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PN: 9570220006 Ethernet Print Server User's Guide EtherDuo-PS (EN2024-6) CheetahPrint Po wer-3003 (EP3003)[...]

FCC Statement: This device complies with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: This device may not cause harmful interference, and, This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. CE Marking Wa[...]

Important Safety Instructions 1. Unplug this device from its power source before cleaning. Use only a slightly dampened cloth for cleaning. Do not use liquid or aerosol cleaners. 2. Avoid using this product near water. Exposure to water poses an electric-shock hazard. 3. Do not place this device on an unstable surface. The device may fall causing s[...]

i T ABLE OF C ONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction ...................................................................... 1 Package Contents .......................................................................................... 1 EN2024-6 EtherDuo-PS ................................................................................ 2 EP3003 CheetahPrin[...]

ii Printing Using DSI ....................................................................................... 34 Printing Using PSfilter ................................................................................. 35 Windows NT Host Configuration ............................................................. 36 IP Address Configuration ........[...]

iii Chapter 9 Troubleshooting ............................................................. 90 Hardware ..................................................................................................... 90 Printing - General ....................................................................................... 91 Printing - AppleTalk ..........[...]

1 Chapter 1 Introduction This chapter provides an overview of your Print Server’s features. Congratulations on the purchase of your new Print Server. This device was designed to provide a simple and efficient network printing solution. It is packed with features, including: Ø Versatility. The Print Server supports up to five protocols: NetWare, [...]

Print Server User’s Guide 2 EN2024-6 EtherDuo-PS The EN2024-6 EtherDuo-PS provides 1 RS-232 serial port and 2 parallel ports; all ports can be used simultaneously. Two Ethernet interface ports (BNC and UTP) are also provided. Figure 1 EN2024-6 EtherDuo-PS Item Description Œ Parallel Port 1 • Parallel Port 2 Ž Serial Port • Reset Push Button[...]

Introduction 3 EP3003 CheetahPrint Power -3003 The EP3003 CheetahPrint Power -3003's UTP connector supports both 10BaseT and 100BaseT. The 3 bi-directional parallel ports support simultaneous printing. Figure 2 EP3003 CheetahPrint Power -3003 Item Description Œ Parallel Port 1 • Parallel Port 2 Ž Parallel Port 3 • 12V Power port • 10/1[...]

Print Server User’s Guide 4 LED Indicators There are two LED indicators on the top on the Print Server unit. The red LED is the Status/Error indicator. The green LED is the Power/Link indicator. See the previous figures to locate the LEDs on your model. The LED indicator modes are described in the following table. Green LED Red LED Status Descrip[...]

5 Chapter 2 LAN Installation This chapter describes how to install the Print Server in your Local Area Network. Once installed, the Print Server acts as a node in the local area network with its own unique network address. Installation Procedure 1. Find the Default Print Server Name The default name is located on a bar code sticker attached to the [...]

6 Chapter 3 Apple T alk This chapter details using the Print Server in the AppleTalk environment. The Print Server supports AppleTalk (EtherTalk), PAP, ATP, NBP, ZIP and DDP protocols, enabling Macintosh computers on the network to view and use the Print Server as a regular AppleTalk printer. Configuring and printing in the EtherTalk environment op[...]

AppleTalk 7 Advanced Setup and Management This section describes the configuration changes which can be made to your Print Server device. Changing the Device Configuration Windows Software Chapter 8 - Management Tools describes the general-purpose management tools which can be used to configure and manage your Print Server. All of these programs re[...]

Print Server User’s Guide 8 Do NOT modify the following lines: beginCMD 9002: 4. Save the file. 5. Double click the icon for PSTool. 6. Click the Printer submenu and choose Download Postscript File . A panel will appear with a list of files. 7. Click the CONFIG file. Then click Download . AppleTalk Settings When editing the CONFIG file, only the [...]

AppleTalk 9 Serial Port Configuration Check your serial device to see what settings should be used. The following options are available. Setting Options 0030 Baud Rate 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400 (bps) 0031 Stop Bits 1 or 2. 0032 Parity None, Odd, Even. 0033 Data Bits 7 or 8. 0034 Handshake Hardware, XON/XOFF, None, Both (Hardwar[...]

10 Chapter 4 Novell Net Ware This Chapter describes how to configure and use the Print Server in the Novell NetWare environment. Configuration Overview This section describes the checks and decisions to be made before proceeding with configuration under NetWare Requirements • NetWare 2.2, NetWare 3.1x or NetWare 4.x • NetWare PCONSOLE V1.21 or [...]

Novell NetWare 11 ♦ Pconsole and PSconfig Use PCONSOLE to setup the Print Server configuration in the NetWare file servers. Then use the PSCONFIG program for device configuration. Preparation • Copy all files in the UtilityDos directory on the CD-ROM to your workstation’s hard disk. The QUICKSET and PSCONFIG programs are in this directory. [...]

