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U s e r ’ s Manual P5000LJ Series Printers ®[...]
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U se r ’ s Manual P5000LJ Series Printers ®[...]
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READ THIS SOFTW ARE LICENS E AGREEMENT BEFORE US IN G T H IS PR INTE R Sof tware License Agreement CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND C ONDITIONS BEFORE USING THIS PRINTER. USING THIS PRINTER INDICA TES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, PROMPTLY RETURN THE PRINTER AND ALL ACCOMPANY[...]
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Limited Software Product W arra nty Printroni x warrants that for nin ety (90) d ays after de livery , the Softw are will perform in acco rdance with spec ificatio ns publi shed by Printr onix. Pr intronix does not wa rrant that the Software i s free from a ll bugs, errors and omissi ons. Reme dy Your ex clusive remedy a nd the so le lia bility o f[...]
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U.S. Governm ent Restricted Rights Use, dupl ication or disclosu re by the G overnment i s subject to restrictio ns as set forth in the Rig hts in T echnical D ata and Computer Soft ware cla use at FAR 242. 227-7013 , subdivis ion (b) (3) (ii) or su bparagraph (c) (1) (ii), as appropr iate. Furth er use, duplicat ion or dis closure i s subject t o [...]
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T radema rk Ackno wledgm ent s Hewlett-Pac kard, HP, HP-UX, B i-Tronics, HP in a circle, Hewlett Pack ard, PCL and HP rounded rect angle are re gistered trademarks of He wlett-Pa ckard Compan y. AIX, AS /400, IBM, Ne tView, Pr oprinter and OS/2 ar e register ed trademar ks, and AFP, In telligent Pr inter Data S tream, IPDS , Print Servi ces Facilit[...]
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Novell a nd NetWare ar e registe red trad emarks of N ovell, In c. PostSc ript is a r egistered trademark of Adobe S ystems Inc. Solari s is a reg istered tr ademark of S un Micr osystems , Inc. Ultrix is a register ed trademar k of Digital Equipme nt Corporati on. Unix is a r egistered trademar k of X/Ope n Company Limited. This p roduct uses In t[...]
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Table Of Contents 1 Introducti on ........... .......... ....... ....... ....... ...... ....... ... 17 About This Manua l .................. ............. ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... .... 17 War nings, Cautio ns, And Notes ................... ............. ................... .... 17 Printing Co nvention s Used In This Manua[...]
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Table of Contents 3 Con figuring The Printer . ....... ........ ....... ....... ..... ..... 45 Overview . ................... ............. ................... .................... ................... .... 45 Configur ing The Prin ter ..... ................... ................... .................... .......... 45 Operating Modes ... ..............[...]
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Table of Contents Host Interfac e Menu ... ................... .................... ............. ................... .. 115 Bi-Tronic s Subme nu ..... ................... ............. ................... ............... 11 6 Centronics (Parallel) S ubmenu .................... ................... ............. .. 11 7 Serial Su bmenu .............[...]
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Table of Contents 7 TCP/I P Con figuratio n ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... ...... 157 TCP/IP N IC Configurati on . ................... ................... ............. ............... 15 7 Before Y ou Begin ......... ............. ................... ................... ............. .. 157 Creating Al iases ........... ............. ....[...]
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Table of Contents Web Br owser/HTTP Probl em ... .................... ................... ............. .. 19 1 Windows NT 4.0 or 2000 Host Setup Problem s .............. ............... 191 Installing Mi cros oft TCP/I P Printi ng . ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... ........ 191 10 Unix C onfigura tion ...... ........ ....... ....... ..[...]
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Table of Contents 12 Novell Configurat ion For 10/100Base-T Inter face s...... ..... ....... ........ ....... ..... ....... ....... ....... . 21 7 Overview . ................... ............. ................... .................... ................... .. 217 Novell NIC Con figuration ( 10/100Ba se-T) ......... ................... ............... 2[...]
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Table of Contents 14 Extra Feat ures ... ....... ....... ....... ........ .... ........ ....... 259 NIC Securit y ......... ............. ................... ................... .................... ........ 259 Users And Passwords .. ...... ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... .. 259 TCP Access Lists .. ....... ......[...]
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Table of Contents B Pa per Specification s And Forms Design ............ 301 Introductio n ........... ................... ................... ............. .................... ........ 30 1 General P aper Spe cifications .. ................... ............. .................... ........ 30 1 Paper Gui delines .. ................... ..............[...]
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17 1 Intr oduction About Thi s Manu al This manu al expla ins how to c onfigure and perform routine se rvice o n the Printroni x ® P5000L J Seri es printer s for maximum efficie ncy. W arnings, Cautions, And Notes Read an d comply wi th all in formation highlig hted under s pecial h eadings: Printing Conventions Us ed In This Manual • UPPERCAS E[...]
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18 Chapter 1 About This Manual • Command s yntax an d examples are formatte d as foll ows: • The Cour ier font in boldface indicates c omman ds that yo u type: Example: $ ping ftp.HP.com • Regula r Courier font indic ates dis played results: Example: ftp.HP.com is alive • V ari able values are sh own in italic s in co mmand syntax, o utput,[...]
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The Pr intronix P 5000LJ S eries Printe r Family 19 Printer O verview The Pr intronix P50 00LJ Series Pri nter Fami ly The P50 00LJ seri es of lin e matrix pr inters co nsists of 5 00, 100 0, and 1500 lines p er minute (lpm) mod els pac kaged in various c onfigura tions. Al l of the models o ffer soft ware versa tility a nd the la test refin ements[...]
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20 Chapter 1 Prin ter Overv iew Addit ionally, the P5 000LJ printer offers the follo wing three em ulatio ns as part of its Li nePrinter Plus grou ping: Pr oprinter ® I II XL, Epson ® FX-105 0, and Serial Matrix P-Series . No m atter wha t emulati on is configured , your printer i s very e asy to us e. The m essage dis play and indicato r on the [...]
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Taking Car e Of Your Printer 21 T aking Care Of Y our Printer Your pr inter will produce high qual ity print jobs if i t is well taken ca re of. Period ic clea ning, hand ling the p rinter pro perly, and using the corre ct print er supplie s, su ch as pap er and rib bons, wil l ensur e optimum p erforma nce. Chapter 16 expla ins how to clean the pr[...]
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22 Chapter 1 Prin ter Overv iew Output Contro l Depending on the act ive emulati on, the pr inters hav e the follow ing outpu t control features : • Four m odes for pr inting tex t: 1. Correspon dence (High Den sity) 2. Data Proc essing (D P) (Stand ard Density ) 3. Sparse (high s peed) (Sp arse Dens ity) 4. OCR A and OCR B • Selecta ble forms [...]
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Graphics Options 23 Graphics Options The PGL a nd VGL e mulations al low you t o create and store for ms; gene rate logos, b ar codes , and exp anded cha racters; and c reate ot her graphi cs. Alphanum erics and bar cod e data are add ed as the form is printed. Protocols And Emulations A pr otocol is a set of rules go verning the ex change of i nfo[...]
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24 Chapter 1 Prin ter Overv iew Line Matrix Printing Your pr inter is a n impact printer ; it crea tes character s by pri nting ink do ts on paper. The dots a re printed on an inv isible matri x mapped i n printer memory (see Figure 2). Dot impre ssions are m ade by an array of s teel hamm ers mounted on a rapidl y oscill ating shu ttle. The ha mme[...]
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Printi ng Speed 25 Figure 3. Dot Matrix Line Printing Printing S peed The spe ed at which te xt print s is mea sured in l ines per mi nute (lpm) . This speed is direct ly propo rtional to th e numbe r of dot ro ws require d to produ ce a charac ter line, r egardle ss of the num ber of ch aracters in the lin e. More d ot rows are r equire d to print[...]
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26 Chapter 1 Network Inte rface Card (N IC) Network Interface Card (NIC) Network I nterface Card (NIC) a llows you to attach printers on a loca l area network (LA N) rather th an attac hing them di rectly to a ho st syst em. Follo wing simple config uration ste ps, the se periphe rals can b e simult aneous ly shared with user s on the ne twork whet[...]
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NIC 27 NIC The NIC at the rear of the pr inter has two i ndicator li ghts and two dipswitches , as shown in Figure 4. Figure 4. Status Indicator Lights and Dipswitche s Run and Auto Reset Modes Run Mode i s the normal operating state o f NIC. Auto Re set mode i s entered when the wat chdog tim er is tri ggered an d the Print S erver rese ts itself.[...]
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28 Chapter 1 Network Inte rface Card (N IC) Network Indicator The NET L ED display s the stat us of the networ k link. W hen the NE T LED is on, link inte grity is co nfirmed. The NET LED fl ashes of f for 1/3 secon d when a data pack et is being transferred. When t he NET LED is off, the netwo rk conne ction has been se vered. Dip switches On the [...]
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29 2 Downloading Function Code In P5000LJ Series Printers Introduction Downloadi ng the fu nction code is equi valent to updatin g firmware in the printer. This c hapter expl ains how to load function cod e into P 5000LJ pr inters. You m ust downlo ad functio n code when: • you req uire upg raded firmw are for m aintenanc e or other reasons; • [...]
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30 Chapter 2 Introduction Prep ara tion For Downloading There ar e several function c ode file s availabl e for the P5000LJ p rinters. Th e file you use depen ds on the printer em ulatio n in use. To verify what func tion code is alread y installe d, obser ve the co ntrol panel display when the p rinter is online. If a configu ration p rintout is a[...]
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Prepar ation For Dow nloading 31 Copying Functi on Code T o Y our Computer In order to download function code to a printe r if using a seri al or par allel port, the fun ction code fi le must reside in a PC or laptop computer r unning a ny of the follo wing oper ating syste ms: MS-DO S ® , PC-DOS™, or DOS sessi on on Windows 95/98, Wi ndows NT o[...]
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32 Chapter 2 Loading Function Code To Flash Memory In The Printer Loading Functi on Code T o Flash Memory In The Pri nter This sec tion con tains two l oadin g techniq ues: • How to load function code thr ough the para llel o r serial port of the pr inter. • How to load function cod e through the Ethern et port usin g the file t ransfer protoco[...]
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Downloading Software Through the Serial or P arallel Port 33 • Serial or P arallel Por t: If you ar e going to load mem ory throug h the serial or parallel port of th e printer, s ee “D ownloadin g Software T hrough the Seria l or Parall el Port” on pag e 33.. The lo ad command s are diffe rent, depending on the prin ter port you use. Thes e [...]
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34 Chapter 2 Installing Print er Emulations 13. Press ⇒ (NEXT) agai n to cycle through t he downloa d ports ava ilable in the prin ter: RS232-96 00 (RS-232 serial, 96 00 baud) RS232-19 .2K (RS-23 2 serial, 19200 baud) RS232-38 .4K (RS-23 2 serial, 38400 baud) RS232-11 5K (RS-23 2 serial, 1 15000 baud ) RS422-96 00 (RS-422 serial, 96 00 baud) RS42[...]
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Downloading Software Through the Serial or P arallel Port 35 17. Using W indows Ex plorer, na vigate to the appr opriate fi le on the CD based on the pr inter mod el number a nd desired emulation , e.g., T50 00 IGP. (See Fig ure 5.) 18. Make note of the f ile name, which is a s ix digit n umber pl us .exe , e.g., 12345 6.exe. This is the file y[...]
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36 Chapter 2 Installing Print er Emulations 22. At the command p rompt on the comput er type: filename .exe -pb <E nter> wher e filen ame .exe is t he file na me you not ed in step 18. This com mand decompr esses the file on the hard dr ive and c opies it as a binar y file into the flash memory on the printe r contr oller board. While th e fi[...]
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Downloading Software Through the Network Interface Card (NIC) 37 Downloading Sof t ware Through the Netwo rk Inter face Car d (NIC) 1. Make a pr intout of all sav ed config urations. (I nstalling new so ftware erases al l saved configurati ons. You will us e the printou ts to res tore the printer configura tions.) 2. Set the pr inter po wer swit ch[...]
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38 Chapter 2 Installing Print er Emulations 9. Make note of the f ile name, which is a s ix digit n umber pl us .prg , e.g., 12345 6.prg. This is the file you will download into the NIC. 10. Copy the fi le to the d ownload di rectory. 11. Start a co mmand p rompt sess ion. (The Sta rt Menu icon i s usuall y labeled MS-DOS P rompt or Com mand Promp [...]
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Downloading Optional Font File s to Flash Memory 39 18. When the n ew progr am has suc cessfully loaded into flash me mory and the prin ter has reset itself, set the printe r power swi tch to O (off) . 19. Unplug the AC power cord from t he printer. 20. Remove th e CD from th e host co mputer an d store it wi th the printe r. 21. Using th e configu[...]
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40 Chapter 2 Installing Print er Emulations 8. Press the ⇒ (NEX T) key ag ain to cyc le through th e download ports availab le in the print e r: RS232-96 00 (RS-232 serial, 96 00 baud) RS232-96 00 (RS-232 serial, 19 200 baud) RS232-96 00 (RS-232 serial, 38 400 baud) RS232-96 00 (RS-232 serial, 11 5000 baud) RS422-96 00 (RS422 s erial, 9600 baud) [...]
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Downloading Optional Font File s to Flash Memory 41 The 9600 baud rate is the on ly select ion older version s of MS- DOS can use. Th e baud rate i nformatio n entered in the abo ve co mmands m ust match the selec tion you made in s tep 8. You can download the op tional fon t files one at a time by entering one file name per the copy comman d or yo[...]
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42 Chapter 2 Installing Print er Emulations T able 5. Flash Me mory Mess age Guide Message Explanation Required Ac tion CLEARING PROGRAM FROM FLASH The pro gram su ccess fully loaded into printe r RAM and the ch ecksum mat ched. Th e old prog ram is now b eing deleted fr om flash me mory . None DIAG NOSTIC P ASS ED The pr inter pa ss ed its memory [...]
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Downloading Optional Font File s to Flash Memory 43 ERROR : PRO GRAM NEED S MORE FLASH The printer requir es more flash me mory in order to run the downlo aded prog ram. Add flas h memory or use a smaller emulati on program . ER ROR: PRO GRAM NO T COMP A TIBLE The p rinter is not c ompatible with the do wnloaded program. Use t he correc t emula ti [...]
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44 Chapter 2 Installing Print er Emulations LOADIN G PROG RAM INTO FLASH The printer has deleted t he previo us program from flash memory and is loadi ng the new progr am into f lash memory . None PLEASE W AIT ...R ESET IN PROGRESS The printer fin ished lo ading the program into f lash memory and is au tomatically rese tting itse lf. None RESTORING[...]
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45 3 Configuring The Printer Overview This cha pter is a tut orial that ex plains how to config ure the P 5000LJ prin ter and the NIC. Configuring The Prin ter In order to print dat a, the pri nter must r espond cor rectly to si gnals and commands receive d from the host comput er. Config uration i s the proc ess of match ing the prin ter's op[...]
