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1. Create Choose NDPS Manager Enter the NDPS Manager Name Browse to find a server and volume in which to store NDPS data Click Create to exit and create the NDPS Manager object Open NetWare Administrator and highlight the appropriate container for the new NDPS Printer Agent object Choose New Object Create Choose NDPS Printer Fill in the NDPS Printer name Select Create a New Printer Agent Choose the NDPS Manager Specify Novell Printer Gateway and click OK Select a printer model and Novell Port Handler Select the connection type as Remote LPR on IP Enter the host address M307 IP address and printer name e g dl prn d2prn d3prn or d4prn Select the printer driver for each client operating system This configuration has been subjected to extensive system testing and is being provided based on customer reports We cannot offer support at this time 1 NL e a a E FY SN 10 11 Open NetWare Administrator and highlight the appropriate container for the new NDPS Printer Agent object Choose New Object Create Choose NDPS Printer Fill in the NDPS Printer name Select Create a New Printer Agent Choose the NDPS Manager Specify Novell Printer Gateway and click OK Select a printer model and Novell Port Handler Select the connection type as Forward Jobs to Queue Select the Queue name and Queue user name Select the printer driver for each client operating system
2. Ethernet Address Control Protocol Address Resolution Protocol Bootstrap Protocol File Transfer Protocol Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile Internet Control Message Protocol Internet Protocol Line Printer Daemon Protocol Printer Access Protocol Simple Network Management Protocol Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Reverse Address Resolution Protocol Remote Shell Daemon Transmission Control Protocol Telnet Protocol User Datagram Protocol M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 13 M307 Specifications Software Specifications Firmware panic Watchdog halt Spurious halt Hardware exception 125 TCP port numbers used on the M307 20 TCP Protocol for FTPD data 21 TCP Protocol for FTPD control 23 TCP Protocol for TELNETD port 514 TCP Protocol Remote Command daemon port 515 TCP Protocol BSD 4 3 LPD port 4010 TCP Protocol PRN port for logging 4400 TCP Protocol PRN port d1prn 9100 TCP Protocol PRN port d2prn Note Client application software can send raw data to PRN by opening a socket to the associated TCP port number as defined above Such connections are queued along with print jobs using other print methods e g LPR LPD UDP port numbers used on the M307 161 UDP port for SNMP 514 SYSLOG client support 68 BOOTP client port Error conditions Unrecoverable errors detected by the M307 firmware force it into panic mode Manually reset the M307
3. For example ping 192 168 11 30 reset Perform a warm boot or hardware reset simulating a power on reset This will restore current settings to those stored in Flash as the Flash settings will be read and loaded into memory upon bootup save default Save the current settings to Flash so they are remembered after power cycles Sysinfo destination model syslog variable user and I O port settings will be saved If default is specified as well factory settings will be saved to Flash overwriting any new settings you have configured Resetting the unit is not required 92 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 11 Reference Information Complete Command Reference 93 Table 9 Miscellaneous Commands Command Syntax Description start fox tts loopb prn Begin a debugging test on the I O port of the M307 These tests confirm that the parallel port on the M307 is communicating properly with connected devices Three types of tests can be done fox A continuous stream of text sent to the attached printer This is a good test for troubleshooting hardware as long as the attached printer supports text output tts A continuous stream of Gandalf 400C TTS compatible text sent to the attached printer loopb Loopback test Any input characters from the device attached to the I O port is echoed back For example start fox prn stop all prn Stop an output
4. Ipd LPR printing with TCP IP including LPR clients on any platform ftpd printing using the File Transfer Protocol FTP via TCP IP For example to disable ftp service type set dest d2prn service ftp set dest from default Set all destination settings back to factory defaults set dest from stored Set all current destination settings to the stored values in Flash set lpd bytecount Turn off Ipd bytecounting Default is byte counting enabled For example set lpd bytecount set syslog from default M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Set all syslog settings back to factory defaults O Microplex System Ltd 2010 11 Reference Information Complete Command Reference Table 7 Set Command Options Command Syntax Description set syslog from stored Set all current syslog settings to the stored values in Flash set syslog events queued started ended cancelled error Set the syslog events to handle certain events To add a event specify the event name To disable a event use before the name The avaiable events are queued job queue on print server started job started printing on printer ended job ended printng on printer cancelled job cancelled error error printng on printer For example set syslog events queued set syslog dest port none socket syslog email Determine where the log information s
5. M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 10 Using HTML Pages to Configure the M307 Accessing the M307 HTML Pages 4 0 USING HTML PAGES TO CONFIGURE THE M307 This chapter describes the HTML pages provided with the M307 The Print Server settings can be configured and its status observed at any time by calling up these pages The following HTML pages are described here Accessing the M307 HTML Pages on page 58 M307 Home Page on page 59 Network Forms on page 60 Print Path Forms on page 61 I O Port Forms on page 65 Administration Form on page 66 Status Pages on page 67 Restart Page on page 68 Help Page on page 69 Accessing the M307 HTML Pages To access the M307 s HTML pages 1 58 Ensure that the Print Server has an IP address and subnet mask so that it is identifiable on your TCP IP network Ensure that your network station can successfully ping the M307 over the network Direct your Web browser to the Uniform Resource Locator URL http M307IPaddress For example http 192 168 11 9 When prompted for a User ID and Password type in root for the ID and press ENTER at the password prompt The default is no password set Alternatively if a password has been configured type it and then press ENTER M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 10 Using HTML Pages to Configure the M307 M307 Home Page Each page can be accessed direc
6. Table 6 List Command Options Command Syntax Description list all List all current settings list arp List the contents of the M307 s ARP table list default stored dest List the current destination settings e g names and model used state and service s list diff List the differences between the current settings and the stored settings in Flash Normally you want these values to match so issue a save command followed by a reset list default stored ifc Display the module s physical network interface properties such as its interface number and Ethernet address ifnum interface number is always 1 for the Ethernet UTP interface addr address is the MAC or Ethernet address associated with the interface type type is UTP or Unshielded Twisted Pair link link is one of auto 10half 10full 100half or 100full options are li for link integrity rx for increased received buffer and up options list default stored key List the license details and license key number list logins List any active user logins on the M307 list default stored lpd List the Ipd byte counting status on the M307 list default stored syslog List the current syslog settings e g events and mapped destinations list default stored model List the current model settings e g names and mapped destinations M
7. This means that a printcap file is used to configure LPR LPD which defines all printers available on the host for printing LPD remote printing The Ipd daemon spools files locally then sends them to an M307 acting as a remote printer As interface scripts cannot be used with this spooling method processing must be done by the M307 This method should be used in the following conditions e your UNIX host supports BSD 4 3 LPD protocol e no bi directional communication is required between the printer and printing application e you wish to avoid using special host software In BSD printing two files are sent to the M307 a data file and a control file The control file contains information about originating user and host However since the control file may not arrive before the data file in the current LPD standards fully detailed banner pages cannot be guaranteed To manually configure an LPR LPD printer on a BSD UNIX system you will need to add an entry to the etc printcap file and then create its associated files and directories M307 Installation and Configuration Guide O Microplex System Ltd 2010 7 Configuring Printers in UNIX Manual LPR LP Host Setup 1 Define an entry for this new printer within the printcap file etc printcap printername sh pw 80 mx 0 rm M307name rp M307destination lp sd usr spool lpd printername 1 usr spool lpd printername log af usr spool lpd printer
8. ethernet address the M307 ethernet address e g 00 80 72 0A 00 60 Windows 00 80 72 0A 00 60 UNIX Note that non e ina Windows environment a hyphen characters in the ethernet address is used between each pair of e ina UNIX environment a colon is used If this syntax does not apply look in your host s reference manual to find the proper syntax for the arp command 3 Check that the arp entry was accepted arp a 4 Check that the assigned IP address is active ping IPaddress Configure the M307 IP address and subnet mask Once the IP address has been created you can configure it on the M307 Print Server using one of the following e M307 HTML forms page 22 e the M307 Waldo utility Windows only page 23 e the TCP IP telnet command page 24 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide O Microplex System Ltd 2010 5 Configuring the M307 on Your Network Required TCP IP Settings Using HTML forms 22 1 Load the M307 HTML forms as described in HTML forms on page 17 then select Network from the Main Menu Or go directly to the Network Configuration form by typing the following into your browser http M307IPaddress tcpipConf html Enter root for the User ID and press ENTER at the password prompt as there is no password by default The Network TCP IP configuration form is displayed Figure 6 Figure 6 Network TCP IP Form Wired 10 100Mbps Ethernet O Options M RARP
9. 115 Adding an SNMP user To add a user named snmp with root privileges please follow the steps below 1 Log in to the M307 as a root user 2 Add a user named snmp set user add snmp 3 Set the user type to root set user type snmp root 4 Set the password for the snmp user set user passwd snmp snmppassword 5 Save the changes save The user snmp is now created and snmppassword is the only community string that will allow write access Compiling and monitoring the custom MIB For read only SNMP functionality please follow the steps below 1 Copy the M307 MIB definition file m307mib txt from the CD ROM supplied with the M307 This file can also be downloaded from the Microplex FTP site ftp microplex com or can be accessed via the Microplex Web site http www microplex com 2 Compile this MIB description file to work with your SNMP manager 3 Using your SNMP manager view the particular MIB variables that you wish to monitor Notes If you are using SunNet Manager you will need to download a special MIB file m307mib txt SNM from the Microplex FTP site This file can also be accessed via the Microplex Web site If you are using Castle Rock Computing s SNMPc package you will need to rename the MIB variable Ulnteger32 to another name such as U32 Writing to the custom MIB The following example explains how to use the custom MIB variables to set the M307 s parameters For example to turn on bb mode and o
10. Model Types senene ene heen erae a eE a C E E e e oda in Tient 99 Table 11 Key Printer Logging Terms 00 cece esceessseseceseesecesseceaeceeseeeeeeecaaecaaeeaecsseeeseeeaecsaeceaeeseeeees 105 Tabl T2 STAT EED Patterns att A a Aa ea 120 Table 13 7 NET LED Pates ii dis 120 Table 14 UTP RJ45 Connector Pinout ooooooccnococcnononcccnoonnnnnnnncnnononncnnnonononnnnnnonnnnn nn EEr E R E 121 Table 15 Parallel Port PRN P MONtri eara easan rearea AE A AE ENANA ISASA EA ONAE A 121 Table 16 Parallel Port Timing in Fast Mode ee ee esseseceseceseeeseecseceseceseseneeeaecnaeceeseeesseeeaaesaeeaeeees 122 Table 17 Parallel Port Timing in Other Modes seseseeeseseereseessesresersrsstsserrrsseesestesserresrenertesreeresreses 123 Table 18 Definition of Parameters except Fast Mode cee eecccecsscessteceececeeeeeceeeeesaeceaeceeaeeneaeeceeeeens 124 Table 19 Variable Definitions siir ei e eea hi a Ea ERa aa e ra Ee aaaeei Sia 126 vi M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 Prit Path Components sisas caics 11 Figure 2 M307 M307 PPO Front View Parallel Port Connection cooconncnnncnnocinocnnoncnoncnnncnnncnnncnnccnnno 14 Elo re 3 M307 Rear Vie Wera ei ent da ena aie idas 14 Elgure 4 M307 PPO Rear Vie Westin codi 14 Figure 5 M307 HTML Menu Str ct te seee etorre ta an aariaid ata nera nr ra EEan Eiin 18 Figure 6 Network TCP IP FOr ieena nera or aE A
11. can be selected If a PRN radio button is selected then click on the label for that button to go directly to the I O Port page to configure the port mode setting Default None Define the type s of print services the destination will support socket printing to a TCP port number e g 4000 Ipd remote printing using the Line Printer Daemon ftpd printing using the File Transfer Protocol FTP Default d1prn d2prn d3prn d4prn have all services enabled Define the processing that will be performed on print jobs passing through the associated destination raw job data to pass through unchanged a2ps text jobs to be converted to PostScript and PostScript jobs to pass through pel ps job format is determined and the attached printer is switched to the appropriate emulation mode i e PCL or PostScript for printing Default Raw Whether or not to produce a banner page data for each job what type and what position none no banner page Postscript produce banner page data in PostScript format text produce banner page data in text format auto automatically determine which banner page data format should be sent with each job based on its data format You can also specify whether the banner page should come at the front before or the end after of a print job Default No banner page none Specify whether linefeeds OxOA are converted to carriage return linefeeds 0x0A 0x0D Use this option sparingly the extr
12. s default router gateway as follows store tcpip route add del default routerIPaddress ifnum where ifnum is 1 for the Ethernet network It is easier to store one default entry than an entry for every remote host or network though it is possible to do this The syntax for this method is store tcpip route add del host net IPaddress mask routerIPaddress ifnum metric 4 Logout of the Telnet session with quit Then restart the M307 by powering the unit off and then on again Troubleshooting Tips Waldo error messages M307 will not talk on the network Unable to assign temporary IP The address is already in use e Ensure that you have assigned an IP address that is not being used by another device Unable to assign temporary IP The device is not responding The network may be down or an invalid IP address has been used e Ensure that the IP address that you used is valid for your network M307 will not talk on the network e Have you assigned it a unique and valid IP address that corresponds with the other IP addresses on your network For example are you sure no other device is using this IP address that the subnet mask is the same as other hosts on the network and that the unique IP address is part of the network specified by the subnet mask specified M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 5 Configuring the M307 on Your Network Troubleshooting Tips 27 Are you sure y
13. 2010 12 Extra Features Additional Information Print Server Architecture Figure 26 Print Server Operating Logic M307 Print Server Model m1 banner trailer page oo header string Destination trailer string CR insertion onlcr tab expansion xtab __ ASCII to PostScript descrambling printer switching m2 This example follows a print job sent to destination d prn dIprn is associated with model m and the I O port prn When the data is passed through the associated model any job processing specified by the model is performed on the data If no additional processing is specified the data is passed through to the I O port untouched Destinations The M307 provides four printer destinations that are used by all hosts Destinations map a name of up to nine characters to the I O port prn The I O port has four destinations mapped to it The default destination names are dlprn d2prn d3prn and d4prn The user may change the destination names to something more meaningful Each destination uses one of the defined models for processing The destination list is limited to a maximum of four entries and is configured through the npsh interface on the Print Server Default destination names can also be changed to something more meaningful Destination definitions include name I O port model used state and service s supported See also Manipulating
14. 9 75 Compiled 2007 06 25 12 14 02 Hardware Address 00 80 72 04 02 08 Licensed Modules rtos Network Forms TCPAP The Network TCP IP page appears as shown in Figure 18 Figure 18 Network TCP IP Form for Ethernet Networks Home Network Print Path System Log I O Port Administration Status Restart Help Wired Routing Wired 10 100Mbps Ethernet Y Options M RARP F BOOTP F DHCP TP Address 172 16 1 129 0 KS Subnet Mask 255 255 0 0 A Dalt Gateway DNS Server Domain Name Options M RARP l BOOTP F DHCP Static IP Settings o mi 172 16 1 129 Subnet Mask 255 255 0 0 Default Gateway Submit Revert Note Changes to fields with gray background only take effect after a restart Interface 1 Interface 1 settings are for Ethernet connections to the host 60 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 10 Using HTML Pages to Configure the M307 Print Path Forms Routing DNS Server 61 Configure the IP Address and Subnet Mask fields if the Print Server has a permanent IP address Checkboxes enable the RARP BOOTP and DHCP protocols which are alternate methods of assigning IP addresses from a central server Print servers with a permanent IP address and subnet mask typically disable all these checkboxes Default Unconfigured blank IP address and subnet mask RARP BOOTP and DHCP requests enabled The routing table tells the Print Server which router or gateway
15. Administration Status Restart Help TCP IP VO Port Arp Table ARP TABLE IFNUM 1 INTERNET ETHERNET FRAMETYPE USE TIL COUNTER 172 16 1 32 02 07 01 1b bc d1 ethernet2 1 600 1118 172 16 1 51 00 08 74 ad 3 5e ethernet2 1 600 2737 DHCP Network DHCP Information IFNUM 1 State OFF Server Lease duration 0 days 00 00 00 Renew duration 0 days 00 00 00 Rebinding duration 0 days 00 00 00 Time until renewal N A Print Server Uptime 0 days 02 17 29 TCP Connections TCP COUNTERS pkts rcvd 3163 pkts sent 4560 err pkts rcvd 0 retransmissions 0 conn attempts 73 conn dropped 0 conn accepted 73 reset pkts sent 1 close errors 0 ICP SOCKETS INDX IFNUM PORT HOST PORT STATE RCVQ SNDQ RCVIOT SNDTOT o 23 N A LISTEN o o o 1 515 N A LISTEN o o o o 2 4010 N A LISTEN o o o o 3 21 N A LISTEN o o o o 4 4400 N A LISTEN o o o o 5 9100 N A LISTEN o o o o 6 80 N A LISTEN o o o o 7 1 23 172 16 1 32 43940 ESTAB o o 189 5632 8 1 80 172 16 1 51 4628 ESTAB o 829 542 1884 NOTE This page refreshes every minute I O Port The I O Port Status form displays the status of each I O port A submenu of I O ports PRN and COM is displayed and a view of either port can be
16. Daemon to Access the M307 oo cece eseescsseceeeeeeeeseesseceaeeseeseneecaecaaecaeeeseeeseeeaeeeaaeenaees 107 Managing with SNMP 32 2 che niet Av tes A AS a ea 113 Lroubl shooting Taps A RO IN 117 M307 Specitications iii A dadas 118 Physical Features rt cane sands wrest e E aia E E eE A RIER 118 Electrical D tails iia cio tirar 119 MSOEEDS ususarios peas tira 120 Network Interface si adri 120 Printer Supports td e td Ma laa id 121 Software pecICatOOS ouine oeii en aae a a a A a aS 124 A e aa E a aaa ck as aaa aa as add bead Oaea S Sa eiaa oain aa AA 128 Help Methods Available counts 128 Repait Procedure curia AAA A e 129 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide O Microplex System Ltd 2010 15 A O 132 v M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 LIST OF TABLES Table Ts M307Packine Listin la lia is do 13 Table 2 M307 PPO Packing Listasi adan rabia 13 Table 3 M307 Dipswitch Settings s m ia 16 Ta ble 4 Common Commands smiecie coil oraa Ree aa E EOE 72 Table 5 4 Debug Command Options s iis eenei abatir soneedbacecestatoceybed tesvastescbeaneds 74 Tabl 6 Eist Command Options 4 2 cig nena ea aie eo einen aide ae 75 Table 7 Set Command Opt unica ii e oda 76 Table Store Command Options cin tie eatr t ot 87 Table 9 Miscellaneous Commands 0 ce ceeeceessecesseceeeeececeecsaecesaeceeaceseaceceeeceaeeecaeceeaaeceaaeceeaeeeneeeesaes 91 Tableto
17. Descrip vcd til tai sae ia ab te ataca 38 M307 Configuration Requirements ooonoconocnnocanonononcnnnconncnnnnnn nono non nono nn cnn anna nana c on non nan naa conan rnnccn nan 39 Assign an IP Address Using RARP or BOOTP ooooonocccnccnoconocnnononononnnononcnnncnn nono nonnncnnncna ccoo cconccn nena nos 40 Manual LPR LP Host Setup ipod dad its 42 HP SAM Setup st snte secre ert triers tie vad coined etm A as teas 44 Printing from ADX assier e sos cirio eficaces ostende this tates ios i 45 Printing Using the FTP Daemon smissics id tibaaseyssesqessocausensnceat eea e aaea ierastas 48 Direct Socket Pants 49 Troubleshootins Tips td leal aaa 49 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide O Microplex System Ltd 2010 10 11 12 13 14 Configuring Printers in Mac OS X nonnccinnicnnnnnconinnnnnncrecnnnc rr 52 Environment Description isc ssececcsiedetselenegs aii 52 M307 Configuration Requirement eee ceceseceseesseesscesseceseceeeeeeeeeaecsaecseceseeeseesaaecseceaeeeseeneeesaes 53 Printer Configuration A A de 53 Troubleshootins Tips x s 0s cee series nati at pica 54 Configuring Printers on a Novell Server csccssseeceeseessseeeeeeeeesesaesenseeeeseaeseeseeeeeeseeesneeeeenenees 55 Environment Descriptions reann e iento leia ee i ote dt bs 55 M307 Configuration Requirement ooooconnconononocconnconnnnnnonnnonnonononnannnnnnn conc cnn nc anna conan rn cnn narran 56 Printer Configuration iia illa 56 U
18. Each variable could then contain up to 14 elements of its own Commands are described in detail in Complete Command Reference on page 73 See list var and list model Table 6 on page 75 set var and set model Table 7 on page 76 syslogs The term syslog comes from the UNIX syslog logging system With the M307 each destination can report on job status and printer errors Logging occurs through a Telnet session on TCP port 4010 or it can also be configured to report statistics via email to a particular user In addition messages can be logged to SYSLOGD on a particular TCP IP host syslog definitions include log port and event type See also Controlling the frame types used by the M307 on page 102 list syslog Table 6 on page 75 and set syslog Table 7 on page 76 I O Port The M307 comes with one IEEE 1284 I compliant four speed parallel port that attaches directly to the parallel port of the printer The I O port has an internal queuing mechanism that automatically queues print jobs on a first come first served basis even if the print jobs come from different network environments e g Novell and TCP IP The port has several parameters that can be manipulated to best suit your attached peripherals These parameters are configured using the set commands while list commands display the port s settings e to learn more about the I O port s parameters see Parallel port PRN pinouts on page 121 M307 Installation an