Print Server User’s Guide 12 Syntax - Novell Print Server Mode Bindery Based File Server Quickset Name (/UN= P ) (/Q1= W ) (/Q2= X ) (/Q3= Y ) (/QS= Z ) (/FS= F ) NDS Network Quickset Name (/UN= P ) (/Q1= W ) (/Q2= X ) (/Q3= Y ) (/QS= Z ) Parameter Meaning Name The default name displayed on the bar code label on the bottom of the unit.. P New nam[...]

Novell NetWare 13 Syntax - Novell Remote Printer Mode Bindery Based File Server Quickset Name R (UN= P ) (/Q1= W ) (/Q2= X ) (/Q3= Y ) (/QS= Z ) (/FS= F ) NDS Network Quickset Name R (/UN= P ) (/Q1= W ) (/Q2= X ) (/Q3= Y ) (/QS= Z ) Parameter Meaning Name The default Print Server name, as displayed on the bar code label on the bottom of the unit. R[...]

Print Server User’s Guide 14 Using PCONSOLE / PSCONFIG After using PCONSOLE to configure the Novell server, the device must be configured. This section uses PSCONFIG to perform this task, but the other programs described in Chapter 8 - Management Tools could be used instead. Novell Print Server Mode Before you begin, please note the following inf[...]

Novell NetWare 15 (b) Select Print Server Configuration . (c) Select Printer Configuration . (d) Select the print number, using the printer numbers shown on page 14 (e) Press [ Esc]. (f) Select YES. (g) Repeat steps (d), (e) and (f) for each printer port. 4. Associate printers with print queues Follow the steps below to associate print queues with [...]

Print Server User’s Guide 16 (c) Select Set to NetWare Print Server Mode . (d) Select the file server you logged on in step 1.(a) to be the master file server. (e) Replace the Print Server name with the name set in step 1.(d). (f) Select Execute Setup . Printer Server Mode in NetWare 4.X (NDS Mode) Follow the steps below to configure the Print Se[...]

Novell NetWare 17 Novell Remote Printer Mode Remote Printer Assignments In remote printer mode the following assignments should be used, where SCxxxxxx is the device name. Device NetWare Port Printer Type Printer Name Parallel 1 Remote Parallel, LPT1 SCxxxxxx Parallel 2 Remote Parallel, LPT2 SCxxxxxx_P2 Parallel 3 Remote Parallel, LPT3 SCxxxxxx_P3 [...]

Print Server User’s Guide 18 4. Configure the Print Server (a) Run PSCONFIG program (b) Select your Print Server. (c) Select Set to NetWare Remote Printer Mode (d) For all print ports, enter the NetWare Print Server Name you selected in Step 2.(b). (e) Select Execute Setup . Remote Printer Mode in NetWare 4.X (NDS Mode) Ensure that you are in the[...]

Novell NetWare 19 (f) Exit PCONSOLE 4. Configure the Print Server (a) Run the PSCONFIG program (b) Select your Print Server. (c) Select Set to NetWare Remote Printer Mode . (d) Enter the NetWare Print Server Name selected in Step 2 (b) for all print ports. (e) Select Execute Setup . 5. Unload and Reload Pserver If the NetWare Pserver, to which the [...]

Print Server User’s Guide 20 Printing To print a job to the Print Server SCxxxxxx, you can use NetWare’s standard utilities: CAPTURE , NPRINT , or PCONSOLE . If you are not familiar with the CAPTURE or NPRINT utilities, the on-line help is available by typing /? after the command. (e.g. CAPTURE /? [ E NTER ] ) In the following examples, print q[...]

Novell NetWare 21 Configuration Settings This section describes the configuration settings which can be altered in your Print Server. To make changes, use PSCONFIG or the programs described in Chapter 8 - Management Tools . Configuration using PSCONFIG To use PSCONFIG to change the device settings, the procedure is as follows. 1. Run PSCONFIG; a li[...]

Print Server User’s Guide 22 NetWare - Specific Settings Novell Remote Printer Mode Device Name Enter either the default name SCxxxxxx or the new name of the Print Server. Novell Printer Server for P1, P2, P3 & SP Enter the name of the NetWare print server to service the Print Server’s P1, P2, P3 and SP ports. Frame Type Select the frame ty[...]

Novell NetWare 23 Service Additional NetWare Bindery file servers If your Print Server is configured as a NetWare Print Server and you want it to service more than one bindery file server, perform the following steps. 1. Login, with supervisory rights, to the other file servers you want your Print Server to service. 2. Create queues and a print ser[...]

Print Server User’s Guide 24 Logical Printers Logical Printers can be used to create a “Virtual” printer. For example, to create a Landscape printer, you could define a Logical Printer as follows: Pre-string Printer Control codes to switch the printer to Landscape mode Post-string Printer Control codes to reset the printer, restoring the defa[...]

