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Version 6.0.xx, May 2007 

 

701P46985 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

Getting ready 

for the 

Xerox

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 FreeFlow

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Print Server 

Installation 

 

Summary of Contents for 6100BD - Phaser Color Laser Printer

Page 1: ...Version 6 0 xx May 2007 701P46985 Getting ready for the Xerox FreeFlow Print Server Installation ...

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Page 3: ...udicial law or hereinafter granted including without limitation material generated from the software programs displayed on the screen such as icons screen displays or looks Printed in the United States of America XEROX and all Xerox product names mentioned in this publication are trademarks of XEROX CORPORATION Other company trademarks are also acknowledged Changes are periodically made to this do...

Page 4: ...f life electrical and electronic equipment subject to disposal must be segregated from household waste Private households within EU Member States may return used electrical and electronic equipment to designated collection facilities free of charge Please contact your local disposal authority for information In some Member States when you purchase new equipment your local retailer may be required ...

Page 5: ... Xerox FreeFlow Print Server software worksheet 12 W 4 System configuration worksheet 14 W 5 Print Server software and gateways worksheet 17 W 6 Network configuration worksheet 18 W 7 Novell NetWare gateway installation worksheet 21 W 8 AppleTalk Gateway installation worksheet 24 W 9 SNMP Gateway installation worksheet 26 W 10 Client workstations 27 W 11 Remote Services 27 W 12 Data Overwrite and ...

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Page 7: ...erox FreeFlow Print Server 6 0 Installation contains the worksheets that must be completed to support the installation of the Xerox FreeFlow Print Server software on the server When these worksheets are completed they will contain a record of the state of the system at the time of install Most likely this setup and configuration state will change so encourage your customer to keep these worksheets...

Page 8: ...y the Xerox service representative to install the FreeFlow Print Server software Worksheet W 4 System configuration This information is used by the Xerox service representative to connect the print server to the Xerox printer and is a required worksheet Worksheet W 5 Xerox FreeFlow Print Server software and gateways This information is used by the Xerox service representative to ensure the proper ...

Page 9: ...tware or print drivers on their client workstations Worksheet W 11 PrInteract Remote Services Remote Services is an option that allows the customer to interact with Xerox through a web based browser to resolve printing issues download and install software patches and send machine and job data to Xerox The information collected on this worksheet is used by the Xerox service representative to set up...

Page 10: ...dentified in the worksheet title Definitions for the required data elements immediately follow each worksheet Use the Customer Value column to enter the necessary data element value If the value is pre determined the value required is indicated in the column Although necessary for install it is up to your customer to decide whether these values should be entered in the tables If the values are not...

Page 11: ...nt Customer Value 1 Primary Network Interface bge0 or bge1 or ce1 2 DHCP Yes No 3 Hostname 4 IP Address If DHCP is yes then skip Subnets Yes No 5 If Yes then enter Subnet Mask 6 Enable IPv6 No Set the Default Route Detect One Specify One None 7 Default Router IP Address Default gateway If Specify One enter the Router IP Address 8 Enable Kerberos Security Yes No 9 Name Service NIS NIS DNS LDAP None...

Page 12: ...LATION Domain Name LDAP Profile Name Profile Server IP Address 10 Geographic Region 11 Time Zone 12 Create System Backup Partition Yes No 13 Create Data Overwrite Partition Required for Data Overwrite Yes No 14 Space for System Backups 15 Security Profile High Medium Low Default Operating System Only ...

Page 13: ...P server to obtain the IP address subnet mask and default gateway address This information can also be manually entered into the FreeFlow Print Server Network Configuration screens DHCP is the default for DocuColor 2XX iGen3 may not use DHCP Hostname This is the name the print server will be known as by users from other host machines on the TCP IP network This name is an alias mapped to the IP add...

Page 14: ...ue 4 byte 32 bit numeric value for example 13 252 12 198 that identifies the machine that is acting as the main router The router maintains tables of addresses of many networks in order to forward data packets between these networks During install the service representative creates a default router file on the print server if one does not already exist and this number is added to a line in the new...

Page 15: ...e or configuration files containing user settings These utilities are only available if a system backup partition XRXbackup is created The option to create the partition is selected by default If the option is deselected the backup partition is not created and additional disk space is available NOTE Xerox strongly recommends leaving this option checked Create Data Overwrite Partition Select this o...

Page 16: ...nd set to the default secure mode of Low Security can be modified from High fully secure to None not secure through the FreeFlow Print Server interface The System Administrator can modify the security levels through the FreeFlow Print Server user interface For additional information on security refer to the following table and the Xerox FreeFlow Print Server Security Guide ...

Page 17: ...gnostics menu Medium FTP is enabled telnet rsh disabled NFS client is disabled AUTOFS is disabled e g net hostname and home username are not automatically mounted NFS server is filtered via RPC tab The User login can reprint from CD ROM Terminal window is password protected Auto login is enabled For customers who need high security but also need to integrate with FreeFlow Prepress Suite Supports F...

Page 18: ...tion of the FreeFlow Print Server software During this process the gateway which allows the print server to receive documents and requests from UNIX clients or PC clients using TCP IP protocol is installed Data Element Customer Value UNIX User Information User Name Password User Group Account Status Account Comments Other Input Devices i e FreeFlow Prepress Suite User Name User ID User Password Cl...

Page 19: ... a central master server Example etc passwd entry bob 200 800 Bob Lin home bob usr bin You can find the User ID by performing the following at the UNIX client workstation Non NIS network On the command line enter the following cat etc passwd grep Client users name NIS network On the command line enter the following ypcat password grep Client users name User Password The command line client should ...

