Print Server Quick Configuration Guide Network Connectivity for Printers...
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Features The DPO NIC enables printers to communicate over an Ethernet network with many different network operating systems, including NetWare, Macintosh, UNIX, and Windows. It features the following: • Easy installation • 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Interface • 100BaseT / 10BaseT or 10BaseT / 10Base2 Auto Detection •...
1. Login as Supervisor and start PCONSOLE. 2. Define the Print Queue. • If a Print Queue already exists for the printer, skip to step 3. • Select Print Queue Information from the Available Options menu. • Press INSERT, type a name for the new queue to be serviced by the NIC and press ENTER.
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6. Confirm Successful Configuration. • Turn the printer off and on and wait for a power-up network status page to print. If the network is large, the power-up status page may take several minutes to print. (Note: This time may be reduced by setting a Preferred File Server for the NIC with the Management Access Program.
Context is the NetWare term for a specific location in the Directory Services tree. The current context is displayed in the upper left-hand corner of the screen. This is where the Print Server, Printer, and Queue will be located. If this is not the desired context for these objects, use the following procedure to change the current context.
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Management Access Program. • Print Server Name: • Press ENTER at the New Printer and New Print Queue field to define desired names for these objects. • Move to the Print Queue Volume field and press ENTER. Press INSERT and browse to the desired volume to use for this print queue.
MAP Configuration The Management Access Program (MAP) is a Windows program with a browser interface allowing configuration and management of the Net- work interface Cards on IPX networks. 1. Install and Run MAP • Insert the CD-ROM included with your print server. •...
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• Optional: Click on Configure Status Page in the Printer column to define power-up status page settings, e.g., disabling the power-up status page. • The changes made to the NIC do not take effect until the unit is reset. Click on Reset in the System column and click on the Reset Unit but- ton.
Served-based print services offer centralized printing manage- ment and spooling and do not require software (other than the printer driver) to be installed on each PC. Optional: Changing the Print Server Name The peer-to-peer printing software displays the NetWare Print Server Name to identify the NIC.
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After setting the NIC's IP parameters, connect to the NIC with the browser by typing http://<IP address>, (e.g., http://192.42.211.5). At the NIC Home Page, click on NIC Configuration and follow the MAP config- uration instructions (beginning with step 3) in the NetWare 4.x Directory Services Configuration section in this guide (the settings other than Net- Ware Print Server Name do not need to be entered).
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• Follow the instructions on the screen to complete installation of the peer-to-peer printing software. 2. Select the Printer Port. If the printer driver has not already been installed, please install it before continuing with the following instructions. 3. Click on the Windows 95 Start button and select Settings, then Print- ers.
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) provides a mecha- nism for delivering IP configuration parameters, including IP address, Subnet mask and default gateway, to devices (hosts) on an IP network. A DHCP server manages the pool of available IP addresses and grants device requests for an IP address.
Windows NT Configuration There are several options for setting up printing in a Windows NT envi- ronment. • If a NetWare server is present, NetWare print services may be used by following the NetWare Configuration instructions in this guide. • Peer-to-peer print services may be used by following the Windows 95/98 instructions in this guide, but are only available for Windows NT 4.x, not for Windows NT 3.51.
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3. If any of these components are missing, click on Add Software, select TCP/IP Protocol and related components and click on Continue. 4. Select TCP/IP Network Printing Support and Simple TCP/IP Ser- vices and click Continue. 5. After all necessary files are copied, click on OK to close the Network Settings dialog and restart the system when prompted.
Verify from the Admin menu. Setting Up LPR Printing If the printer driver has not already been installed, please install it before continuing. In the following instructions, some field or dialog names may vary depending on the NT release pack in use.
(e.g., LPR1) and click OK to return to the Printer Properties dialog. 6. If the printer is to be shared, click on the checkbox next to Share this printer on the network. Click on OK when finished.
The following instructions use arp. Directions on using the other methods are included in the Owner's Manual. 1. Press the Status key on the front panel of the printer with the NIC, or if the printer is off, turn it on and wait for the power-up network sta-...
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2. Add an entry to the hosts file (usually etc/hosts) that includes the printer's name and the IP address. For example, to name the printer and associate it with an IP address of 197.42.211.5, place the following entry in the hosts file: 197.42.211.5 <PrinterName>...
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NIC's IP address is from 192 to 254, then use 255.255.255.0 as the Subnet mask. The Base Port Number displayed is one less than the printer's actual port number, this for the default of 9100, the Base Port Number is set to 9099. Host-based lpd requires a port number of 10001, therefore, if using host-based lpd, change the Base Port Number to 10000.
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