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Chapter 8. Management Tools

WPCONFIG

FastPrint Server User’s Guide

 

69

8.3.4.

 

Menu options

♦

 

Configuration menu

System

System

Allows you to change the FastPrint name and to set the LAN protocol(s) used by
the current FastPrint. Only the IPX and your LAN protocol should be enabled.

Note:

 

By default, all protocols are enabled. This allows operation in any
environment, but degrades performance.

Reset device

Reset device

This should be done after making any configuration changes, or if the FastPrint
stops responding.

Restore factory defaults

Restore factory defaults

This restores 

all

 values to the factory defaults. To restore only the current screen,

use the 

Set to Default

 button on the screen.

♦

 

Diagnostics menu

Print test page

Print test page

Use this option to print a test sheet from the selected FastPrint Server port. The
test printout will include status information.

Summary of Contents for FastPrint Server

Page 1: ...User s Manual FastPrint Server FastPrint Server Printer Sharing Device...

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Page 3: ...ust accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation CE Marking Warning This is a Class B product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio inter...

Page 4: ...the power cord If exposed to foot traffic ensure that the cable is properly shielded and does not pose a tripping hazard 6 If using an extension cord make sure the total ampere rating of the products...

Page 5: ...onfiguration overview 9 4 1 1 Requirements 9 4 1 2 Operating modes 9 4 1 2 1 Print Server mode 9 4 1 2 2 Remote printer mode 9 4 1 3 Configuration methods 10 4 2 Preparation 10 4 3 Configuration using...

Page 6: ...address configuration 23 5 2 2 FastPrint Server IP address 24 5 2 3 Other configuration settings 24 5 2 4 Logical printers 25 5 2 4 1 Logical printer setup 25 5 3 Unix host configuration 25 5 3 1 Stat...

Page 7: ...6 2 3 2 Using the new port 41 6 2 3 3 Checking the printer driver 42 6 2 4 Printing 42 6 2 5 Canceling a print job 43 6 3 SNMP management 43 6 3 1 Preparing the FastPrint Server for SNMP 43 6 3 2 SNMP...

Page 8: ...Settings 59 8 1 3 2 Printer configuration 61 8 1 4 Menu Options 62 8 1 4 1 InitDevice menu 62 8 1 4 2 Configuration menu 62 8 1 4 3 Diagnostics menu 63 8 1 4 4 Control menu 63 8 2 WebAdmin 63 8 2 1 S...

Page 9: ...NMP MIB 87 D 1 PSSystemConfig group 87 D 2 PSLogicalPrinterConfig group 87 D 3 PSNetwareConfig group 88 D 4 PSTcpipConfig group 88 D 5 PSAppleTalkConfig group 88 D 6 PSNetbeuiConfig group 89 D 7 PSSta...

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Page 11: ...is no need to set jumpers or perform software configuration to select the network interface used Compact Size The FastPrint can be used even where space is limited Remote Management Tools A variety of...

Page 12: ...both 10BaseT and 100BaseT Its three bi directional parallel ports support simultaneous printing Figure 1 FastPrint Server Reset Button 10 100BaseT Switches See DIP switch table for details 10 100BaseT...

Page 13: ...or receiving packets from the network Table 1 LED Indicators 1 2 2 10 100BaseT Switches The FastPrint has 2 DIP switches See the previous diagrams to locate these switches Operation of these switches...

Page 14: ...ort cables should be less than 3 meters long Note Leave the FastPrint Server powered OFF while connecting it to the printer s and the LAN 3 3 Connect the network cable Connect the network cable Connec...

Page 15: ...allation Installation procedure FastPrint Server User s Guide 5 5 5 Mount the FastPrint Server Mount the FastPrint Server The FastPrint may be snapped on to other members of the LanEdge family to cons...

Page 16: ...d or the LaserWriter 7 icon LaserWriter 8 makes use of the fonts installed in the printer itself so the printing response time is quicker LaserWriter 7 uses the fonts installed in the computer which i...

Page 17: ...gram to send it to the FastPrint The procedure is as follows 1 Copy the following files from the Utility Apple folder on the CD ROM to an appropriate folder on your hard disk PSTool CONFIG 3p 2 Use Ch...

