Lexmark N5 manual

www.lexm ark.co m Getting St ar ted September 2002 N5 Wireless Adapter[...]

ii Edition: September 2002 The fol lowing par agraph does no t ap ply to any countr y wher e such p rovisions ar e incon sistent with local law: LEXMAR K INTERNA TIONAL, INC., PRO VIDES THIS PUBLICA T ION “AS IS” WIT HOUT W ARRANTY OF ANY KIND , EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED , INCLUDING, BUT NO T LIMITED TO , THE IMPLIED W ARRANTIES OF MERCHANT ABI[...]

iii deux condi tions sui vantes: (1) cet appareil ne peut engendre r aucune interfér ence et (2 ) il doit accepter toute interférence q u'il reçoit, y compr is celles qui peuvent alté rer son fonctionn ement. P our évit er toute in terférence radio au ser vice sous licence, cet appareil est con çu pour être utilisé à l'intér ie[...]

iv Con te nts Contents Introduction ................................ ........................ .................................... ... 1 Setup ........................................... ........................ .................................... ... 1 Step 1: Select a l ocation for your printer a dapter .................. ................... ...[...]

v Contents I do not k now the hexadecimal form at of my WEP ke y ............... ............. ................... ........... 27 Setup was no t successful (My pri nter was not found on the ne twork) ............ .................... .... 27 The Lexmark pr inter software installat ion screen does not appear ....................... .................[...]

1 Introd uction Intr o duction Thank you for purchasing the Lexmark TM N5 Wirele ss Adapter ! The pr inter a dapter ma kes it easy for you to: • Share your pr inter between two or m ore networ k compu ters. • Locate your pr inter anywhere in your h ome or off ice. Y ou no longer nee d to lo cate the pr inte r next to a host comp ut e r or mak e[...]

2 Setup Step 1: Select a loca tion f or y our printer adapter Choosin g the cor rect lo cation for your new prin ter adapte r is vital to ens uring that it provides you with the qualit y of ser vic e y ou e x pect . Make sure t he location is: • Fir m, level, and stable • Within th e approp riate rang e for y our acces s point if your networ k [...]

3 Setup Step 3: Prepare y our printer Unpack and set up your printer . F or help , ref er to the instr uctions th at came with your pr inter . T o help con figure your pr inter on the net work: Do not conn ect your pr inter to your comp uter ; howe ver , if you hav e alread y don e so , disc onnect the USB or pa rallel cable. Do not inst all the pr[...]

4 Setup Step 4: Raise th e printer adap ter anten na Note: Rotate the antenna clockwise from t he back. Step 5: Connect y our printer adapt er to y our printer Not e: Y our pr inter m a y look different from t he one sho wn. Antenna USB cable[...]

5 Setup Step 6: Connect y our printer adap ter powe r suppl y If neces sar y , replace the power plug adap ter with th e correct power plug ada pter for y our geography . Step 7: Make sure all i ndica tor li ghts are o n If, after 30 seconds, one or mo re of the ind icator ligh ts are not on, see page 24 . Not e: The network link ligh t blinks to i[...]

6 Setup Step 8: T urn on y our comput er Step 9: Set up y our printer adapte r on the netw o rk Y our prin ter adapter mus t establish communi cation wi th either a remot e host if your network has an a d hoc configurati on or an acc ess point i f your network has an in frastruc ture configu ration. If you hav e any questi ons abou t the software s[...]

7 Setup When th e f ollowing sc reen app ears, click Next . Select L exmark N5 Wire less Adapter and the ty pe of prin ter to which you connected the pri nter adapter . 3 4 Click Cont in ue . Select F irst time N5 wireless ad apt er inst alla tion . Note: Y our scree n may look different from the one sh own. Click Cont in ue . 5 6 7[...]

