Operating Notes; Hp Jetdirect Home Tab - HP Jetdirect J7974E Administrator's Manual

Operating Notes

●
If you enter or change a configuration parameter value, click Apply to enable your change, or click
Cancel to erase your change.
●
Changes to the IP address will close the connection to the embedded Web server. To re-establish
a connection, use the new IP address.
CAUTION
failures for clients that have been configured to print to this printer using the previous IP
address.
●
Novell NetWare networks: On the Network Settings page, use the IPX/SPX tab to configure Novell
Directory Services (NDS) Queue Server mode parameters. Note that the embedded Web server
cannot create NDS objects (print server, printer, and print queue objects) on the Novell server. To
create these objects, use a Novell NetWare utility, such as NWAdmin, or configure the IPX/SPX
stack for NDS through HP utilities, such as HP Web Jetadmin.

HP Jetdirect Home Tab

The Home tab will display the HP Jetdirect home page if a Web server in the attached device cannot
be accessed or does not exist. The HP Jetdirect home page displays a generic printer graphic to
represent the attached device. The HP Jetdirect print server's product model, firmware version, and
network addresses are displayed along with any device information that can be retrieved.
Jetdirect Home Page Items
Table 4-1 HP Jetdirect Home Page Items
Item
Home tab
Networking tab
Device Info
Select Language
Host Name
System Up Time
System Contact
ENWW
Changes to the IP address on the HP Jetdirect print server may result in printing
provides a summary of the items displayed on the HP Jetdirect home page.
Description
Displays the Jetdirect Home page. This tab will not appear if Web pages served by the
attached device can be accessed.
Provides access to network configuration, security, and diagnostic parameters. For more
information, see Networking
Identifies the device (such as the model name of the printer or multifunction all-in-one
device) connected to the network through the HP Jetdirect print server.
Other information that can be retrieved from the device are also displayed (such as Page
Count, or Control Panel status). The information will vary depending on the features of the
attached device.
Appears if the HP Jetdirect Web pages support multiple languages. Supported languages
may also be selected through language preference settings in your browser.
To display supported non-English languages, the use of cookies must be enabled in your
browser settings.
Specifies the IP host name assigned to the device and stored on the HP Jetdirect print
server. The default host name is NPIxxxxxx, where xxxxxx are the last six digits of the LAN
hardware (MAC) address. See TCP/IP on the
The length of time since either the HP Jetdirect print server or the network device was last
powered off/on.
A text string (stored on the HP Jetdirect print server) for the name of a person to contact
for this device. See TCP/IP on the
Tab.
Networking
Networking Tab.
HP Jetdirect Home Tab
Table 4-1 HP
Tab.
63