Page 18: ...pe P1 LaserWriter 3001 Printer type P1 LaserWriter 3002 Printer type P2 LaserWriter 3002 Printer type P2 LaserWriter 3004 Printer type P3 LaserWriter 3004 Printer type P3 LaserWriter These are text fi...

Page 19: ...t Server mode is faster and uses fewer resources than Remote Printer mode However it does occupy a user login slot Remote Printer mode does not use a login slot but it is slower and uses more resource...

Page 20: ...the FastPrint on bindery based file servers such as NetWare 2 X or 3 X log in to a bindery based file server as a SUPERVISOR or as a user with supervisory rights 4 3 Configuration using Quickset This...

Page 21: ...l create a print server object printer objects and queue objects with the current context and current tree that the user logs on to The printer names will be set to dv_P1 dv_P2 and dv_P3 where dv is t...

Page 22: ...W X and Y are the names of the queues to be serviced by parallel ports 1 to 3 respectively If you do not enter W X or Y then the default queue names will be P1 P2 and P3 for parallel ports 1 to 3 F F...

Page 23: ...FastPrint Server for use with existing queues proceed to step 2 a Log into a NetWare file server as a SUPERVISOR or as a user with SUPERVISOR rights b Run PCONSOLE program c Select Print Queue Inform...

Page 24: ...the file server you are logged on to This will be the master file server to the FastPrint e Replace Print Server name with the name used in step 2 c f Select Execute Setup 4 4 1 2 Print server mode in...

Page 25: ...ecord the Tree name 2 2 Configure the FastPrint Server Configure the FastPrint Server a Run PSCONFIG b Select your FastPrint Server Replace the FastPrint name with the name used in step 1 d c Select S...

Page 26: ...nments on page 15 for more information about these fields g Press ESC then select Yes h Repeat steps b to g until all printers are assigned i Press ESC 3 3 Associate printers with print queues Associa...

Page 27: ...lect LPT1 for parallel port 1 LP2 for parallel port 2 or LPT3 for parallel port 3 j In Location field set to Manual Load k Press ESC to exit Configuration sub menu 3 3 Associate queue objects and prin...

Page 28: ...print a job to the FastPrint SCxxxxxx Note The default name begins with the letters SC followed by 6 hexadecimal characters These characters may include the numbers 0 through 9 and the letters A throu...

Page 29: ...Set post print job string 4 6 2 Configuration using PSCONFIG The following procedure lets you use PSCONFIG to change the FastPrint settings 1 Run PSCONFIG A list of FastPrint Servers will appear 2 Sel...

Page 30: ...19 characters and must not contain any spaces NDS tree name NetWare 4 X NDS mode only Enter the file server s NDS tree name root name FastPrint Server NDS context NetWare 4 X NDS mode only Enter the...

Page 31: ...rent NetWare Print Server 1 Use PCONSOLE to create and assign the required printers and queues as detailed in the Remote Printer Mode section 2 Run PSCONFIG and select Set to NetWare Remote Printer Mo...

Page 32: ...nge Configuration 3 Select Logical Printer Configuration and set the following items for each logical port Logical printers are numbered from L1 to L8 Physical port Select the physical port for this l...

Page 33: ...erver and is accessed by a web browser See Chapter 8 Management Tools for details FTP File Transfer Protocol With FTP you copy the configuration file from the FastPrint edit it and send it back Furthe...

Page 34: ...following configuration settings Device name 0001 BOX_NAME The default name will be in the form SCxxxxxx SC followed by 6 numbers Note The default FastPrint name begins with the letters SC followed by...

Page 35: ...ch print job String after job 0102 L1_POSTR The printer control string in hex to be sent to the printer after each print job Convert LF to CR LF 0103 L1_CHGLF If ON LF line feed characters are changed...

Page 36: ...ove procedure has failed 6 If the FastPrint Server is not configured yet you can now connect and configure it using FTP See Example Initial configuration on page 37 5 3 2 Dynamic IP address Configurat...

Page 37: ...FastPrint Server is not configured yet you can now configure it using FTP See page 37 for details Otherwise check with the ping command ping NAME You should receive a response If you get a Timeout mes...

