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ETHERNET PRINT SERVERS HIGH SPEED AND 4-PORT

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When the list of Print Servers appears, find the serial number for the Print
Server you are configuring.  The serial number is located on the bottom of
the unit.  If it is not listed, make sure the Print Server is powered on and then
restart PCONSOLE.  See Fig. 4-2.

Fig. 4-2.  Configure Print Server.

vailable Options

Print Servers

ge Current File Server
t Queue Information

t Server Information

NPS_020841
NPS_021329
NPS_030100

NPS_070001

NPS_090202

NPS_0AFFB0
NPS_100101
NPS_100111

NPS_110213
NPS_110227

NPS_110229
NPS_110230
NPS_110244

NetWare Print Console     V1.51

Friday  October 15, 1993  11:23 am

User SUPERVISOR On File Server ENGINEERING Connection 26

Summary of Contents for LE3810A-R2

Page 1: ...746 5500 or fax 724 746 0746 Mailing address Black Box Corporation 1000 Park Drive Lawrence PA 15055 1018 Web site www blackbox com E mail info blackbox com OCTOBER 1995 LE3810A R2 LE3840A LE3810AE R2...

Page 2: ...nt in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which case the user at his own expense will be required to take whatever measures may be necessary to correct the interference Changes or mo...

Page 3: ...cante 7 El aparato el ctrico debe ser montado a la pared o al techo s lo como sea recomendado por el fabricante 8 Servicio El usuario no debe intentar dar servicio al equipo el ctrico m s all a lo des...

Page 4: ...r una antena externa deber ser localizada lejos de las lineas de energia 16 El cable de corriente deber ser desconectado del cuando el equipo no sea usado por un largo periodo de tiempo 17 Cuidado deb...

Page 5: ...xt Step 23 4 Novell Configuration and NIMANAGE Utility 25 4 1 Introduction 25 4 2 Configuration Using PCONSOLE Before You Begin 25 4 2 1 When You Don t Define a Primary File Server 25 4 2 2 What is a...

Page 6: ...on and Administration Program 70 5 1 Introduction 70 5 2 Enable the AppleTalk Protocol 70 5 3 Configuration AppleTalk 70 5 4 Using the AppleTalk Adminstration Program 73 6 UNIX Printing Through TCP IP...

Page 7: ...leTalk Protocol 120 7 10 Troubleshooting TCP IP Protocol 121 Appendix A Cable Specifications 122 A 1 Introduction 122 A 2 Uniport Cables and Plugs 122 A 3 Serial Cables and Plugs for the Uniport Conne...

Page 8: ...apter Page Appendix D Placing Delays Between Print Jobs 136 D 1 Introduction 136 D 1 1 Printers that Have Multiple Ports 136 D 1 2 Printers that Have Multi Emulation 136 D 1 3 Printing Raster Graphics...

Page 9: ...32 to 122 F 0 to 50 C Humidity 5 to 80 non condensing Printer Ports Parallel All units Speed 625 Kbps Word Size 8 bits Strobe 1 microsecond can be set to 0 5 1 5 or 10 Flow Control Ready Busy Serial...

Page 10: ...net Print Server 4 Port LE3845A LE3845AE provides three high speed parallel ports and an RJ 45 Uniport to let you connect up to 4 printers and a connection for your Ethernet interface thin or twisted...

Page 11: ...and concurrently using different protocols on the same or different printers 2 3 About the Ethernet Print Server Troubleshooting Software for Workstations The Ethernet Print Server provides the follo...

Page 12: ...ter AppleTalk Administration Program requires any Macintosh computer with a disk drive TCP IP requires that the Ethernet Print Server host software be installed on every host that spools directly to t...

Page 13: ...ss a parallel printer located anywhere on the network 3 2 Status Light Indicator The status light indicator the green LED on the front of the Ethernet Print Server unit lets you see the power on statu...

Page 14: ...hin Ethernet connection uses a BNC T connector to connect to the coaxial cable from the network Parallel connector for printer Attaches the parallel printer to the Ethernet Print Server High Speed The...