19. F BOOTP F DHCP IP Address 172 16 1 129 Subnet Mask 255 255 0 0 Default Gateway DNS Server Domain Name Current Settings Options M RARP F BOOTP F DHCP Static IP Settings IP Address 172 16 1 129 Subnet Mask 255 255 0 0 Default Gateway Stored Settings Submit Reven Note Changes to fields with gray background only take effect after a restart Enter the IP address in the Interface 1 IP Address field Enter the M307 s subnet mask in the Interface 1 Subnet Mask field If you wish to communicate with the M307 from across subnets you will also need an entry in the Routing section of the form Please see Communicating across routers on page 25 for further details Click on Submit when done Go to the Restart page and click on Restart to apply the new settings to your system At this point you can now configure your host M307 Installation and Configuration Guide O Microplex System Ltd 2010 5 Configuring the M307 on Your Network Required TCP IP Settings Using Waldo Windows 23 Ensure that you have installed Waldo on your Windows PC see Installing Waldo in Windows on page 18 To configure the M307 with its required TCP IP settings 1 e IP address and subnet mask 1 Select Programs Waldo SuperWaldo in the Windows Start menu The Waldo main screen is displayed as in Figure 7 2 Click on Search to open the Discover Devices dialog box 3 Select local and click on
20. Fax to Support at 1 604 468 2445 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 14 Getting Help Repair Procedure 129 Call 1 604 468 2444 and select Technical Support from the list of options 3 Note Email queries will have the fastest response time Repair Procedure Warranty description Microplex Systems Ltd warrants this product to be free from defects in workmanship and material for one 1 year from the time of the original purchase date During this period Microplex will repair or replace a defective product with a new or rebuilt product at no extra charge except as stipulated below At no time shall Microplex s liability exceed the replacement cost of the subject item All expressed and implied warranties for this product including all warranties of Merchantability Suitability and Fitness for a particular application are limited to one 1 year from the original purchase date In no event shall Microplex be liable for Loss of Use Loss of Profits or Revenues or other Indirect Incidental or Consequential Damages This warranty does not imply the right to loaner or replacement units during the time required to perform repairs This warranty does not cover any losses or damage caused by e shipping e improper installation use or maintenance e unauthorized repair modification alteration or replacement of components e excessive environmental conditions including electrical
21. Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 12 Extra Features Additional Information Managing with SNMP 113 put filename The M307 s parameters are now set according to the commands in the configuration file Note Depending on the specific commands in the configuration file it may be necessary to reset the M307 for the commands to take effect Basically the same rules apply whether you are using npsh to issue commands or a configuration file to issue commands See M307 Command Line Interface Shell npsh on page 70 for more information on the rules regarding configuration commands and options 6 Logout of the FTP session quit Note If two FTP clients try to send configuration files to the exec directory at the same time the second file will fail Managing with SNMP SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol is a protocol for network management services This protocol provides a means for computers or agents to be managed remotely by managers The level of management depends on the manager and agent The level of management ranges from providing information such as statistics to providing full management capabilities MIB Management Information Base files are a description of managed objects available in an agent MIB files provide the data for the managers so they can remotely manage the agent A MIB file is simply a formal description of the way an agent can be accessed using SNMP and the func
22. Once Waldo is up and running select Help Topics from the Help menu for more detailed information about Waldo The installation procedure for Waldo is described below how to use Waldo to configure your M307 is described in Using Waldo Windows on page 23 Before installing Waldo ensure that you have met the following system environment requirements e the Java Runtime Environment JRE from Sun Microsystems JRE consists of the Java virtual machine the Java platform core classes and supporting files The latest supported version of JRE is available at Microplex s Web site http www microplex com e the TCP IP protocol installed and configured on your workstation To install Waldo on a Windows workstation 1 Insert the M307 CD ROM and bring up the CD directory listing in My Computer or Windows Explorer 2 Double click on waldo exe in the Waldo directory to run the InstallShield Wizard M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 4 Configuration Tools TCPAP Commands 3 Answer the prompts throughout the Wizard Once the install process is completed you will be prompted to view the ReadMe file Select Yes to read this and when done close the file Note The latest version of Waldo is available on Microplex s Web site http www microplex com TCP IP Commands Telnet Telnet can be used to access a remote computer on a network To use this command you must know the IP addre
23. Permissions 95 User Accounts and Permissions When you log in to the M307 you either log in as a guest or as a root user The commands you will be able to utilize on the Print Server depend on which login name you use By default there is one root user and one guest user users can then be added to this with either permission level Users with root permission can execute all commands users with guest permission can not do any configuration and can only execute commands that display settings on the M307 However they can use ping and telnet as well Use list defaultlstored user on page 76 to look at current user definitions Use set user addldel username on page 85 to see how the root user can change these settings Resetting to Factory Defaults Sometimes it is beneficial to return the M307 to its factory default state For example if you are having problems communicating with the Print Server over the network you may want to put it back to a default state and reconfigure the network settings To reset to factory defaults 1 Move dipswitch 1 to the off position and dipswitch 2 to the on position as described in Table 3 M307 Dipswitch Settings on page 16 This is the Factory Settings mode 2 Restart the unit by turning the power off then on You now have the M307 booted into a default state meaning its current working settings are those stored at the factory All settings configured and stored in Flash are ignored wh
24. a Senee atinada aa 22 Eigure Waldo Mam Sereen rai ad Ds EER A 23 Figure 8 Add LPR compatible Printer Dialog BOX cooonnccnnnonocnnocononcnonanoncnoncnncnnncnnccnn nono nr nn con nc cra nncnnn nos 29 Pisure 9s Port Settings coi A o A ee 30 Figure 10 Add LPR compatible Printer Dialog BOX oooonconnnnnnccnoconoccnonononcnnncnnncnn nono ncnnccnnncnn nono ncnnccn nena nos 31 Figure 11 Windows NT 2000 XP LPR Print Setup Dialog BOX ooconncnncnnnnnnoccnocconnconncnanononcnnncnnccnnconn nos 32 Bigure 12 Print Path POMO A e it 34 Figure 13 UNIX Integration comica ei ii Conve lene dancin id 39 Figure 14 MacOS Intepr told aiii ricino leds 52 Figure 15 Novell Intestino eN Ea aie aioe dn ea eden 55 Figure 16 M307 HTML Menu Structure cee eecssecsseeseeeseceseesseceseceseseeeseaeesaecsaeceeeseeeseaecaeenseeeseeeaees 59 Figure 17 M307 Home Page css ccctess cate cadoons sica rigido ja lirio lala 60 Figure 18 Network TCP IP Form for Ethernet Networks oooocconcnnnncnncconccncnonnnonnconnocnnonnncnonconccnnccanccnnos 60 Figure 19 Print Path Form otitis ni oA ed e eae as 62 Figure 20 VO Port Parallel Port Settings Form 0 cece ccesecsseceeesseeeeeecseecaesseceeeceaeesseesaecsaeesseseneeaaees 65 Figure 21 Administration POrm stc alain T EER 66 Pigure 22 Status TCP IP Web Pagina lala docena i 67 Figure 23 Status O Port Web page nirien erra a ar a aE stbeevtecteavbeddesgeroectede 68 Figure 24 Restart W
25. across a router it is best to store a default router gateway within the Print Server so that any packets destined for another subnet get forwarded to this router automatically The router or series of routers can then ensure the packets arrive at their final destination on the other subnet You can configure a default router gateway within the M307 using either the M307 HTML forms or the TCP IP telnet command 1 Follow the instructions for accessing the Network TCP IP form page 22 2 Inthe Routing section of the Network TCP IP form Figure 6 on page 22 enter the IP address of the default router gateway for the M307 s subnet in the first Gateway field The correct Interface number is 1 for the Ethernet network 3 Click on Submit when done 4 Go to the Restart page and click on Restart to apply the new settings to your system M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 5 Configuring the M307 on Your Network Troubleshooting Tips Using Telnet 26 1 Telnet to the print server as described on page 24 telnet M307ipaddress 2 Enter root for the User ID and press ENTER at the password prompt as by default there is no password set The following WARNING message is normal at this point and may be ignored STORED AND CURRENT VALUES DIFFER You should now see the prompt M307IPaddress root gt 3 Type list tcpip to view the Print Server s current settings then configure the M307
26. and password first type in root for the ID and press ENTER at the password prompt as there is no password by default At the Administration Configuration HTML form scroll down to the Passwords section Click in the Old field beside the Root Password heading and enter the existing root password By default there is no root password and this step can be skipped In the Root Password section click in the New field and enter the new root password In the Root Password section click in the Confirm field and enter the new root password again Remember the password is case sensitive Click on the Submit button when done Go to the Restart page and click on Restart to apply the new settings to your system Start a Telnet session with the M307 Type telnet M307IPaddress Log in to the M307 through an npsh session as a root user Note Ifprompted for a User ID and password first type in root for the ID and press ENTER at the password prompt since there s no password by default At the npsh prompt follow this syntax set user passwd username password For example to set the root password to mplex1 type set user passwd root mplexl M307 Installation and Configuration Guide O Microplex System Ltd 2010 12 Extra Features Additional Information M307 Security 104 save From this point on anytime you log in to the M307 as root you will need to specify this password or else your login attemp
27. broker and manager can be done at the file server console with the necessary NLMs loaded the procedures outlined below use the NetWare Administrator only The steps forconfiguring the M307 on a Novell network are e Step 1 Create an NDPS Broker e Step 2 Create an NDPS Manager e Step 3 Create Printer Agents LPR in TCP IP e Step 4 Create Printer Agents for queue based printing Procedures for each step are provided in the following sections Open NetWare Administrator and highlight the appropriate container for the new NDPS Broker object Choose Object Create Choose NDPS Broker Enter the Broker name Browse to find a volume in which to store the NDPS Resource database NA ADN Click Create to exit and create the NDPS Broker object Typically you need only one NDPS Broker one NDPS Manager and as many Printer Agents as there are actual printers attached to the network You must create a NDPS Manager for each file server that is attached to a printer M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 9 Configuring Printers on a Novell Server Printer Configuration Step 2 Create an NDPS Manager Step 3 Create Printer Agents LPR in TCP IP Step 4 Create Printer Agents for queue based printing 57 1 Nn nA FF YN NL ADA FF Y DS 11 Open NetWare Administrator and highlight the appropriate container for the new NDPS Manager object Choose Object
28. e Is it possible that a duplicate IP address has been assigned e Did you use the correct netmask for your particular environment e Has the M307 been moved from another network If so it needs to be reconfigured to integrate with its new location This includes at minimum a new IP address and netmask Please see Resetting to Factory Defaults on page 95 for possible configuration methods M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 7 Configuring Printers in UNIX Troubleshooting Tips Cannot Telnet to the M307 Print setup complete but nothing prints 50 Is there a router between the M307 and your host If so a default router or a static route must be configured on the unit so the M307 knows how to get its response back to the originating host Please see Store commands on page 87 Have you set any hosts or networks in the M307 s TCP access list If so only these entries can access the unit Please see list defaultlstored tcpip on page 76 in Table 6 to view current entries Do you have a RARP or BOOTP server running on your network By default the M307 comes with the RARP and BOOTP request turned on so although you may have stored a particular network configuration in the unit s EEPROM a RARP or BOOTP server may supply new network parameters upon bootup To turn off RARP and BOOTP on the unit please see list defaultlstored tcpip on page 76 If none of these help try the following
29. fields and they will appear on the M307 home page Default Unconfigured blank Passwords All settings are protected by a password so that only authorized users can make changes When you try to open any configuration page you will be asked for a user name and password At the prompt you will need to enter root unless you have another user configured with root privileges followed by the associated password If there is no password leave the field blank and press ENTER Settings can only be altered by a user with root privileges guest users can only view settings Both types of users can be assigned passwords To change a password type the old password in the Old field Then type the new password twice once in the New field and once in the Confirm field M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 10 Using HTML Pages to Configure the M307 Status Pages Default Blank passwords for root and guest users Status Pages The TCP IP Status page appears when Status is selected from the main menu Two submenu options are available on this page TCP IP and I O Port TCPAP Use this form to troubleshoot network related problems Network status indicators are recorded in this page there are no configured settings The page refreshes every minute The ARP table and TCP connection information are displayed Figure 22 Status TCP IP Web page Home Network Print Path System Log I O Port
30. it can be seen on your network You will only be able to communicate with the M307 from a network station on the same subnet as the Print Server The M307 needs to be told about a default router gateway so any packets that come in from a different subnet can be returned via this gateway See Communicating across routers on page 25 to set this up For this reason RARP is an inferior solution to BOOTP in situations where additional configuration parameters such as a default router gateway are required to be set dynamically BOOTP is described below 5 Optional but recommended Set up the user passwords Please refer to Set commands on page 76 If no response is received from the M307 the RARP process is likely to have failed If after checking your configuration you are unable to ascertain the source of the problem Microplex recommends attempting one of the other configuration methods available to you Using BOOTP to assign an IP address to the M307 BOOTP allows you to dynamically assign an IP address and additional configurations to the M307 upon bootup During the boot sequence the Print Server will broadcast a BOOTP request If a BOOTP server is running on the network configured to respond to the requesting device it will provide the M307 with its IP address netmask default router and a time server from which to query the current time GMT and the time zone in which the M307 is located By default the Print Server will broadca
31. network Use the RJ45 network connector for attaching to a 10 100Base T UTP network located on the rear panel of the Print Server see Figure 3 for the M307 or Figure 4 for the M307 PPO Plug a network cable into the network connector and power on the device Watch the LED lights on the rear panel as they cycle through the power on self test When the test is complete the STAT LED will flash once per second or if there is no IP address configured twice per second see Waldo on page 18 for instruction on how to configure an IP address 16 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 4 Configuration Tools M307 Utilities 4 CONFIGURATION TOOLS This chapter briefly describes some ofthe M307 utilities provided to help you set up your M307 Print Server e HTML forms on page 17 e Waldo on page 18 In addition two TCP IP commands that you will need are briefly described e Telnet on page 19 e Ping on page 19 M307 Utilities HTML forms The M307 s settings can be configured over TCP IP through a standard Web browser The M307 s Web pages provide a user friendly way to access some of the commands built into the Print Server To access the M307 s home page 1 Ensure that the Print Server has an IP address and subnet mask so that it is identifiable on your TCP IP network 2 Ensure that your network station can successfully ping the M307 over the network 3 Direct your Web brow
32. of Web pages Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Interface Number Represents the network interface This will be 1 for an Ethernet network UNIX host filter file that processes the print job before it is sent over the network to the M307 Microplex System Ltd 2010 VO port syslog LPD LPR MIB Model Netmask Npsh PDF Ping Print path RAM RARP Router Serial number SNMP Socket Spooling Subnet mask Tar TCP IP M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Port for attaching peripherals The M307 provides one PRN Determines type of print job and printer logging needed per job Line Printer Daemon The most common TCP IP remote printing protocol Management Information Base A set of variables a database managed by an SNMP manager application Defines how a print job should be processed e g banner pages added or ASCII to PostScript conversion as it passes through the M307 One model is associated with every destination see subnet mask Extensive built in command line interface shell within the M307 Portable Document Format Encodes different types of documents enabling them to be read across multiple platforms A program used to test reachability of destinations by sending them an ICMP echo request and waiting for a reply It is a standard command to test a TCP IP connection e g ping 192 168 11 9 The three stage path that a print job takes when i
33. operating system are described in the following chapters e Configuring Printers in Windows on page 28 e Configuring Printers in UNIX on page 38 e Configuring Printers in Mac OS X on page 52 e Configuring Printers on a Novell Server on page 55 There are two parts to setting up the M307 Print Server on your system 1 Configuring the M307 so that it can be seen on the network This involves network related settings configured through the M307 HTML forms or built in command line interface shell npsh 2 Configuring the host to be able to connect to the M307 and printer s so that the host can send print jobs to the M307 Network environments that use DHCP or BOOTP do not require any network settings to be configured on the M307 However all network setups require configuration on the host end M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 5 Configuring the M307 on Your Network Required TCP IP Settings 21 Required TCP IP Settings Configure an IP address for the M307 using the ARP command To create an IP address for the M307 using the TCP IP arp command 1 Open a command window in Windows or log on to a UNIX station as the superuser root Note This station must be located on the same subnet as the M307 because ARP traffic is limited to subnets 2 Create an IP address entry for the M307 in the ARP table arp s IPaddress ethernetaddress where IPaddress the M307 IP address e g 192 168 11 6
34. power surges temperature humidity or any other irregularities e negligence or abuse Returning for repair To obtain service under this warranty you must first contact Microplex s Technical Support department to rule out configuration errors A Support Technician will ensure the problem is related to the hardware If so a Return Merchandise Authorization RMA number will be given to you by the technician The defective product should then be returned to Microplex for repair Please use the following guidelines when shipping goods back for warranty claim e Package the product securely in original packaging if possible to prevent damage during shipping e Indicate the RMA number clearly on the address label of the shipping carton M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 14 Getting Help Repair Procedure e Include a copy of the invoice receipt e You may use any courier company However we recommend using Federal Express due to its lower charges for customs Note Under a normal warranty repair Microplex will only pay for the shipping charges to return the M307 to you If you ship from a country other than Canada type on any paper a commercial invoice containing the following information e your address e Microplex s address as consignee e country of origin of the product i e Canada e number of packages in the shipment e description of the product e quantity e t
35. printer manufacturer and model of the printer attached to the M307 in the Add Printers Wizard Click on Next and fill in a Printer Name for this new network printer and decide whether you want this to be the default printer This printer can be referred to by any unique name Click on Next decide whether you want to share the printer and then click on Next again M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 6 Configuring Printers in Windows Changing Destination Names on Windows NT 2000 XP HTML method 32 10 When prompted for a test page select either Yes or No depending on the state of the attached printer and then click on Finish Windows may prompt for a disk or CD ROM to load the appropriate printer driver to complete this new printer setup There should now be a new printer icon in the Printers folder This new network printer uses LPR over TCP IP as the underlying protocol to print to the M307 Changing Destination Names on Windows NT 2000 XP When defining some printers within Windows NT 2000 XP environments the M307 requires that you specify a predefined destination For example when creating a new LPR printer under Windows NT you will see the dialog box shown in Figure 11 Figure 11 Windows NT 2000 XP LPR Print Setup Dialog Box Add LPR compatible printer ix Name or address of server providing Ipd 192 168 0 1 F Name of printer or print queue on that server dipm _C
36. spooler is not used at all 51 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 8 Configuring Printers in Mac OS X Environment Description 8 CONFIGURING PRINTERS IN MAC OS X This chapter details a complete printer setup for Mac OS X 10 3 For assistance with your particular version of OSX please refer to the online help system click on Mac Help in the Help menu of Finder Environment Description The M307 supports network printing under TCP IP environments by utilizing LPR Multiple stations in multiple zones can print simultaneously to the M307 as seen in Figure 14 Figure 14 Mac OS Integration Mac Pi Bridge 4 Router I Power r 1 srar il Ea ver 7 W uP M30 M307 to parallel PRN port 52 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 8 Configuring Printers in Mac OS X M307 Configuration Requirements M307 Configuration Requirements Required The M307 must be configured with an IP address and subnet mask before it can be seen on the network since printing depends on TCP IP Optional Additional settings such as routing entries can also be configured allowing communication across subnets Procedures for these requirements are described in Chapter 5 Configuring the M307 on Your Network To configure an IP address and subnet mask on your M307 Microplex recommends the use if po
