PhaserShare Networking Manual | Tektronix Phasershare Printer

PhaserShare® Networking Manual

V3 April 1999

071-0180-01

Image 3

Tektronix Phasershare Printer manual PhaserShare Networking Manual

Contents

A S E R S H a R E N E T W O R K I N G Page PhaserShare Networking Manual Page Contents TCP/IP Host Configuration Unix TCP/IP Printer Configuration All PlatformsTCP/IP Configuration OS/2 Warp/LAN Server Windows 95 and Windows 98 PhaserPort Software Disabling Protocols PhaserLink Printer Management SoftwarePrinter Management Getting Help FTP Interface Index Resetting the Printer Chapter Network Printing with Tektronix Color Printers PhaserShare cards PhaserShare Series B network interface PhaserShare Networking Manual Supported PC platforms Environments supported Workstations Printer’s Conﬁguration Network installation overview Printing a Conﬁguration Page Phaser 780 front panel Printing a Conﬁguration Page Phaser 840 front panel Printer’s networking software How to tell which protocols are enabled Environment Software Obtaining networking software for Phaser 360 printersNetwork administration software Network administration software Support for DOS systems Tektronix PhaserPrint for Unix software PhaserShare Series B Ethernet interface PhaserShare Series B Network Interfaces Ethernet connections and indicators Printer’s built-in Ethernet connectorPhaserShare Series B Ethernet card 10Base5 Thick Ethernet Ethernet cables and termination10BaseT or 100BaseTx Twisted Pair 10Base2 Thin Ethernet Token Ring connections and indicators PhaserShare Series B Token Ring card Mbps Ring speed jumper Token Ring conﬁguration Printer Menu Network Settings Parameter Description Choices Token Ring parameters Using the conﬁg-TokenRingscript How to conﬁgure Token Ring parameters Ether printer-nam e Token-Ring-address for System Using the PhaserShare Administrator to conﬁgure Token Ring PhaserShare Networking Manual LocalTalk connection PhaserShare Series B LocalTalk card Connecting to a single computer LocalTalk connectors and cables PhaserShare Networking Manual EtherTalk, LocalTalk, and TokenTalk Configuration Before you beginConﬁguration overview Finding the printer’s name in the Chooser Changing the printer’s name optional Changing the printer’s name Apple Printer Utility Changing the printer’s EtherTalk/TokenTalk zone optional Troubleshooting Supported NetWare versions Novell NetWare ConfigurationBindery mode and NDS NetWare Directory Services supported Printer’s NetWare interface Notify lists Before beginning the conﬁguration procedureOther features Passwords Conﬁguration software for NetWare NetWare conﬁguration for Windows environmentsPrinting the Conﬁguration Log on to the ﬁle server Start the PhaserShare Administrator Conﬁgure the printer and set up queues Select a print serverLaunch the Quick Conﬁguration Wizard Troubleshooting Windows conﬁgurations Verify information and ﬁnish the conﬁgurationPrinter does not appear in the Main window printer list Testing the ﬁle server-to-printer connection Testing from the PhaserShare Administrator Cannot submit job to a queue Job appears in queue, but printer does not service it Job is serviced, but does not print Setting IPX frame types from the front panel Setting IPX frame types PhaserSetting IPX frame types Phaser 740 and Phaser 360 printer Setting IPX frame types Phaser 780 printer PhaserShare Networking Manual Introduction to the PhaserShare Administrator PhaserShare Administrator Software for NetWare Networks System requirements Installation Installation for Phaser 360 printers Installation methodsInstallation procedure Installation for Phaser 840, 740, and 780 printers Launching the PhaserShare Administrator Using the PhaserShare Administrator PhaserShare Networking Manual Specifying search options the Search Options dialog box Information Not Available in the Printer List Printer Not Responding dialog box PhaserShare Administrator on-line help TCP/IP Configuration Overview Extracting the ﬁles Listing the contents of unix.tarExtracting ﬁles from unix.tar Printing the Conﬁguration Printer TCP/IP conﬁguration overview PhaserShare Networking Manual Information Comments TCP/IP Printer Configuration All PlatformsSetting the printer’s IP addressing parameters Information for TCP/IP conﬁguration TCP/IP Printer Configuration All Platforms Printer defaults for network mask and broadcast address Setting IP parameters Phaser 840 printer front panel Set the IP address Setting IP parameters Phaser 740 printer front panel Press Select to display the IP address. For example Setting IP parameters Phaser 780 printer front panel Press Menu to display the IP address. For example Gateway Address Menu Press the Menu the front panel displays Help Pages Setting IP parameters Phaser 360 printer front panel PhaserShare Networking Manual Setting IP parameters Rarp or Bootp Setting IP parameters Dhcp Installing the Dhcp serverSetting up a Dhcp server Dhcp transactions Control PanelServices, scroll down to Dhcp Server Field Description Values Supported BOOTP/DHCP ﬁelds Phaser 740 and 360 printers Enabling and disabling Rarp and BOOTP/DHCP front panel Phaser 780 printer Setting IP parameters PostScript utility ﬁle Unix only Parameter Description IP parameters Setting IP