Printronix Network Interface Card manual

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Network Interface Car d User’ s Manual[...]

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Table of Contents 1 Introducti on ........ ........ ......... ........ ......... .... 17 Overview . ................... ............. ................... ............. .............. 1 7 What Is The NIC?.. .................... ............ .................... ....... 17 What Spec ial Featur es Are A vailable? ......... ............. ....... 18 Log[...]

T a ble of Content s 3 Embedded NIC Web Page . ......... ....... ...... 55 Overview .... ................... ............. .................... ................... .... 55 Configur ation ........... ............. ................... ............. ................. 56 Network C onfiguration ... .................... ............. ................... [...]

Table of Contents 4 Windo ws Co nfigur ation . ....... ........ ....... ..... 93 Overview . ................... ............. ................... ............. .............. 9 3 Windows Envi ronment Descript ion ....... ................... .............. 93 Windows NIC Configur ation ........... ................... ............. ....... 9 4 Mandat[...]

T a ble of Content s 5 Uni x Conf iguratio n ..... ..... ....... ....... ....... ... 1 27 Overview .... ................... ............. .................... ................... .. 1 27 Unix Environme nt Description ........................ ............. ........ 1 27 Unix NIC Configuration ........ ................... ............. ..............[...]

Table of Contents 6 Nov ell Con figurat ion ...... ..... ....... ....... ..... . 155 Overview . ................... ............. ................... ............. ............ 15 5 Novell Env ironment Des cription ..... ............ .................... ..... 155 Novell NIC Configura tion ... ................... ............. .................. 15[...]

T a ble of Content s Referenc ing A Binde ry Queue I n NDS (Netware 3.x , Netware 4 .x, And Netwar e 5.x) . ............... 1 88 RPRINTER/NPRINTER Setup (Netware 3.x , Netware 4 .x, And Netwar e 5.x) . ............... 1 88 NDPS Confi guration (Netware 4.1 1 And Abo ve) ........... 1 91 Troubleshoo ting (10 /100Base-T) ............ ............. ...[...]

Table of Contents 10 AS/400 Configurat ion, ASCII Printer ...... 229 Overview . ................... ............. ................... ............. ............ 22 9 Configuring AS/400 For ASCII Using TCP/IP ................. ..... 231 Configuring Wi th ADDTCPIFC ..................... .................. 23 1 Configuring A Router D efinition Wi th A[...]

T a ble of Content s AS/400 Troub leshooti ng .................... ................... ............. .. 273 Cannot PING The Printe r ............. ............. ................... .. 273 PSF/400 Ter minates Wh en Init ialized ....... ................... .. 273 Spooled Print Fil e Remains In PND Sta tus ............ ........ 2 74 Spooled File s Dis[...]

Table of Contents 14 M onito ring Pr inters . ..... ....... ....... ....... ..... . 301 Implementi ng Printer Manag ement ...... ................... ............ 30 1 Agent/Mana ger Model ............... ............ .................... ..... 301 MIB ..... ................... ............. ................... .................... ..... 302 SNMP ..[...]

T a ble of Content s Downloadi ng Softwar e Through The Network I nterface Card ( NIC) .................. ............. ............... 351 NIC Naming Schemes .......... ............. ................... ............. .. 354 Periodic Ping ................. .................... ................... ............. .. 355 Glos sary . ....... ....... ...[...]

17 1 Intr oduction Overview This chap ter intr oduces y ou to the Ne twork Int erface Card (NIC) archite cture and special fe atures, as well a s providi ng informati on on instal lation an d configu ration too ls. What I s The NI C? The NIC all ows you t o attach pr inters on a local ar ea networ k (LAN) rather th an attachi ng them di rectly to a[...]

Chapter 1 Overview 18 What Sp ecial Feat ures Ar e A vaila ble? NIC offers an extensi ve list of features i ncludin g: • built-i n HTML fo rms for ea sy cro ss-platfor m confi guration • availab ility of remot e manag ement soft ware • a detaile d and easy -to-use c ommand s hell bui lt-in to the firmware • multi-l evel co nfigurat ion secu[...]

What S pecial Featu res Are Av ailable? 19 Logica l Printer Arc hitecture The NIC im plemen ts a logica l printe r arch itecture which give s the system a dminist rator the possib ility to confi gure the p rint serv er to handle and act up on the pri nt data in seve ral ways . When a print job co mes through the prin t serve r, there is a certa in [...]

Chapter 1 Logical Pr inter Architectu re 20 Figure 1. Print Path Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Host Destin ation 4 (d4prn) Desti nation 2 (d2prn) Destin ation 3 (d3prn) Dest inati on 1 (d1prn) Model 1 (m1) Model 2 (m2) Model 3 (m3) Model 4 (m4) Printer Dest inati on 8 (d8prn) Dest inati on 6 (d6prn) Desti nation 7 (d7prn) Desti nation 5 (d5prn) Model 5 ([...]

Destinations/Queues 21 Destinat ions/Queues For ever y I/O port o n NIC, the re is at least one pre-de fined logic al print que ue or des tination to ac cept pr int jobs destined for it. This includes print jobs that are sent direc tly to the I/O port, su ch as port 9100. The se queue o r destinati on names are pre-d efined but can be change d by t[...]

Chapter 1 Logical Pr inter Architectu re 22 5. Log one or all of th e followi ng inform ation as eac h print job passes thr ough the m odel • Job ID an d username • User ID and three messages p er job a bout the start an d finish • Checks um valu e of the data transfer red • Misce llaneous me ssages from the p rinter • Status of the print[...]

Models 23 Interfaces The NIC in terfaces wi th your printe r through a n Etherne t 10/100Bas e-T inter face con nector. Two NIC int erfaces ar e availabl e, dependi ng on the ty pe of control ler board th e printer con tains. S ome prin ters use NICs with dip sw itches and L EDs. Oth er printer s use NIC s that plu g into the Periphe ral Compo nent[...]

Chapter 1 Interfac es 24 10/ 100Ba se-T ADAPTE R The NIC at the rear of t he printe r for the 10 /100Base-T interface has two ind icator lig hts and two DIP s witches, a s shown in Figure 2. NOTE: The Wire less NIC DIP switch fu nctional ity is th e same as the 10/100B ase-T NIC . Figure 2. Status Indicator Lights and DIP Switches 1 2 STAT (System [...]

10/100Base- T 25 Run and Auto Reset Mo des Run mode is the nor mal operatin g state of the NIC. Auto Reset mode is en tered when th e watchdog t imer is trigg ered and the Print Server r esets itse lf. In eithe r mode, th e STAT LED f lashes at a varyin g rate, de pending on whether th e unit IP address is configur ed. The R un Mode and Auto Re set[...]

Chapter 1 Interfac es 26 ETHERN ET Integrat ed NIC Card L ED: Wireless Networ k Indicator WLAN ADAPTE R The wirel ess NIC ha s 2 bi-col or LEDs whi ch can pro duce three colo rs each: gr een, red , and yell ow (green a nd re d combine d). Table 4 shows the STAT LE D states f or var ious syt em condi tions: Table 5 shows the NET LED st ates fo r var[...]

10/100Base- T 27 Table 6 sho ws the NET LED sta tes for var ious net work condi tions when no WLA N card i s found or present. T able 5. Wireles s NIC NET LED St ates WLAN Network Condition NET LED Network-li nk quali ty is good Gr een Network-li nk quali ty is fair Y ellow Network-li nk quali ty is ba d Red Network-li nk not pres ent Off Network-l[...]

Chapter 1 Interfac es 28 DIP Switches ADAP TER, WLAN ADAPTE R On the ba ck of the printer , you will fi nd a smal l window w here you can a ccess two D IP switch es label ed 1 an d 2 (see F igure 2 o n page 24) . The functi ons of the DIP switc hes are ex plained i n Table 7 . NOTE: The DIP swi tches are not mark ed with “on” or “off” labe [...]

Speed Se tting f or 10/100Ba se-T 29 S peed Setting for 10/100Ba se-T When the r outer is set to au to-negoti ation enab le, the fol lowing is the correc t behavior of the NIC wi th each s etting: 1. 10mbps Half Duplex Use paral lel detec tion bec ause the N IC is using force mo de and thus has auto-n egotiatio n disabled. PORs to 10mb ps Half Du p[...]

Chapter 1 Conventions Used In This Manual 30 6. NIC in Auto mode in 10mbps HD e nvironment (det ermined using 10 hd hub) Use auto- negotiati on to the hi ghest co mmon loc al and re mote capab ility, i.e. 100FD in this cas e. PORs to 10HD. Reset s to 10HD. Re connection at swit ch mainta ins 10H D. NOTE: With parall el detection , only spee d can b[...]

Speed Se tting f or 10/100Ba se-T 31 Notes And No tices For yo ur safety and to protec t valuabl e equipme nt, read an d comply with the not es inc luded in this manual . A desc ription fol lows: NOTE: A Note giv es you help ful infor mation an d tips abo ut printe r operation and ma intenanc e. Printr onix Customer Support Center The Printr onix C[...]

Chapter 1 Printronix Customer Supp ort Center 32[...]

33 2 Installation And Configuration Inst allati on The NIC pr ovides an R J-45 co nnecto r for 10/100 Base -T (UTP) networks. Connecting T o The Network To attach the NIC to a ne twork, plu g the net work cabl e into the NIC connecto r. ADAPTE R, WLAN ADAPTE R Watch the LEDs in t he rear of th e printer a s they c ycle through the power-on self-tes[...]

Chapter 2 Configuration Tools 34 Configura tion T ools There ar e two parts to a NIC setup: • Conf igur ing t he NI C so it can be seen on the netwo rk. This involv es network-r elated setti ngs (e.g., an IP addre ss within TCP/IP enviro nments) configured through the b uilt-in command shell, n psh, or f rom the c ontrol p anel. • Config uring [...]

Configuration Using The Control Panel 35 4. Always pr int an E- NET test pag e before performing any updates or network c onfigura tion usin g the foll owing step s: • For P7000 print ers: a. Take the printer off line. Whe n the pri nter LCD r eads “OFFLINE /QUIC K SETUP,” press the up and down arrow keys s imultaneo usly to unlock t he con t[...]

Chapter 2 Configuration Tools 36 • For T500 0e/SL5000 e printers : a. Take the pr inter offli ne. When the printe r LCD rea ds “OFFLINE,” press th e down arrow and ENTE R keys simulta neous ly to unl ock the c ontrol p anel. b. Press the “+” key until “P rinter Te sts” appe ars. Cont inue pressing the “+” key unti l “Print er Te[...]

Configuration Using The Control Panel 37 5. Verify the curren t NIC firmware version n umber. NOTE: Firmware ex ists within the NIC a nd the printe r itsel f. Each firmwar e is a se parate en tity with its own versi on numb er. Please p ay clos e attentio n to the typ e of fir mware referenced in the remaining sections o f this doc ument. The NIC v[...]

Chapter 2 Configuration Tools 38 7. Put the pr inter on line and wait for th e “E-NET RE ADY” message to displ ay on the front pane l. Placing the print er online st arts the NIC IP A ddress and Net mask upda te process. This pr ocess will t ake several m inutes. NOTE: If you do not p ut the p rinter online , the setti ng you ju st entered w il[...]

NIC Verification 39 NIC V er ifi catio n Before pe rforming th e verif ication, yo u must connect t he NIC c ard to the networ k. 1. Print an E-NET tes t page (fo llowing t he steps on page 34) to verify the settin gs you m ade. 2. Verify th e Netmask is co rrect in two locations on th e E-NET test page: • NETWORK INTERF ACES • TCP/IP ROUTING T[...]

Chapter 2 Configuration Tools 40 WLAN ADAP TER, WLAN Wireless NIC Confi gurati on Using The Con trol Panel NOTE: The Acce ss Poin t must be conf igured according to the manufactu rer's ins tallation guide. To configu re Wirel ess NIC card, c onfigure the ether net and wireles s IP add resses s o they ca n be seen on the netwo rk. This include [...]

Wireless NIC Configuration Using The Control Panel 41 • Gateway Add ress This is th e gateway IP address es that have four segmen ts. They are disp layed as SEG1, S EG2, SE G3, and S EG4 whi ch can be set to any va lue in the range of 0 to 255. • DHCP The DHCP o ption all ows you to ob tain ho st server IP addres ses when powering onto the ne t[...]

Chapter 2 Configuration Tools 42 • Operation Mode This is the operation mode o f the wireles s network. The opti ons include “Infrastr ucture” an d “Ad Hoc” modes. Thi s must m atch the Access Point's con figu ratio n. • SSID Name This is the Service S et Iden tifier whic h must be identica l to the Access P oint's SSID name. [...]

Wireless NIC Configuration Using The Control Panel 43 • Ant. Diversity This is u sed to se lect the a ntenna for communi cation. It is recomme nded to se t to "Diverse" for the N IC to dete ct for optim al commu nication . It can al so be set to "Primar y" or "Auxilia ry". • Preamble This is th e preamb le used i n[...]

Chapter 2 Configuration Tools 44 • Default WE P Key The defaul t key must ma tch the Acces s Point's c onfigura tion. If the Access P oint is configured to use "O pen Sys tem", the defaul t key should b e set to 0 . If the Acces s Point is c onfigur ed to use 40-b it or 128-bit WEP enc ryption k ey, the enc ryption k ey must b e se[...]

Wireless NIC Configuration Using The Control Panel 45 LEA P Param eters LEAP is a Cis co wireless securit y scheme. The Ci sco LEAP allows for a WE P key timeo ut that f orces re-au thenticat ion, res ulting in the derivat ion of a new WEP key f or the se ssio n. • Auth Method . This fe ature al lows the us er to sele ct the authentic ation metho[...]

Chapter 2 Configuration Tools 46 Kerbero s Parameters Kerbe ros E nable • Enabl e . Enab le Kerb eros authent ication i n the w ireless network int erface. • Disable (de fault). Disa ble Ke rberos au thenticati on in the wireles s network interfac e. Kerb. Pwd (01–15 ) First 15 cha racters of the Kerbero s password (maximum n umber of charac [...]

Wireless NIC Configuration Using The Control Panel 47 Cloc k Skew (SEC ) Sets the m aximum a llowable amount of ti me in seconds (SEC) or minutes ( MIN), as sp ecified by the Clock Skew Uni ts, that Ker beros authentic ation will to lerate be fore assum ing that a K erberos message is invalid. • Seconds: The range i s 60-90 0, and the d efault is[...]

Chapter 2 Configuration Tools 48 Renew Life Units Renew life time unit in eith er seconds, m inutes, h ours, or da ys. • Seco nds (defaul t) • Minutes • Hours • Days Renew Life (SEC) Sets the maximum allowable amoun t of time in seconds ( SEC), minutes (MIN), ho urs (HR) o r days (D AY), as specified by the Rene w Lif e Units, b efore wa rn[...]

Kerberos Enabled Wireless NIC Configuration 49 st ore i fc 2 wlan defk ey d isa ble| (1-4) stor e ifc 2 wl an key <key -num> < key-seq uence > st ore i fc 2 wl an auth <AUTH- ME THOD > st ore i fc 2 w lan u ser <AUTH- USER-NA ME> st ore i fc 2 w lan p ass <AUT H-PA SSWORD> Refer to pa ge 307 f or the co mplete co mmand[...]

