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For Windows NT 4.0

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If the printer driver is already installed

Setup the printer port.

1. Click Start, move the pointer to Settings, then click Printers.

2. Using the right mouse button, click the printer with the Network Card

installed.

3. Click Properties.

The Panasonic KX-P8415 Printer Properties window is displayed.

4. Click the Ports tab.

5. Click Add Port....

The Printer Ports window is displayed.

6. Select Local Port, then click New Port....

The Port Name window is displayed.

Summary of Contents for KX-PNBC8

Page 1: ...ing your printer to a network and setting up the KX PNBC8 Please refer to this guide for further details that may not be included in the Quick Installation Guide Keep KX PNBC8 CD ROM in the protective case Do not expose the CD ROM to direct sunlight or extreme heat and do not scratch or smudge the surface of the CD ROM ...

Page 2: ...ect to change without notice and does not represent a commitment Trademarks Microsoft MS DOS Windows and Windows NT are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Netscape and Netscape Navigator are registered trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation in the United States and other countries NetWare and Novell are registe...

Page 3: ...rint Data Transfer Method 14 3 1 1 When Printing Directly from a Computer 14 3 1 2 When Printing via the Server Computer 15 Chapter 4 Printing Directly from a Computer Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows NT 4 0 4 1 IP Peer to Peer Printing 16 4 1 1 Step 1 Setting Up the TCP IP Protocol on a Computer 16 4 1 2 Step 2 Setting Up the TCP IP Protocol in the Network Card 18 4 1 3 Step 3 Installing and Setting...

Page 4: ... to Peer Printing 52 5 1 1 Step 5 Sharing the Printer Port on the Server Computer 53 5 1 2 Step 6 Setting Up the Printer Driver and the Printer Port on the Client Computer 57 5 2 IPX Peer to Peer Printing 69 5 2 1 Step 4 Sharing the Printer Port on the Server Computer 69 5 2 2 Step 5 Setting Up the Printer Driver and the Printer Port on the Client Computer 72 5 3 LPR Printing 79 Chapter 6 Using th...

Page 5: ...7 1 8 Primary File Server 92 7 1 9 Preferred File Servers 93 7 2 Configuring NetWare 4 x 94 7 2 1 Confirm Bindery Context 94 7 2 2 Configure in Bindery Mode with PCONSOLE 95 7 3 Configuring NetWare 5 97 7 3 1 When using IPS SPX protocol 97 7 3 2 When using TCP IP protocol 97 7 3 3 NDPS Method Using PServer Method 98 7 3 4 NDPS Method Using UNIX Method 109 7 4 Configuring the Network Card in NetWar...

Page 6: ...eration and Troubleshooting 8 1 LED Status Indicator 127 8 2 Status Page 129 8 3 Resetting the Print Server to Factory Default 131 8 4 How to Diagnose Problems 132 8 5 Troubleshooting Checklists for the NetWare Protocol 133 Appendix A Jumper Settings A 1 Network Card and Jumper Locations 137 A 2 Reset to Factory 137 Appendix B Specifications B 1 Network Card 138 B 2 Network Cable 138 ...

Page 7: ...or Microsoft Windows 4 IP and IPX SNMP support of MIB 2 and Network Interface Card NIC MIB SNMP support of standard MIB and proprietary printer MIBs on compatible printers Integral HTTP Server to allow monitoring and management of your Network Card from a standard IP Web Browser program Management Access Program MAP to allow Windows based HTML viewing for monitoring and management of your Network ...

Page 8: ... was purchased The following items are stored on the KX PNBC8 CD ROM This Guide Management Access Program MAP IP Peer to Peer Windows Redirector IPX Peer to Peer Windows Redirector Important Save the original carton and packing materials for future shipping and transporting of the Network Card Quick Installation Guide Network Card KX PNBC8 CD ROM ...

Page 9: ...Windows NT 4 0 The IPX Peer to Peer utility requires Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows NT 4 0 The MAP utility requires Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows NT 4 0 MAP also requires a browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Monitoring and maintenance with HTTP requires a suitable internet Web Browser program supporting HTML Hardware Support for 10 megabit Ethernet networks 10BaseT shielded twi...

Page 10: ...be used in LPR Printing Serial number will be used for print server name 2 1 2 Print Server Name of the Network Card If you are required to enter the print server name of the Network Card be sure to use the name shown below KXP_xxxxxx xxxxxx is the serial number of the Network Card For example if the serial number is 995319 the print server name will be KXP_995319 MAC ADDRESS xxxxxxxxxxxx x a lett...

Page 11: ...e sure to turn OFF the printer when installing uninstalling the Network Card Do not touch any electrical components on the surface of the board to avoid static electricity Perform the following steps to install the Network Card 1 Turn OFF the printer 2 Remove the two screws and the Ethernet cover Important Keep these screws safe they are used to secure the Network Card Keep the Ethernet cover for ...

Page 12: ...inter along the grooves Important Do not connect the network cable until step 4 is completed 4 Insert the two screws removed in step 2 into the screw holes of the Network Card tighten the screws to secure the Network Card Network Card Groove Screws ...

Page 13: ...onnect the network cable to the Network Card s RJ 45 port Important For 10BaseT use Category 3 4 or 5 shielded cable For 100BaseTX use Category 5 shielded cable 6 Turn ON the printer RJ 45 port Network cable ...

Page 14: ... faster printing with less network traffic This Network Card has three methods of printing directly from a computer Select the method that best suits your need and proceed to the appropriate section 1 IP Peer to Peer printing using IP protocol Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows NT 4 0 page 16 2 LPR printing using IP protocol Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows NT 4 0 page 47 3 IPX Peer to Peer printing using...