Page 15: ...Ethernet Print Server s power supply until ALL hardware installation and software configuration steps are completed STEP 1 CONNECT THE NETWORK TO THE ETHERNET PRINT SERVER You can connect the network...

Page 16: ...need to change the jumpers from the Ethernet 10BASE T interface to the ThinNet interface The default is the 10BASE T interface 1 Make sure you do not have the Ethernet Print Server unit plugged into a...

Page 17: ...Fig 3 4 Jumper Location 4 To change the default jumper from 10BASE T to ThinNet move the jumper from its present setting TP on one side of the jumper to the jumper setting marked THIN Jumper is locate...

Page 18: ...all the connections into its slots on the bottom and top units TP THIN TP THIN This is the default setting for the Ethernet Print Server Move the jumper from the pins labled TP to the pins labled THI...

Page 19: ...rked ThinNet on the back panel Thin Ethernet cable is a quarter inch coaxial cable usually RG 58 U that uses the cylindrical BNC T connector to attach to the BNC port Fig 3 6 ThinNet Interface Connect...

Page 20: ...ver directly connected to the port marked ThinNet Fig 3 7 Wrong Connections This connection is wrong because the T connector is not directly connected to the Ethernet Print Server The cable between th...

Page 21: ...Uniport adapters you can convert a Uniport to a long distance high speed parallel output port Uniport Serial Output Devices and Input Devices For serial output devices such as serial printers or plott...

Page 22: ...e Uniport a high speed parallel connection for your printer or plotter Fig 3 8 shows you how to connect the Uniport parallel adapter to the Uniport plug on the Ethernet Print Server Data will be sent...

Page 23: ...nvert the Uniport plug on the Ethernet Print Server back panel to a DB25 plug using the DB25 adapter See Fig 3 11 to make the connection UNIPORT Plug a cable into the UNIPORT OUT adapter and the other...

Page 24: ...23 CHAPTER 3 Installation Fig 3 11 Uniport DB25 Adapter The UNIPORT DB has an RJ45 connector which plugs into NETPrint The DB25 plug attaches to the printer cable...

Page 25: ...ver on Configure the Ethernet Print Server Protocols To continue installation you must configure and activate each network protocol to work with the Ethernet Print Server Each protocol has its own cha...

Page 26: ...nt Server printers so that users can print Section 4 5 Using the NIMANAGE Utility describes the PC based program that lets you activate network protocols configure the print server and printer ports r...

Page 27: ...servers on this file server list These servers must be no more than 4 hops away with a propagation delay the time it takes a packet of data to go to the print server unit from the file server of no m...

Page 28: ...vers list and then go to Step 2 of Configuration Using PCONSOLE Section 4 7 or 4 8 for your version of NetWare STEP 1 START PCONSOLE SUPERVISOR ADMINISTRATOR RIGHTS You must have supervisor administra...

Page 29: ...unit If it is not listed make sure the Print Server is powered on and then restart PCONSOLE See Fig 4 2 Fig 4 2 Configure Print Server vailable Options Print Servers ge Current File Server t Queue In...

Page 30: ...ile Servers to Be Serviced and press Enter Fig 4 3 Choose Print Server Configuration vailable Opt Print Servers ge Current Fil t Queue Infor t Server Infor NPS_001122 NPS_011219 NPS_016422 NPS_020012...

Page 31: ...u have chosen your file servers you are ready to configure the Print Server STEP 5 START THE PRINT SERVER CONFIGURATION NetWare 2 15 or 3 10 and above users go to Section 4 3 to configure the Print Se...

Page 32: ...Ware 3 10 or later set unencrypted passwords to ON 4 3 1 ENCRYPTED PASSWORDS The Print Server 4 Port supports encrypted passwords The Print Server High Speed does not support encrypted passwords 4 3 2...

Page 33: ...n the Print Servers menu displays press the Ins key to display the New Print Server Name entry box Type the name of the Print Server into the entry box First type NPS followed by an underscore then ty...

Page 34: ...Current File Server t Queue Information New Print Server Name NPS_991354 HPIIISI_ETHERNET PRINT SERVER HP4_ETHERNET PRINT SERVER HPLASER_ETHERNET PRINT SERVER NPS_ENGINEERING NPS_020210 NPS_020211 NP...

