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Chapter 6. Configuring the IBM Network Color Printer

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Color Mode

Notes
Set the default printer
mode. CMYK is
recommended,
because this setting
works with both color
and grayscale
documents.

AppleTalk
Users can override this
default from the
PostScript printer driver
window.

Windows NT
Users can override this
default from the
PostScript printer driver
window.

CMYK (default)
Grayscale

NetWare
Users can override this
default from the
PostScript printer driver
window.

TCP/IP
Most jobs will use the
default you set here.

Print Cover Page

Notes
Sets whether each job
prints with an
identifying page at the
start. If PRINT TO PS
ERROR is set to YES,
the PS error message is
printed on the cover
page.

AppleTalk
If set to NO, users can
also specify YES from
the PostScript printer
driver window.
If set to YES, users can
also specify NO from
the PostScript printer
driver window.

Windows NT
If set to NO, users can
also specify YES from
the PostScript printer
driver window.
If set to YES, users can
also specify NO from
the PostScript printer
driver window.

NO (default)
YES

NetWare
If set to NO, users can
also specify YES from
the PostScript printer
driver window.
If set to YES, users can
also specify NO from
the PostScript printer
driver window.

TCP/IP
Most jobs will use the
default you set here.

Print to PS Error

Notes
Sets whether the printer
will keep printing a job
containing a PostScript
error up to the point of
the error.

AppleTalk
All jobs will use the
default you set here.

NetWare
All jobs will use the
default you set here.

Windows NT
All jobs will use the
default you set here.

TCP/IP
All jobs will use the
default you set here.

NO (default)
YES

Print Start Page
NO
YES (default)

Notes
Sets whether the printer
will print a start page
when you turn the
power on.

AppleTalk
All jobs will use the
default you set here.

NetWare
All jobs will use the
default you set here.

Windows NT
All jobs will use the
default you set here.

TCP/IP
All jobs will use the
default you set here.

Table 2: Printer Setup Options and Client/server Implications

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Summary of Contents for System Storage

Page 1: ...IBM Network Color Printer Administrator s Guide S544 5364 01...

Page 2: ...s given below IBM and the IBM Printing Systems Company welcome your comments A reader s comment form is provided at the back of this publication Fax your comments to 1 303 924 5944 e mail them to prin...

Page 3: ...er Configuration 1 1 The 32 and 48 MB Printer Configurations 1 2 The IBM Network Color Printer Utilities 1 4 Chapter 2 Configuring Your Novell Network 2 1 System Requirements 2 1 Overview of Novell Ne...

Page 4: ...Options 6 12 Choosing Job Log Setup Options 6 15 Clearing the Job Log and Printer Queues 6 16 Choosing System Setup Options 6 17 Choosing Network Setup Options 6 18 Exiting the Setup Menus 6 24 Append...

Page 5: ...results that may be obtained in other operating environments may vary significantly Users of this document should verify the applicable data in their specific environment Therefore such data does not...

Page 6: ...y logo Electronics for Imaging Inc IPX Internetwork Packet Exchange Novell Inc ITC Advant Garde Gothic International Typeface Corp ITC Bookman International Typeface Corp ITC Zapf Chancery Internation...

Page 7: ...following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which...

Page 8: ...oduct has been tested and found to comply with the limits for Class B Information Technology Equipment according to CISPR 22 European standard EN 55022 The limits for Class B equipment were derived fo...

Page 9: ...y high standard of safety in design and manufacture Remember however that this product operates under conditions of high electrical potentials and heat generation both of which are functionally necess...

Page 10: ...nal language translations regarding laser safety Disposal of Materials This printer may contain materials either as components or supplies that are regulated by government agencies for disposal Dispos...

Page 11: ...r 3 Configuring Your Windows NT Network guides you through the steps for configuring a Windows NT network This includes instructions for configuring the NT server and an overview of NT specific printe...

Page 12: ...on Guide G544 5362 IBM Network Color Printer Operator s Guide S544 5361 IBM Network Color Printer User s Guide S544 5363 IBM Network Color Printer Administrator s Guide S544 5364 IBM Network Color Pri...

Page 13: ...ity described above as well as increased printing speed and higher print quality on especially complex color print jobs Each of the three printer configurations provides a high level of print quality...

Page 14: ...e Print queue is a job storage queueing and spooling area When you submit a job to the print queue the printer receives the job and stores it on the printer s hard disk This frees your workstation PC...

Page 15: ...the Direct queue stay on the submitting server workstation PC or Macintosh and keep it busy spooling the job until the printer is between Print queue jobs Then the printer pauses the Print queue to p...