Page 15: ...o Peer printing using IP protocol Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows NT 4 0 page 52 2 LPR printing using IP protocol Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows NT 4 0 page 79 3 IPX Peer to Peer printing using IPX protocol Windows 95 Windows 98 page 69 4 Printing using NetWare 3 X or NetWare 4 X or NetWare 5 as a server computer page 85 Note If you are using Windows 95 Windows 98 or Windows NT 4 0 the following meth...

Page 16: ...ndows redirector Step 4 Setting up the printer driver and the printer port 4 1 1 Step 1 Setting Up the TCP IP Protocol on a Computer To use IP Peer to Peer printing the TCP IP protocol must be installed and set up on the computer before using IP Peer to Peer printing If TCP IP is used on a computer already proceed to section 4 1 2 on page 18 If not you will need to install the TCP IP protocol for ...

Page 17: ...e network by referring to the example shown below After setting up the IP address proceed to When Setting by Direct Entering in Step 1 on page 19 Example How to assign the IP address Subnet Mask and Default Gateway values IP Address 10 x x x For x you can choose any number from 0 255 except 0 x x x and 255 255 255 255 Be sure that the IP address is not already assigned to any other device Subnet M...

Page 18: ...wed by printing out the KX P8415 Configuration Page Instructions on how to print the Configuration Page refer to the KX P8415 Setup Guide and Reference Guide Note By default once an IP address has been set it will be kept and used for the next time you use the printer If you want to assign the IP address every time WINS server will be required If you wish to change the settings refer to section 6 ...

Page 19: ...nel 1 Press the MENU EXIT button The printer enters the Menu mode and Test Page is displayed 2 Press the button twice or press the button 5 times Network Protocol setup is displayed 3 Press the ENTER button DHCP is displayed 4 Press the ENTER button The printer enters the DHCP Setting mode 5 Press the button or the button Disable is displayed 6 Press the ENTER button Ethernet IP Address is display...

Page 20: ... by ten 9 Press the ENTER button The cursor moves to the next 3 digit value 10 Repeat steps 8 and 9 to finish entering all the 3 digit values of the IP Address A message to confirm the IP Address is displayed 11 Press the ENTER button Ethernet Subnet Mask is displayed 12 Press the ENTER button The printer enters the Subnet Mask Input mode Ethernet IP Address xxx xxx xxx xxx Ethernet IP Address xxx...

Page 21: ... ENTER button Gateway Address is displayed 17 Press the ENTER button The printer enters the Gateway Address Input mode 18 Enter the Gateway Address Pressing the button once will increase the value by one Pressing the button once will decrease the value by one 19 Press the ENTER button The cursor moves to the next 3 digit value Ethernet Subnet Mask xxx xxx xxx xxx Ethernet Subnet Mask xxx xxx xxx x...

Page 22: ...ows NT 4 0 2 From the DOS prompt type ping followed by a space then the printer s IP Address then press the ENTER key For example ping 179 40 0 5 If the following notation is displayed they are set correctly Pinging 179 40 0 5 with 32 bytes of data Reply from 179 40 0 5 bytes xx time xxms TTL xx Reply from 179 40 0 5 bytes xx time xxms TTL xx If the ping command returns a Request timed out message...

Page 23: ...porting Peer to Peer using a direct IP connection over the network When configuring the network capabilities for the Windows computer you must include the TCP IP Protocol You do not need to activate any TCP IP Client application This inclusion of TCP IP can also be done after initial Windows installation by going to the Network setup function under Control Panel To do this you will need the Window...

Page 24: ...ady message is displayed on the printer s LCD panel 1 Insert the KX PNBC8 CD ROM into your CD ROM drive 2 Click Start 3 Click Run 4 Type in your CD ROM drive name followed by SETUP EXE 5 Click OK 6 Follow the instructions on the screen and select a language and Network Utility The Choose Destination Location window is displayed Note If the language selection window is not displayed select only Net...

Page 25: ...e Printers window is displayed and a list of available printers connected to the network is displayed in the Available Printers box 9 Click OK 10 Click OK to close the IP PeerToPeer Setup window The Setup Complete window is displayed 11 Click Finish If you are using Windows NT 4 0 restart the system ...

Page 26: ...xits the program Cancel Selecting this button discards any changes made to setup and exits the program Printers Selecting this button will bring up the next program screen Max Hops for Search Once you install the program you can setup IP Peer to Peer with the hop count The default hop count is 2 The hop count number determines how many networks the program will search to find units An entry of 0 w...

Page 27: ...ial Numbers Uses the printer server serial number to identify the printer names For example if 12991354 is the serial number of the unit 12991354 would be the printer port based on IP Address Use the IP address to identify the printer names For example if 199 99 92 99 is the IP address for the unit 199 99 92 99 would be the printer port based on DNS Name Uses the DNS name to identify the printer n...

Page 28: ... printer s from the Available Printers box below Printers deleted in this fashion will no longer be listed in the PORT listing when adding a printer However This does not actually delete the printer from the network it only removes it from the list maintained on this computer The printer may be re added to the list by selecting the Find Printers button described below as long as it remains connect...

Page 29: ...nter Name method is by IP address Printers may also be displayed by the NIC Serial Number by the DNS Name of the printer or by the Unit Name The Unit Name is the print server name defined in the NIC Unit IP This is the actual IP address of the unit This is displayed irregardless of which Unit Name method is selected Port Number This is the IP port number that the computer will use to connect with ...