37. table that defines what SNMP managers will receive by the traps generated on the M307 The trap table can have up to ten entries but only the first entry is saved to Flash memory The second group of variables contains information defining all of the remaining functionality of the Print Server The product variables are divided into config group Includes all configuration components such as models destinations syslogs and users status group Includes all dynamic monitoring components such as print queues user logins and other configurations command group Includes the save load and reset commands Note These variables can have read write or read write permissions Along with these permissions there are other elements that can limit the write access to these variables Please see SVMP security on page 105 and Users and Passwords on page 103 for more information Custom MIB traps A trap is an event generated by an agent to indicate a significant event to the manager By default the M307 will generate three traps coldstart A generic trap generated every time the M307 is powered on or reset authenticationFailure A generic trap generated whenever a disallowed access is attempted IpqlOStatusChanged The only custom trap This trap is generated whenever the I O port s status changes M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 12 Extra Features Additional Information Managing with SNMP
38. test on the I O port telnet IPaddress escapecharacter Start a Telnet session with another TCP IP host specified by hostIPaddress on the network Ifescapecharacteris used itresets the key sequence used to exit the Telnet session It will return you to the telnet gt prompt where you can execute quit or 2 to print the help information Use the keycode command to find out exact escape characters if needed The default character is CTRL To use a host or IP name instead of the address you must have set the DNS server on the M307 Use the command set sysinfo dns to do this For example telnet 192 168 11 35 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide O Microplex System Ltd 2010 11 Reference Information M307 Naming Scheme M307 Naming Scheme The M307 always follows this naming scheme M307xxxxx A default name of M307 is followed by xxxxx the last 3 octets of the ethernet number found on the bottom of the Print Server For example M3070d0901 Refer to Figure 25 for an illustration of the default names Figure 25 M307 Default Names Host Workstation Windows Unix Novell Mac OS PRN I O PORT Configuration and Status Data Print Data 94 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 11 Reference Information User Accounts and
39. that require the host to print directly to a TCP port number on the M307 bypassing all of the higher level destination queue names If you run into a setup that requires this you will need to define two parameters for a new print setup M307 IP address the IP address or host name of the Print Server you want to print to M307 TCP port number a predefined number 4400 for the I O port on the Print Server Though the host will be sending directly to the TCP port number on the M307 the port number is still mapped to destinations queues in case there is some type of special processing or logging to be done to the job However the destination name does not come into play within this type of printer definition Just the two parameters mentioned above need to be defined for printing to work Troubleshooting Tips Communication problems There are a number of possible reasons for this e Have you restarted the M307 Sometimes this will solve various communication problems e Are the network cables securely connected e Have you checked your network connection to the M307 If possible try it at a new location on your network or swap in another device Have you made an entry in your host table etc hosts host nis map or DNS name table for the M307 e Have you tried to ping with the IP address instead of the IP name This will eliminate any name lookup issues and focus more on the communications between the M307 and your host
40. to forward packets for other networks to You can leave this section blank if you are not communicating across a router from one network to another In most other situations you simply add your router s IP address in the default Gateway field If you have more complex routing requirements add static routing entries for specific hosts or networks in the remaining Routing fields Packets with IP addresses that match a given Destination and Mask will be routed to the router gateway named in the Gateway field Packets that do not match any of the listed Destinations and Masks will be routed to the default router if one is set Default Unconfigured blank Enter the IP address of the local domain name service DNS host in this field This allows the Print Server to automatically resolve hostnames e g host domain com to IP addresses e g 192 168 0 42 Print Path Forms A print job follows a path through the Print Server The job is submitted by the client to a destination queue e g dlprn where an associated model e g m1 defines the processing that must be done to the job e g ASCII to PostScript conversion The syslog determines how job reporting is done The end of the path is an VO port e g PRN where data passes through to an attached printer The Print Path form Figure 19 displays one destination s settings at a time From here you can then select another destination from the Print Path submenu or you can go
41. to resume normal operation The watchdog timer is a hardware device that resets the system if not serviced regularly by the CPU Its purpose is to prevent the CPU from entering an infinite loop because of a hardware or firmware problem After a watchdog interrupt some diagnostic information is saved for debugging and the device resumes operation in Auto reset Mode The M307 will auto reset up to 16 times before entering non operational Watchdog Halt Unsupported interrupts force the M307 into this non operational mode and typically indicate a hardware problem Internal errors such as bus errors address errors or illegal instructions force the M307 into this non operational mode M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 13 M307 Specifications Software Specifications 126 Variable definitions Table 19 Variable Definitions Name Hexadecimal Description BS 08 backspace FF 0C formfeed CR OD carriage return SP 20 space LF OA linefeed TAB 09 tab ESC 1B escape DEL TF delete EOT 04 end of transmission NUL 00 NULL character PCL POP 1B 26 6C 30 4F portrait page orientation PCL POL 1B 26 6C 31 4F landscape page orientation PCL PORP 1B 26 6C 32 4F reverse portrait page orientation PCL PORL 1B 26 6C 33 4F reverse landscape page orientation PCL PSZ1 1B 26 6C 31 41 executive page size PCL PSZ2 1B 26 6C 32 41 le
42. upgrade These files are always available at Microplex s FTP site ftp microplex com and Web site http www microplex com or they can be ordered through Microplex Technical Support Please see Help Methods Available on page 128 for further information M307 Installation and Configuration Guide O Microplex System Ltd 2010 12 Extra Features Additional Information Print Server Architecture 97 12 EXTRA FEATURES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION This chapter provides information about additional features available with the M307 Print Server Architecture on page 97 General Options on page 101 miscellaneous Print Server options M307 Security on page 102 how to use the M307 s built in security features as well as taking advantage of your Network s security features Printer Monitoring and Logging on page 105 Managing with SNMP on page 113 including creating custom MIBs Troubleshooting Tips on page 117 Print Server Architecture When you send a print job to the Print Server the job goes first to a destination before going to an I O port A destination is the logical place on the Print Server where print jobs are sent Each destination has an I O port and a model associated with it see below The I O port is the parallel port called prn The purpose of destinations is to allow you to configure a number of different print setups on the Print Server M307 Installation and Configuration Guide O Microplex System Ltd
43. where you execute all ftp commands on the unit Please see the examples on the following pages for a complete description of the commands and how they are executed The following is the structure of the file system you will see when you ftp to the unit queue Contains one file with information pertaining to the print queue associated with the M307 s parallel port This file allows you to view the current status of the queue dest Contains four subdirectories one for each of the four print destinations on the M307 Please see Figure 1 on page 11 for a graphic representation to better understand destinations and printing Files put in these directories are printed on the associated print destination jobs Contains files representing all the print jobs currently queued Issuing the del command on a file in this directory will cancel the job 107 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 12 Extra Features Additional Information Using FTP Daemon to Access the M307 108 config Contains three subdirectories current stored and default Each file in these subdirectories represents one data structure of the M307 The files in the current directory reflect the current configuration files in the stored directory reflect the stored configuration and files in the default directory reflect the default configuration These files are in binary format exec This directory is used to perform command
44. 0 XP 2003 station or server do the following 1 From the Windows Start menu select Settings Printers 2 Double click on the Add Printer icon 3 Select Local Printer in the Add Printer Wizard Figure 8 Do not select Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer Figure 8 Add LPR compatible Printer Dialog Box Local or Network Printer The wizard needs to know which type of printer to setup Select the option that describes the printer you want to use 8 Local printer attached to this computer Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer A network printer ora printer attached to another computer o setup a network printer that is not attached to a print server i To setup a network printer that is not attached to a print J use the Local printer option 4 Click on Next and select Create a new port and Standard TCP IP Port 5 Click on Next and enter the DNS name or IP address in the Printer Name or IP Address field For example 192 197 122 101 6 You can leave the Port Name unchanged or rename it The default based on the above IP address will be IP_192 197 122 101 7 Click on Next then select the Device Type Custom and click on Settings 8 In the Port Settings dialog box Figure 9 give the printer any unique name and select LPR as the protocol 29 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 6 Configuring Printers i
45. 1129 ne 1 9 75 E 00 80 72 00 21 34 M202Plus 08500 172 16 2 5 ne 172 16 1 254 6 1 24 4 i gt Search Assign IP Telnet Browse M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 5 Configuring the M307 on Your Network Required TCP IP Settings Using Telnet An Important Note 24 Start a Telnet session with the M307 Type telnet M307IPaddress where M307IPaddress is the IP address of the M307 unit This will bring up a login prompt Enter root for the User ID and press ENTER at the password prompt as by default there is no password set The following WARNING message is normal at this point and may be ignored STORED AND CURRENT VALUES DIFFER You should now see the prompt M307IPaddress root gt Store the new IP address and netmask in EEPROM so that the setting will remain intact after restart To do this enter store tcpip ifnum addr M307IPaddress store tcpip ifnum mask M307netmask where ifnum is the index to a particular network interface It is 1 for the Ethernet network M307netmask is the netmask address for the M307 If you would like to communicate with the M307 from across routers you will need to make an entry in the Routing section See Communicating across routers on page 25 for further details Optional but recommended Configure root and guest user passwords with the following commands set user passwd root newRootPssswd set user passwd guest newGuestPass
46. 3 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide O Microplex System Ltd 2010 7 Configuring Printers in UNIX M307 Configuration Requirements Figure 13 UNIX Integration Linux Solaris EZ IP Router m SparcStation al SunOS 4 1 1 M307 to parallel PRN port M307 Configuration Requirements Required Since TCP IP is used the M307 must be configured with an IP address and subnet mask before it can be seen on the network Optional Additional settings such as routing entries can also be configured allowing communication across subnets Procedures for these requirements are described in Chapter 5 Configuring the M307 on Your Network To configure an IP address and subnet mask on your M307 Microplex recommends the use of their TCP IP configuration utility Waldo described in detail on page 23 An alternate method of assigning an IP address is to use RARP or BOOTP as described below 39 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 7 Configuring Printers in UNIX Assign an IP Address Using RARP or BOOTP Assign an IP Address Using RARP or BOOTP An IP address can be assigned to the M307 using the arp page 21 command RARP protocol page 40 or BOOTP page 41 protocol The arp command is described in Configuring the M307 on Your Network RARP and BOOTP protocols are described below Using RARP to assign an IP address to t
47. 307 Installation and Configuration Guide O Microplex System Ltd 2010 11 Reference Information Complete Command Reference Table 6 List Command Options Command Syntax Description list default stored prn List the current parallel port settings e g mode list default stored pserver List Print Server configuration list default stored snmp List SNMP configuration list default stored sysinfo List the current M307 system information e g contact name and protocol stacks enabled list default stored tcpip List all current TCP IP network settings e g IP address and subnet mask list default stored test List the status of output tests on the I O port list uptime List the current time on the M307 list default stored user List the current user definitions e g user names and types list default stored var List all predefined variables including any newly created ones Any of these defined variables can be referenced in a string by placing a before the variable name e g set model ml trailer FF list uptime List the time the unit has been powered up since the last power cycle e g Uptime 12 days 22 50 23 Set commands These commands alter the current or working settings in memory only They will be lost if the M307 is turned off and on To ensure this does not happen be sure to issue a save command so the current set
48. 89 Table 8 Store Command Options Command Syntax Description store tcpip from default Set all TCP IP network settings back to factory defaults store tcpip from current Store all current TCP IP network settings to Flash so they are retained after a power cycle This ensures all current settings match what s stored in Flash store tcpip ifnum mask netmask Store the subnet mask for the M307 For example store tcpip 1 mask 255 255 255 0 store tcpip ifnum opts rarp bootp dhcp Enable or disable the automatic RARP BOOTP or DHCP requests for IP addresses upon bootup If you are storing the M307 s TCP IP network settings within the device you will not need to rely on RARP BOOTP or DHCP for new settings For example store tcpip 1 opts rarp bootp store tcpip route add del default routerIPaddress ifnum Store a default router gateway defined by routerIPaddress so the M307 knows where to direct packets destined for another subnet It is easier to store one default entry rather than an entry per remote host or network as in the next command For example store tcpip route add default 192 168 11 1 1 store tcpip route add host net networkIPaddress mask routerIPaddress ifnum metric Add a static route to a particular TCP IP host or subnet specified by networkIPaddress so the M307 knows how to communicate with it Normally one entry for a d
49. ASCII to PostScript conversion or to automatically switch printer emulations flexible naming conventions flash memory upgrades over TCP IP configurable parallel port bit rate for additional printer compatibility ability to simultaneously print on all supported protocols M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 3 Installing the M307 Site Requirements 3 INSTALLING THE M307 This chapter describes the following e Site Requirements on page 13 e Unpacking the M307 on page 13 e Connecting the M307 to a Network and Printer on page 14 Site Requirements Prepare to install the M307 in a clean well ventilated environment protected from extremes of temperature humidity mechanical shock or vibration Provide enough space at the front and back of the unit for cable connections Prepare to install the M307 within four meters 13 feet of a grounded 115 or 230 VAC outlet Power is supplied to the M307 from an external transformer through an output cord to a 3 pin din connector The external transformer connects to a 115 or 230 VAC outlet Unpacking the M307 Upon receiving the M307 check the packaging for any damage or missing pieces Immediately report problems to the shipping company or vendor Note whether you have received an M307 with a power supply requirement or an M307 PPO without a power supply requirement while inspecting the contents of the packaging The M307 PPO or Printer Power
50. Configuration Guide O Microplex System Ltd 2010 6 Configuring Printers in Windows Creating an LPR Printer on Windows NT4 3 Select the Services tab and click on Add 4 Select Microsoft TCP IP Printing in the Network Service list and click on OK 5 Click on OK and answer Yes when prompted to restart Creating an LPR Printer on Windows NT4 To configure a new LPR printer on a Windows NT4 station do the following 1 31 Select Settings Printers in the Windows Start menu and double click on the Add Printer icon Select the My Computer radio button in the Add Printer Wizard that loads and then click on Next Click on Add Port to bring up the Printer Ports dialog box Select the LPR Port entry from the Available Printer Ports list and click on New Port to bring up the Add LPR Compatible Printer dialog box Figure 10 Figure 10 Add LPR compatible Printer Dialog Box Add LPR compatible printer Ea Name or address of server providing Ipd 192 168 0 1 Name of printer or print queue on that server dipm _Cancel f Help Type in the IP address or host name of the M307 in the first field and the name of a predefined destination queue on the M307 in the second field This name must be an existing destination queue name on the M307 and it must be lowercase You will most likely use dlprn Click OK when done then close the Printer Ports dialog Select the appropriate
51. M307 and each has an associated model The model determines whether any extra data processing e g ASCII to PostScript conversion is required and the syslog determines whether job logging e g user ID or printer errors must be reported A model can be associated with more than one destination See Figure 25 on page 94 for a diagram of the M307 models and syslog 11 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 2 Introduction to the M307 Print Server Product Features Product Features The M307 offers an extensive list of features including built in HTML forms for easy cross platform configuration with any Web browser Waldo a utility for automated TCP IP configuration included on the CD ROM supplied with the M307 or the latest version online at http www microplex com npsh a detailed and easy to use command line interface shell multiple levels of configurable security through passwords user permission levels and access lists numerous methods of printer error and usage logging remote management through telnet sessions and SNMP extensive built in troubleshooting tools built in telnet and ping clients ability to disable protocols and destination services multiple destinations for versatile printer manipulation and distinct print setups header and trailer strings to instruct printers on tray font pitch or simplex duplex selection for example autosensing of job format for
52. OK Or click on Add to find a device on another subnet The main dialog box will now build up a list of Microplex devices This process may take a minute or two to find the devices on the network 4 Click on Stop Searching after the device has been found 5 Select the M307 s ethernet address from the list box and press Assign IP 6 Inthe Assign IP dialog box fill in the IP address and subnet mask for this M307 You can also assign a default router gateway entry in this dialog box to allow your M307 to communicate across subnets Please see Communicating across routers on page 25 for further details 7 Click Assign when done to assign these TCP IP settings to the M307 Waldo will then display its progress status in a separate dialog box After successfully assigning the settings you will see the M307 with its new IP address in the device list At this point you can configure your host Figure 7 Waldo Main Screen olx File Filters Device Tools Help microplex Search Filter Status Add Devices Add v Configured Devices i Unconfigured Devices Search Results D Ethernet Address Model Serial IP Address Netmask Gateway Version E 00 80 72 0a 00 24 M302 00018 172 16 1 194 N6 1721614 7 8 9 El 3 00 80 72 0a 00 25 M302 00018 172 16 1 195 N6 17216141 7 8 9 amp 00 80 72 07 02 9f M302 00335 172 16 1 156 N6 472 16 1 254 1 9 56 E 00 80 72 0d 02 08 M307 00520 17216
53. Option operates from power received over the parallel port connector Table 1 M307 Packing List Print Server e M307 e Power Supply CD ROM e M307 Installation and Configuration Guide PDF format e Software utilities for the M307 Table 2 M307 PPO Packing List Print Server e M307 PPO CD ROM e M307 PPO Installation and Configuration Guide PDF format e Software utilities for the M307 PPO M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 3 Installing the M307 Connecting the M307 to a Network and Printer Connecting the M307 to a Network and Printer Step 1 Unpack the unit Figure 2 M307 M307 PPO Front View Parallel Port Connection 1 Power connector RJ45 network connector for attaching to a 10 100Base T network LEDs to indicate network status STAT and data transmission status NET e gt pP Dipswitches 1 and 2 for configuring operating modes Figure 4 M307 PPO Rear View 1 RJ45 network connector for attaching to a 10 100Base T network 2 LEDs to indicate network status STAT and data transmission status NET 3 Dipswitches 1 and 2 for configuring operating modes Step 2 Test connectivity between the Print Server and printer Use the test page feature of the M307 M307 PPO to test the connection between the Print Server and the printer Successfully printed test pages indicate a solid connecti
54. Reset the unit to default settings Please see Resetting to Factory Defaults on page 95 Once the unit is in the default state use one of the configuration options listed in M307 Configuration above to reconfigure it If you are unable to ping the M307 as well please see Communication problems on page 49 If it is telnet only that you are having problems with these points should be considered Are you able to telnet to another host on your network or telnet from another host If not look into your host s TELNET configuration Have you tried restarting the M307 Are the dipswitches in the off position Does the fourth octet of the M307 s given IP address equal 0 or 255 Each of the four octets in the IP address should be between 1 and 254 Printing problems This can be the most frustrating problem Here are some things to check Are you able to communicate with the M307 If you are having communication problems please see Communication problems on page 49 Is the printer online and in the correct mode for the file being sent to it Is the printer spooler up and running on the host Have you confirmed communications between the M307 and the printer This can easily be done with the ASCII output tests provided on the unit Please see start foxlttslloopb prn on page 93 for information on these various tests If you are not successful with these look at flow control I O port settings or the cable Is anything happening on t