25 Chapter 5 TCP/IP This Chapter explains how to configure and use the Print Server in the TCP/IP environment. Software Requirements The Print Server can work with most UNIX systems and Windows NT 3.5 or later. Software required is: • TCP, IP, telnet, ftp (option - BOOTP, rarp) • Either LPD (NT, Unix) or C Compiler (for PSfilter under Unix). De[...]

Print Server User’s Guide 26 Device IP Address Normally, the Print Server is assigned a static IP Address, using either BiAdmin or WebAdmin. To assign an IP address using FTP, some host configuration is necessary to allow connection to a device without an IP Address. See IP Address Configuration on page 28 for details. If you leave the device IP [...]

TCP/IP 27 Logical Printer Setup Physical Port (0100 L1_PROUT) Print Server Port to which the printer is attached (P1 to P3 for parallel ports and SP for the serial port). String Before Job (0101 L1_PREST) The printer control string (in hex) to be sent to the printer before each print job. String After Job (0102 L1_POSTR) The printer control string [...]

Print Server User’s Guide 28 Unix Host Configuration The first step is to give the Print Server an IP Address so that it will be a valid device on the LAN. Static IP Address Configuration 1. Determine the Physical Address of the Print Server from the default name shown on a sticker on the base of the unit. It will be in the form SCxxyyzz (SC foll[...]

TCP/IP 29 Dynamic IP Address Configuration If the device’s IP Address is left at 0.0.0.0 it will try to obtain a dynamic IP Address by using the following methods in sequence: DHCP, BOOTP, RARP. Using DHCP Using DHCP is only possible if you have DHCP management software which allows you to take advantage of this feature. Otherwise, the Print Serv[...]

Print Server User’s Guide 30 Printing Configuration There are 4 printing methods to choose from. All are explained in the following section. Select whichever is the most convenient in your environment. ♦ LPD LPD is a standard print method for most UNIX systems. The benefit of this method is that it eliminates the need to install additional soft[...]

TCP/IP 31 LPD Configuration LPD is a built-in printing protocol for most UNIX systems including BSD type UNIX. It is also supported in Windows NT 3.5 or later. LPD on IBM AIX 4.15 Before proceeding, ensure that the Print Server has been assigned an IP Address. To setup your AIX system for LPD printing, perform the following steps. 1. Add the Print [...]

Print Server User’s Guide 32 LPD on System V Before beginning LPD Setup, ensure that an IP Address has been assigned to the Print Server. Keep the following points in mind: • The remote host name is the name of the Print Server. • The remote printer name is the print queue name for the Logical Printer. Logical printers also need to be configu[...]

TCP/IP 33 Where printer_name is the Print Queue name used to store jobs for the corresponding logical printer PS_NAME is the Print Server name defined in /etc/hosts Logical_Printer_name is the logical printer name on the Print Server (L1..L3 or L1..L8, depending on your model) Spooler_directory is the directory you created in Step 6. Example: Marke[...]

Print Server User’s Guide 34 Printing using LPD For LPD printing instructions, refer to your UNIX manual. The following example is for a BSD system: lpr -P printer_name filename Where printer_name is the name of the Print Queue defined on the Unix host. filename is the name of the file you wish to print. Example: lpr -P Marketing /etc/hosts In th[...]

TCP/IP 35 Printing Using PSfilter PSfilter is a proprietary printing system which provides many print options. To use PSfilter, a C compiler and Socket Library must exist on the host so that psfilter.c can be compiled to an executable file. PSfilter Setup The PSfilter program is shipped in source code as psfilter.c . Three methods are provided to s[...]

Print Server User’s Guide 36 Windows NT Host Configuration This section covers configuration of a Windows NT host. The Print Server should be configured first. For Windows NT configuration in a Peer-to-Peer environment, see Chapter 7 - Windows Peer-to-Peer. IP Address Configuration To have the Print Server recognized as a valid device, first conf[...]

TCP/IP 37 Windows NT 4.0 1. Go to Start è Settings è Control Panel è Network. 2. Click the Service option and ensure that Simple TCP/IP Service and Microsoft TCP/IP Printing are enabled. If they are not enabled, select the Add option and enable them as usual. 3. If you added services in step 2, reboot the computer for the changes to take affect.[...]

Print Server User’s Guide 38 Windows NT 4.0 1. Go to Start è Settings è Printer and invoke the Add Printer wizard. 2. When prompted with This printer will be managed by , select My Computer and click Next. 3. Select Add Port… , then select LPR Port and click New Port . 4. In the Name of Address of server providing lpd: dialog box, enter the P[...]

39 Chapter 6 TCP/IP Features This Chapter describes some features of the Print Server which are available only in the TCP/IP environment. The features covered in this chapter are: • FTP • Internet Printing (EP3003 CheetahPrint Power-3003 only) • SNMP (EP3003 CheetahPrint Power-3003 only) • Telnet FTP FTP (File Transfer Protocol) allows a us[...]