Page 30: ...he printer in all the fields described below IP Address Enter the IP address of the printer you want to add Name Assign a name to the printer You can enter any name which you feel identifies the printer Port The port number of the printer The default is 10001 Description Use this field to describe the printer location or the users who will access the printer 4 When you have entered all the informa...

Page 31: ...tant When installing the printer driver select Local printer when a message to select local printer or network printer appears 1 Click Start move the pointer to Settings then click Printers 2 Using the right mouse button click the printer with the Network Card installed 3 Click Properties The Panasonic KX P8415 Properties window is displayed 4 Click the Details tab ...

Page 32: ...32 5 From the Print to the following port box select the printer port specified in the IP Peer to Peer Windows redirector 6 Click OK to close the printer properties window Window Windows 95 ...

Page 33: ... screen and select a language The Welcome window is displayed Note If the language selection window is not displayed proceed to step 7 7 Click Next The Choose Destination Location window is displayed 8 Click Next After copying files the Select Printer Port window is displayed 9 From the Available ports box select the printer port specified in the IP Peer to Peer Windows redirector 10 Click Next Th...

Page 34: ...ick the printer with the Network Card installed 3 Click Properties The Panasonic KX P8415 Printer Properties window is displayed 4 Click the Ports tab 5 Click on the check box of the printer port specified in the IP Peer to Peer Windows redirector 6 Click OK to close the printer properties window If you wish to use the separator page proceed to Setting up the separator page on page 37 ...

Page 35: ... step 7 7 Click Next The Choose Destination Location window is displayed 8 Click Next The Add Printer Wizard window is displayed 9 Select My Computer then click Next 10 From the Available Port box select the printer port specified in the IP Peer to Peer Windows redirector 11 Click Next The Add Printer Wizard window with a message to select a manufacturer and the model of the printer is displayed 1...

Page 36: ...nasonic KX P8415 in the Printer name box is displayed 18 If you use the KX P8415 printer as the default printer select Yes then click Next The Add Printer Wizard window with a message asking whether the printer will be shared with other users is displayed If you choose to share the printer select Shared 19 Click Next The Add Printer Wizard with a message asking whether you want to print the test p...

Page 37: ...indows NT 4 0 1 Copy the WinNT English Kx p8415 sep file stored on the KX P8415 CD ROM to the system32 folder 2 Click Start move the pointer to Settings then click Printers 3 Using the right mouse button click the printer with the Network Card installed 4 Click Properties The Panasonic KX P8415 Printer Properties window is displayed 5 Click the General tab ...

Page 38: ...38 6 Click Separator Page The Separator Page window is displayed 7 Click Browse 8 Select Kx p8415 sep then click Open 9 Click OK 10 Click OK to close the printer properties window ...

Page 39: ...ed on the network proceed to section 4 2 2 on page 39 If not install the IPX SPX protocol referring to the Help menu for Windows 95 and Windows 98 4 2 2 Step 2 Installing and Setting Up the IPX Peer to Peer Windows Redirector Windows IPX Peer to Peer printing allows Windows 95 Windows 98 workstations and servers to print to Network Card printers without an intervening server and without using IP T...

Page 40: ...t appears in the Windows Port List is the same as the Novell print server name and may be changed by changing the Novell print server name using the Web based management or MAP utilities On power up the Network Card sniffs the network to see if there is Novell activity If there is it will use the same frame type and the local network number that it senses If in addition the NIC can log on to a fil...

Page 41: ...in your CD ROM drive name followed by SETUP EXE 5 Click OK 6 Follow the instructions on the screen and select a language and Network Utility The Choose Destination Location window is displayed Note If the language selection window is not displayed select only Network Utility 7 Click Next After copying files the IPX Setup window is displayed and a list of available printers connected to the network...

Page 42: ...ar any printer marked with the Permanent flag Delete Selecting this button deletes the highlighted printer s from the Available Printers box below Printers deleted in this fashion will no longer be listed in the PORT listing when adding a printer However this does not actually delete the printer from the network it only removes it from the list maintained on this computer The printer may be re add...

Page 43: ...n and this list can be updated or refilled using the Find Printers button Printers in this list are described with three fields Unit Name This is the print server name defined in the printer The default print server name for a printer is a three letter identifier and the six digit serial number of the NIC for example KXP_991225 Description This is the Printer s description This field usually conta...

Page 44: ...talling the printer driver select Local printer when a message to select local printer or network printer appears 1 Click Start move the pointer to Settings then click Printers 2 Using the right mouse button click the printer with the Network Card installed 3 Click Properties The Panasonic KX P8415 Properties window is displayed 4 Click the Details tab ...

Page 45: ...45 5 From the Print to the following port box select the printer port specified in the IPX Peer to Peer Windows redirector 6 Click OK to close the printer properties window Window Windows 95 ...

Page 46: ... screen and select a language The Welcome window is displayed Note If the language selection window is not displayed proceed to step 7 7 Click Next The Choose Destination Location window is displayed 8 Click Next After copying files the Select Printer Port window is displayed 9 From the Available ports box select the printer port specified in the IPX Peer to Peer Windows redirector 10 Click Next T...

Page 47: ... the shareware lpr spooler Setting up the Network Card The IP address Subnet Mask and Default Gateway are required to be set for the Network Card If the value can be set using the printer LCD panel refer to When Setting by Direct Entering in Step 1 on page 19 This can be done with MAP if you have a IPX connection on your network Follow the instructions for these programs which are documented elsew...

