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Phaser ® 840 Color Printer PhaserShar e ® Networking Setup Guide V2 March 1999 063-3178-00[...]

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Setup Guide iii 1 Introduction Before you begin network configuration 2 Printing a Configuration Page 2 Printer management 3 If you need more information 4 2 Connecting Your Printer to a Network PhaserShare Series B Ethernet interface 5 PhaserShare Series B Token Ring card 9 PhaserShare Series B LocalTalk card 16 3 EtherTalk, LocalTalk, and TokenTa[...]

iv PhaserShare Networking 7 Windows NT Setting the printer’s IP address 37 Adding a Windows NT 4.0 driver on a Windows NT 4.0 server or workstation 37 Adding a Windows NT 4.0 driver on an NT 3.51 server 41 Adding a Windows NT 3.x driver 43 8 Setting the Printer’s IP Addressing Parameters Setting IP parameters from the front panel 48 Setting IP [...]

Setup Guide 1 Chapter 1 Introduction This guide provides information to help you quickly install the T ektronix Phaser 840 color printer in the following environments: ■ EtherT alk, LocalT alk, and T okenT alk ■ Novell NetW are ■ UNIX ■ W indows 95 and W indows 98 ■ W indows NT For detailed networking information, including troubleshootin[...]

1 Introduction 2 PhaserShare Networking Bef ore y ou begin network configuration ■ Set up your printer and connect it to the network. See your printer ’s user documentation for information about setting up the printer . For information about connecting the printer to the network, see Chapter 2 of this manual, “Connecting Y our Printer to a N[...]

Introduction 1 Setup Guide 3 Printer management After your printer is up and running on the network, you can take advantage of the following features that aid you in managing your printer over the network: ■ Job accounting. The printer stores a log file containing information about jobs printed. The file is a list of job accounting recor ds. Ea[...]

1 Introduction 4 PhaserShare Networking If y ou need more inf ormation Y ou may need more information about troubleshooting your network installation or using the printer . The following sources ar e available: PhaserShare networking manual. Provides detailed networking information for system administrators, including troubleshooting; available in [...]

Setup Guide 5 Chapter 2 Connecting Your Printer to a Network PhaserShare Series B Ethernet interface The PhaserShare Series B Ethernet interface conforms to the IEEE 802.3 and Ethernet II standards. W ith the printer ’s built-in Ethernet interface, you can connect the printer directly to an Ethernet network using twisted pair (10BaseT) cables. W [...]

2 Connecting Your Printer to a Network 6 PhaserShare Networking Ethernet connections and indicators Built-in Ethernet connector The printer ’s built-in Ethernet connector has the following connections and indicators: 1. LINK indicator; on indicates a working connection to a hub; off indicates no connection to a hub. 2. RCV indicator (green); blin[...]

Connecting Your Printer to a Network 2 Setup Guide 7 PhaserShare Series B Ethernet card The PhaserShare Series B Ethernet car d has the following connections and indicators: 1. TX indicator (yellow); blinks while the network interface is transmitting. 2. RX Link indicator (green); blinks while the network interface is receiving. 3. Speed indicator [...]

2 Connecting Your Printer to a Network 8 PhaserShare Networking Ethernet cables and termination N O T E T o fully comply with EMI (electro-magnetic interference) specifications , the use of shielded or screened cables ma y be required. “Shielded” describes IBM-defined cables used with the DB-9 connector . “Screened” describes cables that [...]

Connecting Your Printer to a Network 2 Setup Guide 9 PhaserShare Series B T oken Ring car d The PhaserShare Series B T oken Ring port conforms to the IEEE 802.5 standard. W ith the PhaserShare Series B T oken Ring card, you can connect the printer directly to a T oken Ring network using shielded twisted pair (STP; IBM T ype 1) or unshielded twisted[...]

2 Connecting Your Printer to a Network 10 PhaserShare Networking T oken Ring connections and indicator s The PhaserShare Series B T oken Ring card has the following connections and indicators on the rear panel: 1. Shielded T wisted Pair (STP; IBM T ype 1) connector (DB-9). N O T E The STP por t on the PhaserShare T oken Ring card suppor ts cable le[...]

Connecting Your Printer to a Network 2 Setup Guide 11 Ring speed jumper The T oken Ring card is equipped with a single three-pin jumper to set the ring speed. There ar e two settings: 4 Mbps and 16 Mbps. N O T E If you receiv ed y our printer with the T oken Ring card already installed, you m ust turn off the pr inter and remov e the card before y [...]