parameters PhaserLink Printer Management Software Domain Name Services DNS Setting IP parameters arp table entry address gleaning PhaserShare Networking Manual LPR BSD systems Controlling host access AppSocket TCP Sockets Controlling host access using a PostScript utility ﬁle Send the ﬁle named in b to the printer using lp or lpr Receiving printer status Syslog Unix systems onlyPriority Number Description Conﬁg-syslog filename Setting Syslog priorities using a PostScript utility ﬁle Snmp Unix systems only Setting Snmp parameters using a PostScript utility ﬁle Assigning a print queue to the printer TCP/IP Host Configuration UnixConﬁguring a host Adding the printer to the host table Queue name Language Assigning print queues with PhaserPrint for UnixRequired remote printer queue names Unix model ﬁles Example Example installation for a typical BSD Unix system Descriptions of printcap parameters Sun Solaris Conﬁguration procedures for common System V Unix hosts If Solaris 2.2/2.3 print jobs get stuck in the queue Adding an LPD queue in Solaris SGI Irix 5.3 Irix 5.3 and Irix 6.x with Impressario ClientField name Description IBM AIX 3.x Irix 6.x with Impressario Server AIX Print server Hewlett-Packard HP-UX 9.x Field name Example entry Description Ping printer-name Testing the network connection TCP/IP Configuration OS/2 Warp/LAN Server TCP/IP Configuration OS/2 Warp/LAN Server OS/2 client-to-server setup Warp Server 4.0/Warp Connect Windows NT Setting the printer’s IP address Add the printer Click Start, Settings, and Printers Creating an LPR port Creating an AppleTalk port101 Name the printer and set up sharing Install the driver 103 Windows NT creates the printer Adding the Windows NT 4.0 driver on a Windows NT 3.51 server 105 Install the driver 107 Enter the printer’s name and set up sharing Windows NT creates the printer 109 Adding a Windows NT 3.x driver Creating an LPR port 111 Set up sharing Concept Description Unix term NT term Windows NT network communicationTCP/IP connection Basic concepts of TCP/IP printing 113 Windows NT network troubleshootingError messages in Print Manager Printer PS on host IP-addressis rejecting your request To ﬁx this problem in Windows NT Open the folder C\WINNT35\system32 115 Checking the IP address of the Windows NT server Printing from the command line via lpr Windows 95 PhaserPort Software TCP/IP conﬁguration for the PC117 PhaserPort software installation Using the installerCreate your ﬁrst port and install the printer Adding a port for a new printer Adding a port to an existing printer119 Changing a port’s IP address 121 PhaserLink Printer Management SoftwareSystem requirements Multiple language support Printer information pages Accessing printer information from a browser PhaserLink Printer Management Software navigation links 123Link/Page Description Printer status display Printer status iconsIconDescription 125 PhaserLink Printer Management Software help ﬁlesTo conﬁgure PhaserLink Printer Management Software Help To access PhaserLink Printer Management Software Help Disabling Information Forwarding Information Forwarding 127 Job accounting PhaserShare AdministratorPrinter Management Job accounting Job accounting PhaserLink Printer Management Software 129 Phaser 840 Intelligent Ready PhaserLink Status Notiﬁcation Email Notiﬁcation 131 Usage Proﬁle reports Phaser 840, 740 and 780 printers only Phaser 840 printer Phaser 740 printerPrinting Usage Proﬁle reports from the front panel 133 Printing verbose Usage Proﬁle reports from the front panel Sending Usage Proﬁle reports via email from the front panel 135 PhaserShare Networking Manual 137 Controlling Usage Proﬁle email reporting To enable email to Tektronix Email to TektronixSpecifying who receives reports 139 Reading Usage Proﬁle reportsFull report format Email report format Field Number Field name Description Report ﬁeldsUsage proﬁle job report Field Description 141 Notiﬁcation Settings Low , Replace , or Not Installed just as on 143 PhaserShare Networking Manual Engine Error Log Phaser 840 printer Logs145 Code Description Engine Error Log Phaser 740 and 780 printers Engine Error Log Phaser 740 and 780 printers contd Postscript Error Log Phaser 840, 740 and 780 printers147 Postscript Error Log Phaser 840, 740 and 780 printers contd Last Jam Log Phaser 840 printer Last jam logs149 Last Jam Log Phaser 740 printer 151 Last Jam Log Phaser 780 printer PhaserShare Networking Manual Getting Help If you need help from Tektronix153 Customer Support Centers Getting Help Using the automated fax systems 155Country Numbers Receiving email update notices 157 Disabling Protocols Disabling protocols front panel Phaser 840 printer 159 Phaser 740 printer Press ---- the front panel displays EtherTalk 161 Phaser 780 printer PhaserShare Networking Manual 163 Phaser 360 printer PhaserShare Networking Manual Phaser 360 printer If the front panel is locked165 Disabling protocols PhaserLink Printer Management Software Disabling protocols PhaserShare Administrator 167 Resetting the Printer Resetting your printer using the Apple Printer Utility Request Description Supported FTP commandsFTP Interface 169 Supported FTP commands contd 171 Index 129 Printcap ﬁle 173 PhaserShare Networking Manual Page Printed on recycled paper