Chapter 2 Configuration Tools 50 3. Once logge d in, use the Teln et comman ds to set up the wireles s LAN para meters (e.g . SSID = 1 03, opera ting mode = Infra Struc ture mod e, etc.) that match the Access P oint configur ation. In additi on to the nor mal wir eless LAN parameter s ettings, use the follo wing comm ands t o enable K erberos o n t[...]

HTML Forms 51 The SSID of the Print Server must be configured to match th e Access Point’s SSID whi ch also has Ker beros enab led. Fo r example, if a Wind ows 2000 use r created t he passwo rd aBcd-12 345 and the Acces s Point’s realm is set to REALM.PRIN TRONIX.C OM, the follo wing te lnet comm ands are used: store kerberos pas sword aBcd-123[...]

Chapter 2 Configuration Tools 52 The NIC HT ML stru cture is divid ed into se veral m enus a s shown i n Figure 3. Figure 3. NIC HTML Structure NOTE: Online hel p is avail able for all HTML pages. Index/ Home Conf igur atio n 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 Ale[...]

HTML Forms 53 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 4 shows the exact state of the pri nter by sho wing th e printer L CD messag e. (This sc reen automatic ally refres hes every minute.) Figure 4 . Printer St atus Screen[...]

Chapter 2 Configuration Tools 54 Conf iguratio n A lter nativ es Besides the HTM L forms a nd softwar e provide d, the NIC internal comm and shell , npsh, c an also b e reache d using Te lnet, Remot e Shell, a nd FTP : Te l n e t A TCP/IP command that helps configu re NIC se ttings remot ely. A TCP/IP h ost star ts a Telne t sessi on with the print[...]

55 3 Embedded NIC We b P a g e Overview The NIC co mes with a n extremel y powerfu l printer man agement tool that allows yo u to monitor, confi gure, and manage both the printer and its pri nt job. The NIC comes with an embedded we b server th at allows System Adminis trators an d users ac cess to its printer man agemen t capabil ities from a stan[...]

Chapter 3 Configuration 56 The embe dded NIC Web serv er gives y ou the abi lity to con figur e the networ k adapter, m onitor pr inter stat us, and to manage pr int jobs. T he NIC Web page struc ture is div ided int o several menus, as shown in Figure 3 on page 5 2 Configura tion The Confi guratio n menu item s all ow you to configur e the setti n[...]

TCP/IP Network 57 • Adminis tration - th is menu i tem allo ws you to define or chang e the print er name, loca tion, des criptio n, etc.. It also al lows yo u to change the root and guest u ser pass words. • System - this me nu item al lows yo u to reboo t the NIC, or restore it s setting s to the fa ctory defau lt. Network Configura t ion The[...]

Chapter 3 Network Con figuration 58 Interface The two e dit fie lds contain the NIC's IP address and sub net mask. The che ck boxes enable the RARP, B OOTP, DH CP, DNS, and Persiste nt DHCP pro tocols, which are a lternate meth ods of assign ing IP add resses. O n most ne tworks, yo u want to enter a permanen t IP addr ess and sub net mask and[...]

802.11b 59 802. 1 1b Network Name Enter the wireless network n ame. Maxi mum lengt h of 32 charac ters. Mode Set the mod e of ope ration fo r the wirel ess device. P seudo, A dhoc, and Manage d are the a vailable s etting s.[...]

Chapter 3 Network Con figuration 60 S p eed Change the select ed bit-ra tes. Choosin g "auto" w ill selec t auto settings even if some o r all of the checkbo xes ar e select ed. To manually choose bit-rates , change spe ed opti on to "user " and check the approp riate c heckbox es. If "user " is sele cted, and no check[...]

Windows Network (NetBIOS TCP/ IP) 61 Default Key Change t he default key numb er used for WEP encr yption. Authen tication Method Select th e desired a uthenticatio n metho d to be use d when commu nicating with an ac cess po int. User Enter a u ser name to b e used whe n authenti cating with an access point. Cur rently o nly used fo r LEAP auth en[...]

Chapter 3 Network Con figuration 62 W orkgroup Nam e This name specifi es which W indows work group the NIC w ill resid e in. Novell Network ADAP TER, WLAN ADAPTE R Novell confi guratio n is suppor ted only on the Ethernet A dapter and Wireles s Adapter. Figure 6. Novell Network Configuration Protocol Defines th e packet structu re of tra nsmitted [...]

Novell Network 63 FrameT ype This op tion deter mines whic h framin g scheme will be u sed in processi ng Novell signal s. The di fferent type s of E thernet pa cket formats i nclude: • Auto Sens ing (the default) • Ethernet II • Ethernet 802. 3 • Ethernet 802. 2 • 802.2 Snap Service T ype Allows y ou to cha nge the Nes t Server. T he opt[...]

Chapter 3 Print Path Configuration 64 Rp ri nt e r Define an R PRINTER s etup so th e NIC knows to servic e a PSERVER.NLM on a Nov ell file server. Defi ne the PS ERVER.NLM name, t he number of the printe r servic ed by the NIC within this PSERVE R.NLM, an d the dest inatio n on the NIC y ou want the print jobs to p ass throug h. Print Path Co nfig[...]

Destination Settings 65 Name Name of the d estin ation. The de fault des tination q ueue names are d1prn, d2p rn, d3prn, d 4prn, d5p rn, d6prn, d 7prn, and d8prn. Back Chann el I/O port to receive printer fee dback wh en a prin t job p asses through this dest ination. By defaul t, all of the p rint queu es star t with no backcha nnel. Services Defi[...]

Chapter 3 Print Path Configuration 66 Selected Model Defines th e mode l configu ration th at is to be as sociat ed with the curr ent des tinati on. T he de fault m odel names ar e m1, m2 , m3, m4, m5, m6, m7 , and m8 . Current Model Settings Figure 8. Print Path Configur ation, Current Model Settings Model T yp e The opti on is avai lable on t he [...]

Current Log Path Settings 67 Header S t ring The optio n is avail able on th e Print M odel web p age. For a descrip tion, se e page 69. Tr a i l e r S t r i n g The optio n is avail able on th e on the Pr int Model web page. For a descrip tion, se e page 69. Printer Configu r ation The optio n is avail able on th e Print M odel web p age. For a de[...]

Chapter 3 Print Model Configura tion 68 Print Model Configuration Figure 10. 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 yp e 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" [...]

Current Log Path Settings 69 Banner Page Tells the Ethernet I nterfa ce to produc e a banner page with each print jo b. The ty pe of banne r page dat a can be te xt. Yo u can also specify whether th e banner page shou ld come a t the front or the end of a pr int job. Fil ter Specify wheth er the Ethe rnet Inter face is to add c arriage retur ns to [...]

Chapter 3 Print Model Configura tion 70 The mos t common sequence s are l isted on t he form: • PCL Reset - tells the printer to rese t itself o nce the da ta comple tes • End of T ransmis sion (EOT ) - tells th e printe r to force the end o f the jo b • Formfeed - tells the printe r to do a formfeed a t the end of the data. Printer Configura[...]

Current Log Path Settings 71 Log P ath Co nfig uratio n Figure 11. Log Path Configuration Name Name of t he log path . The defa ult names ar e l1, l2, l3, l4 , l5, l6, l 7, and l8. Logpath T y pe Define what t ype of log informat ion wil l be track ed for each print job passing through th e associa ted destin ation. T he types are: • job - jo b I[...]

Chapter 3 Log Path Configuration 72 Logp ath Port Define wher e logging information fo r print jobs passing through the associ ated de stinatio n will be reported . The choices are: • prn - rep orted to the P RN port • none - do n't repor t any log ging infor matio n • TCP/IP por t - to a TCP port number (specified in the e dit field) ?[...]

Current Log Path Settings 73 TN525 0/3270 C onfiguration The TN5 250/3270 c onfigu ration f orm allows you to s pecify settings for up to e ight differe nt TN5250/ 3270 ses sions. NOTE: The standar d Printro nix NIC mo dule does not suppo rt TN5250/32 70 protoc ol. Howeve r, the TN 5250/3270 software i s availab le as an o ption you can ord er or a[...]

Chapter 3 TN5250/3 270 Configurat ion 74 Figure 13. TN5250/3270 Configuration, TN3270 Mode Mode Specifi es the TN protoco l mode for the curr ent config uration. Default: TN5250 Host IP Specifi es the IP address or domain name of the host (AS /400 for TN5250) for the cur rent co nfiguration. Default: Unconfig ured (e mpty) host. Port Specifi es the[...]

Current Log Path Settings 75 Resource Nam e (TN 3270 m ode) Spe cifie s the name of the AS/ 400 LU session for the curren t confi guration . The reso urce nam e entered will be the name of the printer device created on the AS/400 hos t for the current s ession. Th e name is limited to 1 0 charac ters in leng th, must start wi th an alph a chara cte[...]

Chapter 3 TN5250/3 270 Configurat ion 76 Device T ype By defau lt, the dev ice type is always s et to IBM. WSCST Name (TN525 0 mode) As declare d on the AS /400 host for the c reated printer device . Default: *N ONE WSC ST Library (TN525 0 mode) As declare d on the AS /400 host for the c reated printer device . Auto Connect Specifi es whether the N[...]

Current Log Path Settings 77 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 NIC. It allo ws you to configur e how SNMP alerts ar e process ed by a SN MP trap manager, a Unix sys log loggi ng daemon , and/or ha ve e-ma il notificat ions sen t. Up to 10 S NMP trap man[...]

Chapter 3 SNMP Configuration 78 Syslog Alert Posting Setting s Figure 15. SNMP Syslog Alert Posting Configuration Specifi es whether alerts from t he enabl ed alert group catego ries for this config uration will be sent to the Un ix syslo g daemon. If this option is enabled , the sys log daemo n IP addr ess mus t be enter ed in the sy slog field in[...]

Current Log Path Settings 79 Specifi es whether alerts fro m the enabl ed alert gro up categor ies for this config uration will be s ent to the specifi ed e-mail addr ess. If this option is enabled, the followi ng infor mation mus t be enter ed: • E-mail Addres s - spe cifies a n e-mail addres s to whic h alert informati on will b e sent • Shor[...]

Chapter 3 SNMP Configuration 80 If the Shor t E-mail format is di sabled, the message will con tain addition al informati on includi ng the device nam e and location, aler t descripti on, alert gr oup, alert s everity level, an d printer s tatus. To test the valid ity of the e-mail address and the S MTP se rver address , enable the Send Test Mes sa[...]

Current Log Path Settings 81 T able 8. Alert Group s and Printer E vent 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 tem Full File Ex ist Hex D ump Mode Half S peed Mode Printer W arm Print Head W arm 2B-T o ner Density T oo High 2C[...]

Chapter 3 SNMP Configuration 82 Media O utput S tacker Full S tack er Jam Time Out S tacker Fu ll T ime Out S tacker Fault Ti me Out S tacker J a m S tacker Fault S tack Ov er Flow S tack Un der Flo w S tacker Fa il S tacker I nterlock Fa il S tacker Not Ready Media P ath Clear Pap er Jam Paper Jam T ime Ou t Paper Ja m Fuser Paper Ja m Exit Cutshe[...]

Current Log Path Settings 83 Marke r Ribbon St all Time Out Ribbon In k Out Ribbon St al l Ribbon Dri ve Shuttle Over S peed Ribbon Fau lt Ribbon De tected Print Head Up Ribbon B roken Ribbon L oad Bad Ribbon T ake-up Full 2A-t Cot(er)77511.7Cot(er)48.7nFaCo l t[...]

Chapter 3 SNMP Configuration 84 NOTE: Not all of the alert s are avai lable on all of the p rinters. Th e alerts available f or monito ring will 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 T [...]

System Inform ation 85 Adminis tration Configuration The Admini stratio n Config uration for m is brok en down into general print se rver-r elated se ttings and passw ord secur ity. System Informatio n Figure 18. Administration Configuration, System Information The Syste m Informat ion form allows you to speci fy the foll owing informati on about t[...]

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System Inform ation 87 Email Defines th e user emai l addres s to recei ve printer and job l ogging information from log paths on th e NIC. Default: Unc onfigured ( empty). SMTP Ser ver Specifi es the IP addres s or dom ain n ame of the SMTP s erver to be used for proces sing email mess ages genera ted by the NIC. Default: Unc onfigured ( empty). D[...]

Chapter 3 Administration Configuration 88 Passwords Figure 19. Administration Configuration, Pa sswords Only a user with r oot priv ileges ca n alter th e NIC's sett ings. Guest users can only view se ttings but canno t alter th em. Both ty pes o f users can be as signed p assword s. To chan ge a pass word, typ e in the old pa ssword in the &q[...]

Kerberos Configuration 89 System Configuratio n Figure 20. System Configuration The Syste m Configur ation form a llows yo u to chang e the NIC 's operation mode. Sel ect "Reb oot" to re-p ower the p rint server . Select " Default" to reset th e print serv er and ha ve it com e up with factory defa ult settings . Secur ity [...]

Chapter 3 Security Conf iguration 90 Print Server Setting s • Print Se rver Na me – Th e Print Server na me is used in the KDC dat abase and can be configured in the Ad ministr ation page. I f this name i s change d, the corr espondin g name in t he KDC dat abase mus t be chan ged acco rdingly to match it. Defau lt: “< prod>_ xxxxx x”[...]

Credentials Informat ion 91 • Tic ket L ife time – The ma ximu m time allowe d before t he Print Server i s require d to get a ne w ticket. Default: 432 00 secon ds Cre dential s Informat ion This s ection di splays the Pri nt Server ’s pri ncipal a nd its Ke rberos ticket cre dentials after the Print Serve r has authen ticated wi th the Acce[...]

Chapter 3 Status - Network 92 NOTE: You cannot c ancel a print jo b with an IP DS Emula tion. Do not c lick the Ca nce l icon. The print er’s buf fer size m ay not allow you to monitor the real tim e status of th e printe r and the p rint job at the sam e time. T he status feedbac k to th e host u sually reads “printer idle” u nless the prin [...]

93 4 W indows Configuration Overview This chap ter detai ls a com plete Win dows con figurati on setup includi ng: • Identifyi ng the NIC on the networ k using TC P/IP as the underlying protocol • Configuring the NIC with i ts mandat ory TCP/IP settings (IP addr ess and subnet ma sk) • Configuring a new prin ter on the Windows station Wi ndow[...]

Chapter 4 Windows NIC Configur ation 94 Wi ndows NIC Config uration The IP a ddress and subnet ma sk are mandatory T CP/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 met hods fo r configur ing your NI C in a Win dows enviro[...]

Configuration Using ARP 95 3. U se the arp command to a dd an entr y into the Windows statio n ARP table for the NIC. This is the most common synta x for this co mmand: Syntax: arp -s ipaddress ethernetaddress 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 NIC using I P address 192.75.11.9 and [...]

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Changing Workgroup Names 97 3. Click on th e SUBMIT button wh en done an d physi cally repow er the print server to make the new settin gs take effec t. Changing W orkgroup Names Windows environ ments define group s of re lated co mputers as “workgrou ps.” By de fault, “WO RKGROUP” is the na me that is assigne d to the NIC workgroup . Howev[...]

Chapter 4 Windows NIC Configur ation 98 Changing De stination Na mes When defi ning som e printers within Win dows envir onments, th e NIC requi res that you specify a predefin ed destin ation rat her than any name y ou would like. For example , when crea ting a new printer under W indows NT, a screen similar to Figure 2 1 displa ys. Figure 21. Win[...]