2 Connecting Your Printer to a Network 12 PhaserShare Networking T oken Ring configuration T oken Ring parameters P arameter Description Choices Network Address T oken Ring Address . Y ou can supply a Locally Administered Address. Any v alid T oken Ring address betw een 40. xx.xx.xx.xx.xx and 7F . xx.xx.xx.xx.xx . Speed Read-only parameter; repor [...]

Connecting Your Printer to a Network 2 Setup Guide 13 Configuring T oken Ring parameters ■ On UNIX systems, you can use the script config-T okenRing , provided with the printer ’s network utilities software. See the next topic, “Using the config-T okenRing script”. ■ On PCs, you can edit the PostScript utility file TOKNCFG.PS and send[...]

2 Connecting Your Printer to a Network 14 PhaserShare Networking 3. Run the script config-T okenRing: a. In the directory wher e you placed your printer ’s network utilities, change ( cd ) to the bin subdirectory . b. T ype the name of the script, r edirecting the output to a file. T ype: config-T okenRing > filename 4. When prompted by th[...]

Connecting Your Printer to a Network 2 Setup Guide 15 Using the PhaserShare Administrator to configure T oken Ring 1. In the PhaserShare Administrator Main window , select the desired printer from the Printer List . 2. Click Configure Printer ; this displays the Configure Printer dialog box. 3. In the Configure Printer dialog box, click the T o[...]

2 Connecting Your Printer to a Network 16 PhaserShare Networking PhaserShare Series B LocalT alk car d When a PhaserShare Series B car d is purchased initially with the printer , it is installed at the factory . When a PhaserShare Series B car d is purchased later as an upgrade kit, follow the installation instructions that ar e shipped with the ca[...]

Connecting Your Printer to a Network 2 Setup Guide 17 LocalT alk connectors, cables, and terminators LocalT alk connectors and cables are available through your local r eseller . Depending on the type of LocalT alk cables you use and your network configuration, you might need to use terminators at certain points in the installation. Refer to the d[...]

2 Connecting Your Printer to a Network 18 PhaserShare Networking[...]

Setup Guide 19 Chapter 3 EtherTalk, LocalTalk, and TokenTalk Configuration Configuration o ver view N O T E The printer’ s AppleT alk connection works with Macintosh system software 7.0, 7.1, 7.5, 7.6, 8.0, 8.1, and 8.2. The configuration procedur e for LocalT alk, EtherT alk, and T okenT alk consists of two simple steps: 1. Print the Configur[...]

3 EtherTalk, LocalTalk, and TokenTalk Configuration 20 PhaserShare Networking Finding the printer’ s name in the Chooser 1. From the Apple menu, select Chooser . 2. In the upper-left corner of the Chooser , find the driver icon. (If the driver icon is not in the Chooser , you need to install the printer driver .) Click the driver icon. 3. If a l[...]

Setup Guide 21 Chapter 4 Novell NetWare Configuration This chapter provides a quick configuration pr ocedure for W indows environments using the T ektronix PhaserShar e Administrator . For detailed information on the PhaserShare Administrator functions, see the PhaserShare Administrator on-line help. The printer ’s CD-ROM and network utilities d[...]

4 Novell NetWare Configuration 22 PhaserShare Networking Using the Quic k Configuration Wizard Log on to the file server N O T E Many of the operations perf ormed using the PhaserShare Administrator require SUPER VISOR privileges (for e xample, creating queues). NetW are 3.x. Log on to the default NetW are file server as SUPER VISOR or SUPER VIS[...]

Novell NetWare Configuration 4 Setup Guide 23 Launch the Quic k Configuration Wizar d Click Quick Configuration to launch the Quick Configuration W izard. Configure the printer and set up queues 1. If desired, change the Print Server Name or Printer Name . 2. Select connection mode(s) by checking the box(es) for Bindery Services , NDS Services [...]

4 Novell NetWare Configuration 24 PhaserShare Networking V erify information and finish the configuration After you have entered the configuration information, the Quick Configuration W izard displays the Configured Printer Information dialog box, which reports the information you have entered. 1. V erify that the information is correct. ■ I[...]

