauses or resumes spooling (input). When spooling is paused, new print jobs sent from client’s machines are temporarily not accepted. 5.5 Pause/Resume Output Button Clicking this button pauses or resumes printing (output). When printing is paused, printing of jobs is temporarily stopped.

  • Page 36: Troubleshooting Button

    5 NDPS Printer Snap-In Operation 5.7 Troubleshooting Button The current printer events are displayed in the order of their severity. In the snap-in dialog, an error icon appears at the point in the printer where the error occurred. The icon that appears differs depending on the severity of the error.

  • Page 37: Control Panel Displays

    5.9 Linking to PageScope Light By clicking the PageScope Light logo, the default Web browser is started up, and PageScope Light for the currently displayed printer appears.

  • Page 38: Minolta Pagescope Ndps Gateway Server Capabilities

    6 Minolta PageScope NDPS Gateway Server Capabilities With Minolta PageScope NDPS Gateway on a NetWare server, Minolta PageScope NDPS Gateway can be set and the printer can be observed and controlled. When “Minogw.nlm” is started up on the NetWare server, the following screen appears.

  • Page 39: Specifying Printer Settings

    [Enter] key to display a screen containing the available printer settings. • Polling Sleep Time: Specify the length of time (in seconds) for the Minolta PageScope NDPS Gateway server to acquire the printer information. The default setting is 30 seconds.

  • Page 40: Troubleshooting

    7 Troubleshooting The programs should work properly if the procedures described above are followed. Nevertheless, something unexpected could cause them to fail to operate normally. This chapter explains how to diagnose any problems. 7.1 Troubleshooting the NDPS Printer Configura- tion Module 7.1.1 Why does the “Authentication failed”...

  • Page 41: Troubleshooting The Ndps Printer Gateway Module

    7 Troubleshooting • Printer is not in “Ready” mode — After the printer is turned on, it needs some time for initialization. Use the “ping” command to verify the current state of the printer. 7.2 Troubleshooting the NDPS Printer Gateway Module 7.2.1 Why is an NDPS printer agent in the “Not Bound”...

  • Page 42: Why Is An Ndps Printer Agent In The "Needs Attention" State

    7.2.2 Why is an NDPS printer agent in the “Needs Attention” state? The printer has uncorrected problems at that time. Press [ENTER] to look at its details screen. Press [ENTER] in the status field to list all that printer’s problems that are uncorrected. The state will be reset to idle after all of the problems are cleared.

  • Page 43: Troubleshooting The Ndps Printer Control Snap-In Module

    7 Troubleshooting 7.3 Troubleshooting the NDPS Printer Control Snap-In Module 7.3.1 Why is the Novell Printer Control snap-in opened for a Minolta printer? It is likely that the “MinoCtrl.PC2” file is not copied to the right directory. Since it was not found, the Novell printer control snap-in was opened by default.

  • Page 44: Troubleshooting The Ndps Module

    7 Troubleshooting 7.4 Troubleshooting the NDPS Module 7.4.1 Why does an event not generate the pop-up or log message on the client machine? First, be sure to check the events. Select the printer agent in the NDPS Printer Manager, select “Configuration” and select “Notification”. There are different icons for different notification mechanisms.
  • Page 45 Copyright © 2002 by Peerless Systems Corp, 2381 Rosecrans Avenue, El Segundo, CA 90245 Copyright 2002 MINOLTA CO., LTD. The information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice to incorporate improvements made on the product or products the manual covers. MINOLTA CO., LTD.

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