Changing Destination Names 99 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 station and dire ct it to the URL: http:// NICIPaddress /destConf.html (e.g., http://192.75.11.9/networkConf.html ). NOTE: If prompte d for a “Use r ID” and pa ssword fir st,[...]

Chapter 4 Windows Host Configuration 100 Windo ws Host Configuration This sec tion cover s Windows 2000, Win dows NT, Windows Millenn ium, Win dows 95/98, Windows 3.1, and Pr intron ix Printi ng System (PPS) ne w printer s etups. Wi ndows NT 4.0 Host Setup This ins tallation proced ure assume s that the N IC adapte r is configur ed with th e correc[...]

Windows NT 4.0 Host Setup 101 5. Double-c lick LPR Port . If L PR Port is not listed, th e Microsoft TCP/IP P rinting se rvice is no t install ed. To install the Mic rosoft TCP/IP Pri nting servi ce, refer to “Installing M icrosoft TCP/IP Printin g” on pag e 125. 6. Enter the IP address of the NIC in th e Name or address of server providing lpd[...]

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Windows NT 4.0 Host Setup 103 12. Determ ine if the printer is shared with ot her network users. If i t is shar ed, sele ct the s hare na me and oper ating system (s) of the othe r workstat ions that may use t his printe r. 13. Click Ne xt . 14. Click Finish . Pr inting a test page is reco mmende d. If you have any prob lems durin g or after instal[...]

Chapter 4 Windows Host Configuration 104 Wi ndows XP/2000 Host Setup This ins tallation proced ure assume s that the N IC adapte r is configur ed with th e correct IP addre ss, subn et mask and gateway (if requi red). In addi tion, the a dminist rator can “ ping” and Telnet to the NIC adapte r from the server co nsole. If th is is not the c ase[...]

Windows XP /2000 Host Setup 105 6. Click Creat e a new po rt and sel ect Standard TCP/IP Port from the p ull down m enu. 7. Click Next . The Add Standar d TCP/IP Printer P ort Wizar d disp lays. 8. Click Next .[...]

Chapter 4 Windows Host Configuration 106 9. Input the pr inter name or IP add ress in the “ Printer Name o r IP Addres s” field. Cl ick Next . NOTE: By defau lt, the Port N ame value is iden tical to t he Print er Name or IP Address. 10. Se lect Custom and click Settings... .The Configure Stand ard TCP/IP P ort Moni tor dialog box opens .[...]

Windows XP /2000 Host Setup 107 11. Comple te the Por t Settings tab as de sired: • Raw . (The defa ult.) Mak e sure “Ra w” is s elected i n the “Protocol ” field. Lea ve the se tting at 91 00 (the de fault) in the “Raw S ettings Por t Number” fi eld. • LPR . T o select the LPR set ting, cl ick LPR in the “Protoco l” field. In l[...]

Chapter 4 Windows Host Configuration 108 12. Clic k N ext . 13. Clic k Finish . The Add Pri nter Wiza rd window appears.[...]

Windows XP /2000 Host Setup 109 14. Click Ha ve Disk . NOTE: If you do n ot have the printer dr iver files, go to www.printronix.co m to download the files. 15. Click Br owse and locate the files . NOTE: The figure above sh ows the in stallati on of th e P5000 printer driver.[...]

Chapter 4 Windows Host Configuration 110 16. Clic k the nec essary pr inter under Printers . NOTE: By defau lt, the printe r you s elected a ppears as the printer name. 17. Clic k N ext .[...]

Windows XP /2000 Host Setup 111 18. Click S hare as , then Next . 19. Ent er informat ion in the Locat ion and Comment fiel ds as necessa ry, then click Next . 20. Click Ne xt to print a test page .[...]

Chapter 4 Windows Host Configuration 112 21. Clic k Finish . If you have any proble ms during o r after install ation, se e “Windows NT 4.0 Or 2000 Host S etup Proble ms” on p age 125.[...]

Windows XP /2000 Host Setup 113 22. If the Di gital Si gnature No t Found dial og box op ens, click Y es to continu e the ins tallation . The Curre nt Emulat ion dialo g box opens. 23. If nece ssary , select the emulati on you wa nt to in stall an d click OK . 24. Click OK to confirm correct pr inting.[...]

Chapter 4 Windows Host Configuration 114 Wi ndows NT 3.51 Host Setup To co nfig ure a new pr inter on a Windows N T 3. 51 sta tion: 1. Open the Control P anel. 2. Double click Print ers . 3. Sele ct C reate a Print er from the Printe r menu to displa y the dialogue box in Fi gure 22. Figure 22. Create a Printer Dialogue Box 4. Define a na me to rep[...]

Windows NT 3.51 Host Setup 115 6. Select LPR Port fr om the list that displ ays, and click OK to bring up a dialogu e box si milar to the one in Figur e 23. Figure 23. Add LPR Compatible Printer Dialogue Box 7. Type in the IP addres s or ho st name of t he NIC in the first fi eld. 8. Type in the n ame of a pre defined des tination /queue on the NIC[...]

Chapter 4 Windows Host Configuration 116 Wi ndows Me or 9x Host Setup To conf igure a new p rinter o n a Windo ws 9x stati on: 1. Sele ct Start Set tings Printers . 2. Double click the Add Printer icon. 3. Sele ct Network Printe r from the secon d window of the Add Printer wi zard that l oaded. 4. At the next win dow, click Browse to he lp fill in [...]

Prin tro nix P rint ing Syst em (PPS) H ost Setup 117 There sho uld now be a new prin ter ico n within the P rinters fo lder. This ne w network pr inter reli es on NetB IOS over TCP/IP a s the underlying protocol t o print to the NIC. Printronix Printing System (PPS) Host Setup Printr onix Prin ting Sys tem is a direct soc ket prin ter port fo r Wi[...]

Chapter 4 Windows Host Configuration 118 11. Clic k the Other butt on. 12. Clic k TCP/IP Printer Port wi thin the Other list. 13. At the next dial og box tha t displa ys, fill i n the host n ame or IP address o f the NIC in t he first fie ld. 14. Fill i n a vali d TCP po rt number on the NIC in th e second field. The choice is 4400 or 9100 for PRN.[...]

Technical Suppor t 119 The mos t common p rint method o ffered wi th Windows T CP stac ks is L PR/L PD, a mult i-platf orm remo te pri nting p rot ocol used on everyth ing from PCs to mainfram es. The LPR print s etup is v ery simp listic , in volvin g only tw o para meters: 1. NIC IP addr ess. The IP a ddress or host name of the pr int server to w[...]

Chapter 4 Windows T roubleshooting Tips 120 NIC Cannot Be Found On The Network Please follow these tips to determine what the pr oblem may be with your NIC configur ation. • Have you assign ed the NIC a u nique a nd valid IP addre ss which cor responds wi th the ot her IP addr esses on y our network? For exam ple, are you sur e no oth er device i[...]

Errors Occur W hen Defining An LPR Printer 121 Errors O ccur When Defini ng An LPR Printer • Can you ping the NIC from your Window s NT sta tion? If not , please refe r to “NIC C annot Be Fou nd On The Ne twork” on page 120. • Did you s pecify the co rrect IP address or host name for the NIC in the f irst field of the “A dd LPR Comp atibl[...]

Chapter 4 Windows T roubleshooting Tips 122 Printer Errors When Printing O r No Output • Is there a lar ge job curre ntly printi ng which is taking up all of the printer resources ? Usuall y when pr inting fr om Windo ws 95/98 stations , a busy printe r can cause Wind ows to displ ay a printer error me ssage. T his is because it demand s imm edia[...]

TCP/IP Acc ess Problem 123 To add/de lete a TCP acce ss list entry, refe r to “T CP Acce ss List s” on page 347 . 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, WLAN ADAPTE R To reset a ll Adapte r or Wirele [...]

Chapter 4 Windows T roubleshooting Tips 124 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 valu es. ETHERN ET , WLAN To reset all Integrated NIC TCP/IP val ues to the factory def aults when acc ess is im possibl e, contac t your Printr onix s ervice represent ativ[...]

Windows NT 4.0 Or 2 000 Host Se tup Proble ms 125 Wi ndows NT 4.0 Or 2000 Ho st Setup Problems The inst allation procedur e covered e arlier in this ch apter as sumes that the NIC ad apter is configu red with the c orrect IP add ress, subnet mask and ga teway (i f requir ed), and t hat the admi nistra tor can ping and telnet to the NIC adapte r fro[...]

Chapter 4 Windows T roubleshooting Tips 126 The Eth ernet c able is no t plugged in or t he print er is not turned on. This message i s a comm unication fa ilure b etween the NT/2000 ser ver and th e NIC. Check cabling , IP addres s settings, ga teway, etc . • Test page d oes not pr int or prints incorrect ly: 1.Is the printer online? Re -send te[...]

127 5 Unix Configuration Overview This chap ter detai ls a com plete U nix setu p includ ing: • Configuring the NIC with i ts mandat ory TCP/IP settings (e.g., IP a ddress and subnet ma sk). • Configuring the Unix h ost stati on with a ne w printer. Unix Environment Desc ription The NIC su pports n etwork pri nting unde r various T CP/IP enviro[...]

Chapter 5 Unix NIC Configuration 128 Unix NIC Configuration There ar e mandator y settin gs needed before th e print ser ver can be detecte d on the ne twork, as well as so me additi onal optio nal settings. Thi s section offers al ternative methods fo r config uring your NI C and mentions some o f the m ore co mmon opti onal se ttings availab le. [...]

Using ARP 129 2. Find the Ethernet add ress fo r the NIC by pr inting a configur ation or reading it f rom the c ontrol p anel. It must be entered as p art of thi s procedur e. 3. U se the arp command to a dd an en try into the Unix sta tion ARP table for this NIC. Here is t he most commo n syntax for thi s comma nd: arp -s ipaddress ethernetaddres[...]

Chapter 5 Unix NIC Configuration 130 3. U nder th e Subnet Mask hea ding, enter the NIC su bnet ma sk. NOTE: If you would l ike to comm unicate with the NIC fro m across routers, y ou will need to fil l in an en try within t he “Routin g” sect ion. Plea se see “ Commun icating Ac ross Ro uters” on page 132 fo r furthe r details. 4. Click t [...]

Using BOOTP 131 4. Try to ping t he NIC IP address from a local Unix sta tion t o see if it can be seen on your networ k. NOTE: You will only be a ble to com municate with the NIC from a network stat ion on the same sub net as the p rint se rver. The NIC needs to be to ld about a defa ult router /gateway s o any packets that come in from a differen[...]

Chapter 5 Unix NIC Configuration 132 2. Turn th e NIC on so that it immediate ly sends o ut a BOO TP request . Wait one minute to allow t he IP addres s assi gnment process to comple te. You should s ee the STA T LED (on t he NIC interf ace) slow d own, indic ating it knows abo ut an IP address to use. 3. Try to ping the NIC IP add ress from a ne t[...]

Manual S ystem V Hos t Setup 133 2. At the Ne twork Configuration HTML form that display s, click the first fie ld below Gateway and type in the IP addre ss of the default ro uter/gate way for th e NIC subne t. 3. Click Submit when don e and p hysically rep ower the p rint server to make sure the new set ting is in e ffect. Unix Host Configuratio n[...]

Chapter 5 NIC Installation on HP-UX 134 NIC Inst allation on HP-UX LPR is su pported i n HP/UX Vers ion 9.0 and g reater. 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 BSD interfac e file “rmode l” will be used. Syntax: lpshut lpadmin -pqueue_name - mrmodel -v/dev/null -or[...]

Manual S ystem V Hos t Setup 135 Solaris 2.6 – 7 NIC Setup NOTE: Requires S uperuser p rivil 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 NIC ada pter must be placed in th e /etc/hos ts file. Syntax: lpadmin -p [queue_ name] -v /dev/null lpadmin -p [queue_ name] -i /usr/lib/lp/model/ ne[...]

Chapter 5 SCO S etup 136 The defa ult NIC queu e name is d1prn, howev er, the na me can be changed. To verify the queue name, pri nt an E-Net T est Pag e or telnet to th e adapter and run a “list dest” command . NOTE: Depending on the she ll, precee d the ! cha racter with a to avoid s hell script errors. SCO Setup 1. Login as a root or admin[...]

Manual S ystem V Hos t Setup 137 Type i to install and press Enter or Re turn. The ad dition al prompts dis play. Now type y and pres s Enter or Ret urn. y allows y ou 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 [...]

Chapter 5 SCO S etup 138 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 displays: Type r for a remote pr inter an d press E nter or Retur n. The followin g prompt d isplays: Remote printing configu ration Enter i nformatio n for re mote prin ters or lo cal printe rs accept ing remot[...]

Manual S ystem V Hos t Setup 139 Type in the ho st name as configured in teh /etc/h osts file . 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 pri nter name ( q to quit): d1prn Is d1prn a rem[...]

Chapter 5 SCO S etup 140 Type y and pres s Enter or Return. The follow ing prompt displ ays: Remote printing configu ration Enter i nformatio n for re mote prin ters or lo cal printe rs accept ing remote p rinting reques ts 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 n[...]

Manual S ystem V Hos t Setup 141 Type n and p ress Ente r or Return . The following 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 pri nter name ( q to quit): d1prn Is d1prn a remote p rinter or a local printer (r/ l)? r Please en[...]

Chapter 5 SCO S etup 142 If it is t he system d efault, then all jobs s ubmitted w ithout a printer na me will g o to this p rinter. If i t is not the system def ault, 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 comm and to te s[...]

Manual LPR/LPD Host Setup 143 Manual LPR/LPD Host Setup The NIC also s upports Un ix opera ting syst ems whic h follow a BS D print syste m (e.g., Sun OS 4.1.x) . This means a printca p file is used to define a ll prin ters ava ilable on th e host, and inter face scripts are not commo nly used . Instead, LPR/LPD pr inters ar e defined. To manua lly[...]

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NIC Configuration for AIX 4 145 6. Enter the following Remote pr inter setti ngs: Local Filtering 1. Enter smit ty mkvirprt . 2. Add a Re mote Print Queue. 3. Set the type of Rem ote Prin ting to Local Fi ltering... 4. Set the Printer Ma nufactur er to IBM . 5. Set the Printer T ype to IBM 4202 . IMPORT ANT You must change the printe r emulation to[...]

Chapter 5 SCO S etup 146 T rouble shooting This ins tallation proced ure assume s that the N IC adapte r is configur ed with th e correct IP addre ss, subn et mask, and gateway (if requi red). In addi tion you ca n also ping and telnet to the NI C adapter. To verify th e NIC settings , print an E -net Test Page by doing th e followin g: • (P5000,[...]

Printing From AIX 147 Prin ting From AI X Versio n 4.0 and high er of AI X offer s LPR/LPD suppor t for network printing . This mean s, to set up a new printer un der this operatin g system, you on ly need t o define the se two parameters : 1. NIC IP addr ess. The IP a ddress or host name of the pr int server to whi ch you wa nt to print. 2. NIC de[...]

Chapter 5 SCO S etup 148 8. Change the mode to corresp ond with the type of fi le you ar e going to p rint. By de fault, ASC II is set for text-only files, but i f you ne ed to prin t both text an d graphi cs, sele ct binar y using t he bin command . 9. Place the file t o be prin ted wit hin this directory on the NI C, so it can b e spooled and pri[...]