Setup Guide 25 Chapter 5 TCP/IP Configuration (UNIX) Adding the printer to the host tab le Add the printer ’s name to the host table and assign an IP addr ess to the printer ’s name. Depending on your host system, you may do this one of three ways: ■ Use NIS (Name Information Server , formerly Y ellow Pages). ■ Use DNS (Domain Name Server).[...]

5 TCP/IP Configuration (UNIX) 26 PhaserShare Networking Assigning print queues with PhaserPrint f or UNIX For UNIX environments, T ektronix of fers PhaserPrint for UNIX software, which provides fast raster printing and a graphical user interface with push-button control of printer featur es. For more information on PhaserPrint software, see the Pha[...]

TCP/IP Configuration (UNIX) 5 Setup Guide 27 Example installation f or a typical BSD UNIX system The following procedur e is an example spooler configuration that will work for many BSD systems, including SunOS 4.x and 5.x (Solaris 1.x and 2.x) and Digital UNIX. Modify the /etc/hosts file to identify the printer to the workstation and modify the [...]

5 TCP/IP Configuration (UNIX) 28 PhaserShare Networking Sample printcap file # Printer: Tektronix Phaser840 # Print queue name: colorprinter # Remote machine name: Phaser840 # Remote printer queue name: PS # Spool directory: /usr/spool/lpd/colorprinter colorprinter: :lp=: :rm=Phaser840: :rp=PS: :mx#0: :lf=/usr/spool/lpd/ERRORLOG: :sd=/usr/sp[...]

TCP/IP Configuration (UNIX) 5 Setup Guide 29 6. Set up spool directories. After you have edited the /etc/hosts and /etc/printcap files, create and set permissions for the spool dir ectory you specified. For example: cd /usr/spool/lpd mkdir colorprinter chown daemon colorprinter chgrp daemon colorprinter chmod 770 colorprinter Refer to your UNIX d[...]

5 TCP/IP Configuration (UNIX) 30 PhaserShare Networking Extracting files fr om unix.tar The file unix.tar contains all shell scripts and other files needed for network configuration in UNIX environments. The file is in UNIX tar format. The file is included on your printer ’s software CD-ROM. Listing the contents of unix.tar T ype this comma[...]

Setup Guide 31 Chapter 6 Windows 95 and Windows 98: PhaserPort Software TCP/IP configuration f or a PC If you don't already have a TCP/IP address configured for your PC, contact your system administrator to ensure that the configuration is made accor ding to your company guidelines. If there is no TCP/IP network already in place, configure[...]

6 Windows 95 and Windows 98: PhaserPort Software 32 PhaserShare Networking Setting the printer’ s IP address Y ou can set the printer ’s IP address by any of the following methods: ■ Use the printer ’ s front panel. For more information, see “Setting IP parameters from the fr ont panel” on page 48. ■ Use DHCP . For mor e information, [...]

Windows 95 and Windows 98: PhaserPort Software 6 Setup Guide 33 Create y our first port and install the driver 1. After the port monitor is installed, the Add PhaserPort dialog box is displayed. Create your first port: a. In the Description field, enter a name for the port (this can be the printer name/model, location, or any other descriptive n[...]

6 Windows 95 and Windows 98: PhaserPort Software 34 PhaserShare Networking e. If desired, change the printer ’s name (the name that will show in your Printers window). Y ou can also choose to make this printer your default W indows printer . Click Next . f. If you are pr ompted to send a test page to the printer , choose No . Click Finish . 5. Co[...]

Windows 95 and Windows 98: PhaserPort Software 6 Setup Guide 35 Adding a port to an existing printer Use this procedur e to add a port after you have installed the printer . 1. Select your printer: a. From the Start menu, select Settings , then click Printers . b In the Printers window , right-mouse click on your printer . 2. From the pop-up menu, [...]

6 Windows 95 and Windows 98: PhaserPort Software 36 PhaserShare Networking Changing a por t’ s IP address If the IP addr ess of the printer is changed, change the IP address of the corresponding port: 1. Select your printer: a. From the Start menu, select Settings , then click Printers . b. In the Printers window , right-mouse click your printer [...]

Setup Guide 37 Chapter 7 Windows NT The procedur es in this chapter are valid for W indows NT version 3.x and 4.x. For information about driver installation for later versions of W indows NT , visit the T ektronix web site: www .tek.com/Color_Printers/support Setting the printer’ s IP address Set the printer ’s IP addr ess by any of the methods[...]

