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Table of Contents 1 Introducti on ............. ............... .............. .... 35 Overview . ................... ............. ................... ............. .............. 3 5 What Is The Ethernet Interface? .................. ............. ....... 35 Printer Models And Appl icable E thernet In terface Cards.. ............. ...............[...]

T able of Content s 3 Embedded Ethernet Interface Web Page .. ....... ..... ....... ....... ..... ....... ..... ....... ..... 73 Overview .... ................... ............. .................... ............. .......... 73 Configur ation ..... ................... ............. ................... ............. .... 74 Network C onfiguration ....[...]

Table of Contents 4 Windo ws Co nfigur ation . ....... ........ .... ...... 111 Overview . ................... ............. ................... ............. ............ 11 1 Windows Envi ronment Descript ion ....... ................... ............ 111 Windows Eth ernet Interface Configuration ........ .................. 11 2 Mandatory ....... .[...]

T able of Content s 5 AIX /Unix Con figurat ion ..... ....... ........ ....... 143 Overview .... ................... ............. .................... ............. ........ 1 43 Unix Environme nt Description ........... ............. ................... .. 1 43 Unix Ethernet Inte rface Configur ation ..... ............. ............... 144 Mandat[...]

Table of Contents 6 Nov ell Con figurat ion . ..... ....... ..... ....... ...... 1 73 Overview . ................... ............. ................... ............. ............ 17 3 Novell Env ironment Des cription ................. ............. ............ 173 Novell Ether net Inter face Configur ation ......................... ..... 174 Using [...]

T able of Content s Novell H ost Configu ration (10 /100Base -T) .......... ............... 204 NDS PSER VER Setup (Netware 4.x /5.x)........ ............. .. 205 Binde ry PSER VER Setup (Netware 3.x , Netware 4 .x, and Net ware 5.x) . ............... 2 08 Referenc ing A Binde ry Que ue In NDS (Netware 3.x , Netware 4 .x, and Net ware 5.x) . ......[...]

Table of Contents 9 iSeries Confi guration, IPDS Printer ........ 241 Configuring On iSer ies As An IPDS Pr inter ............. ............ 24 1 Printin g AFP, IPDS , And SCS Files ................... ............ 24 1 Requirem ents .. ................... ............. ................... ............ 24 2 Configuratio n Checkl ist ...... ........[...]

T able of Content s 11 z/OS Configurat ion, TN3270E ............ .... 283 z/OS Confi guration For A TN3270E P rinter ................ ........ 283 Coax Print er Suppo rt FMID .. ............. ................... ............... 283 Program M aterials ......... .................... ................... ............. .. 284 VTAM Defin itions For SCS a[...]

Table of Contents 14 M onitorin g Pr inters ...... ....... ..... ....... ....... . 31 9 Implementi ng Printer Manag ement ................... .................. 319 Agent/Mana ger Model ........ ................... ............. ............ 319 MIB ..... ............. ................... ............. ................... ............ 32 0 SNMP ...[...]

T able of Content s Glos sary . ....... ....... ..... ....... ....... ..... ....... ... 375[...]

35 1 Intr oduction Overview This chap ter intr oduces y ou to t he Ethern et Interfac e arch itecture and specia l features , as well as prov iding infor matio n on install ation and configur ation tools. Wha t Is The Ethernet Int erface? The Etherne t Interface allows yo u to attach pri nters on a loc al area network (LAN) rather than atta ching t[...]

Chapter 1 Overview 36 Printer Models And Applicable Ethernet Inter face Ca rds The foll owing li sts the 65 00-v prin ter model with its co rrespo nding Etherne t Interface Ca rd type. What Special Features Ar e A vailable? The Eth ernet Interfa ce offers a n exten sive list of features including: • built-i n HTML fo rms for ea sy cro ss-platfor [...]

What S pecial Featu res Are Av ailable? 37 • config urable memo ry usa ge by dis abling p rotocols a nd destinati on services • multiple destinati ons/queue s for v ersatile p rinter m anipulati on and disti nct print s etups • header an d traile r strings to instruct pr inters on font, pitc h, printing , etc. • flexible namin g conven tion[...]

Chapter 1 Logical Pr inter Architectu re 38 Logical Printer Arch itecture The Eth ernet Inter face im plemen ts a logica l printe r arch itecture which gi ves the s ystem ad ministr ator the po ssibil ity to co nfigure t he print s erver to ha ndle and a ct upon th e print data i n several ways. When a pr int job com es throu gh the p rint server ,[...]

What S pecial Featu res Are Av ailable? 39 Figure 1. Print Path Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Host Desti nation 4 (d4prn) Destina tion 2 (d2prn) Desti nation 3 (d3prn) Destina tion 1 (d1prn) Model 1 (m1) Model 2 (m2) Model 3 (m3) Model 4 (m4) Printer Destin ation 8 (d8prn) Destina tion 6 (d6prn) Destina tion 7 (d7prn) Destina tion 5 (d5prn) Mode l 5 (m5)[...]

Chapter 1 Logical Pr inter Architectu re 40 Destinations/Que ues For ever y I/O port on the Ethe rnet Inter face, the re is at lea st one pre-de fined logic al print queue o r destinati on to acc ept print jobs destined for it. Thi s includes print job that is s ent dire ctly to th e I/O port, su ch as por t 9100. T hese que ue or destin ation n am[...]

Models 41 5. Log one or all of the followin g informa tion a s each pri nt job passes through th e model • Job ID and userna me • User ID and three mes sages p er job about the start and finish • Chec ksum valu e of the da ta tran sferred • Miscella neous mes sages from the pr inter • Status o f the prin ter base d on the por t interf ace[...]

Chapter 1 Interfac es 42 Interfaces The Eth ernet interf aces with y our printer th rough an Ethernet ™ 10/100 Base-T i nterface connecto r. 10/ 100Base-T ADAPTE R The Ethern et Interfac e at the rear of the printer for the 10 /100Base- T inter face has tw o indic ator li ghts and two DI P swit ches, as shown in Figu re 2. Figure 2. Status Indica[...]

10/100Base- T 43 Network Indicator The NET LE D displa ys the statu s of the ne twork li nk. When the NET LED is on, link integrit y is co nfirmed. The NET LED fl ashes of f for 1/3 se cond when a data p acket is being tr ansfer red. When the NET LED is off, the netw ork connec tion has been sever ed. T able 1. Run Mode and Auto Reset Mode Indicato[...]

Chapter 1 Interfac es 44 ETHERN ET Integrat ed NIC Card L ED: Wireless Networ k Indicator WIRELESS The wirel ess Ethe rnet Inter face has 2 bi-col or LEDs whic h ca n produce three c olors each : green, r ed, and y ellow (g reen and red combine d). Tabl e 4 shows th e STAT LE D states for variou s sytem conditi ons: T able 3. Integrat ed NIC LED In[...]

10/100Base- T 45 Table 5 sho ws the NET LED sta tes for v arious net work co nditions when a WLA N card is ins erted in to the wirele ss Ethern et. The Ethernet (wired) inter face will n ot affect th e NET LED wh ile a WLAN car d is pres ent. Table 6 sho ws the NET LED sta tes for v arious net work co nditions when no WLA N card i s found o r prese[...]

Chapter 1 Interfac es 46 DIP Switches ADAP TER, WIRELESS ADAPTE R On the ba ck of the printer , you wil l find a smal l window w here you can a ccess two D IP switch es la beled 1 an d 2 (see Figure 2 o n page 42) . The functi ons of the DIP switc hes are explained i n Table 7 . NOTE: The DIP swi tches are not mark ed with “on” or “off” lab[...]

Speed Se tting f or 10/1 00Base-T 47 S peed Setting for 10/100 Base-T When the r outer is set to au to-negoti ation enab le, the fol lowing is the correc t behavior of the Ethe rnet Inter face with each set ting: 1. 10mbps Half Duplex Use paral lel detec tion bec ause the E thernet I nterface is usin g force mo de and thus has au to-negot iation di[...]

Chapter 1 Conventions Used In This Manual 48 6. Ethernet in Auto mode in 10mbps Half Duplex envi r onment (determin ed using 10hd hub) Use auto- negotiati on to the hi ghest co mmon loc al and remote capabil ity, i.e. 100 Half Duplex in th is cas e. PORs to 10 Half Dup lex. Resets to 10 Half D uplex. Reconnec tion at sw itch maintai ns 10 Hal f Dup[...]

Speed Se tting f or 10/1 00Base-T 49 Notes And No tices For yo ur safety and to protec t valuabl e equipme nt, read an d comp ly with the not es inc luded in this man ual. A desc ription fol lows: NOTE: A Note giv es you help ful in formation and tips abo ut printe r operation and ma intenanc e. Notes And Notices[...]

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51 2 Installation And Configuration Inst allation The Ethe rnet Interfac e provide s an RJ-45 c onnector fo r 10/100Bas e-T (UTP) ne tworks. WIRELESS ADAPTE R Connecting T o The Network To attach the Ether net Inter face to a n etwork, plug the netw ork cable in to the E thernet In terface con nector. Watch the LEDs in t he rear of th e printer a s[...]

Chapter 2 Configuration Tools 52 Figure 3. Interior View of the Cabinet Model Showing Networ k Interface Location and Setup Configura t ion T ools There ar e two parts to a Ether net Inter face setup: • Configur ing the Eth ernet Inte rface s o it can b e seen on the network. This inv olves networ k-relat ed setting s (e.g., an IP address within [...]

Configuration Using The Control Panel 53 NOTE: Some netwo rk envir onments do not requi re any network settings to be conf igured on the Ether net Inter face. However, a ll network setups r equire configur ation on th e host end. Configuration Us i ng The Co ntrol Panel You can s et Ether net Interfa ce setti ngs from the printer control panel. CAU[...]

Chapter 2 Configuration Tools 54 4. Always pr int an Eth ernet Ad apter tes t page b efore perfor ming any updat es or ne twork confi guration using the followin g steps: For 6500- v printer s: a. Press STOP to take th e printer of fline. The p rinter is in the NOT READY state. b. Press RETURN + ENTE R sim ultaneous ly to unl ock the printer menu. [...]

Configuration Using The Control Panel 55 CAUTION Turning off the printer be fore the firmware update is complete may permane ntly damag e the Eth ernet Int erface ada pter. Updating the printer firmware t akes time. Please be p atient and wait for the “ ETHERNET IS REA DY” message to display on the LCD. Do not turn off the printer before it has[...]

Chapter 2 Configuration Tools 56 n. Wait for “ETHERNET IS READY” t o displa y. o. Press RETURN + ENTE R to lock the pr inter m enu. 7. Put the pr inter on line and w ait for the “ETHERNE T IS READ Y” message to displ ay on the front pane l. Placing the print er online s tarts the Et hernet Int erface IP Address and Netmas k update pr ocess.[...]

Ethern et Interfa ce Verifi cation 57 Ethernet Interface V e rification Before pe rformi ng the verif ication, you must conne ct the Ethe rnet Interface ca rd to the network. 1. Print an Ethernet test page (following t he step s on page 53) to verify the settin gs yo u made. 2. Verify the Netmask is co rrect in tw o loca tions on the Ether net test[...]

Chapter 2 Configuration Tools 58 Wi reless Ethernet Interfac e Configuration Using The Con t rol Panel WIRELESS ADAP TER, WIRELESS NOTE: The Acce ss Poin t must be con figured accord ing to the manufactu rer's ins tallation guide. To conf igure Wir eless Ethe rnet Interfac e, confi gure the e thernet and wire less IP add resses s o they ca n b[...]

Wireless E thernet Interface Configuration Using The Control Panel 59 • Subnet Mask This is th e subnet m ask for the host IP th at has fou r segments . They are d isplayed a s SEG1 , SEG2, SEG3, and S EG4 whic h can be set to a ny value in the ra nge of of 0 to 255. • Gateway Add ress This is th e gateway IP address es that ha ve four seg ment[...]

Chapter 2 Configuration Tools 60 • SSID Name This is the Service S et Iden tifier whic h must be identica l to the Access P oint's SSID name. The SSID name can b e configure d to a maximum of 32 a lphanumeri c chara cters. The S SID nam e and alphanum eric char acters are d ivided i nto three parts in th e control panel men u as "SSID N[...]

Wireless E thernet Interface Configuration Using The Control Panel 61 • Preamble This is th e preamb le used i n the wir eless pa ckets. I t is recomme nded to set to "Default" so that the E thernet Inte rface ca n detect the c orrect prea mble. The preamb le is app roximatel y 8 bytes of the pack et header generat ed by the A P and is [...]

Chapter 2 Configuration Tools 62 Encryption Key Con fi guration As menti oned abov e, there a re four enc ryption keys that c an be configur ed throu gh the con trol pane l. Fo r each enc ryption key x (where x can be 1 to 4), the followin g contro l menu ca n be us ed to configur e the key: • WEP Key x Format This is the format of t he key. It c[...]

Wireless E thernet Interface Configuration Using The Control Panel 63 Kerbero s Parameters NOTE: Kerberos parameter s are ava ilable o nly with a Symbol radi o c ard. Kerberos Enab le • Enable . E nable Ker beros a uthenticat ion in th e wireless net work int erfac e. • Disable (defa ult). Dis able Ke rberos auth enticati on in the wire less ne[...]

Chapter 2 Configuration Tools 64 Clock Skew Unit s • Seco nds (defaul t) • Minutes Clock Skew (SEC) Sets the maximum allowable amoun t of time in seconds (SEC) or minu tes (M IN), as specifi ed by t he Cloc k Skew U nits, th at Ker beros authen tication wil l tolera te before assumin g that a Ke rberos message is inv alid. • Seconds: The rang[...]

Wireless E thernet Interface Configuration Using The Control Panel 65 T ckt Life (SEC) Sets the m aximum a llowable amount of time in seconds (SEC), minutes ( MIN), hou rs (HR), o r days (DA Y), as specified b y the Tc kt Life Units , that a tic ket obtai ned from the K erberos server is v alid before get ting a new o ne. • Seconds: The ran ge is[...]

Chapter 2 Configuration Tools 66 Equivalent Wireless Eth ernet Interface Configur ati on Using Th e T e l net Comm and store i fc 2 wlan s sid <n etwork-nam e> store i fc 2 wlan m ode ad hoc|pseudo |mana ged store i fc 2 wlan s peed auto |(1 2 5 1 1) store i fc 2 wlan c hannel d efault|( 1-15) store i fc 2 wlan a ntenna diverse| primar y|aux [...]

Kerberos Enabled Wireless NIC Configuration 67 WIRELESS ADAPTE R, WIRELESS Kerbero s Enabled W ireless NIC C onfiguration This sec tion prov ides an ex ample of h ow a user configur es the Print Ser ver to use the Kerberos au thenticati on via the wi red Telnet sess ion. This ex ample ass umes Symbol’ s Acce ss Point and R F card is u sed and the[...]

Chapter 2 Configuration Tools 68 5. Set the Ke rberos paramet ers to enabl e Kerberos authentic ation. The Kerb eros pas sword m ust mat ch the Wi ndows 200 0 user passwor d for t he Prin t Server . The a dminist rator sho uld choo se at least 9 alp hanumeri c characte rs with a combi nation of upper and lowe r case. The foll owing is a s uggesti o[...]

HTML Forms 69 HTML Forms The Ethe rnet Inter face set tings ca n be co nfigured ov er TCP /IP through a standard Web b rowser. T he Ethern et Interfa ce Web pages p rovide a hand y way to access some of the c ommand s built into the print ser ver. NOTE: If a router i s used, m ake sure a Gateway value is config ured. To access the Ethe rnet Interf [...]

Chapter 2 Configuration Tools 70 Figur e 4. Ether net Interf ace HTML S tructure NOTE: Online hel p is avail able for all HTM L pages. Index/Home Confi guration I/O Port Network TCP/IP 802.11b Window s Novell d1prn d2prn d3prn d4prn d5prn d6prn d7prn d8prn m1 m2 m3 m4 m5 m6 m7 m8 Alert Config 1 Alert Config 2 Alert Config 3 Alert Config 4 Alert Con[...]

HTML Forms 71 Printer S t atus Screen Using the printer IP Addr ess and a ny standa rd Web b rowser , you can chec k the sta tus of the printer . Figure 5 shows the exact s tate of the pri nter by sho wing th e printer L CD messag e. (This s creen automatic ally refr eshes every minute.) Figure 5 . Printer St atus Screen[...]

Chapter 2 Configuration Tools 72 Conf igurat ion Al ternativ es Besides the HTM L forms a nd softwar e provide d, the E thernet Interfac e interna l comman d shell, npsh, ca n also be reached using Telnet a nd Remote S hell, and FTP. Te l n e t A TCP/IP command that he lps confi gure Ethe rnet Interf ace settin gs remotel y. A TCP/IP host s tarts a[...]