55. Telnet and Ping clients For example set sysinfo dns 192 168 1 254 set sysinfo location Set the physical location of the M307 This description is for identification purposes and is not used in the operation of the Print Server in any way For example set sysinfo location salesdept 84 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 11 Reference Information Complete Command Reference Table 7 Set Command Options Command Syntax Description set sysinfo domain Set the domain name of the M307 Used description with DDNS For example set sysinfo domain microplex com set sysinfo name newname Set a descriptive name defined by newname for the M307 for identification purposes The default value is mplx 23456 Where 123456 is the last 3 octets of the ethernet address of the M307 This is used with DDNS and DHCP For example set sysinfo name salesprinter set user add del username Add or remove a user on the M307 defined by username Be careful not to delete the root user however or you will be unable to configure any further settings For example set user add eng set user passwd username Assign a password to a defined user on the password M307 This password must be less than eleven characters Ifthe new password is not entered the user s old password will be cleared For example set user passwd eng mplexl If you forget the root password you can
56. When this file is placed in the exec directory the commands contained in it are executed as if they were commands entered sequentially from a Telnet session using npsh This feature enables the user to create a single text configuration file that can be used to quickly and easily configure a number of M307s Note The command syntax for the text configuration file is exactly the same as if you were entering individual commands with npsh through a Telnet session See M307 Command Line Interface Shell npsh on page 70 for details regarding the commands and their syntax The configuration file can be seen as simply a user defined script that includes a number of configuration commands to be executed Comments describing the configuration can also be included in this file provided they follow the correct syntax The following is an example of a simple configuration file M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 12 Extra Features Additional Information Using FTP Daemon to Access the M307 112 Notes These are comments for the example config file Note that comments have to start at the beginning of a line and be preceded by an 7 version 1 0 If this command is found and the current version does not correspond to the command parameter the file execution will abort 7 redirect prn load default set dest dlprn name newdest set dest d2prn name another set model ml name ne
57. a processing reduces throughput significantly Default Unconfigured blank Defines a string to be sent to the printer before each print job For example you may want to send a sequence for jobs to be printed in landscape mode or for a certain tray on the printer to be used M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 10 Using HTML Pages to Configure the M307 Print Path Forms Trailer String syslog Type 64 Up to four separate sequences can be specified per header string The Print Server will execute them in order from top to bottom If specifying fewer than four sequences be sure to start at the top leaving undefined fields at the bottom The most common sequences are listed on the form Switch to PCL tell the printer to switch to PCL mode Switch to PostScript tell the printer to switch to PostScript mode Print to upper tray tell the printer to use the upper tray s paper Printer to lower tray tell the printer to use the lower tray s paper Print landscape tell the printer to print in landscape mode Print portrait tell the printer to print in portrait mode Default Unconfigured None Defines a string to be sent to the printer after each print job For example you may want to send a sequence to add a formfeed so you don t have to manually press the formfeed button on the printer Up to three separate sequences can be specified per trailer string The Print Server will execute them i
58. a wireless network Table 4 Common Commands Command Syntax Description store tcpip ifnum addr IPaddress Store the IP address for the M307 store tcpip ifnum mask netmask Store the subnet mask for the M307 store tcpip route add default routerIPaddress ifnum Store a default router gateway for the M307 to forward remote packets to store tcpip ifnum opts rarp bootp dhep Control RARP BOOTP and DHCP requests for IP addresses set prn mode slow cen fast Configure the speed of the parallel port set prn handshake busy Jack perror fault select Configure the handshake of the parallel port set dest name newname Change the name of a destination queue list tcpip List the current TCP IP network settings list prn List the current settings of the I O port list dest List the current destination queue settings list model List the current model settings list sysinfo List current system information for the M307 cancel jobID Cancel a queued job save reset Save all current settings to Flash Reset the M307 ping IPaddress ping another TCP IP host on the network telnet IPaddress escapecharacter telnet to another TCP IP host on the network If escapecharacter is used it resets the key sequences to exit the Telnet session M307 Installation and Configuration Guide O Mic
59. ale DB25 connector Figure 28 that is IEEE 1284 I compliant DMA driven state machine implementation supports data rates in excess of 600 000 characters per second Figure 28 Parallel Port PRN Connector FRONT VIEW ER The pinout for the parallel port connector is shown in Table 15 Table 15 Parallel Port PRN Pinout Pin Signal Source Pin Signal Source 1 STROBE M307 12 PE Printer 2 DATA 1 M307 13 SLCT Printer 3 DATA 2 M307 15 not connected 4 DATA 3 M307 16 GND 5 DATA 4 M307 17 not connected 6 DATA 5 M307 18 VCC optional Printer 7 DATA 6 M307 19 30 GND 8 DATA 7 M307 31 INIT M307 9 DATA 8 M307 32 ERROR Printer 10 ACK Printer 33 35 GND 11 BUSY Printer 36 SLCTIN M307 121 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 13 M307 Specifications Printer Support Parallel port timing in fast and other modes Diagrams and tables of parameters for parallel port timing in different modes are provided below Figure 29 Parallel Port Timing in Fast Mode tDataSetup tDataHold Data ___s Byte 1 Byte 2 Cycle 7 tStrobeWidth tBusySetup Ready STROBE f BUSY ms O Z cee Table 16 Parallel Port Timing in Fast Mode Parameter fast uS Comment min max typ Data Setup 1 Time data driven before
60. ame configuration Note It is only necessary to save the files from the stored directory Files from the default and current directory are not required in order to restore a unit s configuration M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 12 Extra Features Additional Information Using FTP Daemon to Access the M307 Example 2 exec directory 111 Restoring a configuration using FTP FTP can be used to restore a configuration saved from the unit or restore a configuration saved from another unit Note If you are restoring a configuration saved from another unit the unit s firmware must be the same version as the unit receiving the configuration 1 Change to the local directory on the host where the saved configuration files reside 2 Login to the M307 using ftp ftp ipname 3 Login as root Note You must be a root user in order to FTP files to the config directory 4 Change to the config stored directory cd config stored 5 Set mode to binary Configuration files are always in binary form bin 6 Turn off the interactive mode prompt 7 Upload all the files from the user s local directory mput This copies all files from the local directory to the config stored directory 8 Logout of the FTP session quit Note It will be necessary to reset the M307 for the changes to take effect Using the exec directory users can upload a text file that includes a number of configuration commands
61. ancel The first field specifies the IP address for the M307 and the second an existing destination on the print server e g dlprn Otherwise the M307 will not accept this as a valid network printer The M307 has four destinations d1prn d2prn d3prn and d4prn Each of these names can be changed to something more meaningful to you There are two methods for changing destination names described in the following sections e using M307 HTML forms HTML method e using the TCP IP telnet command Telnet method These are described below 1 Open the Print Path configuration form Figure 12 in a Web browser e by the standard method page 17 and then select Print Path from the menu or e enter the following URL in your Web browser http M307IPaddress destConf html M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 6 Configuring Printers in Windows Changing Destination Names on Windows NT 2000 XP 33 2 In the Print Path configuration form select a destination link from the Print Path submenu listing all four available destinations to bring up the appropriate destination s form for example d1prn The selected destination default name will appear in the Name field of the form Enter a new name for this destination in the Name field optional When renaming a destination keep the name similar to the I O port or printer it points to on the M307 For example if you have an HP LaserJet IV
62. asserting STROBE 2 Strobe Width 1 Width of STROBE signal assertion 3 Data Hold 1 Time data held on bus after negation of STROBE 4 BusySetup 1 Time in which BUSY must be asserted by peripheral if it wishes to do so after STROBE negated 5 Ready 1 Period from negation of BUSY until STROBE asserted for next character 6 Cycle 5 Minimum time between consecutive characters if BUSY is not asserted or asserted for a negligible period of time by the peripheral 122 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 13 M307 Specifications Printer Support Figure 30 Parallel Port Timing in Other Modes Diagram tDataSetup Gere Data __ Byte 1 Byte 2 HCycle tAckBetup AkReadyAck tStrobe idth e ReadyBusy STROBE i Y tBusytoAck u bethorwiath ACK BUSY n Table 17 Parallel Port Timing in Other Modes Parameter pc uS cen uS slow uS min max typ min max typ min max typ 1 Data Setup 0 5 1 0 4 0 2 Strobe Width 0 5 1 0 4 0 3 Data HoldAck 0 0 0 4 DataHoldBusy 0 0 0 3 AckSetup 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 BusytoAck 0 0 E 0 7 AckWidth 0 1 0 1 0 1 8 ReadyAck 1 5 1 0 6 0 9 Ready Busy 1 5 1 0 6 0 10 Cycl
63. attached to the PRN port you may want to use a name such as 1sr4prn Select any other options that are appropriate See Print Path Forms on page 61 for information on available options Click on Submit when done Go to the Restart page and click on Restart to apply the new settings to your system M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 6 Configuring Printers in Windows Changing Destination Names on Windows NT 2000 XP Figure 12 Print Path Form Home Network Print Path System Log I O Port Administration Status Restart Help dipm d2pm d3pm d4pm Print Path amp Destination Settings diprn Namel dipra BackChamnel prn none if Services M socket M ipd M Ipsched M fipd Model Type raw C alps pel ps Type none C Postscript text auto Banner Page ie Position before after Filter I insert carriage return after line feed None y None g Header String None Y None y None y Trailer String None bd None y English Language Japanese Format SJIS TG y Submit Revert Telnet method 1 Telnet to the print server telnet M307IPaddress If prompted enter root for the User ID and then your password If you have yet to set a default password simply press ENTER at the password prompt You should now see the following prompt M307IPaddress root gt 2 Change the current name of
64. been configured or changed in these forms Default Restart the Print Server with the factory default settings Upgrade Restart the Print Server into FTP upgrade mode Help Page Selecting Help from the main menu opens the Help information page with all of the Help information available for these forms This page can also be opened at the appropriate location by clicking on the Help book icon at the top of each HTML form or page 69 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide O Microplex System Ltd 2010 11 Reference Information M307 Command Line Interface Shell npsh 1 1 REFERENCE INFORMATION This chapter describes some of the most common features of the M307 e M307 Command Line Interface Shell npsh on page 70 a description of the built in command line interface shell npsh along with a table of the most common commands e Complete Command Reference on page 73 syntax and descriptions of all commands available in the npsh command line interface shell e M307 Naming Scheme on page 94 important predefined names e User Accounts and Permissions on page 95 logging in as a root or guest user e Resetting to Factory Defaults on page 95 how to reset the unit to factory default settings e Performing Firmware Upgrades on page 96 a complete overview of the Flash upgrade procedure M307 Command Line Interface Shell npsh Within the M307 the command line interface shell npsh is built into the firmware It allows yo
65. ck on the Submit button when done Go to the Restart page and click on Restart to apply the new settings to your system M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 12 Extra Features Additional Information Using FTP Daemon to Access the M307 Manual 1 Start a Telnet session with the M307 Telnet Method telnet M307IPaddress 2 Log in as root and either type the password or press ENTER at the password prompt since there is no password by default 3 The command to view the syslog settings is list syslog At this point you can alter any of these settings by using the set syslog commands For further information refer to set syslog from default on page 77 Using FTP Daemon to Access the M307 The FTP Daemon provides an additional method to access the M307 Using the FTP Daemon users are able to submit print jobs cancel print jobs monitor the print queue and upload download M307 configuration files For the purposes of FTP a pseudo file system has been defined on the M307 to allow access to the unit s functions Three types of users can access this file system root guest and anonymous Root and guest correspond to the entries in the M307 s user list anonymous is a special type that does not require a password For each directory or file within this file system there are access restrictions according to the type of user logged in M307 FTP file system The M307 FTP file system is
66. configured Table 12 STAT LED Patterns FLASH RATE INDICATES Green on once per second 1 e more off than on Normal Mode IP address configured Green on twice per second IP address not configured Amber off once per second i e more on than off Download MOS Amber off twice per second Download MOS no IP address configured Red off twice per second System error Table 13 NET LED Patterns FLASH RATE INDICATES On Network link present Off Network link not present Blinking off 1 3 second Network link present and transmitting flashes off 1 3 second each time a packet is transmitted Network Interfaces The M307 network interfaces provide compatibility with TCP ICMP IP and 802 3 Ethernet protocols with an IEEE 802 3 10 100Base T UTP Ethernet female RJ45 connector Network connector pinouts Table 14 shows the pinout for the UTP RJ45 connector 120 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 13 M307 Specifications Printer Support Table 14 UTP RJ45 Connector Pinout Pin Signal Source Pin Signal Source 1 TX_D1 M307 5 BI D3 M307 2 TX_DI M307 6 RX_D2 Network 3 RX_D2 Network T BI_D4 Network 4 BI D3 M307 8 BI_D4 Network Printer Support Parallel port PRN pinouts The M307 provides one IBM PC compatible parallel interface Centronics fem
67. cript processing and no switching strings appended to jobs For example set model m2 type raw set prn autofd Assert or do not assert the AUTOFD line for carriage return insertion This only affects printers that support this function such as impact printers For example set prn autofd set prn from default Set all parallel port settings back to factory defaults set prn from stored Set all current parallel port settings to the stored values in Flash 82 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 11 Reference Information Complete Command Reference 83 Table 7 Set Command Options Command Syntax Description set prn flush Flush the data in the parallel port s input and output buffers For example set prn flush set prn mode slow cen fast Set the parallel port mode The choices are slow Slow mode Used with older slower printers cen Centronics mode Use with impact printers fast Fast mode Increased transfer rate Use with newest laser printers For example set prn mode cen set prn opost Allow or disallow output processing on the parallel port such as carriage return insertion onlcr tabstops xtab or descrambling With a dash no processing of any sort is performed For example set prn opost set prn onler Enable or disable carriage return insertion on the parallel port This may be nee
68. d Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 12 Extra Features Additional Information General Options 101 e to view current I O port settings see the list prn command on page 76 e to change the I O port settings see the set prn command on page 82 General Options Manipulating the M307 s UTP interface If using UTP on your network you have some control over the UTP interface and its properties on the M307 By default link integrity is turned on but this can be turned off You can increase the sensitivity of the 10Base T receiver for implementations where line lengths exceed the recommended 10Base T maximum of 100 meters However this increases the receiver s vulnerability to noise and should only be used in installations with 2 pair cable Factory default for this setting is off To see the current UTP interface settings for a particular network interface please see list ifc in Table 6 on page 75 To manipulate the UTP interface please see store ifc in Table 8 on page 87 Setting up special job processing Printing with the M307 adds many extra job processing options to your current print setup No matter the environment you now have the choice of several helpful features including e ASCII to PostScript conversion a2ps e carriage return insertion onler e tab expansion xtab e banner page generation e printer mode switching and general printer manipulation These are just some of the many feature
69. d disbufmgmt enabled For example store tcpip tcp opts keepalive disbufmgmt store tcpip tcp rxwin packets Determine the receive window size for the M307 Usually the packets value ranges from 2 8 with the lower number allowing for more simultaneous TCP connections with the Print Server For example store tcpip tcp rxwin 2 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide O Microplex System Ltd 2010 11 Reference Information Complete Command Reference Miscellaneous commands These commands do not fall under any specific section of the command line interface shell but they are used quite frequently Table 9 Miscellaneous Commands Command Syntax Description cancel jobID Remove a job from an I O port s queue Use lpstat to find a particular job s ID first For example cancel dlprn1 10 chr string Used with redirection the chr command sends output control codes to the printer Arguments must be separated by spaces Arguments can be a combination of words any printable character or the common set of BS STAB ESC DEL EOF NULL FF LF or Oxhh hexadecimal code for any character You will echo string or redirect string to the I O port For example chr string gt ioport close tcp TCPindexnumber Force a TCP IP connection between a TCP IP host and the M307 to close The TCPindexnumber can be retrieved from debug tcp output For example close tcp 3 disable iop
70. ded for UNIX text jobs coming through with solitary linefeeds This feature is almost always set at the model level rather than the T O port level For example set prn onlcr M307 Installation and Configuration Guide O Microplex System Ltd 2010 11 Reference Information Complete Command Reference Table 7 Set Command Options Command Syntax Description set prn timeout minutes none Terminate the print job sent to the parallel port if it is not printed after the timeout period in minutes expires The minutes value ranges from 0 to 255 with 0 indicating no timing out to take place This is the default setting and should be fine for most print setups For example set prn timeout none Printer errors will cause the M307 to postpone printing until the printer is fixed regardless of whether the timeout feature is set or not set prn unlock Release the access lock on the parallel port Using unlock option when the port is active can cause output from two jobs to intermix set prn xtab tablength none _ Set the tabstop width as indicated by tablength The range is to 16 spaces For example set prn xtab none set sysinfo contact Set a person or department to contact in case contactname of Print Server trouble For example set sysinfo contact Help Desk_Ext_225 set sysinfo dns IPaddress Set your DNS server s IP address so the M307 can resolve host names when used with its built in
71. directly to an I O port to configure port settings M307 Installation and Configuration Guide O Microplex System Ltd 2010 10 Using HTML Pages to Configure the M307 Print Path Forms Figure 19 Print Path Form Home Network Print Path System Log VO Port Administration Status Restart Help dipm d2pm d3pm d4pm Print Path 9 Destination Settings diprn Name dipm BackChamel pm 6 none Services M socket M ipd M Ipsched M fipd Model Type raw C alps pel ps Type none C Postscript C text C auto Banner Page Position before C after Filter insert carriage return after line feed None E None y Header String None y None y None Y Trailer String None None Y En Language C Japanese Format SJIS TG y Submit Revert Destination Settings When Print Path is selected from the main menu the destination settings for the first destination d1prn are shown by default Name Name of the destination Default d1prn d2prn d3prn or d4prn depending on which submenu form is being displayed Back Channel T O port to receive printer feedback when a print job passes through this destination 62 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 10 Using HTML Pages to Configure the M307 Print Path Forms Services Model Type Banner Page Filter Header String 63 A PRN port or none
72. ds that you will need to configure the M307 5 Configuring the M307 on Your Network 6 Configuring Printers in Windows 7 Configuring Printers in UNIX Providing some procedures for specific UNIX variants and scenarios 8 Configuring Printers in Mac OS X 9 Configuring Printers on a Novell Server 10 Using HTML Pages to Configure the M307 Descriptions of the M307 Web pages for configuring the Print Server and viewing its status 11 Reference Information Provides a complete command list and information about using the npsh command line interface shell Describes the M307 naming scheme how to reset units to factory defaults and how to upgrade the firmware 12 Extra Features Additional Information Topics covered include Print Server architecture general options security features monitoring and logging printer information using the FTP daemon to access the M307 and managing with SNMP 13 M307 Specifications Providing hardware and software specifications for the M307 connector pinouts serial flow control LED status indicators and variable definitions M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 1 Overview of the Manual Documentation Conventions 14 Getting Help Where to find help and how to return the M307 for repair 15 Glossary Documentation Conventions The document conventions used in this manual and the appendices are as follows e The Courier font in boldface indicate