Page 35: ...rts NOTE Make sure you assign the correct number to your printer Choose Remote Other Unknown as TYPE You DO NOT need to make changes to any other items on the screen vailable Opt Print Servers HPIIISI...

Page 36: ...Not In Not In NetWare Print Console V1 32 Tuesday February 2 1993 3 20 pm User SUPERVISOR On File Server 55SX Connection 5 Assign the Ethernet Print Server High Speed parallel port and Ethernet Print...

Page 37: ...the Print Server to service these queues NOTE Assign queues only to the Print Server Do not assign one queue to two different print servers If a queue is assigned to multiple print servers print jobs...

Page 38: ...ee Fig 4 10 vailable O Print Servers Q1_ETHERNET PRINT SERVER HPIIISI_ETHERNET PRINT SERVER HP4_ETHERNET PRINT SERVER NPS_ENGINEERING NPS_MANUFACTURING NPS_990051 NPS_990053 NPS_990062 NPS_991354 NPS_...

Page 39: ...fy functions then continue to Esc and choose Yes to save changes Print Server High Speed users NetWare 3 10 and above users should go to Step 6 Available Queues Q1_ETHERNET PRINT SERVER HPIIISI_ETHERN...

Page 40: ...the wrong form loaded a memory error an engine failure or a higher priority print job from another source 1 Choose Notify List for Printer on the Print Server Configuration Menu 2 Select a printer fro...

Page 41: ...any seconds the network will wait before it notifies candidates about a print job problem The intervals specify how often after the first notification candidates will be notified Type in a number in s...

Page 42: ...Servers See Appendix D for information on supporting multiple file servers This includes information on passwords for multiple file servers assigned to the print server When You Finish Once you compl...

Page 43: ...roper SET command and re start the server To confirm the server has a Bindery Context perform the following steps 1 Log into the server as ADMIN 2 At the prompt perform a DOS TYPE of Z SYSTEM AUTOEXEC...

Page 44: ...rlier NetWare versions is the use of function keys displayed at the bottom of the screen You will use these keys to configure the Print Server on PCONSOLE Once you are sure you have installed the Bind...

Page 45: ...Bindery connections the server you are attached to does not have Bindery Mode enabled Follow the previously listed steps to add Bindery Services or log onto a server with Bindery Services activated Av...

Page 46: ...our print server print queue and printer correctly If you need to modify these items later see Step 6 Fig 4 14 Quick Setup Option Available Options Print Queues Printer Services Quick Setup Change Cur...

Page 47: ...r a name and press Enter then tab to the New Print Queue field enter a name and press Enter Fig 4 15 Enter Print Server Printer and Queue Names Print Services Quick Setup NPS_990434 F1 Q1 NetWare Prin...

Page 48: ...ervers Information Users Operators and Print Servers On the Print Server Information screen you can select Printers Information and Status Users Operators Description Password and Audit STEP 7 PLUG IN...

Page 49: ...xample of the status page This page will print after the self tests and any time you power up the Ethernet Print Server PostScript Format The status page is formatted for PostScript printers For text...

Page 50: ...nformation Frame Type Ethernet II Subnet Mask 255 0 0 0 Protocol Address 192 9 200 231 Port Number 1 Port Type Parallel Novell Connection Information Printer Name Printer 0 File Server ENGINEERING Que...

Page 51: ...he utilities require communication across the network Make sure you are logged onto the network as SUPERVISOR NetWare 2 15 or 3 10 and above or ADMIN NetWare 4 0 before you begin 1 Place the Print Ser...

Page 52: ...diskette from the workstation drive when finished If you have installed the Print Server Utility on the file server then you initiate the program as follows Log into the server as SUPERVISOR or ADMIN...

Page 53: ...Menu appears See Fig 4 19 Select an Ethernet Print Server unit A NPS_981354 B NPS_980001 C NPS_020445 D NPS_020882 E NPS_980005 F NPS_980006 G NPS_980007 H NPS_062887 I NPS_960009 J NPS_980010 In thi...

Page 54: ...bleshoot B General Ethernet Print Server Setup Options C Novell Print Server Setup D Uniport Input Print Server Setup Enter Make Selection Esc Quit F1 Help A Troubleshoot tests the printer port to mak...