73 3 Embedded Ethernet Interface W eb Page Overview The Ethe rnet Interface c omes wi th an extreme ly powerful printer management tool th at allows yo u to monit or, confi gure, and manage both the prin ter and i ts print job. The Ethernet Interf ace comes wi th an embed ded web server th at allows Sy stem Adminis trators an d users ac cess to its[...]

Chapter 3 Configuration 74 After y ou config ure the E thernet Int erface setti ngs, and clic k the SUBMI T button o n the related form, re set the E thernet Int erface to ensure the latest settings are in u se. To rese t the Eth ernet Interfac e, go to the System f orm under the Confi guration Men u and click the REBOO T button. The embe dded Ethe[...]

75 • SNMP - th is menu i tem allo ws you to config ure the SN MP trap manager s ettings. It also al lows yo u to define the print er event types to m onitor, a nd the e-m ail addres s that sh ould rec eive alert noti fica tions. • Adminis tration - th is menu i tem allo ws you to define or chang e the prin ter name , locatio n, descripti on, et[...]

Chapter 3 Network Con figur ation 76 Netw ork Conf igura tion The network configur ation allo ws you to speci fy the setti ng for each network protocol. B eside ea ch protocol name is a checkbox which allows y ou to enab le or di sable eac h protoc ol depen ding on y our network print ing needs. NOTE: TCP/IP is the only supporte d prot ocol which i[...]

TCP/IP Network 77 Interface The two ed it fields contain the Ether net Interfa ce's IP a ddress and subnet mask. The che ck box es enabl e the R ARP, BOOTP , DHCP, DNS, and Pe rsist D HCP protocol s, which are altern ate methods of assigning IP addres ses. On m ost networ ks, you wan t to ente r a permanen t IP addre ss and subn et mask and di[...]

Chapter 3 Network Con figur ation 78 802.1 1 b Network Name Enter th e wireless network nam e. Maximu m length o f 32 charac ters. NOTE: When yo u use teln et, Networ k Name i s call ed SSID. Mode Set the mo de of op eration f or the wirel ess devic e. Pseud o, Adhoc , and Manag ed are the availab le se ttings. NOTE: When yo u use teln et, the “m[...]

802.11b 79 S peed Change t he selected bit-rat es. Choos ing "auto" will sele ct auto setting s even if s ome or a ll of the c heckboxes are se lected. To manually choose bit-rat es, ch ange spee d optio n to "use r" and check th e appropr iate ch eckb oxes. If " user" is sele cted, and n o checkbo xes are c hecked, t [...]

Chapter 3 Network Con figur ation 80 Default Key Change the default key number used for WEP encrypti on. Authentication Method Select t he desir ed authent ication m ethod to be used w hen communi cating with a n access p oint. User Enter a user nam e to be use d when a uthenticat ing with a n access point. Cur rently onl y used fo r LEAP aut henti[...]

Windows Network (NetBIOS TCP/ I P) 81 Wi ndows Network (NetBIOS TCP/IP) TCP/IP is u sed for Wi ndows (i.e. Netbios, W indows 95/98 /Me, and Windows for Wor kgroups) printin g unless another p rotocol like IP X is avai lable. Ther efore, m andatory TCP/IP set tings (i.e. IP addr ess and subne t mask ) are nece ssary on the Eth ernet Inte rface. G o [...]

Chapter 3 Network Con figur ation 82 Novell Network ADAP TER, WIRELESS ADAPTE R Novell confi guratio n is suppor ted only on the Ethern et Adapter a nd Wireles s Adapter. Figure 8. Novell Network Configuration FrameT ype This opti on determ ines whic h frami ng scheme wi ll be us ed in processi ng Novel l signals. The diff erent types of Ethern et [...]

Novell Network 83 Service T ype Allows y ou to cha nge the Nes t Server. The options are: • Bindery • NDS • Auto File Server Define a Nov ell file s erver for the Etherne t Interface to service as either a P SERVER or an RPRINT ER. NDS NDS (Nove ll Directo ry Servic es) is a di stributed d atabase o f network info rmation. An NDS contains in [...]

Chapter 3 Print Path Configuration 84 Print Path Co nfiguration The Eth ernet Interfa ce prin t path is the p ath a pri nt job tak es when it reac hes the ne twork adapter . First the j ob goe s to a des tination/ queue (e .g. d1prn) wh ere it the n passes through an asso ciated model ( e.g. m1) fo r extra proc essing and logpa th (e.g., l 1) for j[...]

Destination Settings 85 Services Define what type(s) o f print s ervices the destinati on will s upport. By default all serv ices are e nabled . Selected Model Defines th e model c onfiguration that is to be asso ciated wi th the current des tination . The defau lt model na mes are m 1, m2, m3, m4 , m5, m6, m7, and m8. Parame ters socket Printin g [...]

Chapter 3 Print Path Configuration 86 Current Model Settings Figure 10. Print Path Conf i guration, Current Mode l Settings Model T y pe The opti on is avai lable on t he Print Model web page. For a descripti on, see p age 88. Banner Page The opti on is avai lable on t he Print Model web page. For a descripti on, see p age 89. Fil ter The opti on i[...]

Current Log Path Settings 87 Printer Configu rati on The optio n is avail able on th e Print M odel web p age. For a descrip tion, se e page 90. Selected Log P ath This op tion defin es the lo g path c onfigura tion that i s to be associated with th e current d estinati on. Current Lo g Path Settings Figure 11. Print Path Conf iguration, Current Lo[...]

Chapter 3 Print Model Configura tion 88 Print Model Configuration Figure 12. Print Model Configura tion Name Name of the mod el. The defa ult mode l names are m1, m2, m3, m4, m5, m6, m7 , and m8 . Model T y pe Define what processi ng (if an y) will be perform ed on print jobs passing thr ough the associ ated destinat ion. If set to “raw”, th e [...]

Current Log Path Settings 89 Banner Page Tells the Ether net Interfa ce to produc e a ban ner page with each print jo b. The ty pe of banne r page dat a can be te xt. Yo u can als o specify whether th e banner page shou ld come a t the fr ont or the end of a pr int jo b. Fil ter Specify wheth er the Ethe rnet Inter face is to add c arriage re turns[...]

Chapter 3 Print Model Configura tion 90 T railer String Define an e scape se quence to b e sent to the printer afte r each pri nt job. For e xample, y ou may wa nt to send a sequenc e to add a formfeed so yo u don't hav e to manual ly press the formf eed button on the pr inter. Yo u may al so want to te ll the pr inter to reset it self in case[...]

Current Log Path Settings 91 Log P ath Co nfig uratio n Figure 13. Log Path Configuration Name Name of t he log path . The defa ult names are l1, l2, l3, l4 , l5, l6, l 7, and l8. Logpath T y pe Define what t ype of log infor mation wil l be tra cked for each print job passing through th e associa ted destin ation. T he types are: • job - jo b ID[...]

Chapter 3 Log Path Configuration 92 Logp ath Port Define wher e logging information fo r print jobs passing thr ough the associ ated de stinat ion will be reported . The choices are: • prn - rep orted to the P RN port • none - do n't repor t any log ging in formatio n • TCP/IP por t - to a TCP port number (specified in the e dit field ) [...]

Current Log Path Settings 93 TN525 0/3270 Configur ation The TN5 250/3270 c onfigu ration f orm allows you to s pecify settin gs for up to e ight differe nt TN5250/ 3270 ses sions. NOTE: The standar d Ether net module does n ot support T N5250/ 3270 proto col. However , the TN5 250/3270 s oftware is availabl e as an o ption you can ord er or as fac[...]

Chapter 3 TN5250/3 270 Configurat ion 94 Figure 15. TN5250/3270 Configuration, TN3270 Mode Mode Specifi es the T N protoco l mode for the curr ent config uration. Default: TN5250 Host IP Specifi es the IP address or domain name of the host (iS eries for TN5250) for the cur rent co nfiguration. Default: Unconfig ured (e mpty) host.[...]

Current Log Path Settings 95 Port Specifi es the UDP port num ber of the T N5250 or TN 3270 server for the curren t configur ation . Default: 23 Resource Nam e (TN3270 mod e) Spec ifies the name of the iSeri es LU ses sion for the curren t confi guration . The reso urce nam e enter ed will be the name of the printer device cr eated on th e iSeri es[...]

Chapter 3 TN5250/3 270 Configurat ion 96 Device T ype By defau lt, the dev ice type is always s et to IBM. WSCST Name (TN525 0 mode) A s declare d on the iS eries host for t he creat ed printer device . Default: Unc onfigur ed (empty) name WSC ST Library (TN525 0 mode) A s declare d on the iS eries host for t he creat ed printer device . Auto Conne[...]

Current Log Path Settings 97 SNMP Configuratio n The SNMP Configur ation form a llows yo u to confi gure SNM P trap managers and the e-ma il aler t features of the Eth ernet Inte rface. It allows you to conf igure how SNMP ale rts are pr ocesse d by a SNMP tra p manager , an Unix sy slog loggi ng daemon, and/or ha ve e-mail not ificatio ns sent. Up[...]

Chapter 3 SNMP Configuration 98 Syslog Alert Posting Setting s Figure 17. SNMP Syslog Alert Posting Configuration Specifi es whether alerts from t he enabl ed alert group ca tegories for this co nfiguration will be s ent to th e Unix sys log daemo n. If this option is enabled , the sys log daemo n IP ad dress mus t be enter ed in the sy slog field [...]

Current Log Path Settings 99 Email Address Specifi es an e-m ail addres s to whic h alert info rmation will be sent . Short E-m ail Format Specifi es whether a shor t (15-80 ch aracter ) alert e-ma il mess age should be sent. If enabled, the mess age will con tain th e alert desc riptio n, the severi ty level , the de vice de scription , and de vic[...]

Chapter 3 SNMP Configuration 100 If the Shor t Email for mat is d isabled, the message will co ntain addition al info rmation including t he dev ice desc riptio n, devic e name and l ocation, alert desc ription, al ert grou p, alert sever ity leve l, and pr inter sta tus. To test the valid ity of the e-mail address and the S MTP se rver address , e[...]

Current Log Path Settings 101 T able 8. Alert Group s and Printer Event s Alert Group Printe r Event s Offline Printe r is Offline Hold Print Time Out Wa r ni n g C O M M C h e ck Inva lid Addres s CU T ime Out CU Not Enabled File Sys t em Fu ll File Ex ist Hex D ump Mode Half S pe ed Mode Printer W a rm Print Head W arm 2B-T oner Density T oo High[...]

Chapter 3 SNMP Configuration 102 Media O utput S tacker Ful l S tacker Ja m Time Out S ta cker Full T ime Out S tacker Faul t T ime O ut S tacke r Jam S tacker Faul t S ta ck Over Flow S ta ck Under Flow S tacke r Fail S tacke r Interlock Fai l S tacker Not Ready Media P ath Clear Pap er Jam Paper Jam T i me Out Paper Ja m Fuser Paper Ja m Exit Cut[...]

Current Log Path Settings 103 Marke r Ribbon St al l T ime O ut Ribbon In k Out Ribbon St all Ribbon Dri ve Shuttle Over S pee d Ribbon Fau lt Ribbon De tected Print Head Up Ribbon B roken Ribbon L oad Bad Ribbon T ake-up Full 2A-T one r Empty Add T oner Install T o ner Cup Cutter Cutter Fault Cutter Fail Bar C ode Barco de Fa il S pec ificatio n B[...]

Chapter 3 SNMP Configuration 104 NOTE: Not all of the alert s are avai lable on all of the p rinters. Th e alerts available f or monito ring wil l depend on the printe r type and the options installed on the p rinter. Power Cart Recharge Battery Batt H igh V olt Batt Low V olt RFID RFID T ag Fail ed RFID Ma x Retry RFID Com m Error RFID Rea d-Only [...]

System Inform ation 105 Adminis t ration Configuratio n The Admini stratio n Config uration for m is brok en down into general print se rver-r elated se ttings and pass word secur ity. System Informat ion Figure 20. Administration Configuration, System Information[...]

Chapter 3 Administration Configuration 106 The Syste m Informatio n form al lows you to specify the follow ing informa tion ab out the printe r: Name Name giv en to the pr int serve r in Novell and Win dows environme nts. • For the integrat ed Ethern et, the defa ult is P _xxxxxx • For t he exte rnal (E- Net) Ada pter, t he def ault is M_ xxxxx[...]

System Inform ation 107 Syslog Specifi es the IP a ddress of a host ru nning t he SYSLOG daemon. IBM 6500-v debugging or pr inter logg ing inform ation can be sent to the IP addr ess. Default: Unco nfigur ed (emp ty). Email Defines th e user emai l addres s to recei ve printer and job l ogging informati on from log paths on th e IBM 6500 -v. Defaul[...]

Chapter 3 System Configuration 108 Passwords Figure 21. Administration Configuration, Pa s swords Only a user with r oot priv ileges can alter th e Ethern et Interfac e's settings . Guest users can only vi ew setting s but cannot al ter them. Both type s of user s can be as signed passwords . To change a passwor d, type in the old passwor d in[...]

Status - I/O Port 109 The Syste m Configur ation form a llows yo u to chang e the Ethern et Interface 's operation mode. S elect “Rebo ot” to re- power the p rint server. S elect “ Default” t o reset th e print ser ver and ha ve it come up with fac tory defaul t settings. Sta t u s The Status me nu item s allow yo u to view the c urren[...]

Chapter 3 IBM Printing System s 110 S t atus - Ne twork This for m allows you to vi ew the cur rent sta tus of the network. Th e statisti cal data provided i s broken d own by netw ork pro tocol. Y ou can us e this form to t rouble shoot ne twork-r elated proble ms. IBM Printing System s The IBM Printin g Syste ms web si te which c ontai ns product[...]

111 4 W indows Configuration Overview This chap ter detai ls a com plete Win dows con figur ation setu p includi ng: • Identifyi ng the Ethe rnet Interf ace on th e network us ing TCP /IP as the und erlyin g protoco l • Configuring the Eth ernet Interfa ce wit h its mand atory TC P/IP settings (IP addr ess and subnet ma sk) • Configuring a ne[...]

Chapter 4 Windows Ether ne t Interfac e Conf i guration 112 Windo ws Ethernet Interface Configuration The IP a ddress and subnet ma sk are mandator y TCP/IP s ettings and are n eeded befo re the pr int ser ver can be detected o n the network. There a re also add ition al optiona l setting s. This sectio n offers a lternative methods f or configur i[...]

Configuration Using ARP 113 3. U se th e arp co mmand to add an en try into the Windo ws statio n ARP tabl e for the Ethernet Interface. This is the most commo n syntax for this co mmand: Syntax: arp -s <ipaddress> < et hernetaddress> Exampl e for Micr osoft TCP stac ks: arp -s 192.75.11.9 00- 80-72-07-00-60 This exam ple spec ifies a E[...]

Chapter 4 Windows Ether ne t Interfac e Conf i guration 114 c. Und er the “Sub net Mask ” heading , enter th e Etherne t Interfac e subnet m ask. NOTE: If you wou ld like to c ommunic ate with the Etherne t Interfac e from ac ross rou ters, yo u will ne ed to fi ll in an entry wi thin the “ Routing” sect ion. Plea se see “Communi cating A[...]

Changing Workgroup Names 115 2. At the “Netwo rk Configur ation” HTM L form that d isplays, cli ck in the first fie ld below t he “Gate way” hea ding and ty pe in the IP address of th e default r outer/gat eway for the E thernet Inte rface subnet . 3. Click the S UBMIT bu tton when don e and p hysically rep ower the print server to make the[...]

Chapter 4 Windows Ether ne t Interfac e Conf i guration 116 Changing De stination Names When defi ning som e printers within Win dows envi ronments, th e Etherne t Interfac e requires that you specify a predef ined destinat ion rathe r than any name yo u would li ke. For exampl e, when creati ng a new printer under Wind ows NT, a sc reen similar to[...]

Changing Destination Names 117 This na me can be chang ed to some thing mor e meaning ful usin g the built-in HTML forms . To do this : 1. Load a Web browser on your Win dows stati on and dire ct it to the URL: http:// EthernetInterfaceIPaddress / destConf.html (e.g., http://192.75.11.9/destConf.html ). NOTE: If prompte d for a “Use r ID” and p[...]

Chapter 4 Windows Host Configuration 118 Windo ws Host Configuration This secti on covers Windows XP, Windows 2000, Wi ndows NT, Windows Me, and W indows 9x. Wi ndows XP/2000 Host Setup This ins tallation proced ure assume s that the Ethernet I nterfa ce adapte r is configur ed with the corr ect IP address , subne t mask, and gateway ( if requir ed[...]

Windows XP /2000 Host Setup 119 3. Click Next . 4. If nece ssary, un check th e Automatically de tect and install my Plug and Play printer bo x. Click Next .[...]