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46 Chapter 3 Configuring The Printe r Figure 8. The Control Panels DOWN PREV UP SET TOF ENTER FF VIEW CLEAR ON LINE NEXT SHIFT LF Messag e Display Status Ind icator Cabinet Mode l Messag e Display Status Indi cator Pedestal Mo del Set TOF L.P.I. Adj Up Down Clear Next Shift Prev Enter Page L Adj FF View On Line LF Primary Keys Seco n dary Ke ys (Ra[...]
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47 Figure 9. Configuration Menu Overview OFFLINE CONFIG. CONTROL page 77 ACTIVE EMULATION 1 page 79 EMULATION page 80 MAINT/MISC page 114 HOST INTERFACE page 115 Load Config. Save Config. Print C onfig. Delete Config. Power-Up Config. Protect Configs. PCL- II* LP PLUS IGP/PG L & L P+ IGP/VG L & L P+ PCL-II * LP PLUS 2 IGP/ PGL & LP + 3 [...]
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48 Chapter 3 Configuring The Printe r Operating Mode s The printe r has two operatin g modes: online an d offline. Whe n the pri nter is online, i t is cont rolled by the host com puter and prints d ata sent b y the ho st computer . When the printer i s offline, c ommunica tion with t he host is interr upted so you can load paper, c hange ribbon s,[...]
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Changing And Saving Paramet er Se ttings 49 Chang ing And Sa ving P aram eter S etti ngs You can change a parame ter setting , such a s line spacing or forms length, by pressi ng keys on the co ntrol pa nel or by s ending em ulatio n contro l codes in the host d ata stream. When yo u change a paramet er, it is active as long as the pri nter is on .[...]
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50 Chapter 3 Configuring The Printe r Factory Defa ult Configura tion V alues The fac tory defa ult valu es are pe rmanentl y store d in memo ry as a configur ation and cannot be modified or erased . The co nfigurati on value s for the Bi- Tronics par allel inte rface and NIC inter face are dis played on the following pages. Bi-T ronics Parallel In[...]
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Factory Default Configurat ion Values 51 Font Attributes Typeface Data Processing Prop. Spacing Disable Bold Print Disable Italic Print Disable Slashed Zero Disable Page Format Form Length Abs. Length IN 11.0 inches Abs. Length MM 279.4 mm Funct. of lines 66 lines Form Width Abs. Width IN 13.6 inches Abs. Width MM 345.4 mm Function of CPI 136 chara[...]
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52 Chapter 3 Configuring The Printe r NIC Interface ACTIVE EMULATION PCL-II PCL-II Primar y Char. set ID 0 Symbol Set Roman-8 [8U] Pitch 10.00 Density Data Processing Second Char. set ID 0 Symbol Set Roman-8 [8U] Pitch 10.00 Density Data Processing Page Length Rep. Inches/Page Max. Line Width 13.2 inches Face, CPI Delay Enable Graphics Density 60 D[...]
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Factory Default Configurat ion Values 53 Page Format Form Length Abs. Length IN 11.0 inches Abs. Length MM 279.4 mm Funct. of lines 66 lines Form Width Abs. Width IN 13.6 inches Abs. Width MM 345.4 mm Function of CPI 136 characters Margins Left Margin 0 columns Right Margin 0 columns Bottom Margin 0 lines Perforation Skip Disable MAINT / MISC Hex D[...]
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54 Chapter 3 Changing Parameter s Changing Parameters A conf iguration consis ts of sever al param eters. The factory c onfigura tion is PCL-II em ulation u sing the B i-Tronic s interface . You can keep thi s configur ation to p rint yo ur jobs, or if yo ur print j ob requi res a differ ent setti ng such as a seri al inter face, foll ow the proced[...]
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Examp le 55 3. Allows you to ma ke confi guration changes . 4. 5. 6. 7. Cycle t hrough the choice s. 8. An asteri sk (*) indica tes this choice is active . TO SA VE YOUR CHANGE S AS A CONFIGURA TION THA T IS STORED IN MEMORY : 1. 2. 3. Go to the CONFIG . CONTROL submenu S ave Config. o ption, as described on page 57. TO USE THE CURRENT CONFIGURA TI[...]
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56 Chapter 3 Changing Parameter s Saving Y our New Configuration A conf iguration must be s aved in o rder to loa d it later . You can save up to eight con figurati ons to mee t different p rint job re quirements . For exam ple: Config 1: Selects Standard d ensity, 1 0 CPI, 6 LP I, 11-inch f orms Config 2: Selects Sparse de nsity, 1 0 CPI, 8 LPI, 8[...]
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Saving Your New Configuration 57 T able 7. Saving Configurations St ep Ke y Result Notes 1. M ake sure t he printe r is on. Rai se the prin ter cover (on cabine t models) . 2. 3. Allows you to ma ke confi guration changes . 4. 5. 6. 7. Press un til the de sired nu mber (1-8) dis pl ays. NOTE: Do not turn off the prin ter while save is in progr ess [...]
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58 Chapter 3 Changing Parameter s Printing Th e Cur rent Conf iguratio n The c onfiguration printo ut list s the stored p arameter s. You can prin t any or all of the con figurati ons shown abo ve. Co nfigurations 1-8 are th e custom ized configur ations. To print a configur ation, fol low the pr ocedure i n Table 8. CONFIG. CONTROL Load Config. Sa[...]
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Printing The Current Configura tion 59 T able 8. Printing Configurations St ep Ke y Result Notes 1. M ake sure t he printe r is on. Rai se the prin ter cover (on cabine t models) . 2. 3. Allows you to ma ke confi guration changes . 4. 5. 6. 7. Press un til the desired op tion disp lays. 8. The co nfigurati on listi ng begins printing. 9. C arefully[...]
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60 Chapter 3 Changing Parameter s Loading Co nfiguration V alues You ca n load any of the eight c ustomize d configur ations or the fac tory default configur ation, Con figurati on 0. Its l ist of param eters begi ns on page 50. The loa ded confi guration re mains acti ve as lo ng as the p rinter is on. If you power off the printe r, the pow er-up [...]
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Loading Configuration Values 61 T able 9. Loading Configurations St ep Ke y Result Notes 1. M ake sure t he printe r is on. Rai se the prin ter cover (on cabine t models) . 2. 3. Allows you to ma ke confi guration changes . 4. 5. 6. Press un til the de sired nu mber (1-8) dis pl ays. 7. Display s for about a second . The pr inter ha s loaded the co[...]
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62 Chapter 3 Changing Parameter s The Power -Up Configuration When you powe r on the printer for the fi rst time, it lo ads configur ation 0 which is the fac tory defau lt config uration. If you sa ve a conf iguratio n, such a s config uration 1, and turn the power off and then bac k on, the pr inter wil l load the desi gnated power -up configu rat[...]
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The Power-Up Configuration 63 T able 10. Setting The Power-Up Configuration St ep Ke y Result Notes 1. M ake sure t he printe r is on. Rai se the prin ter cover (on cabine t models) . 2. 3. Allows you to ma ke confi guration changes . 4. 5. 6. 7. Press un til the de sired nu mber (1-8) dis pl ays. 8. The pr inter ha s selected the desir ed config u[...]
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64 Chapter 3 Changing Parameter s Deleting Configurat ions You can d elete an y of your customi zed confi guratio ns. You ca nnot, ho wever, delete the configur ation 0, w hich is the factory preset con figurati on. The Protec t Configs. parameter mu st be set to disable b efore yo u may delet e a configu ration ( see page 66). CONFIG. CONT ROL Loa[...]
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Deleting Configurations 65 T able 1 1. Deleting Configurations St ep Ke y Result Notes 1. M ake sure t he printe r is on. Rai se the prin ter cover (on cabine t models) . 2. 3. Allows you to ma ke confi guration changes . 4. 5. 6. 7. Press un til the de sired nu mber (1-8) dis pl ays. 8. The p rint er h as de lete d the select ed con figurati on. 9[...]
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66 Chapter 3 Changing Parameter s Protecting Y our Configurat ions To save o r delete a c onfiguration you mus t set the Pro tect Configs . option to disable . CONFIG. CONTROL Load Config. Save Config. Print Config. Delete Config. Po wer-Up Config. Protect Configs. Disable* Enable * = Factory Default[...]
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Connecting To The Network 67 Configuri ng NIC Connecting T o The Network To attach the NIC to a network , plug the net work cable into t he NIC connec tor (see Figure 1 0). Watch the LEDs in the rear of t he printer as they cycl e through the power on self-te st. When t he test is complete, th e STAT l ed will flas h. Figure 10. Physical Setup Conf[...]
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68 Chapter 3 Configuring NIC Configuration Using The Printer Control Pane l NIC setting s can be set from the prin ter control pa nel. The procedure is describe d below . You can set any o f three li sted par ameters from the p rinter co ntrol pan el. These par ameters ar e located in the ETHE RNET PARAMS menu. Th e availab le param eter s are: •[...]
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Configuration Alternatives 69 9. P ress th e D OWN arr o w key. 10. Press the LEFT or RIGHT arr ow key to select the desired value . 11. Press the ENTER key to make t he selectio n. An a sterisk appe ars to th e right of the value. 12. Press the UP arrow k ey and you will be returne d to step 8. When yo u are finishe d changin g parame ters, exit t[...]
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70 Chapter 3 Configuring NIC Remote Shell A TCP/IP command that helps configu re print s erver se ttings remo tely. A TCP/IP h ost uses this co mmand to r emotely ex ecute a s ingle co mmand on the NIC. Example : rsh s pike lis t prn This co mmand rem otely execute s the npsh co mmand list prn on the NIC named spike . Configur ation Using a W eb B [...]
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Configuration Alternatives 71 Figur e 11. WWW P rinter St atus Screen[...]
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72 Chapter 3 Configuring NIC[...]
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73 4 The Configuration Menus Overview Once you h ave fami liarized y ourself wi th the con figurati on process us ing the tutorial information i n Chapter 3, yo u are ready to c omplete yo ur config uration of the pri nter. This cha pter pro vides desc riptions for each paramete r provide d by the configur ation me nus. Figur e 12 shows the conf ig[...]
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74 Chapter 4 Configuration Main Menu Configuration M ain Menu Figure 12. Configuration Main Menu OFFLINE CONFIG. CONTROL (see page 77) ACTIVE EMULATION 1 (see page 79) EMULATION (see page 80) MAINT/MISC (see page 114) Load Config. 0* - 8 Save C onfig . 1* - 8 Print Config. Current* Fact ory Power-Up All 1 - 8 Delete Config. 1* - 8 Power-Up Config. [...]
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75 Figu re 1 2. Configuration Main Menu (continued) HOST INTERFACE (see page 115) ETHERNET PARAMS (see page 125) Bi-T ronics * Prime Signal Disable* Enable TOF Act ion Reset* Do N othin g Buff e r Si ze in K 1* (1-16) Centronics Data Bit 8 Enable* Disable PI Ignored Enable* Disable Data Polari ty Standard* Inve rted Resp. Polarity Standard* Inve rt[...]
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76 Chapter 4 Configuration Main Menu The first -level co nfigurat ion menu o ptions are b riefly des cribed be low: • CONFIG. CONTROL . Allows y ou to save, pr int, load, a nd delete e ntire sets of c onfigur ation parame ters. Thes e options are desc ribed brie fly in this ch apter and covere d in detai l in Chapte r 3. • ACTIVE EMULATION . Al[...]
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77 Config. Control Menu The CON FIG. CONTRO L menu man ages configu rations , which are groupin gs of parame ter valu es that c an be stored in prin ter memory . Brief descripti ons foll ow for each o ption. Load Config. The printe r can s tore up to eight uni que confi gurations i n memory. T his paramete r allows y ou to sel ect and lo ad a speci[...]
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78 Chapter 4 Config. Control Menu Save Config. This o ption allows you to sav e up to eigh t unique c onfigurati ons to mee t differen t print job r equire ments, whi ch eliminat es the nee d to ch ange the paramete r settin gs for ea ch new job . The con figurations are sto red in memo ry. They will not b e lost if you turn off the prin ter. Confi[...]
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79 Act ive Emulati on Menu The ACTIV E EMULATIO N menu de termines wh at emulati ons are av ailable. • PCL- II . The d efault. The P CL-II emu lation is active . • LP PLUS . Allows you to select Li nePrinter Plus as the ac tive emula tion. If LP PLUS i s the active em ulation, you can select E pson, Proprin ter III XL, or P-Ser ies as the print[...]
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80 Chapter 4 Emulation Menu Emulation Menu The EMU LATION men u is the g ateway to c onfigure the emula tions av ailable with th e P5000LJ pr inter. The control c odes f or each of th ese emula tions ar e describe d in their res pective Tec hnical R eferen ce Manual s . PCL-I I Emula ti on Hewlett-Pac kard's P rinter Con trol Lang uage that i [...]
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PCL-II Emulation 81 PCL-II Emulation EMULATI ON (from page 80) Prim ary Char. Set Secondary Char. Set Graphics Density Display Functns LPI Adjust Page L. / Lines Page L. / Inches Config. Print ID 0* - 109, xx Symbol Set (see next page) Pitc h 10*, 12, 13.3 15, 16.67, 20 Density Data Processing* NLQ OCR-A OCR-B High Speed ID 0* - 109, xx Symbol Set [...]
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82 Chapter 4 Emulation Menu Primary Char . Set You can select o ne of 92 pre-defin ed chara cter se ts by ID (al though ch aracter sets ran ge from 0 - 109, not all sets are available on the LJ500 prin ter), or you can se lect pitch , symbol set, an d typeface individua lly. If the combination y ou choose m atches o ne of the 92 predefin ed sets, t[...]
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PCL-II Emulation 83 Page Length Rep. • Inches/Pa ge . All pa ge leng th calcula tions ar e based on the in ches display ed on the panel. • Lines/Page . All ch anges in LPI or de nsity wi ll be cha nged accor dingly. The len gth of the pa ge is the number o f lines p er inch, or lpi. For exam ple, if the form in use is 82 lines a t 6 lpi, the pa[...]
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84 Chapter 4 Emulation Menu PTX Li nef eed • Disable . Th e default. L inefeed is t o be perfo rmed as ca lculated from the bottom of the graphi cs or b arcode, ther eby disr upting the vertical text alignmen t. • Enabl e . The Li nefeed mov es to the nex t line as c alculate d from the T op of Form po sition, ther eby retaini ng vertic al text[...]
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PCL-II Emulation 85 Symbol Set Pri nt This opti on prints a list of al l the av ailable sets . The char acter set number prints to the left of th e character set sampl e. Reset Cmd CFG Ld When the p rinter receiv es a host da ta stream re set comm and in add ition to resetting p rinter variables , the select ed con figuration w ill be lo aded. • [...]
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86 Chapter 4 Emulation Menu LP Plus Em ulation EMULATION (from page 80) Printer Protocol Print Char. Set Font Attributes Page For mat Typeface Data Processi ng* NLQ OCR-A OCR-B High Speed NLQ Sans Serif Prop. Spacing Disable* Enable Bold Pr int Disable* Enable Italic Pr int Disable* Forward Slant Backward Sl an t Slashed Zero Disable* Enable LP PLU[...]