Page 38: ...FastPrint Server will print the data file immediately ignoring any print options set in the control file To solve this problem use PSfilter instead PSfilter PSfilter is a proprietary print method pro...

Page 39: ...eue to add Use a single word queue name that indicates which printer is attached Hostname for remote server FastPrint name as used in etc hosts lpd Name of queue on remote server Logical printer numbe...

Page 40: ...er_directory Create read write permissions chmod 775 usr spool Spooler_directory Give permissions to LPD processes chgrp daemon usr spool Spooler_directory Add remote printer s See following section 5...

Page 41: ...te read write permissions chmod 775 usr spool Spooler_dir Give permissions to LPD processes chgrp daemon usr spool Spooler_dir Add remote printer s See Adding remote printers on page 30 Start lpc prin...

Page 42: ...et Library must exist on the host so that psfilter c can be compiled to an executable file 5 4 5 1 PSfilter Setup The PSfilter program is shipped in source code as psfilter c Three methods are provide...

Page 43: ...t configuration This section covers the configuration of a Windows NT host The FastPrint should be configured first For Windows NT configuration in a Peer to Peer environment see Chapter 7 Windows Pee...

Page 44: ...cedures manually 6 After you finish configuring TCP IP the Network Settings dialog box will reappear click the Close button and then restart your computer for the changes to take effect 5 5 2 2 Window...

Page 45: ...rinter or print queue on that server dialog box enter the appropriate logical printer number L1 L8 as previously configured on the FastPrint Server 6 Click OK When returned to the Printer Ports window...

Page 46: ...5 you can connect using the FastPrint Server s name rather than the IP address 2 The FastPrint Server will respond with Print Server Ready and prompt for User Enter the FastPrint s name If you have no...

Page 47: ...command to write a new configuration file to the FastPrint you should issue a get RESET command The red LED should then go on while the FastPrint Server is resetting When the red LED goes OFF and the...

Page 48: ...nt as an attachment to the e mail The FastPrint Server will retrieve the e mail and print it 6 2 1 System requirements Mail server Accessibility The Mail Server must be accessible by the intended clie...

Page 49: ...Server Mail account password 4102 MAIL_PAS Enter the password for the above mail account here Check mail interval 4103 MAIL_INT Sets how often to check for mail Values range from 0 to 65 535 minutes...

Page 50: ...t only The Internet Print Server is configured with Print every e mail ON Installation of the InterNet Printing Port software will create a new printer port After attaching the correct printer to this...

Page 51: ...our ISP Your internet e mail address The address that people use to send you e mail Retry interval seconds If unable to connect to the e mail server another connection attempt will be made after this...

Page 52: ...ault printer to the InterNet Printing Port 2 Check that Reply Notification Mail in the InterNet Printing Port is ON 3 Use Notepad or any other text editor to create a short message such as This is a t...

Page 53: ...ds and reports device configuration and conditions When a change in condition occurs the SNMP agent will send a message a Trap to the associated management station The FastPrint s SNMP MIB is a collec...

Page 54: ...ent by this station will be disabled Trap enable 6114 T1_ENAB 6124 T2 6134 T3 6144 T4 Use this option to Enable Disable trap receiving by this station Trap severity 6112 T1_S 6122 T2 6132 T3 6142 T4 A...

Page 55: ...stallation Software installation must be carried out on every workstation that will use the FastPrint s printers 7 3 1 Windows 95 Windows NT 1 Run the SETUP program in the Driver ptp_95nt folder on th...

Page 56: ...uration is necessary Simply install and configure the software 7 4 2 TCP IP The FastPrint Server must be configured with the following information prior to software configuration Setting Setting Recom...

Page 57: ...u are using a PostScript printer and the banner page is enabled you must enable this option Failure to enable this option will cause errors in the print job User name The user or work group name to be...

Page 58: ...igure 5 TCP IP Configuration Win95 PtP Figure 6 NetBEUI Configuration Win95 PtP 6 Enter the configuration information as detailed in Software configuration on page 47 7 Follow the on screen instructio...

Page 59: ...ll appear 6 Enter the configuration information as described in Software configuration on page 47 Ensure that you select a different FastPrint port each time and assign a unique name to that port e g...

