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  • Page 1: Limited Warranty

    Copyright Statement Copyright ©1997 No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative such as translation, transformation, or adaptation without permission from the authors, as stipulated by the United States Copyright Act of 1976.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    ..... 12 ETTING TARTED ETTING UP RINT ERVER Choosing a Name for Your Print Server ............12 Setting a Password for Your Print Server............ 14 Changing Print Server Port Settings............16 Testing Your Print Server ................19 ......21 ETTING UP...
  • Page 3 Windows 95 Client Workstations................57 Windows NT 4.0 (and later) Client Workstations ..........59 Windows NT 3.51 Client Workstations..............61 Windows for Workgroups Client Workstations............63 MS-DOS/PC-DOS Workstations................66 Keeping the Print Queue on a Windows NT Server ........67 ........70 ETTING UP PPLE RINTING Setting up the Print Server for AppleTalk Printing........
  • Page 4 THER DMIN DMINISTRATION The EtherPort Admin Main Window............89 Filtering the List of Print Servers ..............92 Working with Environment Files and Preferences ........93 Monitoring Printer Status ................95 Checking NetWare Print Jobs..............96 Configuring NetWare Print Services ............98 Managing Print Queues ..................99...
  • Page 5 Print Server Administration User’s Guide Accessing the Telnet Interface ..............112 Changing TCP/IP Settings ................. 113 Changing Server Settings................116 Changing the Print Server Password............118 Changing Port Settings ................119 Changing AppleTalk Settings..............121 Displaying Configuration Information ............122 Resetting the Print Server ................

  • Page 7: Uide

    This User’s Guide concentrates on the software setup and management of your TE100-PS3 print server. Information about how to connect the print server to the network, to power, and to your printer(s), is covered in the print server’s hardware User’s...

  • Page 8: Contents Of The User's Guide

    Windows-based EtherPort Admin program you can use to manage it. ♦ Part II covers the initial steps you will need to take to set up your print server, configure it for printing from various network systems, and allow client workstations to use it to print documents.

  • Page 9: Introduction

    Introduction This chapter introduces the TE100-PS3 EtherPort network print server’s and the EtherPort Admin program’s printing and administration features that you can use to set up and administer TE100-PS3 print server. Background on Print Servers Before personal computer networking became common, users who wanted to print from their personal computers needed to have a directly-connected printer.
  • Page 10 When a workstation user prints a document, network software on the workstation takes a file of instructions for the printer and stores them in a print queue on the server. The server takes each job in the print queue and sends it to the printer, which is either attached to the server itself or to one of the workstations on the network.
  • Page 11 ♦ It increases the load on the file server. ♦ The file server has a limited number of printer ports available. ♦ If printers are attached to the file server, then they have to be located near the server instead of near the users, which may be inconvenient.

  • Page 12: Te100-Ps3 Print Server Administration Features

    NetWare (IPX/SPX), Microsoft Networking (NetBEUI), TCP/IP, and AppleTalk protocols. ♦ Allows administrators to view the status of each of the server’s printer ports, including the printer status display if the printer supports PJL (Printer Job Language).
  • Page 13 Print Server Administration User’s Guide ♦ Provides a convenient interface for setting up Novell NetWare 3.x servers (and 4.x servers in Bindery Emulation mode). ♦ Allows the print server’s internal software to be conveniently upgraded to a new version. In addition to EtherPort Admin server based administration,...

  • Page 14: System Requirements

    Installing and Starting the EtherPort Admin Program This chapter lists the requirements that your computer system should meet before you can install EtherPort Admin, tells how to install the program, and how to start it. System Requirements We recommend that your system meet the following requirements to be able to use the EtherPort Admin program: ♦...

  • Page 15: Installing Etherport Admin

    Print Server Administration User’s Guide ♦ If you are using a screen resolution larger than 640 x 480 (standard VGA), the EtherPort Admin display will look best if you use a “Small Fonts” setting. ♦ You need to have the IPX network protocol and the Novell NetWare client services enabled.

  • Page 16: Starting Etherport Admin

    3. The Setup program will begin by copying some files and ask for your confirmation. Click the Next > button to continue. 4. The Setup program will then ask you to select a directory on your hard disk where you want it to install the EtherPort Admin program.
  • Page 17 Admin program group icon to open it. 2. Double-click the EtherPort Admin program icon. The EtherPort Admin program will then be ready for use. A sample EtherPort Admin display is shown below: Instructions for using EtherPort Admin to perform network print server “initial setup”...

