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X P R E S S T 9 4 1 2 i

X P R E S S T 9 4 1 2 n

NETWORK USER’S GUIDE

December 2000

084082

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Page 1: ...X P R E S S T 9 4 1 2 i X P R E S S T 9 4 1 2 n NETWORK USER S GUIDE December 2000 084082...

Page 2: ...suitability of specific product configurations and applications must be determined by the customer and is not warranted by Tally To allow for design and specification improvements the information in...

Page 3: ...HAPTER 3 NIC IP CONFIGURATION Introduction 11 Obtaining the Printer s IP Address 11 Selecting an IP Address Assignment Method 11 Assigning the IP Address with NPM 11 Assigning IP Addresses Using BOOTP...

Page 4: ...36 TCP IP 36 NetWare 37 AppleTalk 37 SNMP 37 IPP 37 Operator Panel Window 38 Alerts Window 39 Printer Status Window 39 Protocol Statistics Window 40 Upgrading the Firmware 40 Xpress T9412i T9412n Web...

Page 5: ...NPM 54 Troubleshooting for Macintosh 55 CHAPTER 10 MICROSOFT IPP Introduction 57 Installing Microsoft IPP 57 Set Up the Xpress T9412 Printer 57 Set Up Server IIS 58 Set up a Windows 2000 Client 58 Set...

Page 6: ...vi Table of Contents...

Page 7: ...eally we assume that you have the following A working knowledge of your network utilities and system The correct network software A completely operational system Access to the supervisor account as a...

Page 8: ...ed as a computer that submits print jobs through its physical LAN connection and installed operating system Listed below are the print client types supported by the Xpress T9412i T9412n printers Windo...

Page 9: ...e available Therefore we strongly recommend that you use Novell s NetWare IPX SPX protocol 32 bit client in order to avoid this incompatibility Configure the Network and Workstations After assigning t...

Page 10: ...most printer settings For greater network configuration capability use the NPM utility NIC Flash Memory The printer configuration settings are stored in a FLASH ROM IC located on the NIC In order to u...

Page 11: ...INSTALLING THE NETWORK INTERFACE CARD NIC What You Will Need You will need to provide the following to install the NIC in your printer and connect it to your network A phillips head screwdriver A cat...

Page 12: ...ide the side cover approximately 3 4 inch towards the back of printer E using the handle on the side cover Making sure the wire snaps on the parallel port are not in the way rotate the side cover away...

Page 13: ...ng metal such as the metal back plate on any device plugged into a grounded power source If you walk around before finishing the installation discharge any static electricity again 3 Insert the NIC in...

Page 14: ...hese steps to physically connect the printer to the network 1 Connect the network s twisted pair cable with an RJ 45 connector to the new network port on your printer A 2 Reattach the power cord to th...

Page 15: ...he printer is moved to a different network or when you are setting up peer to peer printing When the NIC is reset to its factory default settings data such as names and IP addresses will be lost Howev...

Page 16: ...tions 1 Close all open programs on your computer Insert the Tally Xpress T9412 Series Solutions CD into the CD ROM drive 2 After reading the Licensing Agreement click I Accept 3 Click on the Install o...

Page 17: ...etwork Printer Manager NPM to assign an IP address to your printer s NIC There are several ways to do this Static manual configuration DHCP BOOTP RARP ASSIGNING THE IP ADDRESS WITH NPM The Network Pri...

Page 18: ...e Printer Description text box type in a description for the printer for example its location 7 Click the TCP IP tab to bring it to the front 8 Make sure the TCP IP Enabled check box is selected 9 Fro...

Page 19: ...g steps address setting up BOOTP on Windows NT servers but the same procedure can be applied to Solaris etc 1 From your Windows NT Server start your BOOTP service 2 Start NPM and highlight the printer...

Page 20: ...IC resets and prints a Network Settings Sheet This shows the new IP address and subnet mask and default gateway if any note Under factory default settings once an IP address has been assigned to it th...

Page 21: ...out of the box Runs on networks with or without a NetWare file server Implements peer to peer direct printing between Windows computers and networked printers You can configure network printers the s...

Page 22: ...5 Click on the Ports tab 6 Select Add Port 7 Under Available Printer Port select LPR Port and click the New Port button 8 In the Name or address of the printer providing lpd field enter the IP Protoc...

Page 23: ...nter on the network Then click OK 10 On another PC press the Windows Start button select Settings then select Printers 11 In the Printers window double click the Add Printer icon 12 Click Next to begi...

Page 24: ...ier at any time 8 Continue following the screen instructions At one point you will need to click the Finish button 9 When you get to the Printer Ports dialog box click the Close button 10 The new port...