Page 48: ...0 30 05 ping IP address of the Network Card Request should time out 3 Recycle the power on the printer or let the Network Card reset itself 4 When the Network Card is up again at the DOS prompt enter ping IP address of Network Card continue until you get a reply Setting Up lpr on the Workstation Once you install the spooler onto the workstation the setup program will create a group and icon 1 Doub...

Page 49: ...lue can be set using the printer LCD panel refer to When Setting by Direct Entering in Step 1 on page 19 This can be done with MAP if you have a NetWare connection on your network Follow the instructions for these programs which are documented elsewhere If you cannot use these programs you can use the ARP procedure program 1 Install the Network Card in your printer 2 Turn ON the printer Note If yo...

Page 50: ...your network not the print server The identified unit should reply After the response enter arp s IP address of the Network Card MAC ADDRESS of the Network Card The entry should be accepted For example arp s 10 0 0 1 00 80 F0 00 30 05 ping IP address of the Network Card The request should time out 3 Recycle the power on the printer or let the Network Card reset itself 4 When the Network Card is up...

Page 51: ...erties window is displayed 4 Click the Ports tab 5 Click Add Port The Add Port window is displayed 6 Select LPR Port then click New Port The Add LPR compatible printer window is displayed Line 1 Address of host providing lpd Print server enter IP address Line 2 Name of printer on that machine enter PORT1 the word PORT MUST be in uppercase 7 Click OK to exit Your Network Card is now configured to o...

Page 52: ...NT 4 0 using IP Peer to Peer printing Step 1 Setting up the TCP IP protocol on the server computer Step 2 Setting up the TCP IP protocol in the Network Card Step 3 Installing and setting up the IP Peer to Peer Windows redirector on the server computer Step 4 Setting up the printer driver and the printer port on the server computer Step 5 Sharing the printer port on the server computer Step 6 Setti...

Page 53: ...er with the Network Card installed 3 Click Properties The Panasonic KX P8415 Properties window is displayed 4 Click the Sharing tab Important If the Sharing tab does not appear using the right mouse button click Network Neighborhood icon and click Properties To set up printer as shared click File and Print Sharing button select I want to be able to allow others to print to my printer s and click O...

Page 54: ...54 5 Click on the Shared As button then enter the printer name in the Share Name box and if needed enter Comment and Password If you do not need to enter the password proceed to step 8 Window Windows 95 ...

Page 55: ...55 6 Click OK The Password Confirmation window is displayed 7 Enter the password again then Click OK 8 Click OK to close the printer properties window Window Windows 95 ...

Page 56: ...printer with the Network Card installed 3 Click Properties The Panasonic KX P8415 Printer Properties window is displayed 4 Click the Sharing tab 5 Click on the Shared button then enter the printer name in the Share Name box 6 Click OK to close the printer properties window If you wish to use the separator page refer to Setting up the separator page on page 37 to setup the separator page on the ser...

Page 57: ... the Network Neighborhood icon before you proceed to the following steps For more information refer to Help menu for Windows 95 Windows 98 If the printer driver is already installed Setup the printer port 1 Click Start move the pointer to Settings then click Printers 2 Using the right mouse button click the printer with the Network Card installed 3 Click Properties The Panasonic KX P8415 Propertie...

Page 58: ...58 5 Click Add Port The Add Port window is displayed 6 Click on the Network button 7 Click Browse The Browse for Printer window is displayed Window Windows 95 ...

Page 59: ...connected to the server 9 Click OK The screen returns to the Add Port window and the printer to be used is displayed in the Specify the network path to the printer box in the following manner server name printer name Window Windows 95 ...

Page 60: ...rns to the Panasonic KX P8415 Properties window and the printer port to be used is displayed in the Print to the following port box in the following manner server name printer name 11 Click OK to close the printer properties window ...

Page 61: ...roceed to step 7 7 Click Next The Choose Destination Location window is displayed 8 Click Next After copying files the Select Printer Port window is displayed 9 From the Available ports box select the LPT1 port 10 Click Next The Setup Complete window is displayed 11 Click Finish 12 Restart the system Setup the printer port 1 Click Start move the pointer to Settings then click Printers 2 Using the ...

Page 62: ...62 5 Click Add Port The Add Port window is displayed 6 Click on the Network button 7 Click Browse The Browse for Printer window is displayed Window Windows 95 ...

Page 63: ...connected to the server 9 Click OK The screen returns to the Add Port window and the printer to be used is displayed in the Specify the network path to the printer box in the following manner server name printer name Window Windows 95 ...

Page 64: ...rns to the Panasonic KX P8415 Properties window and the printer port to be used is displayed in the Print to the following port box in the following manner server name printer name 11 Click OK to close the printer properties window ...

Page 65: ...then click Printers 2 Using the right mouse button click the printer with the Network Card installed 3 Click Properties The Panasonic KX P8415 Printer Properties window is displayed 4 Click the Ports tab 5 Click Add Port The Printer Ports window is displayed 6 Select Local Port then click New Port The Port Name window is displayed ...

Page 66: ...66 7 Specify the network path to the printer in the following manner server name printer name then click OK 8 Click Close 9 Click OK to close the printer properties window ...

Page 67: ...7 7 Click Next The Choose Destination Location window is displayed 8 Click Next After copying files the Add Printer Wizard window is displayed 9 Select Network printer sever then click Next The Connect to Printer window is displayed Note If your server computer is Windows 95 Windows 98 select My Computer and continue the installation Select LPT1 from the Available ports box in the Add Printer Wiza...