NIC Cannot Be Found On The Network 149 Unix T roubleshooting Ti p s This sec tion prov ides in formatio n on poss ible sol utions t o some standa rd configur ation er rors. If y ou require technic al suppo rt, please ha ve as mu ch of t he followi ng informati on avail able when you ca ll: 1. What lev el of softw are are you runn ing? 2. What type [...]

Chapter 5 Unix Troubleshooting Tips 150 Nothing Print s • Can you ping th e NIC from y our Unix stat ion? If not, please refer to “NIC Cann ot Be Found O n The Network” shown abov e. • Is the NIC a ble to com municate with the at tached prin ter? To test this , you ca n: 1. Telnet to the print s erver (e.g., telnet 192. 75.11.9 ) and log i [...]

Stair-Ste pped Output 151 S tair-S tepped Out put Stair-ste pped ou tput is pri nt which st arts at the top left of the page but ever y line t hereafter s tarts a li ttle furth er over to the righ t. It also refers to Un ix jobs that prin t one line of text at the top of a page followed b y a series of blank pa ges. This kind of output h appens on [...]

Chapter 5 Unix Troubleshooting Tips 152 No Form Feed Or Extra Page Comes Out Unix tex t jobs may a lso have problem s outputti ng the las t page of a job espe cially when the B SD Remote ( LPD) prin t method is used . This mean s the form feed button has to be pr essed o n the printer to get this last page out. To make thi s proces s automati c, te[...]

TCP/IP Acc ess Problem 153 To add/de lete a TCP acce ss list entry, refe r to “T CP Acce ss List s” on page 347 . 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, WLAN ADAPTE R To reset a ll Adapte r or Wirele [...]

Chapter 5 Unix Troubleshooting Tips 154 9. At the system promp t, enter: store tcpip from defau lt config http on reset NOTE: This will r eset all TCP/IP s ettings to fact ory defau lt and reset the NIC . 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 valu es. ETH[...]

155 6 Novell Configuration Overview ADAPTE R, WLAN ADAPTE R This chap ter appli es to the Adapter a nd WLAN A dapter NIC and details a c omplete Nov ell set up, includi ng: • Identifyi ng the NIC on the networ k. • Configuring the NIC wi th its mandat ory pri nt setup s ettings. • Configuring a new prin t queue on the fil e server. For inf or[...]

Chapter 6 Novell NIC Configuration 156 Novell NIC Configuration ADAP TER, WLAN ADAPTE R Mand atory Under al l Novell environme nts, the NIC does not r equire any network settings to make i t visible on the networ k. Simply plug it in to your netw ork and p ower it on. Ho wever, with a new print queue setup on a Novell fil e server, the re can be ma[...]

Using HTML Forms 157 • Preferr ed File S erver . In a bindery setup, t his spe cifies the file server th at the print s erver 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 158 3. At the “Adminis tration Co nfiguration ” HTML fo rm that di splays, highlig ht the fiel d beside the “Name” h eading and type in t he new nam e of the pr int serve r. 4. Click Submit when done a nd physi cally repower the printer to make the new settin g take effect. Novell Host Co nfiguration ADAP[...]

NetWar e Version 3.x PSERVE R Setup 159 9. Type the nam e of the NIC when pr ompted for a print se rver name, and p ress ENT ER when don e. The de fault is M_x xxxxx or M3 02_xxx xx for the Wireless Adapter, whe re xxxxxx represents the last s ix digits o f the NIC addr ess found o n the config uration pr intout or control panel se ttings und er Et[...]

Chapter 6 Novell Host Configuration 160 25. Repower the printer . 26. Wait two minutes and then s elect P rint Queue I nformation from the PCONSOL E Main Menu. 27. Sele ct this new queue from the m enu tha t displa ys. 28. Se lect Cur rently A ttached Se rvers to se e which pr int serv er is servici ng this queue. At this p oint, the NI C name (e. [...]

NetWare Vers ion 3.x RPRINTER Setup 161 2. Store the RPRINTER se ttings on the NIC. This wil l refer to a n existin g PSERVER.NL M on the file serv er or to on e that you will create later i n these s teps. Syntax: store rprinter add PSERVERname printer number NICdestination An examp le for an RPRINTER servicing p rinter 0 of the PSER VER.NLM call [...]

Chapter 6 Novell Host Configuration 162 16. Ass ign a name (if not an ex isting pr inter) to th is prin ter. 17. Se lect R em ote Ot her/ Unk now n at the Type fiel d. 18. Clic k Escape to save the c hanges. 19. Clic k Escape until you are ba ck at the Print Ser ver Configuration menu. 20. Se lect Q ueues Serv iced by Printer to di splay a lis t of[...]

NetWare Version 4 .x and 5.x P SERVER Set up 163 NetW are V ersion 4. x and 5 .x PSER VER Setup NIC dest inations are case s ensitiv e and wil l not be r ecognized if they are typed i ncorrect ly. By d efault, the y are all lowe r case . If you are setting up a NetW are 4 or 5 enviro nment, the d estina tion must be rename d to upp ercase to match [...]

Chapter 6 Novell Host Configuration 164 14. Type i n the name o f one o f the defaul t destinat ions on th e unit for the Na me field, a nd go to the Type field. 15. Pres s ENTER a t this fie ld and se lect Defined Elsewhere . If Defined E lsewhere is not avai lable, c hoose Pa rallel . 16. Press ENTER o n the Print Q ueues A ssigned fi eld. 17. Cl[...]

NetWare Version 4 .x and 5.x P SERVER Set up 165 npsh unitname Starts a Telnet-lik e session with the named print server, a llowing you to configu re, monitor , and troublesho ot the unit with the buil t-in comma nd set. npsh unitname comm and Initiates a single command with gues t access o nly to the unit instead o f enter ing into a complete sess[...]

Chapter 6 Novell Host Configuration 166 NetW are V ersion 4. x and 5 .x RPRINTER Setup NIC can b e configu red to s ervice b oth RPRI NTER, NDS mo de, an d PSERVER, bin dery mo de. Use the fol lowing pro cedure to set up an RPRINTER form of attachmen t on a 4. x or 5 .x server : 1. NIC require s a bindery server log in on the 4. x or 5 .x as the fi[...]

NetWare Versi on 4.x a nd 5.x RPRINTER Setup 167 3. At a 4. x or 5 .x co nsole se ssion, i f a pser ver.nlm sessi on is already running for Fin_Q, fi rst unload it, then r eload it t o find the new o bjects, or simp ly issue load pserver Fin_Q . If yo u ar e suc cessfu l, th e pri nt serv er consol e screen wi ll show a “printer status” option.[...]

Chapter 6 Novell Troubleshooting Tips 168 7. If you add , delete, or change RPRINTER entries on N IC or 4. x or 5 .x consol e, you sh ould always unload an d reload the pserve r.nlm mo dule to regi ster the chang es. The NIC c an be configur ed and r eady befo re the ps erver.n lm is rel oaded, or NIC can be reset aft er pserve r.nlm is reload ed. [...]

NetWar e 3.x – No PSERVER Connection 169 NetW a re 3. x – No PSER VER Connection • Was the NI C power cy cled after the PCONS OLE st eps were completed ? This wil l make th e print ser ver boot up and real ize which pr int queue a nd file s erver it n eeds to service. • Is the N IC already s ervicin g a queue o n anothe r file serv er? If s[...]

Chapter 6 Novell Troubleshooting Tips 170 NetW a re 4. x and 5. x - No PSERVER Connection • Was the NIC power c ycled after the PCON SOLE steps were complete d? This will make the print server boot up a nd reali ze which prin t queue and file s erver it needs to s ervice. • Is the NIC a lready servici ng a queue o n anoth er file serv er? If so[...]

171 7 Novell Configuration For 10/100Base-T Interfaces Overview ADAPTE R, WLAN ADAPTE R This chap ter appli es to the Adapter a nd WLAN A dapter NIC , and provide s additional informa tion for Novell en vironments using t he 10/100Bas e-T inter face, inc luding: • NIC Configuration. This se ction include s set ting the preferred file serv er, set[...]

Chapter 7 Novell NIC Configurat ion (10/100Base-T ) 172 Novell NIC Configur ation (10/100 Base-T) ADAP TER, WLAN ADAPTE R There ar e no mandat ory Nov ell 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 ettings n eeded b efore a No vell pr int queue can be serv iced by the NIC. [...]

Preferred File Server (NDS and Bindery Se tups) 173 Adding Preferred File Server HTML Metho d 1. Load a Web browser on a network station that can communic ate with the pr int server over TCP/IP. 2. Direct your W eb brows er to URL: http:// NICIPaddress /networkConf.html (e.g., http://192.75.11.9/networkConf.html ). NOTE: If prompted for a User ID a[...]

Chapter 7 Novell NIC Configurat ion (10/100Base-T ) 174 Removi ng P ref err ed Fil e Se rver HTML Metho d 1. Load a Web 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:// NICIPaddress /networkConf.html (e.g., http://192.75 .11.9/networkConf.html ). NOTE: If prompt[...]

Setting P assword Sec urity (NDS And Binde ry Setups) 175 Setting Password Secu rity (NDS And Bindery Set up s) Besides the gener al secu rity meas ures, a Nove ll setup provid es further pas sword security . A password c an be set on the NIC a nd within yo ur PCONS OLE or Net ware Ad ministra tor setup so that when the NIC tr ies to log in to the [...]

Chapter 7 Novell NIC Configurat ion (10/100Base-T ) 176 Print Server Setu p - HTML Metho d 1. Load a Web 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:// NICIPaddress /networkConf.html (e.g., http://192.75 .11.9/networkConf.html ). NOTE: If prompted fo r a User [...]

Adjusting Polling Time (NDS And Bindery Setups ) 177 Adjusting Polling Time (NDS And Bindery Set up s) To set the po ll time t he NIC will use when che cking for n ew jobs under a P SERVER setu p: Netware 4. x and 5. x 1. Log in to Netware Adm inistr ator as a user with secur ity equal to Admi n on your N ovell host. 2. Double click on th e printer[...]

Chapter 7 Novell NIC Configurat ion (10/100Base-T ) 178 6. Select t he printe r for whic h you wis h to alter the poll tim e, and press ENTER . 7. Change the Sampling Interva l to the desir ed numbe r (in seco nds). NOTE: You may also wan t to ch ange the “ Servi ce mode for form s” to “Change for ms as needed.” If yo u do not do this, the [...]

Changing The NIC Name (NDS And Bindery Setups) 179 HTML Meth od 1. Load a Web browser on a network station that can communic ate with the pr int server over TCP/IP. 2. Direct your W eb brows er to URL: http:// NICIPaddress /adminConf.html (e.g., http://192.75.11.9/adminConf.html ). NOTE: If prompted for a User ID a nd passwo rd, type in root for th[...]

Chapter 7 Novell NIC Configurat ion (10/100Base-T ) 180 Changing The NIC Frame T ype (NDS A nd Bindery Set up s) The NIC al lows yo u to sto re a partic ular fram e type for the unit t o adhere to in a Nove ll envi ronment. HTML Method 1. Load a Web brow ser on a network sta tion tha t can communi cate with the p rint server ov er TCP/IP. 2. Direct[...]

Changing The NIC Mode (NDS And Bindery Setups) 181 Changing The NIC Mode (NDS And Bindery Set up s) The NIC al lows you to s tore a pa rticular mod e for the unit to operate i n. This wil l be eith er NDS, Bind ery, or aut osense. I f you use autos ense, the NIC will first a ttempt to log in to an NDS f ile server an d, if it fails , will try to lo[...]

Chapter 7 Novell NIC Configurat ion (10/100Base-T ) 182 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, type in root for the I D and pres s ENTER at th e passwor d promp t (since ther e is no p assw ord by de fault) . 2. You shou ld se e a prompt with the NIC IP addre ss: ipa[...]

Setting The NIC Preferr ed NDS Tree (NDS Setups) 183 Man ual (T elnet) Method 1. Telnet to the pr int serv er: telnet ipaddress NOTE: If prompted for a User ID a nd passwo rd, type in root for the ID an d press EN TER at th e password prom pt (s ince there is no passwor d by defau lt). 2. You shoul d see a p rompt with the NIC IP addr ess: ipaddres[...]

Chapter 7 Novell Host Configuration (10/100Base -T) 184 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, type in root for the I D and pres s ENTER at th e passwor d promp t (since ther e is no p assw ord by de fault) . 2. You shou ld se e a prompt with the NIC IP addre ss: ipa[...]

NDS P SERVER Se tup (Net ware 4.x/5.x ) 185 NDS PSERVER Setup (Netware 4. x /5. x ) There are a number of ways to configur e the NIC fo r use in a Novell NDS PSERV ER se tup. These i nclude u sing the MPAdmin snap-in for Netwar e Admini strator, using g eneric print se rver obje cts in Netware Ad ministr ator, or by using P CONSOL E. The fo llowing[...]

Chapter 7 Novell Host Configuration (10/100Base -T) 186 In NDS, a printer o bject can only be attach ed to on e print ser ver object a t a given time, beca use Nove ll uses the prin ter object to represent a phy sical pr inter. A physi cal prin ter ca n only b e attache d to one par allel or s erial p ort at a time . Thus, i f you assi gn a prin te[...]

Bindery P SERVER Setu p (Netware 3.x, Netwar e 4.x, And Ne tware 5.x) 187 19. Type the name fo r the print server i n the Print Server name field. By default, th e name is “M_xxxx xx” where “ xxxxxx ” equals th e last six digits of the print ser ver’s Eth ernet add ress (e.g., “M_091C1A ”). NOTE: The name you use here must ma tch the [...]

Chapter 7 Novell Host Configuration (10/100Base -T) 188 Referenc ing A Binde ry Que ue In NDS (Net ware 3. x , Net ware 4. x , And Netwa re 5. x ) If you woul d like to r eference a Bindery qu eue whe n you perform your P SERVER setu p in NDS, y ou must c reate a PS ERVER obj ect for the NIC on the file server wh ere the Bi ndery q ueue resi des. T[...]

RPRINTER/ NPRINTER S etup (Netw are 3.x, Netw are 4.x, An d Netware 5 .x) 189 The foll owing step s assu me that you have cr eated a P SERVER object in Netware 3. x , Netware 4. x , or Netware 5. x and ha ve assigne d printers and queue s to it . If you have not alrea dy done this, do it no w. The setup is simila r to creati ng a PSER VER setup for[...]

Chapter 7 Novell Host Configuration (10/100Base -T) 190 7. Repeat ste ps 4 thro ugh 6 for each additio nal pri nter you woul d like to have ser viced. 8. Click SUBMIT whe n done and physically repo wer the printe r to make the new settin gs take e ffect. Manu al (T elnet) Method 1. Load a PS ERVER on your Netw are 3. x , Netware 4. x , or Netware 5[...]

NDPS Configuration (Netware 4.11 And Above) 191 Wait two mi nutes and then chec k your PSE RVER to se e if the appropr iate printer is bei ng servic ed. The p rinter sh ould dis play a message such as Waiting for job. A t this po int, the NIC knows to receive an y jobs t his PSER VER.NLM h as to sen d to it throug h the defined pr inter. NDPS Confi[...]