Page 20: ...ostics screen Data Element Customer Value Server Serial Number Printer Serial Number Supported Xerox Printer Only Customer Service Telephone Number Customer Telephone Number Customer Name Address Market Region Printer Type Service Option Remote Connectivity Enabled Disabled Remote Phone Number Network Cable Circle one Twisted Pair Ethernet TPE RJ 45 Thick Net Ethernet AUI Coax Thinnet Host ID Ethe...

Page 21: ...mer s contract None 1x5 1 Shift M F 2x5 2 Shifts M F 3x5 3 Shifts M F 3x7 3 Shifts 7 days Time Materials Remote Connectivity Select enabled or disabled Remote Phone Number Enter the remote phone number Network Cable During this process the network cable is connected to the print server Make sure the correct network cable is available for this procedure The only direct network cable type available ...

Page 22: ...address is a unique 4 byte 32 bit numeric value that identifies the machine that is acting as the main router The router maintains tables of addresses of many networks in order to forward data packets between these networks During install the service representative adds this number to the system Your customer s network administrator should provide this number ...

Page 23: ...Online Gateway Yes No Tape Client Gateway Yes No SNMP Gateway Yes No PostScript Decomposer Interpreter Yes No PCL Decomposer Interpreter Yes No TIFF Decomposer Interpreter Yes No LCDS Decomposer Interpreter Yes No PPML Decomposer Interpreter Yes No IPDS Decomposer Interpreter Yes No Imposition Yes No Kanji Fonts Double byte fonts used in Asian countries only Yes No Xerox Diagnostics with Productiv...

Page 24: ... subnet mask information into the Network configuration UI This information is available on Worksheet W 1 DHCP or Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol retrieves the values for the configuration from the DHCP server on the network The System Administrator can rewrite the hostname NIS NIS The Network Information Service NIS and NIS provides simple network lookup services The purpose of NIS and NIS is...

Page 25: ...name servers that the system is to query Domain Search List specifies the look up list of host names The local domain name should be listed as a default Data Element Customer Value Dynamic DNS Registration Yes No Domain Name DNS Server List IP Address or Addresses of the DNS Servers Domain Search List WINS Windows Internet Name Service WINS provides the ability to easily locate devices on a networ...

Page 26: ...tocols used to transfer files between two computer systems SFTP Secure File Transport Protocol encrypts the data for security Data Element Customer Value SMB Filing Yes No FTP Filing Yes No SFTP Filing Yes No NetBIOS Name FreeFlow Print Server Hostname from W 1 Connections The Connections feature is set to Automatic on install allowing the FreeFlow Print Server software to automatically detect the...

Page 27: ...Analyst at each Novell server who will be submitting documents to the print server gathers the information in this worksheet At install the service representative uses this information to set up and configure the QServer gateway software on the print server The QServer software is included in the FreeFlow Print Server installation Item Data Element Customer Value 1 Novell Internet Net Number 2 Nov...

Page 28: ...ork number can be any number defined that falls within the range of 1 to FFFFFFFFE NOTE This number must be the same on both the Novell server and the print server You can find the Novell network number by entering the CONFIG command at the Novell File Server system console prompt as in the following Frame type ETHERNET_802 3 example The network number is in bold on the last line of this example a...

Page 29: ...int queue print server and printer will be created or already reside Novell Print Queue Name This print queue will hold the print jobs until the Xerox server is ready Enter the name for this queue in this column Novell Print Server Name The Novell print server submits the job from the queue to the Xerox server Enter the name for this server in this column Novell Print Server Password The Novell Ne...

Page 30: ...re are two or more network numbers assigned to a single physical network Each network number on an extended network is an addressing channel that can support 253 devices and only one zone name Phase 2 routers can be configured to support non extended networks Transition mode Phase 2 Transition is a way of configuring a Phase 2 router so that it can function on an Internet that includes Phase 1 rou...

Page 31: ... site network administrator The network administrator may try the AppleShare icon first to see the network for which the Macintosh is currently configured Remember the network can be toggled between whatever network icons appear in the Control Panel and since LocalTalk is built in LocalTalk may be selected as well AppleTalk NLM Zone Name For a Novell Server running AppleTalk this represents the na...

Page 32: ...automatically configured Data Elements Customer Value Enabled Yes No Authentication Traps Yes No Client IP Address Client Port Number Trap Persistence Trap SNMP Version SNMP v 1 Traps Type Printer Alert On Off Cold Start On Off Warm Start On Off Link Up On Off Link Down On Off Authentication Failure On Off SNMP Serial numbers Tray 1 Tray 2 Tray 3 Tray 4 Tray 5 Tray 6 Stacker Finishing Device s W 9...

Page 33: ...has agreed to enable and use Remote Services the following information is necessary to configure the FreeFlow Print Server and Remote Services interface Item Data Element Customer Value 1 IP Address 2 Port 3 DNS Name With DNS Use the Hostname Without DNS Use the IP Address 4 Level of Internet access allowed by the customer Full Internet access No Internet access 5 Is a firewall used to restrict In...

Page 34: ...y to configure the FreeFlow Print Server If the data overwrite box is not checked the data overwrite software should not be installed or used Data overwrite will not work The customer will need to scrape the system and check the data overwrite box Item Data Element Customer Value 1 I plan to use data overwrite on this system Yes No 2 I plan to use backup configuration Yes No 3 How much space do yo...

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