  • Page 18: Choosing A Name For Your Print Server

    ♦ Testing the operation of the print server and checking that the print server is connected properly. Once you have finished with these tasks, you can proceed to set up network printing for Novell NetWare, Microsoft Networks, AppleTalk networks, and U TCP/IP systems.
  • Page 19 ♦ The server does not have the same name as any Novell NetWare “File Server” on your network. ♦ The server does not have the same name as any of the print servers configured for your Novell network. ♦ The server does not have the same name as any Microsoft Networking client or server.

  • Page 20: Setting A Password For Your Print Server

    To protect your print server’s integrity, you telnet should set a password for your print server, and record it in a safe place. To set the print server’s password, 1.
  • Page 21 Save Configuration button on the toolbar. This will store the new settings into the print server and restart it. WARNING: Do not forget or lose your print server password. If you forget it, you will have to contact your service representative to change the password.

  • Page 22: Changing Print Server Port Settings

    ♦ The name of the port ♦ A comment describing the port ♦ For parallel ports, ◊ Whether or not data can be sent to the port at high speed ◊ Whether or not the attached printer supports HP’s PJL (Printer Job Language) protocol.
  • Page 23 For parallel ports, the following dialog will be displayed: The fields that can be changed are: ◊ Port Name The name by which the port is known on various network systems. The port name should be at most 32 characters long and may consist of letters, numbers, and hyphens.
  • Page 24 Most printers default to 9600bps; rates from 300bps to 115200bps are available. ◊ Data Bits Sets the number of bits transmitted per byte on the serial port. Most modern printers use 8-bit data. ◊ Stop Bits Sets the number of stop bits transmitted per byte on the serial port.

  • Page 25: Testing Your Print Server

    When software flow control is used, the printer will send an XOFF character (Control-S) to the print server when its buffer is getting full, and an XON character (XON) when the buffer is no longer full.
  • Page 26 2. Choose Print Test... in the Tools menu. EtherPort Admin will prompt you for which port you wish to test. 3. Choose a port and click OK. The print server should print out a “TE100-PS3 print server Test Page.” 4. Repeat this procedure for each printer port with an attached printer.

  • Page 27: Ware 3. X Printing

    NetWare print queues; Windows 3.1 using the NetWare network driver is an example of this type of software. Software written to print to a local printer can print over the network if the printer port has been captured, using the...
  • Page 28 ♦ on a different server, or ♦ in a stand-alone print server device such as the TE100-PS3 network print server. If a printer is directly attached to a NetWare file server, or if it is attached to a workstation on the network (using the RPRINTER program, as described below) then the print server needs to be run on the server itself.
  • Page 29 PSERVER.NLM printer port. If it is inconvenient to attach a printer directly to a file server, it may be desirable to connect it to a workstation using NetWare’s remote printer facility and the program.
  • Page 30 You can also use the TE100-PS3 print server for a remote printer connection instead of letting it scan the queues itself. This has the advantage of reducing the number of print servers in a large network, making management simpler.

  • Page 31: Setting Up As A Netware Print Server

    Setting up as a NetWare Print Server This section describes how to configure your TE100-PS3 print server to act as a NetWare print server, and how to set up a print server port to serve a print queue on the file server.
  • Page 32 Click OK to create the queue. 7. Click on the print queue name. 8. Click on the Add >> button to add the print queue to the Serviced Queues list for the port. Setting up Novell NetWare 3.x Printing...

  • Page 33: Setting Up As A Netware Remote Printer

    NetWare server. The print server will restart itself and begin serving the specified print queue. If you created the print queue in step 6, you may need to assign queue operators and queue users to the print queue using EtherPort Admin or the NetWare program.
  • Page 34 Print Server Administration User’s Guide 1. Make sure you are logged on to your NetWare server as SUPERVISOR, or that you have permissions equivalent to SUPERVISOR. 2. Make sure that the NetWare protocol is enabled in the server. This setting is found in the Server Device Configuration window, accessible by selecting the print server and choosing Server Device...