Page 68: ...splayed in the Printer box in the following manner server name printer name 11 Click OK The Add Printer Wizard window is displayed 12 If you use the KX P8415 printer as the default printer select Yes then click Next 13 Click Finish The Setup Complete window is displayed 14 Click Finish 15 Restart the system ...

Page 69: ...the printer port on the client computer When printing via the server computer to perform step1 through step3 refer to section 4 2 1 on page 39 through section 4 2 3 on page 44 5 2 1 Step 4 Sharing the Printer Port on the Server Computer 1 Click Start move the pointer to Settings then click Printers 2 Using the right mouse button click the printer with the Network Card installed 3 Click Properties ...

Page 70: ...70 5 Click on the Shared As button then enter the printer name in the Share Name box and if needed enter Comment and Password If you do not enter the password go to step 8 Window Windows 95 ...

Page 71: ...71 6 Click OK The Password Confirmation window is displayed 7 Enter the password again then Click OK 8 Click OK to close the printer properties window Window Windows 95 ...

Page 72: ...wing steps For more information refer to Help menu for Windows 95 Windows 98 If the printer driver is already installed Setup the printer port 1 Click Start move the pointer to Settings then click Printers 2 Using the right mouse button click the printer with the Network Card installed 3 Click Properties The Panasonic KX P8415 Properties window is displayed 4 Click the Details tab 5 Click Add Port...

Page 73: ...8 Click the printer which is connected to the server 9 Click OK The screen returns to the Add Port window and the printer to be used is displayed in the Specify the network path to the printer box in the following manner server name printer name Window Windows 95 ...

Page 74: ...urns to the Panasonic KX P8415 Properties window and the printer port to be used is displayed in the Print to the following port box in the following manner server name priner name 11 Click OK to close the printer properties window ...

Page 75: ...roceed to step 7 7 Click Next The Choose Destination Location window is displayed 8 Click Next After copying files the Select Printer Port window is displayed 9 From the Available ports box select the LPT1 port 10 Click Next The Setup Complete window is displayed 11 Click Finish 12 Restart the system Setup the printer port 1 Click Start move the pointer to Settings then click Printers 2 Using the ...

Page 76: ...76 5 Click Add Port The Add Port window is displayed 6 Click on the Network button 7 Click Browse The Browse for Printer window is displayed Window Windows 95 ...

Page 77: ...connected to the server 9 Click OK The screen returns to the Add Port window and the printer to be used is displayed in the Specify the network path to the printer box in the following manner server name printer name Window Windows 95 ...

Page 78: ...urns to the Panasonic KX P8415 Properties window and the printer port to be used is displayed in the Print to the following port box in the following manner server name priner name 11 Click OK to close the printer properties window ...

Page 79: ...79 5 3 LPR Printing Refer to section 4 3 on page 47 to set up the server computer Refer to section 5 1 2 on page 57 to set up the client computer ...

Page 80: ...tional IPX IP channel program to allow access to the Network Card s HTML based monitoring and maintenance capabilities An IP Web Browser also provides access to this capability directly Either program allows you to Configure your network protocols for the Network Card Reset the Network Card remotely to either clear an error condition or return the print server to its factory default settings Troub...

Page 81: ...When you click on the MAP icon in the Windows Start menu to start the program the program will prompt you with a list of IPX print servers listed by their SAP identification and IP print servers by their IP address Select the print server you want to access The program will setup a link to the print server and obtain HTML code describing the home page 6 4 Web IP Browser Once you have assigned an I...

Page 82: ...uests when the Network Card is reset or on power up provided that the Network Card does not have an IP address stored or that IP Address in NVRAM is OFF These DHCP requests will be in addition to BOOTP requests c If DHCP is enabled and the Network Card had an IP address in NVRAM and IP Address in NVRAM is ON then the Network Card will use the IP information from NVRAM and there will be no DHCP act...

Page 83: ...ide WINS Server information to the print server or you can use the print server s TCP IP Configuration Menu to manually enter the necessary information Refer to your DHCP Server s documentation for further information on automatic configuration through the DHCP Server To manually configure your print server to work with the WINS server 1 Assign an IP address to the print server Use MAP ARP DHCP or...

Page 84: ...well However if you have configured your DHCP Server to provide the address of a Secondary WINS Server to the print server the address fields will automatically be filled in for you 6 Reboot the printer print server 7 The check boxes labeled Primary Server Logged in and Secondary Server Logged in on the TCP IP Configuration Menu will now indicate which WINS Server s the print server has registered...

Page 85: ...twork Card for use with Version 4 x Bindery Services Use PCONSOLE to set up the print server function Configuring NetWare 5 describes how to configure the Network Card for use with Version 5 Directory Services Use NW32Admn to set up the print server function Configuring NetWare Directory Services describes how to configure the Network Card for use with Version 4 x or 5 Directory Services Use NWADM...

Page 86: ...e for other file servers When you are finished turn the printer off and on again Before you begin Verify that you have supervisor privileges on the file servers on which the Network Card print server is to be entered Verify that your version of PCONSOLE is later than 1 0 7 1 1 Start PCONSOLE and Select File Server Follow these steps to start PCONSOLE 1 Login to the network type PCONSOLE and press ...

Page 87: ...of the queue and press the ENTER key You do not need to enter any more information at this time 3 Press the ESC key to return to the Available Options menu 7 1 3 Enter the Print Server Name A print server takes the print jobs from queues and sends them to the printer Use this procedure to specify the name of the print server 1 Choose Print Server Information from the Available Options menu and pre...