Page 55: ...ging module This retrieves the messages from the unit s error log Ethernet Print Server Diagnostics for NPS_991354 A Test Printer Ports B Read Error Log C Report Print Server Status D Reset Unit Enter...

Page 56: ...ain after the other job has printed See Fig 4 22 B Read Error Log reports any problems it encounters with the Ethernet Print Server to an error logging module This retrieves the messages from the unit...

Page 57: ...4 24 Fig 4 23 shows a copy of the PostScript test print job This prints to a PostScript printer when you type Y for the screen shown on the previous page Test Print For NPS_011354 Is this a PostScript...

Page 58: ...ALLELPort 1PostscriptTesting EthernetPrintServerNPS_011364PARALLELPort 1PostscriptTesting EthernetPrintServerNPS_011364PARALLELPort 1PostscriptTesting EthernetPrintServerNPS_011364PARALLELPort 1Postsc...

Page 59: ...z 012 234667890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 01 1234667890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0 Ethernet Print Server NPS_011364 Port 1 Text Test Print If you c...

Page 60: ...ou diagnose any problems This screen is not intended for inexperienced users Fig 4 25 Error Log Error Log in Ethernet Print Server unit NPS_991354 Module Name Home End PgUp PgDn View Esc Quit F1 Help...

Page 61: ...erver which is the module that services print jobs from your Novell network is for the parallel printer port s and Uniport Input Print Server which is the module that routes print jobs received from t...

Page 62: ...the above selection you then need to choose the printer port and type of status report you want to see Fig 4 27 Select Printer Port Select Printer Port from NPS_011354 A Parallel Port 1 B Parallel Por...

Page 63: ...status of either the parallel ports or Uniport 4 Port model only Make sure you choose the correct port Once you make your selection the screen shown in Fig 4 28 appears Fig 4 28 Status Message Ethern...

Page 64: ...t Server Status Queue Status of Ethernet Print Server NPS_991354 Port 1 Server Name Home End PgUp PgDn View Esc Quit F1 Help This is the Queue Server status message for the Ethernet Print Servers depe...

Page 65: ...e this to set up the Print Server and to set the print queues for the Print Server printers PCONSOLE helps to control network printing and allows you to view information about network printing You can...

Page 66: ...e PCONSOLE for most of the tasks explained in this chapter Follow these steps 1 Start the PCONSOLE utility Select Change Current File Server from the Available Options menu A list of file servers you...

Page 67: ...ed Printers list 6 Press Ins at the File Server Queue Priority screen The Available Queues list appears 7 Select a queue from the Available Queues list 8 Press Enter at the Priority screen to leave th...

Page 68: ...t job sent to the Print Server printer If the Print Server is servicing queues on multiple file servers you must set a NOTIFY list for each file server Follow these steps 1 Start the PCONSOLE function...

Page 69: ...on on the same new location and make the hardware network connections as explained in Chapter 3 You do not need to configure the unit with PCONSOLE move the unit and printer follow the hardware instal...

Page 70: ...r from its connection and place the new printer on the parallel port connection Make any changes necessary for the printer configuration using PCONSOLE NOTE If you are changing printer types PCL to Po...

Page 71: ...do anything else to configure the Print Server Macintosh computers can print to any PostScript Ethernet Print Server printer by using Chooser to select your network and printer Ethernet Print Server s...

Page 72: ...Program for information Choosing the Printer Choose a printer on AppleTalk exactly the same way you choose a printer for any printer job Do the following 1 Pull down the menu and select Control Panel...

Page 73: ...ne attached to parallel port 1 simply choose the printer name that identifies the other printer you want to use Select a LsaerWriter Chooser 7 0 Background Printing On Off AppleTalk Active Inactive Au...

Page 74: ...rnet Print Server printer To help technical support diagnose problems Functions included are view the configuration error log and printer setup To access the Administration program do the following 1...

Page 75: ...rint Server device you want to administer and the available print server devices on that Zone appear in the Ethernet Print Server Device field 4 Select the Ethernet Print Server device LAN Print Serve...