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LP Plus Emulation 87 Printer Protocol Select t he LinePr inter+ proto col you wish to use. Refer to th e PCL-II/ LinePrinte r Plus T echn ical Refe rence Manua l for more informatio n. Pri nt C har . Set When this selec tion is d isplayed a nd the EN TER key is press ed, the cur rent charac ter set is printed. CPI/LPI Selec t This paramet er lets y[...]
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88 Chapter 4 Emulation Menu Bold Print • Disable . T ext is pr inted nor mally . • Enabl e . T ex t is printed wi th a heavy l ine thickn ess. It alic Print • Disable . T ext is pr inted nor mally . • Forward S lant . T ext is printed w ith a forwar d slant. • Backward Slant . T ext is printed w ith a back ward slant . Slashed Zero This p[...]
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LP Plus Emulation 89 Reset Cmd CFG Ld When the p rinter receiv es a host da ta stream re set comm and in add ition to resetting p rinter variables , the select ed con figuration w ill be lo aded. • Disable . The printer ignores the reset command when it is receive d and continue s to use the curre ntly load ed config uration. • Power-Up Config [...]
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90 Chapter 4 Emulation Menu P-Series Emulation Printer Protocol (from page 86) Control Code 06 Control Code 08 Define CR Code Auto L F Overstrike Define LF Code Selec t SFC C EVFU S elect Al t. Se t 80- 9F Character Set SFCC d Command 8.0 LPI* 10.3 LPI 6.0 LPI Elongated* Backspace CR = CR* CR = CR + LF Disable* Enable Enable* Disable LF = CR + LF* [...]
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P-Seri es Emulat ion 91 Control Code 06 Control C ode 06 d efines the fun ction of A SCII code hex 06 ( ACK). Y ou ca n sele ct an alte rnate line s pacing of 6, 8, or 10.3 LPI. Control Code 08 Control C ode 08 d efines the fun ction of A SCII code hex 08 (BS ). Y ou ca n define the code to output an elonga ted char acter or a backspace. Define CR [...]
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92 Chapter 4 Emulation Menu Select SFCC This paramet er allow s you to sel ect which A SCII codes wi ll funct ion as the S pec ial Functi on Control Co de (SFCC) command delimite r . P-Serie s codes can use hex 00 throu gh hex 7F . Options include th e followi ng: • ESC (hex 1B) • SOH (h ex 01) • ETX (hex 03) • CIRC UMFLEX (hex 5E)— al so[...]
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Proprinter XL Emulation 93 Proprinter XL Emulation Define CR Code This opti on controls the acti on of the pr inter when i t receive s a Carria ge Return code ( hex 0D) fr om the host computer . If this feature is enabled, e ach time the p rinter rec eives a Ca rriage Retu rn, it in serts an add itional L ine Feed code (h ex 0A) into the data strea[...]
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94 Chapter 4 Emulation Menu Auto LF This o ption defines the prin ter actions wh en print data is receiv ed past the forms width se tting. • Enabl e . Perfor ms an a utomatic carriage return and line feed when d ata is received past the form s width. • Disable . Disc ards any da ta p ast the f orms wid th. Define LF Code • LF = LF . Does no t[...]
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Epson FX Emulation 95 Ep son FX Emulation Printer Prot ocol (from page 86) Define CR Code Auto L F Define LF Code Printer Select Character Set 20 CPI Condensed A lt. S et 80 -9F CR = CR* CR = CR + LF Enable* Disable LF = LF* LF = CR + LF Disable* Enable Epson Set * ASCII (USA)* French German English Danish I Swedish Italian Spanish I Japanese Norwe[...]
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96 Chapter 4 Emulation Menu Define CR Code The Define CR Code optio n controls th e action of the printer when it rec eives a Carriage Return code (hex 0D) fr om the host c omputer . If this featu re is enabled, e ach time the print er receives a Carriag e Return, it i nserts an additiona l Line F eed code (h ex 0A) int o the data str eam. Do not u[...]
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Serial Ma trix Emulation 97 Alt. Set 80-9F • Control Code . Inter prets data in th e range of he x 80 th rough he x 9F as a control code. • Printable . Prints data in the r ange of hex 80 through hex 9F . Serial Matrix Emul ation Control Code 06 Control C ode 06 d efines the fun ction of A SCII code hex 06 ( ACK). Y ou ca n sele ct an alte rnat[...]
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98 Chapter 4 Emulation Menu Auto LF The Auto LF opti on defines the printer acti ons when print data is rece ived past the forms width setting. • Enabl e . Perfor ms an a utomatic carriage return and line feed when d ata is received past the form s width. • Disable . Disc ards any da ta p ast the f orms wid th. Overstrike This o ption enab les [...]
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Serial Ma trix Emulation 99 Serial Matrix Character Set Me nu * = Factory Default IBM PC* Multinational ECMA Latin 1 DEC Mult. Primary Subset ASCII ( USA)* French German English Danish Swedish Ital ian Spanish Japanese French Canadian Latin American Danish II Spanish II Latin Am II Extended Subset Code Page 437* Code Page 850 ASCII (USA)* EBCDIC Pr[...]
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100 Chapter 4 Emulation Menu P-Series XQ Emulation Control Code 06 Control C ode 06 d efines the fun ction of A SCII code hex 06 ( ACK). Y ou ca n sele ct an alte rnate line s pacing of 6, 8, or 10.3 LPI. Define CR Code This o ption contro ls the acti on of the pr inter wh en it receive s a Carria ge Return code ( hex 0D) fr om the host computer . [...]
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P-Seri es XQ Emula tion 101 Define LF Code • LF = CR + LF . Force s an automati c carriage r eturn with e ach line feed comm and rece ived. The n ext prin t positio n is pr int posit ion 1 o f the next line. • LF = LF . Does no t perform an automa tic carriag e return when a line fe ed command is rec eived. The next print p osition will be the [...]
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102 Chapter 4 Emulation Menu Slew Relative “Slewing” is rapid vertical paper movem ent. This paramete r deter mines the number o f lines s lewed (e ither 1-15 lines or 1 -16 line s) when a n EVFU Sl ew Relative comm and is rec eived. IGP/PGL Emulation The IGP/P GL emula tion can be config ured eith er through t he printe r’s front panel or fr[...]
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IGP/PGL Em ulation 103 Define CR Cod e (Carri age Return) This parame ter forces the prin ter to inser t an autom atic Line Fee d code in to the data s tream when ever a Car riage Retur n code occu rs. This is to be use d only if the host comp uter does not send Line Feeds to the printe r. • CR = CR . Does not pe rform a line feed . The next pr i[...]
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104 Chapter 4 Emulation Menu Select Font This paramet er allows y ou to selec t a font for the IGP/PG L feature . The default is 0, which is U.S. AS CII. The follo wing val ues are valid choices: 0 U.S. ASCII 1G e r m a n 2 Swedi sh 3D a n i s h 4 Nor wegi an 5F i n n i s h 6E n g l i s h 7D u t c h 8F r e n c h 9 Spanish 10 Italian 11 Turkish Valu[...]
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IGP/PGL Em ulation 105 Ext Execute Copy • Disable . D ynamic data, overlay d ata, etc. are n ot allowed if the optional Form Count parameter (numbe r of form s to print) is specifie d as part of the Exec ute comm and. (Th is setting is IGP-10 0 compatible .) • Enabl e . Dynami c data, over lay data, etc. are allowed within a form in which the F[...]
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106 Chapter 4 Emulation Menu IGP100 Comp atbl. This o ption instr ucts the IGP/PGL to behave simi larly to t he IGP-100 with respec t to cert ain comm ands. All ne w users wit h new ap plications should select the Disabl e option. S electin g this mo de insures the pri nter will be have as desc ribed in th is manual . • Disable . Th e IGP does n [...]
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IGP/VGL (Code V) Emula tion 107 IGP/VGL (Code V) Emulation The IGP/V GL (Code V) emulati on can be configur ed either th rough the printer’s front panel or from the host com puter with control code s. For a detailed descr iption o f co nfiguration with co ntrol c odes, s ee the QMS Co de V Techni cal Refer ence Man ual. For informati on on conf i[...]
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108 Chapter 4 Emulation Menu SFCC & Pwru p This o ption has se veral s uboption s which d efine the S FCC and power -up configur ation us ed with Cod e V . SFCC This opti on selects the Special Functi on Control Code. The de fault value i s the care t ^ (decimal 94). V al id valu es are 17 th rough 255 . Throughou t this sect ion, the ^ is use [...]
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IGP/VGL (Code V) Emula tion 109 Free Forma t • Disable . Th e default. • Enabl e . Selec ts free format m ode as the power-up de fault, and s elects the graph ics mode ^P Y as the p ower-up def ault. Free format ca uses the Code V to i gnore car riage retu rns, lin e feeds, a nd all char acters bel ow hex 20 s ent from the h ost. Mgnum Conversi[...]
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110 Chapter 4 Emulation Menu T runcate Alpha When enab led, th is paramete r prevents the printin g of Err or 48 (Ele ment Off Page Er ror) if alph anumeric d ata, includi ng spaces, exte nds beyo nd the right side of th e form. T rue V ert 1/10 • Disable . A v ertical 1/1 0 of an inc h parameter i s used as 7 /72 of an inch. The absolu te mo ve [...]
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IGP/VGL (Code V) Emula tion 111 Midline PY (i ncludes ^PN) • Disable . Th e Graphic s mode En able com mand, ^PY , mu st be the f irst three ch aracters of a line. • Enabl e . The ^ PY or ^PN can occur any w here in a line . Convert to U/C • Disable . Lower case cha racters a re printed normall y . • Enabl e . All lo wercase al phabetic cha[...]
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112 Chapter 4 Emulation Menu Off page Er rors • Disable . Does not report e rrors for el ements that start or end beyon d the right ed ge of the page. • Enabl e . Reports err ors for el ements that start or end beyo nd the ri ght edge of the p age. Barcode E rrors • Enabl e . An error message wi ll print wh en inval id bar code data is encoun[...]
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IGP/VGL (Code V) Emula tion 113 ISO Char Set This paramet er allow s you to selec t a font for the IGP/ VGL (Code V ) featur e. The defa ult is 0, which is U.S. ASCII . The follow ing va lues ar e valid ch oices: 0 U.S. ASCII 1 United Kingd om 2 Swedish /Finnis h 3 Nor wegi an/Dani sh 4 Japanes e 5G e r m a n 6F r e n c h 7 Italian 8 Spanish 9 PC S[...]
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114 Chapter 4 Maint/Mi sc Menu Maint/Misc Menu Hex Dump Mode A hex code pr intout (or hex dump) tra nslates all in comin g data to hexa decimal equival ents. A he x dump li sts eac h ASCII da ta chara cter rece ived fro m the host com puter togethe r with its correspond ing two-d igit hexadec imal code . Hex dumps can be u sed to troub leshoot s om[...]
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IGP/VGL (Code V) Emula tion 115 Powe r S tacker This par ameter, wh ich is onl y presente d with the 15 00QS mo del, allo ws you to enable (the defau lt) or disabl e power sta cker oper ation. Host Interface Menu The Hos t Interface M enu Dia gram enables you to s elect and c onfigure an interfac e between t he printe r and your host compute r: •[...]
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116 Chapter 4 Host Inter face Menu The curr ently s elected i nterface is indica ted with an asteris k on the co ntrol panel mes sage disp lay. Eac h interfa ce has its own subme nu with the set of associ ated interfa ce param eters that you may c onfigure. T he host i nterface and it s associa ted parameter s control the interfac e betw een the pr[...]
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Centronics (Parallel) Submenu 117 TOF Ac t i on • Reset . A for m feed is performed before a w arm start wh en the p rime signal is asse rted fro m the host. This s etting is used onl y if the P rime Signal p arameter is enab led. • Do Nothing . No form fe ed is perfo rmed on res et. Buffer S ize in K This opti on configu res the a mount of me [...]
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118 Chapter 4 Host Inter face Menu Dat a Bit 8 • Enabl e . Allows ac cess to the extended ASCII charact er set. • Disable . The prin ter interpre ts bit 8 of each incom ing data charac ter as a zero, r egardle ss of its actual settin g. PI Ignored The PI (P aper Ins truction ) signa l is used to control vertical paper mo tion. • Enabl e . Ign[...]
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Serial S ubmenu 119 TOF Ac t i on • Reset . A form feed is performed before a w arm start wh en the p rime signal is asse rted fro m the host. This s etting is used onl y if the P rime Signal p arameter is enab led. • Do Nothing . No form fe ed is perfo rmed on res et. Buffer S ize in K Config ures the amo unt of memo ry allo cated for the Cent[...]
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120 Chapter 4 Host Inter face Menu Interface T ype Allows you to se lect e ither the RS- 232 (the default) or RS-422 serial port interfac e. Dat a Protoc ol You can se lect on e of the following s erial inter face protocol s to meet the hos t interfac e requi rements. • XON / XOFF . The d efault. The printer controls the flo w of co mmunic ation [...]
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Serial S ubmenu 121 Wor d L en g t h Sets the le ngth of th e serial data word. The leng th of the da ta word can be s et to 7 or 8 bits, and must matc h the corresp ondin g data bits s etting in t he host comput er. The de fault is 8 bi ts. S top Bit s Sets the num ber of stop bits in the ser ial data word. E ither one or two stop bits can be sele[...]
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122 Chapter 4 Host Inter face Menu Ethernet Submenu The Ethe rnet interf ace allo ws you to locate the printer on a LAN ra ther than attach the host direct ly into the p rinter . Bu ffe r Siz e in K This o ption conf igures the amount of m emory al located for the Et hernet buffer . The defaul t is 16 Kby tes. Y ou can spec ify between 1 and 16 Kby[...]
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Auto Switching Submenu 123 Auto Switching Subme nu Auto Switching Gives the pr inter the abil ity to handle multiple data streams sequentia lly . With Auto Sw itching , the prin ter can service hosts attached to the se rial and parallel por ts as if they were the onl y interf ace conn ected. For exam ple, if the host com puter se nds one pri nt job[...]
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124 Chapter 4 Host Inter face Menu T ric kle T ime When the p rinter is printin g data from a host an d a seco nd job is received by the prin ter from a di fferent host, Trickle Time prevents the sec ond host f rom timing ou t while it is waiti ng for its data to be p rinted. I n order to support th is feature, t he port ha s to be abl e to accept [...]
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Auto Switching Submenu 125 Ethernet Params Menu The ETHE RNET P AR AMS menu helps your pr inter comm unicate on a network. For in formatio n on assign ing the IP Addre ss, Gateway Address , Subnet Mask, and M AC Address , refer to Μετηοδσ Οφ Αδϕ υστινγ Παπερ Ποσιτιον ον παγε 170. You m ay also enable or di[...]
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126 Chapter 4 Ether net Param s Menu Gateway Address A gatew ay address is the I P address of a hardw are devic e (gateway) that transla tes data b etween two i ncompa tible netw orks, wh ich can in clude protoco l translati on. Subnet Mask A bina ry value used to divi de IP netw orks i nto smaller subnetwork s or subnets. This m ask is us ed to he[...]