Page 25: ...te The Network Administrator must tell all users this address Installing the Tally IPP Client All users must have IPP Client installed on their computers 1 The Tally IPP Client software is located on...

Page 26: ...For example http 131 241 45 81 631 note If you use NPM in the IPP tab and assign one name to the printer you must use that same name for the IPP Client For example although http my81 marketing com 63...

Page 27: ...ner object where print queues are located CREATING NETWARE PRINT QUEUES WITH NPM NetWare has two methods for managing networks One is Novell Directory Services NDS and the other is the Bindery NPM has...

Page 28: ...a name for the new queue in the Queue Name text box in the Create Queue dialog box 9 Click on the Browse button 10 From the Items list in the Browse for Volume dialog box navigate to the location of t...

Page 29: ...nager to start NPM When NPM starts it begins to search the network for print servers All print servers discovered by NPM in the LAN will be listed in the NPM main window 3 Right click on the new print...

Page 30: ...4 From the Items list in the Browse for Volume dialog box navigate to the location of the volume you want to use 5 Select the volume 6 Click the OK button 7 In the Print Server Mode dialog box click...

Page 31: ...er driver You are now ready to print to the Xpress T9412i n through the NetWare server queue Windows NT Clients There are two ways of attaching the Xpress printer driver in Windows NT to a NetWare que...

Page 32: ...hat you will attach your printer to right click and select Capture Printer Port 2 Select which port the NetWare queue will use and select reconnect at logon In this example it is LPT9 The printer s lo...

Page 33: ...tWare queue 5 Select LPTx where x is the port number 1 9 you will later use 6 Select Reconnect at Logon to make this captured port available after you reboot your computer Now you must associate the p...

Page 34: ...dow appears click Yes 22 The printer driver files will be copied 23 Follow the prompts on your screen to finish the installation 24 The new printer icon will appear in the Printers folder You are now...

Page 35: ...Talk software must be installed in your computer and active The operating system must be Mac OS 7 1 or higher but Mac OS 8 6 is highly recommended The standard Macintosh LaserWriter 8 printer driver m...

Page 36: ...will configure the Tally Xpress T9412i n using the Tally Xpress T9412i PPD and an icon for the printer will appear on the desktop LPR CONFIGURATION 1 Open the Desktop Printer Utility located in Apple...

Page 37: ...file The following sections give specific lpd setup instructions for various systems You must log in as root in order to execute the commands Adding the Printer to Solaris 2 x Log into your system as...

Page 38: ...then select Access to printer to open the Add Access to Printer dialog box 4 In the Printer Name text box type in a name for the printer 5 In the Printer Server text box type in a server name for the...

Page 39: ...intcap Type Y 4 Write a printer name For example type lprprinter1 5 Is lprprinter1 a remote printer or a local printer Type R 6 Enter remote host name type host name entered in printcap for the T9412i...

Page 40: ...34 Chapter 7 UNIX Networks...

Page 41: ...d IPP Servers Supports Windows operating systems only note Please be advised that the NPM utility used to manage printers on a network does not support upgrading the flash firmware across different ne...

Page 42: ...enance menu for viewing the operational status protocol statistics and printing a test page for specific printer The printer s NIC firmware is upgraded from here Help Menu Use the Help menu for starti...

Page 43: ...is tab to enable NetWare and set various parameters AppleTalk Use this tab to enable AppleTalk and set various parameters SNMP Use this tab to enable Authentication Traps and associated parameters IPP...

Page 44: ...indow is started from the main Tally Network Printer Manager menu by right clicking on the printer s icon and selecting Operator Panel Use the tabs in this window for adjusting the printer s basic pro...

Page 45: ...elected 5 Click the Alerts tab to bring it to the front 6 From the Available Alerts list select the alert you want to monitor 7 Click Add to move the alert to the Active Alerts list 8 If you want to r...

Page 46: ...enu Use it for viewing packet framing and error activity at a specific printer s NIC Five tabs are used for presenting information about the following types of network traffic Upgrading the Firmware U...

Page 47: ...ctly on the printer s Controller Board Locating the Home Page After the printer is connected to your network and assigned an IP address any popular Web browser can be used to navigate to the Xpress T9...

Page 48: ...this page click on Admin to view the individual Network Administration pages General Configuration Use this page for naming the printer and creating password protection TCP IP Configuration Use this...

Page 49: ...d for giving the printer an AppleTalk Printer Name SNMP Configuration Use this page for turning on SNMP and for configuring SNMP traps Two pages are used for making the configurations the SNMP Trap Co...