Page 88: ...e changed using MAP or Web Browser utilities The screen example shows how to enter the print server name for a print server with a serial number of KXP_995310 3 Press the ENTER key to add the print server name to the Print Servers list ...

Page 89: ...inter 0 Configuration screen is displayed with a title of Printer 0 5 If you choose to change default in the Name field on this form to something that helps you identify the printer for example LASER_PRINTER The print server uses this name in its message back to the users on the Notify list Select Name enter a name and then press the ENTER key 6 Select Type and press the ENTER key A list of printe...

Page 90: ... printers 3 Press the ENTER key to display the Available Queues list for the printer 4 Select the queue you want and then assign a priority level from 1 to 10 It is recommended that you accept the default priority level Press the ENTER key The queue is displayed on the list for the printer Press the ENTER key again to assign additional queues 5 When you finish assigning queues press the ESC key an...

Page 91: ...en appears which is blank for an initial installation Press the ENTER key to view a list of Notify Candidates 3 Select the user or group from the list 4 Set the First and Next intervals in the Notify Intervals screen It is recommended that you use the defaults The First interval is the number of seconds the network waits before it notifies candidates about a print job problem The Next interval spe...

Page 92: ...e servers in the four hops eight ticks radius the file servers with which the print server is to operate may be entered into the Print Server Configuration of a primary file server The primary file server can be any file server within the four hops eight ticks propagation time limits but ideally is as close as possible to the print server Once the print server locates the primary file server and t...

Page 93: ...Network Card will attach to this identified file server instead of initiating the automatic search If the preferred file server is also a primary file server for example has file servers listed under file servers to be serviced the Network Card will connect directly to these file servers Note The Preferred File Server is only applicable to bindery based queues Entering it has no affect on NDS queu...

Page 94: ...the server has a Bindery Context name for the server under Bindery Services mode If the server does not have Bindery Context it may be preferable to install in NDS mode If the Network Card must be installed in the Bindery Emulation mode the server must have Bindery Context Perform the following steps to confirm the server has Bindery Context 1 Go to the 4 x server and at the system console type lo...

Page 95: ...s activated 4 From the Available Options screen select Quick Setup and press the ENTER key Use Quick Setup to connect your print server print queue and printer correctly You can modify these later if you need to 5 Select Print server and press the n key to modify the entry 6 Enter the name of the print server in the Print server field and press the ENTER key Note The print server name is printed u...

Page 96: ...he list of printer types select Other Unknown and press the ENTER key 10 When you are finished press the u key to save the configuration Repeat steps 5 through 10 for each file server that the printer server services 11 To view add delete or modify print servers or queues after the initial setup select either the Print Queues or Print Servers option on the Available Options screen ...

Page 97: ...enu of MAP Utility and the frame type of the server computer If the frame types are different change the server s frame type to the Network Card s frame type Refer to the NetWare documentation for more information After setting the frame type select the appropriate mode and set up the printer settings of the server computer and the client computer 1 PServer method section 7 4 on page 112 2 NDPS me...

Page 98: ... to the NetWare On Line manual The printer setting of the server computer is set via the client computer 1 Start the server computer 2 Start the client Windows 95 Windows 98 computer Login to the server computer as the supervisor of NetWare 5 in NSD mode 3 If the NDPS product is not installed use the server computer to install it 1 Click Novell on the Graphical Console screen X Server Graphical Co...

Page 99: ...indow is displayed 6 If the NDPS Manager has been activated proceed to step 17 If the NDPS Manager has not been the activated move to the context where you want to create NDPS Manager object then select Create from the Objects menu The New Object window is displayed ...

Page 100: ...ox then click OK The Create NDPS Manager Object window is displayed 8 Type a NDPS Manager name in the NDPS Manager Name box For example NDPS_ MANAGER 9 Click on the Browse button displayed next to the Resident Server box The Select Object window is displayed ...

Page 101: ... box The Select Volume window is displayed 12 Select the volume that stations the NDPS manager in the Volumes box then click OK The screen returns to the Create NDPS Manager Object window and the volume you selected is displayed 13 Click Create The screen returns to the NetWare administrator window and the NDPS manager you created is displayed After completing step 13 perform the following steps o...

Page 102: ... ENTER key The screen returns to the Available NCF Files Option 22 Press the ESC key two times A message Exit nwconfig is displayed 23 Select Yes then press the ENTER key Go back to the client computer and continue on the settings 24 Move to the context of which you want to make NDPS Manager object then select Create from the Objects menu The New Object window is displayed 25 Select NDPS Printer i...

Page 103: ...DPS Manager Name box The Select Object window is displayed 29 Move to the context of which the NDPS manager exists in the Browse context box If the current context is suitable there is no need to move From the Available objects box select the NDPS manager then click OK The screen returns to the Create Printer Agent window and the NDPS manager you selected is displayed ...

Page 104: ...104 30 Click OK The Configure Novell PDS for Printer Agent window is displayed 31 Click OK The Configure Port Handler for Printer Agent window is displayed ...

Page 105: ...105 32 Select Forward Jobs to a Queue in the Connection Type box then click Next 33 Click on the Browse button displayed next to the Queue Name box The Select Object window is displayed ...

Page 106: ...ent window and the queue you selected is displayed 35 Click on the Browse button displayed next to the Queue User Name box The Select Object window is displayed 36 Move to the context of which the user who administrates this queue exists in the Browse context box If the current context is suitable there is no need to move From the Available objects box select the user who administrates this queue ...