  • Page 35: Printing From Client Workstations

    Printing from Client Workstations Once your print server is set up for printing from the file server, your network’s client workstations can connect to the file server’s print queue.
  • Page 36 Printers item within it. Windows will display the Printers folder. 2. Double-click on the Add Printer icon in the Printers folder. Windows will start the Add Printer Wizard. Press the Next > button to continue to the next screen.
  • Page 37 When you have chosen the correct printer, click Next > to continue. 6. Windows will then ask for a name for the new printer, and ask whether or not you want to set the printer as the Windows default printer. Click Finish to continue.

  • Page 38: Windows Nt 4.0 (And Later) Client Workstations

    Print Server Administration User’s Guide 7. Windows may ask you whether or not you wish to print a test page to make sure that the printer will work correctly. When the test page is done printing, you will be asked whether or not the test page printed.
  • Page 39 , enter: SERVER \\SERVER\Q-LJ5L As an alternative to entering the network path, you can also browse the network to locate the file server and print queue. Press the OK button to continue. 5. Windows will display the following message. Press OK to continue.

  • Page 40: Windows Nt 3.51 Client Workstations

    Print Server Administration User’s Guide 6. At this point Windows will ask you to choose the correct printer driver for the printer. Choose your printer’s make and model from the list, or use the driver disk included with the printer. When you have chosen the correct printer, click OK to continue.
  • Page 41 4. Windows will display the following message. Press OK to continue. 5. Windows will ask you to choose the correct printer driver for the printer. Select a driver and press OK. 6. The printer should now be available for use.

  • Page 42: Windows 3.X And Windows For Workgroups 3.11 Workstations

    Print Server Administration User’s Guide Windows 3.x and Windows for Workgroups 3.11 Workstations To access a NetWare 3.x printer queue from your Windows 3.x or Windows for Workgroups 3.11 workstation, 1. Double-click on the Print Manager icon found in the Main program group.

  • Page 43: Ms-Dos/Pc-Dos Workstations

    Workgroups, you will also have to push the NetWare... button in the Connect Network Printer dialog.) 6. Click on the printer port you wish to capture and the printer queue you want it redirected to, and press Capture. Press Permanent to insure that the port will be redirected every time you start Windows.

  • Page 44: Netware Settings

    NetWare assumes that the print job is finished and sends it to the printer. If your print jobs are becoming split up you may need to increase this setting.
  • Page 45 (e.g., plain, letterhead, legal, A4, B4, etc.). Print jobs may specify what print form they wish to use. If a job Setting up Novell NetWare 3.x Printing...
  • Page 46 If the form type service is set to All Forms, then the print server ignores the job’s form and immediately prints all jobs sent to it. If it is set to Current Form, then the printer uses the Queue Service Mode parameter to determine how to handle form changes.

  • Page 47: Setting Up Novell Netware 4.X Printing

    PCONSOLE in the Bindery to manage the operation of the file server. The main disadvantage of the Bindery database is that it is limited to a single server. Networks with a large number of servers can become difficult to manage, because each server has to be configured separately.

  • Page 48: Setting Up As A Netware Print Server

    Print Server Administration User’s Guide well as a local scale. NDS organizes objects not by file server, but by administrative domain. The Network Directory Services database stores “objects” in a tree structure. Branches in the tree represent different regional offices, divisions, departments, or other ways of dividing administrative responsibility.
  • Page 49 Print Server Administration User’s Guide 1. Start the NWADMIN program. Expand the tree to display the context in the tree where you want to place the print server, and select the context. 2. Choose Create... from the Object menu. Select the object class Print Queue and press OK.
  • Page 50 Print Server Administration User’s Guide 5. Enter a name for the printer object. The name should be the same as the print server’s configured port name. Click Create to create the printer in your NDS context. 6. Double-click on the printer, then choose the Assignments tab.
  • Page 51 Print Server Administration User’s Guide 7. Repeat from step 4 for each print server port you will be using. 8. Select the context again, and choose Create... from the Object menu. Choose the Print Server object type and press OK. Enter a name for the print server, which must be the same as the network print server’s name.
  • Page 52 10.Start EtherPort Admin, select the print server, and choose NetWare Protocol... from the Configuration menu. Click on the NDS Print Server tab. 11.Select the NDS tree and enter the context where you created the print server object, then press OK. 12.Choose Save Configuration from the Configuration menu (or press the Save Configuration toolbar button) to change the settings in the print server.