Page 60: ...tocol either TCP IP or NetBEUI 7 5 3 1 First port configuration 1 Go to Printer Manager Select Printer Create Printer 2 Select the appropriate printer driver for the printer connected to the FastPrint...

Page 61: ...e Print Destinations screen will appear Figure 13 Print Destinations NT 3 51 PtP 3 Select PrintServer and click OK The Configure PrintServer window shown previously will appear 4 Enter the configurati...

Page 62: ...ore printing both Pserver and Window Control Panel must be configured 7 5 4 1 Pserver main screen Pserver must be loaded prior to printing via the FastPrint Therefore it is recommended that you add Ps...

Page 63: ...ected to your FastPrint both Pserver and Windows must be configured To configure Pserver follow the instructions below 1 Start the Psever utility by clicking on its Icon 2 Select the Printer Menu and...

Page 64: ...he printer is connected 5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 to associate each printer with a queue 6 Setup is complete Now whenever you select Windows Print Setup the printer and its associated queue will appear i...

Page 65: ...ovell TCP IP NetBEUI Win 95 Win NT Yes Yes Yes WebAdmin AppleTalk Novell TCP IP NetBEUI Win NT Server Browser Yes No Yes I P Internet Printing Configuration C P Configure Printer FPSAdmin is recommend...

Page 66: ...us Printer Status Menu equivalent Status Port Status There is one icon for each parallel port Non existent ports are grayed out Selecting an icon will result in a screen like the following example Fig...

Page 67: ...ration TCP IP Configuration Menu equivalent Configuration TCP IP Selecting this icon will cause the following screen to appear Figure 24 TCP IP Configuration See IP address configuration on page 23 fo...

Page 68: ...58 AppleTalk Configuration AppleTalk Configuration Menu equivalent Configuration AppleTalk Selecting this icon will cause the following screen to appear See AppleTalk Settings on page 8 for details o...

Page 69: ...d work group to be serviced by the FastPrint Response Time Sets how fast jobs are sent to the printer By default this is set to no delay zero This value should only be increased if your printer cannot...

Page 70: ...iguration If you select a management station M1 M4 the bottom part of the screen will look like the following example Figure 28 SNMP Management Station If you select a trap T1 T4 the bottom part of th...

Page 71: ...values to the default use the menu option InitDevice Restore Factory Default Save to Device Save to Device Clicking this will write any changed configuration information to the FastPrint updating the...

Page 72: ...figuration on page 23 for configuration details Save the data to the FastPrint Server and reset it If you want the main screen listing to reflect the new data you must refresh the listing Since the Re...

Page 73: ...and Advanced Server Intel or Intel compatible processors Web Servers Microsoft Internet Information Server IIS 1 0 and 2 0 Internet Browsers Microsoft Internet Explorer 2 0 3 0 and above NetScape Navi...

Page 74: ...e http 202 70 111 20 webadmin webadmin exe application x msdownload You should then see a screen like the following example Figure 31 WebAdmin Home Screen Home button Clicking on the Home button from...

Page 75: ...low you to configure the current FastPrint System System Allows you to change the FastPrint Server name and to set the LAN protocol s used by the current FastPrint Only the Connected protocol referred...

Page 76: ...er changing the configuration or if the FastPrint ceases responding after a LAN or printer problem Restore factory defaults Restore factory defaults Select this option to return all parameters to thei...

Page 77: ...ocols loaded For Windows 95 or NT the FPSAdmin Program is recommended because WPCONFIG does not support the following features Printer configuration SNMP configuration Internet printing 8 3 1 Installa...

Page 78: ...onfiguration on page 23 for details AppleTalk AppleTalk See AppleTalk Settings on page 8 for details of these configuration settings NetBEUI NetBEUI NetBEUI Windows SMB changes can be made using this...

Page 79: ...peration in any environment but degrades performance Reset device Reset device This should be done after making any configuration changes or if the FastPrint stops responding Restore factory defaults...

Page 80: ...the reset button I am using DHCP and getting an IP address conflict involving the FastPrint If the FastPrint Server is left on but the DHCP server is turned off then the FastPrint will retain its IP...

Page 81: ...ton next to Active is highlighted in the Chooser 2 Make sure the printer has been on and in the READY state for a few minutes 3 Make sure the printer has not been renamed since its last appearance in...