7 Windows NT 38 PhaserShare Networking Add the printer 1. Log in as Administrator or a user with administrator privileges. 2. Click Start , Settings , and Printers . 3. In the Printers dialog box, double-click Add Printer . ■ If you intend to do your printer management from this computer , click My Computer . The rest of this pr ocedure applies w[...]

Windows NT 7 Setup Guide 39 Creating an LPR port 1. T o connect via TCP/IP , double-click LPR Port in the Printer Ports dialog box. If LPR Port is not listed in this box, the Microsoft TCP/IP Printing Service must be installed on the NT machine: a. Click Start , Settings , Control Panel , and Network . b. Click Services , then click Add . c. Select[...]

7 Windows NT 40 PhaserShare Networking Install the driver 1. In the Add Printer W izard dialog box, click Have Disk to add a new T ektronix driver . 2. T ype the path name to the driver files. This can be A: if the files ar e on a diskette. If these files were downloaded fr om an on-line service, type the path name where they wer e saved. Click[...]

Windows NT 7 Setup Guide 41 Adding a Windo ws NT 4.0 driver on an NT 3.51 ser ver N O T E F or proper installation, use the latest Windo ws NT 3.51 dr ivers and Windows NT 4.0 drivers , av ailable from the T ektronix web site: www .tek.com/Color_Printers/support/software.html The following procedur e describes how to set up the W indows NT 3.51 ser[...]

7 Windows NT 42 PhaserShare Networking Install the driver 1. In the Add Printer W izard dialog box, click Have Disk to add a new T ektronix driver . 2. T ype the path name to the driver files. This can be A: if the files ar e on a diskette. If these files were downloaded fr om an on-line service, type the path name where they wer e saved. Click[...]

Windows NT 7 Setup Guide 43 Adding a Windo ws NT 3.x driver This update procedur e provides printer page size information for W indows NT applications. However , T ekColor color corrections and other PostScript Level 2 features ar e not supported by the W indows NT driver . Refer to your printer ’s user documentation for instructions on other way[...]

7 Windows NT 44 PhaserShare Networking Creating an LPR port 1. In the Printer Port dialog box, click the LPR port. If the LPR port is not listed in the Printer Port dialog box, the Microsoft TCP/IP Printing Service needs to be added to the W indows NT machine: a. In Control Panel , double-click Network ; the Network Settings dialog box appears. b. [...]

Windows NT 7 Setup Guide 45 Creating an AppleT alk por t 1. In the Printer Port dialog box, double-click the AppleT alk Printing Devices port. If the AppleT alk Printing Devices port is not listed in the Printer Port dialog box, the Micr osoft Services for Macintosh needs to be added to the W indows NT machine: a. In the Control Panel , double-clic[...]

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Setup Guide 47 Chapter 8 Setting the Printer’s IP Addressing Parameters Y ou can set the printer ’s IP address and other IP parameters by any of the following methods: ■ Use the printer ’ s front panel. See “Setting IP parameters from the fr ont panel” on page 48. ■ Server-based printer configuration. Uses RARP (Reverse Address Resol[...]

8 Setting the Printer’s IP Addressing Parameters 48 PhaserShare Networking Obtain the information listed in the following table. It might be helpful to write down this information so you can refer to it during the configuration pr ocedure. Setting IP parameter s from the fr ont panel 1. When the front panel displays READY TO PRINT , pr ess the d[...]

Setting the Printer’s IP Addressing Parameters 8 Setup Guide 49 6. Set the network mask: a. Press the down-arr ow button until NW Mask is highlighted. Press Select . b. Press the left- or right-arr ow buttons to highlight the 3-digit part of the address that you want to set. Pr ess the up- or down-arrow keys to change the numbers. c. When the add[...]

8 Setting the Printer’s IP Addressing Parameters 50 PhaserShare Networking The RARP r esponse contains only IP address information. After the printer has its address information, you can set other TCP/IP parameters by either of two methods: ■ W ith a TCP/IP connection and a W orld W ide W eb browser , you can use PhaserLink Printer Management S[...]

Setting the Printer’s IP Addressing Parameters 8 Setup Guide 51 Setting IP parameter s: DHCP DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Pr otocol) is a system in which W indows NT servers can allocate IP addr esses dynamically . Under DHCP , the server gives the printer (called a DHCP client) an IP address when the printer is reset. Installing the DHCP se[...]