Page 16: ...M Color Spooler The IBM Color Spooler utility is designed for managing print jobs on the printer s hard disk It enables you to look at the order of print jobs in the Print queue change job option sett...

Page 17: ...iguration Ethernet on page 2 3 A token ring network and a Novell NetWare server that provides print services to users of the network If this is your network environment you need a mechanism for attach...

Page 18: ...although they may work may not comply with FCC regulations Note With this configuration the Spooler and Downloader utilities cannot communicate with the printer 2 See Configuring the IBM Network Colo...

Page 19: ...e 6 1 3 After you have configured the server and the printer have your end users install the printer driver and color reference pages If some end users will submit jobs directly to the printer rather...

Page 20: ...s are in the Novell NetWare documentation Note If your server is using NetWare 3 11 or 3 12 skip this section and see To create print servers and print queues on page 2 6 To set the NetWare 4 x Binder...

Page 21: ...disk When a job reaches the head of the Print queue the queue spools the job to the printer The Direct queue waits until the job that is currently printing finishes and then prints its job The Direct...

Page 22: ...er passwords 2 Log in to the Novell NetWare server as the Supervisor 3 At the NetWare MS DOS prompt type PCONSOLE The Available Options menu is displayed 4 Choose Change Current File Server 5 Select t...

Page 23: ...iguring the client PCs and Macintoshes to use the NetWare queue is an end user task and is documented in the IBM Network Color Printer User s Guide However you can make this process more efficient by...

Page 24: ...2 8 Administrator s Guide...

Page 25: ...ws NT Network Configuration Ethernet on page 3 2 A token ring network and a Windows NT server that provides print services to users of the network If this is your network configuration you need a mech...

Page 26: ...age 6 1 and use the information there to enable the printer s parallel port and connect it to one of the printer s internal queues The Print queue is the recommended choice 3 See the documentation tha...

Page 27: ...nce pages If some end users will submit jobs directly to the printer rather than through the NT server those end users may also want to install the Downloader and Spooler utilities The Downloader prov...

Page 28: ...el double click on the Network icon The Network Settings dialog box appears 2 If Services for Macintosh are already installed go to Installing the Printer Driver on the NT Server Using AppleTalk Servi...

Page 29: ...for installing the printer driver on the server Continue with the next section To Install the PostScript Level 2 Printer Driver 1 From the driver pop up menu select Other Windows NT prompts you to lo...

Page 30: ...printer appears in the list as IBMnetcolor_Direct IBMnetcolor_Hold IBMnetcolor_Print Choose one Direct and Print are the recommended choices If you choose Direct the jobs will be stored on and spooled...

Page 31: ...OK button The DRIVERS subdirectory includes a printer configuration file the Windows NT PostScript printer driver and the printer PPD file If you are using diskettes insert the Windows Drivers diskett...

Page 32: ...includes the print driver printer description files and utilties You might want to share the Customer CD ROM from the NT server which will enable the network clients to install the software without th...

Page 33: ...ntil the Direct queue is free and ready to receive it This may take a long time especially if the Direct queue is also receiving jobs from a Novell or NT network print server When the Direct queue doe...

Page 34: ...r CD ROM from a Macintosh Follow these steps to set up the Customer CD ROM to be shared 1 Insert the Customer CD ROM into the CD ROM drive of the networked Macintosh 2 Click and hold the mouse pointer...

Page 35: ...etwork rather than only to those with a user ID on your Macintosh 1 Click and hold the mouse pointer on the Apple menu and slide the pointer down to select Control Panels Release the mouse button The...

Page 36: ...re displayed Make sure that both the box under File Sharing and the box under Program Linking are checked If one of these boxes is not checked click on it with the mouse pointer Other users can now ac...

Page 37: ...on Ethernet on page 5 3 A token ring network and an AIX server that provides print services to users of the network If this is your network configuration you need a mechanism for attaching the printer...

Page 38: ...rver To assure FCC compliance use IBM part number 68x3949 Other parallel cables although they may work may not comply with FCC regulations Note With this configuration the Spooler and Downloader utili...

Page 39: ...gateway enter the gateway address If your TCP IP network uses a subnet mask enter the value of the subnet mask Make sure that the printer has job defaults set that are appropriate for the majority of...

Page 40: ...lude making sure that TCP IP is installed and configured correctly installing end user software such as the PostScript Level 2 Printer Driver and the printer description files and configuring the PC o...

Page 41: ...tations Configuring Macintoshes PCs and workstations to use the customer software and for printing Note If you have a Novell NetWare server configure it before you continue with this section then conf...