Chapter 4 Windows Host Configuration 120 5. Click Create a new port and select Standard TCP/IP Po rt from the pull down m enu. Clic k Next . 6. Click Next .[...]

Windows XP /2000 Host Setup 121 7. Input the pr inter na me or IP a ddress in the “Print er Name or IP Addr ess” fi eld. Cl ick Next . 8. Select Cus tom and clic k Settings...[...]

Chapter 4 Windows Host Configuration 122 9. Complete t he Port S ettings ta b as de sired: • Raw . (T he defaul t.) Make sure “Raw” is selec ted in the “Protoco l” field . Leave th e setting at 9100 (th e default) in the “Raw S ettings Port Nu mber” fiel d. • LPR. T o sele ct the LPR setting, c lick LPR in the “Pr otocol” field.[...]

Windows XP /2000 Host Setup 123 10. Click Ne xt . 11. Click Finis h .[...]

Chapter 4 Windows Host Configuration 124 12. Sele ct the I BM 6500 pr inter d river or dow nload a nd instal l it from the IBM Printer’s Web page at www.p rinters.ibm.com . Click Next . 13. Sele ct Yes then cli ck Next . IBM 6500 se ries[...]

Windows XP /2000 Host Setup 125 14. Click Ne xt . 15. If you w ant to pri nt a test pa ge, selec t Yes and clic k Next . If not, click Ne xt .[...]

Chapter 4 Windows Host Configuration 126 16. Up on completi on, clic k Finis h . Wi ndows NT 4.0 Host Setup This ins tallation proced ure assume s that the Ethernet I nterfa ce adapte r is configur ed with the corre ct IP address , subnet mask and gateway ( if requir ed). In add ition, the adminis trator can “ ping ” and Telnet t o the Etherne [...]

Windows NT 4.0 Host Setup 127 3. Select M y Computer and clic k Next . 4. Click Add Port ...[...]

Chapter 4 Windows Host Configuration 128 5. Double click LPR Port . If LPR Port i s not listed , the Micro soft TCP/IP Pr inting s ervice is not inst alled. To i nstall the M icroso ft TCP/IP Pr inting s ervice, refe r to “Ins talling Mic rosoft TC P/IP Printing” on page 1 40. 6. Enter th e IP addr ess of the Et hernet Inte rface i n the Name o[...]

Windows NT 4.0 Host Setup 129 7. Select th e Generic/Text only printer driver or install the IBM 6500-v d river from t he IBM Pr inter’s W eb page at www.printers.ibm.c om. The gen eric driver is good for troubleshoo ting ins tallation problem s. The n etwork adminis trator can a lways go back an d install the printer driver at a lat er time. 8. [...]

Chapter 4 Windows Host Configuration 130 9. Determin e if the prin ter is sha red with o ther netwo rk users. If it is shared , the share name and op erating s ystem(s) of the other work stati ons that m ay use th is printe r must be selecte d. 10. Print a Windo ws test page.[...]

Windows NT 3.51 Host Setup 131 11. If ther e are any pr oblems during o r after ins tallation , see “Windows NT 4.0 Or 2000 Hos t Setup Pr oblems ” on pa ge 139. Wi ndows NT 3.51 Host Setup To configur e a new pri nter on a W indows N T 3.51 stati on: 1. Open the C ontrol P anel. 2. Double clic k Printe rs . 3. Select Cr eate a Printer from the[...]

Chapter 4 Windows Host Configuration 132 Figure 25. Add LPR Compatible Printer Dialog Box 7. Enter th e IP addr ess or hos t name of th e Etherne t Interface i n the Name or address of server providing lpd: field. 8. Enter th e name of a predefine d des tination/q ueue on the Etherne t Interfac e in the Name of printer or print queue on that ser ve[...]

Windows Me or 9x Host Setup 133 6. Continue s earching th e network until y ou see the Ethernet Inte rface name, “P_xxxxxx” or “M _xxxxxx”, w here “xxxxxx” equals th e last six digits of the print ser ver Eth ernet addres s found when a confi guration is printed . 7. Once you see the Et hernet Inte rface, dou ble clic k it to disp lay a[...]

Chapter 4 Windows T r oubleshooting Tips 134 Windo ws T roubleshooting T ip s This sec tion p rovides i nformati on on poss ible solutio ns to som e stand ard Windows and Ether net Inter face config uration e rrors. T e chnical Su pport If you re quire techn ical suppo rt, please have th e following informa tion av ailable when you c all: 1. Level [...]

HTML Configuration Forms Will Not Display 135 • If you loo k at the ba ck of the printer , is the S TAT LED flas hing once a se cond, or is it qu icke r than tha t? A slowe r, once- a- second rate indi cates tha t the prin t server is in fact c onfigure d with an IP addres s. A fas ter rate me ans it k nows nothing ab out this, so you may n eed t[...]

Chapter 4 Windows T r oubleshooting Tips 136 Cannot Browse The Ethernet Inter face On The Network • Have you looked u nder the r ight Windo ws workg roup? By default, th e Etherne t Interface wi ll be fou nd unde r “W ORKGRO UP. ” • Are y ou able t o brow se other Window s sta tions an d devic es on the networ k from this same st ation? •[...]

TCP/IP Acc ess Problem 137 TCP/IP A ccess Problem If you can ping the prin ter from a workstation , but you cannot We b browse, Tel net, or prin t to the pri nter throug h the Ether net Interfa ce, there may be an inc orrect en try in the T CP acc ess list. Fo r this workstation to use t he Ethernet In terface i nterface in th is cas e, one of two [...]

Chapter 4 Windows T r oubleshooting Tips 138 6. From a wor kstatio n attached to this network s egment, cr eate an ARP entr y. The Eth ernet Interfac e IP addre ss and hardwar e or Mach ine Addr ess Code (MAC) address are n eeded. At the wor kstati on ent er: arp -s < ipaddress > < MACadd ress > ping < ipaddress > 7. Try to ping t[...]

Web Browse r /HTTP Prob l em 139 W eb Browser/HTTP Problem In some c ases, you m ay not be a ble to browse the pr inter Web page simp ly beca use the E thernet Int erface HTT P may b e turned off. If you can not ping the Ethe rnet In terface IP address , make sure the IP Add ress, subn et mask, and defaul t gateway a re set c orrectly by chec king [...]

Chapter 4 Windows T r oubleshooting Tips 140 Inst alling Microsof t TCP/IP Printing The Eth ernet Interfa ce insta llation f or Windows NT 4.0/200 0 also requires the “Micr osoft TC P/IP Printi ng” servic e on th e server. T o install this servic e, click the Networ k icon in th e Control Panel and click t he “Service s” tab. Click “Add S[...]

Windows NT 4.0 Or 2 000 Host Se tup Proble ms 141 • Test pag e does not print or prints incorrec tly: 1.Is the pr inter onli ne? Re-send test page . 2.The pri nt queu e name in step 6 o n page 128 should be d1prn; however , the name c an be cha nged. To verify the queue names, pri nt an E-Net Tes t Page. Ref er to your User's Manual for info[...]

Chapter 4 Windows T r oubleshooting Tips 142[...]

143 5 AIX/Unix Configuration Overview This chap ter detai ls a com plete U nix setu p includ ing: • Configuring the Eth ernet Interfa ce wit h its mand atory TC P/IP settin gs (e.g., IP address and subn et mask) . • Configuring the Unix h ost stati on with a ne w printer. Unix Environment Desc ription The Ethe rnet Interfac e supports network p[...]

Chapter 5 Unix Ethernet Interface Configuration 144 Unix Etherne t Interface Configuration There ar e mandator y and opt ional settings needed bef ore the pr int server c an be dete cted on the network . This secti on offers alternat ive metho ds for conf iguring your Et hernet Inte rface an d mentio ns some of th e more c ommon optional s ettings [...]

Using ARP 145 2. Find the Ethernet address fo r the Ethe rnet Inter face by printing a configu ration or readin g it from the control panel. It must be entered as p art of thi s procedur e. 3. U se th e arp co mmand to add an en try into the Unix sta tion ARP table for this Ethernet Int erface. Her e is the most comm on syntax f or this command: ar[...]

Chapter 5 Unix Ethernet Interface Configuration 146 3. Under the “S ubnet Mas k” heading, enter the E thernet In terface subne t mask. NOTE: If you would l ike to comm unicate with the Eth ernet Interfac e from acro ss rout ers, yo u will nee d to fill in a n entry within the “Routi ng” secti on. Pleas e see “C ommunic ating Across Router[...]

Using BOOTP 147 4. Try to ping the Ethern et Interfac e IP addr ess from a loca l Unix statio n to see i f it ca n be seen on your network. NOTE: You will only be a ble to com munic ate with th e Etherne t Interface from a network station on the same sub net as the print se rver. Th e Ethernet In terface n eeds t o be told ab out a default r outer/[...]

Chapter 5 Unix Ethernet Interface Configuration 148 2. Turn th e Ethernet Int erface on so tha t it immed iately s ends out a BOOTP r equest. W ait one mi nute to all ow the IP a ddress assign ment proc ess to c omplete. Y ou sh ould see the STA T LED (on the Ethernet I nterface ) slow down, indicati ng it know s about an IP addres s to use. 3. Try[...]

Manual S ystem V Hos t Setup 149 2. At the “Netwo rk Configur ation” HTM L form that d isplays, cli ck in the first fie ld below t he “Gate way” hea ding and ty pe in the IP address of th e default r outer/gat eway for the E thernet Inte rface subnet . 3. Click the S UBMIT bu tton when don e and p hysically rep ower the print server to mak [...]

Chapter 5 Ethernet Installation on HP-UX 150 Ethernet Inst allation on HP-UX LPR is su pported i n HP/UX Vers ion 9.0 a nd greater. T o config ure a print qu eue using LPR, issue the fol lowing c ommands. NOTE: Requires r oot privi lege. Th e default B SD interfac e file “rmode l” will be used. Syntax: lpshut lpadmin -pqueue_name - mrmodel -v/d[...]

Manual S ystem V Hos t Setup 151 Solaris 2.6 – 7 Ethernet Setup NOTE: Requires S uperuser privil ege in the b orne sh ell. Ass ume that you c an ping an d Telnet to the adap ter. The IP ad dress of th e Etherne t adapter must be pl aced in the /etc/ hosts file. Syntax: lpadmin -p [queue_ name] -v /dev/null lpadmin -p [queue_ name] -i /usr/lib/lp/[...]

Chapter 5 SCO S etup 152 SCO Setup 1. Login as a root or adminis trator privilege s user . 2. Acquir e an unus ed Interne t addres s (IP) fr om your Network Adminis trator and choos e a uniqu e name fo r the Eth ernet adapter. 3. Add your Ethernet In ternet ad dress a nd host na me to your system host tabl e by appen ding the fo llowing lin e to th[...]

Manual S ystem V Hos t Setup 153 Type i to install and press Enter or Re turn. Th e addition al prompts dis play. Now type y and pres s Enter or Retur n. y allows you to configur e an LPD p rinter. Type n and pr ess Enter or Return. n will exit. 5. Run rlpconf as root u ser. The fo llowing p rompts d isplay: Remote print ing configur ation Do you w[...]

Chapter 5 SCO S etup 154 Type in the na me you wi sh to call t his printer wi thin SCO an d press Enter or Re turn. Th e followin g prompt display s: Type r for a remote pr inter an d press E nter or Retur n. The followin g prompt d isplays: Remote printin g configu ration Enter i nformatio n for re mote prin ters or lo cal pri nters acc epting rem[...]

Manual S ystem V Hos t Setup 155 Type in the ho st na me as configured in teh /etc/h osts fi le. Pres s Enter or Return. The followin g prompt d isplays: Remote print ing configur ation Enter in formation for rem ote print ers or loc al pri nters acce pting remote pr inting r equests Please e nter the p rinter name ( q to quit): d1prn Is d1prn a re[...]

Chapter 5 SCO S etup 156 Type y and pres s Enter or Return. The follow ing prom pt displ ays: Remote printin g configu ration Enter i nformatio n for re mote prin ters or lo cal pri nters acc epting remote p rinting re quests Please enter the printer nam e (q to qu it): d1prn Is d1prn a remote printer or a local pr inter (r /l)? r Please e nter the[...]

Manual S ystem V Hos t Setup 157 Type n and p ress Ente r or Return . The followi ng prompt disp lays: Remote print ing configur ation Enter in formation for rem ote print ers or loc al pri nters acce pting remote pr inting r equests Please e nter the p rinter name ( q to quit): d1prn Is d1prn a remote p rinter or a local printer ( r/l)? r Please e[...]

Chapter 5 SCO S etup 158 If it is t he system d efault, then all jobs s ubmitted w ithout a printer na me wil l go to this p rinter. If i t is not the system default, it must be specifi ed when printing . Type y or n and pr ess Ente r or Return. The print er is no w inst alled and ready to print. 6. From a shell pro mpt, us e this co mmand to te st[...]

Manual LPR/LPD Host Setup 159 Manual LPR/LPD Host Setup The Ether net Interfa ce also suppo rts Unix op erating syste ms which follow a B SD print sys tem (e.g., SunOS 4 .1.x). This m eans a printca p file is used to d efine all printers availabl e on the ho st, and interfac e scripts ar e not com monly us ed. Inste ad, LP R/LPD printers are defin [...]

Chapter 5 SCO S etup 160 3. Create the log a nd accou nt files specifi ed by the lf= and af= entries in the prin tcap e ntry for thi s printer . Exampl e: touch /usr/spool/lpd/6500- v/log touch /usr/spool/lpd/6500- v/acct 4. Change pe rmission s and owners hip on the spoo l directory and everyt hing withi n it. Exampl e: chmod -R g+rwX,o+rX /u sr/s[...]

Ethernet Configuration for AIX 4 161 Ethernet Configuration for AIX 4 Before y ou set up the prin ter, it is good to k now the ways a p rint job can be filtered . 1. Standard processi ng. Fi ltering is done o n the printer with no processi ng on th e host. 2. Local Filtering. Filte ring is do ne on the host. Be s ure to s pecify the printe r model [...]

Chapter 5 SCO S etup 162 Local Filtering 1. Enter smi tty mkvirprt . 2. Add a Remote P rint Queue . 3. Set the ty pe of Remote Printi ng to Local Filtering.. . 4. Set the Pr inter M anufacturer to IBM . 5. Set the Pr inter Type to IBM42 02 . IMPORT ANT You must change the printer emulation to Proprinter. 6. Enter th e followin g Remote Pr int Que u[...]

AIX R emote Queue T ime–Out Set ting 163 To verify th e Etherne t settings, p rint an E-net Te st Page b y doing the followi ng: • DIAGNOSTICS Printer T ests E-Net Test Page or Ethern et Test Enter . The defaul t Etherne t queue name i s d1prn (in lower case) , however the name can be chang ed. To verify the que ue name, print an E-net Test Pa [...]

Chapter 5 SCO S etup 164 5. Change to the dest direct ory. Synta x: cd dest 6. List the conte nts of th is direc tory using the dir c ommand and determi ne which d estinati on/queue y ou would l ike to se nd the print job through. Mo st likel y, you wil l select d1prn for the PRN port. 7. Change to this d estinatio n director y. Exampl e: cd d1prn [...]

Direct S ocket Printin g 165 Direc t Socket Printing Within TCP /IP envir onments , there are s ome setu ps which r equire the host to print di rectly to a TCP por t number on the Ethe rnet Interface , bypass ing all of the hi gher level dest ination/qu eue names. If y ou run into a setup whi ch requ ires this , you will need to define two p aramet[...]

Chapter 5 Printing From AIX 166 Setting Up AIX 4.x 1. Ensu re the 650 0-v AIX dr iver/col on files are instal led on the AIX m achine. S yntax: lsdev -P -c printer -F “type subclass description” | sort -u | grep 6500- v If “ibm6 500-v” do es not app ear on th e list, t he proper d river fil es are not i nstalled . Obtain the driver files an[...]

Ethernet Interface Cannot Be Found On The Netw or k 167 8. At the com mand pro mpt, ente r eng -A to view the p rint que ues just entere d. 9. Enter qprt -Pqueuename filename to s end a job t o the printer . Unix T roubleshooting T ip s This sec tion prov ides in formatio n on pos sible sol utions t o some standa rd configur ation er rors. If y ou [...]

Chapter 5 Unix Troubleshooting Tips 168 • If you lo ok at the ba ck of the printer, i s the STAT L ED flashi ng once a s econd or is it quic ker than that? A s lower, on ce-a- second rate tell s you tha t the prin t server is in fac t configu red with an IP address. A faster ra te indica tes it knows nothing about t his, so you may need to try th[...]

