SEH Computertechnik ISD300 manual

ISD300 User Manual ISD300 User Manual V ersio n 1.0 Manufac t ured by SEH Comput ertechnik GmbH Suedring 1 1 33647 Bielefeld Germany Phone: +49 (0)521 94226-29 Fax: +49 (0)521 94226-99 Support: +49 (0)521 94226-44 Email: info@seh.de Web: http://www .seh.de © 2005 SEH Computertechnik Gm bH All trademarks, registered tradem arks, logos and pr oduct [...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual 2 General Information ............. ......... ..... ......... ..... ......... ..... .... 4 Purpose ...... ............. ................... ............. ................... ............. .......... 4 Technical Data .............. ............. ................... ............. ............. .......... 4 Safet[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual 3 How to stop or restar t a Queu e? (Accum ulate Pr int Jobs ) ....... ........ 36 How to rej ect or accep t Print Job s? ............... ............. .................... . 36 How to a ssign a F ilter Appl ication ( 3party software ) to a Queue ? ... 37 How to d elete a Queu e? ............. ................[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Gener al Inform ation 4 Genera l Infor mation Purpose The ISD300 wa s developed as an ap pliance to spool and manage print j obs and to handl e pri nt queues. In complex networks with high volumes of dat a traff ic and in large-s cale structur es, the ISD300 can subst antiall y relieve serv er load and r emove[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Gener al Inform ation 5 Safety Regulations Before s tart ing th e initial operat ion procedur e and duri ng the operati on procedure of the ISD300, please r ead the foll owing safety regulat ions: - The ISD300 may only be connected to the mains and to t he network by qualifi ed personnel. - Do not open the hou[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Gener al Inform ation 6 First S teps Follow the st eps to configure the ISD300 quickly and easi ly . After that, the I SD300 is ready for operati on. 1. Connect the I SD300 to th e network and t he power suppl y . For further informati on see t he Quick I nst allati on. 2. Switch on the ISD300; see: How to swi[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Gener al Inform ation 7 Manual This manua l is inte nded to help y ou to confi gure the ISD300. Y ou can do wnload t he latest version from: http:/ /www .seh-tech nology .com/support The manual i s avail able in PDF (User Manual) and HTML ( Online Manual) f ormat. - The PDF User Manual requires a PDF reader . [...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Using th e P anel I nterface 8 Using the Panel Interface A number of act ions can be ca rried out vi a the unit’ s operating panel . The figure shows the component s of the panel interf ace. Figure: IS D300 fron t and re ar view The ISD300’ s operating panel can be protect ed from unauth orized access wit [...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Using th e P anel I nterface 9 How to switch on the ISD300 ? Proceed as foll ows: 1. Switch on the power switch on the backside. 2. Switch on the soft power switch on the front si de. The ISD300 b oot s automat ically . How to switch of f the ISD300? Print j obs that are halted by the device being swi tched of[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Using the ISD300 Homepa ge 10 Using the IS D300 Homep age Initial inst alla tion, conf igurat ion and subs equent adminis trati on of the ISD applia nces as well as management of the releva nt network printer s can be carried via the i ntegrated web server (ISD300 Homepage). Adminis tration is entir ely in dep[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Using the ISD300 Homepa ge 1 1 How to log on to the ISD300 Homepage? Access to t he I SD300 is d efined f or three us er g roup s: ’Any ’, ’ User’, and ’Admin’ . For further i nformation see: Login Accoun ts on p age 50. The instruc tions describe the logi n as administrat or . 1. St art the ISD300[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Using the ISD300 Homepa ge 12 After l ogin some basic infor mation about t he ISD300 are d isplay ed. In additi on to detai ls about the login, the host name and the IP address, you get the following in for mation: T able: Parameter Informa tion - Ho me More det ailled i nformation a bout board s ettin gs can [...]