Print Server User’s Guide 40 Commands Only the following commands are implemented. Commands are usually case sensitive. Where the command requires a parameter, the parameter is shown in italics . dir List files (as shown in the previous table). get FILENAME Retrieve a file. The only files that can be retrieved are CONFIG and PSINF. Using GET with[...]

TCP/IP Features 41 Example - Initial Configuration 1. Connect to the Print Server. ftp NAME You can only connect using a name instead of an IP Address if your system has been configured as described on page 26 . 2. You will be prompted for User . Enter the default name (on the base of the device). When prompted for the password, press E NTER . 3. C[...]

Print Server User’s Guide 42 Internet Printing Internet Printing is available only on model EP3003 CheetahPrint Power-3003. The Internet Printing System allows users to print data to your printer across the Internet. Users send the Internet Print Server an E Mail, with the print job normally sent as an attachment to the E Mail. The Print Server w[...]

TCP/IP Features 43 Internet Mail Printing Configuration The BiAdmin program (see Chapter 8 - Management Tools ) can be used to set the following entries on the TCP/IP screen. FTP can also be used; the number in brackets shows the line number in the Print Server’s CONFIG file. Mail Server IP Address (4100 MAIL_IP) The IP Address of the E Mail Serv[...]

Print Server User’s Guide 44 Installation 1. Run the InterNet Printing Port installation program SETUP.EXE 2. Default values for the installation are: Directory C:Program FilesInternet_Printer Start Menu folder InterNet Printing Port Driver 3. You will then see the Configure Port screen, as shown in the following screenshot. Figure 3 InterNet P[...]

TCP/IP Features 45 Your Internet E-mail Address The normal address that people use to send you E- mail. Retry Interval (Seconds) If unable to connect to the E Mail server, retry after this time period (1 to 255 seconds, 30 is usually OK). Reply Notification Mail Check to receive an E Mail when your print job has been processed. 5. On completion, a [...]

Print Server User’s Guide 46 1. Connect your default printer to the InterNet Printing Port. 2. Check that “Reply Notification Mail” in the InterNet Printing Port is ON. 3. From Notepad or another text editor, print a short message (e.g. “This is a test print”) to the Internet Printer. You will receive a reply E Mail containing the “Prin[...]

TCP/IP Features 47 SNMP Management SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is available only on model EP3003 CheetahPrint Power-3003. The EP3003 CheetahPrint Power-3003’s SNMP support allows network supervisors to monitor and control the Print Server using network management platforms such as HP OpenView, IBM SystemView, etc. This is accomplish[...]

Print Server User’s Guide 48 Management Station Settings For each Management Station, the following fields are available. Access Permission (6012 M1_ACCP) 6022 M2, 6032 M3, 6042 M4 Options are: Read Only Read/Write Not Accessible. Community String (6013 M1_CSR) 6023 M2, 6033 M3, 6043 M4 Leaving this blank will disable management by this station. [...]

TCP/IP Features 49 Telnet Telnet can be used to monitor the status of the printers attached to the Print Server. Operation Establish a connection to the Print Server, by starting your Telnet program and providing the IP Address of the Print Server. (No port number is required.) The will respond with "Welcome to Print Server". From the res[...]

50 Chapter 7 Windows Peer-t o- Peer This chapter describes operation in a Windows Peer-to-Peer Networking environment Software Requirements Operating Systems Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0, Windows NT 3.51, or Windows for Workgroups LAN Protocols For Windows 95 or NT, the following protocols are supported: • TCP/IP • NetBEUI • Windows SMB (Server[...]

Windows Peer-to-Peer 51 • Create the following icons: Readme, UnInstall, and Setbox (if the Setbox installation option was selected). • Add the driver, prtserv.dll, to the WindowsSystem directory (Win 95) or WindowsSystem32 directory (Windows NT). • Add the Uninstall program to the Windows directory. • Add Uninstall information files, the[...]

Print Server User’s Guide 52 Software Configuration Windows 95/NT 4.0 This procedure must be carried out on every workstation requiring access to the Print Server’s printers. The Print Server driver must be installed first. The process is identical in Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0. The sample screens are from Windows 95. Before proceeding, chec[...]

Windows Peer-to-Peer 53 Port Name Each port must have a unique name (8 alpha-numeric characters). The Port Name will be shown in the Printer’s properties. Use a name which indicates the port used (e.g. Par_1) Enable Banner Select this option to enable a banner page. The Banner page contain the value in the User Name field. PostScript If using a P[...]

Print Server User’s Guide 54 Figure 9 Add Port (Win95 PtP) 1. Select Other as the type of port you want to add and select PrintServer from the port list, as shown above. 2. Then click OK and the Configure PrintServer window will appear. 4. Enter the configuration information as for the first port. Ensure that you select a different Print Server p[...]

Windows Peer-to-Peer 55 Configuration - Windows NT 3.51 This procedure must be carried out on every workstation requiring access to the Print Server’s printers. The Print Server driver must be installed first. Before proceeding, check the following: • Print Server is ON and configured • Printer(s) connected to the Print Server, and on-line. ?[...]