Stair-Ste pped Output 169 • Do all job s fail or just cer tain ones ? For exa mple, is it p ossible that jobs from a ce rtain app lica tion are the only ones to fai l? If so, check the type of data it s ends to make su re it matches t he printer emulatio n. Check th e appl ication pr inter co nfigurati on for mist akes. • If you are using Sys t[...]

Chapter 5 Unix Troubleshooting Tips 170 No Form Feed Or Extra Page Comes Out Unix tex t jobs may a lso have problem s outpu tting the las t page o f a job espe cially when the B SD Remo te (LPD) pr int method is used . This mean s the form feed button has to be pr essed o n the pri nter to get this last page out. To make thi s proces s automati c, [...]

TCP/IP Acc ess Problem 171 To add/de lete a TCP acc ess list entry, r efer to “T CP Acce ss Lis ts” on page 369 . NOTE: When the fo llowing p rocedure i s used, the TCP a ccess li st will be clear ed, but all IP address es will need to b e entered again after the pro cedure is complete . ADAPTE R, WIRELESS ADAPTE R To reset a ll Ethernet Adapte[...]

Chapter 5 Unix Troubleshooting Tips 172 10. Power the printer off and the n back o n. 11. Set the IP addre ss, sub net mask, and defaul t gateway paramete rs to the desired v alues. 12. If the W eb browser access does not work, telnet into the Etherne t Interfac e as root . Enter the followi ng command: config http on ETHERN ET , WIRELESS To reset [...]

173 6 Novell Configuration Overview NOTE: Novell conf igurat ion is n ot applicabl e to th e integra ted Ethernet. ADAPTE R, WIRELESS ADAPTE R This chap ter appli es to the Ethernet Adapter a nd Wire less Ad apter and details a complet e Novell setup, inc luding: • Identifyi ng the Ethe rnet Interfac e on the n etwork. • Configuring the Eth ern[...]

Chapter 6 Novell Eth ernet Int erface Conf iguration 174 Novell Ethernet Interface Configur ation ADAP TER, WIRELESS ADAPTE R Mand atory Under al l Novell environme nts, the Et hernet Int erface do es not require an y netw ork sett ings to m ake it vi sible o n the networ k. Simply plug it in to your ne twork and power it on. However , with a new p[...]

Using HTML Forms 175 • Preferr ed File S erver . In a bindery setup, t his spe cifies the file server th at the pri nt server obj ect was cr eated on. In an NDS setup, thi s speci fies a fi le serv er(s) that th e print s erver ob ject resides on . Since NDS is di stributed, m ost ad ministrato rs will not know whi ch file server( s) the pri nt s[...]

Chapter 6 Novell Host Configuration 176 3. At the “Adminis tration Co nfiguration ” HTML fo rm that di splays , highlig ht the fiel d beside the “Name” heading and type i n the new nam e of the pr int serve r. 4. Click t he SUBMIT button whe n done a nd physi cally re power the prin ter to make t he new setti ng take e ffect. Novell Host Co[...]

NetWar e Version 3. x PSERVER Se tup 177 8. Press INSERT when t he list o f existi ng print servers display s. 9. Type the nam e of the Etherne t Interface whe n prompte d for a print s erver nam e, and pr ess ENTE R when done . The de fault is M_xxx xxx, where xxxxxx repre sents the last six di gits of th e Ethernet address fou nd on th e configu [...]

Chapter 6 Novell Host Configuration 178 24. Press ESCAPE until bac k at the P CONSOLE M ain Menu. 25. Repower th e printer. 26. Wait two minutes and then s elect “Pr int Que ue Informa tion” from the PCONSOL E Main Menu. 27. Sele ct this new queue from the m enu tha t displa ys. 28. Sele ct “Cu rrently A ttach ed Server s” to s ee which pri[...]

NetWare Vers ion 3.x RPRINTER Setup 179 NetW are V ersion 3. x RPRINTER Se tup These step s are for Novell environme nts wit h Netware 3. x (or earlier) file ser vers. To configure a new RPRINT ER on a Ne tWare 3. x network: 1. Log in t o the Ether net Interf ace co mmand sh ell, np sh, as root . If you hav e TCP/IP av ailable and this p rint se rv[...]

Chapter 6 Novell Host Configuration 180 4. Load a PS ERVER .NLM if one is not al ready load ed. This will be the PS ERVER tha t the Eth ernet Inte rface ser vices as an RPRINTER , so it mus t match t he PSERV ER name gi ven in step 2 . 5. Enter P CONSOLE . 6. Select “ Print Qu eue Info rmation” fro m the P CONSOLE Main Menu. 7. Press INS ERT to[...]

NetWare Vers ion 3.x RPRINTER Setup 181 23. Select the queue defined an d press ENTER. 24. W hen pr ompted f or a prior ity, pr ess ENTE R to select the default or sele ct a prior ity. 25. Click E SCAPE u ntil you have exited PCONSO LE. 26. Reload the PSERV ER.NLM that the Eth ernet Inte rface is to servic e as an RPRINTER. 27. Repower the Ether ne[...]

Chapter 6 Novell Host Configuration 182 NetW are V ersion 4. x and 5 .x PSER V ER Setup Etherne t Interfac e destina tions ar e case sen sitive a nd will n ot be recogniz ed if they are typed i ncorrectly . By defau lt, they a re all lower c ase. If yo u are se tting up a Ne tWare 4 environmen t, the destinat ion must b e rename d to upp ercase to [...]

NetWare Version 4 .x and 5.x P SERVER Set up 183 10. Type the name o f the Ether net Interfac e. The def ault is M_xxx xxx, where xxxxxx repre sents the last six di gits of th e network a dapter's E thernet a ddress (e.g. , M_091C 1A). 11. Selec t this ne w print ser ver and press ENT ER. 12. Select PRINTERS. 13. Press INSERT to add a new p ri[...]

Chapter 6 Novell Host Configuration 184 npsh.exe perform s the foll owing: npsh nvplist Lists a ll of the Ethe rnet Inter face devic es on the network; eac h name is in the following for mat: • For the Et hernet Ad apter, the defaul t is M_xxx xxx where x xxxxx repr esents the last six dig its of th e network adapter's Etherne t address (e.g[...]

NetWare Versi on 4.x a nd 5.x RPRINTER Setup 185 4. Enter the password. I f this pas sword is n ot yet se t, press ENTER at the passw ord prompt. Otherwi se, enter the passwor d that is a lready st ored in th e unit : password You are n ow logged in to the un it as a r oot user and can a ccess any npsh comma nd on the u nit. NOTE: Be cause npsh.exe[...]

Chapter 6 Novell Host Configuration 186 NOTE: The 4. x or 5 .x queue na me, print server name, and printer object d o not have to match a ny Eth ernet Inte rface name; multiple printer s can b e defin ed, but onl y one pri nt server can be at tached to. Exampl e: NDS queue name: Finance NDS prin t server nam e: Fin_Q NDS prin ter name: Fin_Prt _1 N[...]

NetWare Versi on 4.x a nd 5.x RPRINTER Setup 187 6. Open a Tel net or nps h sessio n and log into the Eth ernet Interface . Wait a m inute or t wo, then us e the list rprinter comma nd, and you should s ee your entries. Yo u could a lso do this by loo king at th e connection status o n the 4. x or 5 .x PSERVER printer status e ntries. 7. If you add[...]

Chapter 6 Novell Troubleshooting Tips 188 NetW ar e 3. x - No PSER VER Connection • Was the Ethe rnet Inte rface p ower cyc led after the PCO NSOLE steps we re compl eted? Th is will make the p rint serv er boot u p and real ize whic h print qu eue and fil e server it ne eds to ser vice. • Is the Eth ernet Inte rface al ready ser vicing a q ueu[...]

NetWare 4.x and 5.x- No PSERV ER Connection 189 NetW ar e 4. x and 5. x - No PSER VER Connection • Was the Etherne t Interface po wer cycled after the PCONSOLE steps were c ompleted? Thi s will mak e the print s erver boo t up and reali ze which pr int que ue and file server it needs to s ervice. • Is the Ethe rnet Inter face alre ady ser vicin[...]

Chapter 6 Novell Troubleshooting Tips 190[...]

191 7 Novell Configuration For 10/100Base-T Interfaces Overview ADAPTE R, WIRELESS ADAPTE R This chap ter appli es to the Ethernet Adapter a nd Wire less Ad apter and prov ides additi onal infor mation fo r Novell e nvironm ents using the 10/100B ase-T in terface, includi ng: • Ethernet Interfac e Configu r ation. This section inc ludes setting t[...]

Chapter 7 Novell Eth ernet Int erface Conf iguration ( 10/100Bas e-T) 192 Novell Etherne t Interface Configuratio n (10/100Base-T) ADAP TER, WIRELESS ADAPTE R There ar e no mandat ory N ovell setti ngs neede d before t he print server c an be dete cted on the network . However, there ca n be some man datory s etting s needed b efore a No vell pr in[...]

Preferred File Server (NDS and Bindery Se tups) 193 Adding Preferred File Server HTML Metho d 1. Load a Web browser on a netwo rk station that can communic ate with the pr int serv er over TCP/IP. 2. Direct your W eb brows er to URL: http:// EthernetInterfaceIPaddress / networkConf.html (e.g., http://192.75.11.9/networkConf.html ). NOTE: If prompte[...]

Chapter 7 Novell Eth ernet Int erface Conf iguration ( 10/100Bas e-T) 194 Removi ng P ref err ed Fil e Se rver HTML Metho d 1. Load a We b brow ser on a network sta tion tha t can communi cate with the p rint server ov er TCP/IP. 2. Direct y our We b browser t o URL: http:// EthernetInterfaceIPaddress / networkConf.html (e.g., http://192.75 .11.9/n[...]

Setting Password Se curity (NDS and Bindery Setups) 195 Setting Password Security (NDS and Bindery Setup s ) Besides the gener al secu rity meas ures, a No vell s etup provid es further pas sword secur ity. A passwor d can be set on the Eth ernet Interface and within your PCO NSOLE or Ne tware Adm inistrator setup so that when the Ethernet Interfac[...]

Chapter 7 Novell Eth ernet Int erface Conf iguration ( 10/100Bas e-T) 196 Print Server Setu p - HTML Metho d 1. Load a We b brow ser on a network sta tion tha t can communi cate with the p rint server ov er TCP/IP. 2. Direct y our We b browser t o URL: http:// EthernetInterfaceIPaddress / networkConf.html (e.g., http://192.75 .11.9/networkConf.html[...]

Adjusting Polling Time (NDS and Bindery Setups) 197 Adjusting Polling Time (NDS and Bindery Setup s ) To set th e poll time t he Ethe rnet Interfac e will u se when chec king for new jo bs under a P SERVER setup: Netware 4. x and 5. x 1. Log in to Netware Adm inistr ator as a user with secur ity equal to “Admin” o n your No vell hos t. 2. Doubl[...]

Chapter 7 Novell Eth ernet Int erface Conf iguration ( 10/100Bas e-T) 198 6. Select t he printe r for whic h you wis h to alter the poll time, and press ENTE R. 7. Change the “Sampli ng Interval ” to the d esired n umber (in seco nds). NOTE: You may also wan t to ch ange the “ Servi ce mode for form s” to “Chang e forms a s needed. ” If[...]

Changing The Ethernet Inte rface Name (NDS and Bindery Setups) 199 HTML Meth od 1. Load a Web browser on a netwo rk station that can communic ate with the pr int serv er over TCP/IP. 2. Direct your W eb brows er to URL: http:// EthernetInterfaceIPaddress / adminConf.html (e.g., http://192.75.11.9/adminConf.html ). NOTE: If prompted for a “User ID[...]

Chapter 7 Novell Eth ernet Int erface Conf iguration ( 10/100Bas e-T) 200 Chan ging The Ethernet Int erface Frame T ype (NDS and Bindery Setup s) The Eth ernet Interfa ce allows you to stor e a part icular fr ame type for the un it to adher e to in a Novell envi ronment. HTML Method 1. Load a We b brow ser on a network sta tion tha t can communi ca[...]

Changing T he Ethernet Interface Mode (NDS an d Bindery S etups) 201 4. Reset the u nit to mak e the chan ges take effec t: reset Changing The Etherne t I nter face Mode (NDS and Bindery Setup s ) The Eth ernet In terface allows y ou to s tore a partic ular mode for t he unit to o perate i n. This will be ei ther NDS , Bindery, o r autos ense. If y[...]

Chapter 7 Novell Eth ernet Int erface Conf iguration ( 10/100Bas e-T) 202 Manu al (T elnet) Method 1. Telnet to the pri nt server: telnet ipaddress NOTE: If prompted fo r a “User ID” and pass word first, ty pe root for the ID and p ress ENT ER at the pa ssword pr ompt (sinc e ther e is n o passwo rd by de fault) . 2. You shou ld see a prompt wi[...]

Setting The Ethe rnet Interface Preferred NDS Tree ( N DS Setups) 203 4. Click the S UBMIT bu tton when don e and p hysically rep ower the printe r to make th e new setti ngs take effe ct. Man ual (T elnet) Method 1. Telnet to the pr int serv er: telnet ipaddress NOTE: If prompte d for a “User ID” and pa ssword firs t, type root for the ID an d[...]

Chapter 7 Novell Host Configuration (10/100Base -T) 204 3. Look unde r the “No vell” se ction and enter the preferr ed tree in the “ NDS Pre ferre d Tree” f ield. 4. Click t he SUBMIT button whe n done a nd physi cally re power the prin ter to make t he new setti ngs tak e effect. Manu al (T elnet) Method 1. Telnet to the pri nt server: tel[...]

NDS P SERVER Se tup (N etware 4.x/5. x) 205 NOTE: NWAdmn3 x is only included with Netw are 4.11 a nd higher release s. If you ar e using Ne tware 4.10 , you can ei ther upgrade t o Netware 4 .11 or go to Novel l’s Web s ite and ge t the patche s to upgr ade the Nwad min prog ram for N etware 4.10 to Nwadmn3 x for Netware 4. 11. Altern atively, yo[...]

Chapter 7 Novell Host Configuration (10/100Base -T) 206 9. Sele ct “Printe r” from th e “Cla ss of new object” list and click “OK.” 10. Type th e name of the printer in the “Pri nter name ” field. NOTE: The Print er object nam e must match one o f the destin ation names on the Eth ernet Inte rface. Most likely , this will be d1prn .[...]

NDS P SERVER Se tup (N etware 4.x/5. x) 207 16. Click on a branc h in the tree (i.e., co ntext) that y ou would l ike to create th e Etherne t Interface p rint ser ver objec t in. NOTE: If the conte xt you c hoose is different th an the o ne the file server o bject for the file server y ou are using i s in, y ou mu st set the cont ext on the Eth er[...]

Chapter 7 Novell Host Configuration (10/100Base -T) 208 Bindery PSER VER Setup (Net ware 3. x , Net ware 4. x , and Net ware 5. x ) A Binde ry PSERVE R setup i s possibl e under b oth Netware 3. x , Netware 4. x and N etware 5. x . If you are us ing Netw are 4. x or Netware 5. x, Binder y emulatio n is re quired. Ple ase consul t your Novell m anua[...]

RPRINTER/N PRINTER Set up (Netware 3.x, Netware 4.x, and Netware 5 .x) 209 RPRINTER/NPRI NTER Setup (Net ware 3. x , Ne twar e 4. x , and Ne tware 5. x ) This proc edure ass ociates an existin g PSERVE R with a r emote Ethernet Interface ac ting as a RP RINTER/NPRINT ER in a Netware 3. x , Netware 4. x , or Netwar e 5. x environm ent. It is the PSE[...]

Chapter 7 Novell Host Configuration (10/100Base -T) 210 3. Direct y our We b browser t o URL: http:// EthernetInterfaceIPaddress / networkConf.html (e.g., http://192.75 .11.9/networkConf.html ). NOTE: If prompted for a “User ID” and pass word fir st, type in root for the ID and press EN TER at the pass word pro mpt (since ther e is n o passwo r[...]

RPRINTER/N PRINTER Set up (Netware 3.x, Netware 4.x, and Netware 5 .x) 211 3. You shoul d see a p rompt with the Ether net Interf ace’s IP address: ipaddress :root> 4. At the pro mpt, store the RPRINT ER settin gs on the E thernet Interface. The pservername refers to the exis ting PSERVER .NLM on the file ser ver crea ted in ste p 1. Syntax: s[...]

Chapter 7 Novell Host Configuration (10/100Base -T) 212 NDPS Configuration (Netware 4.1 1 and Above) Over vi ew In 1998, Nov ell relea sed a new p rinting system designed to make network adm inistratio n of printers easie r and more fully functiona l. This sys tem is call ed Novell Distrib uted Prin t Services (NDPS), and can be us ed with Nov ell [...]