  • Page 53: Setting Up As A Netware Remote Printer

    NetWare documentation. Setting up as a NetWare Remote Printer Your network print server can also be set up as NetWare remote printer. This allows slightly easier administration, but may increase printing delays. To set up a printer port as a remote printer port, 1.

  • Page 54: Printing From Client Workstations

    Print Server Administration User’s Guide 7. Enter the name of the context you will be using, and enter the name of the print server in that context. 8. Determine what printer numbers are available on the given print server, and enter an unused printer number in the Printer Number field.

  • Page 55: Windows 95 Workstations

    NetWare 4.x printer queues using bindery emulation, as described on page 29 of this manual. Windows NT 4.0 (and later) Client Workstations To print to a NetWare 4.x print queue from Windows NT 4.0 or later, 1. From the Start menu, choose the Settings sub-menu, then the Printers item within it.
  • Page 56 Print Server Administration User’s Guide 4. Locate the print queue you wish to attach to in the browser, and click OK. NetWare NDS contexts may be found beneath the “NetWare or Compatible Network” item. 5. Windows will display the following message. Press OK to continue.

  • Page 57: Windows 3.1 And Windows For Workgroups 3.11 Workstations

    Print Server Administration User’s Guide Windows 3.1 and Windows for Workgroups 3.11 Workstations To access a NetWare 4.x printer queue from your Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups 3.11 workstation, 1. Double-click on the Print Manager icon found in the Main program group.
  • Page 58 5. Click the Network... button to display the NetWare printer connections dialog. Click on the printer port you wish to capture and the printer queue you want it redirected to, and press Capture. Press Permanent to insure that the port will be redirected every time you start Windows.

  • Page 59: Ms-Dos/Pc-Dos Workstations

    The use of the command on NetWare 4.x networks is the CAPTURE same as for NetWare 3.x networks. The command is CAPTURE described on page 37 of this manual, and in your NetWare documentation. Setting up Novell NetWare 4.x Printing...

  • Page 60: Setting Up Microsoft Network Printing

    ♦ Microsoft LAN Manager ♦ IBM LAN Server To improve printing efficiency, Microsoft Networking services clients can choose to print to a print queue stored on a Windows NT server, which can then forward the print jobs to the TE100- PS3 print server.
  • Page 61 The workgroup name determines what servers and resources will show up by default in lists of accessible resources. You should assign to the print server the same workgroup name as the users who will be accessing it most often.

  • Page 62: Printing From Client Workstations

    Networking, the Server Name (set from the Server Device Configuration window) is used for the in the computer name path, and the Port Name (set from the Parallel Port Configuration or Serial Port Configuration window) is used for the printer name...

  • Page 63: Windows 95 Client Workstations

    Print Server Administration User’s Guide Windows 95 Client Workstations To allow your Windows 95 (or later) workstation to print over the network directly through your network print server, 1. From the Start menu, choose the Settings sub-menu, then the Printers item within it. Windows will display the Printers folder.
  • Page 64 PS- 142634-P2 on the print server named PS-142634, enter: \\PS-142634\PS-142634-P2 As an alternative to entering the network path, you can also use the Browse... button to locate the print server and printer. Press the Next > button to continue.

  • Page 65: Windows Nt 4.0 (And Later) Client Workstations

    Print Server Administration User’s Guide 7. Windows will ask for a name for the printer. Enter a name, or accept the default. Press Finish to complete the installation. Windows NT 4.0 (and later) Client Workstations To allow your Windows NT 4.0 (or later) workstation to print over the network directly through your network print server, 1.
  • Page 66 4. Enter the network path for your TE100-PS3 network print server, specifying which port you want to connect to. For instance, to use the printer connected to the port named PS- 142634-P2 on the print server named PS-142634, enter: \\PS-142634\PS-142634-P2 As an alternative to entering the network path, you can also browse the network to locate the print server and port.

  • Page 67: Windows Nt 3.51 Client Workstations

    5. Windows will display the following message. Press OK to continue. 6. At this point Windows will ask you to choose the correct printer driver for the printer. Choose your printer’s make and model from the list, or use the driver disk included with the printer.
  • Page 68 2. In the Print Manager, choose Connect to Printer... from the Printer menu. 3. Enter the network path for the print server, specifying which printer port you want to connect to. For instance, to use the printer connected to the port named PS-142634-P2 on the print server named PS-142634, enter:...