8 Setting the Printer’s IP Addressing Parameters 52 PhaserShare Networking Defining a scope in Windows NT 3.5.x a. Open the Network Administration group. b. Double-click DHCP Manager . c. Double-click Local Machine . d. Click Scope , Create . e. Enter the IP information to define the scope. 3. Define the lease . A lease is a pre-determined tim[...]

Setting the Printer’s IP Addressing Parameters 8 Setup Guide 53 DHCP transactions ■ On power up or reset, the printer sends a DHCP discover packet , indicating its Ethernet address and r equesting an IP address. ■ The DHCP server r esponds to the discover packet with a DHCP offer packet , which contains an IP addr ess from within the assigned[...]

8 Setting the Printer’s IP Addressing Parameters 54 PhaserShare Networking Setting IP parameter s: P ostScript utility file (UNIX onl y) Use the config-IP script to create a PostScript file that sets the printer ’s IP addressing parameters. The config-IP script is provided with your printer ’s network utilities software. ■ The output of[...]

Setting the Printer’s IP Addressing Parameters 8 Setup Guide 55 Running the config-IP script 1. Connect the printer to a network. ARP (Addr ess Resolution Protocol) requir es that the printer be connected on the same physical network segment as the host. 2. Run the script config-IP : a. In the directory wher e you placed your printer ’s netwo[...]

8 Setting the Printer’s IP Addressing Parameters 56 PhaserShare Networking 7. Execute the ping command from the host: ping printer-IP-address 8. Use the host spooling system (for example, lpr or lp ) to send to the printer the file you created in Step 2b . This stor es the IP addr essing information in the printer ’s internal memory , where it[...]

Setting the Printer’s IP Addressing Parameters 8 Setup Guide 57 DNS The printers support Domain Name Services (DNS) through an embedded DNS stub resolver . The DNS resolver protocol communicates with one or mor e DNS servers to request the IP address for a given host name or the host name for a given IP addr ess. T o use an IP host name for the p[...]

8 Setting the Printer’s IP Addressing Parameters 58 PhaserShare Networking 5. Enter the following information: ■ Primary Name Server IP Address (r equired) ■ Second Name Server IP Address (optional) ■ IP Domain Name (r equired) ■ Additional Search Domain Name(s) (optional) 6. When you are finished entering the settings, enter the V alida[...]

Setup Guide 59 Chapter 9 PhaserLink Printer Management Software PhaserLink Printer Management software is a printer administration and support tool using W orld W ide W eb technology . W ith PhaserLink software, you can access printer status and manage your printer over a TCP/IP network using a web browser . PhaserLink Printer Management software g[...]

9 PhaserLink Printer Management Software 60 PhaserShare Networking PhaserLink Printer Management software help files Most PhaserLink pages allow you to view and set printer parameters through fields. HTML files containing descriptions of the fields are supplied on the printer ’s CD-ROM in the PHLINK directory , wher e the file PLHOME.HTM is [...]

PhaserLink Printer Management Software 9 Setup Guide 61 Setting printer parameter s: PhaserLink software pages If there ar e read-write parameters on the page, there is a field at the bottom of the page for a validation password. By default, the passwor d is a NULL string (no characters). The password is common acr oss all PhaserLink software page[...]

9 PhaserLink Printer Management Software 62 PhaserShare Networking Disabling Inf ormation Forwarding 1. Display the V iew and Configure Information Forwarding page. 2. Select No from the Information Forwarding Enabled menu button. 3. If a validation password has been assigned, enter the passwor d to make the change to take effect. 4. Click the Do/[...]

Setup Guide 63 Index A Adapter Status 12 ARP (Addr ess Resolution Protocol) with config-IP script 55 with config-TokenRing script 13 B BOOTP 47 Broadcast 12 Broadcast addr ess 48 C cables 8 Chooser 20 config-IP 55 config-T okenRing 14 Configuration Page front panel 2 D DHCP 51 DNS printer configuration 57 UNIX host configuration 25 DOS 1 E Early[...]

64 PhaserShare Networking P PhaserLink PDF Direct Printing 3 PhaserLink Printer Management software general information 59 PhaserLink software information forwarding 61 URL, printer 59 PhaserLink Status Notification 3 PhaserShare softwar e installation procedure 21 Quick Configuration Wizard 22 PhaserShare Series B Ethernet car d 7 PhaserShare Ser[...]

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