NDPS Config uration (Net ware 4. 11 and Above) 213 Setup using Forwa rd Jobs to a Queue Mo de In this mo de, an ND PS prin ter agent receives jobs fr om an NDPS client, th en forwar ds these jo bs to a n existing Netware qu eue. The Netware que ue would th en be ser viced b y the print er in so me manner. 1. The IBM pr inter must first be set up to[...]

Chapter 7 Novell Host Configuration (10/100Base -T) 214 5. For the “Select P rinter Driv ers” dial og, choos e no dri ver unless you h ave a driv er inst alled int o the B roker's RM S which i s to be used with the prin ter. Setup Usin g RPRINTER Mode In this m ode, an NDPS printer a gent rec eives jobs from an NDPS client, then forwar ds [...]

PSERVE R Setup 215 T roubleshootin g (10/100Base-T) PSER VER Setup If you can not get a c onnectio n with the Ether net Inter face after completi ng the p rint set up, confir m the fol lowing: • Have you tr ied repow ering the E thernet Inte rface? Wai t about a minute befo re chec king if it has lo gged in an d attac hed to a queue. • Is the n[...]

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting (10/10 0 Base-T) 216 • When se tting t he Ethe rnet Interfa ce up as a PS ERVER, d id yo u specify a destina tion on th e Ethernet Interface (e.g ., d1prn ) for the prin ter name, and did y ou rememb er this nam e is case sensiti ve? NOTE: Ethernet Inte rface de stina tions are c ase sen sitive, so they will not be recog[...]

PSERVE R Setup 217 • Find the “PSERVER” s ection on the Novell HT ML statu s page. Look for a valid q ueue under the “EPS QUEUES” se ction. If the printer field co ntains a n umber, an d there i s a vali d file s erver but no queue, then you probab ly made an er ror in the setup . At this poin t try again. If it is a n NDS PSERVE R setup,[...]

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting (10/10 0 Base-T) 218 If none of th ese sol utions he lp your situatio n, try the whole se tup again . Complete ly dele te the s etup th at is g iving yo u tro uble and go through t he setup a gain, foll owing eac h step ca refully. NOTE: After comp leting a P SERVER s etup and b efore beg inning a new setu p, be sure to re[...]

RPRINTER/NPRINTER Setup 219 • Does the de stinatio n you use d in your RP RINTER setu p have the Novell servic e enabled? Please see “Com mands” on page 327 for in formatio n on en abling/ disabli ng serv ices. • Find the “IPX Layer” sectio n on the Nov ell HTML s tatus page . Check tha t a board h as been b ound to the Ethernet Interfa[...]

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting (10/10 0 Base-T) 220 Printing Relate d The Job Goes T o The Queue But Nothing P r int s If nothing is prin ting, first make sure you ha ve a connec tion to the Etherne t Interface. P lease see “RP RINTER/NPRINTE R Setup” o n page 218 i f you ar e having connecti on-related problem s. Otherwise , consid er these points [...]

Printing Related 221 If you hav e followed the su ggestion s above a nd are st ill hav ing printing problems, try reb ooting the Ethernet Interface . Then eithe r review ever y step y ou took when c onfigur ing the Ethe rnet Inter face or try red oing the s etup, pa ying spec ial attent ion to each step explaine d in “Novel l Host Configur ation?[...]

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting (10/10 0 Base-T) 222[...]

223 8 iSeries Configuration, ASCII Printer Overview This chap ter detai ls a com plete iSe ries confi guratio n setup includi ng: • Developi ng Line Desc riptions with C RTLINET H • Configuring the iS eries for TCP/IP • Configuri ng the iSeries for Prin ting • Verifying Printin g from the iSerie s This do cument assume s no iSer ies prin te[...]

Chapter 8 Overview 224 NOTE: SSAPs of “A A” and “ 12” are au tomatic ally set a s default valu es in the line des criptio n when “* CALC” is used in creatin g new line descr iptions. You do not need to set these va lues unless t hey have been chan ged. To create a line de script ion, enter the follo wing comm and: CRTLINETH LIND(ETHLAN)[...]

Configuring With ADDTCPIFC 225 The foll owing three pa rameters must be s pecified : Line Descrip tion (L IND) The line descript ion nam e is the use r's name for the iS eries adapter. Th is name must be id entical to the nam e entered when the TCP/IP i s configur ed on the i Series. Resou rce Name (RSRCNAME) The system -assig ned name for the[...]

Chapter 8 Configuring iSeries For ASCII Using TCP/IP 226 Figure 27. Exam ple of ADDTCPIFC Interface The foll owing par ameters mu st be sp ecifie d: Inte rnet Addre ss Internet a ddress of t he iSeries LA N adapt er. NOTE: Do not use t he IP ad dress of the Et hernet Inter face. Subn et M ask The Sub net Mask for this iS eries TCP/IP i nterface (fo[...]

Configuring A Router Definition With ADDTCPRTE 227 Li ne Descr iption The name assigne d to the iSerie s line de scrip tion as de scrib ed in “Developin g Line Des criptions W ith CRTLINET H” on pag e 223. NOTE: Each iSeri es LAN adap ter will hav e its own li ne descr iption. Configuring A Router Definition With ADDTCPRTE If necess ary, use th[...]

Chapter 8 Configuring The iSeries For Printing 228 Configuring A TCP/IP Host T able Entry Although creatin g a TC P/IP host table entr y is op tional, i t is a goo d idea to tak e this s tep. Add t he iSeries name and the IP a ddress of the LAN ad apter to th e “Host Tab le Entries .” Confi gur ing T he iSer ies For Print ing To conf igure an i[...]

Setting Up Pr inting For ASCII File s 229 T o Use LPR Manually 1. Start TC P/IP, if i t is not a lready ru nning, by entering the comma nd STRTCP . 2. At the iSe ries comm and line, enter LPR . 3. Figure 28 displ ays in bold the parame ters yo u need to s pecify. Send T CP/IP S pooled F ile (L PR) T ype c hoices, press E nter . Remote sys tem Print[...]

Chapter 8 Configuring The iSeries For Printing 230 Figure 28. ASCII LPR Parameters The foll owing param eter val ues are re quired: Remot e System Enter th e hostname of you r printer or *INTNETADR , which th en prompts you to s pecify the IP addres s of your printer. Printer Qu eue (PRTQ) Set t o ‘d1prn’ through ‘d8prn’ . The remo te prin [...]

Setting Up Pr inting For ASCII File s 231 Inte rnet Addres s (INTNET ADR) The IP ad dress of th e Etherne t Interface. NOTE: You may s pecify either *INTNETADR ( and the Eth ernet Interface IP address) or the ho stname for th e Ethern et Interface (if you add ed the pri nter to the ho st tab le entry as directe d in “Conf iguring A TCP /IP Host T[...]

Chapter 8 Configuring The iSeries For Printing 232 Li brary *LIBL *Nam e, *LIB L, *CURLIB Connection type *SNA *SNA, *IP , * USRDFN Dest inatio n type *OS400 *OS4 00, *OS4 00V2, *PSF2... Host pr int transfo rm *YES * YES, *NO User data transform *NONE Name, *NONE Li brary *Nam e, *LIB L, *CURLIB Manufa cturer type an d model *IBM4201 1 S ee NOTE o [...]

Setting Up Pr inting For ASCII File s 233 Figure 29. Automatic Remote Output Queue Configuration 3. Enter va lues for the fol lowin g paramet ers: Output Queue (O UTQ) The name of the iSe ries output queue. Th e name ca n be anything you would li ke. This n ame is not th e same as the printer internal qu eue nam e, ‘d1prn’ . Remote System (RMTS[...]

Chapter 8 Configuring The iSeries For Printing 234 Remote Printe r Queue (R MTPRTQ) Default nam e of the net work print er. Set fo r any of ‘d1prn’ through ‘d8prn’ . The remote printer queue name must be lowerca se, entered in singl e quotes. NOTE: When the IPDS feature is insta lled, que ue name ‘d4prn’ is not av ailable . W riter to A[...]

Setting Up Pr inting For ASCII File s 235 Manu factu rer T ype (M FRTYPM DL) NOTE: Select a manufac turer typ e and model. Th is is the name of the WSCO . Select *IBM6500-v for Pr oprinte r Emula tion or 6500-vE P for Pro printer for Epson Emulatio n. Sele ct the Manufactur er Type Model based on the d ata type. a. Report pr inting, te xt only, no [...]

Chapter 8 Verify Pri nting On iSer ies 236 Internet address (INTNE T ADR) Specif y the IP ad dress of the pri nter. T r oubl es hooti ng This ins tallation proced ure assume s that the Ethernet a dapter i s configur ed with th e correct IP add ress, subn et mask, and gateway (if required) . In addition you can also ping and telnet to the Ethernet a[...]

Setting Up Pr inting For ASCII File s 237 4. If the prin ter cannot b e ping ed, proceed to “iSerie s ASCII Troubles hooting” on page 237 . 5. Use one of the foll owing meth ods to se nd a spoo led file t o the printer : • Enter the LPR comm and on the i Series c ommand li ne with the approp riate paramete rs. See “T o Use LP R Manually ”[...]

Chapter 8 iSeries ASCII Troubleshooting 238 TCP/IP Access Problem If you can ping the prin ter from a workstatio n, but yo u cannot W eb browse, Te lnet, or p rint to the pr inter throu gh the Ether net Inter face, there may be an in correct e ntry in the TCP a ccess li st. So tha t the worksta tion can use the E thernet Int erface in th is case, o[...]

TCP/IP Acc ess Problem 239 6. From a wor kstation attached to this network segment, c reate an ARP entry . The Ethern et Interfac e IP address and hardware or MAC ad dress are needed. A t the work station, e nter: arp -s <ipaddress> <MACaddress> ping <ipaddress> 7. Try to ping this IP addres s to see if the Ethe rnet Inter face ca[...]

Chapter 8 iSeries ASCII Troubleshooting 240 W eb Browser/HTTP Problem In some ca ses y ou may not be able t o browse th e printer Web page simply be cause the Etherne t Interface HTTP may be turn ed off. If you canno t ping the Ether net Interf ace IP addr ess, make s ure the IP addr ess, su bnet mask , and defaul t gateway ar e set corr ectly by c[...]

241 9 iSeries Configuration, IPDS Printer Configurin g On iSeries As An IPDS Printer Use this chapter t o configu re your printer o n iSeri es as an IPDS printer . To print I PDS, you mus t instal l the IPDS option on your printer . Once conf igured as an IPDS printer , the prin ter can als o print AFP™ and SCS, but these datastream s must be con[...]

Chapter 9 Configuring On iSerie s As An IPDS Pri nter 242 Requir ements Contact techn ical suppo rt to obtain t he latest PTFs for PSF. For IPDS p rinting , you also n eed to ins tall the IP DS option on the printer . Configuration Che cklist NOTE: All of th e followin g configu ration s teps car ried ou t on the iSerie s may r equire “c reate”[...]

Configuring An iSeries TCP/IP Interface With ADDTCPIFC 243 6. If you hav e not done so ye t, create a l ine descr iption for your Ethernet Interface . See “Dev eloping Line Desc riptio ns With CRTLINETH” on page 22 3. 7. Create or ve rify the e xistence of an iSeries TCP/IP i nterface for the Ether net Interfa ce. See “ Config uring An iS eri[...]

Chapter 9 Configuring On iSerie s As An IPDS Pri nter 244 Configuring An Interface Fo r Ethernet ADDTCPIFC is used to add a T CP/IP int erface to iSerie s. This step configur es the iSer ies for at tachments to a TCP/IP network. 1. At the iSeries c omman d line, en ter the fol lowing c ommand: ADDTCPIFC INTNETADR (' 9.99.15.188') LIND(ETH[...]

Configuring An iSeries TCP/IP Interface With ADDTCPIFC 245 3. The foll owing parame ters mus t be speci fied: a. Internet Ad dress Internet ad dress of th e iSeri es Etherne t LAN adapte r. NOTE: Do not use the IP addr ess of the E thernet I nterface. b. Subnet Mask The Subn et Mask f or this iS eries TCP /IP inter face (fo r example, 255.255.255 .[...]

Chapter 9 Configuring On iSerie s As An IPDS Pri nter 246 Configuring PSF For IPDS On V3 R7 Or V4R1 To conf igure IPDS o n iSeri es V3R7 a nd above, use the fol lowing comm ands: • CRTPSFCFG (Optio nal) • CRTDEVPRT Configur i ng AFP W ith CRTPSFCF G On V3R7 Or V4R1 (Optional) New for V3 R7 is the ability to s pecify thr ee TCP/IP -related param[...]

Configuring PSF For IPDS On V3R7 Or V4R1 247 Figure 31. Examp le CRTPSFC FG Comman d (V3R7 or V 4R1) PSF Con figurati on Inform ation PSF conf iguratio n: NET65 00-v Librar y: AFP User res ource libra ry: *JOBLIBL IPDS pass through: *YES Activate rel ease tim er: *NORDYF Rele ase time r: *S EC15 Restart time r: *IMMED SNA retr y count: 2 Delay time[...]

Chapter 9 Configuring On iSerie s As An IPDS Pri nter 248 NOTE: The lines in bold in F igure 31 ar e not used by PSF. Instead, P SF use s the info rmation ente red in th e device descripti on scr een. 3. The foll owing param eters ar e reco mmended: a. PSF configur ation (PSFCFG) The nam e used for this PS F configu ration ob ject. Th e name mus t [...]

Configuring PSF For IPDS On V3R7 Or V4R1 249 Configur ing PS F With CRTDE VPRT On V3R7 Or V4R1 This se ction de scrib es how to c reate a p rinter de vice des criptio n. 1. At the iSe ries comm and line, enter a c omman d in the form : CRTDEVPRT DEVD(NET PRT64) DEVCLS(*LAN) TYPE(*IPDS) MODEL(0) LANATTACH(*IP ) AFP(*YES) PORT(5001) FONT(11) FORMFEED[...]

Chapter 9 Configuring On iSerie s As An IPDS Pri nter 250 Figure 32. Example CRTDEVPRT Command (V3R7 and abov e ) Port numb er: P ORT 5 001 Online at IPL: ONLINE *YES Font: FONT Identifier : 01 1 Point size: *NONE Form feed: FORMFEED *CONT Separator drawer : SEPD RA WER *FILE Separator program : SEPPGM *NONE Li brary: Printe r error message: PRTE R[...]

Configuring PSF For IPDS On V3R7 Or V4R1 251 3. Values m ust be ent ered for the follow ing paramete rs: a. Device Descr iption (DEV D) The devi ce desc riptio n or name. b. Device Cl ass (DEV CLS) Specify *LAN c. Device Type (TYPE) Specify *IPDS d. D evic e M ode l ( MODE L) Specify 0 e. LAN Attachment (LANATTACH) Specify *IP f. Port Nu mbe r (POR[...]

Chapter 9 Configuring On iSerie s As An IPDS Pri nter 252 k. User-Defined Object (USRDFNOBJ) To use a PSF con figur ation obje ct, sp ecify i ts nam e and library here. T his obje ct typ e must be *PSFCFG . For V3R7 and highe r, a sin gle PSF configu ration ob ject may be ref erenced by multi ple devi ce descr iption s, if req uired. Configuring PS[...]

Configuring PSF for IPDS On V 4 R2 And Above 253 Create PSF Configuration (CRTPS FCFG) PSF configuration ................... Name Library ....................... ......... >*CURLIB Name, *CURLIB User resource li brary list .. ......... *JOBLIBL *JOBLIB L, *CURLIB, *NO NE Device resource l ibrary list ..... ... *DFT Name, *DFT + for more values I[...]

Chapter 9 Configuring On iSerie s As An IPDS Pri nter 254 Figure 33. Example CRTPSFCFG Comman d (V4R2 and above) 3. The foll owing param eters are recomme nded: P SF configur ation ( PSFCFG) The name used for this PSF configura tion ob ject. The na me must match the user-defi ned objec t name (U SRDFNOBJ) i n the printer DEVD. PSF configurati on (P[...]

Configuring PSF for IPDS On V 4 R2 And Above 255 Configu ring PSF with CRTDEV PRT On V4R2 and above This se ction de scrib es how to c reate a p rinter de vice des criptio n. 1. At the iSe ries comm and line, enter a c omman d in the form : Only use t he USRDFNOB J parame ter if it was defined i n the previou s procedur e. A comple ted sc reen lo o[...]

Chapter 9 Configuring On iSerie s As An IPDS Pri nter 256 Create Devic e Desc (Printer) (CRTDEVPRT) Device de scription .......... .............. : >P 6500 Name Device cla ss ..................... .............. : >*L AN *LCL, *RMT , *VRT , *SNPT , *LAN Device typ e ................ .................... : >*IPDS 3287, 3812 , 4019, 4201... [...]