Print Server User’s Guide 56 User Name The user or work group name to be printed on the banner page. Retry Interval Sets how often Windows will poll the Print Server to establish a connection when the printer is busy. Values range from 40-110 seconds. 6. When finished, click OK and the follow the on-screen instructions to finish adding a printer [...]

Windows Peer-to-Peer 57 6. Install the correct printer for each port. When prompted with the following Create Printer screen, ensure that the appropriate Print to option is selected for each printer. Figure 14 Create Printer (NT 3.51 PtP) Configuration is now complete. You can now print using the printers connected to the Print Server. Printing Onc[...]

Print Server User’s Guide 58 NetBeui This section describes configuration and operation using the NetBeui protocol. Device Configuration If you are using the NetBeui protocol, no device configuration is necessary. Software Installation Windows 95/Windows NT 1. Run the SETUP program in the Driverptp_95nt folder on the CD-ROM. 2. At the Select Com[...]

Windows Peer-to-Peer 59 Before proceeding, check the following: • Print Server is ON and configured (if using TCP/IP) • Printer(s) connected to the Print Server, and on-line. • LAN is operational and using the NetBeui protocol. First Port Configuration 1. Go to Start è Settings è Printers. Invoke the Add Printer Wizard. 2. Select the Local [...]

Print Server User’s Guide 60 Retry Interval Sets how often Windows will poll the Print Server to establish a connection when the printer is busy. Values range from 40-110 seconds. 7. Follow the on-screen instructions to finish adding a printer as normal. Installing Additional Ports If you are installing a multiple port Print Server, you must add [...]

Windows Peer-to-Peer 61 Figure 17 Add Port (Win95 PtP) 4. Select Other as the type of port you want to add and select PrintServer from the port list, as shown above. 5. Then click OK and the Configure PrintServer window will appear. 6. Enter the configuration information as for the first port. Ensure that you select a different Print Server port ea[...]

Print Server User’s Guide 62 Windows NT 3.51 This procedure must be carried out on every workstation requiring access to the Print Server’s printers. The Print Server driver must be installed first. Before proceeding, check the following: • Printer(s) connected to the Print Server, and on-line. • LAN is operational and using the NetBEUI pro[...]

Windows Peer-to-Peer 63 User Name The user or work group name to be printed on the banner page. Retry Interval Sets how often Windows will poll the Print Server to establish a connection when the printer is busy. Values range from 40-110 seconds. 6. When finished, click OK and the follow the on-screen instructions to finish adding a printer as norm[...]

Print Server User’s Guide 64 6. Install the correct printer for each port. When prompted with the following Create Printer screen, ensure that the appropriate Print to option is selected for each printer. Figure 22 Create Printer (NT 3.51 PtP) Configuration is now complete. You can now print using the printers attached to the Print Server. Window[...]

Windows Peer-to-Peer 65 Figure 23 Pserver Main Screen Pserver Icons and Commands Add Printer Create and configure a printer. See the following section Pserver for more details. Remove Printer Delete all configuration data for the current printer, including any print job files, and the queue. Update Modify the configuration data for the current prin[...]

Print Server User’s Guide 66 2. Select the Printer Menu and choose Add . 3. The Add Printer screen will appear (see example below) Figure 24 Pserver Add Printer 4. Enter the configuration information as described below. Device Name Click Browse and select the correct Print Server. The name should not be changed; it is only visible when configurin[...]

Windows Peer-to-Peer 67 Control Panel Configuration 1. Go to Control Panel and invoke the Printers icon. The following Printer dialogue box will appear: Figure 25 Control Panel - Printers (WfW) 2. Follow the normal process to add each printer that is attached to the Print Server. 3. The printers must be associated with the print queue they will ser[...]

Print Server User’s Guide 68 Figure 27 Print Setup (WfW) Configuration is now complete. You can now print using the printers attached to the Print Server. Please remember the following points: • Pserver must be loaded • Use Pserver to manage your print queue, not the Windows Print Manager . Printing Once configured, printing to the printers a[...]

Windows Peer-to-Peer 69 Windows SMB This section describes configuration and operation using Windows SMB (Server Message Block. Device Configuration If you are using Windows SMB, no device configuration is required. Software Installation Under Windows SMB, no software installation is required. However, if you wish to manage the Print Server, or mon[...]

Print Server User’s Guide 70 6. Add the following into your AUTOEXC.BAT file. The AUTOEXEC.BAT is in C: (root directory of drive C: ) and can be edited with Notepad. If AUTOEXEC.BAT does not exist, create it with Notepad. NET USE LPTn SCXXXXXXP1 This is the same command used in step 1. By placing it in AUTOEXEC.BAT, it will be executed every [...]

Windows Peer-to-Peer 71 This command will redirect print jobs from the parallel port to the Print Server port. Using only port 1 with the SMB protocol is strongly recommended . 2. Return to Windows and double-click the Printer icon in the Control Panel . 3. Select the printer driver for the printer attached to the Print Server from the list of Inst[...]