Page 42: ...push button You see PRINT PAGES on the first line of the display panel 4 Use the Menu Scrolling push buttons to scroll through the Print Pages menu until you see CONFIGURATION on the second line of th...

Page 43: ...e second line of the display panel 5 Press the Enter push button RUN SETUP moves to the first line of the display panel and PRINTER SETUP is displayed on the second line Note If a password has been as...

Page 44: ...ush button If you entered the right password you see PRINTER SETUP on the second line of the display panel If you entered a wrong password you see PASSWORD INCORRECT on the display panel Press the Ent...

Page 45: ...the second line of the display panel Press the Enter push button 5 You see NEW PASSWORD on the first line of the display panel Enter the new password as follows The password can be any combination of...

Page 46: ...small letters and numerals b Use the right Cursor Position push button to advance the cursor to the next character position If you need to correct a character in a previous character position use the...

Page 47: ...through the menus PRINTER SETUP Use this menu to specify the way print jobs are managed on the printer QUEUE SETUP Use this menu to enable and disable the Print Direct Hold and Printed queues JOB LOG...

Page 48: ...ENABLE DIRECT Q YES default NO ENABLE HOLD Q YES default NO ENABLE PRINTED Q YES default NO JOBS TO SAVE 10 default Any number between 1 and 99 JOB LOG SETUP For details see Choosing Job Log Setup Op...

Page 49: ...in Accessing and Reviewing the Setup Menus from page 6 3 to page 6 3 In the Printer Setup menu set the default job options that the printer will use For most of these options the end user can also set...

Page 50: ...printer switches to Tray 2 if Tray 2 contains the same size of paper until Tray 1 again has paper of the needed size AppleTalk Users can override this default from the PostScript printer driver window...

Page 51: ...fy YES from the PostScript printer driver window If set to YES users can also specify NO from the PostScript printer driver window NO default YES NetWare If set to NO users can also specify YES from t...

Page 52: ...ct queue or both Macintosh When AppleTalk and the Print queue are enabled Macintosh users can print directly to the Print queue Using the Downloader utility users can download PostScript jobs to the P...

Page 53: ...he printer using the Downloader utility TCP IP When the Direct queue is enabled and the printer has a valid TCP IP address TCP IP users can send jobs to it using the queue named ibmcolor_direct Enable...

Page 54: ...NO NetWare Clients of a NetWare server can use the Spooler utility to move their own jobs from the Printed queue to the Print queue the Hold queue or delete them To move jobs belonging to others the p...

Page 55: ...ty to print the Job Log or save it to a file See the User s Guide for information about using the Spooler utility You can configure the Job Log to print automatically every time it contains a record o...

Page 56: ...job log Windows NT Using the Spooler utility NT workstations and clients can view copy and print the job log NO default YES NetWare Using the Spooler utility NetWare clients can view copy and print t...

Page 57: ...or example IBMnetcolor_Print IBMnetcolor_Direct IBMnetcolor_Hold To avoid confusion It is very important that each IBM Network Color Printer on your network have a unique name Windows NT If you use Ap...

Page 58: ...e password in order to use the Spooler utility to change a job that does not belong to him or her Windows NT After a password is set a user must know the password in order to use the Spooler utility t...

Page 59: ...ou have a Novell network configure the NetWare server that you want to attach to the printer before you enter Network Setup options See Configuring Your Novell Network on page 2 1 for instructions 2 I...

Page 60: ...mmediately tries to log in to the server as Guest without a password If successful the printer skips over the FS LOGIN menu item and goes to Print Server on page 6 21 NetWare Selecting YES enables the...

Page 61: ...n as Guest without a password If successful the printer skips over the PS PASSWORD menu item and goes to the SELECT QUEUE menu item Select a print server PS Password Displays only if the printer canno...

Page 62: ...ons After you have connected to a third print server you exit this menu Note If the print server you are working with is already connected to one of the other printer queues the message Q ASSIGNED is...

Page 63: ...Scrolling push buttons to enter each character of the IP address exactly Obtain the IP address from the AIX or TCP IP administrator for your site Subnet Mask 255 0 0 0 default Leave default or enter a...

Page 64: ...ill be sending TIFF files and PostScript files in binary format enter a number of seconds Files in binary format lack a unique end of file character For these files the timeout will signal the end of...

Page 65: ...to generate PostScript files that activate IBM Network Color Printer CRDs and get the best printed results Each customer needs a copy of a Printer Drivers diskette suitable for his or her operating s...

Page 66: ...A 2 Administrator s Guide...

Page 67: ...re that you have any needed NetWare server passwords Choosing the right upgrade procedure Use the following table to choose the correct microcode upgrade procedure for your printer If Then You want to...