Configuring PSF for IPDS On V 4 R2 And Above 257 Figure 34 . Example CRT DEVPRT Comman d (V4R2 an d above) 2. Values m ust be ent ered for the follow ing paramete rs: Device De scription (DEVD) The devi ce desc ription or name. Device Cl ass (DEVCLS) Specify *LAN . Device T ype (TYPE) Specify *IPDS . Device Mo d el (MODEL ) Specify 0 . LAN a tt ach[...]

Chapter 9 Configuring On iSerie s As An IPDS Pri nter 258 Font (FON T) Enter an appropr iate value. Form Feed (FORMFEED) Specify *CON T . Activation timer (ACTTMR) This val ue speci fies the num ber of se conds that PSF wa its for a printer to resp ond to an ac tivatio n reques t. If only one sys tem is using the printer, use the defau lt value (17[...]

Configuring PSF for IPDS On V 4 R2 And Above 259 V erifying The IPDS Conf iguration On iSeries To test IPDS printin g: 1. If it is no t alread y on, var y on the lin e descr iption: VRYCFG CFGTYPE(*LI N) 2. To start TCP /IP, enter STRTCP . 3. Verify that the iS eries TCP/IP interface i s active. Use the comma nd: WRKTCPSTS and then select opti on 1[...]

Chapter 9 Sharing The iSeries Printer On The Network 260 8. If you ar e still una ble to pr int IPDS fi les, contac t technic al suppo rt. Sharing T he iSeries P r inter On The Network To supp ort printer sharing, your pr inter au tomatical ly switch es among all attached ports (se rial, twinax /coax, L AN). Basi cally, the printer pr ints jobs for[...]

Printe r Sharing Par ameters 261 Printer Sharing Parameters To set up iSeries for printer sharing, set the followin g paramete rs. T abl e 1 1. Printer Sharing iSe ries Ve r s i o n Wher e Set P arameter Recommended Va l u e Descrip tion V3R7 V4R1 CR TP SFCFG CHGPSFCFG ACTRLSTMR *NORDYF S pecifie s the point at which t he release ti mer (RLSTMR) is[...]

Chapter 9 iSeries Troubleshooting 262 iSeries T roubleshooting Use this sec tion to res olve probl ems confi guring iSeri es on TCP/ IP networks. Cannot PING The Printer If you hav e problems trying to ping the pri nter: • Verify the configurat ion of iS eries, in cluding the prin ter and any interve ning dev ices s uch as rout ers a nd bridg es.[...]

PSF Ter minates Wh en Initia lized 263 PSF T e rminates When Initiali zed If PSF te rminates when you initiali ze it for IPDS pr inting and issues message PQT3603, c heck fo r the foll owing erro r codes : • Code 10 mea ns an inc orrect RMTSYS or RMTLOCNAME (V3R2, V3R7, or V 4R1) has be en spe cified for the print er. • Code 15 mea ns that PSF [...]

Chapter 9 iSeries Troubleshooting 264 S pooled Files Disapp ear Withou t Printing To resol ve this probl em: • Check th at the corre ct printer queue nam e and cor rect IP address have be en used. • Ping the IP addr ess. If the ping is su ccessf ul, discon nect the network cable fr om the pr inter/prin t ser ver, and ping the address again. If [...]

265 10 z/OS Configuration, IPDS Printer Overview Use this ch apter to c onfigure z/ OS to prin t IPDS f iles on you r IBM 6500-v netwo rk printer. To print IP DS files , you mus t have the IPDS opti on on the pr inter. Requirement s Verify that you ha ve the following requir ed softwar e: • PSF Ve rsion 2 .2.0 with AP AR OW1 5599 (for TCP/IP supp[...]

Chapter 10 Over view 266 Configuration Che cklist All of th e foll owing conf iguratio n step s carrie d out on z/OS re quire appropria te RACF au thority. 1. Using the printer op erator p anel, set up the IPDS printer emulat ion to 640 8/6412. 2. Set TCP/IP addresses for the p rinter, such as IP add ress, gateway ad dress, or subn et mask. S ee ?[...]

Configuration Proc edure 267 Configurin g PSF fo r z/OS to P rint IPDS Files To perform this proc edure, you n eed the IP addre ss of the Ethernet. Configuration Procedure Configuring PSF to pri nt IPDS fi les inclu des the follo wing steps : 1. Define the z /OS co mmunicat ions con trol unit to z/OS . See “Define th e Commu nication s Control Un[...]

Chapter 10 Configuring PSF for z/OS to Print IPDS Files 268 Define t he Communicati ons Contr ol Unit to z/OS If you hav e not alre ady don e so, defi ne the com municati ons contro l unit for th e z/OS host, suc h as the 317 2 or the 3745 co ntrol unit, to z/OS. Us e either an z/OS configu ration pr ogram (MV SCP) or a hardwar e configu ration de [...]

Configuration Proc edure 269 Figure 35. Modifying TCP/IP Profile This sec tion con tains informat ion ab out the sta tements, t he spe cial conside ratio ns that app ly to them , and the c hanges th ey may ma ke necessa ry. If you c hange any of the va lues in t he TCP/IP profile , restart TCP/IP t o pick u p the chan ges. ACBPOOLSIZE 1000 ADDRESST[...]

Chapter 10 Configuring PSF for z/OS to Print IPDS Files 270 For in formatio n about the TCP/IP pr ofile an d the state ments describe d in this se ction, refer to: • IBM TCP/IP z/OS Custo mization and Ad ministrati on Guid e • IBM TCP /IP Perfo rmance and Tuning Gu ide DA T ABUFFERPOOLSI ZE The DATA BUFFERPO OLSIZE statement d efines th e numbe[...]

Configuration Proc edure 271 For print ing on T CP/IP-atta ched pr inters, IBM reco mmends th at you specif y a shorter interval than the de fault, suc h as 10 m inutes, for the in terval betwe en keep- alive tran smission s. Also, if any ta rget host requires that the keep-al ive packe t conta in data, spec ify SENDGARBAGE TRUE . For ex ample : KE[...]

Chapter 10 Configuring PSF for z/OS to Print IPDS Files 272 Define the Printer to JES When a TCP /IP-attac hed prin ter is to be used with JES, it must be define d for defe rred prin ting mode with JE S. JES2 Printer D efinitions Below is an ex ample of t he JES2 printer definit ion ini tializat ion member, located in th e syste m PARMLIB: FSS(FSS1[...]

Configuration Proc edure 273 Define th e Printer to P SF Each TC P/IP-attach ed printer mus t be defin ed to PSF wi th a PRINTDEV statem ent in the PSF st artup pr ocedure . Figure 36 shows a s ample PSFPROC procedure that you c an modify to suit your installatio n. The PR INTDEV stateme nt shows the requi red IPADDR k eyword. No 6500-v printer- sp[...]

Chapter 10 Configuring PSF for z/OS to Print IPDS Files 274 //*X 0G T15. //* //* //*01* CHANGE-ACTIVITY : //* //**** END OF SPECIFICA TIONS ***/ //STEP01EXEC PGM= APSPPIEP ,REGION=4096K //JOBHDR OUTPUT P AGEDEF=V06483,/* JOB SEP ARA TOR P AGEDEF*/ //FORMDEF=A101 10,CHARS=G T15/* JOB SEP ARA TOR FORMDEF*/ //JOBL TR OUTPUT P AGEDEF=V06483,/* JOB SEP [...]

Configuration Proc edure 275 //*PRINTDEV //* ******************** *************** ********************** ********************** ***********/ //PRT 1CNTL //PRT1PRINTDEV FONTDD=*.FONT30 0,/* 300 PEL FONT LI BRARY DD*/ //OVL YDD=*.OLA Y01,/* OVERLA Y LIBRARY DD*/ //PSEGDD=*.PSEG01,/* SEG MENT LIBRAR Y DD*/ //PDEFDD=*.PDEF01,/* P AGEDEF L IBRARY DD* / [...]

Chapter 10 Configuring PSF for z/OS to Print IPDS Files 276 Figure 36. Sample PSFPROC pr ocedure NOTE: To specify a TCP/IP address space n ame other than the default, T CPIP, co de the f ollowing exec sta tement in the writer proc edure: //STEP01EXEC PGM=ASPPIEP,REGION=4096K, PARM=(,,,, tcpip_name ) wher e tcpip_name is the na me of the T CP/IP add[...]

Verifying a TCP/IP-Att ached Printer on z/OS 277 V erifying a TCP/I P-Att ached Printer on z/OS To operate a TCP/IP- attached printer , use JE S operat or comma nds. S tarting a TCP / IP-att ached Printer To start a TCP/IP- attached p rinter, do the followi ng: 1. Start TCP/I P. 2. Power on the printe r. 3. Start the print er FSA. • On JE S2 , th[...]

Chapter 10 Sha ring IBM 65 00-v Pri nters on z/OS 278 Resolving IPDS Printing Prob l ems If you hav e problems printing, do the foll owing: • Print an E thernet Tes t Page. Ref er to your User ’s Ma nual . • Verify tha t the IP DS servic e is enable d. • Verify the service name. • Verify tha t port num ber 5001 is being used. If you ar e [...]

JES Spool Printe r Sharing 279 MGMT MODE Set to OUTA VAIL. OU TAVAIL reque sts that PSF start a communic ations s ession wi th the pri nter only wh en outp ut is availabl e on the J ES spoo l. FA I L U R E Specifi es the actio n PSF is to take a fter a prin ter fail ure or a TCP /IP network fail ure. If FAIL URE=WCONNE CT and the pr inter is connec[...]

Chapter 10 Handling z/OS Connectivity Problems 280 Port Switching Printer S haring To supp ort printer s haring, IBM 10/100 Base -T Ethernet In terface printer s automat ically switch a mong al l attache d por ts (seria l port, the twinax or coa x port, or the Etherne t network port) . Basically , the printer pr ints jobs for one po rt until no new[...]

Ping is Succe ssful 281 Ping is Success ful A succe ssful “ ping ” usually indica tes that the z/OS sys tem can commu nicate with th e printer ; howeve r, yo u might rece ive a succ essful “ ping ” even though the I P address of the TCP /IP- attached p rinter is a duplicate of anoth er IP add ress. If PSF is unab le to esta blish a network [...]

Chapter 10 Handling z/OS Connectivity Problems 282[...]

283 11 z/OS Configuration, TN3270E z/OS C onfiguration F or A TN3270E Printer The foll owing co nfigurati on infor mation s hows how a 6500-v printer can be co nfigured on z/OS and Inf o Print Ser ver to pr int TN327 0E. Modtabs ar e provide d for both an SCS an d DSC printer . The z/O S level is 1.3. These ba sic confi guration s provided a starti[...]

Chapter 1 1 Pr ogram Mat erials 284 Program Materials An IBM pr ogram is identifie d by a pr ogram nu mber and a feature number. Th e progr am number for Coax Pri nter Supp ort is 5697-F51. Addit ional in formation regarding the telnet server an d Info P rint Server c an be f ound in the followin g manua ls. • For z/O S V1R2 and above, the TCPIP [...]

VTAM Definitions For SCS and DSE TN3 2 70E 285 Figure 39. Example Of The APPLID That Re pr esents A Copy Of IPDS VT AM Definitions For SCS and DSE TN3270E The foll owing are VT AM defi nitions for SCS a nd DSE T N3270E printer s. NOTE: These defin itions a re identi cal to th ose of CO AX attach ed printer s. Figure 40. MODTAB Entries NETSP L1 VBUI[...]

Chapter 1 1 Pr ogram Mat erials 286 ****** ***** ******** ***** ******* ******** ***** ******* ***** ******** ****** * * * PRIN TER WITH SNA CHARACTER SET (LU_1) @DA229 61* * * ****** ***** ******** ***** ******* ******** ***** ******* ***** ******** ****** SCS MODEEN T LOGMO DE=SCS,FMPR OF=X'03',T SPROF=X' 03',PRIPR OT=X'B[...]

TCPIP Configuration With TN3270 E 287 TCPIP Configuration With TN3270 E The foll owing is the portion o f the syst em’s TCP IP conf iguration involved wi th TN3270E p rinters. NOTE: Only ad ditions re quired fo r the TN3 270E p rinters a re shown. ; ; Define th e VTAM parameter s requir ed for the Telnet se rver. ; BeginV TAM ; PRTGRO UP PGRPLU1 [...]

Chapter 1 1 Pr ogram Mat erials 288 Printer Inventory Manag er As Defined With TN3270 E The foll owing scre ens show are as of the Pri nter Inven tory Manager invo lved with the defini tion of the TN327 0E prin ters. 1. At main p anel, sel ect optio n 4 to look at the F SS defini tion. InfoPr int Server : Print er Inventor y Manager Option ===> [...]

Printer Inventory Manager As Defined With TN3270 E 289 2. Select op tion 5 fr om this pa nel to li st the FSSs. 3. From the pan el below, brows e the PRINTWA Y FSS to see how the TN3270 E FSS was define d. FSA, FSS, and Pool Managemen t Option ===> FSA 1 Add Ad d an FSA 2 List List FSA s 3 Sele ct Sel ect FSAs to list FSS 4 Add Ad d an FSS 5 Lis[...]

Chapter 1 1 Pr ogram Mat erials 290 The pan el below s hows how t he FSS ( PRINTWAY ) is asso ciated with its VTAM Appl id APIP P101. 4. Next look at the pr inter defini tion for the DSE ( LU_3) prin ter in the prin ter inve ntory. 5. Select option 2 from th e Printer Inventory M anager m ain pa nel, to list the p rinters. Browse IP Pr intWay FSS C[...]

Printer Inventory Manager As Defined With TN3270 E 291 6. While brows ing VTAM _DSE1, no tice that t he DSC printe r is defined to IPS as a COAX attach ed printe r. Command = ==> Scro ll ===> HAL F Actions: A-Add B- Browse C- Copy D-Del ete E-Ed it X-Chg ty pe A Prin ter Name Type Descrip tion Loc ation DEST C FORMS L U Name = ======= =======[...]

Chapter 1 1 Pr ogram Mat erials 292 Process ing => = > * NetSpool options => => NetSpool end-of-fil e => = > IP PrintW ay option s => => * Protoc ol => => * / Use DES T, CLASS, a nd FORMS fo r IP Prin tWay pr inter selec tion NetSpool LU name . LU cla sses . . (ext end)[...]

Printer Inventory Manager As Defined With TN3270 E 293 The foll owing pane l shows t he Alloc ation se ction of th e setu p, where the p rinter is associate d with C lass K job s. In the IP P rintway opti ons, retry ti me, retry l imit, and response timeou t is alread y for the printer . NOTE: The values of these settings are accou nt speci fic. Ot[...]

Chapter 1 1 Pr ogram Mat erials 294 Browse IP Prin tWay Op tions Command = => Printer d efinition name . VTA M_DSE1 More: + Retention period: Successfu l. . . . Fail ure . . Retry time . . . . . 0000:0 5:00 Retry limit. . . . . 2 Connecti on timeout . 30 Response ti meout . . 10 0 Exits: Begin data set. . End data set. . Record . . Document h ea[...]

Printer Inventory Manager As Defined With TN3270 E 295 Browse IP Prin tWay Op tions Command = => Printer d efinition name . VTAM _DSE1 More: - Document h eader . . (ex tend) / Translate document header Document t railer . . (ext end) / Translate document trailer Dataset grou ping . . 2 1. None 2 . Job 3. Co ncatenate job Formatting : Line termi [...]

Chapter 1 1 Pr ogram Mat erials 296 The followi ng shows whe re the VTA M parameter s were set for the printer. For the DS E print er we chose RMT3 and the logmod e of LU3PRT. The next pa nel shows these setti ngs for the SCS prin ter. Browse VTA M Protocol Command ==> Print er definiti on name . V TAM_DSE 1 Print er LU name. . . RMT3 VTAM Proce[...]

Printer Inventory Manager As Defined With TN3270 E 297 The last thi ng yo u need to c onfigure is the pri nter. NOTE: A this ti me, InfoPr int Ser ver and all related LUs shou ld be active. Using the print er's web pages go to the config uration scr een Configuration Screens 1. To confi gure the IB M 6500-v, fi ll out and s ubmit the forms usi[...]

Chapter 1 1 Configuration Screens 298 The foll owing dis plays: 3. Sele ct TN3270 E Mode . The foll owing dis plays: NOTE: Changes will only take effect after you rese t the IBM 6500- v from the Syst em page. 4. Enter th e addres s of your s ystem fo r the hos t IP addr ess The port address is the por t config ured for y our telne t server. It is u[...]

Printer Inventory Manager As Defined With TN3270 E 299 5. Select au to connect. 6. Go to the s ystem page and reboo t for the c hanges t o take effect. 7. After the printer reboots, ent er the co mmand /DTCPIP, T, CONN from the SDSF console. T he follow ing mess ages sh ow that the printer is connected. You a re now r eady to pr int. D TCPIP,,T,CO [...]

Chapter 1 1 Configuration Screens 300[...]