  • Page 69: Windows For Workgroups Client Workstations

    Print Server Administration User’s Guide 5. Windows will ask you to choose the correct printer driver for the printer. Select a driver and press OK. 6. The printer should now be available for use. Windows for Workgroups Client Workstations To enable network printing to your TE100-PS3 network print server from your Windows for Workgroups 3.11 workstation,...
  • Page 70 5. From the Connect dialog window, click Network..The Connect Network Printer window will be displayed. 6. In the Device Name field, choose a free printer port to be assigned to the network printer. (Any free port name will do.) Once the connection is made, all requests to print to that printer port will be redirected to the network printer.
  • Page 71 Print Server Administration User’s Guide 8. Select the newly connected printer port in the Connect dialog window, and click OK. 9. Click Close to close the Printers dialog window. 10.The printer will now appear in the Print Manager window, and will be accessible from all Windows applications, as well as for DOS applications executed from Windows.

  • Page 72: Ms-Dos/Pc-Dos Workstations

    DOS-based NetBEUI client to a printer attached to your TE100- PS3 print server, 1. Choose a free printer port (LPT1, LPT2, or LPT3) not being used on the workstation. If you never connect a printer directly to the workstation’s physical printer port, you should probably choose LPT1.

  • Page 73: Keeping The Print Queue On A Windows Nt Server

    To reduce wait times for clients, you may wish to store the print queue on a Windows NT Server. For a Windows NT 4.0 server, 1.
  • Page 74 Print Server Administration User’s Guide 4. Check the box for an unused local port on your server, usually LPT2 or LPT3. Click the Next > button to continue. 5. At this point Windows will ask you to choose the correct printer driver for the printer.
  • Page 75 Print Server Administration User’s Guide NET USE LPT2 \\PS-142634\PS-142634-P1 You will need to execute this command every time the server is rebooted. You may wish to place it in a batch file, executed from the Startup program group. For a Windows NT 3.51 server, 1.

  • Page 76: Setting Up Appletalk Printing

    AppleTalk zone. Setting up the Print Server for AppleTalk Printing To set up your print server so that it can be used for AppleTalk printing: 1. Make sure the AppleTalk protocol is enabled. The AppleTalk check box in the Server Device Configuration window needs to be checked.
  • Page 77 3. If your AppleTalk network is divided into AppleTalk zones, you will have to specify which zone the print server should be in. You should locate the print server in the same zone as most of the users who will be using it.

  • Page 78: Printing From Macos Client Workstations

    Print Server Administration User’s Guide EtherPort Admin will display the port’s Chooser Name (which is the same as the port name) and allow you to change the port’s settings: ◊ Printer Type Describes the type of printer. Most PostScript printers should use the LaserWriter type.
  • Page 79 3. A list of all networked PostScript printers will be displayed: Click on the name of the printer (port) you wish to use. 4. If you previously have not set this printer as the default, your computer will prompt you for a PostScript Printer Description file.
  • Page 80 Print Server Administration User’s Guide If you wish to access this setting in the future, you can use the Setup button in the Chooser window. 5. At this point the selected printer will become your computer’s default printer. You may need to choose Page Setup...

  • Page 81: Setting Up Unix Tcp/Ip Printing

    Most U systems are capable of supporting This chapter explains how to use EtherPort Admin to configure the print server for TCP/IP printing, and how to configure your Unix workstations to print to the TE100-PS3 print server.
  • Page 82 4. Press OK, then choose Save Configuration from the Configuration menu (or press the Save Configuration toolbar button) to change the settings in the print server. The print server will restart itself and will be available for protocol printing, as well as management using the telnet protocol and SNMP-based centralized network management.

  • Page 83: Allowing Snmp-Based Management

    SNMP (version 1) implements a rudimentary form of security by requiring that each request include a community name. A community name is an arbitrary string of characters used as a “password” to control access to the device. If the device receives a request with a community name it doesn’t recognize, it will...

  • Page 84: Setting Up Snmp Traps

    The print server sends out SNMP traps to network management stations whenever certain exceptional events occur, such as when the print server is powered on or when an SNMP request is made using an unknown community name. The print server allows traps to be routed to up to three different network management hosts.