ISD3 00 User Ma nual ISD300 User Manual Network Settings 13 Network Settings In order t o work with the I SD300, Host, Date and TCP/ IP parame ters must be s et. In ord er to set a ll pa ramet ers, use t he Quick Setup for an easy confi guration. ISD300 Networ k sett ings can b e confi gured by admi nistrato rs onl y . What do you want to do ? • [...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Network Settings 14 Proceed as foll ows: 1. P re ss . IP Setup|Cancel appears in t he disp lay . 2. Press to confi rm. IP Configuration appears in the displ ay . 3. S el ect Manual via . 4. Press to confi rm. IP Address:000.000.000.000 appears in t he display . 5. Enter the IP address. Use to navigate to indiv[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Network Settings 15 4. Press to confi rm. Apply|Back appears in the di splay . 5. Press to confi rm. Upon booting DHCP will be appl ied automati cally . TCP/IP pa ra meters are assigned by a DHCP server . Setting TCP/IP p arameter via ISD300 Homepag e Proceed as foll ows: 1. Click Configura tion . 2. Click TCP[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Network Settings 16 3. Enter the Host name (max. 256 characters ). 4. Click Set . How to set Date and Tim e? Date and ti me specificat ions are necessary if you want to displ ay the ti me at which the print job was pr inted. Date and time specifi cat ions are dis pla yed in the Job Histo ry . Date and t ime ca[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Network Settings 17 How to set DNS? DNS is service t hat translat es domain names int o IP addresses. Using DNS, names can be assi gned to IP addres ses and vice versa . In order to use t his funct ionality , sp ecify the p rimary DNS serve r by it s IP address. Proceed as foll ows: 1. Click Configura tion . 2[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Network Settings 18 The Quick Setup invol ves fo ur step s: - general s etting s - TCP /IP pa rame ters - the searc h for available printers in the net work - the sett ing up of queue s Proceed as foll ows: 1. Click Quick setup . 2. Enter the host name, date, and time. 3. Click Next to c onfirm . 4. Enter the [...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Network Settings 19 If you want to u se ’Poi nt and Print’, we recommend ed to assi gn print dr ivers to the queues aft er the Quick Setup; see: Managi ng Print Drivers o n p age 26.[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Micr osoft Aut hentication (SMB) 20 Microsoft Authentication (SMB) MS Windows cl ient access to i nst alled queu es can be restr icted by using the SMB prot ocol. This method uses users and group s with associat ed pas swords. The li st of users and group s can be managed local ly or t aken fr om a Windows Dom[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Micr osoft Aut hentication (SMB) 21 How to display MS Wi ndows Network information? Click SMB printing in the main menu t o open the MS W indows page. The page dis plays the fo llowing inf ormatio n depending from the setup s. T able: Parameter Informa tion - MS W indo ws How to use the ISD3 00 as a member of [...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Micr osoft Aut hentication (SMB) 22 4. Click Next . 5. Select the Domain controler . Use the NTLM method to authe nti cate users agai nst the Active Directory or NT 3.5x/4.0 domain cont rol er . Use Kerberos to authenticate user s against t he Active Direc tory domain controler . 6. Click Next . 7. Enter the d[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Micr osoft Aut hentication (SMB) 23 How to use the ISD300 as S t and- Alone Server? (Local Authentication) The ISD300 is used as S t and-Alone-Ser ver in th e network environment . Users are authe nticated agai nst the l ocal user- and group accoun ts . For f urther i nformation; see: How to set Loca l Users a[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Micr osoft Aut hentication (SMB) 24 Creating a user Proceed as foll ows: 1. Click SMB printi ng . 2. Click Local use rs&groups . 3. Click Create n ew user . 4. Enter the username and the p assword. System use r- and groupnames ( root, LP , sys, users... ) cannot be use d. 5. Confirm the new pass wo rd. 6. [...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Micr osoft Aut hentication (SMB) 25 4. Click Set group membership . 5. Assign the group s via the Add and the Remove button. 6. Click Set . Creating a group Proceed as foll ows: 1. Click SMB printi ng . 2. Click Local use rs&groups . 3. Click Local gr oups . 4. Click Create n ew grous . 