Page 76: ...er or simply by turning the printer off and on This item is grayed out on the Ethernet Print Server menu Configuration Configuration allows you to change the Ethernet Print Server device name the Appl...

Page 77: ...een can display normal operational diagnostics as well as errors Technical Support uses this screen if your Ethernet Print Server encounters problems When you select Error Log on the Ethernet Print Se...

Page 78: ...and paste some or all of the log file contents Printer Setup Printer Setup is used to configure the Ethernet Print Server when a PostScript printer is configured Printers without PostScript cannot be...

Page 79: ...abled and you will not be alerted by an error message Port number 1 2 3 Uniport Printer Setup Ethernet Print Server 123456 1 This Port Not Available This Port Not Available This Port Not Available Can...

Page 80: ...you do not have access to Novell NetWare When enabled the power on status page prints after the printer attached to the Ethernet Print Server is turned on The default is the on position Protocol Netw...

Page 81: ...creen appears Fig 5 9 Control Options Serial Port The Serial Port option is used to configure the Uniport as a serial port to a printer The settings are identical to those set by NIMANAGE under Novell...

Page 82: ...r 8 Stop Bits can be set to 1 1 5 or 2 Ready Busy hardware handshake manages the signals that are constantly sent over your cable between devices Xon Xoff software handshake manages data flow between...

Page 83: ...address subnet mask and gateway address optional Part B describes alternative printing methods lpd and host side printing lpd lets you print directly from the Ethernet Print Server without installing...

Page 84: ...for Windows utility See Chapter 4 for details If you do not have a Novell server there are other TCP IP configuration options bootp ping CAUTION You must enable TCP IP with NIMANAGE before configurin...

Page 85: ...rnet address printed on the bottom of the Ethernet Print Server unit The arp command is arp s 192 9 200 200 00 40 af 03 ae 20 Now connect the Ethernet Print Server to its Ethernet drop and ping it eit...

Page 86: ...ached to the Ethernet Print Server port one of two ways First you can run the nsconfig utility from a UNIX host Second you can accept the default port settings PCL on ports 1 and 2 and PostScript on p...

Page 87: ...to each port When data is received from a remote lpd the unit senses whether the data is ASCII PCL PostScript or Other If the data is destined for a specific port printer name PORTx and there is a fil...

Page 88: ...r example type mkdir usr spool lpd printer_ name 3 To print via the spooler use the lpr command Type lpr P printer_name file_name Installation and testing is done You are ready to print Setting Up an...

Page 89: ...Remote Printer to Use lpd Set up a remote printer on the host that sends jobs to the Ethernet Print Server using lpd To do this 1 At the prompt type sam cr 2 When a window appears select Printer Plott...

Page 90: ...your printer and press return 4 You are asked if you want more information on specific printer types Press return 5 A list of printers supported by ULTRIX appears Type remote and press return 6 Enter...

Page 91: ...e lpd Set up a remote printer on the host that sends jobs to the Ethernet Print Server using lpd To do this 1 At the prompt type mkdev rlp 2 You will now be asked a series of questions Do you want to...

Page 92: ...tall Script This section describes how to quickly and easily install TCP IP for the Ethernet Print Server on your ULTRIX 4 3 RISC System V Rel 4 Solaris Ver 1 x 2 x SCO UNIX OSF1 ALPHA IBM AIX or HP U...

Page 93: ...er When a file is spooled for printing through lpr the system creates a control file for the job along with a copy of or link to the file itself in the spool directory for the target printer lpd is th...

Page 94: ...er attached to the Ethernet Print Server Type a printer name and press return 8 What type of Ethernet Print Server are you installing Select one of the following choices 1 Ethernet Print Server High S...

Page 95: ...wly configured printer It also displays the path used if you ever need to restart the daemon See example below usr dpi dpi_print dev dpi printer_name DPIfast 10001 The example reflects names you provi...

Page 96: ...er Type a printer name and press return 8 What type of Ethernet Print Server are you installing Select one from the following choices 1 Ethernet Print Server High Speed 2 Ethernet Print Server 4 Port...

