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Table of Contents
Installing and Printing on NetWare
Installing and Printing on a Unix Environment
Print Management Features of FastPort
Installing and Printing on an Apple Network
FastManage Installation
Ping and Bootp Server
Appendix a Resetting FastPort to Factory Defaults
Discovery Application
FastPort Application
Appendix C Troubleshooting NetWare
Appendix B Troubleshooting MS Windows
Appendix D Troubleshooting Unix
Appendix E Troubleshooting AppleTalk
Appendix F Upgrading Flash EEPROMs
Appendix I Technical Support Services
Appendix H Troubleshooting FastManage
Index
Introduction and Installation
Features of the Print Servers
Physical Features
2 Configuration Features
Shared Printer Features
Firmware Update
Utilities
First Time Users
Installation Requirements
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Installing FastPort
Mode Description
Default Settings
MIL-3000FTX Series of FastPort Print Servers
Setting the IP Address
Assigning the IP Address
Setting the IP Address using Telnet on Unix
Setting an IP Address with Install Script
Alpha Save this file
Setting IP Address with Windows 95, 98, and NT
Setting the IP Address Using Rarp
Setting the IP Address Dynamically with Bootp
Setting the IP address with Bootp on Sun
Usr/etc/bootp
Setting the IP address using Bootp on HP/UX
Setting an IP Address Using the Dhcp Manager
Dhcp Support NT 4.0 server
Add Reserved Clients Menu
Using Digis ACT to Assign an IP Address
Using Appletalk to Assign an IP Address
Using Digi’s NetBIOS to Assign IP Address
10.2Using The Digi Utilities
Open the Apple Printer Utility
10.1About the Digi Utilities
Command ?, C, D, E, F,...., Z
Showprn.exe -d1
D1 or -d2 or -d3, etc
Nbmon.exe FP0F0FBA
Verifying IP Address is Set Properly
Enter new IP address
Printing From a NetBIOS Workstation
Introduction
Printing from Windows NT
Printing from Windows for Workgroups
Open the Print Manager
Printing from Windows 95/98 or Windows NT 4.x via SMB
Open Network Neighborhood
Net View
Printing From NetBIOS-supported DOS Workstation
Net Use
6.2 Configuring Windows 95/NT to Mimic Spooling
Spooling Versus Non-Spooling Printing Introduction
DOS and OS/2
Installing LPD Support on Windows NT
Printing from a TCP/IP Workstation
Installing a Printer on Windows NT
Adding an LPD Printer to Windows NT
Select Create Printers
Select Microsoft TCP/IP Printing and click Ok
Printing using a Third Party TCP LPR/LPD Stack
Click on Add Port--LPR Port--New Port
Choose a Destination Directory
Adding Queues in DigiLpr
Add New Queue Menu
Adding a New Printer
Next
Printing from NT using the HP DLC Protocol
Printing from Windows using Tftp Client
Management Tools Used with NetBIOS and TCP/IP
NetBIOS-DOS Tools Nbmon and showprn
Installing and Printing on NetWare
Introduction
Configuring in a Bindery Environment
Using Act to Install the Print Server
Choose Currently Attached Print Servers
Installing a Print Server in an NDS Environment
Using Pconsole to Install a Print Server
Adding Users to the Notify List with Pconsole
Select Notify List for Printer
Installing a Print Server on NDS using Pconsole
Pconsole
Select Other/Unknown
1.1Additional Queues
Installing Print Server in NDS Using NWadmin
2.1Creating a New Print Server
2.2Creating a New Printer
2.4Connecting the print server to a Printer
2.3Creating a Print Queue
2.5Assigning a Print Queue to FastPort
Print Server
Configuring in a Bindery and NDS Environment
Printing to FastPort
Printing Specific File Formats
Capture /S=raisa /Q=lp1
Nprint myfile /S=raisa /Q=lp1
Installing and Printing on a Unix Environment
Host Software Versus LPD
Installing Logical Printers
Digi Installation Software
Installing on System V Unix
Install Script on IBM RS/6000
Choose Option #2. qdaemon-based systems
Installation on BSD Unix Systems
Manual Installation on LPD Systems
Choose Option #1, LPD-based systems
Getting Started on an LPD System
Pre-defined Queue Names
Manual Installation With LPD on a BSD Unix System
User Defined Queue Names
LPR Options
BetaFastPort LPD printer\ lp=\
Manual Installation with LPD on System V Machines
Usr/lib/lpsched
Manual Installation Using Host SoftWare fpfilter