301 12 iSeries Configuration, TN5250 Setting Up TN5250 P rint Queues on iSeries Start with V5R1 or later an d the mo st rece nt PTF le vel. Th e iSeri es should ha ve TCP/ IP inst alled, b e fully con figured, a nd func tional. To set up the TN5250 p rint queu es, do the following : 1. Make sure the iSeries has suffici ent resour ces to add additio[...]

Chapter 1 2 Se tting Up A TN5250 Connection/D evice Via A Telnet S ession 302 NOTE: It is not nece ssary to set up the d evd or queue name on t he iSerie s manual ly or i n advanc e. The c onfigurat ion and reset of the Ethernet adapter a utomati cally set s up the devd or queue name . Setting Up A TN5250 Con nection/Device Vi a A T elnet Session I[...]

User Supplied Value s 303 User Supplied V a lues iSeries: For thi s session, us e the IP v alue fro m (step 4 ab ove). Device description: This is the name o f the vir tual devi ce. Aut o conn ect: • If true (enab led) then queue and devic e automati cally atta ch. • If not true (disabled ) the com mand “tn dest dxprn start/st op” allows i [...]

Chapter 1 2 Using Telnet Commands for TN5250 304 store tn dest <dxprn>c opytimeout<copytimeoutvalue> See pa ge 329 for store com mand de script ions. Lis t Comma nds list tn list stored tn list default tn See page 356 for list c ommand des criptions . TN5250/3270 Auto Connect Com mand tn dest <dxprn>start|s top See pa ge 363 for a[...]

Getting Star ted 305 Example : tn dest d1 prn start By usin g the manua l metho d, time is allo wed to pro perly prepare the iSeries after the printer is powered up but b efore a connecti on is es tablished. T his me thod sh ould only be used during an initial insta llation u ntil the p rinter and the iS eries a re synchroni zed. Th e normal me tho[...]

Chapter 1 2 TN5250 Job Formatting 306 Separator progr am SEPPG M *NONE Libr ary Printe r error message PR TERMSG *INFO Libr ary *LI BL Host print transform TRANSFORM *NO Manu fact urer ty pe and mo del M FRTY PMDL *SAME Paper s ource 1 PPRSRC1 *MF R TY PMDL Paper s ource 2 PPRSRC2 *MF R TY PMDL Envel ope sour ce ENVEL OPE * MFRTYP MDL ASCII cod e p[...]

Getting Star ted 307 Figure 41. Example of CHGDEVPRT Command Font Identifier (FONT) - Help The print q uality/ty peface sett ing in TN5250 m ode is NOT set by the TN5250 data str eam. It is onl y set thr ough the f ront pane l. This is true regardless o f the fron t panel T N5250 Ho st Overrid e setting. T ext ‘d escript ion’ TEXT ‘Dev ice cr[...]

Chapter 1 2 F ont I de nti fier ( FO NT) - Hel p 308[...]

309 13 ISeries Configuration, SNMP Configurin g for a *LAN 3 812 SNMP Device Description Support f or SNMP is availab le in the base cod e for iSe ries OS V4RS and above . *LAN 381 2 SNMP dev ice desc riptions ar e similar to *LAN 38 12 PJL de vice des cription s, and t hey fully s upport the page r ange funct ion. Configuration Instructions To con[...]

Chapter 1 3 Co nfiguring f or a *LAN 3 812 SNMP D evice Descr iption 310 Port num ber (PORT) This need s to be set to 9100. Font (FO NT) = 01 1 This is typ ically set to 011, whic h is the defau lt 10 CPI fo nt. A font ID is requi red to c reate the d evice d escriptio n. Unle ss specia l requireme nts in y our operati on dictat e somethi ng differ[...]

Configuration Instructions 311 Inactivit y Timer (INACT TMR) This defau lts to *A TTACH, but c an be se t to any val ue from 1 to 30 (minutes ), as wel l as *S EC15 (15 seconds ), *SEC 30 (30 seconds ) or *NOMAX (no max imum). This value de termines when the pri nt driver c loses the c onnectio n to the pr inter (fre eing it up to recei ved spooled[...]

Chapter 1 3 Co nfiguring f or a *LAN 3 812 SNMP D evice Descr iption 312 User-Defined Options (USRDFNOPT ) Specifi es, for spo oled o utput on ly, one or m ore user -defin ed option s to be used by user applications , user-speci fied progr ams or the write r. A maxim um of fou r user-defi ned option s can be specified. This sho uld be se t to *IBMS[...]

Configuration Instructions 313 Configu ration Example To configur e a *LAN 3812 SN MP device descripti on type CRTDEVPR T and pres s the F4 (Prompt) k ey. The following is an example o f using the Cr eate Devi ce Printer (CRT DEVPRT) command t o create a *LAN 3812 SNMP device des cription: CRTDEVPRT DEVD(SNM P6500-v) DEVCLS(*LAN) TYPE(3812) MODEL(1[...]

Chapter 1 3 Co nfiguring f or a *LAN 3 812 SNMP D evice Descr iption 314 Library Name , *LIBL, *CU RLIB Printe r error message *INQ *INQ, *INFO Message queue *C TLD Name , *CTLD, *S YSOPR, QSYSOPR Library Name , *LIBL, *CU RLIB Activa tion timer 170 1-2550 , *NOM AX Image con figurati on *NONE *NONE, *IMGA01 , *IMGA0 2... Maximum pending r equests [...]

Varying on the Pr i nter 315 V arying on the Printer Once yo u have created the prin ter devi ce desc ription, y ou need to vary on the prin ter devi ce descri ption us ing either the Var y Configura tion (VRYCF G) comma nd or Wo rk with Confi guration Status ( WRKCFGSTS ) comma nd. Once the devic e has be en varied on, you mu st start the print er[...]

Chapter 1 3 Co nfiguring f or a *LAN 3 812 SNMP D evice Descr iption 316 Prob lem A reas for Cons ideratio n If you then place a spooled f ile in the pr inter's output queu e and it goes to M SGW (m essage wait) sta tus with MS GCPA33 94 “Load form type '&4' device &5 writer &1 . (G B I H R C)” then chances are good t[...]

Additional Information 317 If the write r is stil l activ e, select me nu option 1 0 (Disp lay job log, if active or on job que ue) on the Work with Job panel . Press the F10 key and the P age Up and P age Dow n keys to view the m essages in the wr iter job log. Add itional I nformat ion The succe ss of *LA N 3812 SNMP device descrip tions is d epe[...]

Chapter 1 3 Co nfiguring f or a *LAN 3 812 SNMP D evice Descr iption 318[...]

319 14 Monitoring Printers Implementing Pr inter Management Printer manageme nt includ es the fol lowing tas ks: • Monitoring the status of network p rinters • Respondin g to alar ms • Gathering s tatistic s on pr inter op erations The three e lement s of network printer m onitori ng and man agement are: • Agent/mana ger model • The mana [...]

Chapter 1 4 Implementing Printer Management 320 MIB An MIB c ontain s informati on a de vice ma kes ava ilable th rough SNMP. The MIB is a mana gement inf ormat ion base that descri bes informa tion ab out actual obj ects to be managed and co ntrolled. S tandar ds Of Network Printer MIBs The Prin ter MIB i s based on th e foll owing standar ds: •[...]

MIB 321 • Interpreter • Console • Alert Information P rovided By The MIB The printe r MIB contains the follo wing type s of in formatio n about network printe rs: Descripti ons. Printer configu ration, location, and conta ct. Status. C urrent o perating status of printer s. Alerts. Rep ortable eve nts from pr inters. G enera l In form ati on [...]

Chapter 1 4 Monitoring Tools 322 SNMP SNMP is the proto col use d to commu nicat e between ma nager and agent. Man agers r equest in formatio n, usuall y throug h automated polling at specif ied interv als, and agents r espond. Tho ugh used primar ily on TCP/IP net works, SNM P can be imple mented on oth er pro tocols, for exam ple, IP X. SNMP is a[...]

Setting The SNMP Community Name 323 Setting The SNMP Community Name The defaul t SNMP re ad-only commun ity nam e is “pu blic” an d cannot be change d. Change the S NMP R/W c ommun ity name w ith the co mmand: set user passwd sn mp com_name save where com_name is the n ew SNMP R/W c ommunity name. The defau lt is no R /W co mmunity n ame. NOTE:[...]

Chapter 1 4 Monitoring Tools 324[...]

325 15 IBM Network Printer Manager Overview IBM Netw ork Print er Manage r (NPM) l ets networ k admin istrators monitor, control , and confi gure IBM 65 00-v pr inters in v arious environ ments. NPM work s with the IBM 65 00-v, the net work printer family, i ncludin g IBM InfoP rint 20 and 32 (e xcept for NP M for O S/2), and IBM Netw ork Pr inters[...]

Chapter 15 IBM Network Printer Manager 326 You can config ure NPM usi ng either the TCP /IP or NetBIO S network protocols, and use TCP /IP to mon itor the p rinters. NPM is a vailable on the World Wide Web . To obtain t he latest version o f NPM: 1. Acces s the IBM Printin g System s Home Pa ge at: http: //www.pr inters .ibm.com 2. Navigate to IB M[...]

327 16 Commands Command Shell Overview The Ethe rnet Interfac e comes with an in -depth c ommand sh ell calle d npsh . It al lows you to manipu late ob jects lik e dest inations , I/O por ts, and models and prov ides m onitori ng and troubles hooting capabili ties. np sh Access M ethods This co mmand sh ell can be acces sed by: • built in H TML f[...]

Chapter 1 6 Complete Com mand List 328 NOTE: If the set prefi x is us ed, a save command must b e execute d as well s o that the n ew setting s are reta ined a fter power cy cles. Si nce set only affect s the set tings in memory, the y will b e lost after a power cyc le unless they are saved to flash m emory. Getting Comma nd Help The Eth ernet Int[...]

Store Commands 329 S tore Commands These com mands change the settings stored in flash memory and do not affec t the cur rent or wor king settin gs in me mory. A powe r cycle i s needed before th e stored settings become c urrent. store ifc ifnum ut p [-]li [-]rx exam ple : store ifc 1 utp li Modify the ph ysical UTP i nterface pro perties wher e l[...]

Chapter 1 6 Complete Com mand List 330 WIRELESS ADAP TER, WIRELESS Define a au th-user-nam e to be used in th e LEAP oper ation: store ifc <ifnum> wlan user <auth-user-name> This auth- user-na me needs t o matc h the user na me entere d in the LEAP Acces s Point. WIRELESS Define a au th-passw ord to be used in the LEAP ope ration: store[...]

Store Commands 331 WIRELESS ADAPTE R, WIRELESS Set ant enna type: store ifc < ifnum > wlan antenna div erse|primary|aux <antenna-type> < ifnum > is the in terface n umber for th e WLAN device. <antenna- type> is t he type of antenna to be used : “primary, ” “aux” (a uxiliary or externa l) and “di verse”. “di ve[...]

Chapter 1 6 Complete Com mand List 332 WIRELESS ADAP TER, WIRELESS Set the de fault key for WLAN en cryption: store ifc < ifnum > wlan defkey disable|<1-4> < ifnum > is the i nterface num ber for the WLAN d evice. <1-4> is the num ber iden tifying o ne of th e four ke ys (1-4) . A valu e of zero or the word “disabl e” di[...]

Store Commands 333 NOTE: The Micro soft step -by-step Guide to Kerber os 5 (krb5 1. 0) Interoper ability recomm ends that your sy stem cl ock be sychro nized wi thin two min utes to th e KDC syst em’s clock. Otherwise, clock skew er rors will cause Ker beros authentic ation to fai l. If this is the cas e, the clock skew default may need to scale [...]

Chapter 1 6 Complete Com mand List 334 WIRELESS ADAP TER, WIRELESS Config ures the KDC realm portion : store kerberos config krealm <kdc_realm> <kdc_rea lm> i s usually set to the upperca se na me of the Windows 2000 KDC to which the Access Poi nt is co nfigured. <kdc_rea lm> h as 0 to 12 7 character s exclud ing “:” and “/?[...]

Store Commands 335 store pping from d efault Exam ple: store pping from def ault Store al l the per iodic pi ng default settin g to fla sh memory so taht they a re retained after powe r up. store pserver from default Set all ge neral pr int serv er settings back to factory defaults. store pserver from current Store al l current general print se rve[...]

Chapter 1 6 Complete Com mand List 336 • off . no job co ntrol; no SOJ/EO J command s. The pr inter p rints faster in o ff mode. • standar d . (the defa ult) tra ditional job contr ol with im mediate acknowl edgemen ts of SOJ /EOJ co mmands. • enhanced . job control with EOJ ack nowled gements he ld off by the prin ter until job is f ully pri[...]

Store Commands 337 store pserver tcps ocket <tcp-port> dest <dest> Exam ple: store pserver tcps ocket 5000 dest d1prn Assign a pre-defin ed TC P port nu mber <tcp- port> to a particu lar dest inatio n <dest> on the Eth ernet Inte rface. Therefo re, if yo u are us ing a print method t hat sen ds jobs directl y to a TCP p ort [...]

Chapter 1 6 Complete Com mand List 338 store pserver smb work grp <workgroup> Exam ple: store pserver smb work grp eng Define a di fferent Win dows workgrou p as defi ned by <workg roup> fo r the Ethe rnet Inter face to b e visible within (shoul d be 14 ch aracters or less ). By defau lt, the print se rver only co mes up withi n the gro[...]

Store Commands 339 store tcpip <ifnum > mask < netmask> Exam ple: store tcpip 1 mask 255.255.255.0 Store the subnet ma sk fo r the Ethern et Interfac e. store tcpip <ifnum> opts [[-]rarp] [ [-]bootp] [[-]dhcp] [[-]persistdhcp][[ -]dns] Exam ple: store tcpip 1 opts -rarp -bootp -dhcp Enable or disabl e the autom atic RARP, BOOTP, D[...]

Chapter 1 6 Complete Com mand List 340 store tcpip del defaul t [1|2] Exam ple: store tcpip route del default1 192.75.11.1 1 Delete a de fault router /gateway d efined by r outer IP Add ress (<router > <ifnum >) so the NIC knows where to direct pac kets destined for anoth er subne t. store tcpip tcp rxwin <packets> Exam ple: store[...]

Store Commands 341 store tcpip tcp ac cess [root] add|del <network> [<netmask>] Exam ple: store tcpip tcp ac cess add 192.75.11.25 Add or rem ove an entr y from the Ethernet Interface TCP access list defi ned by <network> . If th e list has an entry, on ly this host c an print to an d remotel y interac t with the pr int server . s[...]

Chapter 1 6 Complete Com mand List 342 store tn dest <dxprn> devicedesc <devname> Exam ple: store tn dest d1prn devi cedesc MOCHA3812 Store th e name o f the printer devic e. The de scription entered will be t he name of t he printe r device c reated o n the iSeri es host for the curren t session. Default: Unc onfigur ed (empty ) descr [...]

Store Commands 343 store tn dest <dxp rn> [-]autoconnect Exam ple: store tn dest d1prn autoconnect Store the state of the autoc onnect flag. I f the au toconnect flag is enabl ed the Ethe rnet Inter face TN client will attemp t a connecti on and bin ding with the speci fied TN hos t automatic ally on p ower-up. Thi s connecti on sequen ce wil[...]

Chapter 1 6 Complete Com mand List 344 Set Commands These setti ngs alter the c urrent or wor king se ttings in me mory only. Therefor e, they will be lost i f the Ethernet In terface i s power cycle d. To ensu re this does not h appen, issue a save comma nd so the current setti ngs get wri tten to flash m emory. set dest <dest> altern ate [&[...]

Set Commands 345 set dest <dest> se rvice [[-]socket][[-]lpd] [[-]lpsched] [[-]r printer] [[-]pserver] [[-]netbios] [[-]ftpd] [[-]tn] Exam ple: set dest d1prn ser vice -netbios Set the destination <des t> to hand le only certain print s ervices . To add a s ervice, speci fy the se rvice nam e. To disable a servic e, use “ - ” before[...]

Chapter 1 6 Complete Com mand List 346 set logpath <logpath> name < new_name> Exam ple: set logpath l1 name pa gecount Change the curren t name of th e logpa th <logpath> to a new name as i ndicated by <new_nam e>. These names ar e case sensiti ve. set logpath <logpath> type [[-]job] [[- ]user] [[-]cksum] [[-]printer ][...]

Set Commands 347 set logpath from s tored Set all c urrent log path s ettings to the value s stored i n flash memory. set model <model> name < new_name> Exam ple: set model m1 name landscape Change the cur rent name of the mode l <mod el> to a new name as indicate d by <ne w_name>. T hese nam es are cas e sens itive. set mod[...]