8 Setup Read the infor mation o n the scree n thoroug hly . It i s v er y impor tant that you un derstand the setup process. Thi s will h elp you to compl ete the step s in su bs equ ent util ity sc re ens . Click Continue . 8 9 Open the c onfig uration utili ty f or your compu ter’ s wireless adap ter. Note: Generally , an icon for the utility c[...]

9 Setup Change the values of your computer’s wireles s adapter ne twork sett ings t o the values shown o n the screen. Note: The SSID /Network nam e value is case sensiti v e a nd must be ent ered exactly as it appe ars on your sc reen. After all values hav e been chan ged, apply the changes, and t hen clos e the com puter’ s wireles s adapter [...]

10 Setup Click Continue . Select th e network to which you want to c onnect your prin ter . Note: If the networ k to which you w a nt to connect your pr inter is the s ame networ k to which your computer was connecte d, it may help you to refer to the values you wrote down in step on page 8. Note: If your network is not li sted, click Refre sh to u[...]

11 Setup F ollow the inst r uctions on your scr een to restor e y our comput er’ s wirele ss adapter ne twork se ttings to thei r orig inal value. Note: It may help y ou to refer to the values you wrote down in step on page 8. Note: Do not exit the Lexmark N 5 Wireless Pri nter Adap ter Setup U tility . Y ou need to hav e both utilitie s open at [...]

12 Setup Step 10: Configure y ou r ne tw ork printer Follow the instr uctions f o r your printe r type. Inkjet printer s Use the pr inter s oftware to help c onfigure your network in kjet pri nter . If you hav e not already in stalled this sof tware, locate the CD that came with your printer now . Choose a procedu re from the f o llowing table to i[...]

13 Setup F rom th e Results: No Pri nter Attach ed screen, click Network . Note: If the Resul ts: No Pr inter Attac hed screen does not a ppear , continue with st ep on page 14. 3 6 F rom the Ne twork Co nfiguration s creen, selec t your network printer from the li st of availabl e pri nters. Note: If your network pr inter i s <Unconfi gur ed &g[...]

14 Setup Y ou ar e finished settin g up your compute r to work with your networ k inkje t printer ; howe ver , th e pri nter software mus t be instal led on eac h compute r that uses the network printer. Setting up other co mputers on y our network Inkjet 2 (software pre viously installed) F ol low the instr uctions on your screen t o comple te so [...]

15 Setup F rom th e Advanced window , click Networking . F rom th e Network ing Opt ions scre en, click Configure . 3 4 On the Networ k Config uration scre en, find your network printer i n the list of av ailable pr inte rs. 5 Y our ne twork p rint er is the one whose MAC address ma tches the MA C address on the bottom cover of your prin ter adapte[...]

16 Setup Windows 9 8/Me/2000 a F rom t he Star t menu, click Se ttings Pr inters. b Righ t-cli ck the ic on f or yo ur netw ork printer . c Make sure Set as Default is selected a nd Use Printe r Offline is not se lecte d, and then click Proper ties. d Click the Details or P or ts tab . e F rom the Pr int to the following por t: menu, select th e pr[...]

17 Setup Y ou ar e finished settin g up your compute r to work with your networ k inkje t printer ; howe ver , th e pri nter software mus t be instal led on eac h compute r that uses the network printer. Setting up other computers on y our network Laser printers Use the p rin ter software to he lp confi gure your networ k laser pr inter . If you ha[...]

18 Setup Laser 1 (software not pre vi ousl y install ed) Follow the instr uctions f o r your operating sy stem. Windows 98/Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windo ws 2000, and Windows XP Y ou ar e finished setting up your computer to work wit h your networ k laser printe r ; howe ver , the p rint er por t must be defined and the printer software must be installe[...]

19 Setup When th e software in stallation s creen appears, click Install Now . Click Nex t on the I nstallS hield Wi zard s creen. Select L exmark N5 Wire less Adapter and Lase r . Click Continue . 2 3 4 5 Select Additional PC installation . Note: Y our scree n may look different from the one sh own. V erify that your compute r’ s wireless a dapt[...]