Page 82: ...2 Check your monitor to make sure all settings for example brightness are adjusted correctly The blue color I chose on my screen is printing out purple Choose Calibrated Color Grayscale in the Print...

Page 83: ...document may not print correctly Some documents will print with extra pages MacDraft 2 1 MacDraft 2 1 When you print using the Cut Marks option a PostScript error results Microsoft PowerPoint Microso...

Page 84: ...can service entries in queue to NO c Press Esc and select Print Queue ID Record its queue ID d Send your test files to the print queue using normal print commands NetWare 4 x bindery and NDS modes a R...

Page 85: ...nfigured as a Novell Print Server and cannot log in to a file server The following steps may solve this problem 1 Get the FastPrint information using PSCONFIG If the FastPrint is configured as a Novel...

Page 86: ...essage and perform the required corrective action 4 Check the NetWare Print Server s name If it is over 20 characters rename it using no more than 20 characters My FastPrint Server cannot print the jo...

Page 87: ...he FastPrint so that PSCONFIG can see the FastPrint Or load the NetBEUI protocol on your PC and use WPCONFIG to connect to the FastPrint Server 2 Set the FastPrint s frame type to the frame type that...

Page 88: ...efix string and suffix string must contain control words or are too long use headfile or tailfile instead of prefix string or suffix string The FastPrint Server s IP address has been forgotten and it...

Page 89: ...g from some software applications such as PowerPoint it takes a long time and the printout is incorrect The problem is that the printer has been configured to Start printing after the first page is sp...

Page 90: ...mmand to connect to the Mail Server by name Example ping ms hinet net The reply will say Reply from xxx xxx xxx xxx where xxx xxx xxx xxx is the IP address of the Mail Server Plain text e mails are no...

Page 91: ...r Internet Printing to this logical printer See page 24 for details of logical printers A 8 WebAdmin WebAdmin doesn t find all items within the NDS Tree Names and Master File Servers This occurs only...

Page 92: ...70 C Shipping temperature 40 70 C Operating humidity 10 80 Storage humidity 5 90 Shipping humidity 5 100 Parallel Port Pin Assignments Parallel Port Pin Assignments Pin Pin Signal Name Signal Name Dir...

Page 93: ...ters Numeric 0 n where n is a number indicates the acceptable range of values for a numeric field Access Code where the allowable values are Read Only Read Write Not Accessible Description Explains th...

Page 94: ...Convert LF to LF CR 0220 L7_PROUT P1 P1 P2 P3 Port used by logical printer 7 0221 L7_PREST Text 15 hex Pre string LP 7 0222 L7_POSTR Text 15 hex Post string LP 7 0223 L7_CHGLF No Yes No Convert LF to...

Page 95: ...meric 0 255 No of reconnection attempts 4100 MAIL_IP 0 0 0 0 IP address Mail A C IP address 4101 MAIL_ACC Text 19 Mail A C name 4102 MAIL_PAS Text 19 Mail A C password 4103 MAIL_INT 0 Numeric 0 64K Ch...

Page 96: ...ess 6112 T1_S 0 Numeric 0 2 Severity level 6113 T1_CSTR Text 7 Community string 6114 T1_ENAB Disable Enable Disable Trap receive station 1 6121 T2_IP 0 0 0 0 IP address Trap 2 address 6122 T2_S 0 Nume...

Page 97: ...gical printer 3 whenever a job begins LP3PostString The string sent to logical printer 3 whenever the job ends LP3LFChange Convert LF to LF CR status LP4PhysicalPort The Physical port of logical print...

Page 98: ...tes JobNotifyByConnID When the job ends Print will notify the user by the connection ID NetwarePrintServerP1 The Netware Print Server to connect to for parallel port 1 when the FastPrint is operating...

Page 99: ...jobs serviced IPXBytesServiced Number of NetWare data bytes serviced IPXEtherIIPacketReceived Number of IPX packets received of EthernetII frame type IPX8022PacketReceived Number of IPX packets recei...

Page 100: ...IPPacketReceived Number of packets received by TCP IP IPPacketSend Number of packets sent by TCP IP D 11 PSControl group Object Object Description Description ResetPrinterServer Reset reboot the FastP...

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