Chapter 1 6 Complete Com mand List 348 set model <model> head er [<string>] Exam ple: set model m1 header 0x 20 Set a head er string to be sent to the pri nter at the s tart of any print jo bs pass ing th rough this m odel <m odel> . The head er <string> can con sist of up to nine e lements. An exampl e element i s a hexa de[...]

Set Commands 349 set model from sto red Set all c urrent model set tings to th e values stored in flash memory. set prn [-]autofd Exam ple: set prn -autofd Assert or do not assert the AUTOF D line for c arriag e return inserti on. This on ly aff ects print ers that s upport t his func tion, such as impact pr inters . set prn flush Flush the d ata i[...]

Chapter 1 6 Complete Com mand List 350 set prn from stored Set all curr ent parall el port settings to the values stored in flash memory . set snmp To add a us er named snmp with root pr ivileges , follow the step s below: 1. Login to the Eth ernet Interf ace as a root user. 2. Add a us er name d snmp : set user add snmp 3. Set th e user ty pe to r[...]

Set Commands 351 set snmp trap <ind ex> [-]active Enable or disable a n SNMP tr ap manager table en try. <index> is the index num ber of the SNMP trap mana ger table. “acti ve” ena bles the t able entr y, “-acti ve” disab les the entry. set snmp emailaddr <index> < emailaddress> The Ethe rnet Interfac e can al so sen[...]

Chapter 1 6 Complete Com mand List 352 set snmp alerts <index > [-]all | [[-]warning] [[-]offline] [[-]media input] [[-]mediaoutput] [[-]mediapath] [[-]mar ker] [[-]cutter] [[-]barcode] [[-]scanner] [[-]inter vention] [[-]consumable] [[-]label] [[-]powerca rt] [[-]rfid] Exam ple: set snmp alerts 1 warning -c utter] Specifi es which al ert gro[...]

Set Commands 353 set sysinfo email emailname@domain Exam ple: set sysinfo email joe@IBM.com Define the use r email ad dress to rec eive printe r and job log ging informati on from a particula r logpath on the Eth ernet Inte rface. E-mail name is t he host or IP name of th e user. Def ault: U nconfi gured. set sysinfo label| name [<string>] Ex[...]

Chapter 1 6 Complete Com mand List 354 set sysinfo smtp <IPad dress> [port <portnum>] Exam ple: set sysinfo smtp 192.7 5.11.5 port 25 Define the SMTP (Si mple Mai l Transfe r Protoco l) serve r IP address or doma in name a nd port nu mber w here the m ail is stored o n your n etwork. Default: Unc onfigur ed, 25 set sysinfo syslog <IP[...]

Set Commands 355 IMPORT ANT Do not delete the root user, or you will be unable to configure any furth er setting s on the pr int ser ver. You will have to go back to factory defaults to correct this pr oble m. set user passwd <n ame> [<password>] Exam ple: set user passwd en g ibm Assign a password to a def ined user on the E thernet In[...]

Chapter 1 6 Complete Com mand List 356 set var from default Set all v ariable s ettings b ack to facto ry defau lts. set var from stored Set all c urren t variab le settin gs to the v alues s tored in flash memory . List Commands These commands list t he curren t or w orking se ttings fo r a par ticular sect ion within the co mmand sh ell. To view [...]

List Commands 357 WIRELESS ADAPTE R, WIRELESS For the wir eless Eth ernet, the WLAN inte rface s ettings wi ll also be included . The WL AN param eters disp lay in th e foll owing mann er, after the i nterface list has displa yed: WLAN ifnum = <ifnum > ssid = <network name> mode = <net-mod e> channe l = <channel -num> antenn[...]

Chapter 1 6 Complete Com mand List 358 <len -type> indic ates t he selected preamble lengt h (“long,” “short,” or “defaul t”). <sleep -time > indic ates the po wer-sa ve slee p-time i n millis econds. If power- save is disabled (time is set to zer o), “norm al” (pow er-save off) displ ays. <key- num> is the number [...]

List Commands 359 list model [model] List the c urrent mod el se ttings (e .g., names and mappe d destinati ons). List the curren t model setti ngs (e.g., n ames and mapped des tinations) . With no model param eter, a tab le of values f or name, t ype, ba nner, co nfig and th e size in b ytes of header an d traile r are shown for all models m 1 thr[...]

Chapter 1 6 Complete Com mand List 360 list sysinfo List the curren t Etherne t Interface s ystem infor matio n (e.g., contact name an d protocol s tacks enabled) . list tcpip List all c urrent TCP/IP network se ttings (e.g. , IP address a nd subne t mask) . list test List the status of output te sts on th e I/O ports. list tn List all curren t tn [...]

Miscellaneous Commands 361 close tcp TCPindex number Exam ple: close tcp 3 Close the a TCP/I P connection bet ween a TCP/I P host and the Et hernet Inte rface. The TCPindexnumber can be ret rieved from “debug tcp” out put. disable ioport|des tination|printer mgr Exam ple: disable prn Disable a n I/O port so that q ueued jobs are not printed, or[...]

Chapter 1 6 Complete Com mand List 362 ping [-s] hostIPaddres s [ datasize [ packetnumber ]] Exam ple: ping 192.75.11.30 ping another TC P/IP host s pecifi ed by hostIPaddress on the Ether net Interf ace network . datasize is the da tagram packet s ize which defaul ts to 64 by tes if no size is included in the synta x and packetnumber is the n umbe[...]

Miscellaneous Commands 363 start fox|tts|loop b prn Exam ple: start fox prn Begin a de bugging te st on o ne of the I/O ports on t he Ethe rnet Interface . The tests availab le are: fox A con tinuous s tream of text sent to the attached p rinter. Th is is a goo d test for troubleshoo ting h ardware as long a s the attached p rinter suppor ts text o[...]

Chapter 1 6 Complete Com mand List 364[...]

365 17 Extra Featur es Ethern et Interface Security There a re TCP acc ess li sts ava ilable to restric t host con nections with the dev ice. Users A nd Passwords The Ethe rnet Interface s upports two user ty pes: root Access to ev erything wi thin the pri nt server includi ng all confi gurable settin gs. guest Ability to list set tings only. Passw[...]

Chapter 1 7 Et hernet In terfac e Security 366 2. Direct y our We b browser t o URL: http:// EthernetInterfaceIPaddress / adminConf.html (e.g., http://192.75 .11.9/adminConf.html ). NOTE: If prompted fo r a “Us er ID” and pa ssword fir st, type root for the us er ID and press ENT ER at the password pr ompt (since th ere is no pa ssword by defau[...]

Reset The Ethernet Pa s sword 367 Reset The Ethernet Password Occasion ally a use r will set a root user password o n the Et hernet adapter an d then for get it. Th is is the p rocedure t o reset th e root passwor d back to the defaul t (no pas sword). IMPORT ANT First determine the numbe r of dip switches on the bac k of the adapter, and the E the[...]

Chapter 1 7 Et hernet In terfac e Security 368 8. Wait abo ut 1 min ute for th e adapter to reboot after the reset comm and. 9. Turn the pri nter off, wa it 15 secon ds, and tur n the pr inter back on. Wait 1 minut e for the a dapter to boot. 10. Telnet b ack into the adapte r, loggi ng in as root with no passwor d, and pressing En ter . Procedur e[...]

TCP Acce ss Lists 369 Procedure C 1. Turn the pr inter on . 2. Take the printer off line and u nlock th e front pa nel by pres sing the up and d own arro ws keys at teh same time , then rel easing. 3. Press all four ar row keys (up, down, prev, next) at the sa me time, and r elease. 4. Press the right (n ext) arr ow until P RINTER MGMT appear s. 5.[...]

Chapter 1 7 Et hernet In terfac e Security 370 If the list is empty , all hos ts have acc ess to the E thernet Interfac e services . If there are entries in the l ist, only tho se host s speci fied have acce ss to pr inting an d rem ote comm and execution . To add and delete access list en tries, th e command s are: Synta x: store tcpip tcp access [...]

Printer And Pr i nt Job Monitori ng 371 Printer Mo nitoring And L ogging The Ethe rnet Interfac e allows y ou to moni tor printer status a nd log informati on throug h its built- in HTML for ms, co mmand set, and logpath s. Printer And Print Job Monitoring To view the curren t status of an I/O port on the Ethe rnet Interfac e, two methods are avail[...]

Chapter 1 7 Printer Monitoring And Logging 372 Printer Logging Through Log p aths In the Ethe rnet Inter face pr oduct man ual, desti nations are describe d as logi cal queu es with as sociate d models and logpa ths. Models d etermine if any ex tra pro cessing i s needed with the pr int jobs pas sing through , and logpaths determin e whether any lo[...]

Printer Logging Through Logpa ths 373 3. At the “P rint Path Con figurati on” HTML fo rm that di splays , select a destinat ion li nk (e.g., d1 prn) from the top of the pag e to bring up the appro priate de stinatio n form. 4. Once the desire d destina tion HTML form dis plays, scroll do wn to the “Log path Ty pe” and “Lo gpath Por t” s[...]

Chapter 1 7 Et hernet In terface Na ming Sche mes 374[...]

375 Glossary ARP Address Resolu tion P rotocol. A ssociates a selected IP address wi th a network de vice Ethernet add ress. bps Bits per second. Centronics P arall el port in terfac e stan dard fo und on most printe rs. dae mon A c ontinuous ly runni ng proce ss that handle s system-wi de functio ns like print spooling . default router Local devi [...]

376 factory defaults Settings shipped with the E thernet. Factory Settings S2 ju mper positi on st ating all factory default s ettings are to be used while the Etherne t is up an d running . Firmware Panic Unrec overable errors detec ted by the Etherne t firmware fo rce the Print Se rver into Fi rmware Panic m ode. M anually reset the Ether net to [...]

377 IP Address The Inter net Prot ocol Add ress. A nu meric address such as 12 3.45.61. 23 which identifie s a prin ter or ser ver in a L AN or WAN. LAN Loc al Area Network. LED Lig ht Emitti ng Diode. The printer has an LED displa y which show s the status of the printer to the operato r. logpath De termin es the typ e of prin t job and pr inter l[...]

378 Persistent DHCP Wh en this opti on is ena bled, the IP Addres s, Gatewa y, and Subnet Ma sk obtained through DHS P is s aved. If the DHCP server does not provide a n address , the device will use the previo usly saved DH CP IP a ddress. This op tion only works when DHCP is enabl ed. The defaul t disable . ping Standar d command to test a T CP/I[...]

379 RARP Reverse Ad dress Resolutio n Protoc ol. Allows a network device t o discover its IP address dynamical ly upon bootup. Th e IP address does not need to be s tored withi n the devic e itself permanen tly. ROM Read-Only Mem ory. router A device that fo rwards IP packets to their destinati on. Also called a gatewa y. RPRINTER Remote Print er. [...]

380 UTP Unshiel ded Twis ted Pair . A cabl e used for telephone and comp uter-to-c omputer connect ions. WAN Wi de Area Network.[...]

381 Index Symbols *LAN 3812 S NMP config uration instr uctions , 309 Devi ce Descripti on, 309 ? command , 328 Nume rics 10/100Bas e-T indicato rs, 42 Novell E thernet Inter face config uration, 192 Novell ho st confi guration, 204 RPRINTER/NPRINTER s etup, troubleshoo ting, 2 18 speed settin g, 47 troubleshoo t printing, 220 troubleshoo ting, 2 15[...]

Index 382 AIX 4 , Etherne t configur ation, 161 AIX 4 .x setup, 166 AIX, rem ote queue t ime-out s etting, 163 Alert g roups, 100 Alt ernati ves, co nfigur ation , 72 Antenna, 8 02.11b, 79 APR, Ethe rnet Interfac e, 144 ASCII configur ing iSe ries, 225 setting u p for printi ng, 228 ASCII Trou bleshoot ing, iSeri es, 237 Authentic ation Met hod, 62[...]

Index 383 Command pr efixes, 328 npsh, 327 Command Sh ell, 3 27 ways to access, 69 Commands list, 356 miscell aneous, 3 60 set, 34 4 st ore, 329 Communcati on routers, W indows, 114 Con figurat ion Admi nistra tion, 105 alternati ves, 72 Encry ption Key, 62 Equival ent Wirele ss Etherne t Interface, 66 Ethernet for AIX 4 , 161 fr ont pan el, 53 IP [...]

Index 384 Connectin g to the net work, 51 CRTLINETH , line desc riptio ns, 223 D Default Ke y, 802 .11b, 80 Define LP R printer, er ror, 135 Destinati on settin gs, Print P ath, 84 Destinations Ethernet Interfac e, 40 models, 40 Device Class (DEVCLS), 309 Device D escriptio n, *LAN 38 12 SNMP, 3 09 Device D escriptio n, TN5250 /3270, 95 Devi ce Mod[...]

Index 385 H Help comm and, gettin g, 328 Home page, U RL, 69 Host configur ation Novell, 176 Unix, 149 Host IP, TN52 50/3270 , 94 Host Print Transform (TRANSFORM), 3 11 Host se tup Windows 2000 , 118 Windows 9x, 132 Windows Me, 132 Windows NT 3.51, 13 1 Windows NT 4.0, 126 Windows XP , 118 HP-UX, 150 HTML forms, 69 forms, Novell, 175 method, pr int[...]

Index 386 iSerie s troubl eshootin g cannot P ING the prin ter, 262 clipped data, 2 64 PSF term inates when i nitialize d, 263 spooled files di sappear without printin g, 264 spooled print fil e rema ins in PND status, 2 63 J Job form atting, T N5250, 3 05 K Kerber os, 67 Para meters, 63 Key, 802.11b , 79 L LAN Attachme nt (LANAT TACH), 309 LEAP, 6[...]

Index 387 N Naming sc hemes, E thernet In terface, 373 NDP S config uration , NetWar e 4.11 and above, 212 NDS PSER VER se tup NetWare 4 .x, 205 NetWare 5 .x, 205 NDS setup change Et hernet Inte rface fr ame type, 200 change Et hernet Inte rface mo de, 201 change Et hernet Inte rface na me, 198 Ethernet Interface NDS content, 2 02 Et hernet In terf[...]

Index 388 NIC reset pa ssword , 367 running AS400 with T N5250, 304 No extra page, troubl eshooting , 170 No form fe ed, troubles hooting, 1 70 Novell environme nt, 173 Ethernet Interfac e configu ration, 17 4 Ethernet Interfac e configu ration (10/100B ase-T), 192 file serv er, 83 frametyp e, 82 Host configur ation , 176 host con figuration, 10/10[...]

Index 389 Print Mo del Banner P age, 89 config uration, 88 Filter, 89 Header St ring, 89 Model Ty pe, 88 Name, 88 Printer Configur ation, 90 Trailer Stri ng, 90 Print Pa th Back C hannel, 84 Banner P age, 86 config uration, 84 destinati on settin gs, 84 Filter, 86 Header St ring, 86 Log Path P ort, 87 Log Path Type, 87 Model Ty pe, 86 Name, 84 Prin[...]

Index 390 PSERVE R setup ( 10/100Bas e-T), troubles hooting, 215 Pserver setup, Net Ware Ve rsion 3. x, 176 PSF for IPDS on V3R 7 or V4RI, configurin g, 2 46 on V4R 2 and abov e, config uring, 25 2 Q Queues Ethernet Interfac e, 40 models, 40 R RA RP, Uni x, 146 Referenc e a Binde ry queue in NDS NetWare 3.x, 208 NetWare 4.x, 208 NetWare 5.x, 208 Re[...]

Index 391 T TCP access l ists, 36 9 TCP/IP access, troublesh ooting, 137 config uring iSer ies for A SCII, 225 network, 76 TCP/IP acc ess probl em iSeries , 238 Unix, 170 TCPIP Con figurati on, TN327 0E, 287 Technic al supp ort, 134 Telnet, 7 2 Telnet c ommands, TN525 0, 303 TN3270E Configura tion Scree ns, 297 Printer Inventory Manage r, 288 Progr[...]

Index 392 NetWare 4 .x, no PS ERVER connecti on, 189 NetWare 5 .x, no PS ERVER connecti on, 189 no extra page, 170 no form fe ed, 170 Novell, 187 printer errors, 136 printing , 168 PSERVER setup (10/100B ase-T), 215 stair-ste pped ou tput, 169 TCP/IP acc ess probl em, 137 Unix, 167 Web brows er, 1 39 Windows, 134 Windows 2000 Host s etup, 1 39 Wind[...]

Index 393 Windows XP, Host setu p, 1 18 Wire less Cisc o LEAP, 66 Ke rberos , 67 Wireless Etherne t Interf ace Configura tion, 58 Wireles s Networ k Indica tor, 44 Wireless Parame ter Config uration, 59 Workst ation C ustomi zing O bject (WSC ST), 31 2 WSCS T Libr ary, TN52 50/32 70, 96 WSCST N ame, TN52 50/3270, 96 Z z/OS co mmunica tions co ntrol[...]

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