73. e e g set model ml trailer FF When inputting a or a 8 and using RSHD to execute this command you must place a beforehand so that the local shell interpreter does not parse it out For example set var LANDSCAPE Oxlb 0x26 Ox6c 0x31 set var FINISH FF PCL RST set var from default Set all variable settings back to factory defaults set var from stored Set all current variable settings to the stored values in Flash M307 Installation and Configuration Guide O Microplex System Ltd 2010 11 Reference Information Complete Command Reference Store commands These commands change the settings stored in Flash permanent memory and do not affect the current or working settings in memory A power cycle is needed before the stored settings become current Table 8 Store Command Options Command Syntax Description store ifc from default Set all network settings back to factory defaults store ifc from current Store all current network settings to Flash so they are retained after a power cycle This ensures all current settings match what is stored in Flash store ifc ifnum mode Set the line speed for the interface ifnum auto 10half 10ful11 100ha1f 1 This is for Ethernet interfaces only 00full store ifc ifnum utp 1i Modify the physical UTP interface rx properties where 1i enables link integrity and rx enables the increased receive threshold A disables th
74. e Time 2 5 5 0 20 0 Note Please refer to Table 18 on page 124 for a description of the parameters 123 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 13 M307 Specifications Software Specifications 124 Table 18 Definition of Parameters except Fast Mode Parameter Comment 1 DataSetup Time data driven before asserting STROBE 2 Strobe Width Width of STROBE signal assertion 3 DataHoldAck Time data held on the on bus after peripheral negates ACK 4 DataHoldBusy Time data held on bus after peripheral negates BUSY 5 AckSetup Minimum length of time after STROBE is negated that ACK may be asserted by a peripheral 6 BusytoAck Minimum period of time that ACK may be asserted after BUSY if BUSY must be asserted in order for BUSY signal to be recognized after assertion of ACK 7 AckWidth Period which ACK must be asserted by peripheral to be recognized by the Print Server 8 ReadyAck Period from negation of ACK until STROBE asserted for next character 9 ReadyBusy Period from negation of BUSY until STROBE asserted for next character 10 Cycle Minimum time between consecutive characters if BUSY is not asserted or asserted for a negligible period of time by the peripheral Software Specifications Standards supported ARC ARP BOOTP FTP GOSIP RFC 1042 ICMP IP LPD PAP SNMP SMTP RARP RSHD TCP TELNET UDP
75. e comes before an ASCII job the M307 senses both parts of the job separately This way the banner page gets left alone but the ASCII data still gets converted to PostScript Use of this option will decrease output performance 81 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide O Microplex System Ltd 2010 11 Reference Information Complete Command Reference Table 7 Set Command Options Command Syntax Description set model model type pcl ps Switch printer emulation modes e g PCL PCLswitchstring or PostScript depending on the type of data PostScriptswitchstring passing through the M307 To do this the model prepends a header string telling the printer which mode to enter for the job It then appends a string to switch the printer back at the end of the job The default switch strings are compatible with HP III printers and higher These can be changed by defining a new PCLswitchstring and a new PostScriptswitchstring For example set model m4 type pcl ps Another example shows the model m3 switching printer modes between PCL and PostScript for an HPLJlIse compatible printer The two variables defined represent a PCL switch string and a PostScript one For example set model m3 type pcl ps HP3 SWPCL HP SWPS set model model type raw Set the model type to raw so that it does not process the data passing through it in any way no sensing or conversion In this mode there is no ASCII or PostS
76. e feature ifnum is 1 for the UTP interface For example store ifc 1 utp li store pserver from default Set all general Print Server settings back to factory defaults store pserver from current Store all current general Print Server settings to Flash so they are retained after a power cycle This ensures all current settings match what s stored in Flash store pserver name newname Configure the M307 s name indicated by newname store pserver opts Only root users can cancel print jobs on the jobsecurity unit Disabling jobsecurity allows all users to issue the cancel command store pserver opts An active job will wait time seconds for a jobtimeout time response from the printer store pserver opts Enable or disable buffering on the I O port Jiobuffer when the printer is in an offline state When disabled no new data will be buffered until the print returns to an online state store pserver opts Allow or disallow multiple TCP multcp connections for printing Disabling the option will force the M307 to only accept one connection per TCP port when printing 87 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide O Microplex System Ltd 2010 11 Reference Information Complete Command Reference 88 Table 8 Store Command Options Command Syntax Description store pserver lpd destldefault Configure the destination dlprn to receive LPR jobs that are di
77. e specifications are described in this chapter Hardware specifications are covered in the following sections e Physical Features on page 118 e Electrical Details on page 119 e M307 LEDs on page 120 e Network Interfaces on page 120 e Printer Support on page 121 Software Specifications are covered in the following sections e Standards supported on page 124 TCP port numbers used on the M307 on page 125 UDP port numbers used on the M307 on page 125 e Error conditions on page 125 e Variable definitions on page 126 Physical Features Dimensions Metric Width 5 5 cm Height 3 0 cm Length 8 5 cm Imperial Width 2 1 Height 1 2 Length 3 25 Weight 0 06756 kg or 0 150 Ibs without external transformer Environmental details Operating 0 C to 50 C Storage 40 C to 70 C 90 maximum humidity non condensing M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 13 M307 Specifications Electrical Details Power supply options Power supply requirements DC power requirements Power consumption 119 Electrical Details Power socket Figure 27 shows the power socket on the M307 front panel Figure 27 Power Socket VC 0 VC External transformer available in 120V 60Hz or 220 240V 50Hz Typical 115VAC 10 36mA 60Hz 220VAC 10 18mA 50 60Hz Maximum 115VAC 10 54mA 60Hz 220VAC 10 27mA 50 60Hz Voltage 6 VDC regulated Current Typica
78. eb page munici iii cedida 69 Erg re 25 M307 Default Nasca ads 94 Figure 26 Print Server Operating LOBIC 0 0 eee ise eiiie ear p e a tias aeaa 98 Figure 2 7 DOWer Sockets rip titi REEE 119 Figure 28 Parallel Port PRN Conmectot ccceccccescecesceceseeeeeeeesaeseaaecececeseeceseeeeeceeaaeceaaeceaeeceeneeeneeees 121 Figure 29 Parallel Port Timing in Fast Mode coooonncnnnccnocnnonononcnnncnnnonononnccnnoconannnnnnn conc crono nana rnnncnn acres 122 Figure 30 Parallel Port Timing in Other Modes Diagram ooconnccnncnnoconoccnoncnononnncnononnncnnncnn nono nonnccnnaconccnos 123 Figure 31 Sample Commercial Invoice 0 0 cee ceeeeseessecsseceeceseceseeeacessecsaeceseseaeesaecsaeceeseeesseeeaaeeaeeneeeees 131 vii M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 1 Overview of the Manual Contents of the Manual 4 OVERVIEW OF THE MANUAL This manual describes the installation and configuration of an M307 on your network For the latest information on the M307 please see the Technical Support section of Microplex s Web site http www microplex com Contents of the Manual This manual contains the following chapters 2 Introduction to the M307 Print Server How the M307 works and its main features 3 Installing the M307 Installing and connecting the M307 Print Server to a printer and the network 4 Configuration Tools Utilities provided with the M307 Print Server and some basic TCP IP comman
79. efault router gateway is all that is needed for communications between different subnets Please see the previous command for details For example store tcpip route add 204 195 175 50 24 192 168 12 0 1 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide O Microplex System Ltd 2010 11 Reference Information Complete Command Reference 90 Table 8 Store Command Options Command Syntax Description store tcpip route del host net networkIPaddress Remove a static route to a particular TCP IP host or subnet specified by networkIPaddress so the M307 will not communicate with it For example store tcpip route del net 192 168 12 9 store tcpip tcp access root add del IPaddress store tcpip tcp opts keepalive disbufmgmt Add or remove an entry from the M307 s TCP access list defined by Paddress If the list has an entry only this host can print to and remotely interact with the Print Server For example store tcpip tcp access add 192 168 11 25 Control whether the M307 maintains a connection with a host when data cannot be accepted into its buffer Normally the keepalive feature is enabled so when the printer cannot accept data the print job connection is maintained and continues with once the situation clears If disbufmgmt is disabled i e the M307 will not buffer any data when there s a blocked situation with the printer Normally it s best to have both keepalive an
80. essage If this is a frequent problem it is better to use a central spooling station Have you tried restarting the spooler under the Services control panel Sometimes this is needed to get printing going As a last resort you may want to restart the Windows station This may be the only option to completely clear this situation Usually the M307 has nothing to do with this problem 35 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 6 Configuring Printers in Windows Troubleshooting Tips 36 Queue hangs Hanging print jobs or queues usually indicate a problem at the host end Most likely the printer and print server are on the network waiting for some activity but the host is not doing anything This is most common with LPR print setups and is possible with other setups as well First check that the printer is ready to print and can accept more data Do this by using the telnet command to connect to the Print Server and then issuing the lpstat command Output from this command will indicate exactly where the problem is Search under the appropriate I O port for messages such as the following printing data blocked This message along with the seconds to the right of the blocked message incrementing each time you issue the 1pstat command indicates that the printer 1s not allowing the print server to pass data to it The print queue is hung because the print server cannot take more data
81. ff position up again for normal operations Note It is very important that the dipswitches be returned to their default states once you are finished with the test pages M307 Installation and Configuration Guide O Microplex System Ltd 2010 3 Installing the M307 Connecting the M307 to a Network and Printer Table 3 M307 Dipswitch Settings Dipswitch Comments 1 2 OFF OFF Normal operation With both dipswitches in the OFF position the unit will boot up using the settings in Flash rather than the default settings Dipswitch 2 is in the OFF position from the factory so that the new settings that you store will be used ON OFF Factory default settings With the dipswitches in this configuration the unit will boot up and all settings stored in Flash will be erased except the Ethernet address and key value OFF ON Default IP 0 0 0 0 With the dipswitches in this configuration the unit will boot with factory default settings but the stored settings in Flash remain intact This enables you to set an IP address of your own Setting dipswitch 2 to ON will not clear any settings that you have stored in Flash It simply boots the unit in a different state with the settings in Flash temporarily ignored ON ON If the unit is reset and detects link integrity from a hub download mode is initiated If the unit is not connected to a network it will print a test page Step 3 Connect to the
82. formation to useful places The destination of this information is controlled through syslogs In addition the M307 s lpstat command provides parallel port printer status and job information as a user sends a job Printer and print job monitoring To view the current status of the I O port on the M307 two methods are available 1 Selecting the desired I O port on the Status HTML form located at the URL http M307IPaddress indexStatus html e g http 192 168 11 9 indexStatus html 2 Typing the Ipstat command directly on the Print Server once logged in as guest or root in a Telnet session or through rshd Table 11 describes some of the common terms you may come across when viewing this status Table 11 Key Printer Logging Terms Term Description idle There is no job queued for the M307 s I O port 105 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 12 Extra Features Additional Information Printer Monitoring and Logging HTML Method 106 Table 11 Key Printer Logging Terms Term Description blocked The printer is not allowing the M307 to send data to it Check that there is no printer error the printer is online and it is ready to go waiting The M307 knows about a print job but is waiting for the host to send more data or an expected packet Printer logging through syslogs In this manual destinations are described as logica
83. guration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 9 Configuring Printers on a Novell Server Environment Description 55 9 CONFIGURING PRINTERS ON A NOVELL SERVER This chapter details a complete printer setup on Novell 5 x and Novell 6 servers Environment Description The M307 supports network printing in TCP IP environments by utilizing LPR Multiple stations can print simultaneously to the M307 as seen in Figure 15 Figure 15 Novell Integration Workstation NetWare 5 x File Server NetWare 6 File Server kstation Workstation WwW k H uu orkstation M307 to parallel PRN port M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 9 Configuring Printers on a Novell Server M307 Configuration Requirements Step 1 Create an NDPS Broker 56 M307 Configuration Requirements Required The M307 must be configured with an IP address and subnet mask before it can be seen on the network since Windows printing depends on TCP IP Optional Additional settings such as routing entries can also be configured allowing communication across subnets Procedures for these requirements are described in Chapter 5 Configuring the M307 on Your Network To configure an IP address and subnet mask on your M307 Microplex recommends the use of their TCP IP configuration utility Waldo described in detail on page 23 Printer Configuration Novell 5 and 6 Although creating an NDPS
84. h ROM list View current working settings in memory debug View certain debugging information npsh prompt When npsh is accessed through a Telnet session a prompt is displayed after login to indicate that it is ready to accept a command from the user The Telnet prompt is formatted ipaddress userid gt where Paddress is the IP address of the M307 and userid is the user ID of the currently logged in user For example 192 168 11 32 root gt where 192 168 11 32 is the M307 s IP address and the user is root Getting command help The M307 s command line interface shell provides several online help tools These include 2 Command Typing once logged in to the command line interface shell will produce a full list of all commands available Command Prefixes Typing in the beginning of a command will produce an error message showing the correct syntax For example typing in store tcpip will produce a list of all commands that start with this prefix Common npsh commands The npsh command line interface shell consists of more than 50 commands Table 4 outlines some of the more common commands For a complete command reference please refer to Complete Command Reference on page 73 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 11 Reference Information M307 Command Line Interface Shell npsh 72 Note When you encounter the word ifnum substitute 1 for an Ethernet network or 2 for
85. he M307 RARP allows you to dynamically assign an IP address to the M307 upon bootup When a RARP configured TCP IP host boots it broadcasts a RARP request for an IP address Y our network must have this daemon running on some host If you do not know whether the daemon is running on your network please configure the M307 using one of the other methods described in this document To configure the M307 with its TCP IP settings using RARP you will need to 1 On your RARP server make an entry in the etc ethers file for the M307 Syntax ethernetaddress M307IPaddress ethernetaddress is the Ethernet address located on the bottom of the M307 unit M307IPaddress is a unique IP address on your network Example 00 80 72 09 00 60 192 168 11 9 2 Start the RARP daemon on the RARP server if it is not running already If it is running send a HUP signal to it with the ki11 command Syntax kill HUP pid where pid is the process ID of the RARP daemon 3 Power on the M307 so that it will send a RARP request out to the network Wait one minute to allow the address assignment process to complete You should see the STAT LED on the front of the M307 slow down indicating that it has been assigned an IP address to use 40 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 7 Configuring Printers in UNIX Assign an IP Address Using RARP or BOOTP 4 Try to ping the M307 s IP address from a local UNIX station to see if
86. he printer when the print job is sent Sometimes the print job may have gotten to the printer but just may need a manual formfeed If this is the case please see set model model trailer trailerstring on page 80 for information on trailer strings M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 7 Configuring Printers in UNIX Troubleshooting Tips Is the print job data even getting to the M307 Once you ve sent the job from the host try continuous Ipstat commands on the M307 You should see the byte count for that particular port incrementing as the job passes through If you are not seeing this happen you may need to try a larger job or consider some of the other suggestions in this section Are there any error messages in your Email a log file or other standard error files on your particular host These messages can be very helpful in narrowing down the problem Are all permissions correct on relative directories and files to be printed Is the destination or I O port on the M307 disabled Please see Debug commands on page 73 If you are not able to print successfully yet try the following Avoid the print spooler altogether by printing directly to the M307 from your host If you are successful go over your host s print setup For example cat test txt rsh spike lp d dlprn This sends test txt to an M307 Print Server named spike to be remotely printed on the printer attached to d1prn The print
87. hould be sent for a print job The choices are none no logging logging sent TCP socket 4010 logging sent to email address This address is set using the set syslog email emailname hostname command Optional set syslog subject string and set syslog message string A central TCP IP host running the SYSLOG daemon This host is set using the set syslog syslog hostname command socket email syslog For example set syslog dest socket 78 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 11 Reference Information Complete Command Reference Table 7 Set Command Options Command Syntax Description set model model banner Determine whether a banner page should be ps text auto after added for print jobs passing through the model s mapped destination queue ps will produce a PostScript banner page text will produce a text banner page auto will determine which type is needed depending on the type of print job data passing through By default banner pages are added to the front of the job However if after is set the banner page will come at the end Banner type and printer type must match For example set model m4 banner text set model from default Set all model settings back to factory defaults set model from stored Set all current model settings to the stored values in Flash set model model header Set a header string to be sent to the pri
88. ile the dipswitches are in the Factory Settings position At this point you can use npsh commands on the M307 to configure certain settings Here are some common examples of steps taken when the device is in a default state 1 Forgotten password If you have forgotten a password set on the M307 you can reset the user settings using these commands set user from default save 2 Restore all settings in Flash to defaults Since this default state is temporary and you may want to make sure all settings sitting in Flash are back to their factory default values you will need to use these commands M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 11 Reference Information Performing Firmware Upgrades 96 save default store tcpip from default or set dipswitch 1 on and 2 0ff See Table 3 M307 Dipswitch Settings on page 16 3 Set dipswitches for normal operation Set dipswitch 1 0ff and 2 0ff See Table 3 M307 Dipswitch Settings on page 16 Performing Firmware Upgrades Since the M307 s firmware is stored in Flash ROM upgrading is easy Using the File Transfer Protocol FTP on a TCP IP network the Print Server can be upgraded to a newer firmware version without needing new hardware Upgrade files There are two files involved in the upgrade process One is the Print Server binary the new firmware and the other is the upgrade instructions document which provides detailed steps for completing the
89. in its output buffer until the blocked message is cleared 1 e the printer sends a signal indicating that 1t is ready for more data Once the printer is cleared of any error situation and the blocked message disappears the print job should then go through and the queue should move along properly If the printer is ready to print and there are still blocked messages then it may be a communications problem between the print server I O port and the printer e The cable may be faulty and the send signal is not getting through to the print server Replace the cable e The printer and print server may not be communicating properly Check the settings on both the printer s interface and the print server s I O port interface See if another printer will work better printing data waiting This message indicates that the print server knows about the print connection but it is waiting for the host to send data Currently the unit s buffer has room for more data but the host is not cooperating Look to the host to see why it is hung up Look for errors that may cause the host to hang and make sure that the host can still see the Print Server on the network by using ping or telnet Other errors Printing in a Windows environment can produce various error messages that may not be meaningful to you Some common ones are Windows cannot write to this file and A network error has occurred M307 Installation and Co
90. int Server and set up an entry for it in the etc hosts file on the system running HP UX 1 wa Pp Start the SAM utility as a superuser Select Peripheral Devices from the main menu Select Printers Plotters from the Printers Plotters menu Select LP Spooler from the Peripheral Devices menu Select Add a Remote Printer from the Actions list then select a printer name Examples my_printer or printerl Select a remote system name Example M307IPaddress Select a remote printer name Example dlprn Check for a remote printer on a BSD system Type Y Choose OK at the bottom of the menu If the configuration is successful the program prints the message The printer has been added and is ready to accept print requests 10 Choose OK and select Exit from the List menu 11 Select Exit Sam You now have a new printer that relies on LPR LPD to print to an M307 printer Use the following command to test printing lpr Pprintername filename For example lpr Plaser etc hosts M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 7 Configuring Printers in UNIX Printing from AIX Solaris 2 X LPR setup You can manually add an LPR setup for Solaris 2 X systems by executing the following commands as root user lpsystem t bsd ipname lpadmin p localqueuename s ipname destination accept localqueuename enable localqueuename For example lpsystem t bsd np5353 lpadmin p myqueue s n