Page 97: ...arguments to dpifilter are the Ethernet Print Server name and port number entered during installation The installation script generates the example shown below for a printer connected to the Ethernet...

Page 98: ...a printer to use a specific interface file designed for a particular type of printer The sophistication and flexibility of the interface script plays a large role in determining the difficulty involv...

Page 99: ...r does not support that content type the lp system tries to find a filter that can convert the file to the correct format If you don t specify a content type the printer tries to recognize the file ty...

Page 100: ...the lpadmin maintenance command to configure a printer there is no etc printcap file The specific commands to do this are lpadmin p printer_name v dev dpi printer_name enable printer_name accept print...

Page 101: ...program this printer uses to redirect output to the Ethernet Print Server You can then configure your printer with using lpadmin In most cases you will use the default interface script named standard...

Page 102: ...ames from the standard interface file supplied with most Version 2 and i386 systems If you experience difficulties call for technical support PostScript Printing The lp print service commands installe...

Page 103: ...r example Type of the Print Server Ethernet Print Server Node name of the Print Server DPIfast Printer name to be used by this printer printer_name The printer is attached on port 1 Do you want to acc...

Page 104: ...printing subsystem is driven by the qdaemon program The qdaemon uses configuration information stored in the usr lpd qconfig file to manage queues and route jobs to the proper devices This informatio...

Page 105: ...attributes will be sufficient but it can be changed either through SMIT or by using the chvirpt command If you need more extensive changes on your printer see the AIX RISC System 6000 documentation f...

Page 106: ...ress 192 9 200 200 netmask 255 0 0 0 Forwarding N Trailers N Base Port Number 10000 Keepalive Y Max Transmission Unit 1500 Broadcast 0 SNMP System Description Ethernet Print Server Box Spman SNMP Syst...

Page 107: ...le reflect your desired configuration before you save it and run nsconfig 5 Call up the netprint conf file and make editing changes For example to make Port 2 handle PCL and PostScript data your entry...

Page 108: ...See Section 7 3 2 Check to see if a status page has printed on your parallel printer This page confirms the setup you have defined for your Ethernet Print Server Check to see if error pages have print...

Page 109: ...ts seconds is ON solid awaiting print jobs is functioning properly Error Conditions blinks rapidly performing self tests detects a bad RAM Call for technical support blinks rapidly 4 times performing...

Page 110: ...iority 1 Attached Yes Queue 12_0 Priority 1 Attached Yes Notify EPG First 30 Repeat 2000 Notify SUPERVISOR First 30 Repeat 60 File Server 55SX Queue 62_2 Priority 5 Attached Yes Queue 62_1 Priority 3...

Page 111: ...nd disabled in the NIMANAGE program See Chapter 4 for details Error Pages An error page prints if either one of the following occurs with the Novell NetWare protocol the Ethernet Print Server is unabl...

Page 112: ...ect e The file server does not have any available connections for the unit to attach to The following are solutions to resolve each condition listed above a Configure a print server using the unit s p...

Page 113: ...may want to test the network cable by connecting a workstation to it 2 The jumper that selects the network type is in the wrong position Turn off the printer power and open the Ethernet Print Server...

Page 114: ...re the program is compatible and installed correctly for the network See your network protocol documentation to confirm Check if other Ethernet Print Server users cannot print Check to see if the user...

Page 115: ...unconnected cables Did you send a PCL type job to a PostScript printer If you did the print job will not print Make sure you send your job to the correct printer type Strobe size setting for your pri...

Page 116: ...oubleshooting Ethernet Print Server Unit Make sure you have properly configured the Ethernet Print Server unit for each network protocol you are using Novell AppleTalk and TCP IP Enable all protocols...

Page 117: ...oing to the other network printer Did you assign the Ethernet Print Server printers to the printer type Remote Other Unknown in PCONSOLE See Chapter 4 NOTE If the PCONSOLE settings are correct the con...

Page 118: ...e print queue necessary for printing to the Ethernet Print Server printer s Print a file and verify that it goes to the correct queue See Chapter 4 Make sure the print queues assigned to the Ethernet...

Page 119: ...ernet Print Server and selected file server is sending data to the Ethernet Print Server If the Ethernet Print Server cannot log into the file server or cannot service jobs from a file server then the...

