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S UPER S CRIPT COLOR LASER NETWORK GUIDE October , 1 999 703-A0368-0 0 1[...]

ii SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide Pr opr ietary Notice and Liability Disclaimer The information disclosed in this document, including all designs and related materials, is the valuable pr operty of NEC T echnologies and/or its licensors, as appropriate, reserve all patent, copyright and other pr oprietary rights to this document, including a[...]

iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Overview 1 Network Setup Tasks 1 Typical Network Setups 2 Types of Network Topologies 2 Chapter 2 NIC Installation 5 Overview 5 Installing the Network Interface Card (NIC) 5 What You Will Need 5 Preparing the Printer 6 Installing the NIC 6 Testing the NIC 8 Network Settings Page 9 NIC Features 10 NIC S[...]

iv SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide Adding the Peer-to-Peer Printer 36 Chapter 8 UNIX Setup 37 Setting Up on a Unix System 37 Configuring the IP Address on the Printer 37 Setting Up Your Printing Mode 37 chapter 9 Web Printing Setup 39 Overview 39 PrintAgent Remote Printing 39 NEC PrintAgent Pull Printing 39 Remote Printing 40 System Requireme[...]

1 CHAPTER 1 I NTRODUCTION O VERVIEW The main purpose of this book is to help the network administrator integrate SuperScript Color Laser printers into an Ethernet network. The first eight chapters describe setting up the printer on traditional networks using such systems as NetW are or W indows NT . Chapter 9 describes W eb or Internet printing us[...]

2 SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide Fr om Windows NT 4.0 • If you have a NetW are network, see Chapter 6 for Netware 5.x, 4.x, and 3.x configuration information. • In a W indows NT network you can use LPR printing. See Chapter 5. Fr om Windows f or Wor k groups • If you have a NetW are network, see Chapter 6 for Netware 5.x, 4.x, and 3.x[...]

Typical Network Setups 3 I NTRODUCTION The printer and each print client use their own network cable to connect to the network. Print jobs sent by clients must not pass through a r outer to get to the printer . Pr inter Serv er T opolog y The printer server topology involves a computer , called a printer server . All print clients send their print [...]

4 SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide Microsof t Pr inter Shar ing T opology Microsoft Printer Sharing topology involves a LAN that interconnects the print clients. The printer is dir ectly connected to one print client using a parallel cable. The client then is configured to shar e its printer . Clients that want to use the printer must be con?[...]

5 CHAPTER 2 NIC I NSTALLATION O VERVIEW If you have an NEC SuperScript™ printer already equipped with a Network Interface Card (NIC) ther e is an N in the model number . For example, the SuperScript 4600N. If you have a printer without a NIC, such as the SuperScript 4400, you can upgrade it by installing a NIC. A NIC is a printed circuit boar d c[...]

6 SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide Pr epar ing the Pr inter 1. T urn off the printer , remove the power cor d fr om the rear of the printer , and disconnect the printer cable from the port (A) . Position the printer so you are facing the side and back corner where the cable port is located. Make sure that you have enough r oom to work. 2. Usin[...]

Installing the Network Interface Card (NIC) 7 NIC I NSTALLATION F G H D Installing the NIC Brac ket E[...]

8 SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide T ESTING THE NIC Follow these steps to verify that the NIC is installed and operating properly . 1. Connect the network’s twisted pair cable with RJ-45 connectors to the new network port on your printer (A) . Reattach the power cord to the printer (B) , plug in the printer . 2. T urn on the printer (C) . It[...]

Network Settings Page 9 NIC I NSTALLATION N ETWORK S ETTINGS P AGE Each time you turn on the networked printer , it prints a Network Settings page. The Network Settings page provides information about the network printer settings and network connections. Y ou should review this page immediately after NIC installation and any time you change the con[...]

10 SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide NIC F EATURES NIC Status Lights When the NIC is installed, its two status lights, amber and green, ar e located on the Interface Panel on the back of the printer . Light patterns for normal operation are: Gr een light is on solid: This shows normal operation while the printer is awaiting print jobs. Amber li[...]

11 CHAPTER 3 IP A DDRESS O VERVIEW T o take advantage of the many SuperScript network features, you must assign an IP addr ess to the printer network interface card or NIC. This chapter explains several ways of assigning an IP addr ess. A SSIGNING THE IP A DDRESS Obtaining the Pr inter’ s IP Addr ess Obtain the printer ’s IP Address fr om your [...]