72 Chapter 8 Management T ools This chapter describes the general-purpose management tools provided with your Print Server. Your Print Server is shipped with a variety of software programs to assist you to configure and manage the device and printers attached to it. Software which is specific to a particular platform is discussed in the relevant ch[...]

Management Tools 73 Figure 28 BiAdmin Main Screen Icons The icons provide status information as well as access to the selected Print Server settings. If an icon is grayed out, that option is unavailable. For example, unsupported protocols are grayed out. Device Information Menu equivalent: Status - Device Information This option allows you to view [...]

Print Server User’s Guide 74 NetWare Menu equivalent: Configuration - NetWare Select the Operation Mode (Print Server or Remote Printer) and click Print Server Configuration . Depending on the selection, one of the following screens will appear. Figure 30 NetWare Print Server Configuration Figure 31 NetWare Remote Printer Configuration See NetWar[...]

Management Tools 75 TCP/IP Configuration Menu equivalent: Configuration - TCP/IP Selecting this icon will cause the following screen to appear. Figure 32 TCP/IP Configuration See IP Address Configuration on page 25 for details of the IP Addresses (top half of the screen). See Internet Mail Printing Configuration on page 43 for details of Internet M[...]

Print Server User’s Guide 76 AppleTalk Configuration Menu equivalent: Configuration - AppleTalk Selecting this icon will cause the following screen to appear. See AppleTalk Settings on page 8 for details of these configuration settings. Figure 33 AppleTalk Configuration[...]

Management Tools 77 NetBEUI Configuration Menu equivalent: Configuration - NetBEUI Selecting this icon leads to the following screen. Figure 34 NetBEUI Configuration NetBEUI Settings Domain name Enter the designated work group to be serviced by the Print Server. Using only UPPER CASE is recommended. Response Time Sets how fast jobs are sent to the [...]

Print Server User’s Guide 78 SNMP Configuration Menu equivalent: Configuration - SNMP SNMP is supported only on model EP3003 CheetahPrint Power-3003. See Preparing the Print Server for SNMP on page 47 for details of these configuration settings. After clicking this icon, the top section of the screen will look like the following. Figure 35 SNMP C[...]

Management Tools 79 Figure 37 SNMP Trap Configuration Logical Port Configuration Menu equivalent: Configuration - Logical Port Logical printers can be used in the NetWare environment (see page 24 ) and under UNIX (see page 27 ). This option allows you to configure each logical printer. Serial Port Configuration Menu equivalent: Configuration - Seri[...]

Print Server User’s Guide 80 Set to Default This button appears on many screens. Clicking it replaces the on-screen values with the default settings. They are NOT saved until you click Save to Device . To set ALL device values to the default, use the menu option InitDevice - Restore Factory Default . Save to Device Clicking this will write any ch[...]

Management Tools 81 Menu Options InitDevice Menu Reset Device This will cause the device to reboot. This should be done after making any configuration changes, or if the device stops responding after some problem. Restore Factory Default This will restore ALL device values to their factory defaults. To restore only the current screen, use the Set t[...]

Print Server User’s Guide 82 WebAdmin WebAdmin is supported only on model EP3003 CheetahPrint Power-3003. WebAdmin must be installed on a supported WEB server, and a compatible WEB browser used run the WebAdmin program. System Requirements Print Server EP3003 CheetahPrint Power-3003. Server Operating Systems Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0. (Wo[...]

Management Tools 83 Figure 40 WebAdmin Home Screen Home Button Clicking on the Home button from any other screen will return you the Home screen shown above. Browse Button The Browse button will generate a list of Print Servers as shown in the following example. Figure 41 WebAdmin Listing To configure the selected Print Server, click on it. This wi[...]

Print Server User’s Guide 84 Figure 42 WebAdmin Selected Device These options allows you to check the status of connected printers or Print Servers. Device Information A list of the current device settings will be displayed. Printer Port Status / Serial Port Status Click the button for any port to check the status of the attached printer, as show[...]

Management Tools 85 These options allow you to configure the current Print Server. System Allows you to change the device name, and to set the LAN protocol(s) used by the current device. Only the Connected Protocol referred to on page 86 , and your LAN protocol, should be enabled. By default, all protocols are enabled. This allows operation in any [...]

Print Server User’s Guide 86 Settings Button The Settings button will reveal the Setup Options screen: Figure 44 WebAdmin Setup Options Screen IP Addresses See IP Address Configuration on page 25 for details of the IP Addresses. You need to know the device’s default name. With the TCP/IP protocol, you must set an IP address before anything else[...]

Management Tools 87 WPCONFIG WPCONFIG can be run from any Windows PC that has IPX and SPX protocols loaded. For Windows 95 or NT, the BiAdmin Program is recommended, because WPCONFIG does NOT support the following features. • Printer Configuration • SNMP Configuration • Internet Printing Installation 1. Run the SETUP program in the UtilityWp[...]