Chapter 7 Novell Host Configuration (10/100Base -T) 192 Setup using Fo rward Jobs to a Queue Mode In this m ode, an NDPS printer a gent rec eives jobs from an NDPS client, then forwar ds these j obs to an e xisting Net ware q ueue. The Netware qu eue wou ld then be serviced by the pr inter in some manner. 1. The print er must first be set up to ser[...]

NDPS Configuration (Netware 4.11 And Above) 193 5. Select no dr iver in the Se lect P rinter Driver s dialog , unless you have a dr iver ins talled in to the Bro ker's RMS w hich is to b e used with the printe r. Setup Using RPRINTER Mode In this mo de, an ND PS prin ter agent re ceives jobs from an NDPS client, th en forwards these jo bs to a[...]

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting (10/10 0Base-T) 194 T roubleshooting (10 / 100Ba se-T) PSER VER Setup If you ca nnot get a c onnectio n with the N IC after co mpleting the print s etup, confir m the foll owing: • Have you tried repo wering the NIC? Wait abo ut a minute before c hecking if it has lo gged in an d attached to a qu eue. • Is the netw ork[...]

PSERVE R Se tup 195 • When setting t he NI C up a s a PSE RVER, did yo u specif y a destinati on on the NI C (e.g., d1prn ) for the printer name, and did you r ememb er this nam e is case s ensiti ve? NOTE: NIC destina tions ar e case se nsitive, so the y will not be rec ogniz ed if they are typed incor rec tly. B y defaul t, th ey ar e all in lo[...]

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting (10/10 0Base-T) 196 • Try a debug nest pserver telnet co mmand (o r find the “PSERVER ” section on the Novell HTML st atus page). Loo k for a valid queue unde r the “EPS QUEU ES” secti on. If th e printer field co ntains a number, a nd there i s a valid f ile serve r but no queue, then you pro bably ma de an erro[...]

RPRINTER/NPRINTER Setup 197 • If the NIC has logged i n to the fil e server but has no t attached to the queue , there ma y be a permission p roblem. Make sure the appro priate us ers ha ve righ ts to this queue ( they sho uld be in the gro up “eve ryone”). Also, y ou may ha ve to a ssign the queue to root s o it is av ailable to ever yone. ?[...]

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting (10/10 0Base-T) 198 • Does the d estinatio n you us ed in your RPRINTER setu p have the Novel l servic e enabled ? Please see “Com mands” on page 305 for i nformation o n enabl ing/disabl ing ser vices. NOTE: The debug i nformati on that is men tioned in the fol lowing sect ion can b e found by either telnet -ing to [...]

Printing Related 199 If none of these he lp your si tuation, tr y the who le setup a gain. Completely dele te the setu p that is giv ing you tro uble and g o through th e setup ag ain fol lowing ea ch st ep carefu lly. NOTE: After co mpleting a PSERVER s et up and b efore beg inning a new set u p, be sure to reboot the printer. W ait at lea st a mi[...]

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting (10/10 0Base-T) 200 • If you look in PCONSOLE’s CURRENT QUEUE S TATUS within the PRINT QUEUE INFORMATION m enu, is th e server configur ed to ser vice e ntries in this q ueue? I t is poss ible to t urn servi cing off here. If you hav e followe d the sugg estions above and are s till havin g printin g proble ms, try reb[...]

Printing Related 201 • Wh en gar bled data per sist s, c onsi der the fo llowin g: • tab expansion ( xtab ) set on (in a mod el) with g raphic jo bs • the correc t driver for the prin ter if pr inting fr om within Windows For additi onal info rmation o n these s uggestio ns, pleas e refer to your Netwa re user ma nuals.[...]

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting (10/10 0Base-T) 202[...]

203 8 OS/2 Configuration Overview This chap ter detai ls a com plete OS/2 c onfig uration setu p includ ing: • configur ing the NIC Interface wit h its TC P/IP setting s, and • configur ing a new p rinter on an OS /2 workstati on. The procedure given is from a n OS/2 Warp 4 sys tem, but the set up is simila r to OS /2 Warp 3 and v2.11. OS/2 mus[...]

Chapter 8 OS/2 Workstation Configuration 204 Mandatory Settings The NIC mu st be configur ed with an IP addres s and subn et mask , at a mini mum. Consu lt your netw ork admini strator to obtain the proper values for these par ameters . Optional Settings One addi tional setti ng, the gateway ad dress, is necessar y if the OS/2 wo rkstations must co[...]

Using An OS/2 LPR Print Queue 205 Using An O S/2 LPR Print Q ueue This se ction des cribes ho w to set up an O S/2 Warp 4 pr int queue to print to th e NIC usin g the LPR pr otocol. TCP/IP for OS/2 must b e installe d on your OS/2 work station. T his proced ure is similar to OS/ 2 Warp 3 and v2.11. To set up the printer queue: 1. Find the Pri nter [...]

Chapter 8 OS/2 Workstation Configuration 206 e. Select a ll the por ts with t he mouse p ointer a nd click o n “Install.” The PIPELP D x ports shou ld now show in th e “Output por t” list. 6. The “PIPEL PD x - Setti ng” dialog box disp lays. 7. In the “LP D server ” field, typ e the IP ad dress o f the NIC. 8. In the “LP D pri[...]

Using An OS/2 LPR Print Queue 207 S tarting The LP R Port Daem on The LPR Por t Daemon m ust be sta rted to en able TCP /IP printin g. To start th e LPR Port Da emon: 1. Open the TCP /IP folder, w hich is in the OS/2 S ystem fo lder for Warp 3.0. 2. Open TCP/IP Config uration. 3. Select th e “Autostar t” tab on the noteboo k. 4. In “Service s[...]

Chapter 8 OS/2 Workstation Configuration 208 TCP/IP Access Problem If you can ping the p rinter from a workst ation, b ut you c annot Web browse, T elnet, or p rint to the prin ter through the NIC, th ere may be an incor rect entr y in the T CP acces s list. So t he works tation ca n use the NIC , one of two things must happ en. • the TCP list mu[...]

TCP/IP Acc ess Problem 209 6. From a workstation attached to this network se gment, c reate an ARP ent ry. The NIC I P address and hardw are or MAC address ar e needed. At the w orkstation enter: arp -s <ipaddress> <MACaddress> ping <ipaddress> 7. Try to ping thi s IP addres s to see if the NIC can b e seen on your netw ork. If th[...]

Chapter 8 OS/2 Workstation Configuration 210[...]

211 9 z/OS Configuration, IPDS Printer Overview Use this ch apter to c onfigure z/OS to pr int IPDS f iles on you r line matrix netwo rk printer. To print IP DS files , you mus t have the IPDS opti on on the pri nter. 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 su pp[...]

Chapter 9 Overvie w 212 Configuration Che cklist All of th e foll owing conf iguratio n step s carrie d out on z/OS req uire 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 addre ss, gateway ad dress, or subn et mask. S ee “[...]

Configuration Proc edure 213 Configurin g PSF for z/OS to Print 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 file s includes 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 Uni t[...]

Chapter 9 Configuring PSF for z/OS t o Print IPDS Files 214 Define t he Communicati ons Contr ol Unit to z/OS If you hav e not alrea dy 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 prog ram (MV SCP) or a hardwar e configu ration de [...]

Configuration Proc edure 215 Figure 24. Modifying TCP/IP Profile This sec tion con tains informat ion about the sta tements, t he spe cial conside rations 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 ADDRESSTRAN[...]

Chapter 9 Configuring PSF for z/OS t o Print IPDS Files 216 DA T ABUFFERP OOLSIZE The DATA BUFFERPO OLSIZE statement d efines th e number and size of th e data buffer s. For printi ng on TCP/IP- attached pr inters, it is reco mmended that yo u specif y at leas t 160 data b uffers, 3 2768 buffer si ze. SMALLDA T ABU FFERPOOLSIZE The SMALL DATABUFF E[...]

Configuration Proc edure 217 Also, if any ta rget host requires that the keep-aliv e packe t contain data, spec ify SENDGARBAGE TRUE . For ex ample: KEEPALIVEOPTIONS I NTERVAL 5 SENDGARBAGE TRUE ENDKEEPALIVEOPTION S GA TEW A Y The Packe t Size par ameter of t he GATEWAY statemen t defines the maxim um transmiss ion unit (M TU) for the z /OS host. F[...]

Chapter 9 Configuring PSF for z/OS t o Print IPDS Files 218 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 JES . JES2 Printer D efinitions Below is an ex ample of t he JES2 printer definitio n init ialization member, located in th e system P ARMLIB: FSS(FSS1)[...]

Configuration Proc edure 219 Define th e Printer to PSF 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 25 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 line matr ix print e[...]

Chapter 9 Configuring PSF for z/OS t o Print IPDS Files 220 //*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 T1 5/* JOB SEP ARA TOR FORMDEF*/ //JOBL TR OUTPUT P AGEDEF=V06483,/* JOB SEP[...]

Configuration Proc edure 221 //*PRINTDEV //* ******************** *************** ********************** ********************** ***********/ //PRT 1CNTL //PRT1PRINTDEV FONTDD=*.FONT30 0,/* 300 PEL FONT LIBRARY DD*/ //OVL YDD=*.OLA Y01,/* OVERLA Y LIBRARY DD*/ //PSEGDD=*.PSEG01,/* SEG MENT LIBRAR Y DD*/ //PDEFDD=*.PDEF01,/* P AGEDEF LIBRARY DD*/ //F[...]

Chapter 9 Configuring PSF for z/OS t o Print IPDS Files 222 Figure 25. Sample PS FPROC proced ure 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 name of the TCP/IP addr[...]

Verifying a TCP/IP-Att a ched Printer on z /OS 223 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-atta ched 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 9 Sharing Line Matrix Printers on z/OS 224 Resolving IPDS Printing Prob lems If you hav e problems printing, do the foll owing: • Print an E thernet Tes t Page. Ref er to your User ’s Manu al . • 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 stil[...]

JES Spool Printe r Sharing 225 MGMT MODE Set to OUTA VAIL. OUTA VAIL reque sts that PSF sta rt a communic ations s ession wi th the pri nter only wh en outp ut is availabl e on the J ES spool. 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 9 Handling z/OS Connectivity Problems 226 Port Switching Printer S haring To suppor t printer s haring, 10/ 100Base-T Etherne t Interface printer s automat ically switch a mong al l attache d ports (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 j obs [...]

Ping is Succe ssful 227 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, you mi ght 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 addre ss. If PSF is unab le to esta blish a network [...]

Chapter 9 Handling z/OS Connectivity Problems 228[...]

229 10 AS/400 Configuration, ASCII Printer Overview This chap ter detai ls a com plete AS/ 400 confi guration setup includi ng: • Developi ng Line Desc riptions with C RTLINETH • Configuring the AS /400 for TCP/IP • Configuring the AS /400 for Printing • Verifying Printin g from the AS/400 This do cument as sumes n o AS/400 p rinter configu[...]

Chapter 10 Overview 230 NOTE: SSAPS of “ AA” and “ 12” are au tomatical ly set a s default valu es in the line des criptio n when “*CAL C” is used in creatin g new line descr iptions. You do not need to set these va lues unl ess they have been chan ged. To create a line de script ion, enter the follo wing comm and: CRTLINETH LIND(ETHLAN[...]

Configuring With ADDTCPIFC 231 The foll owing three pa rameters must be s pecified : Line Descripti on (LI ND) The line de script ion name i s the use r's name for the A S/400 adapter. Th is name must be id entical to the name ente red when the TCP/IP i s configur ed on the A S/400. Resou rce Na me (RS RCNAME) The system -assig ned name for th[...]

Chapter 10 Configuring AS/400 For ASCII Using TCP/IP 232 Figure 27. Exam ple of ADDTCPIFC Interface The foll owing param eters mu st be spe cified: Inte rnet Addre ss Internet a ddress of t he AS/400 LAN adapte r. NOTE: Do not use the IP addre ss of the NIC. Subn et M ask The Subnet Mask for th is AS/40 0 TCP/IP in terface (fo r example, 255.255.25[...]

Configuring A Router Definition With ADDTCPRTE 233 Configuring A Router Definition With ADDTCPRTE If necess ary, use th e ADDTCP RTE comman d to crea te a route definitio n. This is required i f the pri nter is som ewhere ot her than on a local s egmen t and mu st cross bridges . Configuring A Local Domain And Hostname The AS/4 00 print commands , [...]

Chapter 10 Configuring The AS/400 For Pr inting 234 Configu ring The AS/400 For Pr inting To configu re an AS /400 for pri nting, you m ust: • set up the prin ting capa bility, and • verify the setup wit h a print job. You will need the fo llowing i nformation: Remote Printer Queue name Set to ‘d1prn’ through ‘d8prn’ . NOTE: The Remote [...]

Setting Up Pr inting For ASCII File s 235 Figure 28. ASCII LP R Parameters The foll owing parame ter values are requi red: Remo te Syst em Enter the hostname of your pri nter or *INTNETADR , which then prompts you to specify the IP add ress of your pr inter. Print er Queue (PRTQ) Set to ‘d1prn’ through ‘d8prn’ . The r emote pr inter queue n[...]

Chapter 10 Configuring The AS/400 For Pr inting 236 Destinat ion T ype ( DESTTYP) Specify *OTHER for the D ESTTYP parameter. T ransfor m (TRANS FORM ) Specify *YES . Manu factur er T ype and Mo del (M FRTY PMD L) Select a manufa cturer type a nd mode l. This is the name of the WSCO. S elect *IBM6400EP for Epson emul ation or *IBM6400 or *IBM42023 f[...]

Setting Up Pr inting For ASCII File s 237 Figure 29. Automatic Remote Output Queue Configuration Endin g time + for mo re valu es Order o f files on queue SEQ *FIFO Remote syste m RMTSYS > *INTNET ADR Remote printer queue RMTPRTQ > ‘d1prn’ Writer to autostart AUTOSTRWTR 1 Queue f or write r messages MSGQ QSYS OPR Library *LIBL Connection [...]

Chapter 10 Configuring The AS/400 For Pr inting 238 3. Enter v alues for th e followi ng parame ters: Output Queue (OU TQ) The name of the AS/400 output queue. The name ca n be anything you would like. T his name i s not the s ame as th e printer i nternal q ueue name, ‘d1prn’ . Remote Syst em (RMTSYS) Internet a ddress of t he NIC on the print[...]

Setting Up Pr inting For ASCII File s 239 Manu facture r T ype (M FRTYPMDL ) Select a manufa cturer type a nd mode l. This is the name of the WSCO. S elect *IBM6400EP for Epson emul ation or *IBM6400PR or *IBM42023 for Propr inter Emul ation. NOTE: Select th e Manufac turer Type M odel b ased on the data type. a. Report pr inting, te xt only, no IG[...]

Chapter 10 Verify Pri nting On AS/400 240 T r oubl esho oti ng This ins tallation proced ure assume s that the N IC adapte r is configur ed with th e correct IP addre ss, subn et mask, and gateway (if requi red). In addi tion you ca n also ping and telnet to the NI C adapter. Print a n E-net Test P age to veri fy the Eth ernet settin gs. (P5000, T5[...]

Setting Up Pr inting For ASCII File s 241 3. Ping the pr inter from a n AS/400 workstation with the comma nd: ping ip_address . Where ip_address is the In ternet add ress of the remote system printer (the NIC) or the hostn ame of the p rinter (i f you put the h ostname in the host entry ta ble as di rected in “Configuri ng A TCP /IP Host Tab le E[...]