Page 107: ...e password is configured to the user who administrates the password is required on the console screen of the server computer Move to the server computer immediately and enter the password before Loading Printer Agent message appears 38 Click Continue The Information menu is displayed ...

Page 108: ...inter window is displayed after the NDPS Printer Object Creation message 40 Click Cancel Setting up the printer settings of the client computer Windows 95 Windows 98 Refer to For Windows 95 Windows 98 of section 5 1 2 on page 57 ...

Page 109: ... sure that the TCP IP protocol is already installed on the server computer For more information see your NetWare On Line manual The printer settings of the server computer is set via the client computer 1 Perform step 1 through 31 refer to Setting up the printer settings of the server computer on page 98 2 Select Remote Job IP on LPR in the Connection Type box then click Next The configure Port Ha...

Page 110: ...indow is displayed Important If the password is configured to the user who administrates the password is required on the console screen of the server computer Move to the server computer immediately and enter the password before Loading Printer Agent message appears 6 Click Continue The Information window is displayed ...

Page 111: ...bject Creation message 8 Click Cancel The screen returns to the NetWare Administrator window and the NDPS printer you created is displayed Setting up the printer settings of the client computer Windows 95 Windows 98 Refer to For Windows 95 Windows 98 of section 5 1 2 on page 57 ...

Page 112: ...flat file structure of the Bindery and offers network oriented access rather than server oriented access found in the Bindery The Directory is backward compatible with the NetWare Bindery through Bindery emulation mode Section 7 3 describes Print Server Operation with a 4 x or 5 NetWare system in bindery emulation mode When Bindery emulation is enabled Directory Services will accept Bindery reques...

Page 113: ... the Organizational Unit or Organization where you want to create the print service in the Directory Tree select the Object item from the main menu and choose Create Note If you wish you can create objects another way in NWADMIN by selecting an Organizational Unit clicking on the right mouse button which produces a pop up menu and clicking Create use the left mouse button to bring up the New Objec...

Page 114: ...lue in the Printer Name field and click Create 7 4 2 Create Print Server Object 1 Again highlight the Organizational Unit select the Object item from the menu and choose Create 2 At the New Object window scroll down the Class of New Object box select the Print Server icon and click OK 3 At the Create Print Server window type a value in the Print Server Name box and click Create ...

Page 115: ... Queue screen click on the Directory Service Queue button then type in values for Print Queue Name and Print Queue Volume and click Create If you don t know the Print Queue Volume name the hard drive you will be accessing click on the icon to the right of the volume field The Select Object window is displayed with the volume listed in Objects If the volume is not listed scroll the Directory Contex...

Page 116: ...116 4 Click the object hard drive of your choice and it will appear in the Selected Object field Click OK The full volume will now appear in the Print Queue Volume field Finally click Create ...

Page 117: ... Assign Printer Object 1 Go to the Directory Tree Double click the printer object just created and bring up the Printer window See below Find the Assignments button on the right side of the window and click Add ...

Page 118: ...window is displayed find the print queue object just created among the choices listed in the Objects box and select it Click OK and the print queue just created is added to the Print Queues box in the Printer window Click OK again ...

Page 119: ... created and bring up the Print Server window 2 At the Print Server window click Assignments and Add to bring up the Select Object window Select the printer object just created from the Objects box and click OK Now the printer with its context appears in the Printers box of the Print Server window Click OK ...

Page 120: ...ueue window click Assignments If you configured the print queue and printer correctly they will appear in the proper boxes on the Print Queue window Press Cancel 7 4 7 Set Up and Reset the Printer NWADMIN configuration is complete Before you can begin printing though be sure to set up and reset power cycle the printer ...

Page 121: ...s KXP_xxxxxx xxxxxx is the serial number of the Network Card This is also the default name of the printer in Peer to Peer mode If you want to change the default print server name type this name in the Print Server Name box Leave the space blank if the default name is to be used 4 If you want the Network Card login with a password this password may be entered in the Print Server Password field and ...

Page 122: ...e the same frame type Once it selects a frame type the Network Card will only operate over that Novell frame type Monitoring normally starts looking for IEEE 802 3 then Ethernet II then 802 3 SNAP etc If your network is using multiple frame types for Novell you should bias the frame search to the desired type by setting the button next to the designation under Ethernet Frame Type 9 You can Disable...

Page 123: ...is reset or power cycled You may reset from MAP or the Web Browser by returning to the Home or Network Administration page and click Reset under System Now click Reset Unit Alternatively you may power cycle the printer The new NetWare values should now be in effect ...

Page 124: ... change the file server use the following procedures 1 Login to the current file server and start the PCONSOLE utility 2 Select Change Current File Server from the Available Options menu 3 Press the INSERT key to display the available file servers 4 Select the file server you want as the current one and press the ENTER key 5 Enter your username and press the ENTER key If the username requires a pa...

Page 125: ...nfiguration from the menu 5 Select Queues Serviced by Printer from the menu 6 Select a printer from the Defined Printers list 7 Press the h key at the File Server Queue Priority screen The Available Queues list is displayed 8 Select a queue from the list 9 Press the ENTER key at the Priority screen to leave the priority setting at 1 The highest priority queue is 1 10 is the lowest To change the pr...

Page 126: ...nter from the menu 6 Select the printer from the Defined Printers menu 7 Press the ESC key at the File Server Notify Name Notify Type First Next screen The Notify Candidates screen is displayed 8 Select the user or user group from the Notify Candidates screen The Notify Intervals screen displays 9 Set the First and Next intervals for notifying users about printer problems The First interval is the...