5. Enter a gr oup n[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Manag ing Print Drive rs 26 Managing Print Drivers In order to pri nt, assi gn a driver to the queu es. If you want to assign a driver to a queue vi a ’Point and Pr int’, st ore the dri ver on the ISD300 firs t. If required , the ’Poi nt and Print’ function auto matically i nst alls the relevant driver[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Manag ing Print Drive rs 27 • The printer dr ivers that ar e requi r ed for prin ti ng will be i n st alled automaticall y on t he connected client s; s ee: How t o use ’Point and Print’ with your PC client? on page 29. How to store Dri vers on th e ISD300? (W indows XP/2000) In heterogene ous networks, [...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Manag ing Print Drive rs 28 How to store Dri vers on the ISD300? (Windows NT 4.0) Print dr ivers can be stored by printer administr ators only . For further informat ion see : How to set a Prin ter Adminis trator Account? on page 25. Proceed as foll ows: 1. Click Run on t he sta rt menu. 2. E n t er th e IP ad[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Manag ing Print Drive rs 29 If no Windows driver has been st ored on the ISD300, the ’A vai lable driver s’ box i s empty . Print drivers can be assigned by administ rators only . Proceed as foll ows: 1. Click SMB printi ng . 2. Click Windows drive rs . 3. Select the queues . 4. Choose a driver from the ?[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Managing Queues and Jobs 30 Managing Queues and Jobs There are di ff erent queue types. T he queue type speci fies which protocol is used to send the pr int da ta fr om the ISD300 to the network p rinter . For further informati on; s ee: T ypes of Queues on page 31. Click Queues/Jobs in t he main menu to open [...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Managing Queues and Jobs 31 - Creating copy queues (simult aneous print out of multiple copies on more than one print er) What do you want to do ? • How to create a Queue? • How to modify a Queue? • How to stop or rest art a Queue? (Accumul ate Print Jobs) • How to reject or accept Print Jobs? • How [...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Managing Queues and Jobs 32 LPD The LPD queue sends print jobs to a networ k printer that prints via the LPD pr otocol. W hen creating the queue, the printer ’s IP address o r host na me and the remote qu eue name as remot e device have to be spec ified . IPP The IPP queue sends pri nt jobs to a n etwork p r[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Managing Queues and Jobs 33 How to crea te a Queu e? Queues can be creat ed in two ways. Automa tical ly During se t-up, all pri nt server s / net work print ers av ailable i n the network are quickl y identifi ed by means of a n automated sear ch Bal anc e queue A balan ce queue can be used to p rint the prin[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Managing Queues and Jobs 34 routine , and made available as prin t queues. Us ing t he Quick Setup; see: How to configur e via Quick Set up? on p age 17. Once the automati c search for avail able print servers fa ils to find a device, you can st ill setup, manually . Manually Proceed as foll ows: 1. Click Queu[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Managing Queues and Jobs 35 Create Q ueue - Step 3 parameter s depending from queue types Socket Host name / IP addres s ------------ -- Port Host name or IP ad dress of the printer (e.g. 192 .168.0.21) . ---------- -------- ------- -------- ----- TCP/IP Por t of the pri nter . The s ame TCP/IP port m ust also[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Managing Queues and Jobs 36 How to modify a Queue? The descript ion, lo cation, type, and connected print er settings of a queue can b e modifi ed: Proceed as foll ows: 1. Click Queues/Jobs . 2. Click Modify in the lis t of queues . 3. Change the descripti on str ing if desir ed; see: Paramet er Settings - Cre[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Managing Queues and Jobs 37 3. Click Reject jobs or Accept j obs . How to assign a Filter Application ( 3party software) to a Queue? The ISD300 may be used as a platform f or speci fic, pr inti ng rela ted software sol utions p rovided by thir d parti es (e.g. an SAP Barcode printi ng solutio n) or developed b[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Managing Queues and Jobs 38 2. Click Current Jobs . The active jobs wil l be displa yed. If you want t o change the propert ies of pri nt jobs of one queue, just click on the queue name in the list. How to displa y a Job Hi story? The last few pri nted jo bs are displ ayed in the job his tory . Informat ion ab[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Managing Queues and Jobs 39 How to print one Job on sever al Printers? (Copy Queue) Using a c opy queue i t is possible to print the same print j ob on several pr inters. The copy queue sends t he print job to all member queues. For further informat ion see : Copy queue on p age 33. Proceed as foll ows: 1. Cli[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Managing Queues and Jobs 40 S to re printed Jobs into the Reposit ory Proceed as foll ows: 1. Click Queues/Jobs . 