12 SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide Using the Operat or P anel Y ou can use the Operator Panel to enable and set up the TCP/IP networking parameters for the printer . This is particularly useful for setting the network IP addr ess so you can use it as the printer ’s URL in W eb-based printing (see Chapter 9). Also, use the Operator Panel to [...]

Assigning the IP Address 13 IP A DDRESS Using MAP The Management Access Program (MAP), runs only under W indows 95/98 and W indows NT 4.0. Y ou use MAP to list SuperScript network printers connected to your network. Then you select one to go to its Network Administration page for network administration options. MAP Operating Requir ements T o use M[...]

14 SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide Using BOO TPL32 First follow these directions to set up TCP/IP in W indows 95/98 and W indows NT 4.0: Installing the TCP/IP Pr otocol 1. In W indows, open the Network control panel. 2. If TCP/IP Pr otocol is not installed, install it in the following step (in W indows 95). a. Select Configuration T ab in th[...]

Assigning the IP Address 15 IP A DDRESS 3. Select Configure from the Admin menu. a. Enter the IP addr ess to assign to the printer . b. Enter the subnet mask. c. Enter the default gateway addr ess (if applicable) or leave blank. d. Enter the har dware address of your printer . This address is listed on the Network Settings page under Network Addre[...]

16 SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide Using DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) allows automatic assignment of IP addr ess and other IP parameters for attached devices. The SuperScript color laser printer works with DHCP in the following way . At power-up, the printer ’s NIC broadcasts a DHCP r equest for an IP addr ess. If a DHCP[...]

17 CHAPTER 4 N ETWORK A DMINISTRATION P AGE U SING THE N ETWORK A DMINISTRATION PAGE Each SuperScript laser printer has a built-in web page that allows you to perform network administration tasks. Accessing the Netw or k Administr ation P age Y ou must assign an IP addr ess to your printer ’s NIC. Then you can use a web browser , such as Navigato[...]

18 SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide Unit Status: Click here to view the curr ent state for each protocol and NIC port available on your NIC. For each supported protocol (Novell NetW are, TCP/IP , or AppleT alk), the top line displays the protocols supported and if the protocol is enabled or disabled. Networ k Addr ess: Click here to view the s[...]

Using the Network Administration page 19 N ETWORK A DMINISTRATION P AGE Prot ocol Functions The Protocols area is used for setting up network options and parameters. It provides extensive access to NIC parameters, and allows you to setup IP parameters (IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway). Y ou can enable/disable AppleT alk and NetW are, b[...]

20 SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide Other Functions T est Pr int er: Click here, and then click on the Start T est button in the dialog box that appears, to send a test document to the printer . Configur e Status P age: Click here to configur e Network Settings page options. In the dialog box that appears, select the checkbox by Print Status[...]

21 CHAPTER 5 W INDOWS S ETUP W INDOWS P EER - TO -P EER Peer-to-peer printing allows W indows 95/98 computers to print directly to a networked printer without an intervening file server . Below are the main features of peer -to-peer printing. • Runs on W indows 95/98 and workstations or servers “out of the box.” • Runs on networks with or [...]

22 SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide Adding the P eer -t o-P eer Pr inter 1. In W indow 95/98, press the Start button, select Settings , then select Printers . 2. In the Printers window , double-click Add Printer . Then Add Printer wizard will launch and click Next . 3. When the Add Printer wizard asks how the printer is attached, select Local [...]

Windows Peer-to-Peer 23 W INDOWS S ETUP serial number . For example, NEC_991234. Select your new peer-to-peer printer , and click Next . 9. Continue responding to the Add Printer W izar d until the process is complete. 10. From the W indows Start button, select Settings then Printers . 1 1. Click on the printer icon and select Properties . 12. Clic[...]

24 SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide Moving a P eer -t o-P eer Pr inter If you move your printer to a new network, you must restor e the NIC to its factory defaults (see page 10). If you have changed your printer ’s name, it will revert to its original factory name. Removing P eer -t o-P eer Softw are Y ou should delete all printers which hav[...]

Setting Up Windows NT 25 W INDOWS S ETUP Shar ed Pr inting in Windo ws 95/98 Use these steps to set up shared printing in W indows 95/98. 1. Install the printer as a “local” printer using LPT1 port. 2. Press the W indows Start button, select Settings , then select Control Panel . 3. In the Control Panel window , double-click the Network icon. 4[...]