91. interpretation The contents of files put in this directory will be interpreted as a series of npsh commands Printing a file using FTP The following example shows how to print a file using FTP 1 2 Change to the local directory where the file to print resides Login to the M307 using ftp ftp ipname Login as guest root or anonymous Note Guest and root users require the use of passwords as configured in the unit s user list Anonymous is a special login that does not require a password Change to the dest directory that you want to print to cd dest List the contents of this directory using the dir command and determine which destination queue you d like to send the print job through Most likely you will select d1prn for the PRN port Change to this destination directory For example cd dlprn Change the mode to correspond to the type of file to be printed Choose binary mode if the file to be printed contains both text and graphics and ASCII mode if the file is text only The default mode is always ASCII bin Copy the file you want to print to this directory put filename The file is spooled and printed Logout of the FTP session quit Removing a print job using FTP The following example shows how to remove a print job using FTP M307 Installation and Configuration Guide O Microplex System Ltd 2010 12 Extra Features Additional Information Using FTP Daemon to Access the M307 109 1 Login
92. irements ica ei eae eee ie a eae eet ae 13 Unpacking the M307 uti AA ca 13 Connecting the M307 to a Network and Printer eeeeseceseceeeeeeecseecsaeeseceseceaeesaeceaeesaeesneeeaes 14 Configuration TOOIS E E EEE E E T A diawdesecs cece 17 MSOTUI IES 3 A A Ia ES OU 17 TEPIP COM MANS cc ii A E e i E S TAN 19 Configuring the M307 on Your Network ccccecceesseeeeeeeeeessneeenseeeeeseaeseneeeeesseaeseaseeeesenaeseseeeees 20 Required TCP IP Settings umi n ae a a eia ia 21 Optional TCPAP Setting cui tin da A E 25 Troubleshooting Tipserin n A EIE ee we inte A ene 26 Configuring Printers in WindOWS cccccscceseeeeeeeeeeeenneeeeeeeeseseeeeeeeeaeseseneeeeeeesesneneeenseeeeaneaneneenees 28 M307 Configuration Requirement emeei eiiieaen ee E a ee EE EE a EE E EERE iaa 28 Creating an LPR Printer Windows NT 2000 XP 2003 oooocooooconoocococcconoccnonncoonnccnnn conan conanacinnacinns 28 Creating an LPR Printer on Windows 2000 XP 2003 ooooccccocccooccconononconcconacnnnona nono nonncconaconanncnnnnos 29 Installing LPR Network Software on Windows NT4 ec escesssceeeeeenseceseeeeceseeeseeeaaecaeenseseeeeenees 30 Creating an LPR Printer on Windows N14 eecesceeseesseceseceseeeeecaaeceaeeseceeeeeseeeaecaeenseseneeeaees 31 Changing Destination Names on Windows NT 2000 XP coocooncococccoconoccnonononcnnncnnncnn nono ncnnccnnanancnnnoo 32 Troubleshooting Tips iia 35 Configuring Printers in UNIX nnnnnnnnccccniconnnncarnenann rc 38 Environment
93. l Associates a selected IP address with a network device s Ethernet address A page printed before the print job that includes details about the job Bits per second Parallel port interface standard found on most printers A continuously running process that handles system wide functions such as print spooling A network device that allows communication to and from external subnets by forwarding any IP packets accordingly Logical print queue on the M307 to which hosts send their print jobs There are four destinations on the M307 d1prn d2prn d3prn and d4prn Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Allows a network device to discover its IP address dynamically upon bootup Domain Name Server Host providing responses to queries for a given host name s IP address Electronically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory Preserves data after power is removed Also known as Flash memory Print server settings shipped with the M307 Permanent memory in the EEPROM Stores firmware code and configurable settings Allows for upgrades without replacing hardware inside the M307 File Transfer Protocol Used for transferring files from one TCP IP host to another and used in the upgrade process Strings that precede print jobs used to control the printer and set printing options HyperText Markup Language Format used for documents viewable on the World Wide Web HyperText Transport Protocol Protocol used for the delivery
94. l 180 mA Current Maximum 200 mA Customer supplied external transformers must be rated at 20 VA or greater for proper operation Typical 1080 mW Maximum 1200 mW FCC warning This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy If it is not installed and used as directed in this manual interference to radio communications may result The equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A computing device pursuant to Subpart B of Part 15 of FCC rules which are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference when operated in a commercial environment Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference In such a case the user will be required to correct the interference at his or her own expense CE Mark conformity declaration The M307 fulfills the requirements for radiated emissions according to limit B of EN55022 1987 and the requirements for immunity according to EN50082 1 1992 residential commercial and light industry M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 13 M307 Specifications M307 LEDs M307 LEDs STAT System Status NET Data to Network Run and Run Mode is the normal operating state of the M307 Auto reset mode is entered when auto reset the watchdog timer is triggered and the Print Server has reset itself The STAT LED mode flashes differently depending on whether the device s IP address is
95. l queues with associated models and syslogs Models determine whether any extra processing is needed with the print jobs passing through and syslogs determine what logging is needed for each job With the M307 destinations can report statistics when a job is sent to a printer Logging can occur through a printer connected to a Telnet session email to a particular user or to SYSLOGD that runs on a remote host Syslog on the M307 consists of two parts Events The type of log information to be captured The choices are queued for job queued started for job start of job ended for end of a job cancelled for a cancelled job error for an error condition Port Where this log information will be sent The choices are a TCP port number 4010 an email address or a central host running aSYSLOG daemon To view the current syslog settings on the Print Server 1 Load a Web browser on a network station that can communicate with the Print Server over TCP IP Direct your Web browser to the URL http M307IPaddress config syslogConf html e g http 192 168 1 10 config syslogConf html Note If prompted for a User ID and password first type in root for the ID and press ENTER at the password prompt since there s no password by default Once the desired destination s HTML form displays scroll down to the Log Events and Log Paths sections to view the current syslog settings for this particular destination Cli
96. l to establish a terminal connection between two hosts on an IP network Trailer strings Strings that follow print jobs used to control the printer and set printing options Waldo TCP IP configuration utility provided with the M307 print server 134 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide O Microplex System Ltd 2010
97. micraplex Microplex M307 Print Server Installation and Configuration Guide Version 2 0 Copyright O 1991 2010 Microplex Systems Limited All rights reserved No patent liability is assumed with respect to the use of the information contained herein While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this manual Microplex Systems Ltd assumes no liability for errors or omissions contained herein or for any damages in connection with the performance or use of this material All rights reserved All other product names are trademarks of their respective manufacturers or providers This manual was written illustrated and produced using FrameMaker workstation publishing software Rev 2 02 2010 Made in Canada Microplex Systems Ltd 301 2071 Kingsway Avenue Port Coquitlam B C V3C 6N2 http www microplex com P N 79 307 002 Table of Contents List Of Tables ooononnnnncccnnnnacnnnncn cnn rra vi Listo A A AA vii Overview of the Manual cccsccessesseeeseeeseneeeenseeeeeeaeseaeessneeseenseeesesaeeeaesecaeseeesseessneasaneseenaeeneas 8 Contents of the Mins 8 Doctimentation Conve Sucursal tii 9 Introduction to the M307 Print Server nninnnnicnnninninanicinarncrarara narra rin ar rr 10 What 18 the AA O O 10 PhiysicalPeatUretiateiiditois inicia initial esla id fito tits cay 10 How Does the M307 Work Hiocaiiiiaiaaiaid 11 Product Features dat iS dicas 12 Installing the MOT ooo edilicias 13 Site Requ
98. n Windows Installing LPR Network Software on Windows NT4 Figure 9 Port Settings 21x Port Settings Port Name M302_PCMCIA Printer Name or IP Address 172 16 36 37 r Protocol C Raw LPR r Raw Settings Part Murmber 9100 LPR Settings Queue Name diprn v LPR Byte Counting Enabled T SNMP Status Enabled Community Name SMP Device Index 1 9 For Queue Name enter d1prn and check the LPR Byte Counting Enabled checkbox Click on OK and then Finish 10 Click on Next decide whetheryou want to share the printer and then click on Next again 11 When prompted for a test page select either Yes or No depending on the state of the attached printer and click on Finish Windows may ask for a disk or CD ROM to load the appropriate printer driver to complete this new printer setup There should now be a new printer icon in the Printers folder This new network printer uses LPR over TCP IP as the underlying protocol to print to the M307 Installing LPR Network Software on Windows NT4 You may need to install LPR software on Windows NT computers running Windows NT4 operating systems this is not necessary for Windows 2000 XP 2003 computers If Microsoft TCP IP Printing is not installed in your Network control panel perform the following steps 1 Select Settings gt Control Panel in the Windows Start menu 2 Double click on the Network icon 30 M307 Installation and
99. n order from top to bottom If specifying fewer than four sequences be sure to start at the top leaving undefined fields at the bottom The most common sequences are listed on the form PCL Reset tell the printer to reset itself once the data completes End of Transmission EOT tell the printer to force the end of the job Formfeed tell the printer to do a formfeed at the end of the data Default None Define what type of log information will be tracked for each print job passing through the associated destination queued uptime job type and ID host IP queued started uptime job type and ID host IP started ended uptime job type and ID host IP ended cancelled uptime job type and ID host IP cancelled error status of parallel port printers based on parallel interface signals Default Unconfigured blank M307 Installation and Configuration Guide O Microplex System Ltd 2010 10 Using HTML Pages to Configure the M307 I O Port Forms syslog Port Define where logging information for print jobs will be reported none don t report any logging information TCP IP port report to TCP port number 4010 syslog report to a host specify the IP address in the edit field running a SYSLOG daemon email report to an email address specify an email address with an IP address rather than a hostname Default None logging disabled I O Port Forms An I O port configuration form can be reached through a Print Path destination f
100. name acct where printername is any name you d like to give to this new printer M307name is the host or IP name of the Print Server and M307destination is one of the predefined destinations queues on the device For example laser sh pw 80 mx 0 rm spike rp diprn lp sd usr spool lpd laser M 1 usr spool lpd laser log af usr spool lpd laser acct 2 Create the spool directory specified by the sd entry in the printcap entry for this printer For example mkdir p usr spool lpd laser 3 Create the log and account files specified by the 1 and af entries in the printcap entry for this printer For example touch usr spool lpd laser log touch usr spool lpd laser acct 4 Change permissions and ownership on the spool directory and everything within it For example chmod R g rwX o rX usr spool lpd laser chmod R daemon daemon usr spool lpd laser 5 Start the printer daemon for this new printer For example lpc start laser You now have a new printer that relies on LPR LPD to print to an M307 printer Use the following command to test printing lpr Pprintername filename For example lpr Plaser etc hosts 43 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 7 Configuring Printers in UNIX HP SAM Setup 44 HP SAM Setup Configuring print queues using SAM HP UX systems Before executing the SAM program select an IP address for the Microplex Pr
101. nfiguration Guide O Microplex System Ltd 2010 6 Configuring Printers in Windows Troubleshooting Tips These error messages appear when the print server cannot take more data because the printer is in an error state When Windows cannot send all of the print job data right away and is blocked from sending further data its spool file continues to build until an error such as one of the above is generated Check the Ipstat output on the print server to determine where the problem is 37 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide O Microplex System Ltd 2010 7 Configuring Printers in UNIX Environment Description 38 7 CONFIGURING PRINTERS IN UNIX The M307 supports all UNIX based or similar operating systems An alternative method for assigning an IP address to the M307 Print Server is described in Assign an IP Address Using RARP or BOOTP on page 40 How to setup printers on a UNIX based network is described in the following sections e Manual LPR LP Host Setup on page 42 e Manual LPR LP Host Setup on page 42 e HP SAM Setup on page 44 e Printing from AIX on page 45 e Printing Using the FTP Daemon on page 48 e Direct Socket Printing on page 49 Troubleshooting Tips are provided on page 49 Environment Description The M307 supports network printing under various TCP IP environments including all flavors of UNIX Printing can come from multiple hosts directly or through central spooling machines as shown in Figure 1
102. nler on the M307 s prn port please follow the steps below Note This example assumes that the snmp password has been defined as custommib that the M307 s host name is spike and that the SNMP manager is the Tricklets package M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 12 Extra Features Additional Information Managing with SNMP 1 Set up an snmp user with root privileges on the M307 Please see Adding an SNMP user on page 115 for details 2 Issue the following configuration commands using the snmp user s password as the community string echo m307IfPrnbbM 1 2 2 snmp set spike custommib echo m307IfOnlcr 1 2 2 snmp set spike custommib Configuring the M307 to send traps to an SNMP manager The M307 continuously generates traps but unless the trap table is filled in no SNMP manager will receive this information To set the M307 to send traps to a particular SNMP manager please follow the steps below Note This example assumes that the snmp password has been defined as custommib that the M307 s host name is spike and that the SNMP manager is the Tricklets package 1 Set up an snmp user with root privileges on the M307 Please see Adding an SNMP user on page 115 for details 2 Set the following M307 trap variables using your SNMP manager The actual syntax of the commands will depend on the particular SNMP manager you are using echo trapCommunity 1 building A snm
103. nter headerstring ahead of any print jobs passing through this model headerstring can consist of up to nine elements An example element is a hexadecimal code e g 0x04 or a predefined variable on the Print Server e g PCL RST for a printer reset Use list var to see all available variables For example set model m4 header PCL RST When inputting a or 2 and you re using RSHD to execute this command you must place a beforehand so the local shell interpreter does not parse it out set model model name newname Change the current name of the model to a new name as indicated by newname This newname must be 29 characters or less these names are case sensitive For example set model ml name landscape 79 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide O Microplex System Ltd 2010 11 Reference Information Complete Command Reference Table 7 Set Command Options Command Syntax Description set model model stty Jonlcr xtab tablength none jist sjis Isjis Jis sjis tgl Control of job processing is also done by the model The processing options are onlcr Carriage return insertion for Unix text jobs Adds carriage returns to text jobs with solitary linefeeds This will prevent stair stepped output or output running off the right side of the page Use of onler may slow throughput performance on the M307 xtab Tab expansion from 1 to 16 spaces jis sjis Conver
104. o Setting up special job processing on page 101 list model Table 6 on page 75 and set model Table 7 on page 76 Table 10 Model Types Setting Inclusions raw No content sensing Jobs are assumed to match the printer type or else the printer does the autosensing and switching pel ps For printers that cannot autosense the print job format and switch modes by themselves Precedes each job with a string to switch from PostScript to PCL or vice versa depending on job content These strings must be specified in the setup command a2ps Convert ASCII jobs to PostScript or pass PostScript jobs directly to PostScript printers M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 12 Extra Features Additional Information Print Server Architecture 100 Variables Variables are actually utilized within the M307 s models and are useful for defining lengthy header or trailer strings This might be necessary for certain printer switch strings for example Each variable consists of a combination of escape codes and text for the printer control Variables are used to make efficient use of the limited space in header and trailer strings Only nine elements can be included in the strings Each element can be one of the following letter a code 0x40 variable SFF Therefore you could make up a series of variables and specify each of these up to nine in the header or trailer string
105. ode M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 14 Getting Help Help Methods Available 128 14 GETTING HELP This chapter identifies other sources of Help for installing and configuring your M307 Print Server and defines the repair procedure Help Methods Available Troubleshooting Tips sections Troubleshooting tips are listed at the end of each network configuration chapter These are the most commonly asked relevant questions There are additional troubleshooting tips in the appendices as well Web site Microplex s Web site http www microplex com contains information about the company and its products You will find a link to the Technical Support page that contains the Support Shack a central location for technical bulletins and firmware and software histories and files FTP site Microplex s FTP site ftp microplex com contains firmware and software for the M307 Once logged in anonymously you will need to change to the M307 directory Here you will find several subdirectories pointing to software firmware documentation and miscellaneous files Contacting Microplex If you need technical assistance from Microplex please have this information on hand e M307 serial number found on the bottom of the Print Server e Description of your network environment and peripherals attached e Description of the problem Contact options Email support microplex com
106. on Note The M307 and the M307 PPO are powered differently 14 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide O Microplex System Ltd 2010 3 Installing the M307 Connecting the M307 to a Network and Printer With the M307 when instructed to power on the Print Server connect the power supply to the power connector When instructed to disconnect the Print Server disconnect the power supply from the power connector see Figure 3 With the M307 PPO when instructed to power on the Print Server connect the Print Server to the printer When instructed to disconnect the Print Server disconnect the Print Server from the printer To output test pages 1 2 If applicable unpack the power supply and connect it to a wall outlet Ensure that the Print Server is disconnected from both the power source and the network If the Print Server is connected to a network with link integrity the preceding step will force the unit into download mode instead of printing the desired test page Set dipswitch 1 and dipswitch 2 to the on position down Dipswitch setting options are shown in Table 3 The dipswitches are located on the rear of the Print Server see Figure 3 for the M307 or Figure 4 for the M307 PPO Power on the printer and then power on the Print Server The Print Server will generate two test pages automatically When done disconnect the Print Server and then power off the printer Set dipswitch 1 and dipswitch 2 to the o
107. on files to the exec directory We discuss each method and give appropriate examples below The config directory is divided into three subdirectories current stored and default Each of the files in these subdirectories represents one data structure regarding the configuration of the unit These files can be used to make a backup copy of the unit s configuration parameters or to copy configuration parameters from one unit to another Note The configuration files are in binary form and their format may differ between firmware versions a configuration file that was downloaded from a previous version may not work with the current version Copying a configuration using FTP The following procedure shows how to copy a configuration file using FTP 1 Login to the M307 using ftp ftp ipname 2 Login as root You must be a root user in order to copy a configuration file 3 Change to the config stored directory cd config stored 4 Set mode to binary bin 5 Turn off the interactive mode prompt 6 Download all the files in this directory mget This will download a copy of all files in the config stored directory to the current local directory of the host that the ftp command was issued from 7 Logout of the FTP session quit Now you have a copy of the M307 s stored configuration parameters These files can be saved for archival purposes used to reconfigure the unit to a previous setting or used to set a number of units to the s
108. orm by clicking on a port or by selecting I O Port from the main menu There are two forms one for the parallel port Figure 20 and one for the serial port Parallel Port PRN The timing of the parallel port can be controlled with the mode setting Figure 20 1 O Port Parallel Port Settings Form 1 0 Port 9 Parallel Port Settings PRN Mole C dow centronics C fast Submit Revert slow slowest data transfer rate centronics data transfer rate appropriate for most centronics printers pe data transfer rate similar to PC parallel interface fast fastest data transfer rate bit bucket throw data away Default PC mode 65 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide O Microplex System Ltd 2010 10 Using HTML Pages to Configure the M307 Administration Form Label Location Contact 66 Administration Form The Administration Configuration form Figure 21 is displayed when Administration is selected from the main menu It is broken down into general print server related settings and password security Figure 21 Administration Form Administration Y System Information Name mpl0d0208 Location Contact Passwords Root Password Old New Confirm Guest Password Old New Confirm Submit Revert Note Reauthorization is necessary after changing a password System Information Free format fields for user A label for the Print Server its location and contact information for support can be entered in these