Chapter 10 AS/400 ASCII Troubleshooting 242 3. Verify tha t the AS/40 0 TCP/IP is active. TCP/IP Access Problem If you can ping the prin ter from a workstatio n, but yo u cannot W eb browse, T elnet, or p rint to the prin ter through the NIC, th ere may be an incor rect entr y in the TCP access l ist. So that the works tation can use the NIC in th [...]

TCP/IP Acc ess Problem 243 6. From a workstation attached to this network se gment, c reate an ARP ent ry. The NIC I P address and hardw are or MAC address ar e needed. At the w orkstation , enter: arp -s <ipaddress> <MACaddress> ping <ipaddress> 7. Try to ping this IP address to see if t he NIC can b e seen on your netw ork. If t[...]

Chapter 10 AS/400 ASCII Troubleshooting 244 W e b Brow ser/HTTP Problem In some ca ses y ou may not be able t o browse th e printer We b page simply because the NIC H TTP may be turned off. If you canno t ping the NIC IP a ddress, make su re the IP address, subnet m ask, and default g ateway are set co rrectly by check ing the ETHERNET PARAMS me nu[...]

245 11 AS/400 Configuration, IPDS Printer Configurin g On AS/400 As An IPDS Printer NOTE: The IPDS emu lation i s not supp orted on the T4204 pr inter. Use t his chap ter to con figure y our print er on AS/ 400 as an IPDS printer . To print I PDS, you mus t instal l the IPDS opt ion on your printer . Once conf igured as an IPDS printer , the prin t[...]

Chapter 1 1 Configuring On AS/400 As An IPDS Printer 246 Requir ements Contact techn ical suppo rt to obtain t he latest PTFs for PSF/400. For IPDS p rinting , you also n eed to ins tall the IPDS option for the printer . Configuration Che cklist NOTE: All of th e followin g configu ration s teps car ried ou t on the AS/400 m ay requir e “create?[...]

Configuration Checklist 247 7. Create or verify t he existenc e of an A S/400 TCP/IP interface f or NIC. See “ Configuri ng An AS /400 TCP/I P Interface With ADDTCPIFC” on page 248. 8. The next st ep depends on your AS/4 00 release. Co nfigure your printer with one of these pr ocedures: • “Configuri ng PSF/400 For IPD S On V3R2” on page 2[...]

Chapter 1 1 Configuring On AS/400 As An IPDS Printer 248 Configuring An AS/400 TCP/IP Interface With ADDTC PIFC NOTE: Do not enter t he IP addr ess of the NIC . Do not set the AS/400 i nterface address to the sa me address as the NIC IP addr ess. Also, d o not a dd the NIC to the AS /400 TCP/IP interfac e list. Configuring An Interface Fo r Etherne[...]

Configuring An AS/400 TCP/IP Interface With ADDTCPIFC 249 b. Subnet Mask The Subn et Mask for this AS /400 TCP/IP interfac e (for example, 255.255.255 .0 ). c. Lin e Des cri pti on The name assigne d to the AS /400 line description as described in “D evelo ping Line Descripti ons With CRTLINETH” on page 22 9. Each AS/4 00 LAN adapter will have [...]

Chapter 1 1 Configuring On AS/400 As An IPDS Printer 250 Configuring PSF/400 For IPDS On V3R2 To conf igure IPDS o n AS/400 V3R2, u se the fol lowing co mmands: • CRTDEVPRT • CRTPSFCFG Configur ing PSF W ith CRTDEVPR T On V3R 2 This sec tion des cribes ho w to create a printer device des cription. 1. At the AS/400 comm and li ne, enter a comman[...]

Configuring PSF/400 For IPDS On V3R2 251 Display Device Descript ion Device D escription : DEV D printer_type Optio n: OPTION *A LL Categ ory of device : *PR T Autom a ti cally cr eated: NO Device class : DEVCLS *RMT Device type : TYPE *IPDS Device mode l: MODE L 0 Advanced function printing: AFP *YES AFP att achment: AFP A TT ACH *APPC Online at I[...]

Chapter 1 1 Configuring On AS/400 As An IPDS Printer 252 Figure 31. Example of CRTDEVPRT Command (V3R2) 3. Valu es must b e entered for the follo wing pa rameter s: a. Device Descrip tion (DEVD) The de vice desc ripti on or nam e. This value must match the value en tered for the PSFCFG para meter in “Configuri ng AFP With CRTPSFCF G On V3R2 ” o[...]

Configuring PSF/400 For IPDS On V3R2 253 g. Font (FONT) Enter an appropr iate valu e. h. Form Feed (FORMFE ED) Specify *CONT . i. Remote Location (RMTLOCNAME) Enter the remote l ocation n ame. Config uring AF P With CRTPS FCFG On V3R2 The PS F™ conf iguratio n object created with t his com mand is used by PSF/ 400 when printing IPDS fil es. The o[...]

Chapter 1 1 Configuring On AS/400 As An IPDS Printer 254 Figure 32. Example CRTPSFCFG Command (V3R2) 3. The foll owing param eters are required: a. PSF Configuration (PSFCFG) The name of the print er device you are con figurin g. b. Library Specify QGPL . c. IPDS pass through (IPDSPAST HR) To print SCS files, specify *YES . PS F/400 transfo rms SCS[...]

Configuring PSF/400 For IPDS On V3R2 255 d. Activate rel ease timer (ACTRLSTM R) Specifi es the p oint a t which the rele ase time r (RLST MR) is activate d. Set to *NORDYF . This means tha t the rele ase timer is activated when the re are no s pooled fi les in th e printer’s output que ue with a s tatus of RDY and the l ast page of the last spo [...]

Chapter 1 1 Configuring On AS/400 As An IPDS Printer 256 Configuring PSF/400 For IPDS On V3R7 And Above To conf igure IPDS o n AS/400 V3R7 an d above, u se the fol lowing comm ands: • CRTPSFCFG (Optio nal) • CRTDEVPRT Configur ing AFP W i th CRT PSFCF G On V3R7 Or V4R1 (Optional) New for V3 R7 is the ability to s pecify thr ee TCP/IP- related p[...]

Configuring PSF/400 For IPDS On V3R7 And Above 257 2. A comple ted sc reen lo oks like F igure 33. Figure 33. Examp le CRTPSFC FG Command (V3R7 or V 4R1) PSF Con figurati on Inform ation PSF conf igura tion: printer_type NETPRT Library : AFP User res ource libra ry: *JOBLIBL IPDS pass through: *YES Activate rel ease tim er: *NORDYF Rele ase t imer [...]

Chapter 1 1 Configuring On AS/400 As An IPDS Printer 258 NOTE: The lines in bold in F igure 33 ar e not used by PSF/4 00. Instead, P SF/400 uses the information entered i n the device description screen . 3. The foll owing param eters are recomme nded: a. PSF configuration (PS FCFG) The nam e used for this PSF configu ration ob ject. The name mus t[...]

Configuring PSF/400 For IPDS On V3R7 And Above 259 NOTE: Only use t he USRDFNOB J parameter if it was de fined in the previ ous proce dure. Se e “Configu ring AF P With CRTPSFCF G On V3R7 Or V4R1 (Opt ional)” on page 256. 2. A complete d screen looks like the example sh own in Figure 34 . Display Device Descr iption 5716SS1 V 3R7M0 9 61 108 BLD[...]

Chapter 1 1 Configuring On AS/400 As An IPDS Printer 260 Figure 34. Example CRTDEVPRT Command (V3R7 and abov e) 3. Valu es must b e entered for the follo wing pa rameter s: a. Device Descrip tion (DEVD) The dev ice descr iption o r name. b. Device Class (DEV CLS) Specify *LAN c. Device Ty pe (TYP E) Specify *IPDS Separator drawer : S EPD RA WER *FI[...]

Configuring PSF for IPDS On V 4R2 And Above 261 d. Device Mo del (MODEL) Specify 0 e. LAN Attachment (LANATTACH) Specify *IP f. Port Num ber (PO RT) Specify 5001 g. Font (FONT) Enter an appropr iate valu e. h. Form Feed (FORMFE ED) Specify *CONT i. Activation Timer (ACTTMR) This val ue speci fies t he number of secon ds that PS F/400 waits for a pr[...]

Chapter 1 1 Configuring On AS/400 As An IPDS Printer 262 Configuring AFP with CRTPSFCFG on V4R3 and Abo ve (Option al) To configu re the iS eries for IPDS printi ng on V4R3 : 1. At the iSeries c omman d line, enter a comma nd in the fo rm: CRTPSFCFG PSFCFG(AFP/N ETPRTP7000) IPDSPASTHR(*YES) RLSTMR(*SEC15) TEXT(‘P RINTRONIX P7000 NETWORK ATTACHED [...]

Configuring AFP with CRTPSFCFG on V4R3 and Above (Optional) 263 Figure 35. Example CRTPSFCFG Command (V4R2 and above) 3. The foll owing parame ters are r ecommen ded: PSF config uration (PSFCF G) The name used for this PSF configurati on objec t. The nam e must match the u ser-defin ed objec t name (US RDFNOBJ) in the prin ter DEVD. PSF co nfig ura[...]

Chapter 1 1 Configuring On AS/400 As An IPDS Printer 264 Release t imer (RLSTMR) Specifi es the am ount of time to wait before a s ession or dialog is releas ed without t erminating the writer. T he ACT RLSTMR paramete r specifi es when thi s timer is to be ac tivated. S et the paramete r to a va lue at lea st equal t o the TIME OUT valu e on the p[...]

Configuring PSF with CRTDEVPRT On V4R2 and Above 265 Create Devic e Desc ( Printer) (CRT DEVPRT) Device desc r iption .................... ..... : >P7000 Name Device class ........ ................. .......... : >*LAN *LCL, *RM T , *VRT , *SNPT , *LAN Device type ................ ................ ..... : >*IPDS 3287, 3812, 4019 , 4201... D[...]

Chapter 1 1 Configuring On AS/400 As An IPDS Printer 266 Figure 36. Example CRTDEVPRT Command (V4R2 and abov e) 2. Valu es must b e entered for the follo wing pa rameter s: Device Des cription (DEVD) The device descript ion or name. Device Cla ss (DEVCLS) Specify *LA N . Device T ype (TYPE) Specify *IPDS . Device Model (MODEL) Specify 0 . LAN at t [...]

Configuring PSF with CRTDEVPRT On V4R2 and Above 267 Font (F ONT) Enter an appropr iate valu e. Form Feed (FORM FEED) Specify *CONT . Activation ti mer (ACTTMR) Thi s value specif ies th e num ber of se conds that P SF waits for a printer to respond t o an activ ation r equest. If o nly one s ystem is using the pr inter, use th e default va lue (17[...]

Chapter 1 1 Verifying The IPDS Configuration On AS/400 268 V erifying The IPDS Configuration On AS/400 To test IPDS printing: 1. If it is n ot already on, vary on the li ne descri ption: VRYCFG CFGTYPE(*LIN) 2. To start TCP/IP , enter STRTCP . 3. Verify tha t the AS/40 0 TCP/IP in terface is active. Use the comm and: WRKTCPSTS and then s elect opt [...]

Configuring PSF with CRTDEVPRT On V4R2 and Above 269 7. If you hav e proble ms prin ting, do the followin g: • Print an Ethernet T est Page. Refer to your User's Man ual . • V erify tha t port number 5001 is being used. 8. If you are still unab le to p rint IPDS fi les, con tact technic al support. Sharin g The AS/400 Printer On The Networ[...]

Chapter 1 1 Sharing The AS/400 Printer On The Network 270 Printer Sharing Parameters To set up A S/400 for pr inter shar ing, set the following paramete rs. T able 1 1. Printer S haring AS/400 Ve r s i o n Wh ere Set Paramet er Recommended Va l u e Description V3R2 CRTPSFCFG CHGPSFCFG RLSTMR *NORDY F S p ecifi es the poi nt at which th e release ti[...]

Printe r Shar ing Par ameters 271 V3R2 CR TPSFCFG CHGPSFCFG ACTTMR *NOMAX The v alu e speci fies t he number of s econds th at PSF/400 will wait for a printer to re spond to an activati on request . If only o ne syst em will be using the printer , use the defaul t value (170 seconds ). If more than one sys tem wil l be using the p rinter , set the [...]

Chapter 1 1 Sharing The AS/400 Printer On The Network 272 V3R7 V4R1 CR TPSF CFG CHGPSFCFG RLSTMR *S EC15 S pecifie s the amou nt of time to wait bef ore a sessi on or dialog is rele ased with out termina ting the writer . The A CTRLSTMR para m eter spe cifies when this timer is to be activa ted. Set the para meter to a value at least e qual to the [...]

Cannot PING The Printer 273 AS/4 00 T rouble shooting Use this s ection to resolv e problem s config uring AS/40 0 on TC P/IP networks. Cannot PING The Printer If you hav e proble ms trying to ping the pri nter: • Verify th e configurat ion of AS/40 0, includ ing the pri nter and any interve ning de vice s such as route rs and b ridges. • Verif[...]

Chapter 1 1 AS/400 Troubleshooting 274 S pooled Print File Remains In PND S t atus Check the output que ue with the comma nd: WRKOUTQ queuename This typi cally ind icates t hat PSF /400 is wa iting for a respo nse from the printe r. This can be verified by displayi ng the QSPL subsystem, WRKACTJOBSBS ( QSPL ). If the status of the PDJ job f or the [...]

275 12 z/OS Configuration, TN3270E z/OS C onfiguration For A TN3270E Pr inter The foll owing config uration i nformation s hows how a line ma trix printer can be c onfigured on z/OS an d Info P rint Se rver to prin t TN3270E. Modtabs ar e provided for both an SCS and DS C printer. The z/ OS leve l is 1.3 . These ba sic confi guration s provided a s[...]

Chapter 12 Program M aterials 276 Program Materials A progr am is identifi ed by a prog ram number an d a feature num ber. The progr am number for Coax P rinter Sup port is 569 7-F51. Addit ional in formation regarding the telnet server an d Info Pr int Server c an be f ound in the followin g manuals . • For z/O S V1R2 and above, the TCPIP i nfor[...]

VTAM Definitions For SCS and DSE TN3 270E 277 Figure 39. Example Of The APPLID That Re presents 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 VBUIL [...]

Chapter 12 Program M aterials 278 ****** ***** ******** ***** ******* ******** ***** ******* ******** ***** ****** * * * PRIN TER WITH SNA CHARACTER SET (LU_1) @DA229 61* * * ****** ***** ******** ***** ******* ******** ***** ******* ******** ***** ****** SCS MODEEN T LOGMO DE=SCS, FMPROF=X'03 ',TSPR OF=X' 03',PRIPRO T=X'B1[...]

TCPIP Configuration With TN3270 E 279 TCPIP Configuration With TN3270E The foll owing is the portion o f the system ’s TCP IP config uration 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 parameters requir ed for the T elnet se rver. ; BeginV TAM ; PRTGRO UP PGRPLU 1 [...]

Chapter 12 Program M aterials 280 Printer Inventory Manager As Defined W i th TN3270 E The foll owing screens show are as of the Pri nter Inventor y 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 ===> Pr[...]

Printer Inventory Manager As Defined With TN3270 E 281 2. Select op tion 5 fr om this pa nel to li st the FS Ss. 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 Li[...]

