Monitoring and Configuring the Printer

info

Use the "info" command to display printer information such as paper tray, output tray, and printer lan- guage.

❖Printer information display msh> info

 

 

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For details about displayed con-

 

 

tents, see p.112 “Getting Printer In-

 

 

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ipp

Use the “ipp” command to configure IPP settings.

❖Viewing settings

The following command displays the current IPP settings:

msh> ipp

Example output:

timeout = 900(sec) auth = basic

•The “timeout” setting specifies how many seconds the compu- ter tries to send print jobs when no connection can be made to the network printer.

•The “auth” setting indicates the user authorization mode.

❖IPP user authorization configuration

Use IPP user authorization to re- strict users to print with IPP. The default is “off”.

msh> ipp auth {basicdi- gestoff}

•User authorization settings are “basic” and “digest”.

•Use “off” to remove a user's au- thorization.

•If user authorization is speci- fied, register a user name. You can register up to 10 users.

❖IPP user configuration

Use the following command:

msh> ipp user

The following message appears:

msh> Input user number (1 to 10):

Enter the number, user name, and password.

msh> IPP user name:user1 msh> IPP password:*******

After configuring the settings, the following message appears:

User configuration changed.

netware

Use the “netware” command to configure the NetWare settings such as the print server name or file server name.

❖IPP timeout configuration

Specify how many seconds the computer waits before canceling an interrupted print job. The time can be entered between 30 to 65535 seconds.

msh> ipp timeout {30 - 65535}

❖Netware Printer Server Names msh> netware pname

•Enter the NetWare print server name using up to 47 characters.

❖Netware File Server Names msh> netware fname

•Enter the NetWare file server name using up to 47 characters.

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