109. ort destination Disable the I O port so queued jobs are not printed or disable a destination so jobs cannot be queued to it The I O port is always prn For example disable prn enable ioport destination Enable an O port so queued jobs are printed or enable a destination so jobs can be queued to it The I O port is always prn For example enable prn keycode Determine the hexadecimal value for a key to be used as the escape character with the M307 s built in telnet command 91 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 11 Reference Information Complete Command Reference Table 9 Miscellaneous Commands Command Syntax Description load default Load the settings stored in Flash and use them as the current or working settings If default is specified as well factory settings will be loaded Use this after power failure to restore settings saved in Flash lpstat Display active and queued jobs and I O port status For example lpstat ping s hostIPaddress ping another TCP IP host specified by datasize packetnumber hostlPaddress on the network datasize is the datagram packet size which defaults to 64 bytes if no size is included in the syntax and packetnumber is the number of requests to be sent To use a host or IP name instead of the address you must have set the DNS server on the M307 Use the command set sysinfo dns to do this
110. otal value of shipment i e your total purchase price e reason for return e g warranty repair e a declaration Canada Customs requires that this invoice accompany the returned product For an example refer to Figure 31 Download a copy from the Web site http www microplex com support docs ComInvoice html 130 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 14 Getting Help Repair Procedure Figure 31 Sample Commercial Invoice COMMERCIAL INVOICE from Leslie Smith ABC Corporation 1234 Western Parkway Anycity NC USA 27511 DATE OF EXPORT 22 02 96 AIR WAYBILL NO 123 12341234 CONSIGNEE Microplex Systems Ltd 301 2071 Kingsway Avenue Port Coquitlam B C V3C 6N2 Canada IMPORTER if other than consignee same as consignee COUNTRY OF ORIGIN Canada OF TOTAL PKGS DESCRIPTION QTY VALUE 1 Ethernet Print Server 1 100 00 REASON FOR RETURN warranty repair I declare all information contained in this invoice to be true and correct Leslie Smith 24 03 2002 SIGNATURE NAME DATE 131 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 132 15 GLOSSARY ARP Banner page BPS Centronics Daemon Default router Destination DHCP DNS EEPROM Factory defaults Flash FTP Header strings HTML HTTP IEEE Ifnum Interface script M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Address Resolution Protoco
111. otely monitoring the Print Server These include using e the built in HTML forms e a Telnet session SNMP management M307 Security This touches upon the most popular built in security feature permission levels and passwords Setting passwords and assigning a permission level to users makes it difficult for unauthorized users to gain access to the M307 s command set and manipulate the settings However the Print Server also uses TCP access lists to restrict host connections with the device and allows scrambling descrambling of print jobs M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 12 Extra Features Additional Information M307 Security HTML Method Manual Telnet Method 103 Users and Passwords The M307 supports two user types root Access to everything within the Print Server including all configurable settings guest Ability to list settings but not configure them For each user type passwords can be set However you would normally only set a password for the root user to protect the M307 s configuration Guest users cannot alter the Print Server s configuration in any way To configure a root password on your M307 p lt Load a Web browser on a network station that can communicate with the Print Server over TCP IP Direct your Web browser to the URL http M307IPaddress adminConf html e g http 192 168 11 9 adminConf html Note Ifprompted for a User ID
112. ou are trying to talk to the M307 from a host on the same subnet The Print Server can only be seen locally if you configured a routing entry earlier on Is the STAT LED on the front of the M307 flashing once per second or is it flashing faster A slower once a second rate indicates that the Print Server is in fact configured with an IP address A faster rate indicates that the M307 is unaware of the IP address and you may need to try the configuration process again Have you confirmed the network connection to the M307 is working correctly Trying different network cables and locations will help narrow down the problem HTML configuration forms will not display Can you ping the M307 from your Windows station If not please see section above M307 will not talk on the network on page 26 or Cannot Ping the M307 on page 49 for UNIX systems Have you used the correct URL for the M307 s home page It should be http M307IPaddress For example http 192 168 11 9 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 6 Configuring Printers in Windows M307 Configuration Requirements 6 28 CONFIGURING PRINTERS IN WINDOWS The M307 supports Windows NT 2000 XP operating systems How to setup printers on a Windows based network is described in this chapter in the following sections e M307 Configuration Requirements on page 28 e Creating an LPR Printer Windows NT 2000 XP 2003 on page 28 e Changing Des
113. p set spike custmmib where building A is the string that you want the M307 to send with the trap information This community string has a 14 character maximum echo trapDest 1 192 168 11 11 snmp set spike custommib where 192 168 11 11 is the IP address of your SNMP manager Note To disable the entry in the trap table set the IP address to 0 0 0 0 The M307 will now send trap information with the community string building A to the SNMP manager with the IP address 792 168 11 11 For more information on these trap variables please see their description in the custom MIB definition file Note The trap table can hold up to ten entries but only the first entry is stored in Flash memory If you turn the unit off you will lose the additional entries 116 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 12 Extra Features Additional Information Troubleshooting Tips Troubleshooting Tips Test pages To test M307 and printer communications without involving the network you can run test pages from the M307 See Step 2 Test connectivity between the Print Server and printer on page 14 for the procedure Before starting the procedure note the position of the dipswitches and return them to that state after running the procedure 117 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide O Microplex System Ltd 2010 13 M307 Specifications Physical Features 118 13 M307 SPECIFICATIONS Hardware and softwar
114. p5353 dlprn accept myqueue enable myqueue Printing from AIX IBM has a unique print spooler system that uses the qdaemon program AIX Version 4 0 and above offer LPR LPD support for network printing This means to set up a new printer under this operating system you only need to define these two parameters e M307 IP address the IP address or host name of the print server you want to print to e M307 destination queue a predefined name on the print server telling the device which I O port to send the jobs to You will most likely use dlprn for the PRN port Setting the IP address Use the following steps to interface with the M307 using rsh 1 Log onto your AIX workstation as root 2 Add an entry to the host table by typing in the command line arp s ether ip address M307address temp arp s ether 192 168 11 32 00 80 72 09 00 60 temp M307address is located on the bottom of the unit ip_address is assigned 45 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 7 Configuring Printers in UNIX Printing from AIX 46 3 Connect to the M307 by typing telnet IPaddress If prompted for a User ID and password type in root for the ID and press ENTER at the password prompt since the default is no password 4 You should now see a prompt displayed that has the M307 s IP address followed by a colon then root IPaddress root gt 5 To view the Print Server s current settings type list
115. rected to an unknown destination A disables the feature For example store perver lpd destldefault store pserver tcpsocket tcpport port newtcpport Change the current tcpport to a new newtcpport For example store pserver tcpsocket 4400 port 9100 store pserver tcpsocket tcpport dest dest Change the dest for the tcpport dest is the logical destination For example store pserver tcpsocket 4400 dest d2prn store pserver tcpsocket add tcpport dest dest Add a new rawsocket tcpport for dest For example store pserver tcpsocket add 4401 dest d2prn store pserver tcpsocket del tcpport dest dest Delete a rawsocket tcpport for dest For example store pserver tcpsocket del 4401 dest d2prn store pserver testpage off prn com Print a test page on each reset of the M307 store tcpip ifnum addr IPaddress Store the IP address for the interface specified by ifnum For example store tcpip 1 addr 192 168 11 9 store tcpip ifnum frametype Jethernet2 802 2snap Control which frame type or types is supported with the TCP IP protocol By default both Ethernet IT and 802 2snap are enabled but normal TCP IP communications rely only on Ethernet II For example store tcpip 1 frametype ethernet2 802 2snap M307 Installation and Configuration Guide O Microplex System Ltd 2010 11 Reference Information Complete Command Reference
116. rint Server are e a 10 100 network interface connector to connect to the network e a parallel port for printers with a Centronics interface e Flash memory to store firmware and user configurable settings e SDRAM for speed and efficiency For more detailed specifications of the M307 Print Server please see Chapter 13 M307 Specifications M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 2 Introduction to the M307 Print Server How Does the M307 Work How Does the M307 Work The print path is the path that data follows when the host sends a job to a printer through the M307 This print path can be divided into three parts as shown in Figure 1 Figure 1 Print Path Components Host Phase 1 Host cpm SS tlO Port m8 Model Syslog d2prn d3prn d4prn Microplex Print Server Phase 2 EN Printer Phase 3 The host sends the job to one of four predefined destinations e g diprn on the print server rather than directly to the I O port Print Server The job passes through the destination s associated model e g m1 for optional processing and then continues through the syslog where logging information is recorded The data then ends up at the destination s associated I O port prn Printer printer for output The data passes from the print server s I O port to the attached There are four destinations on the
117. roplex System Ltd 2010 11 Reference Information Complete Command Reference 73 Table 4 Common Commands Command Syntax Description start fox tts loopb prn Begin a debugging test on an 1 O port of the M307 These tests confirm that the M307 s parallel or serial port is communicating properly with connected devices fox A continuous stream of text sent to the attached printer tts A continuous stream of Gandalf 400C TTS compatible text sent to the attached printer loopb Loopback test Any input characters from the device attached to the I O port are echoed back stop all prn Stop an output test on the I O port quit Quit the npsh command line interface shell Complete Command Reference This section outlines the entire M307 command set including the command syntax a description and in most cases an example for each command listed These commands are available in the npsh command line interface shell See M307 Command Line Interface Shell npsh on page 70 for information on accessing these commands e Debug commands on page 73 e List commands on page 75 e Set commands on page 76 e Store commands on page 87 e Miscellaneous commands on page 91 When you see the word i fnum which stands for interface number in any of these commands you should substitute a 1 for the RJ45 10 100 UTP wired interface Debug commands The debug set of commands helps troubleshoo
118. s commands that you type ping ftp microplex com e Regular Courier font indicates displayed results ftp microplex com is alive Example names numbers and commands are presented in boldface To create an IP address for the M307 using the TCP IP arp command do the following e Variable values are shown in italics Italics may also be used to add emphasis ping ipname ipname is alive Please enter the ipname at the prompt Make sure you first contact 9 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 2 Introduction to the M307 Print Server What is the M307 2 INTRODUCTION TO THE M307 PRINT SERVER This chapter describes the M307 s architecture and special features The topics included are e What is the M307 on page 10 e Physical Features on page 10 e How Does the M307 Work on page 11 e Product Features on page 12 What is the M307 The M307 10 100 Pocket Print Server allows you to locate your printer anywhere on a 10Base T or 100Base T network rather than attaching it directly to a host system After following some simple configuration steps the printer can be simultaneously shared with users from Unix Windows Novell or Apple operating systems across a TCP IP network Multiple concurrent users and operating systems are supported Note The M307 is compatible with most printers with a Centronics parallel interface Physical Features The key physical components of the M307 P
119. s provided and each of these may be set on a Unix host within an interface file named either nprbsd if or nprsysv if or on the Print Server itself You are automatically given the choice between four different destinations on the M307 allowing for four different print setups each of these print setups is defined by the extra processing specified by its associated model The model defines most of these extra processing options M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 12 Extra Features Additional Information M307 Security 102 To make use of these special job processing features please read the appropriate host configuration section or the full list of extra job processing options documented in Set commands on page 76 Manipulating the M307 s services The M307 provides many different functions however the more features it has the more memory it requires Therefore it is possible to control the number of features enabled For example you can disable the destination services Not every destination on the M307 needs to have the same functionality Please see Set commands on page 76 Controlling the frame types used by the M307 Various frame types can be used by the M307 at any given time TCP IP offers this configuration Please see Store commands on page 87 to find out how to change frame types Remotely managing the M307 In a TCP IP environment various methods are available for rem
120. selected By default PRN settings are displayed when I O Port is first selected from the Status submenu 67 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 10 Using HTML Pages to Configure the M307 Restart Page Figure 23 Status I O Port Web page LO Port Y PRN VO Port Settings Status idle Interface online busy out of paper Control mode cen VO Port Print Jobs Active Queued NOTE This page refreshes every minute If you see waiting in the Status line this indicates the Print Server is either waiting for data from the host or back channel data from the printer If you see blocked in this line this indicates the printer is busy The printer could be processing data it has already received or it could be in an error state Default There are no configurable fields in this page The default status for an unconnected port is online busy out of paper Restart Page The Restart page Figure 24 allows you to restart the Print Server with one of three options 68 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 10 Using HTML Pages to Configure the M307 Help Page Figure 24 Restart Web page Restart O NOTE The following actions will immediately shut down all services and restart the M307 _Restart Restart _Defautt Restart with factory default settings Restart Restart the Print Server with any new settings that have
121. ser to the Uniform Resource Locator URL http M307IPaddress For example http 192 168 11 9 4 When prompted for a User ID and Password type in root for the ID and either press ENTER at the password prompt or if a password has been set type the password and then press ENTER The M307 s HTML structure is divided into several menus as shown in Figure 5 More detailed information about M307 Web pages is found in Chapter 10 Using HTML Pages to Configure the M307 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 4 Configuration Tools M307 Utilities Waldo Environment Requirements Installing Waldo in Windows Figure 5 M307 HTML Menu Structure Index Home I I Network Print Path VOPort Administration Status Restat Help Lf diprn prn TCP IP H d2prn 1 0 Port H d3prn d4prn Waldo Waldo is a Windows tool for discovering monitoring and configuring Microplex print frame server devices on a TCP IP network The program is a Java stand alone program The M307 can be configured on a TCP IP network using Waldo Two steps are involved 1 Identify the M307 on the network using TCP IP as the underlying protocol 2 Configure the M307 with its required TCP IP settings i e IP address and subnet mask Additional settings like routing entries can also be configured to allow for communications across subnets
122. sing HTML Pages to Configure the M307 csseccceseceesseeeeeseeessneeeenseeeesseaeenseeeeeseeeeeneeneneeas 58 Accessing the M307 HIME Pages uieciosnoision rs pdas io lesbiana 58 M307 Home P ger notoire esetrae a a aee Saa A EEEO Era EOE ESEE Yeas 59 Network FOS cierra dla lt E ta TA E E 60 Print Path Forms td a a tania 61 VO Port EMS Ada 65 Administration POT asserenar eaa ea e a T e eSEE TE E aa Tenian eea aeset 66 Status Page Some iea NI A TA N a RN 67 Restart UA NS 68 Help Part A a de 69 Reference Information cccccsccesssecessseeseseneeeseseeseseeeeeeseessseneeessneaessanesssneeeseneseaneeessseeseseneeneaes 70 M307 Command Line Interface Shell mpsh 0 0 0 cece eeeceesseessseceeeeceeeeeceeeeeaecesaeceeaaeeeaeeceeeeeneeesas 70 Complete Command References seis irci ios ais 73 M307 Naming Scheme neesot sdr sl till id aliadas sis 94 User Accounts dnd Permissions siii odie Aa o EREE 95 Resetting to Factory Defaults veiiccc teetering E eee aloe late A a AN 95 Performing Firmware Upgrades tes ss 25 ccassshssebise eote e e i er E aa rabia a 96 Extra Features Additional Information ommmccnosncnnccasncnnaconancnanc naaa rna sr nno arrancan crac nenne nnne nen 97 Print Server Architect ii 97 Gencral Op ii 0c cise A Aa ARA 101 M307 Security ti eis heii tiie lene hen cee eh 102 Printer Monitoring and LOG ein 9 oe i cc cscs csesctecensccessasugcenssscevesssiobestaucteedsssteasaaevtavteeevoctaeetessestoosts 105 Using FTP
123. sion of JIS to Shift JIS sjis jis Conversion of Shift JIS to JIS sjis tgl Conversion of Shift JIS to TG1 For example set model m3 stty onlcr set model model trailer trailerstring Set a trailer string to be sent to the printer at the end of any printjobs passing through this model trailerstring can consist of up to nine elements An example element is a hexadecimal code e g 0x04 or a predefined variable on the print server e g FF for a formfeed Use list var to see all available variables For example set model m3 trailer FF 80 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide O Microplex System Ltd 2010 11 Reference Information Complete Command Reference Table 7 Set Command Options Command Syntax Description set model model type a2ps pageorientation pagesize rows columns cont pagesize rows columns cont For example Converts text or ASCII data that passes through the model to PostScript data before sending it to the attached PostScript printer The a2ps default settings are portrait letter 60 rows and 80 columns These can be altered using these options pageorientation orientation of page set model type a2ps 1 e portrait or landscape size of page i e letter legal exec or a4 number of rows in page number of columns per line continuously senses print job for data format For example if a PostScript banner pag
124. ss of the M307 Print Server You can start a Telnet session on a UNIX or Windows based computer which is connected to the network to log in to the M307 command line interface shell to alter and view settings Syntax telnet ipaddress Example telnet 192 168 11 9 This will bring up the M307 login prompt Enter root for the User ID and press ENTER at the password prompt or if a password has been set type it and then press ENTER Ping You can use the ping command to check that an assigned IP address for example the IP address for the M307 is active Syntax ping IPaddress For example ping 192 168 11 9 The response will indicate whether the IP address is active or not M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 5 Configuring the M307 on Your Network s 20 CONFIGURING THE M307 ON YOUR NETWORK This chapter describes how to configure the required and optional TCP IP settings for the M307 on your network The following steps are covered e Required TCP IP Settings e Configure an IP address for the M307 using the ARP command on page 21 e Configure the M307 IP address and subnet mask on page 21 Optional TCP IP Settings e Communicating across routers on page 25 e Troubleshooting Tips on page 26 The procedures found in this chapter are common to Windows UNIX Mac OS and Novell networks Further M307 printer configuration requirements specific to your TCP IP server
125. ssible of their TCP IP configuration utility Waldo which is described in detail on page 23 Printer Configuration The IP address for the M307 must be created Configure an IP address for the M307 using the ARP command on page 21 and assigned to the M307 Configure the M307 IP address and subnet mask on page 21 before using any of these procedures Mac OS X 1 Open System Preferences click Print amp Fax click Printing and then click the Set Up Printers button 2 Click the Add button 3 Under Printer Type select LPD LPR under Printer Address type either the DNS name or IP address associated with the M307 Print Server and under Queue Name type the desired M307 destination name such as d1prn 4 Under Model choose the printer s manufacturer and then choose the printer model from the list below 5 Click the Add button You will now be able to print to this printer from within your applications 53 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide O Microplex System Ltd 2010 8 Configuring Printers in Mac OS X Troubleshooting Tips Troubleshooting Tips Errors Occurring When Defining an LPR Printer e Can you ping the M307 If not please see M307 will not talk on the network on page 26 e Did you specify the correct IP address or host name for the M307 e Did you specify a valid destination queue on the M307 If so did you also enter it 54 in lowercase letters dlprn M307 Installation and Confi
126. st a BOOTP request when it boots The following command can be used to control this request store tcpip ifnum opts rarp bootp dhcp where ifnum is 1 for the Ethernet network 1 On your BOOTP server make an entry in the etc bootptab file for the M307 M307IPname sm netmask hd homedirectory bf null gw defaultgateway ht ethernet ha ethernetaddress ip ipaddress ts timeserver to timezone For example spike sm 255 255 255 0 hd usr null 41 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide O Microplex System Ltd 2010 7 Configuring Printers in UNIX Manual LPR LP Host Setup 42 bf null gw 192 168 11 1 ht ethernet 1 ha 0080720A0060 ip 192 168 11 9 ts 192 168 11 7 to 25200 2 Turn the M307 on so that it immediately sends out a BOOTP request Wait one minute to allow the IP address assignment process to complete Y ou should see the STAT LED on the front of the M307 slow down indicating it knows which IP address to use 3 Try to ping the M307 s IP address from a network station to see if it can be seen on your network You will be able to communicate with the M307 from network stations on different subnets if the Print Server has been told about its default router gateway in the BOOTP response from the BOOTP server Manual LPR LP Host Setup The M307 also supports UNIX operating systems that follow a BSD print system e g SunOS 4 1 x