Chapter 12 Program M aterials 282 The pan el below s hows how t he FSS (P RINTWAY) is assoc iated 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. Sele ct option 2 from th e Printer Inventory M anager m ain pa nel, to list the p rinters. Browse IP Pr intWay FSS Com[...]

Printer Inventory Manager As Defined With TN3270 E 283 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 = ==> Scroll ===> HAL F Actions: A-Add B- Browse C- Copy D-Del ete E-Edit X-Chg ty pe A Prin ter Name Type Descrip tion Locati on DEST C FORMS L U Name = ======= =========[...]

Chapter 12 Program M aterials 284 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 print er selec tion NetSpool LU name . LU cla sses . . (extend)[...]

Printer Inventory Manager As Defined With TN3270 E 285 The foll owing pane l shows t he Alloc ation se ction of th e setup, 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. Oth[...]

Chapter 12 Program M aterials 286 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 eade[...]

Printer Inventory Manager As Defined With TN3270 E 287 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 . . (extend ) / Translate document trailer Dataset grou ping . . 2 1. None 2 . Job 3. Co ncatenate job Formatting : Line termi [...]

Chapter 12 Program M aterials 288 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 Process[...]

Printer Inventory Manager As Defined With TN3270 E 289 The last thi ng yo u need to c onfigure is the pri nter. NOTE: A this ti me, InfoPr int Serve r and all related LUs should be active. Using the print er's web pages go to the config uration scr een Configuration Screens 1. To config ure the li ne matrix pri nter, fil l out and subm it the [...]

Chapter 12 Configuration Sc reens 290 The foll owing dis plays: 3. Sele ct TN3270 E Mode . The foll owing dis plays: NOTE: Changes will only take effe ct after you r eset the line matrix printer fr om the Sy stem page . 4. Enter th e addres s of your s ystem fo r the hos t IP address The port address is the por t config ured for y our telne t serve[...]

Printer Inventory Manager As Defined With TN3270 E 291 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 /DT CPIP, T, CONN from the SDSF console. The follow ing mess ages sh ow that the printer is connected. You a re now re ady to print. D TCPIP,,T,CO N[...]

Chapter 12 Configuration Sc reens 292[...]

293 13 AS/400 Configuration, TN5250 Setting Up TN 5250 P rint Queues On AS/400 Start with V3R7 or later and the most recen t PTF level . The AS/400 should ha ve tcpip insta lled, be f ully co nfigured , and fun ctional. To set up the TN5250 print queue s, do t he followi ng: 1. Make sure the AS/400 has suffic ient resourc es to add additiona l virt[...]

Chapter 13 Setting Up A TN5250 Connec tion/Device Via A Telnet Session 294 NOTE: It is not nece ssary to s et up the d evd or queue name on t he AS/400 m anuall y or in adv ance . The config uration and reset of the NIC adap ter automa tically sets up the dev d or queue name. Setting Up A TN5250 Con nection/Device Via A T elnet Sess ion In a telnet[...]

User Supplied Value s 295 User Supplied V alues Host: For this session , use the I P value fro m (step 4 ab ove). Device description: This is the name o f the vir tual devi ce. Aut o connec t: • If true (enab led) then queue and device automati cally atta ch. • If not true (disabled ) the com mand “tn dest dxprn start/st op” allows i ndivid[...]

Chapter 13 Using Telnet Commands for TN5250 296 store tn dest <dxprn>c opytimeout<copytimeoutvalue> See pa ge 307 for store com mand de scriptio ns. Lis t Comma nds list tn list stored tn list default tn See page 335 for list c ommand des criptions . TN5250 Auto Connect Com mand tn dest <dxprn>start|s top See pa ge 342 for a d eta[...]

Getting Star ted 297 Example : tn dest d1 prn start By usin g the manua l metho d, time is allowed to proper ly prepare th e AS/400 after t he prin ter is po wered up but b efore a connecti on is es tablished. T his me thod shoul d only b e used during an initial insta llation unti l the p rinter and the AS/400 are synchroni zed. Th e normal me tho[...]

Chapter 13 TN5250 Job Formatting 298 Separator progr am SE PPGM *NONE Libr ary Printe r error mess age PRTE RMSG *INFO Libr ary *LIB L Host print transform TRANSFORM *NO Manu factur er type a nd model MFR TYPMDL *SAME Paper s ource 1 PPRSRC1 *M FRTYPMDL Paper s ource 2 PPRSRC2 *M FRTYPMDL Envel ope source ENVELOP E *MFR TYPMDL ASCII cod e page 899 [...]

Getting Star ted 299 Figure 41. Example of CHGDEVPRT Command Font Identifier (FONT) - Help The print q uality/type face 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 Host Overrid e setting. T ext ‘de scription ’ TEXT ‘Dev ice c r[...]

Chapter 13 Font Ide nti fier (FO NT) - He lp 300[...]

301 14 Monitoring Printers Implementing Pr inter Management Printer manageme nt includ es the follo wing 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 onitoring a nd man agement are: • Agent/mana ger model • The mana [...]

Chapter 14 Implementing Prin ter Management 302 MIB An MIB c ontain s informati on a devi ce ma kes ava ilable th rough SNMP. The MIB is a mana gement inf ormation base that describes informa tion about a ctual obj ects to be managed and co ntrolled. S tandards Of Network Printer MIBs The Prin ter MIB i s based on th e followi ng standar ds: • Sy[...]

SNMP 303 Getting The La test MIB Inform ation To obtain the lates t copy of the se and oth er RFCs, FTP th e files fr om one of the fo llowing two s ources : Internet: ftp://ftp.isi.edu/ internet-drafts World Wid e Web: http://www.ietf.cn ri.reston.va.us/lid-abstracts.html SNMP SNMP is the protocol used to com municate between manager and agent. Ma[...]

Chapter 14 Monitoring Tools 304 Monitoring W ith AIX NetView/60 00 The AIX NetView/60 00 program can mana ge any IP- addressa ble device with an SNM P agent. NetView/60 00 can be used to s et a networ k topolog y, monitor a network, diagnose problem s, and mea sure networ k perform ance. Throug h its MIB Brows er, informa tion abo ut the resourc es[...]

305 15 Commands Command Shell Overview The NIC co mes with a n in-dep th comman d shell ca lled npsh . I t allows you to manipul ate objec ts like destination s, I/O ports , and models an d provi des moni toring and tr oublesh ooting capabil ities. np sh Access Methods There a re many way s this c ommand s hell can be acce ssed: • built in H TML [...]

Chapter 15 Command Shell O verview 306 NOTE: If the set prefi x is used , a save command must be execute d as well s o that the n ew setting s are reta ined after power cy cles. Si nce set only affects t he 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 NIC c ommand s [...]

Store Commands 307 Complete Command List This sec tion outli nes the en tire NIC c ommand s et includin g the comma nd syntax, a d escri ption, and i n most ca ses, a n example for each com mand listed. NOTE: If you see the word ifnum in a ny npsh co mmands , you should s ubstitute a 1 or 2 unless told otherwis e. The 1 represents the one n etwork [...]

Chapter 15 Complete Command List 308 WLAN ADAP TER, WLAN Defines th e authenti cation sch eme: store ifc <ifnum> wlan auth <auth-method> (eg. open, shared, lea p, kerb) • “Open” s ystem authe ntication allows a ll device s that have th e authentic ation alg orithm n umber for op en syst em to authen ticate. • “Shared” key au[...]

Store Commands 309 WLAN ADAPTE R, WLAN Set trans fer rate (sp eed): store ifc <ifnum> wlan speed auto|<1 2 5 11> <ifnum> is the in terface n umber for the W LAN devi ce. <speed- flags> ar e the spee ds being selected . They ar e entered as a list of integer s, separat ed by 'spa ce' ch aracters. The foll owing valu[...]

Chapter 15 Complete Command List 310 WLAN ADAP TER, WLAN Set tran smit power: store ifc <ifnum> wlan txpwr <0-100> <ifnum> is the i nterface num ber for the WLAN d evice. <0- 100> the po wer level as a percen tage of full power . WLAN ADAP TER, WLAN Set op tions: store ifc <ifnum> wlan opts [[-]openauth][[-]intnl] <[...]

Store Commands 311 WLAN ADAPTE R, WLAN En ables or dis ables K erber os: store kerberos opt s [-]auth Sets the m aximum a llowable amount o f clock sk ew in se conds or minute s that Kerb eros auth entication w ill toler ate befor e assumin g that a Ke rberos message is invali d: store kerberos con fig clockskew <clock_skew><s|m> The ti[...]

Chapter 15 Complete Command List 312 WLAN ADAP TER, WLAN Configur es the KDC port: store kerberos config kport <kdc_port> <kdc_ port> is the 2-byte UPD/TCP p ort used for Kerberos communi catio n. Default i s 88. WLAN ADAP TER, WLAN Config ures the KDC name po rtion of t he servic e princip al: store kerberos config kname <kdc_name&g[...]

Store Commands 313 store pping packet <number of packets> Exam ple: store pping packet 1 Store the value of the packe t. It is the num ber of ICM P Echo Request pa ckets th at will be sent by t he period ic ping client o n each per iod. Default: 1 store pping period <minutes> Exam ple: store pping period 5 Store the value of the perio d[...]

Chapter 15 Complete Command List 314 • off . no job co ntrol; no SOJ/EOJ command s. The pr inter pri nts faster in o ff mode. • standar d . (the defa ult) tra ditional job contr ol with imm ediate acknowl edgements of SOJ /EOJ co mmands. • enhanced . job control with EOJ ack nowledgem ents held off by the prin ter until job is f ully prin ted[...]

Store Commands 315 store pserver tcps ocket add <tcp-port> dest <dest> Exam ple: store pserver tcpsoc ket add 9101 dest d2prn Maps the p ort numbe r to a des tination. store pserver tcps ocket del <tcp-port> dest <dest> Exam ple: store pserver tcpsoc ket del 9101 dest d2prn Deletes a mapped por t number destination already d[...]

Chapter 15 Complete Command List 316 store pserver smb work grp <workgroup> Exam pl e: store pserver smb work grp eng Define a di fferent Win dows workgrou p as defi ned by <workg roup> fo r the NIC to be visible within ( should be 14 character s or less ). By defa ult, the print ser ver only c omes up within the group c alled “WO RKG[...]

Store Commands 317 ADAPTE R, WLAN ADAPTE R store rprinter del <psname> <print er_num> Exam ple: store rprinter del pserver1 0 Delete the RP RINTER setti ngs on the NIC for a N ovell environ ment. <psnam e> must b e the n ame of an ex isting PSERVER .NLM on your Novel l file se rver. <pr inter_ num> is the printe r number wi [...]

Chapter 15 Complete Command List 318 store tcpip del defaul t [1|2] Exam pl e: 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 k nows where to direct packets destined for anoth er subne t. store tcpip route add [host|net] <network> [/mas[...]

Store Commands 319 store tcpip tcp op ts [-]keepalive [-]disbufmgmt [-]zeroIPArp [-]ke epalivedata Exam ple: store tcpip tcp op ts keepalive -disbufmgmt Control wh ether the NIC maintai ns a conn ection with a host when data c annot be ac cepted i nto its bu ffer. Normal ly the keepalive feature is enabled so when th e printer c annot accept da ta,[...]

Chapter 15 Complete Command List 320 store tn dest <dxprn> host <IPaddress> Exam pl e: store tn dest d1prn host 192.75.11.1 Store th e IP addr ess of the TN5250/3 270 host Default: Unc onfigur ed (empty) IP address store tn dest <dxprn> port <portnum> Exam pl e: store tn dest d1prn port 27 Store th e UDP port number of the T[...]

Store Commands 321 store tn dest <dxp rn> WSCSTname <WSCSTname > Exam ple: store tn dest d1prn WSCSTname *NONE Store the queue n ame to whic h syst em messa ges will be logged . Default: *NO NE store tn dest <dxp rn> WSCSTlib <WSCSTlib> Exam ple: store tn dest d1prn WSCSTlib *LIBL Stor e the queu e li brar y to wh ich sy ste[...]

Chapter 15 Complete Command List 322 store tn from default| current Exam pl e: store tn from default Store al l tn defau lt setting s or curren t settings to flash me mory so that the y are reta ined after power up. Set Commands These setti ngs alter the c urrent or work ing se ttings in memor y only. Therefor e, they will be lost if the NIC is pow[...]

Set Commands 323 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 (<dest> ) to handle only ce rtain pr int servic es. To add a serv ice, spe cify the service name. To disable a service, us e “ - ” before[...]

Chapter 15 Complete Command List 324 set ifc Exam ple: set ifc <ifnum> up|dow n Set state of the spe cified ne twork phy sical in terface u p or down. <if num> is the inter face numbe r for the NIC d evice. set logpath <logpath> name <new_name> Exam pl e: set logpath l1 name pa gecount Change the curren t name of th e logpa [...]

Set Commands 325 syslog A c entral TC P/IP ho st running the SYSLO G daem on. Th is host i s set us ing the set sysinfo syslog IPaddress command. set logpath from d efault Set all l ogpath settings back to f actory default s. set logpath from s tored Set all c urrent log path setti ngs to the value s stored i n flash memory. set lpd Exam ple: set l[...]

Chapter 15 Complete Command List 326 set model <model> stty [[-]onlcr] [[-]descramble] [xtab <1-16>|none] Exam pl e: set model m3 stty onlc r Control e xtra jo b process ing done b y the <mo del>. The processi ng option s are: onlcr Carriage return insert ion for Unix t ext jobs. Adds ca rriage r eturns to text jobs with sol itary[...]

Set Commands 327 set model <model> config [config_num] Set a p rinter conf iguration n umber c onfig_num to be lo aded prior to pri nting a job on the specifie d model. If the comma nd is sent with con fig_nu m set to 0, the factory confi guration is loaded bef ore the jo b prints . If confi g_num is in the ra nge 1 through 8, the corr espond[...]

Chapter 15 Complete Command List 328 set prn [-]opost Exam pl e: set prn -opost All ow or disall ow output processi ng on the pa rallel po rt such as carria ge return in sertion (e.g., onlc r). set prn [-]onlcr Exam pl e: set prn -onlcr Enable o r disab le carria ge return i nsertio n on the parallel p ort. This may be needed for Unix tex t jobs co[...]

Set Commands 329 set snmp manager < index> <ipaddress> < trap-community> The NIC co ntinuous ly generate s traps. T o set the N IC to send traps to a parti cular SNM P manager , use this co mmand to add an SNMP m anager to the trap ta ble. <index> is the i ndex numb er of the t rap table . <ipaddr ess is th e IP addres s [...]

Chapter 15 Complete Command List 330 set snmp emailformat < index> [-]short Enable o r disable t he short e-mail mes sage forma t for an SNMP a lert table en try. Whe n enabled, t he short e -mail format can be used when messag es will be v iewed on devi ces ha ving a limite d displa y size (a cellul ar phone or pager, for exampl e). <inde[...]

Set Commands 331 “-all” d isables an d “all” en ables repor ting of al erts in al l alert groups. Individu al alert groups can be selecti vely en abled or disabled via combi nations o f alert grou p swit ches. For example, to enable w arning a lerts and di sable cutte r alert s for SNMP tabl e entry 1 , enter the followin g: set sn mp alert[...]