Print Server User’s Guide 88 Icons The icons provide status information as well as access to the selected Print Server settings. If an icon is grayed out, that option is unavailable. For example, the serial port is grayed out on units without a serial port. Device Information This presents configuration information about the Print Server in a scr[...]

Management Tools 89 Save to Device Button This button is on most configuration screens. This will save any changes to the device. Menu Options Configuration Menu System Allows you to change the device name, and to set the LAN protocol(s) used by the current device. Only the IPX and your LAN protocol should be enabled. By default, all protocols are [...]

90 Chapter 9 T roubleshooting If your Print Server is not working correctly, follow the advice in this chapter. If you encounter printing difficulties, please refer to the Hardware section first then go to the Printing section. If, after following the advice in this chapter, the Print Server still does not function properly, please contact your dea[...]

Troubleshooting 91 Printing - General Problem No. 1 When using 10BaseT cabling, the Print Server unit does not work. Solution No. 2 Check the Hub’s link LED for the port to which the Print Server is connected. If it is off, there is a problem in the network cable. If using 10BaseT or 100BaseT, check the LED next to the connector. It should be on [...]

Print Server User’s Guide 92 Printing - AppleTalk Problem No. 1 Why do I get an incorrect printout? Solution No. 1 • You may have chosen Binary encoding to print the file. Try to use ASCII encoding. • Some of the fonts in your print file may not be supported by the printer. Try selecting LaserWriter 7 instead of LaserWriter 8. Problem No. 2 C[...]

Troubleshooting 93 printing on the first or last page of your document. • Install the Apple LaserWriter 7 driver. You are having trouble printing with the Apple LaserWriter 8 driver. Problem No. 8 Why do I have trouble printing with the LaserWriter 8? Solution No. 8 Your application software may not be compatible with the LaserWriter 8 driver or [...]

Print Server User’s Guide 94 Aldus PageMaker 4.2a • You cannot scale EPS images in documents printed using the Layout option in the Page Setup dialog box. Aldus Persuasion 2.1.2 • When you print a document that contains gradient fill patterns, the document is printed with solid patterns instead of gradients. • Documents that contain EPS gra[...]

Troubleshooting 95 Printing - NetWare Problem No. 1 My Print Server prints garbage. Solution No. 1 Follow the following steps to identify the problem: 1. Print a diagnostic file using PSCONFIG program. (a) Run PSCONFIG and select your Print Server from the list. Then select Print Diagnostic Report (b) Select each port in turn and print a diagnostic[...]

Print Server User’s Guide 96 Server. The problem might be that an incorrect printer driver was chosen or the timeout setting in the CAPTURE command is too short. If the printouts are NOT the same, there may be a problem with the Print Server. Call your dealer. 7. Re-enable queue service. (a) Disconnect the printer attached to LPT1 of your PC and [...]

Troubleshooting 97 WPCONFIG or BiAdmin. Print Server Not Defined Install Print Server again 4. Check NetWare to see if the login status of the Print Server to the file servers is Ready. If it is not, check the error message and perform the required corrective action. 5. Check the Novell file server's name. If it is over 20 characters long,. Re[...]

Print Server User’s Guide 98 2 = serial port or parallel port 3 5. Check to see if the Print Server is a static queue server to the queue. Run PCONSOLE and select Print Server Information. Then select Print Server Configuration and select Queues Serviced by Printer. Then select your desired printer and check if the queue is on the list. If its no[...]

Troubleshooting 99 1. Ensure the Print Server is ON. 2. Delete the print server object of the Print Server. 3. Install the Print Server again in NetWare 4.x NDS environment. Problem No. 11 The “String Before Job” and/or “String After Job” settings in the Logical Printers don’t work properly. Solution No. 11 • Check the length of the con[...]

Print Server User’s Guide 100 Printing - Unix Problem No. 1 Print Server device is not recognized. Solution No. 1 Check the following: • There are no routers between the Print Server and the UNIX host during IP address assignment. • There are no NetWare File Servers that do not have TCP/IP support between the Print Server and the UNIX host. ?[...]

Troubleshooting 101 Problem No. 6 Printing by FTP, I receive an error message: Invalid print queue Print queue not ready Solution No. 6 • Check that the printer is ready • Check that Logical printer(s) are defined on the Print Server. With FTP, you can print ONLY to a logical printer. • Reset the Print Server Problem No. 7 I can’t print usi[...]

Print Server User’s Guide 102 Printing - Windows Problem No. 1 When printing from some software applications such as Power Point, it takes a long time and the print out is incorrect. Solution No. 1 The problem is due to the printer being configured to Start printing after the first page is spooled . To change this setting: 1. Go to Control Panel [...]