  • Page 85: Printing Text Files From Unix

    Unix text files can be printed on most printers. For this purpose, you can define two “printers” for the same printer port, one that prints to the port itself, and one that prints to the port name with added to the name.

  • Page 86: Printing From Bsd Unix Versions

    1. Log in as the superuser (root). 2. Add an entry for the print server in the host’s /etc/hosts file, giving a host name for the print server’s IP address. A line in contains an IP address and one or more /etc/hosts aliases for the host.
  • Page 87 6. Issue the command lpc start hp5l to start a spool daemon for the printer. The printer will now be available for use. 7. Optionally, add another printcap entry (and issue another...

  • Page 88: Printing From Sco Unix System V/386

    1. Login as the superuser (root). 2. Add an entry for the print server in the host’s /etc/hosts file, giving a host name for the print server’s IP address. A line in contains an IP address and one or more /etc/hosts aliases for the host.
  • Page 89 Enter to continue. 6. The script will ask: Please enter the printer name (q to quit): Enter an alias for the printer on the local machine and press Enter. This name should be the same as the destination port name.

  • Page 90: Printing From Solaris

    1. Login as the superuser ( root 2. Add an entry for the print server in the host’s /etc/hosts file, giving a host name for the print server’s IP address. A line in contains an IP address and one or more /etc/hosts aliases for the host.

  • Page 91: Printing From Windows Nt

    The field is case-sensitive. ◊ Printer Server This field should contain the IP address of the print server, or the alias name you added in step 2. ◊ Printer Server OS This field should be set to BSD.
  • Page 92 Print Server Administration User’s Guide 4. Choose the My Computer selection and click the Next > button to continue. 5. Click the Add Port... button to add the print server to the list of ports. 6. Choose the LPR Port type and press New Port..

  • Page 93: Printing Using Tftp

    9. Click Next > to continue installing the printer, following the on-screen instructions. The Add Printer Wizard will ask you to select the proper driver for the printer, and will ask you to give a name to the printer. When you are done installing the printer, you will be able to use any of the usual printing commands to print to your printer.

  • Page 94: Printing Using Ftp

    Printing using FTP You can also use the Internet’s standard File Transfer Protocol (FTP) to print to the print server. As with the TFTP method, this is recommended only for testing. You can use any FTP client, including client programs with graphical interfaces.

  • Page 95: Etherport Admin Administration

    EtherPort Admin Administration This chapter explains the EtherPort Admin main window display, and tells how you can use EtherPort Admin to perform common TE100-PS3 network print server administration tasks, including: ♦ Monitoring the status of printers connected to the print server’s ports.
  • Page 96 Status bar Menu shortcuts The main window contains the following elements: ♦ Toolbar buttons The toolbar buttons are shortcuts for their corresponding menu choices. The buttons on the toolbar are, from left to right: Configure Server, Configure NetWare, Configure TCP/IP, Configure NetBEUI, Configure AppleTalk, Save Configuration, Printer Status, and Device Diagnostics.
  • Page 97 ♦ Server Name Filter The server name filter pull-down list allows you to choose an already-defined filter for limiting the Server Name List to a smaller set. You can use the Define Filter Strings button to define new filters, as described below in the Filtering the List of Print Servers section.

  • Page 98: Filtering The List Of Print Servers

    Filtering the List of Print Servers In an environment with a large number of print servers, you may wish to set up filters to make it easier to find individual print servers or groups of print servers. Filters are similar to wildcards in DOS or other operating systems.

  • Page 99: Working With Environment Files And Preferences

    When EtherPort Admin starts up, it first checks the network, looking for all TE100-PS3 network print servers. Since this may take awhile if you have a large network, you may want to use environment files to reduce the wait. An environment file stores the list of servers it has discovered, along with information about them.
  • Page 100 ♦ Load Environment File on Startup/Discover Environment on Startup Determines whether EtherPort Admin should load a file listing all of the print servers on the network and their addresses, or if it should search the network each time it starts.

  • Page 101: Monitoring Printer Status

    EtherPort Admin. Monitoring Printer Status By choosing Printer Status from the Management menu, you can monitor the status of each of the printers attached to the print server. Pressing the Select Port buttons determines which port’s status will be displayed.