20 Setup Laser 2 (software pre viousl y installed) Follow the instr uctions f o r your operating sy stem. Windows 98/Me, Windows NT 4.0, and Windo ws 2000 Y ou ar e finished settin g up your compute r to work with your networ k laser pr inte r ; howe ver , th e pr inter por t must be defined and the pr inter software must be installed on each compu[...]

21 Setup Select L exmark N5 Wire less Adapter and Lase r . Click Continue . Select Additional PC installation . Note: Y our scree n ma y look different from th e one shown. 4 5 6 V erify that your compute r’ s wireless a dapter is on t he sam e ne t w ork as y o ur printer a d ap te r , and t hen cl ic k Continue . A ne t work port f or y our las[...]

22 Setup Windows XP Y ou ar e finished settin g up your compute r to work with your networ k laser pr inte r ; howe ver , th e pr inter por t must be defined and the pr inter software must be installed on each compute r that uses the networ k pri nter. Setting up other computers on your netw ork F rom th e Star t menu, click Control Panel Printe rs[...]

23 Setup Select L exmark N5 Wire less Adapter and Lase r . Click Continue . Select Additional PC installation . Note: Y our scree n ma y look different from th e one shown. 4 5 6 V erify that your compute r’ s wireless a dapter is on t he sam e ne t w ork as y o ur printer a d ap te r , and t hen cl ic k Continue . A ne t work port f or y our las[...]

24 T roub leshooting T rou blesho oting An indicator light is not on Not e: S ee page 5 to loc ate the indic ator lights. For this pr oblem: See page: An indicat or light is not o n 24 The Le xmark Printer Adapt er Install ation Softwar e screen do es not appea r 25 I cannot fi nd the netwo r k setting s of m y computer’ s wireless a dapter 25 My[...]

25 T roub le shooting The Le xmark Print er Adapt er Inst alla tion Software scree n does not appe ar I cannot find the netw ork settings of m y computer’ s wir ele ss ada pte r A wire less adapte r config uration utili ty is provide d with your compute r’ s wirel ess adap ter hardware. Y ou c an use this utility to sele ct the wireless c ommun[...]

26 T roub leshooting My MA C addre ss is not listed on the Select y our N5 Wireless Adapter scre en • Click Searc h Again . • V erif y that all three pr inter a dapter ligh ts are on . • If you manually ente red the SSID , verify th e value LexmarkN5 was enter ed correctly . The SSID is cas e- sensiti v e, and there sh ould b e no extr aneous[...]

27 T roub le shooting I do not kno w the he xadeci mal fo rmat of my W E P k e y • Go to ano ther device on your networ k and no te the sele ctions for ke y and number o f bits. • 40/64 b it k e ys c ontain fi v e alphanumer ic c haracters (0 thr ough 9, A thr ough F) and 128 bit keys contain ten. • If your network uses a pas sphrase, ref er [...]

28 T roub leshooting The Lexmark printer soft ware installation screen does not appear An err o r mess a ge appear s Follow the instr uctions on any er ror mess age that ap pears o n y our comp uter scre en. Clic k the ? or Help button f or add itional inf ormation. My netw ork print er does not appear in the list of av ailable printers • Make su[...]

29 T roub le shooting There is not a Netw ork b utton on the Result s: No P rinter A ttached scre en There is not a n Install Sel ected Printer but ton on the Net w ork Configuration scree n F rom th e Search Re sults: No Pr inter A ttached screen, click Select . F rom th e Pr inter Inst allatio n screen, c lick Configure Network Print er . Continu[...]

30 T roub leshooting My netw ork print er does not print • Make sure all cables to the p rint er , prin ter adapt er , electr ical out let and network c onnection are secur e (pages 4 thro ugh 5). • Make sure all indicato r lights are o n (page 5). • Chec k the printer s tatus ( page 37). • Make sure the pr inte r software is ins talled on [...]

