Setting The Printer Ip Address; Resetting The Nic - NEC SuperScript 4200N Online User's Manual

Setting The Printer IP Address

To take advantage of many of the network printer features,
you must assign an IP address to the printer network
interface card. There are several ways to do this.
Using the Operator Panel to set the IP Address
You can use the operator panel to enable and set up the TCP/
IP networking parameters for the printer. This is particularly
useful for setting the network IP address so you can use it as
the printer's URL in web-based printing. Follow these steps.
1. Press the Online button of the Operator Panel.
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2. Press the Menu button to enter menu mode.
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3. Press the Next button until
on the display, and press the Select button.
4. Press the Next button until
display, and press the Select button.
5. Press the Next button until
and press the Select button.
6. Press the Next button until
display, and press the Select button.
7. Use the Operator Panel buttons to set values for each of
the 12 digits in this manner.
First press Next to set the cursor to the first digit.
For the first digit, press Select to increment to the correct
value. Then press Next to move to the next digit and
press Select to increment to its correct value. Continue
until all twelve digits are set. When the final digit is set,
press Next to confirm the Net Address you set and then
press Select .
8. Press Menu to exit menu mode and press Online to
bring the printer online.
To validate any changes to network settings, you must turn
the printer off, wait 10 seconds, the turn it on again.
Using MAP to set the IP Address
The Management Access Program (MAP), runs only under
Windows 95/98 and Windows NT 4.0. You can use MAP to
locate and list SuperScript 4200N network printers connected
to your network. Then you select one of the IPX links to go to
OFFLINE
CONTROL
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COMMUNICATIONS
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NETWORK
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TCP/IP
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NET ADDRESS
its Network Administration Page and configure TCP/IP
Setup. See page 62 for more information.
Using Software Tools to set the IP Address
A number of software tools allow you to set the printer IP
address from your workstation.
See page 65 for information on using BOOTPL32 to set
TCP/IP Parameters in Windows 95/98 or Windows NT 4.0.
See page 68 for information about DHCP.
Using ARP to set the IP Address
You can use the following procedure to set the IP address on
the 4200N printer. Then, you can set the other IP parameters
from the Network Administration Page. The network printer
must be on the same network segment as the workstation
that you are using to configure it. The TCP/IP stack must be
installed and operating.
1. From Windows, start an MS DOS session.
2. At the command prompt enter:
[IP address] [Hardware Address]
(for the hardware address, use hyphens as separators
instead of colons.)
Then enter ping [IP address]
(request should time out)
3. Turn the printer off, wait 10 seconds, then turn it on, and
use the ping command again to verify that the 4200N
printer has its IP address. If it has the address, the result
is a confirmation message: [IP address] is alive
4. Remove the entry from the ARP cache using this
command:
arp -d [IP address]

Resetting the NIC

If you change network settings, you may need to reset the
printer NIC for the new settings to take effect. To reset
1. Go to the URL Configuration Page, the URL is
http://<IP address>/configure.html .
2. Click on the Network Administration link. This
displays the Network Administration Page.
3. Click Reset in the System column,
or
• Turn the printer off, wait 10 seconds, then turn it on.
arp -s
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