Page 50: ...l Use the Panel button to access the pages for specifying various printer settings To return to the General Configuration main page click on Back Information Menu Paper Menu Print Quality Menu Configu...

Page 51: ...rinters with the Network Interface Card NIC The user is able to print by transmitting data to be printed through the Tally IPP Client program to the Tally IPP Server on the host computer supporting TC...

Page 52: ...Printer Attributes Window To view the attributes of the printer specified in the Address Bar click on the printer icon beside the Address Bar Printer attributes appear in the Printer Attributes windo...

Page 53: ...MD is supported otherwise it is assigned to 1 FIN Finishings Specifies binding of printed documents such as staple punch cover or bind It can be used with a printer providing this function PR Page Ran...

Page 54: ...mission for print job This function enables the user to avoid unnecessary data transmission Attribute fidelity This option can be selected to print the document only when user specified properties can...

Page 55: ...ress with port number in the Links field of the Address Bar or by choosing one of the printer URLs in the Links pull down menu Customizing The user can customize print options depending on various env...

Page 56: ...the user can utilize the IPP PortMonitor after installing the IPP Client To use the functions supported by IPP the user can use the installed IPP Client IPP Client The IPP Client may transmit the prin...

Page 57: ...most likely in the network configuration Recent System Changes Checklist Verify that any hardware changes installations modifications removals to the printer or network were done correctly Symptom Pos...

Page 58: ...Category 5 twisted pair cable with RJ 45 connectors for 10 100Base T ethernet Check that the network connector is plugged into the RJ 45 connector on the NIC Try another cable to make sure you do not...

Page 59: ...to another network printer If they are the print jobs may be going to that printer Is AUTO ENDCAP enabled AUTO ENDCAP lets you send data to a network printer If it is not enabled enable it Are text fi...

Page 60: ...to determine if the printer is installed 2 Inspect NIC settings Printer does not appear in Network Printer Manager 1 Inspect the connection at NIC 2 Inspect NetWare file server consoles for error mess...

Page 61: ...nter Utility you must turn the printer off then on and then reselect the printer under its new name in the Chooser If you placed the printer in a new zone be sure you reselected the zone and the print...

Page 62: ...56 Appendix A Troubleshooting...

Page 63: ...he server using http note This installation method must be used when installing printers that contain their own network cards and are therefore not connected to a server The installation process is no...

Page 64: ...us of a Windows 2000 print server and its connected printers with any Internet browser executing on any type of client platform Microsoft provides a set of server resident HTML files that generate the...

Page 65: ...Web JetAdmin doc devices This includes the following files tally_xpress_t9412n dao txp9412 gif txp9412i gif Installing Web JetAdmin 6 0 1 Launch Web JetAdmin 6 0 Before you can reset Discovery so tha...

Page 66: ...Return to Previous Page button 6 When the Discovery Configuration Advanced screen reappears 0 New Devices should be reported on the New devices link 7 At the next screen check the query boxes as need...

Page 67: ...g WebJetAdmin Folders Path may vary depending on your Web JetAdmin version Locate E Network Web JetAdmin WJA 5 x tally_xpress_t9412n glf Copy to C Program Files HP Web JetAdmin doc devices Locate E Ne...

Page 68: ...tings 3 Click on Modify Discovery Settings on the right side under HP Web JetAdmin Global Settings 4 This displays the Discovery Mechanisms page Scroll down to the Clear Database section and click on...

Page 69: ...e Discovery is still in progress by clicking on the Discovery Settings button If it is done click on the Device button then click on Search Now 7 When the list of discovered printers is displayed sele...

Page 70: ...64 Appendix C Web JetAdmin...

Page 71: ...on the computer note Please be advised that the NPM utility used to manage printers on a network does not support upgrading the flash firmware across different networks In order to circumvent this lim...

Page 72: ...66 Appendix D Upgrading the NIC Firmware...

Page 73: ...one filter is in poor condition Long continuous printing is combined with any of the above Inspect your work environment for the operating conditions listed above if you believe ozone emissions are a...

Page 74: ...he dealer or an experienced radio or TV technician for help Use a shielded and properly grounded I O cable to ensure compliance of this unit to the specified limits of the rules If your printer is the...

Page 75: ...ft Internet Printing Protocol 57 Set Up a Windows 98 Client 58 Set Up Server IIS 58 Microsoft IPP Installing 57 N naming the printer from Network Printer Manager 36 NDS queues 21 NetWare 21 troublesho...

Page 76: ...45 Operations Menu 48 Options Menu 48 The Address Bar 46 The Document Window 46 The Printer Attributes Window 46 The Printer Menu 46 TCP IP 12 18 TCP IP configuration Web page 42 TCP IP configuring fr...

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