26 SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide 13. Select the name of the shared printer and click OK . 14. Proceed with normal installation as dir ected.[...]

27 CHAPTER 6 N ET W ARE S ETUP N ET W ARE 5. X AND 4. X Follow these instructions if your network operating system is NetW are 5.x or 4.x. Begin by: At taching the Pr int er 1. Log in to NetW are 5.x or 4.x with administrator rights and open the NetW are Administrator window . 2. Create Printer Object. a. Highlight the Or ganizational Unit or Organ[...]

28 SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide Print Server Name field and click the Create button. note: The P rint Server name you enter should matc h the name shown on the Network Set tings page under Novell Network Information. 4. Create Print Queue Object. a. Highlight the Or ganizational Unit. From the Object menu, select Create . b. In the New Ob[...]

NetWare 5.x and 4.x 29 N ET W ARE S ETUP 5. Assign Printer Object a. In the Dir ectory T ree, double click on the printer object just created to open its Printer window . Click on the Assignments button on the right-side of the window and click on the Add button. b. In the Select Object window that appears, find the print queue object just created[...]

30 SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide b. In the Print Server window that appears, click on the Assignments button and Add button to bring up the Select Object window . Select the printer object just created fr om the Objects box and click on the OK button. Now the printer (with its context) appears in the Printers: box of the Print Server window[...]

NetWare 5.x and 4.x 31 N ET W ARE S ETUP Installing the Pr inter Dr iver In W indows, use the Add Printer featur e to install and configure a SuperScript printer driver in each workstation that will access the network printer . note: SuperS cript printer driver s are on the SuperScript CD that came with the printer . Specify that the printer will [...]

32 SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide N ET W ARE 3. X Complete these basic tasks to configure NetW are 3.x bindery- based services for your printer . Begin by: Starting PCONSOLE Log in to NetW are 3.x with Administrator rights and start PCONSOLE. Defining the Pr int Queue 1. Select Print Queue Information from the A vailable Options menu and p[...]

33 CHAPTER 7 M ACINTOSH S ETUP O VERVIEW The following chapter contains information on how to configure your PowerMac to work with a SuperScript color laser printer . It also explains how to install the printer software  M ACINTOSH R EQUIREMENTS This section describes the hardwar e and software requir ements for Macintosh computers to connect w[...]

34 SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide S ETTING U P THE P RINTER Installing the PPD Follow these steps for installing the SuperScript Color Laser PPD: 1. Insert the SuperScript Color Laser CD that came with the printer into your Macintosh. 2. Double-click on the SuperScript Color Laser Mac CD icon. 3. In the SuperScript Color Laser Mac window , d[...]

Setting Up the Printer 35 M ACINTOSH S ETUP 5. Click the Setup button in the Chooser . 6. In the Setup dialog box, click Auto Setup. The driver will attempt to determine the correct PPD (PostScript Printer Description) file to associate with the printer . 7. In the Printer Descriptions dialog box, select SuperScript 4600 2 (or what ever printer yo[...]

36 SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide P age Set up T o view and change Page Setup settings 1. Select Page Setup from the File menu. 2. A dialog box appears that allows you to select the settings you want. Change the center “Panel” of settings by selecting Page Attributes or PostScript Options from the drop-down menu. 3. Select options and cl[...]

37 CHAPTER 8 UNIX S ETUP S ETTING U P ON A U NIX S YSTEM Here we pr ovide basic instructions for installing the printer on your UNIX system in Solaris 2.x and SCO. For additional information, refer to your operating system administration manuals. Configur ing the IP A ddress on the Pr int er First the SuperScript color laser printer must be assign[...]

38 SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide Adding a SuperScr ipt Color Laser Pr inter t o SCO OpenServer 5.x Log into your system as root. Add the printer ’s IP addr ess you already assigned into the /etc/hosts file. Using lpsystem follow these steps to open a terminal and enter the printer ’s IP addr ess from the command line. A SuperScript 440[...]

39 CHAPTER 9 W EB P RINTING S ETUP O VERVIEW NEC PrintAgent is innovative software that allows you to print over the Internet in two ways, Remote Printing and Pull Printing. PrintAgent is powered by r edipS® Core software, and available just by browsing to your printer ’s home page. Pr intAg ent Remote Pr inting If you are a W indows 95/98 or W [...]