  • Page 102: Checking Netware Print Jobs

    Print Server Administration User’s Guide The Printer Status field shows whether the printer is on line, off line, is out of paper, or has an error. If the printer is compatible with HP’s PJL (Printer Job Language) protocol, and you have...
  • Page 103 Delete Job button. Checking a job’s Operator Hold box allows you to hold up the job in the print queue, leaving it in the queue until it is released (by un-checking the box). Similarly, if a print job user has placed a hold on a job, you can release the job to be printed by un-checking the User Hold box.

  • Page 104: Configuring Netware Print Services

    Print Server Administration User’s Guide Selecting a port and pressing the Form Type... button will display the Form Type window, provided the port is not set to service All Forms (see the NetWare Settings section starting on page 38 for more information about the Form Type setting).

  • Page 105: Managing Print Queues

    Selecting Print Queues... from the EtherPort Admin NetWare menu displays the NetWare Print Queues dialog window. To create a new print queue, click on the name of the file server where you want to create the queue and press Create..Enter a name for the queue and press OK.
  • Page 106 EVERYONE, of which all users are members, is assigned to the queue users list. This means that all users can send jobs to the queue. If you want to restrict the use of the print queue, you can remove the group EVERYONE and add a smaller group, or you...

  • Page 107: Managing Printers

    Print Server Administration User’s Guide can add individual users. For NetWare 4.x servers, you will need to create such a group manually. Managing Printers Selecting Printers... from the EtherPort Admin NetWare menu displays the NetWare Printers dialog window. Clicking on a printer and clicking Assignments displays the Printer Assignments dialog.

  • Page 108: Managing Print Servers

    Print Server Administration User’s Guide From the Assign NetWare Notifications tab, you can determine which users are notified if a problem occurs with the print job. By default, only the owner of the individual print job receives notification. Managing Print Servers Selecting Print Servers...
  • Page 109 Print Server Administration User’s Guide Selecting a file server and clicking Create... allows you to create a new print server. Selecting a print server and clicking Delete allows you to delete it, and clicking Assignments... displays the Print Server Assignments dialog window.
  • Page 110 From the Assign Users tab, you can set the print server’s user list. Print server users are allowed to monitor the print server’s status. (It is not necessary to be a print server user to print to a queue served by the printer; one need only be a queue user.) By default on NetWare 3.x servers, the group EVERYONE is included,...

  • Page 111: Resetting The Print Server

    Print Server Administration User’s Guide Resetting the Print Server Sometimes it may be desirable to restart your network print server, in order to reset its internal statistics counters or to clear other status information. There are two different ways to reset the print server: ♦...

  • Page 112: Upgrading The Print Server's Internal Firmware

    .bin .dwl extension. Both of these files are necessary for the download to be completed successfully. To perform the download: 1. Make sure you have backup copies of the previous version of the firmware image files before overwriting them with the new ones.
  • Page 113 6. When downloading is complete, EtherPort Admin will display an informational message. WARNING: When downloading the image file, be very careful not to interrupt the transfer by powering down the print server or disconnecting it from the network. The print server should be...

  • Page 114: Troubleshooting Print Server Problems

    Choosing Device Diagnostics... from the EtherPort Admin Management menu displays the Device Diagnostics window. From the Device Diagnostics window you can display many of the print server’s settings and status items, allowing you to identify many types of print server problems.
  • Page 115 (Many of these categories correspond to standard SNMP management information base categories.) The Log tab contains a tree branch for each error that occurs. Error log entry branches contain detailed information about the problem, which should be able to assist your or technical support representative to locate the problem.
  • Page 116 Print Server Administration User’s Guide The Save to File... button at the bottom of the dialog window allows you to save a text file listing all of the entries in the Device Diagnostic window. You can use this function to keep a record of your print server’s settings for future reference.

  • Page 117: Appendix: Telnet Interface Administration

    Ethernet address is a 12-digit hex number printed on a sticker on the bottom of your print server. 2. Use a host on the same local Ethernet network as the print server. Change your host’s ARP (address resolution Appendix: Telnet Interface Administration...

  • Page 118: Accessing The Telnet Interface

    Ethernet address, but with a different IP address than the one it was expecting, it changes its IP address setting. 4. The print server will now respond to the new IP address. At this point you can use the interface (as described telnet below) to change the host’s other settings.