Page 127: ... LED Status Indicator The Network Card has two LED status indicators amber and green The amber LED generally indicates job activity it flashes when a print job is being communicated to the Network Card it is off when no activity is occurring The green LED indicates the operating condition of the Network Card when it is powered on during normal operation The following table provides the conditions ...

Page 128: ...dware self test Check the network Error Amber LED blinks short for 10 seconds Amber LED goes off and the Green LED blinks continuously Performing flash memory self tests Did not pass the checksum test Unit automatically goes into download mode and awaits flash update Error Green LED blinks slowly Awaiting print jobs sometime after power on completes Some printer interface error Error Green LED bli...

Page 129: ... of the print server immediately before the report is printed The status page is set to Disable by default but it is alterable to Enable Disable by MAP utility It is strongly recommended that you review this report immediately after installation and any time the setup has been changed If the report does not include a protocol that was configured check that the procedure was done properly ...

Page 130: ... Peer Information enabled Frame Type Ethernet II Network ID 257 TCP IP Network Information enabled Frame Type Ethernet II Protocol Address 179 60 27 183 Subnet Mask 255 255 0 0 Default Gateway 179 60 27 1 WINS Name IPP Network Information enabled Internet Printing Protocol http 179 60 27 183 631 print Novell Connection Information Printer Name KXP_995319_1 File Server NW41_ETHER Queue KX_P8415_183...

Page 131: ...ss To reset the Network Card 1 Power off the printer and remove the Network Card from the printer The removal process is the reverse of the installation process in Chapter 2 2 Locate the Reset Jumper It is labeled OP2 See diagram in Appendix A 3 Move this jumper to the connector side position so that the jumper covers the center pin and the pin nearest the jumper designator 4 Install the Network C...

Page 132: ... Network Card s LED status indicator to ensure that there is no error condition See section 8 1 on page 127 for more information 3 Check the status page to see what protocols are enabled and active See the appropriate chapter to confirm that you have installed and configured your network protocol correctly for the Network Card See section 8 2 on page 129 for an example of the status page 4 If you ...

Page 133: ...queues are assigned to other network printers the print jobs may be going to an other network printer Did you assign the printer to the type Remote Other Unknown If the PCONSOLE settings are correct the connection between the printer and network may have been broken Turn the printer off and using PCONSOLE wait for the status message Not Connected Turn the printer on and the status should change to...

Page 134: ...t If all your hardware connections are correct check the following Use MAP to check the status of the print server The Report Print Server Status screen shows the status for the selected network interface card This report includes a status of file servers and queues assigned to a printer along with a description of any problems The printer may not be assigned to the correct print queues Use PCONSO...

Page 135: ... print job does get to the queue the problem is not with the workstation print server connection Use CAPTURE to send data to the printer from a workstation software application See your NetWare print server manual for information Make sure another printer is not taking the print jobs from the queues BEFORE the Network Card can service the job To do this disable the other printer until you can veri...

Page 136: ...on HANDLING PRECAUTIONS FOR STATIC SENSITIVE DEVICES The Network Card is normally contained within the printer which acts to protect sensitive components from damage due to electrostatic discharge ESD during normal operation When performing installation procedures however take proper static control precautions to prevent damage to equipment Make sure you do not have the printer plugged into a wall...

Page 137: ...uld be restored to as new condition If the unit is powered up with a jumper in the OP2 connector side position the board will go into a reset all parameters to Factory Default state This will be indicated by the three quick green flashes followed by the alternating red and green indications once per second rate This special indicator sequence means that the NVRAM parameters have been reset to fact...

Page 138: ...Category 3 4 or 5 shielded cable For 100BaseTX use Category 5 shielded cable Network Card General Specifications Small Board Size 123 7 mm length x 95 mm height Weight 8 ounces Environment 0 to 50 degrees Centigrade 5 to 80 humidity Controls and Indicators One green LED and one amber LED Configuration Stored in non volatile memory Connectors Ethernet 8 wire RJ 45 100BaseTX 10BaseT Pin Number Color...

Page 139: ...the Print Server 89 Configuring Bindery Emulation 94 Configuring Directory Services 94 97 Configuring NetWare 3 x 86 Configuring NetWare 4 x 94 Configuring NetWare 5 97 Configuring the Network Card NetWare Directory Services 112 Confirm Bindery Context 94 Connector RJ 45 138 Context Confirm Bindery 94 Create a Print Queue Object 115 Create a Print Server Object 114 Create Print Queues 87 D DHCP 82...

Page 140: ...Multiple Print Servers 92 N NCF Files 94 NDPS method using PServer method 98 using UNIX method 109 NDS 94 112 NetBIOS 83 NetWare Configuring for 3 x 86 Configuring for 4 x 94 Configuring for 5 97 NetWare Configuration 85 NetWare Directory 94 NetWare Directory Services 94 97 Network Card Installing 10 Network Card Configuration 121 Network Card Specifications 138 P PCONSOLE 86 95 124 PCONSOLE confi...

Page 141: ...IPX SPX protocol 39 printer driver 31 44 57 72 printer port 31 44 57 72 separator page 37 TCP IP protocol 16 18 Sharing the printer port 53 69 Specifications Cable 138 Network Card 138 Standard Web Browser 80 Start PCONSOLE 86 Status Page 129 T Troubleshooting File Server Checklist 133 NetWare Checklist 133 Network Card Configuration Checklist 134 Network Card Loses File Server Connection 135 Prin...

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