31 How Do I...? How Do I...? Use this chapter to find out how to perform c ommon tasks related to your prin ter adapter and netwo rk pr inter . Change the computer’ s netw ork settings A wire less adapte r config uration utili ty is provide d with your compute r’ s wirel ess adap ter hardware. Y ou c an use this utility to sele ct the wireless [...]

32 How Do I...? Change the prin ter ad apter netw ork settings The pr inter a dapter net work settings include th e follo w ing: • SSID/Networ k name • Network Mod e • Channel • A uthentic ation T ype T o change thes e settings and the selection to activate DHCP using t he Wireles s Setup Utility , follo w these s teps: F rom th e Star t me[...]

33 How Do I...? Print a test page Uninstall the printe r software Inkjet printer s Laser printers Refer to the instr uctio ns that came with your pr inter . T o reins tall the prin ter software, rest ar t your co mputer , an d then follow the instr ucti ons on pa ge 17. Click Adv anc ed . Change the a ppropr iate ne twork setting s, and then click [...]

34 How Do I...? Uninst all the Lexmark Printe r Adapt er Installation Software Manuall y c onfigure t he netw ork prin ter Y our prin ter software auto matical ly confi gures your networ k pri nter . Howev er , following are so me instances when you may need to c onfigu re it manually . • Y our ne twork p rint er is <U nconfigu red>. • Th[...]

35 How Do I...? Laser printers Enter an I P address that is valid for your network . F or help, ref er to your network documen tation or contact your networ k adm inistrato r . Click OK . Continue with p age 12 (software not previously installe d) or pa ge 14 (software prev i ously i nstalled ) . 4 5 6 F rom th e Star t menu, click Programs Le xma [...]

36 How Do I...? Select the ne tw ork printer port Follow the instr uctions f o r your operating sy stem. Windows 98/Me, W indows NT 4.0, and Windows 2000 Click Configure . Enter an I P address that is valid for your network . F or help, ref er to your network documen tation or contact your networ k adm inistrato r . Click OK . Click Clos e . Select[...]

37 How Do I...? Win do ws XP Chec k the printer status Spec ify a fixed IP address Y our prin ter adapt er suppo r ts Dyn amic Host Co nfiguration Protocol (DHCP). When D HCP is active, an IP address is autom aticall y assigned each tim e the pr inte r adapter i s connec ted to the n etwork. If you prefer to specify a fix e d IP address rath er tha[...]

38 How Do I...? Rese t the pr inter ad apter If you encoun ter problems du ring setup or later de cide to mov e your printe r adapter to a different network , you ma y need to r eset the p rin ter adapte r . T o rese t the pr inter a dapter : 1 V erif y all in dicat or light s are on (page 5). 2 Using a p en or penci l, press th e Reset button thre[...]

39 Glossa ry Glossary Access p oint. A hardware device or a compu ter's sof tware that acts as a co mmunicatio n hub for users of a wireless device to connect to a wired L AN. Ad hoc. An 802.11b ne tworkin g framework in whi ch devices or stat ions com municate direc tly with e ach other , without the use of a n access p oint. Ad h oc mode is [...]

40 Glossary printer port. Wind ows ter minology for a ph ys ical or lo gical connec tion to a p rinter . F or e x ample: • LPT1 indi cates the pr inter i s attached to a physical parallel por t with a p arallel cable. • USB001 i ndicates the printer is attache d to a physical USB por t wi th a USB cable. • Lexmark_Z65 _1008e8 i ndicates a log[...]

Statement of Limi ted W arranty Lexmark Int ernation al, Inc. Lexing ton, KY This limited warranty applies to the United States. For customers outside the U . S., refe r to the countr y-specific wa rrant y info r mat i on that c ame with your p roduct. This limited warranty applies to this product only if it was origi nally pur chase d for y our us[...]

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