Manual Installation with LPD on RS/6000
Fpfilter Command Line Options
Device = sample host = alpha rq = ps
Fpfilter -P alpha -m -f /etc/hosts
Printer Options File .fpconfig
2.1About Option Classes
Class hostname port list
2.2About Options Startstring and Endstring
Manual Installation for System V Machines
Usr/lib/lpshut
Manual Installation on IBM RS/6000
Usr/local/milan
Device = lp0
Backend = /usr/local/milan/commfilter.sh
Manual Installation on BSD Unix Systems
BetaFastPort host software printer\ lp=/dev/beta\
Parallel hostname alpha mapcrlf formfeed
Chmod 755 /usr/local/Digi/fp
Serial hostname alpha ctrld
5.2Customizing BSD Installation
Lpr -Pbeta filename, or lp -dbeta filename
5.1Printing to FastPort
5.2.1Banner Pages and Accounting Information
Installing and Printing from Data Generals DG/UX
Assigning Host Name and IP Address
Installing and Printing with DG/UX
Deleting Printers
Additional Unix Utilities Using pstext and NeWSprint
Printer Description Laser Printer on doc hallway
Installing and Printing on an Apple Network
EtherTalk Features
Introduction to the Apple Workstation
1.1Newly Supported Apple Printer Utility Functionality
Plug & Play Operation Printing to FastPort
Apple Applications How FastPort Operates
Printer Communications Handling
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Using the Apple Printer Utility for Configuration
Tips on Using the Configuration File
Using the Apple Printer Utility to Download a Config. Files
Advanced Utilities
1.2Using Setup Defaults File
1.1Using Setup Printer Information File
Select Download PostScript File from this menu
1.3Using Setup Font List
Option Choice Description Serial Port Parameters
Using Namer to Rename the FastPort Printer
Renaming FastPort Using Namer
Printing PostScript Binary Files
Selecting Binary PostScript Encoding
No Binary / Binary adobe / Binary tek / Binary hp
%ParallelNV%
Enable BiDirectional Interface = Yes
Enable BiDirectional Interface = No
Bi-directional Printing from Macintosh Systems
Issues Regarding Bi-Directional Macintosh Printing
Print Manag ement Features of FastPor t
Managing Print Server
Serial Port Console Monitoring
Enabling or Disabling the Console Monitor
2 TCP/IP Stations 2.1Using FastManage
2.2Using Telnet Diagnostic Monitoring
Managing FastPort from Networked Workstations
Multi-Protocol and Snmp Stations
2.3SYSLOG on FastPort
2.4Digi’s fpstatus for TCP/IP Unix
AppleTalk Stations
Disable background printing
NetWare Client Stations
NetBIOS / NetBEUI Stations
FastManage Installation
FastManage Applications
FastManage MIBs
FastManage Requirements
Installing FastManage
NetBIOS Configuration
Express Installation
IP Configuration
Custom Installation
IP Parameters
Maximum Retry Time and click Next. Default is
2.1General Parameters
file map.map
2.2Discovery Parameters
Discovery Parameters
2.3SNMP Agent Parameters
Snmp Agent Parameters
MIL-3000FTX Series of FastPort Print Servers
Discovery Application
Discovery Features
Introduction to Discovery
Launching Discovery
FastManage for FastPort menu
FastPort Icon Names
Tool bar
Status Bar
System Information
Renaming a Discovery Map
Discovery Application Tools
Host Name/Address
Using the Ping Manager
2.1Changing from the Node Name to an Address
Send Broadcast
Refresh Map
Close All Windows Icon
Tftp Icon Flash Download
Show Node Properties
10SNMP Fault Trace
Node Properties
Parameters Pull-Down Menu
General Parameters
MIL-3000FTX Series of FastPort Print Servers
Discovery Parameters
Discovery Parameters menu
MIL-3000FTX Series of FastPort Print Servers
Select Application Launch Parameters
Application Launch Parameters
4 Mib2 System Parameters
FastPort Application
FastPort Application
Overview of Managing FastPort
10.3.1Traps
10.3.2Uptime
10.3.3Reset
10.3.4Digi Logo
10.3.5Serial Port
10.4 Configuration Sub-menus
10.3.6Parallel Port
From TCP/IP Config., selections include
10.4.1TCP/IP Config
10.4.2Novell Config
From Novell Config., selections include
10.4.3General Config
10.4.4Ethertalk Config
Parameters for the parallel port includes
10.4.5SMB Config
Status Menu
10.4.6NetBIOS Config
Help Menu
11.1.1Updating the Ping Settings
Ping and Bootp Server
Launching the Ping Application