Chapter 15 Complete Command List 332 set sysinfo loginfo [- ]sys | [-]tcp | [-]ipx | [-]spx Exam pl e: set sysinfo loginfo -s ys ipx Set the NIC debugging informati on type. U sually this informa tion in cludes unexp ected err ors or e xception s from th e print s erver div ided int o these gr oups: sys Genera l system m essages tcp TCP stack messa[...]

Set Commands 333 set sysinfo syslog hostIPaddress Exam ple: set sysinfo syslog 192.75.11.30 Set the IP address of the hos t runnin g the SYS LOG daemon . NIC debuggin g or pr int job an d printer logging informa tion can be sent to that IP addr ess. set sysinfo dns <I Paddress> Exam ple: set sysinfo dns 19 2.75.11.2 Set y our DNS ser ver IP a[...]

Chapter 15 Complete Command List 334 set user passwd <name> [<password>] Exam pl e: set user passwd eng mp lex1 Assign a p assword to a defined u ser on th e NIC. set user type <name> r oot|guest Exam pl e: set user type eng root Assign root or gue st priv ileges to a parti cular u ser defi ned by username . Guest p ermissions all[...]

List Commands 335 List Comm ands These com mands l ist the cur rent or wo rking set tings for a part icular section within the comma nd shell . To vie w stored settings in flash memory, inser t stored after list . For ex ample, list prn shows the current pri nter setting s but list stored prn show s the settings in flash memory . Normally thes e sh[...]

Chapter 15 Complete Command List 336 preambl e = < len- type > pmm = < sleep -time > defke y = < key-num > auth = <a uth-metho d> use r = <auth- user -name> pass = <auth -password > txpwr = < power > opts = < option- list > Status = < statu s > Quality = < comms -qualit y > Where: < ifn[...]

List Commands 337 <auth-us er-name> is the au thenticat ion method user na me. <auth-pa ssword> is the a uthentica tion metho d passwor d. < powe r > is a percentage i ndicati ng the appr oximate fraction of full power. < opti on-lis t > is a l ist of option s that ar e enabled ( disabled options are not shown ). < stat u[...]

Chapter 15 Complete Command List 338 ADAP TER, WLAN ADAPTE R list mosinfo List the MOS vers ion. list net List all c urrent TCP/IP network se ttings (e.g. , IP address a nd subne t mask) . list pping List all the cur rent period ic ping settin g. list pserver List the curren t general pr int ser ver set tings (e.g., print se rver name a nd Novell m[...]

Miscellaneous Commands 339 list var List all pre-define d variab les inc luding an y newl y create d ones. Any of these d efined v ariables c an be referenced in a string by placing a “ $ ” befo re the var iable nam e (e.g., set model m1 trailer $FF ). list dhcp List all DHCP in formation for the NI C provided that DHCP is enable d. list lpd Li[...]

Chapter 15 Complete Command List 340 lpstat [ ioport ] [ jobID ] Exam pl e: lpstat prn Display active and queued jobs and I/O port status fo r a give n ioport or jobID . Speci fying one of these pa rameter s will shorten the output a nd focus on the p articular I/O port or print job spec ified. cancel jobID Exam pl e: cancel d1prn-10 Remove a job f[...]

Miscellaneous Commands 341 enable ioport | dest ination|printer mgr Exam ple: enable prn Enable an I/O port so that queued jo bs are p rinted, or enable a destination so jobs c an be queu ed to it. Exam ple: enable printermgr Enables the print er debug p ort to al low remot e printer management softwa re to functio n. close tcp TCPindex number Exam[...]

Chapter 15 Complete Command List 342 tn dest destination st art|stop Exam pl e: tn dest d1prn start Set the tn autoconne ct flag temporari ly, to ena ble (start ) or disable (stop). S ee “store t n dest destination [-]autoc onnect” command f or furthe r definit ion. chr <string> Echo < string> or redire ct < string > to an I/ [...]

343 16 Extr a F eatur es NIC Securi ty There a re TCP acc ess li sts ava ilable to restric t host con nections with the dev ice. Users A nd Passwor ds The NIC su pports t wo 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. Passwords can be set fo r each u[...]

Chapter 16 NIC Security 344 2. Direct y our We b browser t o URL: http:// NICIPaddress /adminConf.html (e.g., http://192.75 .11.9/adminConf.html ). NOTE: If prompted f or a “User ID” and pas sword first, t ype in root for the us er ID and press ENTE R at the password pro mpt (since th ere is no pa ssword by default) . 3. At the “Adminis trati[...]

Reset The NIC Pas sword 345 Reset The NIC Pa ssword Occassiona lly a us er will se t a root u ser passwo rd on the NIC adapter an d then for get it. Th is is the p rocedure t o reset the r oot passwor d back to the defaul t (no pas sword). IMPORT ANT First determine the number of dip switches on the back of the adapter, and the NIC version fro m th[...]

Chapter 16 NIC Security 346 8. Wait abo ut 1 min ute for th e adapter to r eboot after the reset comm and. 9. Turn the pri nter off, wa it 15 secon ds, and tur n the printe r back on. Wait 1 minut e for the a dapter to boo t. 10. Telnet b ack into the adapte r, loggi ng in as root with no passwor d, and pressing En ter . Procedur e B 1. Turn the pr[...]

TCP Acce ss Lists 347 Procedure C 1. Turn the printer on . 2. Take the printer off line and u nlock th e front pa nel by press ing the up and d own arro ws keys at the sa me time , then releas ing. 3. Press all four ar row keys (up, down, pr ev, next) at the sa me time, and r elease. 4. Press the right (n ext) arro w until PR INTER MGMT appears. 5.[...]

Chapter 16 NIC Security 348 If the list i s empty , all host s have acces s to the NIC services. I f there ar e entries in the li st, only those ho sts spec ified hav e access t o printi ng and rem ote comma nd execu tion. To add and delete access list en tries, the c ommand s are: Synta x: store tcpip tcp access add |del hostIPaddress | networkadd[...]

Printer And Pr int Job Monitoring 349 Printer Mo nitoring And Logging The NIC al lows you to m onitor p rinter sta tus and lo g informatio n through i ts built-i n HTML forms , comman d set, and logpat hs. Printer And Print Job Monitoring To view the current s tatus of an I/O port on the NIC, two methods are availa ble: • select th e desired I /O[...]

Chapter 16 Printer Monitoring And Logg ing 350 Printer Logging Through Log paths In the N IC product ma nual, d estinatio ns are d escribed as logical queues wi th associa ted model s and log paths. Mod els determi ne if any extra p rocessin g is neede d with the pr int jobs passing through, and logpa ths de termine wheth er any l ogging is needed [...]

Printer Logging Through Logpa ths 351 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 Type” and “Lo gpath Por t” se[...]

Chapter 16 Downloading Software Through Th e Network Interface Card (NIC) 352 Without r eleasing t he keys, power the pr inter on , and conti nue holding the keys dow n until y ou see “ TESTING HAR DWARE PLEASE WAIT” o n the LCD. You may then rele ase the k eys. 4. Wait unti l you s ee “WAITIN G FOR PROG RAM DOW NLOAD” on the LC D before pr[...]

Printer Logging Through Logpa ths 353 7. Using Wi ndows Ex plorer, n avigate to the appr opriate fi le on the CD (using the Unzipped directo ry) base d on the printer ty pe, and desir ed emula tion, e .g., Unzipped  T5000  IGP. (See Figure 42.) IMPORT ANT You must use the Unzipped director y, since this contains the uncompress ed files nece s[...]

Chapter 16 NIC Naming Schemes 354 CAUTI ON Do not interrupt the downloading pr ocess once it has started. Interrupting a download will damage the flash memory on the controller board and NIC card. 16. As t he file downloads , the FTP program shows th e progr ess as a percentag e. Once the downloa d is compl ete, exit o ut of the FTP prog ram by ty [...]

Printer Logging Through Logpa ths 355 Period ic Ping This fea ture when enabled ex ecutes b ackground ping from the prin t server to its defau lt gatew ay. The oper ation is execut ed on every user define d period . This mec hanism h as no TCP traf fic from the print se rver to any thing on the networ k to keep route inf ormation alive. S ince ever[...]

Chapter 16 Periodic Pi ng 356[...]

357 Glossary ARP Address Resolu tion Pr otocol. A ssociates a selected IP address wi th a network de vice Ethernet add ress. bps Bits per second. Centronics P aral lel port inte rface s tand a rd f ound 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[...]

358 EEPR OM Electric ally E rasable /Programm able Re ad- Only Memor y. factory defaults Settings ship ped wit h the NIC. Factory Settings S2 ju mper positi on st ating all factory default s ettings are to be used while the NIC is up and running. Firmware Panic Unrec overable er rors detected by the NIC firmware fo rce the Print Se rver into Firmw [...]

359 IP Address T he In ternet Prot ocol Address. A numeri c 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 Emitting Di ode. The printer ha s an LED displa y which show s the status of the printer to the operato r. logpath De ter mines the ty pe of prin t job an d printer l[...]

360 Persistent DHCP Wh en this o ption is ena bled, th e 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 opti on only works when DHCP is enabl ed. The defaul t disable . ping Standar d command to test a T CP/[...]

361 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. A Nov ell print meth od where the NIC wait s for jobs to be sent to it fr om a de fined PSERVER. SNMP Si mple Network Managemen t Protoc ol. A standard protocol u sed to mo nitor networ k devices c alled “ [...]

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363 Index Symbols (10/100Base -T) RPRINTER /NPRINTER setup, troubl eshootin g, 197 ? command , 306 Nume rics 10/100Bas e-T DIP Switches , 28 indicato rs, 24 Network Indic ator, 25 Novell ho st confi guration, 184 Novell NIC configurati on, 172 Run and Aut o Reset Mod es, 25 speed settin g, 29 troubleshoo ting, 1 94 Wireles s Networ k Indica tor, 26[...]

Index 364 IPDS conf iguratio n checkli st, 246 loca l domain, 233 network sha ring, 269 printer sharin g paramet ers, 270 printing AFP files , 2 45 printing IPDS fil es, 245 printing SCS fi les, 245 remote prin ter queue name, 234 TCP/IP acc ess probl em, 242 TCP/IP ho st table entr y, 233 troubleshoo ting, 2 73 verify IPD S configu ration, 268 ver[...]

Index 365 Channel, 80 2.11b, 60 Coax Printe r Support FM D, 275 Command list List com mands, 29 6 store co mmands, 295 TN5250, 29 5 TN5250 A uto Conn ect comma nd, 296 Command pr efixes, 306 npsh, 305 Command Sh ell, 3 05 ways to access , 51 Commands ?, 306 compl ete list, 307 getting hel p, 306 list, 335 miscell aneous, 3 39 set, 32 2 st ore, 307 [...]

Index 366 DIP Switches , 28 Dire ct sock et prin ting , 148 Docu ment co nvention s, 30 Downloadin g softwar e, 351 Dynami call y Set Pa rams Read O nly message, 154 E E-mail alert posti ng, 78 Encryp tion Key Config uration, 4 4 Equival ent Wireless NIC Configuratio n, 48 Errors, defini ng LPR printer, 121 F File Se rver, Nov ell Net work, 63 Filt[...]

Index 367 IPD S configur ation checklis t, AS/400, 246 verify on A S/400, 26 8 IPDS file printing , 245 IPDS pri nter, config uring on AS/40 0, 245 J Job form atting, TN 5250, 297 K Ke rber os, 49 config uration, 89 Paramete rs, 46 Key, 802.1 1b, 60 L LEAP Para mete rs, 45 Line de scriptio ns, CRTLIN ETH, 2 29 List com mands, 33 5 TN5250, 29 6 Log [...]

Index 368 Monitoring print jo b, 349 printer , 349 MVS config uration ch ecklist, 21 2 define pr inter to JE S, 218 JES spo ol prin ter shar ing, 224 port swit ching printer s haring, 226 printer connecti on, 217 requiremen ts, 211 N Name Log Path, 71 Print Mo del, 68 Print P ath, 65 Naming sc hemes, NIC , 354 NDPS conf iguratio n, NetWar e 4.11 an[...]

Index 369 NetWare Ver sion 5.x PSERVER setup, 163 RPRINTER setup, 166 Network config uration, 57 connecti on, 33 NIC cannot b e found, 120 status, 92 TCP/IP, 5 7 Network Indic ator, 25 Network Inter face Card, 17 Network Name, 802.11b , 59 Network shar ing, AS/400 , 269 NIC, 17 cannot be found, 1 20 cannot be found on network, troubleshoo ting, 1 4[...]

Index 370 Npsh access me thods, 305 com mand prefix es, 305 O Onlcr, 151 Options , 802.11b, 6 0 OS/2 LPR co mmand, 204 LPR Po rt Daemon, 207 LPR prin t queue, 205 NIC TCP/IP settin gs, 203 TCP/IP acc ess probl em, 208 workstation configur ation, 20 4 OS/2 TCP/IP, 303 P Parame ters Kerber os, 46 LEAP, 45 Passwo rd securi t y Bindery s etup, 17 5 NDS[...]

Index 371 Header St ring, 67 Log Path P ort, 67 Log Path Type, 67 Model Ty pe, 66 Name, 65 Printer Configur ation, 67 Selected Log Path, 67 Sele cted M odel, 6 6 Services , 65 Trailer Stri ng, 67 Pri nt server setup HTML method, 176 manual ( Telnet) method , 176 Printer erro rs, 1 22 loggin g, 349 loggin g through logpaths , 350 monitoring, 349 sha[...]

Index 372 R RARP, Unix, 13 0 Reference a Bindery queue in NDS NetWare 3 .x, 188 NetWare 4 .x, 188 NetWare 5 .x, 188 Remote managem ent software, 304 Remote she ll, 54 Remove pr eferred fi le server , 174 Resource Name, TN 5250/3270, 75 Root user, NIC, 343 Rou ters, Uni x, 132 Routing, TCP/ IP Network, 5 8 RPRINTER setup NetWare Ver sion 3.x , 160 N[...]

Index 373 T TCP access l ists, 347 TCP/IP access, troublesh ooting, 122 configur ing AS/4 00 for AS CII, 231 TCP/IP acc ess probl em AS/400, 24 2 OS/2, 208 Unix, 152 TCP/IP Ne twork, 57 Interface, 58 Routing, 58 TCPIP Con figurati on, TN327 0E, 279 Technic al suppor t, 31, 119 Telnet, 5 4 Telnet c ommands, TN5250, 2 95 TN3270E Configura tion Scree [...]

Index 374 NetWare 3 .x, no PS ERVER connecti on, 169 NetWare 4 .x, no PS ERVER connecti on, 170 NetWare 5 .x, no PS ERVER connecti on, 170 NIC cannot b e found, 120 NIC cannot b e found on N etwork, 14 9 no extra page, 152 no form fe ed, 152 Novell, 168 printer errors, 122 printing , 150 PSERVER setup (10/100B ase-T), 194 stair-ste pped ou tput, 15[...]

Index 375 Windows 3.1, Hos t setup, 118 Windows 9x, Host s etup, 116 Windows Me, Host setup , 116 Windows Netwo rk (NetBIOS TCP/I P), 61 Workgrou p Name, 6 2 Windows NT 3.51, Ho st setup, 114 Windows NT 4.0 Host se tup, 100 Host setup troublesho oting, 125 Windows XP, Host setu p, 1 04 Wireles s Kerber os, 49 Wireles s Networ k Indica tor, 26 Wirel[...]

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