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Auto Switching Submenu 127 Ethernet S peed This menu option only app ears if a 10 /100Base -T netwo rk interfa ce card (NIC) is ins talled. The Eth ernet Spee d menu allows compatib ility with different system s and netwo rks. The factory def ault is A uto Selec t. • Auto Select . ( the default) This setting tells the 10 /100Base -T NIC to perfor[...]
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128 Chapter 4 Printe r Control Menu Un idire ctio nal The Unid irectional feature affects bo th print qual ity a nd printing speed. By setting th is featur e, you c an config ure the pri nter to pr int in both d irectio ns of the sh uttle swee p (bidire ctional), o r to pri nt in one d irection o nly (unidirec tiona l). You migh t want to ena ble t[...]
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Auto Switching Submenu 129 Pow er S aver T i me Power S aver is al so referred to as the E NE RGY S TAR ® Offic e Equip ment Program. T he Power S aver featur e place s the printe r in “sleep m ode” when the prin ter has n ot been us ed for a s pecified nu mber of m inutes. In sleep mode the p rinter is in low-e nergy idle state, al l fans and[...]
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130 Chapter 4 Diagnostics Menu Printer T ests The printe r tests are used to check th e print q uality a nd printer operation . The Prin ter Tests paramete rs are descr ibed bel ow. (For t est running procedu res, se e page 278. ) • Shift Rec ycle . A s liding alph anumeric pattern that identi fies miss ing or malform ed chara cters, imp roper ve[...]
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Auto Switching Submenu 131 • Paperout Adj. It is rec ommended that only a Hewlett-Pac kard Custo mer Servi ce Engin eer run thi s test. The Pap erout Ad j. allows the Customer Service En gineer to specify where the last lin e of text will print when t here is a paper out c ondition . Setting th is para meter co rrectly prevents pri nting on th e [...]
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132 Chapter 4 RibbonMinder Print S t atistics You can view var ious prin ter statist ics, su ch as ho urs of us age, and r efer to these fig ures for pr eventive maintenanc e purpo ses. Prin ter statisti cs accumul ate conti nuously ; they do n ot reset when you turn off the pr inter. All of th e printer s tatistic s are set to zero at the factory [...]
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RibbonMinder Menu 133 RibbonMinder Menu New Ribbon This pro vides a mea ns to manu ally set th e printer wh en a ne w ribbon has been ins talled. T he ribbon l ife disp layed on the contr ol panel (if active ) is set to 100%. T he count inte rnal to th e printer will also b e reset, and the tabulat ion towards end of ribbon life w ill begin. Ribbon[...]
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134 Chapter 4 RibbonMinder • Fault immed . When F AULT IMME D. mode i s sele cted, and the ribbon life reaches 0 %, the me ssage RIBBO N INK OUT / CHANGE RIB BON display s on the control panel. T he printe r stops and goes into fault condition. To complete the job i n progress, th e user mus t press the CLEAR ke y. Thi s allo ws the pr inter to c[...]
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RibbonMinder Menu 135 Ribbon T ype The fac tory defa ult setti ng is dep endent on th e host printer. P rintronix Gold Series 90 corre sponds to the Cabine t version, Printroni x Gold Series 60 for the Pedes tal and P rintronix Gold Ser ies 2000 for the P5220 . The re lative length equivalents for each o f the ribb on se ttings are: Ribbon End Poin[...]
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136 Chapter 4 RibbonMinder If the Ribbo n Type is changed f rom the fa ctory d efault to an other va lue, Ribbon Us age will a djust acco rdingly, wh ere 100% c orrespon ds to the propor tionate va lue of the s elected type. For example, if t he Ribb on Type is set to Printroni x 60 (ap proximatel y 30 mil lion), Ribb on End Po int se t to NORMAL w[...]
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137 5 Appr oaches T o Network Printing Overview Configur ing your network printi ng is based on the ne twork protocol s and hos t environme nts you a lready use or plan to use. It i s commo n to find m ultiple network protocols co-exi sting in the sa me netwo rk. NIC is a mu lti-protoc ol device that is able to accommo date man y protocols a t the [...]
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138 Chapter 5 Overview Print Job Servers In most l arger networ ks, prin t jobs us ually are managed by designa ting one protoco l and metho d for print ing and the n design ating spe cific comp uters as print j ob server s, rather than by direct ing any host runni ng any p rotocol to the networke d printer res ource. Computers de signated as prin [...]
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Logical Printer Architecture 139 Figure 13. Pr int Path Destinations/Queues For eve ry I/O po rt on NIC , there is at l east one pre-defin ed lo gical pri nt queue or desti nation to accept print jobs destine d for it. T his in cludes print jo bs that are sen t directly to the I/ O port, such as port 9 100. These q ueue or destinat ion names are pr[...]
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140 Chapter 5 Overview Model s For ever y destinati on or queue, there is a pre-defi ned model associ ated with it. The model d efines ho w the pr int job will be processe d as it passes th rough to the pri nter. Model s are a s et of min i filters that c an be us ed to modif y the print da ta stream. T he functi ons availa ble for eac h model ar e[...]
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141 6 Embedded NIC W e b Page Overview The NIC c omes with an extre mely powe rful print er manage ment tool t hat allows y ou to monitor, co nfigure, an d manage both the printer and its print jo b. The NIC c omes with an embedde d web ser ver that al lows Syste m Adminis trators and users acce ss to its pr inter mana gement capa bilities fr om a [...]
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142 Chapter 6 Configuration Configuration Figure 14. NIC HTML Struct ure The Confi guration menu item s allow y ou to con figure th e settings fo r the foll owing ite ms: • Network . T his menu item allo ws you to change th e network setting fo r each pr otocol; TCP/IP , NetBIOS ov er TCP/IP, and Netwa re. • Print Path . This menu i tem allo ws[...]
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TCP/IP Network 143 • Administration . This menu item a llows you to define or change t he printer name, loca tion, de scription , etc. It al so allow s you to c hange the root and guest use r passwor ds. • System . This me nu item al lows you to reboot the NIC, or re store it s settings to the factory defaul t. Configuration Net work The netwo [...]
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144 Chapter 6 Configuration Network Wi ndows Netw ork (NetBIOS TCP/IP) TCP/IP is used for Windo ws (i.e. Windows NT, Windows 95, and Windows for Workgrou ps) printi ng unless an other protoco l like IPX is avai lable. The refore, mandat ory TCP/IP settings ( i.e. IP ad dress and subnet mask) are ne cessar y on the N IC. Go to "TC P/IP Network [...]
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Destination Settings 145 Pserver Define a pa ssword for the NIC to u se when lo gging in t o the file server as a PSERVE R. This is an option al file s erver se curity fea ture. Rp ri nt e r Define an R PRINTER s etup so the NI C knows to service a PSERVE R.NLM on a Novel l file ser ver. Define the PSERV ER.NLM nam e, the numb er of the printer s e[...]
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146 Chapter 6 Configuration Print Path Selected Model Defines th e model c onfigura tion that i s to be as sociated wi th the curr ent destination . The defau lt model name s are m1, m2, m3, m4, m 5, m6, m7, an d m8. Current Model Settings Model T yp e The opti on is avai lable on t he Print Model web page. For a descripti on, see page 147. Banner [...]
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Current Log Path Settings 147 Current Log Path Settings Log Pa th T ype The optio n is availabl e on the Log Path web pa ge. For a desc ription, see pa ge 148. Log Pa th Port The optio n is availabl e on the Log Path web pa ge. For a desc ription, see pa ge 149. Configura tion - Print Model Name Name of the model. The default model nam es are m1, m[...]
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148 Chapter 6 Configuration - Log Path T railer String Define an e scape s equence t o be sent t o the prin ter after ea ch prin t job. For example , you may wan t to send a sequenc e to add a fo rmfeed s o you don't have to manually press th e formfee d button o n the pr inter. You may als o want to tell the printer to rese t itself i n case [...]
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Parallel Por t (PRN) 149 Logp ath Port Define wher e loggi ng informati on for prin t jobs pas sing thro ugh the associ ated de stinatio n will be reported . The ch oices a re: • prn - rep orted to the P RN port • none - do n't repor t any logg ing informa tion • TCP/IP por t - to a TCP por t number (specified in the edi t field) • sys[...]
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150 Chapter 6 Configuration – SNMP Configura tion – SNMP The SNM P Configuration form allows you to confi gure SNMP trap mana gers and the e- mail ale rt features of NIC. It al lows you to c onfigur e how SNMP alerts are process ed by a S NMP trap man ager, an Un ix syslo g logging daemon, and /or have e -mail notifi cations se nt. Up to 10 SNM[...]
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Parallel Por t (PRN) 151 If disabl ed, the mes sage wil l contai n additio nal informa tion in cluding the device name and loca tion, aler t description, alert group, and alert sev erity leve l, and pr inter sta tus. Default: Di sabled • Short E -mail Mess age Lengt h - Spec ifies th e maximum size of the short e-mail message. Ac ceptabl e values[...]
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152 Chapter 6 Configuration – SNMP T able 13. Alert Groups and Pr inter Event s Alert G roup Printer E vents Offline Printer is Offline Hold Print T ime Out W a rning COMM Chec k Invalid Address CU T i me Out CU Not Enab led File Sy ste m Full File Ex ist Hex Dump M ode Half S peed Mo de Printe r W arm Print He ad W ar m 2B-T on er Density T oo H[...]
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Parallel Por t (PRN) 153 Media Pa th Clear P aper Jam Paper J am Ti me Out Paper Ja m Fuser Paper J am Exit Cutsheet Path Open Paper Jam at Drum Paper J am at Fu ser Paper J am at Ex it T ractor MTR FW D S pee d Error T racker MTR BKWD S peed Error Paper J am at Entr ance Cutsheet Motor F ail Cutsheet Feeder Fail Clea r Jam at Fuser Input Clea r Ja[...]
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154 Chapter 6 Configuration - Administration NOTE: Not all of the alerts a re availab le on all of the printe rs. The al erts availab le for monit oring wi ll depend on the printe r type a nd the option s installe d on the printer. Configura tion - Adminis tration The Adm inistration Co nfigurati on form is broken down into gener al print server- r[...]
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Passwor ds 155 Configura tion - System The Syste m Configur ation form allows you to change t he NIC 's ope ration mode. Sel ect "Rebo ot" to re-p ower the pri nt server. S elect "De fault" to reset the prin t server and have it c ome up with factory de fault setti ngs. Sta t u s The Status menu items al low you to view the[...]
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156 Chapter 6 Status - Netw ork[...]
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157 7 TCP/IP Configuration TCP/IP NIC Configurat ion This con figurati on procedur e assum es you h ave an exis ting networ k and TCP/IP attac hed to a W indows 95/98 /NT, Unix, or ot her mach ine. You will configu re network printin g by adding the neces sary TC P/IP values to the NIC and a ssociatin g the Print Server as an output port for a W in[...]
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158 Chapter 7 TCP/IP NIC Configuration Creating Al iases All TC P/IP system s are d esigned t o ma ke multi ple oper ations ea sy by using an alias , which i s a logi cal name to IP/MAC a ddress as sociati on. This s tep is importan t in the Uni x world if DNS (Doma in Name Se rvices) is being us ed; it can also s implify the other env ironments . [...]
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Methods For Setting TCP/IP Values 159 Methods For Set ting TCP/IP V alues Method s availabl e to set T CP/IP va lues va ry base d the oper ating environme nt (see Ta ble 14). • arp . Easy to use bu t cannot be r outed, so printer a nd host com puter must be on sam e network s egment. Requ ires th e use of pri nt server MA C. • bootp . Workhorse[...]
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160 Chapter 7 TCP/IP NIC Configuration Assign TCP/IP V alues Metho d 1: Using the Printer Control Panel All of th e basic TCP/IP v alues can e asily be set and stored in th e NIC vi a the printer fr ont panel und er the ETHE RNET PARAMS menu. Refer to “Configu ration Us ing The Pr inter Co ntrol Panel ” on page 68 for de tailed instruc tions. S[...]
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Assign TCP/IP Values 161 For Window s 95/98/NT or OS/2, open a DOS win dow. For AS/40 0, start from a comman d prompt. For Unix, sta rt from a ter minal s ession prom pt: telne t xxx. xxx.x xx.xxx > login > user ‘roo t’ (default us er name for configurat ion) > anythi ng (defau lt is no pas sword) > wel come roo t user (sample r esp[...]
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162 Chapter 7 TCP/IP NIC Configuration Now power th e printer up , and wait a mi nute or mo re for the NIC to o btain the address above. Test by i ssuing the c ommand ping IP_addr ess . If yo u do no t get a posit ive ping respon se, check your ar p table en try, and check that the pr inter is on the sa me “wire” as you (th e same IP address ra[...]
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Using BOOTP 163 Web Browser Initiate t he Web br owser and en ter the IP Address or host s table nam e in the URL line. Click on “ Configur ation.” Log in as root , no password. Enter th e values you need for subnet m ask and g ateway and click “ Submit.” Delete the static arp entry: at a DOS prom pt, type the command arp - d 192.1 68.20.20[...]
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164 Chapter 7 TCP/IP NIC Configuration 2. Turn the NIC on so that i t immediat ely sends ou t a BOOTP request. Wait one minute to allow th e IP addres s assignme nt proce ss to compl ete. You should s ee the ST AT LED (on t he NIC) sl ow down ind icating it knows about an IP addres s to use. 3. Try to pi ng the NIC IP address from a netwo rk statio[...]
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165 8 HP e3000/NIC Configuration Overview This cha pter details th e HP e3000 Host Config uration set up and NIC setup. HP e3000 / MPE-XL / MPE / iX: Host Config uration Follow the instructio ns below to configu re prin ting to a NI C by using T CP/IP print to socket, sometime s refer red to as “ native tcpi p mode.” Th e configur ation par ame[...]
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166 Chapter 8 HP e 3 000 / MPE -XL / MP E / iX: H ost Co nfi gurati o n g. at the SYSGEN pro mpt, enter the comm ands: SYSGE N> keep SYSGE N> exit h. to have th e new configu ration tak e effect, reboot the sys tem with the comm and, start norecovery . It is also pos sible to confi gure the device online by us ing the c ommand, ioconfig . 2. [...]
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167 c. set d est d1pr n back channel prn save list des t (this will allow you to se e your c hange) exit 5. The npc onfig fil e is read e ach time t he printe r commands spool er nn ;st art or start spool nn are used , meaning if correctio ns are needed to t he file it is not ne cessar y to restar t the HP e 3000, only the spooler . Stop the sp ool[...]
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168 Chapter 8 NIC Configuration Verification NIC Confi guration V erificati on 1. Print th e Current Con figurati on in the p rinter and verify the install ed Function C ode. Ins tall the la test ve rsion via ftp if not p resent a nd reenter all pri nter config urations . The Func tion Code version i nstalle d is listed as "Program File V ersi[...]