40 SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide R EMOTE P RINTING NEC PrintAgent’s Remote Printing lets you deliver today’s complex, graphic-rich documents in vivid color around the world using the Internet. Syst em Requir ements Y ou must have the following on your computer: • A W indows 95/98 or W indows NT operating system. • Microsoft Internet[...]

Remote Printing 41 W EB P RINTING S ETUP R EMOTE P RINTING 5. During installation, you will be prompted with the Add RedipS Enabled Printer ... dialog box to enter the URL (IP Address or fully qualified DNS name) of your printer . Click Install so it can be added to your system as the default printer (D) . 6. When installation is finished, you ca[...]

42 SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide Get ting Pr inter Status When you send a print job, the PrintAgent Status window opens automatically with status information. The animated printer image reflects printer status. Eyebr ows Mo ving: The Status Monitor and the printer are successfully communicating. Eyebr ows St op, Pr inter Looks Sad: Check t[...]

Remote Printing 43 W EB P RINTING S ETUP R EMOTE P RINTING Pr intAg ent But tons In addition to providing printer status and Help, PrintAgent buttons provide access to the featur es described below . Details Butt on Click this to view more information about the printer . T ray information, emulations, pages per minute, installed memory , and printe[...]

44 SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide Pr intAg ent Pr ogram Menus PrintAgent program menus ar e available two ways. • In W indows 95/98 or W indows NT , press the Start button, select Programs , and NEC PrintAgent System to display PrintAgent commands. • Once you have started PrintAgent, you can click on the PrintAgent icon (the green planet[...]

Remote Printing 45 W EB P RINTING S ETUP R EMOTE P RINTING Add Pr int er Once the PrintAgent software is installed, you can add any SuperScript color laser printer to your system as long as has an accessible IP addr ess. Select Add Printer , enter the URL of the printer and click Install (A) . If you get a message box indicating that the PrintAgent[...]

46 SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide P ULL P RINTING NEC PrintAgent’s Pull Printing capability allows you to pull documents from internet sites or servers. Y ou can also print without running your applications or using a printer driver , thus reducing the CPU cycles r equired for printing. T o do this a Pull Printing server must be set up. If[...]

Pull Printing 47 W EB P RINTING S ETUP P ULL P RINTING 4. The Pull Printing page appears as shown below . 5. Enter a file location in the Browser text field. T o print a local file, type the drive, path and name of the file in the text entry field, or use the Browse button to select a file. The drive and full path must be specified. If the p[...]

48 SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide 6. Click the Set Printer Properties button. 7. The printer driver properties tabs appear . Make any changes in settings here. 8. Click the Print Local File or Print a URL button. The job will be render ed by the Pull Printing server and sent to the printer . Changing Proper ties and Saving Set tings The Set [...]

Pull Printing 49 W EB P RINTING S ETUP P ULL P RINTING Server Stat us The Server Status button on the Server Status page allows you to see the server status queue: print jobs waiting to be processed by the printer . As the mouse pointer passes over the icon of a particular job an information window pops up. If you want to cancel a job, select the j[...]

50 SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide Logon as... The Logon as... button allows another user to log in and print with their user ID so their print jobs can be tracked. r edipS Icon The small redipS icon located on the Pull Printing web page (below the Print Local File button) can change colors. Normally the icon color is green, indicating no err[...]

Pull Printing 51 W EB P RINTING S ETUP P ULL P RINTING Set ting Up a Pull Pr inting Server Server S ystem Requir ements The Pull Printing server must be installed prior to server installation. • A W indows 95/98 or W indows NT operating system. • Microsoft W ord, Excel, and PowerPoint. • The web server included on the SuperScript CD that came[...]

52 SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide 5. Select Sub-components In the Sub-components list, make sure that PrintAgent , Pull Printing Server , and optionally , Secondary File Server are selected and click Continue . Then click Next in the Select Components dialog box. 6. When the P2P-IP Setup dialog box is displayed, click Next . 7. When the Supe[...]

Pull Printing 53 W EB P RINTING S ETUP P ULL P RINTING b. When the Install PostScript Printer from PPD dialog box is displayed, choose for example NEC SuperScript 4400 PS and click Next . c. When the Local Port Selection list is displayed, choose A vailable port and click Next . d. When the Add Printer dialog box is displayed, choose a Printer Name[...]