Troubleshooting Ping
Bootp Configuration
Select BOOTPtab File
Resetting FastPort to Factory Defaults
Resetting by Toggling the DIP Switches
Resetting by Console Option
Hardware Features
Serial Printer and Terminal
DB9 Female DB9 Male
Serial Port Connector
RJ-45 Connector
Parallel Port Connector
Environmental Operating Conditions
Troubleshooting MS Windows
MS Windows-Level Browsing and Sharing Abilities
Troubleshooting DOS Tools
After Upgrade
DOS Tools
Nbmon fpxxxxxx -d1
Troubleshooting NetWare
Features
ACT-- Advance Configuration Tool
Benefits of ACT
Setup
Advanced Configuration Menu in ACT
Requirements
Navigating in ACT
1.1Configuring the Print Server FastPort Side
NetWare Configuration Menu
FastPort Nvram information
1.3Configuring a Queue
1.2Configuring the Print Server File Server Side
1.4Example
1.5Example
Select Netware Configuration and Configure Queue
Print Server Configuration
Figure C-1. Print Server Configuration Options
Status Menu in ACT
Monitor Menu in ACT
Troubleshooting Tips
FastPort does not power up
FastPort does not login to bindery Novell 4.x server
FastPort does not show up in ACT
FastPort does not login to the file server
FastPort does not print via serial port
No Form Feed is sent after the print job
PostScript jobs have trouble printing
FastPort Console Messages
Notification not Working if Created by Pconsole
Could not attach QUEUE1
ACT Error Messages
Trying to read file SYSlogin/milan/FPXXXXXX on SERVER1
Failed to login to file server SERVER1 for server Fakeps
Could not Read Configuration file from SERVER1
Troubleshooting Unix
No Lights on the Unit
Ascii Text File Prints as a Single Line
Usr/spool/name of printer on a BSD machine
Cannot Print to the serial printer
SYS LED Flashes Quickly
NET LED flashes, But User Cannot Print or Ping the Unit
Using fpfilter Configuration Files
Unix Configuration Files
Cd /var/yp make
Cp fpfilter.resolver fpfilter
Sample Entries for Direct and Remote Spooling
Dhcp Troubleshooting
If=/usr/local/digi/hpfilter
Troubleshooting AppleTalk
Reset Time
2 Configuration to Use the ACK Signal
Situation 1 Printing Over Ethertalk Using Driver
Situation Two Setting Serial Port Options
Options number for the 25-pin port is
Setup for AppleTalk
For a Serial Printer
Changing the FastPort Settings
Troubleshooting
PostScript Binary print
Troubleshooting Setup on AppleTalk
Printer in chooser option is set to Sense or Always
More Troubleshooting
Downloading the Setup Defaults File to Change FastPort
Change to Postscript Printer no
Select Apple Printer Utility
Recovering from a Failed Upload
Network Upload Procedure
Upgrading Flash Eeproms
Restoring the Alternate Bank Image
Use the Copy This Image to Other Bank command
Completing the Upload
Flash Upload Commands
Troubleshooting Tips
Diagnostic and Configuration Commands Commands
Configure Console for status monitoring
Display Summary Configuration Parameters, Including
Flash Firmware Load Enable/Disable
Display/Set Ethernet Options
Limit monitor Network Access by Password
Display/set IP Address
Network Protocols Menu
Network Protocols Menu
1.2M-Microsoft Windows Print Services Options
1.3N-Netware Options
1.4.1TCP/IP Menu Options S Socket Options
1.4T-TCP/IP Sockets, LPD, RARP, BOOTp, Tftp Options
Serial
1.4.2TCP/IP Menu Options L LPD Options
Display/Set Parallel Port Parms and Status
Display/Set for MIL-3200FTX
Display/set Serial Port Parms
1.1Display/Set for MIL-3110FTX and MIL-3111FTX
Reset Nvram to Factory Defaults
12 *-Print Ascii Test
13 +-Print PostScript Test
Select port Serial Parallel Enter dont change/continue
Troubleshooting FastManage
General Problems
General Messages
IP address Validation Messages
Discovery Application Messages
Bootp Server Application Messages
Ping Application Message
Technical Support Services
Expediting Technical Support Service
Returning Procedures
WWW and FTP Sites
Pub/fastport/software and /pub/fastport/faq
How to access Digi’s FTP Sites
Unix Binary Files Available
SUN 3.X on 68K processor
Support Documents Available
AT&T SVR4
MIL-3000FTX Series of FastPort Print Servers
MIL-3000FTX Series of FastPort Print Servers
Symbols Numerics
Index
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