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169 c. Place th e printer o nline and wai t for the f ront panel to display “E-Net Ready.” Th is will write the Gatewa y address to the netwo rk I/F NvRam. d. Take th e printer o ffline and enter the des ired G ateway add ress. e. Place th e printer o nline and wai t for the f ront panel to display “ E-Net Ready.” Th is will write the Gatew[...]
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170 Chapter 8 Methods Of Adjusting Pape r Position The line setup_file = filename is th e file tha t contains cust omized setu p string s to spec ify the p rinter ope rating mo de for thi s logical device. This file m ust be an unn umber ed file. Wh en no setup file is specifi ed, the defa ult MPE/ iX envi ronment or t he global setup file is appli[...]
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Method 2 171 Metho d 2 Place th e printer o ffline fr om the con trol panel. Press and hold e ither the SHIFT+Up arrow or SH IFT+Down ar row to “mic ro-step” the paper up or down as needed . Place the printer back onlin e. Using Page Level Recovery O n P5000LJ Printers The nati ve mode s poole r on MPE/i X 5.5 (and later) support s Page Le vel [...]
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172 Chapter 8 Using Pag e Level Reco very O n P5000LJ Printers Rest arting at a user-specified p age number in a com mand Process ing of a s pool file can be s uspended and then r esumed. It can be susp ended by using the spooler command wi th the suspend para meter or by usi ng the suspendspool co mmand. It c an be resum ed with the spooler comman[...]
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MPE-XL / MPE / iX Typica l Configuration 173 Rest arting at the point of interru ption when a p articular spool file is reprinted af ter being interrupted previously by a comman d In this c ase, a spool file is reprinted after being interru pted by a com mand such as spoolf #0 nnn ;defer . For P500 0LJ printers , when the s pool file is und eferred[...]
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174 Chapter 8 HP e3000 / MPE-XL / MPE / iX: DTC Co nfiguratio n After s uccessful Validati on, run S YSGEN to cross- validate th e DTS configur ation wit h the system configurat ion. In order for any TIO chan ges to take effec t, you mu st reboot the system. With in SYSGE N sysgen > io io> L D io> H O sysgen > K . . . ( Keep con figurat[...]
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175 9 W indows Configuration Overview This chapter detai ls a compl ete Wi ndo ws co nfi gur ati on se tup inclu di ng: 1. Identifyi ng the NIC on the net work using TCP/IP a s the unde rlying protoco l 2. Configur ing the NIC wi th its ma ndatory T CP/IP sett ings (IP ad dress and subne t mask) 3. Configur ing a new p rinter on th e Windows s tati[...]
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176 Chapter 9 Windows NIC Configur ation Figure 15. Windows Integration Windows NIC Configuration The IP a ddress and subnet ma sk are mandatory T CP/IP s ettings and ar e needed bef ore the pr int server can be de tected on t he network . There are also add itional o ptiona l setting s. Th is sectio n offers alternati ve method s for configur ing [...]
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Communicating Across Routers 177 Communicating Across Ro uters Since W indows env ironments r ely on TCP /IP to co mmunicat e with the NI C, cros sing route rs becomes an issue. After fol lowing on e of the NIC c onfigur ation metho ds mentio ned, you shoul d be able to c ommun icate only with the pr int serv er from the same sub net. This means an[...]
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178 Chapter 9 Windows NIC Configur ation 4. Click S UBMIT b utton when do ne and phy sically repower the print se rver to make th e new settings take effect . Changing De stination Names When defin ing some pri nters within Windows env ironments, the NIC require s that you s pecify a pr e-defined destinati on rather th an any na me you wou ld like.[...]
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Windows NT 3.51 Host Setup 179 2. At the Print Path Configura tion HTML form that displays , sele ct a destinat ion link fr om the top o f the page t o bring u p the appr opriate destinat ion form. By de fault, you shou ld see a li ne near the to p of the form showing t he destin ations l isted in Table 15. 3. Once th e desired d estina tion HTML f[...]
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180 Chapter 9 Windows Host Configuration Figure 18. Add LPR Compatible Printer Dial ogue Box 7. Type in the IP address o r host name of the NIC in the firs t field. 8. Type in th e name of a pre-define d destina tion/qu eue on the NI C in the seco nd field. 9. C lick OK when done specif ying t hes e t wo field s. You now ha ve a n ew network pr int[...]
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Windows NT 4.0 Host Setup 181 4. For Wind ows NT, sel ect “My Com puter” and c lick “Ne xt.” For Wind ows 2000, s elect “Lo cal Printe r” and d eselect “Automat ically detect and inst all Plug and Play pr inters.” T hen clic k “Next.” 5. For Windows NT, click “Add Por t...” For Wind ows 2000, cl ick “Crea te a New Port...?[...]
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182 Chapter 9 Windows Host Configuration 6. For Wind ows NT, double- click “LP R Port.” If L PR Port is not listed, th e Microsoft TCP/ IP Print ing servi ce is not i nstalled . For Wind ows 2000, sel ect “LPR P ort” from t he pull do wn menu and then click “ Next.” If LPR Port is not listed, i t means th at the Mic rosoft TCP /IP Print[...]
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Windows NT 4.0 Host Setup 183 8. Select t he “Gen eric/Tex t only” pr inter driv er or ins tall the P 5000L J printe r driver. T he gener ic drive r is good f or troub leshooting i nstalla tion problem s. The netwo rk admi nistrator can always go back a nd install the P5000 LJ printer driver a t a later time. If yo u have the P5000 LJ Utilit y [...]
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184 Chapter 9 Windows Host Configuration 10. Click “ Printron ix P5000LJ ” in the “Printers” dialog b ox, and th en click “Next.” 11. In the “P rinter nam e” box, enter a name fo r this printe r. Click “Nex t.” Printr oni x P50 00L J Printr oni x P50 00L J[...]
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Windows NT 4.0 Host Setup 185 12. Determin e if the prin ter is sha red with other network us ers. If it i s shared, the shar e name and the ope rating sys tem must be select ed. 13. Print a Windows tes t page. 14. If there are any problem s during or after in stallati on, see “Windows N T 4.0 or 2000 H ost Setup Problem s” on pa ge 191. Print [...]
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186 Chapter 9 Windows Host Configuration Wi ndows 95/98/ME Host Setup To co nfig ure a new pr inter on a W indows 9 5 stat ion: 1. Select “ Settings:P rinters” from the Sta rt menu. 2. Double click on the “Add Printer ” icon. 3. Select “ Network Printer” fr om the se cond wind ow of the Ad d Printe r wizard that loaded . 4. At the nex t[...]
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Windows 3.1 Host Se tup 187 Wi ndows 3.1 Host Setup If you are run ning Windo ws 3.1 station s on your netwo rk, you will need to rely on either TCP/IP o r IPX to print to the N IC. If IPX is use d, you wi ll have a print queue defined on a Novell fil e ser ver to whic h you r Windo ws 3.1 sta tions will send thei r prin t jobs. The NIC will the n [...]
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188 Chapter 9 Windows T roubleshooting Tips NIC Canno t Be F o und On The Ne two rk • Have you assigne d the NIC a u nique and valid IP address which corresp onds with t he other I P address es on your network? F or example, are you sure no other devic e is us ing this IP addre ss? • Are yo u sure you are trying to talk to the NIC fro m a Windo[...]
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Cannot Browse The NIC On The Network 189 Cannot Browse The NIC On The Network • Have yo u looked under the right W indows workgr oup? By default, the NIC will be f ound under “ WORKGRO UP.” • Are yo u able to b rowse other Wi ndows st ations an d device s on the network from this s ame station? • Has this Windows s tation be en given enou[...]
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190 Chapter 9 Windows T roubleshooting Tips To reset all TCP/IP value s to the fac tory defaul ts when acc ess is impos sible: 1. Obtain a printer c onfigura tion printou t using th e contro l panel. S ee Chapter 4 for configu ration me nu infor mation. 2. Power off the prin ter. 3. On the NIC , place SWITCH 2 i n the down po sition. 4. Power on th[...]
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Web Browser/HTTP Prob lem 191 W eb Brow ser /HTTP Problem In some c ases you m ay not be able to brows e the pri nter web p age simply because the NIC HTTP may b e turned off. If you canno t ping the NIC IP ad dress, make sure the I P Addre ss, subnet mask, an d default gatew ay are set c orrectl y by checking th e Ethern et Paramet ers menu fr om [...]
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192 Chapter 9 Windows T roubleshooting Tips The Ethe rnet cable is not pl ugged in, or the prin ter is not tu rned on. T his message is a communicati on failure between the NT 2000 server and the NIC. Check cabling , IP address setting s, gateway , etc. • Test page d oes not pr int or prints incorrect ly. 1. Is the pr inter onlin e? Re-se nd test[...]
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193 10 Unix Configuration Overview This chapter details a complete Unix setup inc luding: 1. Configur ing the NIC wi th its ma ndatory TCP/I P setting s (i.e., IP a ddress and subne t mask) . 2. Configur ing the Uni x host stati on with a n ew printer.[...]
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194 Chapter 10 Unix Enviro nment Descrip tion Unix Environment Description The NIC s upports network pri nting und er variou s TCP/IP en vironme nts includi ng all v ariatio ns of Unix . Printing can come from mul tiple hosts dire ctly or thro ugh centr al spool ing mach ines. Figure 19 illustr ates thi s. Figure 19. Unix Int egration XTerm XTerm P[...]
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Mandator y 195 Unix NIC Configurat ion There are mandatory settings needed before th e print se rver can be detected on the netwo rk, as well as som e addition al option al settin gs. This s ection offers alter native me thods for configurin g your NIC and mentio ns some of the more co mmon optio nal setti ngs availa ble. Mandatory The NIC mu st be[...]
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196 Chapter 10 Unix Host Configuration 3. At the Netwo rk Confi guration HTML form that d isplays, click in the firs t field bel ow the “Gate way” hea ding and ty pe in the IP addre ss of the default r outer/gateway for the NI C subnet. 4. Click o n the SUBM IT button when done a nd physica lly repower t he print server t o make sure the new se[...]
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Printing Setup On HP- UX 197 Method 2, Command Line The foll owing proc edure requi res root p rivilege . 1. Assume a print queu e (aka Unix printer). Quality is desir ed. 2. DNS/IP Ad dress name of NIC . 3. The dest d4 prn is to be used on t he NIC. 4. The defa ult BSD i nterface fil e rmod el on the HP- UX sys tem will be used. 5. Issue th e foll[...]
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198 Chapter 10 Unix Host Configuration HP-UX Configuration Guidelines Within S AM follow the menu: Printers and Plott ers Printers /Plotter s Printer/P lotter Ma nager menu . .. select Actions Add Lo cal Pr inter/Pl otter Add par allel Printe r/Plotter or Add ser ial Prin ter/Plot ter If parall el printer is selec ted: Printer Na me user's ch [...]
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Printing Setup On Sys V 199 The com mand struc ture: - stop p rint sched uler - use lpad min to descri be print queu e (often ref erred to as the logica l Unix pr inter of the same name) - star t the prin t scheduler - enable the prin t queue - acce pt the print q ueue (al low it to ac cept print jobs) - do a t est print Seve ral exam ples are s ho[...]
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200 Chapter 10 Unix Host Configuration LPR/LPD Printing Setup On BSD Systems (Sun 4.x, DEC ‚ Ultrix ‚ , Free B SD , etc. ) NIC also sup ports Unix operatin g systems which follow a BSD print system (e.g., Su nOS 4.1.x ). This mea ns a printcap file is u sed to def ine all p rinters availab le on the h ost and in terface script s are not commonl[...]
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FTP Printing 201 5. Start the printer da emon fo r this new pr inter. Exampl e: lpc s tart 100 0Q You now ha ve a n ew printer w hich relies on LPR/LPD to print to a N IC. Use the fol lowing c ommand to test printin g: Syntax: lpr - printern ame fi lename Exampl e: lpr - 1000Q /e tc/hos ts FTP Printing NIC contai ns four log ical print ers (dest in[...]
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202 Chapter 10 Unix Troubleshooting Tips Unix T roubleshooting T ip s This se ction p rovides in formation o n possi ble so lutions to some s tandard configur ation er rors. If you r equire technical support, please h ave the follow ing infor mation ( or as m uch as po ssible ) when you cal l: 1. What lev el of soft ware are yo u runnin g? 2. What [...]
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Stair-steppe d Output 203 S t air-s tepped Output Stair- stepped o utput is p rint whic h start s at the top left of the page but ev ery line ther eafter star ts a little further ov er to the ri ght. It also r efers to Uni x jobs that prin t one line of text at the top of a p age follo wed by a ser ies of blank pages. This kind of output hap pens o[...]
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204 Chapter 10 Unix Troubleshooting Tips[...]
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205 11 Novell Confi guration Overview This chapter details a complete Nov ell setup, i ncluding: 1. Identifyi ng the NIC on the networ k. 2. Configur ing the NIC wi th its ma ndatory pr int setup se ttings. 3. Configur ing a new p rint queu e on the fil e server. See C h ap ter 12, “Novel l Config urat ion F o r 10/100 Base-T In terf aces” for [...]
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206 Chapter 1 1 Novel l Enviro nment Descr iption Novell Environment Description The NIC c ard suppor ts network printing und er Novell e nvironmen ts by us ing IPX. It su pports a ll 3.1X v ersions of NetWare . Figure 2 0 provides a Novell setup overview. Versio n 4.1X is supported u nder bin dery em ulatio n only. Figure 20. Novell Integration No[...]
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Using HTML Forms 207 Optional Addit ional settin gs are a vailable to fine-tun e the NIC’s Nov ell functio nality. These opti ons includ e: • NDS Context . The NDS context i n which t he print server ob ject was created . This opti on is requi red if you create th e print serv er object i n a differen t context fro m the contex t the file s erv[...]
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208 Chapter 1 1 Novel l Host Conf iguration 3. At the Adm inistra tion Config uration HTML form tha t display s, highlig ht the field bes ide the “ Name” he ading and typ e in the ne w name o f the prin t server . 4. Click o n the SUBM IT button when done a nd physica lly repower t he printer to make the n ew setting take effec t. Novell Host C[...]
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NetWar e Version 3.x PSERVER Setup 209 11. Select “ Print Ser ver Config uration” fr om the me nu that dis plays. 12. Select “ Printer Configura tion” from the next me nu to dis play a li st of configur ed prin ters. 13. Select t he first ite m listed as “NOT INST ALLED” an d press E NTER. 14. At the printer co nfigurat ion window , typ[...]
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210 Chapter 1 1 Novel l Host Conf iguration NetW are V ersion 3.x RPR INTER Set up These ste ps are fo r Novell en vironm ents with Netwar e 3.x (or earlier) fi le serv ers. To configu re a new RP RINTER on a Ne tWare 3. x network: 1. Log in to t he NIC c ommand sh ell, nps h, as root. If you hav e TCP/IP av ailable and this print se rver alrea dy [...]
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NetWare Version 4.x an d 5.x PSE RVER Setu p 211 13. Select “ Print Ser ver Config uration” fr om the me nu that dis plays. 14. Select “ Printer Configura tion” from the next me nu to dis play a li st of configur ed prin ters. 15. Select an item from the li st (e.g., eit her an existi ng printer name or a “Not Installe d” one) to d ispl[...]