Page 68: ...menu selections to find and download the IBM Network Color Printer microcode upgrade you want Choose the microcode upgrade that is the appropriate version and is in the format that works with your op...

Page 69: ...or Downloader In this case wait until you believe that the printer has had enough time to finish receiving any job it may have been receiving when you pressed the Online push button 3 Once the printe...

Page 70: ...the back of the printer 15 What you do next depends on what the name of the printer should be and whether or not the printer should be connected to a Novell NetWare server If the name IBMnetcolor is a...

Page 71: ...sly there is an open utilities session with the printer Ask your users to close all utilities sessions If this is not possible you can still upgrade but the process is less simple 2 From the network a...

Page 72: ...ON RUN SETUP 10 What you do next depends on what the name of the printer should be and whether or not the printer should be connected to a Novell NetWare server If the name IBMnetcolor is acceptable a...

Page 73: ...you by IBM support Disconnect the Ethernet cable from the printer This prevents users from submitting print jobs or opening utilities sessions while the upgrade is in progress To upgrade microcode us...

Page 74: ...line and press the Enter push button This message appears FORMAT METHOD HIGH LEVEL 15 Press the Enter push button to select a high level disk format The printer quickly performs a high level disk for...

Page 75: ...r push button and scroll to SAVE CHANGES YES Press the Enter push button The printer initializes and enters the ready state If the name of the printer needs to be something other than IBMnetcolor or i...

Page 76: ...B 10 Administrator s Guide...

Page 77: ...cedure F Fahrenheit FIFO first in first out FM fan FRU field replaceable unit GDI graphics device interface GND ground GUI graphical user interface H fuser heater HVT high voltage transformer Hz herz...

Page 78: ...ce SEF short edge feed SIMM single inline memory module spool simultaneous peripheral operations online TCP IP transmission control protocol Internet protocol TIFF tagged image file format TP test poi...

Page 79: ...access to the printer s ozone filter air ventilation system Horizontal slots on the back and left sides of the printer that prevent overheating and ensure that the printer works reliably AIX operating...

Page 80: ...with processing capabilities such as a PC that can request information or applications from the network s file server CMYK Cyan magenta yellow and black the four basic colors used in offset printing a...

Page 81: ...ity detection sensor A device on the printer containing a light source and a sensor The density detection sensor measures the specific density of toner applied to known surface to regulate the quantit...

Page 82: ...llows you correlate TCP IP addresses with the names of the devices such as printers workstations and PCs those addresses represent See also TCP IP Ethernet A 10 megabit baseband local area network LAN...

Page 83: ...that sends words and pictures to the printer grayscale A series of shades from white to black H halftone A printing method that simulates continuous tone shading using dots of varying sizes laid out...

Page 84: ...n opening in the printer and mechanically forces the interlock open latent toned image See electrostatic latent image lens A piece of transparent material such as glass that has two opposite regular s...

Page 85: ...t of the printer below the front door When the blue bar has completely disappeared it is time to add paper to the tray paper feeder The mechanism that inserts paper into the printer paper guides Guide...

Page 86: ...controls and synchronizes the flow of data into and out of a processor from and to external devices such as printers and modems portrait orientation Text and images that are printed parallel to the wi...

Page 87: ...ter image A series of pixels arranged in scan lines to form an image raster image processor RIP A computer processor that renders PostScript instructions into dot patterns that are transferred to the...

Page 88: ...printouts faceup The side output tray holds approximately 20 sheets of plain paper at 80 g m2 simplex printing Printing or reproducing in which only one side of the page is printed or reproduced small...

Page 89: ...printing Four toner cartridges fit in the printer s turret See also turret toner cartridge position mark A mark on the printer s turret that you use to align with the arrow on a toner cartridge toner...

Page 90: ...les are converted to rasters in a raster image processor RIP during printing giving the vector graphics device independence vector image Graphics created on computers in which the pixels are defined m...

Page 91: ...3 4 AppleTalk Network Services adding Windows NT server adding AppleTalk Network Services 3 4 B bindery context Novell NetWare setting 2 4 supported by the printer 2 4 C cable recommended parallel 5 2...

Page 92: ...NetWare server configuring 2 3 hold queue 2 5 Novell NetWare server creating print queues 2 5 O overview of Novell NetWare network configuration 2 3 P parallel cable recommended 5 2 parallel port conn...

Page 93: ...ng AIX parallel attaching server to printer 5 1 U utilities calibrator color 1 4 spooler color 1 4 W Windows NT adding Services for Macintosh to server 3 4 network configuration overview 3 2 setting u...

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