Troubleshooting 103 Internet Printing Problem No. 1 I don’t know my Mail Server’s IP Address. Solution No. 1 Use the PING command to connect to the Mail Server by name. Example ping ms.hinet.net The reply will say Reply from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP Address of the Mail Server. Problem No. 2 Plain text E Mails are not prin[...]

Print Server User’s Guide 104 Solution No. 8 This may be caused by the previous print job not sending a form feed after finishing printing. Try sending print jobs to a logical printer, which is defined with a Post String of FF (Form Feed - 0C in Hex). To do this, define the Logical Printer, and set the port used for Internet Printing to this Logi[...]

105 Appendix A Specifications EN2024-6 EtherDuo-PS Power Consumption 5w max. External Power Adapter 9VDC LEDs 3 Serial Port One RS-232 male DB-9 connector Parallel Port Two Centronic female DB-25 connectors Ethernet cables 10BASE-2, 10BaseT EP3003 CheetahPrint Power -3003 Power Consumption 5w max. External Power Adapter 12V DC LEDs 3 Parallel Port [...]

Print Server User’s Guide 106 Parallel Port Pin Assignments Pin Signal Name Direction 1 -Strobe To printer 2 +Data 0 To printer 3 +Data 1 To printer 4 +Data 2 To printer 5 +Data 3 To printer 6 +Data 4 To printer 7 +Data 5 To printer 8 +Data 6 To printer 9 +Data 7 To printer 10 - ACK To Server 11 + Busy To Server 12 + Paper End To Server 13 + Sele[...]

Appendix A - Specifications 107 Serial Port Specifications Interface RS-232 Baud Rate (bps) 300,600,1200 2400,4800,9600 19200, 38400s Protocol Hardware, XON/XOFF, None, Both Parity Even/Odd/None Data Bits 7 or 8 Stop Bits 1 or 2 Connector Male DB-9 Cable < 15 meters Pin Purpose Direction 1 Carrier Detect (CD) To server 2 Receive (Rx) To server 3[...]

108 Appendix B Configuration File Format The following table shows the CONFIG file details. The information in each column is as follows. Default Line The line as obtained from the device. Each line has the following structure: Line_number Token: Parameter Where Line_number is a system parameter and MUST NOT be changed. Token is a readable identifi[...]

Appendix B - Configuration File Format 109 0120 L2_PROUT:P1 P1, P2, P3 (if exist) Port used by Logical Printer 2 0121 L2_PREST: Text [15] (hex) Pre-string LP 2 0122 L2_POSTR: Text [15] (hex) Post-string LP 2 0123 L2_CHGLF:No Yes, No Convert LF to LF/CR 0140 L3_PROUT:P1 P1, P2, P3 (if exist) Port used by Logical Printer 3 0141 L3_PREST: Text [15] (h[...]

Print Server User’s Guide 110 2504 NR_NAME1: Text [19] NetWare Print Server for parallel port 3 3000 AP_ZONE:* Text [19] AppleTalk zone 3001 AP_TYPE1: LaserWriter Text [19] Printer type for parallel port 1 3002 AP_TYPE2: LaserWriter Text [19] Printer type for parallel port 2 3003 AP_TYPE3: LaserWriter Text [19] Printer type for serial port 3004 A[...]

Appendix B - Configuration File Format 111 6023 M2_CSTR: Text [7] Community String 6031 M3_IP:0.0.0.0 IP Address Management station 3 6032 M3_ACCP: Not Accessible Access Code Access rights 6033 M3_CSTR: Text [7] Community String 6041 M4_IP:0.0.0.0 IP Address Management station 4 6042 M4_ACCP: Not Accessible Access Code Access rights 6043 M4_CSTR: T[...]

112 Appendix C SNMP MIB PSSystemConfig group Object Description PrintServerName The name of the Print Server, Default is SCxxxxxx. NetwareProtocol Netware Protocol Stack Status. TcpipProtocol TCP/IP Protocol Stack Status. AppleTalkProtocol AppleTalk Protocol Stack Status. NetbeuiProtocol Netbeui Protocol Stack Status. PSLogicalPrinterConfig group O[...]

Appendix C - SNMP MIB 113 PSNetwareConfig group Object Description FrameethernetIIEnable EthernetII frame Type Status Frame802-2Enable Ethernet 802.2 frame Type Status Frame802-3Enable Ethernet 802.3 frame Type Status FrameSnapEnable Ethernet 802.2 SNAP frame Type Status OperationMode The current Netware operation mode. PS: PrintServer mode, RP: Re[...]

Print Server User’s Guide 114 SMBGroupName SMB Group Name. SMBdropJob Do you want to drop the job when printer is out of paper?. SMBDelayInterval SMB Delay Interval. PSStatus group Object Description SystemInfo This field contains the system information, including the F/W version, hardware address and current protocol status settings. PrinterStat[...]

Appendix C - SNMP MIB 115 SerialParity Serial port parity. SerialDataBits Serial port data bits. SerialProtocol Serial port flow control protocol. Traps Trap Description printserverTrap Printer status changed.[...]