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212 Chapter 1 1 Novel l Host Conf iguration 5. Press INS ERT to add a queue. 6. Type in a new queue na me and press ENTE R. 7. Press ESCAPE . 8. Select “ P rint Ser v ers .” 9. Press INS ERT to add th e new print s erver. 10. Type the na me of the NIC. By defau lt, it is M_ xxxxxx wh ere xxxxxx equals th e last s ix digits of the Ether net addr[...]
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NetWare Version 4.x and 5.x RPRINTER Setup 213 To com municate with the unit us ing npsh.exe : a. From a DO S prompt on a Novell workstation , begin an npsh ses sion with the un it. npsh unitname Starts a Telnet-l ike sess ion with th e named pr int serve r with gue st access only . b. To obtain roo t access to the unit, t ype: supervisor A standa [...]
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214 Chapter 1 1 Novel l Host Conf iguration c. create a printe r objec t to us e with the print server o bject y ou chos e or created , and attac h it to the c hosen qu eue; Exampl e: NDS queue name: Finance NDS prin t server name : Fin _Q NDS prin ter name: Fin _Prt_1 NDS prin ter name: Acc ounting_P rt_1 3. At a 4. x or 5.x c onsole ses sion, if [...]
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NetWare 3.x - No PSERVE R Connect ion 215 7. If you add , delete or change RPRINTER entr ies on NI C or 4.x o r 5.x consol e, you sho uld alway s unload an d reload the pserver .nlm modu le to registe r the change s. The N IC can b e configu red and rea dy before th e pserve r.nlm is r eloaded, or NIC can be rese t after ps erver.nlm is reloade d. [...]
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216 Chapter 1 1 Novell Troubleshooting Tips • Have you given the connect ion proces s some t ime aft er repower ing the NIC? In lar ger Novell environme nts, the file server i dentificati on and conne ction proc ess can take sev eral mi nutes. NetW are 4. x and 5.x - N o PSER VER Connection • Has the NIC been power cycled on ce the PCON SOLE st[...]
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217 12 Novell Configuration For 10/100Base-T Interfaces Overview This chap ter provide s additio nal infor mation for Novell envir onments using the 10/100 Base-T in terface, in cluding : 1. NIC Configuration . T his sectio n includ es infor mation ab out settin g the preferred file serv er; setting password s ecurity; adjusting po lling ti me; cha[...]
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218 Chapter 12 Novell NIC C onfiguration (1 0/100Base-T ) Figure 21. Novell Integration Prefe rred File Server (NDS & Bind ery) In a binde ry setup, th e prefer red file se rver spe cifies t he file s erver that the print s erver obje ct was create d on. In an NDS setu p, it spec ifies a file serv er that the pr int serve r object r esides on. [...]
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Preferred File Se rver (NDS & Bindery) 219 Adding P referred File Server HTML Method 1. Load a W eb bro wser on a networ k station that can commun icate with the print s erver ove r TCP/I P. 2. Direct you r Web brows er to URL: http:// P5000LJIPaddress /networkConf. html (e.g., http://192.75.11.9/networkConf.html ) 3. Look unde r the “No vell[...]
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220 Chapter 12 Novell NIC C onfiguration (1 0/100Base-T ) Removing Pr eferred File Server HTML Method 1. Load a W eb bro wser on a networ k station that can commun icate with the print s erver ove r TCP/I P. 2. Direct you r Web brows er to URL: http:// P5000LJIPaddress /networkConf .html (e.g., http://192.75.11.9/networkConf.html ) 3. Look unde r t[...]
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Setting Password Security (NDS & Bindery) 221 Setting Password Secur ity (NDS & Bindery) In additi on to the gen eral se curity me asures, a Nove ll setup provides further password s ecurity. A passwo rd can be s et on the NIC and within your PCONSO LE or Netwar e Administ rator setup s o that when th e NIC trie s to login to the file s erv[...]
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222 Chapter 12 Novell NIC C onfiguration (1 0/100Base-T ) 4. Click t he SUBMIT bu tton whe n done and physicall y re-powe r the printe r to make th e new settings take effect . Print Server Setu p - Manual (T elnet) Method 1. Telnet t o the print s erver. Thi s will bring u p a log in screen : telne t ipad dress 2. You shou ld now see a promp t dis[...]
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Changing The Print Serve r Name (NDS & Bindery) 223 5. Re-power the NIC by tur ning the p rinter off a nd on to make the change s take effec t. Net war e 3. x 1. Enter PCONSOLE as superviso r on your Novell host. 2. Select “ Print Ser ver Infor mation” fro m the main menu a nd press E NTER. 3. Select th e print ser ver you hav e been us ing[...]
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224 Chapter 12 Novell NIC C onfiguration (1 0/100Base-T ) HTML Method 1. Load a W eb bro wser on a networ k station that can commun icate with the print s erver ove r TCP/I P. 2. Direct you r Web brows er to URL: http:// P5000LJIPaddress /adminConf.h tml (e.g., http://192.75.11.9/adminConf.html ) 3. Look un der the “Syste m Informati on” sect i[...]
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Changing The Frame Type (NDS & Bindery) 225 Changing The Fram e T ype (NDS & Bindery) The NIC allows the user to stor e a particula r frame type for th e unit to adhere to in a Nov ell environ ment. HTML Method 1. Load a W eb bro wser on a networ k station that can commun icate with the print s erver ove r TCP/I P. 2. Direct you r Web brows[...]
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226 Chapter 12 Novell NIC C onfiguration (1 0/100Base-T ) Chang ing The Prin t Se rver Mod e (NDS & Bi nder y) The NIC al lows the user to s tore a part icular mod e for the u nit to operat e in. This will be either ND S, Bindery , or autosen se. If autosen se is used , the NIC will firs t attempt to l og in to a NDS file ser ver, and, i f it f[...]
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Setting The NIC Context (NDS) 227 Setting The NIC Context (NDS) The NIC al lows yo u to sto re the prin t server object in an y con text within th e NDS tree you choo se. By d efault, th e NIC wil l look for the pri nt server object in the sa me contex t as the file serve r object it connec ts to is s tored in. HTML Method 1. Load a W eb bro wser o[...]
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228 Chapter 12 Novell NIC C onfiguration (1 0/100Base-T ) Setting The Print Server Preferred NDS T r ee (NDS) The NIC s upports Nov ell envi ronments th at have mu ltiple tree s. If your environme nt has mo re than o ne tree, you may w ant to set a preferr ed tree. By default, th e NIC wil l try to lo g in to eac h tree it finds unt il it is succes[...]
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NDS PS ERVER Setup ( Netwar e 4.x and 5.x) 229 Novell Host Configuration (10/100Base-T) This section c overs PS ERVER an d RPRINTER/NPRINTER setups o n the NIC. The NI C can handl e up to eight RPRINTER/N PPRINTER setups. Although the entir e print setu p is done thr ough Netwar e Admin istrator o r PCONSO LE, you m ay need to communica te direct l[...]
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230 Chapter 12 Novell Host Co nfiguration ( 10/100Base -T) 10. Type in th e name f or the prin ter in the “Printer na me” field. In NDS, a printer o bject ca n only be attach ed to one pr int serv er object at a time, as Novell i s using the printer obj ect to re present a ph ysical pr inter. A physical printer c an only be at tached to o ne pa[...]
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Bindery P SERVER Set up (Netw are 3.x, 4. x, and 5.x) 231 20. Select t he “Def ine addit ional prope rties” and click the “Create ” button. 21. Click “ Assig nments” in the dia logue that pops up, a nd then click the “Add...” bu tton. 22. Select t he printe r you c reated ea rlier. 23. Click “O K” to as sign this printer to t hi[...]
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232 Chapter 12 Novell Host Co nfiguration ( 10/100Base -T) RPRINT ER/NPRIN TER Setup (Netwa re 3.x, 4.x, and 5.x) This proce dure asso ciates an exis ting PSERVER with a remote NIC acting as a RPRINTER/NP RINTER in a NetWare 3. x or Netwa re 4.x or Netwar e 5.x environme nt. It is th e PSERVE R’s respo nsibility to get job s from th e queue and t[...]
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RPRINTER /NPRINTER Set up (Netwar e 3.x, 4.x, an d 5.x) 233 4. Look unde r the “No vell” se ction and find a ro w in the RP RINTER cate gory. 5. Click “E nabled” a nd enter the na me use d with the PSE RVER.NLM s tarted in step 1 into the “ Print Ser ver Name” field. 6. Enter th e printer nu mber of th e printer you would li ke servic e[...]
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234 Chapter 12 NPDS Configuration (Netwa re 4.11 and Above) Exampl e for an RPRINT ER servicing printer 0 of th e PSERV ER.NLM called pserve r1 and sendi ng jobs t o the NIC des tination d1prn : store rprinte r add pserver1 0 d1prn 5. Physical ly re-po wer the pr inter to make the n ew setting s take ef fect. Wait two m inutes an d then che ck your[...]
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RPRINTER /NPRINTER Set up (Netwar e 3.x, 4.x, an d 5.x) 235 Setup using Fo rward Jobs to a Que ue Mode In this mode , an NDPS printer agent receiv es jobs from an NDPS clie nt, then forward s these jobs to an existing Ne tware queue. T he Netware qu eue would then be se rviced by the NIC in some m anner. 1. The P5 000LJ pri nter must f irst be set [...]
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236 Chapter 12 Troubleshooting (10/100Base -T) 5. In the nex t dialog, f or the “SAP Na me” enter th e Print Server Na me from step 1 , and enter th e Printe r Number fr om step 1 above. 6. For the “Select Pri nter Driv ers” dial og, choos e no dri ver unles s you ha ve a driver installed i nto the Br oker’s RM S which is to be u sed with[...]
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PSERVE R Setup 237 • When se tting th e NIC up as a PSERV ER, did y ou specif y a de stination on the NIC (e. g., d1prn ) for the pr inter name , and did y ou remem ber this name is case se nsitive ? • Does the d estin ation you used in you r PSERV ER setup have the No vell service enabled? See Cha pter 13, “Com mands” for informa tion on e[...]
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238 Chapter 12 Troubleshooting (10/100Base -T) • Try a debug nest rpr inter telnet c ommand (or find the “RP RINTER” sect ion on the Novell HTML status p age). Loo k for the following type of line: “(0 :ENPRea dConfig): [0:213] Des tinatio n = < X >,” wh ere < X > i s between 0 a nd 3. If t hey all say “Destinati on = 6553 6[...]
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RPRINTER/NPRINTER Setup 239 RPRINTER/ NPRINTER Setup If there i s no connec tion with the NIC after you have c ompleted t he print setup, the re are sever al things to confirm. • Have you tried repo wering the pr inter? Wai t about a m inute before checki ng to see if it has logged in and att ached to a queue. • Is the netw ork connec tor faste[...]
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240 Chapter 12 Troubleshooting (10/100Base -T) • If the NIC has logged i n to the fi le server bu t has not a ttached to the queue, ther e may be a permiss ion proble m. Make s ure the appr opriate users have rights to this queu e (they should be in the group “ev eryone”). Also, you may have to assig n the queue to root so it is a vailable to[...]
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Printing Related 241 If you hav e followe d the sugg estions above and are sti ll having p rinting problem s, try reboo ting the NIC. The n either rev iew every s tep you took when configur ing the NIC, o r try re-doin g the setup, p aying sp ecial attenti on to each step e xplained i n “Novell Ho st Conf iguratio n” on pag e 208. The job print[...]
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243 13 Commands Command Sh ell Overview The N IC comes with an in-de pth co mmand she ll which al lows you to manip ulate obje cts lik e destin ations, I/ O ports , and mo dels. Ad dition ally, it provid es you with monitor ing and t roubleshoo ting capa bilities . Access M eth ods There ar e many way s this com mand she ll can be accessed : • bu[...]
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244 Chapter 13 Complete Command List Comman d Prefixes Typing in the firs t portion of a comm and will produce an e rror mes sage showing t he correc t syntax. F or exampl e, typing in store tcpip will produce a list o f all comman ds that s tart with th is prefix . Complete Command List This sec tion outline s the enti re NIC comman d set inc ludi[...]
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Store Commands 245 store pserver tcpso cket TCP portnumb er des t destin ation store pserver tcpso cket 500 0 dest d 1prn Assign a p re-defined TCPpo rtnumber to a parti cular des tination on the NIC . Therefore, if you are u sing a print meth od tha t sends j obs direc tly to a TCP port numb er, you sti ll have the o ption to proc ess the job data[...]
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246 Chapter 13 Complete Command List Store the IP address for the NIC. store tcpip i fnum mask netm ask store tcpip 1 mask 255.255. 255.0 Store the subnet m ask for the NIC. store tcpip i fnum opts [[-] rarp] [[-]b ootp] [[ -]dhcp] store tcpip 1 opts -rarp -b ootp -dh cp Enable or disa ble the automat ic RARP, BOOTP, or DHCP re quests for IP addres[...]
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Set Commands 247 store tcpip t cp acc ess add 192.75.1 1.25 Add or re move an entry from the NIC TCP acces s list defined by IPadd ress . If the list has an entry, onl y this host can print to and remotel y interact with the prin t server. store tcpip f rom de fault Set all TCP /IP network settings ba ck to factor y defaults. store tcpip f rom cu r[...]
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248 Chapter 13 Complete Command List Set the desti nation to han dle only certain print ser vices. To add a servi ce, speci fy the serv ice name. To di sable a s ervice, us e “ - ” before the name. Th e availa ble servi ces are: socket Dire ct socket p rinting via TCP/IP . lpd LPR printin g with TC P/IP includ ing LPR c lients on an y platform [...]
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Set Commands 249 set l ogpath l ogpath port TC Pportnum ber | e mail|sys log set l ogpath l 3 port 2000 Determin e where th e log info rmation sho uld be se nt for a pr int job or attach ed printer . The cho ices are: TCPportnumber TCP port numb er ranging from 1024 to 65000. email Part icular us er's emai l addre ss. This address i s set usin[...]
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250 Chapter 13 Complete Command List set m odel model tra iler tra ilerstri ng set m odel m7 traile r $FF Set a tra iler stri ng to be sent to the pri nter at the end of any print jobs passing thr ough thi s mode l . tra ilerstrin g can co nsist of up to nine elements . An exam ple eleme nt is a hexa decimal code (e .g., 0x04) or a pre-define d var[...]
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Set Commands 251 set s nmp To add a user named snmp with root priv il ege s , pl e as e f o ll ow t h e s te p s below: 1. Login to th e NIC as a r oot user. 2. Add a us er named snmp . set u ser add snmp 3. Set the us er type to root . set u ser type snmp root 4. Set the pa ssword for the snmp user . set u ser pass wd snm p snm ppassword 5. Save t[...]
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252 Chapter 13 Complete Command List set s ysinfo l ogport null|sy slog set s ysinfo l ogport null Define wher e the debu gging inf ormation should b e sent to. Th is can b e sent to an output device off of the NIC I/O port or to a central TCP/ IP host running a SYSLOG da emon. To set this host, use the comma nd set sysinfo syslog hostIPaddress . s[...]