Page 120: ...assigned to Printer 3 in PCONSOLE Uniport is not enabled as an input port Use NIMANAGE to check For Uniport input devices check that the Uniport is enabled as an input port Use NIMANAGE to enable the...

Page 121: ...uld always make sure that the printer is powered on and is on line Is the printer you want to use a PostScript printer Only PostScript printers appear in Chooser Other printer types cannot be used by...

Page 122: ...TCP IP Protocol Making netprint conf Edits You can edit the netprint conf file if for instance you want to change the IP address or subnet mask value Simply change these values in the parameter colum...

Page 123: ...ut such as printers or plotters device see Section A 3 you will need special adapters There are two types DB25 to RJ 45 and DB9 to RJ 45 It plugs into the Ethernet Print Server s Uniport If you are go...

Page 124: ...t Plotters C1CB11095 Minicomputers or hosts C1CB11095 NOTE C1CB11095 is DB25 female and C1CB11096 is DB9 female Both adapters listed above must be used with straight through 8 wire modular cable betwe...

Page 125: ...to the device Fig A 1 DB25 on Device to RJ 45 on Ethernet Print Server 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 7 20 7 5 3 1 2 4 6 7 5 3 1 2 4 6 Frame Ground Transmit Data Receive Data No Connection Clear To Send Data Set Read...

Page 126: ...r To Send Data Set Ready Signal Ground Data Carrier Detect Data Terminal Ready DB25 Plug PCs Printers DTE Device Ethernet Print Server DCE Device 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 20 1 6 8 2 3 4 5 2...

Page 127: ...6 4 5 DB9 Plug Data Carrier Detect Transmit Data Receive Data Data Terminal Ready Signal Ground Data Set Ready Request To Send Clear To Send No Connection DB25 Plug PCs DTE Device Ethernet Print Serv...

Page 128: ...puter but the Ethernet Print Server does not require it from an attached printer 11 Used for hardware data flow control When data is transmitted the Ethernet Print Server looks at the state of this li...

Page 129: ...nector It uses the following signals for communications standard TTL levels Table A 3 Parallel Interface Signals DB25 Pin Number Signal Name 1 Strobe 2 Data Bit 0 3 Data Bit 1 4 Data Bit 2 5 Data Bit...

Page 130: ...ctor on the Ethernet Print Server Use only twisted pair cable with at least two twists per foot or six twists per meter When making the twisted pair connections keep conductor pairs together Do not fo...

Page 131: ...Black Yellow Pair Pair D8W 8 pin modular plug Slate 8 Brown 7 Yellow 6 Green 5 Red 4 Black 3 Orange 2 Blue 1 1 Blue 2 Orange 3 Black 4 Red 5 Green 6 Yellow 7 Brown 8 Slate D8W Straight through twisted...

Page 132: ...dy Busy and software Xon Xoff is the method use by most devices for controlling the transmission of data Handshaking for parallel devices Ready Busy allows data to be sent whenever the printer is not...

Page 133: ...dd The 8th bit is a 0 if the number of 1s in the first 7 bits equals an odd number Even The 8th bit is a 0 if the number of 1s in the first 7 bits equals an even number Mark The 8th bit is always a 1...

Page 134: ...ers attached to the Ethernet Print Server parallel ports 2 and 3 are grouped So whatever strobe size you set for parallel port 2 is the same setting for parallel port 3 The Ethernet Print Server paral...

Page 135: ...nd create an Ethernet Print Server as described in detail in Chapter 3 To create a print server choose Print Server Information on the Available Options menu 2 When the print server menu appears press...

Page 136: ...h a print job is sent to an Ethernet Print Server printer If you are doing this procedure as part of your initial Ethernet Print Server installation then you have finished If you are doing this proced...

Page 137: ...cted to it you may want to have a short delay between each print job This delay gives the printer a chance to service a print job from a different port e g LocalTalk port Otherwise the printer may fir...

Page 138: ...e by adding the WAITXX or NULLXX command to the messages xx is replaced by a two digit number The WAIT places delays in seconds between print jobs while NULL sends 2 digit thousands of nulls The xx is...

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