2. Click Jobs . 3. Click Avanced options . 4. Enable the S t ore printed jobs into the repositor y option. 5. Click Set . Load Print Files to the Rep ository Proceed as foll ows: 1. Click Queues/Jo[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Managing Queues and Jobs 41 How to print a T est Page? In order to tes t queues and printers, you can print a test p age. Proceed as foll ows: 1. Click Queues/Jobs . 2. Click Settin g in the list of queues. 3. Choose the dat a format for printing the test p age (Post Script or ASCII). 4. Click Print T est page[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Printing m ethods 42 Printing method s Y ou can prin t to the ISD300 by s everal met hods. They sp ecify which protoc ol is used to send the pri nt data from the client to the ISD300. Usual ly you de fine thi s, while set ting up a pr inter on y our client PC. What do you want to do ? • LPD Printing • Poin[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Printing m ethods 43 For further information about using IPP to address ISD300 to printer s see: T ypes of Queues on page 31. Sock et Printing It is possible t o assign TCP ports in the r ange fr om 9100 to 9107 to print queue s. By this way cli ent s may send print jobs to t he ISD300 via socket pr int ing an[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Using ISD300 as DHCP / DNS Server 44 Using ISD300 as DHCP / DNS Server The ISD300 comes wi th an i ntegrated DHCP/DNS ser ver . Compared with dedicat ed DHCP/DNS servers t he ISD300 provi des a limi ted set of features. It is designed for s mall network s with out complex adminis trative struc tures. What do y[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Using ISD300 as DHCP / DNS Server 45 T able: Parameter Setting s - DHCP Server Parame ter Description Address ranges S tart A ddress End Addr ess ‘IP Addr ess Ran ge’ is th e range th at suppli es DHCP leases to DHCP clie nts. Up to four ranges are s upported. These can be used to se t exclus ion ran ges. [...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Using ISD300 as DHCP / DNS Server 46 How to display the lease file? Informat ion about the DHCP Serv er confi guration i s shown in a lease f ile. Proceed as foll ows: 1. Click DHCP & DNS . 2. Click V iew leases file to d isplay th e file . In order to save th e lease file cli ck Save . How to set DNS Se r[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Using ISD300 as DHCP / DNS Server 47 DNS can be set by administrators only . Proceed as foll ows: 1. Click DHCP & DNS . 2. Click Configure DNS server . 3. Enter the dat a; see: Parameter Se tt ings - DNS Server on page 47. 4. Click Save . After DNS is configu red, the se rver must be st arted; see: How to [...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Using ISD300 as DHCP / DNS Server 48 How to start/stop the DHCP or DNS Se rve r? After DHCP or DNS is configured, the server can be st arted. Proceed as foll ows: 1. Click DHCP & DNS . 2. Click S tart Serv er . In order t o st art the server dur ing system bo ot automati call y , enable the Ye s option and[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Security 49 Security Access to t he ISD300 and to the entire c onfigurati on is contr olled by means of a mult iple level ac cess pr otection. ISD300 security can be confi gured by administ rators only . What information do you need: • Panel Lock (PIN) • Login Accounts • Ce rtific ates • IP Sender Prot[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Security 50 3. Enter the PIN. 4. Click Set . Entering the PIN If a PIN has be en set, the message ‘ Enter PIN’ appe ars on the display after a button is pressed. T o enter the PIN use the navigation ke ys on the ISD300. Use to navigate to indivi dual numerical values within th e PIN. Change individual nume[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Security 51 The access r ights for the ’user’ login are freely definable by the adm inis trato r . What do you want to do ? • Changing the p assword of a login acc ount • Setting access right s f or th e ’User ’ Login Acco unt Changing the p assword of a login account The manufactu rer supp lies th[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Security 52 Proceed as foll ows: 1. Click Configura tion . 2. Click User Profil e . 3. Enable or di sable the desir ed check boxes ; see: Parameter Settings - User Prof ile on p age 52. 