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Set Commands 253 set u ser add| del us ername set u ser add eng Add or rem ove a us er on the NIC defined b y userna me . set u ser pass wd use rname pa ssword set u ser pass wd eng mplex1 Assign a pass word to a defi ned user on the NIC. Th is passw ord must be less than elev en charac ters. set u ser type usern ame root |guest set u ser type eng [...]
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254 Chapter 13 Complete Command List List Commands These com mands li st the current or working s ettings for a partic ular sec tion within the comma nd shell . To view s tored se ttings in fl ash memory , you wil l need to add in stored within the beginn ing of any of the following commands . For examp le, list prn shows you th e curren t prn sett[...]
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Debug Commands 255 list tes t List the status of output tests on the I/O ports. list tim e List the current time o n the NIC. list use r List the current us er defin itions (e.g ., user n ames and t ypes). list var List all pre-defin ed vari ables incl uding any newly c reated ones . Any of thes e defined vari ables can be refe renced i n a st ring[...]
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256 Chapter 13 Complete Command List debug nest sa p Determin e whether the NIC is see ing any No vell net work activ ity. debug netbios List NetB IOS (i.e., Windows 95 a nd WfW) statistics. debug nif List netwo rk interface statistics. debug novell List fil e and pri nt server s. debug tcp List TCP stack sta tist ics. Miscel laneo us Comm ands The[...]
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Miscellaneous Commands 257 start fox|tts |loopb prn start fox prn Begin a d ebugging test on one of the I /O ports on the NIC. The te sts availab le are: fox A continuou s stream o f text sent to the attac hed printer . This is a goo d test for troublesho oting har dware as lo ng as the attach ed printe r supports text outp ut. tts A contin uous st[...]
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258 Chapter 13 Complete Command List chr s tring Echo strin g or redi rect stri ng to an I/O po rt usin g chr string > ioport . keyco de Determin e the he xadecim al value for a ke y to be us ed as the escape charac ter with the NI C built-in te lnet com mand. Note To use a host or IP name ins tead of the address , you mus t have set t he DNS se[...]
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259 14 Extra Featur es NIC Security There ar e TCP ac cess lis ts availab le to res trict host conne ctions with the device. Users A nd Pass words By defau lt, the NIC s upports two logic al user types : root Access t o everythi ng within t he print server i ncluding all configur able se ttings . guest Abil ity to li st settin gs only . Using s et [...]
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260 Chapter 14 NIC Security W eb Br owser 1. Using a W eb browser, d irect the brows er to URL http:// P5000LJIPaddress /adminConf.h tml (e.g., http://192.75.11.9/adminConf.html ) 2. At the “A dministra tion Confi guration” H TML form that displa ys, sc roll down to the “Passw or ds” secti on. 3. Click within th e “Old ” field be side t[...]
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TCP Acce ss Lists 261 TCP Access List s Within TCP /IP environ ments, the NIC can restrict h ost acce ss to destin ations/ queues an d remote command ( i.e., rs h , rcmd , remsh and telnet ) executi on services . This is done usi ng an acce ss list similar i n functio n to the Unix .rhosts file. To view the current a ccess list o n the print s erve[...]
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262 Chapter 14 Printer Monitoring And Logg ing Print er Monitoring And Logging One of the key aspe cts of maintai ning a compu ting environm ent is monito ring printer s tatus and l ogging th is infor mation to useful plac es. The NIC allows this th rough its built-in HTML forms, command s et, SN MP traps , e-mail alerts, and logpa ths. Printer And[...]
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Printer Logging Thr ough Logpaths 263 Printer Logging Through Log p aths Destinati ons are l ogical queues with asso ciate d models and logpa ths. Mode ls allow ex tra process ing needed with the pri nt jobs. L ogpaths are used if logging is desi red for eac h job. Each lo gpath on the NIC consist s of two parts : Type The type of log in formatio n[...]
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264 Chapter 14 NIC Naming Schemes W eb Br owser 1. Using a W eb browser, d irect the brows er to URL http:// P5000LJIPaddress /destConf.ht ml (e.g., http://192.75.11.9/destConf.html ) 2. At the “P rint Path Co nfigurati on” HTML fo rm that di splays, s elect a destinati on link ( e.g., d1prn ) from the t op of the pag e to brin g up the appropr[...]
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265 15 Interfaces Overview The printe r inter face is the p oint where th e data lin e from the hos t compute r plugs into the printer. The interfac e process es all communi cations si gnals and data to and from the h ost comp uter. It cons ists of a printed ci rcuit board assembl y (PCBA) an d a connector for the data cable from the host c omputer[...]
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266 Chapter 15 Centronics Para llel Interface Centronics Parallel Interfac e The Centr onics int erface enabl es the pr inter to ope rate with controllers designed for buffe red Centroni cs printe rs. The le ngth of the data cabl e from the host c omputer to th e printer m ust not ex ceed 15 f eet (5 meter s). T able 1 8. Centroni cs Interface Conn[...]
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Centro nics Interface Signals 267 Centronics Int erface Signa ls The Centr onics int erface sig nals betw een the hos t compute r and the p rinter are defi ned as follo ws: Data Lines 1 through 8 . Provide eight stan dard or inv erted lev els from the host that s pecify a c haracter or function code. Data Line 8 all ows acces s to the extende d ASC[...]
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268 Chapter 15 Bi-Tronics Parallel In terface Bi-T ronics Parallel Interface Bi-Tro nics is a parallel interfa ce with bidi rection al capabi lities. Features inc lude t he follow in g: • Timing of t he signal s has been reduced, thereby s peeding data transmiss ion. • Bidire ctional c ommunic ation. Both th e host and the prin ter can se nd da[...]
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The Negotiation Phase 269 The Ne gotiation Phase The negoti ation phase dete rmines whic h operatin g mode will be used . At this time, the h ost and th e printer wi ll sense wh at devices are attache d, the support ed signals availab le, and which mode to us e. The sel ected mode , in turn, defi nes the p ins on the Bi -Tronics interfac e connecto[...]
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270 Chapter 15 Bi-Tronics Parallel In terface Note The le ngth of the d ata ca ble from the host comp uter to th e printer s hould not exc eed 10 mete rs (32 fee t). T able 19. Bi-T ronics Signals Pin Source of Dat a T ype of Mode Compatible Nibble By te 1 Host nS trobe Host Clk Host/ Clk 2 Host/ Printer Data 1 (LSB ) 3 Host/ Printer Data 2 4 Host/[...]
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Signals 271 RS-232 And RS-422 Se rial Interfaces The RS-232 and RS-422 serial interfaces ena ble the printer to operate with bit serial device s that ar e compati ble with an RS-232 con troller . The in put serial data trans fer rate (i n baud) is se lectable from the pr inter ope rator panel . Baud rates of 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19,20 0, an[...]
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272 Chapter 15 RS-232 And R S-422 Se rial Int erfaces The printe r inter face use s a first-in/ first- out buffer. The asynchr onous interfac e accep ts data as it is prov ided by the host. Th e lengt h of the data cable fr om the hos t computer to the printer must no t exceed 50 f eet (15 meters) fo r RS-232 or 4000 feet (1220 me ters) for RS- 422[...]
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RS-232 And RS-422 Se rial Interf ace Prot ocol 273 Data Carrier Detect (DCD) . Sta tus sign al to the pri nter. The O N conditi on is required f or the pr inter to receive d ata. Data Terminal Rea dy (DTR) . Contro l signal fr om the prin ter. Subj ect to configur ation. RS-422 +RD, -RD . Seria l data strea m diffe rentially r eceived by printer. +[...]
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274 Chapter 15 RS-232 And R S-422 Se rial Int erfaces RS-232 And RS-42 2 Serial Interface Configuration By usi ng the con trol pane l, you c an verify a nd change sever al interf ace paramete rs in orde r to meet specific a pplication requir ements. Refer to “S erial Subm enu” o n page 119 for RS-232 and RS-42 2 paramet er descripti ons and i n[...]
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275 16 Routine Service And Diagnostics Routine Servi ce Period ic clea ning ensu res effi cient ope ration and clea r print qu ality, an d it is the only maintenan ce yo ur printer requires . If the pr inter is l ocated in a dust y area or is used for heavy duty printi ng, clean it more often . If print q uality d oes not im prove eve n after cl ea[...]
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276 Chapter 16 Routine Service 3. Unlatch b oth ribbon s pools an d carefull y lift the m off the hubs. Rai se the ribbon o ut of the ribb on path. 4. Using a s oft-bris tled, non- metallic brush (suc h as a too thbrush ), brush paper du st and ribbo n lint off the tract ors, shuttl e cover as sembly, ba se cast ing, and r ibbon gui des. Vacuu m up[...]
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Interior Cleaning 277 Figure 22. Cl eaning the P rint Mechan ism (Cabinet Models) Ribbon Sp ool Hub Latch Tractor Lock Splined Sha ft Paper Sup ports (4) Tractors (2) Vertical Position Knob Forms Thic kness Lever Ribbon Guide[...]
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278 Chapter 16 Diagnosing Pr oblems Diagnosing Problems This sec tion is designed to help y ou recover from an y problems which ma y arise w ith norma l printer operatio n. Printe r Self-T est s The prin ter sel f-tests ar e used t o check th e print quality and oper ation of your pri nter . You r aut hor ized Pri ntr oni x repr es enta tive wil l [...]
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Printer Se lf-Tests 279 7. 8. Cycle t hrough the choice s. X = Full Width or 80 columns . 9. T he width yo u have c hosen will be used for th e printer te st. 10. 11 . 12. 13. 14. S tarts t he test . 15. S tops the test. 16. Locks t he ENTER ke y . 17. 18. Examine the print quality . The c haracters should be fully for med and of uniform densit y .[...]
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280 Chapter 16 Diagnosing Pr oblems Printing A Hex Dump Figure 23. Hex Dump Sample A hex c ode prin tout (or hex dump) is a translati on of all h ost interfac e data to its hex adecimal or symbol ic equi valent. A hex dump lists a ll ASCII c haracter data rec eived from the host com puter with their corre sponding two- digit hexadec imal cod es. He[...]
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Printing A Hex Dump 281 T able 2 3. Printing a H ex Dump St ep Ke y Result Notes 1. M ake sure t he printer is on. Rai se the prin ter cover . 2. The pr inter must be offline fo r testing. 3. Allows you to ma ke confi guration changes . 4. 5. 7. 8. Cycle t hrough the choice s. 9. A n asterisk ( *) indicates this choice is active . 16. Locks t he EN[...]
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282 Chapter 16 Diagnosing Pr oblems Fault Mes sages If a fau lt condition occurs in the pri nter, the s tatus in dicator on the con trol panel flas hes on and off, and the message dis play indicat es the speci fic fault. Fault me ssages ar e summari zed in Tabl e 24. Displayed faults fall i nto one of two categori es: • Operato r correc tab le ?[...]
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Fault Messages 283 T able 24. LCD Message T roubleshooting T a ble Displayed M essage Explanatio n Action Re quired 8.5V PWR F AIL* Inter nal power fa ilure. Con tact your autho rized Printron ix repres entative . 1 15V PWR F AI L* Control ler voltage failu re. Contact your authorize d Printron ix repres entative . 1 23.5V PW R F AIL* Co ntrolle r [...]
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284 Chapter 16 Diagnosing Pr oblems ER ROR: DC PROGRAM NOT V ALID Print er canno t find the d ata contro ller prog ram or the valida tion chec ksum is corr upt. Downlo ad the pro gram aga in. If the m essage occur s again , call y our autho rized Pr intronix represen tative. 1 ER ROR: DRA M A T ADDR ES S XX XX XX XX Th e printer found a defecti ve [...]
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Fault Messages 285 ERROR: WR ITING TO FL A SH Hardware or software fault in flash memor y . Dow nload t he program again. If the m essage occur s again , call y our autho rized Pr intronix represen tative. 1 ER ROR: WRO NG CHECKSUM Th e printer rec eived the c omplete prog ram but th e che ck sum did not match. Th e data was cor rupted during downl[...]
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286 Chapter 16 Diagnosing Pr oblems HMR BANK F AN FL T S ensors c annot detec t current in fan circ uit. Power o f f printe r and remov e paper path. Chec k that fan cable i s connected . Check fo r obstruc tion of vents a nd fan airway ; remove any obstruc tions. Ch eck for it ems beneath th e printer b locking cabinet vents. Power back on the pri[...]
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Fault Messages 287 P AP I LLGL ST* Fatal firmwa re error on contr oller board. Con tact your autho rized Printron ix repres entative . 1 P AP I NCMPL ENE R* Fatal fir mware error on contr oller board. Con tact your autho rized Printron ix repres entative . 1 P AP I NVLD CMD * Fatal firm ware erro r on contr oller board. Con tact your autho rized Pr[...]
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288 Chapter 16 Diagnosing Pr oblems RESETTING . . . PLEASE WAIT The pri nter fini shed load ing the program into flas h memory and is autom atica lly re sett ing itself. None RESTORING BOOT CODE Normal dow nload i nitiali zation messa ge. None RIB INVLD CMD* Fatal firmware error on controller board. Con tact your autho rized Printron ix repres enta[...]
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Fault Messages 289 ST A CK UNDER FLOW* Fatal fir mware err or on co ntroller board. Con tact your autho rized Printron ix repres entative . 1 ST A CKER F AUL T Failed motor circuit. Contact your au thorized Printron ix repres entative . 1 ST A CKER FULL Reached full capacity . Remove paper stack. ST ACK ER JAM J amme d p aper , or fo reign object, [...]
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291 A Printer Specifications And Regulatory Information Ribbon Specifications Use only these Hewlett -Packard r ibbons in LP Series and L ineJet pri nters: Prin tronix Part Number HP Product Reference Quanity Ri bbon T ype Y ield Comp atibility High Yield Gold Se ries Ribbo ns for In crease d Productiv ity 172293- 001 N/A 6 pack T ext/Barc ode/OCR [...]
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292 Appendix A Ribbon Specifications S tandard Ri bbons 107675- 001 C3207 A 6 pack T ex t 30 million c haracter s All Printron ix line matrix p rinters All HP LineJet and LP Seri es prin ter s 107675- 007 C3208 A 6 pack T ex t 50 million c haracter s All Printron ix cabinet mode l line m atrix prin ters HP L ineJet 50 0Q, 1000Q , 1500Q HP LP Q500 ,[...]
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293 Genuine Print ronix P5000LJ Supplies For additi onal inf ormation or to locate the Genu ine PRI NTRONIX Supplies distributo r in yo ur area, e-mail p50 00lj@pr intronix.c om or c ontact: United S t ates Phone: 800 .733.19 00 Fax: 714.36 8.2600 Europe, the Midd le East, and Africa Phone: 33. 1.46.25. 1900 Fax: 33. 1.46.25.191 9 Asia Pacific Phon[...]