127. store tcpip tcp access add 192 168 11 25 store tcpip tcp access add 192 168 12 0 store tcpip tcp access del 192 168 11 25 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 12 Extra Features Additional Information Printer Monitoring and Logging reset Note Although the maximum number of entries in the access list is 10 each entry can refer to a network rather than a specific host This allows all hosts on that specified network to have access plus any individual hosts specified in the list SNMP security SNMP does not include any formal type of security definition However security can be accomplished using communities A community is a string that is sent with every SNMP request and is used to define a certain view of the MIB By doing this you can control what parts of the MIB are accessed by an SNMP manager To access the M307 s custom MIB the public community string can be used to read any variables that have access To restrict write access there is an additional security step involving defining a user named snmp on the M307 with root privileges The password defined for this snmp user will then be used as the community string which allows write access Note If no snmp user is defined with root privileges no write requests will be accepted by the M307 Printer Monitoring and Logging One of the key aspects of maintaining a computing environment is monitoring printer status and logging this in
128. t is sent from a host to a printer through the M307 Random Access Memory Volatile memory within the M307 that contains current working settings Settings are lost once the power is removed Reverse Address Resolution Protocol Allows a network device to discover its IP address dynamically upon bootup The IP address does not need to be stored within the device permanently A device that forwards IP packets to their destination Also called a gateway See Default Router Number found on the bottom of the M307 Each M307 is assigned a unique serial number Simple Network Management Protocol A standard protocol used to monitor network devices called SNMP agents TCP connection between two hosts consisting of a source and destination TCP port number at each end Storing data in memory or in a file until it can be printed A binary value used to divide IP networks into smaller subnetworks or subnets This mask is used to help determine whether IP packets need to be forwarded to other subnets UNIX command for archiving data onto a permanent storage medium Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol Suite of protocols that act as the base protocol for the Internet O Microplex System Ltd 2010 TCP port A logical connection point in the software of a TCP host or device When two IP devices talk they establish a socket which consists of a source and destination TCP port number on both ends Telnet Command and protoco
129. t problems that may occur in the M307 Some of the output may be cryptic but it helps when troubleshooting with Microplex Technical Support M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 11 Reference Information Complete Command Reference Table 5 Debug Command Options Command Syntax Description debug dhcp List DHCP parameters debug eeprom List ROM contents debug err List error listing debug flash List Flash info debug io List statistics from the I O port module debug ip List IP stack statistics debug lpq List statistics from the queue module debug mem List statistics from the M307 s memory module debug nif List network interface statistics debug pcmcia List PCMCIA card info debug task List task info debug tcp List TCP stack statistics 74 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide O Microplex System Ltd 2010 11 Reference Information Complete Command Reference 75 List commands These commands list the current or working settings for a particular section within the command line interface shell To view stored settings in Flash memory you 1l need to add stored to the beginning of any of the following commands For example list prn shows you the current PRN settings but list stored prn shows you the settings sitting in Flash Normally these should match You may also type list default to view the factory default settings
130. t will fail Note This process can be repeated to clear or change the password An alternate method to clear the password has the following syntax set user from default save TCP access lists Within TCP IP environments the M307 can restrict host access to destinations queues and remote command i e telnet execution services This is done using an access list similar in function to the Unix rhosts file To view the current access list on the Print Server 1 Start a Telnet session with the M307 telnet M307IPaddress 2 Log in as root By default there is no password and you can therefore simply press ENTER when prompted for a password If you have set a password type it in and press ENTER 3 List the current access list list tcpip Note Access list settings are not configurable through the HTML forms provided with the M307 If the list is empty all hosts have access to the M307 s services If there are entries in the list only those hosts specified have access to printing and remote command execution Note Only users that have root permission can configure the remote access entries Users with guest permission may only display them The following syntax is used to add and delete access list entries store tcpip tcp access add del hostIPaddress networkaddress reset where hostIPaddress is the IP address of a TCP IP host on your network and networkaddress is the address of a subnet on your network For example
131. tcpip then configure the TCP IP Configuration option that you wish to configure such as the subnet mask or default router gateway address For example store tcpip route add del default routerIPaddress ifnum where ifnum is 1 for the Ethernet network See Store commands on page 87 for additional information 6 Log out of the Telnet session with quit Restart the M307 by powering the unit off and on M307 Installation and Configuration Guide O Microplex System Ltd 2010 7 Configuring Printers in UNIX Printing from AIX Set up printing on AlX 4 x 1 Log in as root and type smit mkrque 2 From the Attachment Type field choose remote 3 Type an entry for the option you want to configure for remote printing Name of Queue to Add Type the name of the local print queue HOSTNAME of Remote Server Type the HOSTNAME of the M307 you added to the host table Name of QUEUE on Remote Server Valid QUEUE names are LPT_PASSTHRU for PCL PostScript or application files or LPT_TEXT for standard AIX files Type of Print Spooler on Remote Server Click list then click BSD the printing protocol of the M307 4 Click OK then Done to save your configuration 5 Click Cancel to exit smit You now have a new printer from which to print to an M307 printer Use the following command to test printing lpr Pprintername filename For example lpr Plocal_print_queue etc hosts local_print_queue is the name you assigned in
132. the M307 s services on page 102 list dest Table 6 on page 75 and set dest Table 7 on page 76 98 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 12 Extra Features Additional Information Print Server Architecture 99 Models Each destination on the M307 also has a model associated with it The four models one per destination can be thought of as a series of mini filters that can do special processing with the print job data For example a model can be set up to do such things as ASCII to PostScript conversion a2ps or carriage return insertion onlcr These processing options include e banner page generation e header string insertion e trailer string insertion e tab expansion xtab e carriage return insertion onler e ASCII to PostScript conversion a2ps e print job descrambling The default model names are m1 to m4 and each comes mapped to a particular destination By default the model settings are raw that is they simply pass data through to the I O port untouched This provides a clean slate to begin your configuration Model names can be changed to something more meaningful Models only need to be reconfigured when you want to do special processing to all the print jobs that are sent to a particular destination Note Throughput may decrease if onlcr or a2ps is enabled Each model definition includes name type and some of these processing parameters if any See als
133. the Name of Queue to Add field in step 3 above 47 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 7 Configuring Printers in UNIX Printing Using the FTP Daemon 48 Printing Using the FTP Daemon The following example shows how to print a file using FTP 1 2 Change to the local directory where the file to print resides Login to the M307 using ftp as guest root or anonymous ftp ipname Guest and root users require the use of passwords as configured in the unit s user list Anonymous is a special login that does not require a password Change to the dest directory cd dest List the contents of this directory using the dir command and determine which destination queue you d like to send the print job through Most likely you will select dlprn Change to this destination directory For example cd dlprn Change the mode to correspond to the type of file to be printed Choose binary mode if the file to be printed contains both text and graphics and ASCII mode if the file is text only The default mode is always ASCII bin Copy the file you want to print to this directory put filename The file is spooled and printed Logout of the FTP session quit M307 Installation and Configuration Guide O Microplex System Ltd 2010 7 Configuring Printers in UNIX Direct Socket Printing Cannot Ping the M307 49 Direct Socket Printing Within TCP IP environments there are some setups
134. the destination to a new name set dest destination name newname For example 34 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 6 Configuring Printers in Windows Troubleshooting Tips set dest dlprn name l1sr4prn Newname is case sensitive and must have nine characters or less When renaming a destination keep the name similar to the I O port or printer it points to on the M307 For example if you have an HP LaserJet IV attached to the PRN port you may want to use a name such as 1sr4prn Note When you change a destination name you may have to reconfigure the host to reflect the change Save these configurations to Flash memory Enter save Logout of the Telnet session with quit Restart the M307 by powering the unit off and on Troubleshooting Tips Errors occur when defining an LPR printer Can you ping the M307 from your Windows station If not please use Waldo to find the unit Did you specify the correct IP address or host name for the M307 in the first field of the Add LPR Compatible Printer dialog box Did you specify a valid destination queue on the M307 in the second field of the Add LPR Compatible Printer dialog box If so did you also enter it in lowercase letters for example d prn Printer errors when printing or no output Is a large job currently printing and taking up all of the printer s resources A busy printer can cause Windows to display a printer error m
135. tination Names on Windows NT 2000 XP on page 32 Identifying the M307 on the network using TCP IP and configuring the M307 with its required TCP IP settings 1 e IP address and subnet mask are described in the previous chapter Configuring the M307 on Your Network M307 Configuration Requirements Required The M307 must be configured with an IP address and subnet mask before it can be seen on the network since Windows printing depends on TCP IP Optional Additional settings such as routing entries can also be configured allowing communication across subnets Procedures for these configuring the M307 to meet these requirements are described in Chapter 5 Configuring the M307 on Your Network To configure an IP address and subnet mask on your M307 Microplex recommends the use of their TCP IP configuration utility Waldo described in detail on page 23 Creating an LPR Printer Windows NT 2000 XP 2003 There are two procedures for creating an LPR printer e Creating an LPR Printer on Windows 2000 XP 2003 e Creating an LPR Printer on Windows NT4 LPR software may have to be installed in Windows NT before using the create procedure Installing LPR Network Software on Windows NT4 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 6 Configuring Printers in Windows Creating an LPR Printer on Windows 2000 XP 2003 Creating an LPR Printer on Windows 2000 XP 2003 To configure a new LPR printer on a Windows 200
136. tings get written to Flash Table 7 Set Command Options Command Syntax Description set dest destination Enables disables IEEE 1284 nibble mode backchannel prn over parallel port For example to turn the backchannel on set dest dlprn backchannel prn To turn it off set dest dlprn backchannel 76 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide O Microplex System Ltd 2010 11 Reference Information Complete Command Reference 77 Table 7 Set Command Options Command Syntax Description set dest destination name newname Change the current name of the destination to a new name as indicated by newname This newname must be 29 characters or less These names are case sensitive When you change a destination name you may have to reconfigure the host to reflect the change For example set dest dlprn name laser set dest destination model modelname Associate a model with a destination Jobs sent to the named destination are processed according to the options defined in the named model See set model from default on page 79 to configure this model name For example set dest d3prn model m3root set dest destination service socket 1pdl f tpd Set the destination to handle only certain print services To add a service specify the service name To disable a service use before the name The available services are socket direct socket printing via TCP IP
137. tions that can be managed The M307 is a fully manageable SNMP agent that supports MIB II custom MIBs and traps MIB II support The M307 is MIB II compliant allowing SNMP managers to monitor protocol network and routing statistics Custom MIBs and traps The M307 provides a custom MIB definition file which consists of 150 variables and three traps This MIB file allows you to monitor and configure the Print Server directly In fact the MIB file represents all of the possible configuration options such as destination settings network configurations print queue status loading of defaults etc M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 12 Extra Features Additional Information Managing with SNMP System Variables Product Variables 114 The M307 s custom MIB definition file is included on the CD ROM supplied with the M307 This file can also be downloaded from the Microplex FTP site ftp microplex com or can be accessed via the Microplex Web site http www microplex com Custom MIB variables The variables found within the custom MIB definition file describe all information that can possibly be accessed on the M307 by an SNMP manager These variables can be divided into two groups system variables and product variables The first grouping of variables contains general information about the Print Server such as firmware version serial number etc In addition it includes a trap
138. tly by directing your browser to the URL http M307IPaddress filename html where filename is one of tcpipConf Network TCP IP form destConf Print Path d1prn form prnConf VO Port diprn form adminConf Administration form tcpipStatus Status TCP IP status page restart Restart page help Help page M307 Home Page The Home page for the M307 Print Server provides a menu of pages see Figure 16 that can be viewed or programmed and a link to the Microplex Internet Web site It also provides some basic system information for the M307 Figure 16 M307 HTML Menu Structure Index Home Network een Path L vo Por al Administration Satis Help atpm pr H Topar d3prn 4pm System The first three fields of this page Label Location and Contact can be changed by going Information to the Administration page The other fields are information provided by the M307 Print Server itself 59 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 10 Using HTML Pages to Configure the M307 Network Forms Figure 17 M307 Home Page Home Network Print Path System Log I O Port Administration Status Restart Help micr plex M307 Home Check out our web site for product information technical support downloads and other cool stuff System Information Name mplix0d0208 Location Contact Serial Number 520 Firmware Version 1
139. to the M307 using ftp ftp ipname 2 Login as guest root or anonymous 3 Change to the jobs directory cd jobs 4 Display a list of all currently queued print jobs 1s The currently queued print jobs are listed by their ID number 5 Remove desired print job from the list del jobname 6 Logout of the FTP session quit Monitoring a print queue using FTP The following example shows how to monitor a print queue using FTP 1 Login to the M307 using ftp ftp ipname 2 Login as guest root or anonymous 3 Change to the queue directory cd queue 4 Turn interactive mode off prompt This enables you to copy a number of files without having to respond to prompts by the M307 5 Download the file in the print queue directory mget The file prn is downloaded to the user s local directory 6 Logout of the FTP session quit 7 View file with information pertaining to print queue status cat prn Note This command gives you the same information as a Ipstat in npsh cat is a UNIX command with DOS use the type command M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 12 Extra Features Additional Information Using FTP Daemon to Access the M307 Example 1 config directory 110 Configuring M307 parameters using FTP Users have two ways to configure the M307 s parameters using FTPD The first is by uploading binary files to the config directory and the second is by uploading text configurati
140. tter page size PCL PSZ3 1B 26 6C 33 41 legal page size PCL PSZ4 1B 26 6C 32 36 41 A4 page size PCL PSRCO 1B 26 6C 30 48 eject page paper source PCL PSRC1 1B 26 6C 31 48 upper tray paper source PCL PSRC2_ 1B 26 6C 32 48 manual feed paper source PCL PSRC3 1B 26 6C 33 48 manual envelope feed paper source PCL PSRC4_ 1B 26 6C 34 48 lower tray paper source PCL PSRC6 1B 26 6C 36 48 envelope feeder paper source PCL PDST1 1B 26 6C 31 47 upper output bin paper destination PCL PDST2 1B 26 6C 32 47 reader output bin paper destination PCL RST 1B 45 printer reset PCL JSEP 1B 26 6C 31 54 job separation HP3 SWPCL 1B 25 2D 31 32 33 3435 PCL 5 PJL command to switch printer into PCL 58 40 504A 4C 20 45 4B 7808 mode 54 45 52 20 4C 41 4E 47 55 41 47 45 20 3D 20 50 43 4C 0A M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 13 M307 Specifications Software Specifications 127 Table 19 Variable Definitions Name Hexadecimal Description HP3 SWPS 1B 25 2D 3132333435 PCL 5 PJL command to switch printer into PostScript Language mode 58 40 50 4A 4C 20 45 4E 54 45 52 20 4C 41 4E 47 55 41 47 45 20 3D 20 50 6F 73 74 53 63 72 69 70 740A PAC SWPCL 1B 26 6C 31 30 35 37 2E PacificPage PE cartridge command to switch printer into PCL Language mode 33 32 32 35 394A PAC SWPS 1B 26 6C 35 30 35 372E PacificPage PE cartridge command to switch 31 30 35 38 4A printer into PostScript Language m
141. u to manipulate objects such as destinations models and I O ports and also provides some monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities npsh access methods Access the command line interface shell using these methods HTML Forms When you configure a setting using the built in HTML configuration forms npsh commands are actually executed remotely on the M307 Telnet Session Opening a Telnet session with the M307 allows you to log into the device and access the npsh command line interface shell e g telnet 192 168 11 9 Remote Shell Command Remotely executes one npsh command at a time from your local TCP IP station e g rsh spike list prn 70 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 11 Reference Information M307 Command Line Interface Shell npsh 71 Main npsh command prefixes The four main command prefixes within the npsh command line interface shell store Change settings stored in Flash When the store prefix is used the M307 must be restarted to apply the changes to the system Since store affects Flash settings only the Print Server must reset and read the new settings now in Flash set Change current working settings in memory When the set prefix 1s used a save command must be executed as well so that the new settings are retained after power cycles Since set only affects the settings in memory they will be lost after a power cycle unless they are saved into Flas
142. use a TCP IP host and RSHD to set the users back to factory defaults or you can set the dipswitches to restore settings to factory defaults See Resetting to Factory Defaults on page 95 set user type username Assign root or guest privileges to a root guest particular user defined by username Guest permissions allow viewing of settings only whereas root permissions allow complete control of the M307 For example set user type eng root set user from default Set all user settings back to factory defaults 85 M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 11 Reference Information Complete Command Reference 86 Table 7 Set Command Options Command Syntax Description set user from stored Set all current user settings to the stored values in Flash set var variablename variablestring Define a new variable to be used in header trailer or switch strings on the M307 and call itvariablename variablestring can be a space separated list of words hexadecimal numbers e g 0x04 or references to other predefined variables It s easiest to make up the variablestring with hexadecimal values as shown in the example however Most printer codes in hexadecimal format can be retrieved from the printer manual One variable counts as one element within header and trailer strings Defined variables are referenced in strings by placing a before the variable nam
143. wd Save these configurations to EEPROM Enter save Verify the IP address and netmask Enter list stored tcpip Log out of the telnet session with quit then restart the M307 by powering the unit off and then back on again Test the equipment and configuration after installation is complete ping M307IPaddress Once you have configured the unit using any of the above methods the STAT LED will flash once per second This means the M307 is configured and recognizable on the network At this point you can now configure your host M307 Installation and Configuration Guide Microplex System Ltd 2010 5 Configuring the M307 on Your Network Optional TCP IP Settings Using HTML forms 25 The STAT LED will flash when the IP address is configured it does not mean that the unit is properly configured only that an IP address has been saved If you need to communicate with the M307 across routers you must now fill in an entry within the Routing section Optional TCP IP Settings Communicating across routers Since Windows and UNIX environments depend on TCP IP to communicate with the M307 crossing routers can be an issue After following one of the M307 configuration methods described above you will only be able to communicate with the Print Server from the same subnet This means that the M307 will not be able to accept any requests from hosts across a router i e on another subnet To allow the M307 to communicate
144. wmod set prn slowmode save The above example includes a line for the version number Because the commands and or syntax may change from one firmware version to another an old configuration file may be incompatible with the current version By entering a version number the transfer will be aborted and the user notified to check if the commands are compatible with the current firmware version if the version numbers do not match The example includes the optional load default command Including load default ensures that you always begin a configuration from the factory default settings The example also uses the redirect command which redirects standard output to the attached printer This allows the user to monitor the commands as they are being executed Without the redirect command users will be unable to view output from the commands as they are being executed It is not possible to generate a text configuration file from an existing binary configuration file in the config directory Executing a configuration file using FTP The following procedure shows how to execute a configuration file using FTP 1 Change to the local directory where the text configuration file resides 2 Login to the M307 using ftp ftp ipname 3 Login as root Note You must be a root user in order to FTP files to the exec directory 4 Change to the exec directory cd exec 5 Copy the text configuration file to the exec directory M307

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