  • Page 119: Changing Tcp/Ip Settings

    0 - Quit Enter Selection: Changing TCP/IP Settings Once you have set the print server’s IP address for the first time (using the method described above), you may wish to change the address or other TCP/IP configuration information such as the local network mask, the default gateway, the accepted SNMP community names, or the list of SNMP trap recipients.
  • Page 120 2. To change the IP address, local subnet mask, or default gateway, choose the appropriate menu item. The print server will prompt you for a new value for the setting. Enter the new value and press Enter. To change the SNMP community names, choose the appropriate menu item.
  • Page 121 To change an entry, select the corresponding menu item. When the print server prompts you for the new value, enter it and press Enter. When you are done changing community name settings, choose 0 to return to the TCP/IP Configuration menu.

  • Page 122: Changing Server Settings

    With each trap recipient IP address, there is also an associated SNMP community name that will be included in the IP request. To change an IP address or community name, select the appropriate menu item and enter the desired value.
  • Page 123 The print server will prompt for the new value. If you are setting the server name, be sure to follow the recommendations described in the Choosing a Name for Your Print Server section on page 12 of this manual.

  • Page 124: Changing The Print Server Password

    Input Old Password If there is no password, just press Enter. 3. The print server will prompt you to enter the new password. All password characters will be displayed as asterisks ( You will then be prompted a second time. Enter the same password as before to confirm that you have typed it correctly.

  • Page 125: Changing Port Settings

    Changing Port Settings Each port on the print server has several settings that you may need to change to suit your configuration and the printer you have attached to the port. Complete descriptions of each of these settings may be found in the Changing Print Server Port Settings section on page 16.
  • Page 126 Print Server Administration User’s Guide 2. Select the port you wish to configure. The print server will display a menu appropriate to the port’s type. For a parallel port, a menu similar to the following will be displayed: [Port 1] 1 - Port Name <PS-142634-P1>...

  • Page 127: Changing Appletalk Settings

    Do you really want to save the configuration? (y/n) Answer Y to confirm the save. The connection will telnet drop, and the print server will reset itself, letting the new port settings take effect. Changing AppleTalk Settings You can also change AppleTalk network settings from the telnet interface.

  • Page 128: Displaying Configuration Information

    0 - Return to Main Menu Enter Selection: To modify a selection, select its menu item and enter a new value. The meanings of each of the AppleTalk settings is described in the Setting up the Print Server for AppleTalk Printing section on page...

  • Page 129: Resetting The Print Server

    0 - Return to Display Information Menu Enter Selection: Resetting the Print Server Sometimes it may be desirable to restart the print server, in order to reset its internal statistics counters or to clear other status information. interface provides two different types of reset:...
  • Page 130 Print Server Administration User’s Guide ♦ An ordinary reset has the same effect as powering off the print server and powering it back on again. Statistics counters will be cleared, but all of the print server’s configuration settings will be retained.

  • Page 131: Upgrading Print Server Firmware

    1. Make sure you have backup copies of the previous version of the firmware image files before overwriting them with the new ones. 2. Place the two firmware image files in the root of your TFTP server directory. (On some versions of the U operating...
  • Page 132 1 - TFTP Server IP Address <0.0.0.0> 2 - Download 0 - Return to Tools Menu Enter Selection: 5. Choose the TFTP Server IP Address selection. Enter the IP address of the system you have designated as the TFTP server. Input TFTP Server IP Address: 203.69.140.234 6.

  • Page 133: Index

    Expand Server List button, 88 NetWare Configuration, 45 File menu NetWare Protocol..., 24, 27, 38, 46 Discover, 89 Save Configuration, 14, 18, 26, 45, 47, 70, Save As..., 91 filters Server Device..., 12, 13, 15, 69, 73 adding, 90 TCP/IP Protocol..., 74, 75, 76...
  • Page 134 IP address path setting using EtherP Admin, 74 Microsoft Networking printer, 54 setting using telnet interface, 112 NetWare 3.x print queue, 29, 32, 34 IPX network protocol, 8 PJL (Printer Job Lanaguage), 94 LAN Manager, 16, 64 PJL (Printer Job Language)
  • Page 135 Print Server Administration User’s Guide configuring for NetWare 3.x, 26 Reset, 103 requirements for using EtherP Admin, 7 traps, 76 RPRINTER, 22 Trivial File Transfer Protocol. See TFTP Save Configuration button, 88 Windows 3.x Server Name Filter pulldown, 89, 90 printing to NetWare 3.x queue, 35...

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