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294 Appendix A Printer Dimensions Printer Dimensions Envi ronment a l C harac ter istic s T emperature Operating : 41 ° to 104 ° F (5 ° to 4 0 ° C) up to 5 000 feet (1 524 meters) 41 ° to 90 ° F (5 ° to 32 ° C) up to 80 00 feet (2438 meters) Storage: - 40 ° to 1 58 ° F (- 40 ° to 70 ° C) Relative Humi dity Operating : 15% to 8 0% (non-c[...]
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295 E NERGY S TAR® P5000LJ printers comply with the re quirements of the E NERGY S TAR® Office Equipmen t Program o f the U.S. E nvironment al Prote ction Agenc y. When in t he reduc ed power sta te, the pri nter display s “Power Sav er Mode, ” and is a ctivated at the cont rol pane l. Electrical Characteristics 1 Printing, Typical = 120 VA C[...]
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296 Appendix A Mat erial Safe ty D ata S hee ts Material Safety Dat a Sheet s If the custom er site needs a Mat erial Safety Data Sheet, pro vide the followi ng informat ion: • Printroni x P5000L J Mod el • Chemical substance description • Customer name • Customer address • Customer telephone nu mber • Customer FAX numbe r[...]
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297 Communication Notices Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement: This equ ipmen t has been tested and found to c omply wit h the limits for a Cla ss A digit al device, pur suant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules . These l imits are des igned to provid ed reasonab le protec tion agains t harmful interfere nce when th e equipmen t is oper ated [...]
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298 Appendix A Communication Notices EN 55022 K lasse A Ger äte bedürfen folgender Hinweise: Nach dem EMVG: “G eräte dürfen an Orten, f ür die s ie nicht as reichend entst ört sind, nur mit bes onderer G enehmigun g des Bu ndesmine sters für Post und Teleko mmuni kation od er des Bund esamtes für Post und Teleko mmunika tion betr ieben we[...]
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301 B Paper Specifications And Forms Design Introduction P500 0LJ Se ries print ers use do t matr ix li ne pr intin g tec hnolog y, wh ich pe rmits a high deg ree of pr inting fl exibil ity. Dot ma trix techn ology ena bles the user to print gr aphic imag es, line drawn ch aracters , specia l characte rs, and m ultiple alphabets . The firs t sect i[...]
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302 Appendix B General Paper Specifications Test the pa per first if y ou plan to use it in environments with humi dity of less than 20% or greater th an 80%. Also t est paper tha t you pla n to use at high humidity to ensur e satisfac tory feedin g and h andling, a nd test pa per to be used at l ow humidi ty to deter mine if stat ic buil dup must [...]
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Terms And Definitions 303 Paper Guidelines The ter ms below describe continuou s form paper. T erms And Definitions Chaff Residual bi ts of pape r not compl etely remov ed after the punch process that crea tes tractor p in holes , major a nd minor p erforations , etc. Cut Point The area along a perforatio n where a cut has been m ade that exten ds [...]
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304 Appendix B Paper G uidelines The figu res below i llustrate the terms used in this appe ndix. Figure 24. Basic Forms Terminology Figure 25. Inward and Outward Perforations Figure 26. Cut Points and Tie Points Side Perforat ion Marg in Area Major Perfora tion Form S pan Print Area Tractor Pin Hole Side View of Form Printed Side of Form Outward P[...]
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Environmenta l Considerations 305 Environment al Conside rations Before t hey are u sed, forms should b e stored for at least 24 hours— prefera bly 48 ho urs—in the environ ment in which they will be used . This stabili zes t he moisture content o f the pap er, result ing in be tter feedi ng and stacki ng. Forms should never be st ored i n env [...]
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306 Appendix B Paper G uidelines Met hod s Of For ms Attach ment Any me thod of att achment ( staples, c rimps, glu ing, etc.) must be designed in a way that does not permit air to be trapped bet ween copies of a fo rm. Hard or wire brads and stap les mus t not be us ed. Any a ttachment must not coin cide with the maj or perfor ation or any horizon[...]
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Chaff Content 307 Cut-T o-Ti e Ratio A commo n cut-to-tie r atio for bon d forms is 4:1 (that is , 80% cut to 20% ties). This val ue is dictate d chiefly by the app lication program und er which the form runs. Lo wer cut-to-ti e ratios wi ll yield b etter for m handlin g, but stack ing may suffer d ue to in crease d stiffnes s of the p erforation s[...]
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308 Appendix B Form Design Checklist Form Design Checklist Use t his c heckl ist t o help you re m ember ke y areas o f conside ration wh en designi ng and or dering form s and pap er stoc ks. Environm ent ________ Befor e they are u sed, for ms are giv en at least 24 hours o f condens ing time i n the env ironment in which the y will be used. ____[...]
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Chaff Content 309 Form Even ness The eve nness of the form = _ _______ (Not to ex ceed 0.00 3 in. / 0.00 762 cm) Tenting due to bui ldup of per foratio n thickn ess must be minim ized. A perfora tion thic kness m easured at the major perforatio n that exc eeds 1.25 times the forms th ickness mea sured i n the print ar ea will result in a n unrelia [...]
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310 Appendix B Summary Cut-T o-Ti e Ratio ____:____ (Typical r atio is 4:1, or 80% cu t to 20% tie) Thicknes s Buil dup = ___ _____ i n. / cm Perforation Intersection s ______ __ Horizontal-verti cal p erforation s are tie po ints. C ut points at such interse ctions a re unac ceptable. Chaff Con tent ________ Tract or holes ar e clear of chaff. ___[...]
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Storage And Handlin g 311 St or a ge Do not sto re cartons directly on th e floor, and d o not stack th em more than si x high. Set each carto n uprigh t and squa rely on the one under neath. Do no t place an ything el se on the stack o f paper, be cause th is can dama ge the paper. Preconditionin g Forms Protec t paper from temperatu re and humid [...]
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313 C S tandar d ASCII Character Set KEY A SCII CHA RA CTER ESC 33 27 1B OCTAL DECIMA L HEX B 7 0 0 00 11 1 1 B6 0 B5 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 COLUMN 0 1 2 3 45 67 BITS ROW B4 B2 B3 B1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 0 0 0 0 00 1 0 00 1 0 00 1 1 01 0 0 01 0 1 01 1 0 01 1 1 10 0 0 10 0 1 10 1 0 10 1 1 11 0 0 11 0 1 11 1 0 11 1 1 NUL SOH S[...]
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315 D Monitoring Printers Implementing Remote Management Sof twa re (RMS) Remote pr inter man agement i ncludes the follow ing tasks: • Monitor ing the st atus of netw ork printe rs • Respondi ng to alarms • Gatherin g statis tics on pr inter op erations The three e lements of network printer mo nitoring an d manag ement are: • Agent/ manag[...]
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316 Appendix D Implementing Remote Management Softwa re (RMS) Comp onent s of the Printer MIB The printe r MIB giv es the netwo rk manager access to most of th e informa tion that is no rmally ac cessibl e through the NIC comm and set fo r configur ing the server wi th SNMP. Some obje cts iden tified by this MIB ar e not appl icable to the NIC. The[...]
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Monitoring Wit h AIX NetView/6000 317 Monitori ng T ools Many tool s can be used to m onitor pri nters with SN MP agents. O ne of thes e tools is NetVi ew. There are also other MIB brows ers, which are not describ ed here. Monitoring W ith AIX Net V iew/60 00 The AI X NetVie w/6000 pr ogram c an manag e any I P-address able de vice with an SNMP age[...]
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318 Appendix D Monitoring Tools Reference For furth er informat ion on SNM P and MIB , refer to the followin g: • RFC 1155 — Structur e and Identi fication of Managem ent Inform ation for TCP/IP-ba sed Internets (SMI) • RFC 1156 — Manageme nt Informa tion Base for Managem ent of TCP /IP Internets ( MIB) • RFC 1157 — A Simple N etwork Ma[...]
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319 Index Symbols ? Command , 243 Numerics 10/100Bas e-T Novell Ho st confi guration , 229 Troubles hooting , 236 15V PWR FAIL * message , 283 20 CPI Condensed , 94 , 96 23.5V PWR FAIL * message , 283 48V PWR FAIL * message , 283 8.5V PWR FAIL * mes sage , 283 A A TO D OVERUN * message , 283 Abso rb Af ter ^PN , 111 Absorb after ^PY , 110 Access Li[...]
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320 C Caut ions , 17 Centronics configur ation , 267 interfac e signals , 267 Parall el Inte rfa ce , 266 Cent roni c s (Paral lel) subm enu , 11 7 Buffer S ize in K , 119 Busy on Stro be , 118 Data Bit 8 , 118 Data Pola rity , 118 Latch Data On , 118 PI Ignored , 118 Prime S ignal , 118 Resp. Polarity , 118 TOF Action , 119 Chaff conte nt , 307 Ch[...]
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321 Conf igurat ions , 48 Conf igurin g printe r , 45 Conf igurin g the pri nter , 45 Connectio n to networ k , 67 Control C ode 06 , 91 , 97 , 100 Control C ode 08 , 91 Cont rol pan el , 45 Contro l pane l con figuratio n gateway ad dress , 68 IP Addres s , 68 subne t mask , 68 Convert to U/C , 111 CPI/LPI Sele ct , 87 CR Edit , 103 CTL VOLT FAIL [...]
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322 Epso n FX Em ulatio n , 95 20 CPI Condensed , 96 Alterna te Set 80- 9F , 97 Auto L F , 96 Char acter Set , 96 Define CR Code , 96 Define LF Code , 96 Print er Select , 96 ERROR DC PROGRAM NOT VALID , 42 , 284 DRAM A T ADD RESS XX XXXXXX , 284 EC PRO GRAM N OT VAL ID , 42 , 284 EC STOP PED AT STATE XXXX , 42 , 28 4 FLASH NOT DETECTED , 42 , 284 [...]
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323 HAMMER COIL BA D X, X, X , 285 HB NOT INSTALLD * , 285 ILL EX T BUS A CC * , 286 ILL I NST AC CSS * , 286 ILLGL OPR ACCSS * , 286 INTAKE FAN FAULT , 286 LO DRV. SHORT * , 286 LOAD PA PER , 286 PAP BA D TAB LE * , 286 PAP BS Y TOO LNG * , 286 PAP FI FO O VERFL * , 286 PAP FIFO UNDRFL * , 286 PAP ILLGL ST * , 287 PAP IN CMPL EN ER * , 287 PAP IN [...]
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324 ERROR, SECURITY PAL NOT DETECTED , 43 ERROR, SHORT AT ADDRE SS XXXX , 43 ERROR, WR ITING TO FLASH , 43 ER ROR, WRO NG CHE CKSU M , 43 LOADIN G PROG RAM FRO M PORT XX% , 43 , 28 6 PLEASE WAIT... RESE T IN PROGR ESS , 44 RESETTING . . . / PLEA SE WAIT , 28 8 RESTORING BO OT CODE , 44 , 288 SECURITY CODE VIOLATION , 44 SENDIN G PROG RAM TO EC PROC[...]
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325 IGP/ PGL Emulat io n , 102 Auto U pp ercase , 104 Autowrap , 10 3 Compressed CPI , 105 CR Edit , 103 Define CR Code , 103 Define LF Code , 103 Error Report , 106 Ext Exe cute Copy , 10 5 Ignore Ch ar , 105 IGP100 C ompatib ility , 106 Optimized Ratio , 106 PI Slew Range , 103 Power on IGP/PG L , 104 Select F ont , 104 Select LPI , 104 Select SF[...]
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326 Log Path configur ation , 148 Logpath P ort , 149 Logpath T ype , 148 Name , 148 Log Path P ort, Print Path , 147 Log Path Ty pe, Print P ath , 14 7 Logging, p rinter , 262 Logical Printer A rchitectu re , 13 8 Destinations /Queues , 139 Models , 140 Logpath Po rt, Log P ath , 149 Logpath T ype, Log Pat h , 148 Logpaths, logging p rinter , 263 [...]
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327 Netware 3.x , 4.x, and 5.x Bind ery PSERVE R Setup , 231 Bindery Q ueue in N DS , 231 PPRINTER/NPRINTER Se tup , 232 Netware 4.x and 5.x, NDS PSER VER Setup , 22 9 NetWare Version 4.x and 5.x Novell , 211 , 213 Network configur ation , 143 status , 155 TCP/IP , 143 Network c onnection , 67 Network I nterface Card ( NIC) , 26 Network p rinting o[...]
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328 PAP FI FO OV ERFL * mes sage , 28 6 PAP FIFO UNDRFL * message , 286 PAP ILLGL ST * mess age , 287 PAP IN CMPL EN ER * mess age , 287 PAP IN VLD CM D * mes sage , 287 PAP IN VLD PAR M * mes sage , 287 PAP NOT SCHED * message , 287 PAP N T AT SPE ED * mes sage , 287 PAP U NEXP INT * message , 287 Paper adjustin g position , 170 guidelin es , 303 [...]
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329 Printer Co nfiguration , 14 8 Trailer S t ring , 148 Print Pa th Banne r Page , 146 Filter , 146 Header S tring , 14 6 Log Path P ort , 147 Log Path T ype , 147 Mode l Type , 146 Printer Co nfiguration , 14 6 Selecte d Log Pa th , 146 Selecte d Model , 146 Trailer S t ring , 146 Print P ath, confi guration , 145 Print ser ver chang e mode , 226[...]
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330 Propri nte r XL Em ula tion , 93 20 CPI Condensed , 94 Alterna te Character S et , 94 Auto L F , 94 Char acter Set , 94 Define CR Code , 93 Define LF Code , 94 FF Valid at TOF , 94 Protect Config uration , 78 PROTE CT ED INST R * me ssag e , 287 Protect ing confi guration s , 66 Protoco l, Novell Networ k , 144 Protoco ls , 23 RS-232 ser ial in[...]
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331 RPRINTER/NPRINTER Set up (Netware 3.x, 4.x , and 5.x) , 232 RS-232 ser ial interf ace , 271 clear t o send ( CTS) , 272 configur ation , 274 data carrier detect (DCD) , 273 data set r eady (DSR) , 272 error han dling , 273 framing erro r handli ng , 273 overrun e rror hand ling , 273 parity er ror hand li ng , 273 pin assign ments , 272 protoco[...]
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332 Signals Bi-Tro nics interfa ce , 269 Centroni cs para llel int erface , 267 RS-232 ser ial interf ace , 272 RS-422 ser ial interf ace , 272 Slashes in Zeros , 109 Slew R elative , 102 Slow Pap er Slew , 128 SNMP , 316 configur ation , 150 manager ale rt posting , 150 setting c ommunity name , 317 SOFTW ARE ER ROR * m essa ge , 288 Software, dow[...]
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333 U UNDEF INTERRUPT * me ssage , 289 UNDFNED OPCODE * mes sage , 289 Unid irect ional , 128 Unix Ho st config urati on , 196 NIC configuration , 195 Routers , 195 Troubles hooting Ti ps , 202 using B OOTP , 163 UP DRV. SHORT * messag e , 289 UPC Descende rs , 105 , 110 Upper Case Select , 101 URL, home pa ge , 70 Using BOOTP, Unix , 163 V Vertic [...]
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