4. Click Set . T able: Parameter Setting s - User Profile Certif icat es The communicatio n via the Web i nterface may be enc[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Security 53 certific ate issued by the cer tifica tion authori ty . The root certific ate i s stored o n an aut henticat ion serve r in the net work. Upon deli very , a self -signe d certif icate (the so- called default certif icate) i s stored on the ISD300. If you set up encr ypted printi ng via htt ps the d[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Security 54 Creating a CA certifica te Certific ates can be cr eated by admini strator s only . If a certific ate has alrea dy been saved on the pr int s erver , th e content of this certif icate wil l be displ ayed. In this case you have to del ete the exis ti ng certi fi cate first ; see: Delet in g certif i[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Security 55 Proceed as foll ows: 1. Click Maintenance . 2. Click Certif icate . 3. Enter the data. 4. Choose Create cer tificat e request . 5. Click Create . The certif icate r equest is created . 6. Click OK to con f ir m. 7. Copy the text from 'Begin Certi fi cate Request' to 'End Certifi cate[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Security 56 5. Click Add . 6. Click Confirm .[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Main tenance 57 Maintenance On the p age Maintenan ce you will find det ailed information ab out the board. With the assist ance of the Software Manage Wizard y ou can inst all and delet e software on the ISD300 or create a backup. Maintenance work can be done by administ rat ors only . What do you want to do [...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Main tenance 58 T able: Parameter Informa tion - B oard Inf o Parame ter De scription Board Default na me Default name of the ISD300 (s et by the manu fa ctur er) Host name Host name o f the ISD300 (set by th e adminis trator) Date Current date Uptime Period o f time during wh ich the IS D300 is oper ational S[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Main tenance 59 How to configure e-mail or SNMP trap notifications? Automatic err or notifica tion ensures possibl e system errors are inst antly communicat ed to the adminis trator via email or SNMP T raps. The ISD300 sends war nings and er ror messages vi a e-mail or SNMP traps to a reci pient. The syst em a[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Main tenance 60 4. Click Set . T able: Parameter Setting s - Notif icatio n Level Des cription E-Mail Mail serv er IP address or th e host name o f the mai l server (e.g. 19 2.168.0.21) Recipient e- mail ad dress o f the rec ipient (e.g. pe ople@com pany .com) Notific ation Level The noti fic at ion level spec[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Main tenance 61 It is not neces sary to delete the not ific ati on setup. The notif icati on function c an be swi tched of. Choose Disable d in the ’notifi cation level’ lis t b o x. How to update Firm ware or Software? ISD300 can be updat ed, simply r eceiving new f irmware or software via the network. Du[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Main tenance 62 - Network set tings, q ueues, dri vers, users and ac cess cont rol - Queues and drivers - Drivers only Proceed as foll ows: 1. Click Maintenance . 2. Click Software . 3. Choose Create bac kup on th e ISD300 . 4. Click Next . 5. Enable the d esired check boxes. 6. Click Create . 7. Click Downloa[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Main tenance 63 2. Click Software . 3. Choose Instal l soft ware on the ISD300 . 4. Click Next . 5. Click Browse... . 6. Select a file. 7. Click Next to upload the file to th e ISD300. 8. Click Next to apply the file to th e ISD300. 9. Click OK . How to delete Software? With the ass is ta nce of the Soft ware [...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Paramete r De sc ripti on 64 Para meter De scripti on Param e t er Info r mati o n - H o m e .... .... .. ..... .. .. ..... .. .... .. ..... .. .. ..... .. .... 1 2 Param e t e r S et ti ngs - T C P /I P . ... .... .. ..... .. .. .... ... .... .. .. ..... .. .. ..... .. .... 1 5 Param e t e r S et ti ngs - B o[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Index 65 Index A Access Rights 51 Authenticat ion 20 Local 23 B Backup 61 C Certif icates CA cert ifica te 54 delete 55 selfsigned certifi cate 53 Configuring 13 D Date and Time 16 DHCP 44 DNS 17, 44 F Filter Appli cat ion 37 G Gat ewa y 13 H Hos t N a me 15 I IP 13 IPP Printing 42 ISD300 Homepage 10 J Job His[...]

ISD300 User Manua l ISD300 User Manual Index 66 R Reboot 62 Repository load files 40 prin t file s 40 print jobs 40 S Security 49 SNMP trap 59 Socket Printi ng 43 Software delete 63 install 62 Switch off 9 Switch on 9 T TCP /IP Pa ra m ete rs 13 Technical Data 4 Test Page 41 ThinPrint® 43 U Update firmware 61 software 61[...]