54 SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide Admin Setup dialog box is displayed, enter the admin login name and password for the web server and click Next . 12. Secondary Server Setup The Secondary Server Setup program starts after the Pull Printing Setup program is finished. 13. When installation is complete, restart W indows. note: Y ou can also in[...]

Pull Printing 55 W EB P RINTING S ETUP P ULL P RINTING Configur ing Server URLs Once the IP addr ess is assigned to the printer , you can go to the printer URL Configuration Page to set URLs for the server(s). 1. Launch your web browser and enter this URL http://<Printer IP Address>/configure.html This displays the printer ’s URL Configu[...]

56 SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide Y ou can find out what file types are curr ently supported by the Pull Printing server by reviewing the kickIE.ini file located in the cgi-bin directory on the Pull Printing Server . If you find other plug-ins for Internet Explore 4.01, you can add the file types supported by the plug-ins to the inetpub[...]

57 APPENDIX A T ROUBLESHOOTING Networ k Printing Pr oblems Use the checklists in this section to identify the cause of network printing problems. If a pr oblem persists, contact NEC Printer T echnical Support at NecT ech’s web site (www .nectech.com) or phone 1-800-632-4650. Check the Pr inter Oper ation V erify that the printer is plugged in, tu[...]

58 SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide T r oubleshooting for NT Serv er If you have a problem printing lar ge files from the Pull Printing server the problem may be that the server “timed out.” If this is the case help can be found by accessing the following URL: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/ articles/Q209/3/91.asp T r oubleshooti[...]

Network Printing Problems 59 T ROUBLESHOOTING NIC/File Server/Pr int er Checklist Check the following to see if the NIC and file server are sending data to the printer . If the NIC cannot log onto the file server , or cannot service jobs from a file server • The network printer is not created on that file server . Use PCONSOLE to create the p[...]

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61 APPENDIX B W EB J ET A DMIN U SING W EB J ET A DMIN If you are using W eb JetAdmin, you must copy certain NEC SuperScript files from the CD that came with your printer to W eb JetAdmin folders so that the NEC SuperScript 4600 (or 4200/4400) will appear properly . Locating the Files (This assumes your CDROM is drive E and your printer is 4600:) [...]

62 SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide Reset ting W eb JetA dmin Discov ery 1. Launch W eb JetAdmin 4.0. 2. In the W eb JetAdmin main page, click on W eb JetAdmin Settings . 3. Click on Modify Discovery Settings on the right side under HP W eb JetAdmin Global Settings . 4. This displays the Discovery Mechanisms page. Scroll down to the Clear Data[...]

Using Web JetAdmin 63 W EB J ET A DMIN 6. Scroll down to the Start New Discovery section and click on the Start! button.Check to see if the Discovery is still in progr ess by clicking on the Discovery Settings button. 7. If it is done, click on the Find Device button, then click on Search Now . 8. When the list of discovered printers is displayed, [...]

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65 APPENDIX C S AFETY I NFORMATION This chapter provides safety information and pr oduct specifications for SuperScript color laser printers. As you operate your printer , please be aware of the following safety considerations. It takes two people to lift this printer and keep it level! Ozone Emission The corona assemblies found in laser printers [...]

66 SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide FCC Statement (For Unit ed States Use Only) Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement. W ARNING! Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the par ty responsible for compliance could void the user ’ s authority to operate the equipment. note: This equip[...]

67 INDEX A Acrobat Reader 55 Apple Printer Utility 9 , 35 AppleTalk 19 , 36 AppleTalk printer name 9 ARP 15 B BOOTPL32 14 C CDRH regulations 65 controller board 6 cookies 50 D defaults restoring 10 , 17 DHCP 16 , 19 driverless printing 39 E emulations configuring 12 Ethernet 1 Excel 46 expansion slot 6 F factory defaults restoring 10 FCC 66 H hardw[...]

68 SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide Kit 5 network printing problems 57 – 59 network settings page 8 , 9 , 20 , 57 , 58 network setup 1 network topologies 2 networking protocols 12 NIC connection 59 installing 5 – 8 resetting 10 status lights 10 NIC status lights normal operations 10 O operator panel IP address 12 ozone safety 65 P password[...]