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1. ceceeeeeeeees 168 Setting Up Printing For ASCII Files 0 ceeeeee 168 Table of Contents Verify Printing On AS 400 cceecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteneeeeees 173 AS 400 ASCII Troubleshooting cccceeeeteeseeeeeeneeeeees 174 TCP IP Access Problem ccccccceceseseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeees 175 Web Browser HTTP Problem cecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 177 10 AS 400 Configuration IPDS Printer 179 Configuring On AS 400 As An IPDS Printer 179 Printing AFP IPDS And SCS Files ccsseceeeeeees 179 ROQUIFEMENTS seori a a i 180 Configuration Checklist sseseseeesseeeeeeseeereeerrereeeeen 180 Configuring An AS 400 TCP IP Interface With ADDICPIFGs icnisteiheeth ae aie betas aa 182 Configuring PSF 400 For IPDS On V3R7 Or V4R1 184 Configuring PSF 400 for IPDS On V4R2 And Above 190 Verifying The IPDS Configuration On AS 400 ee 197 Sharing The AS 400 Printer On The Network 0 199 Printer Sharing Parameters 0 cccccceeeeeesteeeeeeeeeeeees 199 AS 400 TroubleShooting c ccccceceeeeeeeeceeeeeseeesenaeeeeneeeees 201 Cannot PING The Printer a se 201 PSF 400 Terminates When Initialized 0 ceeee 201 Spooled Print File Remains In PND Status 202 Spooled Files Disappear Without Printing 06 202 Data Is Being Clipped eeceeeeeeecseeeeeeteeeeeteeeeesaeeteaes 202 11 MVS Configuration f
2. Destination Mapped I O Port diprn PRN d2prn PRN d3prn PRN d4prn PRN d5prn PRN d6prn PRN d7prn PRN d8prn PRN 72 Changing Destination Names This name can be changed to something more meaningful using the built in HTML forms To do this 1 Load a Web browser on your Windows station and direct it to the URL http EthernetInterfaceIPaddress networkConf html e g http 192 75 11 9 networkConf html1 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 is no password by default 2 Atthe Print Path Configuration HTML form that displays select a destination link from the top of the page to bring up the appropriate destination form By default you should see a line near the top of the form showing the destinations listed in Table 5 3 Once the desired destination HTML form displays highlight the Name field and type in the new name for this destination 4 Click on the SUBMIT button when done and physically repower the print server to make the new setting take effect Windows Host Configuration This section covers Windows 2000 Windows NT Windows Millennium Windows 95 98 and Windows 3 1 73 Chapter 4 Windows Host Configuration Windows NT 4 0 Or 2000 Host Setup This installation procedure assumes that the Ethernet Interface adapter is configured with the correct IP address subnet mask and
3. To view the current status of an I O port on the Ethernet Interface two methods are available e select the desired I O port on the Status HTML form i e http Ethernet InterfaceIPaddress indexStatus html e g http 192 75 11 9 indexStatus htm1 that comes with the Ethernet Interface e enter the lpstat command directly on the print server once logged in as guest or root In each case you are given a description of each I O port status and a list of queued jobs Table 8 describes some of the common terms you may encounter Printer Logging Through Logpaths Table 8 Key Printer Logging Terms Term Description idle There is no job queued for the Ethernet Interface I O port blocked The printer is not allowing the Ethernet Interface to send data to it Check that there is not a printer error and it is online and ready to go waiting The Ethernet Interface knows about a print job but is waiting for the host to send more data or to send an expected packet Printer Logging Through Logpaths In the Ethernet Interface product manual destinations are described as logical queues with associated models and logpaths Models determine if any extra processing is needed with the print jobs passing through and logpaths determine whether any logging is needed for each job Each logpath on the Ethernet Interface consists of two parts TYPE PORT The type of log information to be captured Th
4. ATTACH NONE NONE NONE Name LCL RMT VRT SNPT LAN 3287 3812 4019 4201 0 1 2 3 4 10 13 301 LEXLINK IP USRDFN Name 000000000001 FFFFFFFFFFFE INTERNAL EXTERNAL PARALLEL SERIAL 3812 5219 5224 5256 NO YES WSC APPC 0 65535 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 00 FE YES NO NO YES DIRECT PTT MODEM YES NO Name SYSVAL AGB AGI ALI STD DRAFT NLQ 3 5 11 12 13 18 19 000 1 999 9 NONE TYPE CONT CONT2 CUT 1 255 FILE Name NONE Name LIBL CURLIB 1 2 3 INQ INFO Name CTLD SYSOPR QSYSOPR Name LIBL CURLIB CALC NONE NRF DEVINIT 1 2550 NOMAX 1 30 ATTACH NOMA Name NONE Name NONE 1 7 196 Configuring PSF 400 for IPDS On V4R2 And Above Line speed eeeeeeceeeeeesseeeeseeeereeees Word length sesers Type Of parity nosece Stop Dits Host print transform c eee Manufacturer type and model Paper source 1 eeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeees Paper source 2 cscceeeeeseeeeeeeees Envelope SOUICE eeceeeeereeeeeees ASCII code page 899 support Image configuration seer Maximum pending requests Print while converting s e Print request timer eee Form definition cceeceeeseeeeees LNDV ANY seizes ETET Character identifier Graphic character Set Code Page eceecsecees
5. a 3 oa Back Forward Stop Refresh Home Search Favorites History Mail Address hitp 10 224 2 35 ioPortStatus html v Go Links Home Configuration Status Help About TVO Port Network pm TO Port B NOTE This page will refresh every minute PRN VO Port Settings Status jidle Interface online Control mode default a READY ETHERHET IGP ASCII Printer LCD ENERGY SAVER MODE ACTIVE Message VO Port Print Jobs Active Queued B CL Se irteet Figure 5 Printer Status Screen 43 Chapter 2 Configuration Tools 44 Configuration Alternatives Besides the HTML forms and software provided the Ethernet Interface internal command shell nosh can also be reached using Telnet and Remote Shell Telnet A TCP IP command that helps configure Ethernet Interface settings remotely A TCP IP host starts a Telnet session with the print server and logs into the device command shell to alter and view settings Example telnet 192 75 11 9 Remote Shell A TCP IP command that helps configure print server settings remotely A TCP IP host uses this command to remotely execute a single command on the Ethernet Interface Example rsh spike list prn This command remotely executes the nosh command list prn on the Ethernet Interface named spike 3 Overview Embedded Ethernet Interface Web Page
6. IBM PRINTING SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT 583E BUILDING 003G PO BOX 1900 BOULDER CO 80301 9191 Note Visit our home page at http www ibm com printers When you send information to IBM you grant IBM a nonexclusive right to use or distribute the information in any way it believes appropriate without incurring any obligation to you However the following copyright notice protects this documentation under the Copyright laws of the United States and other countries which prohibit such actions as but not limited to copying distributing modifying and making derivative works Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 1999 2002 All rights reserved US Government Users Restricted Rights Use duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp Related Public Documents Printer Device Programming Gudie SC41 5713 03 or later IBM Printing RedBooks III IV V You may also wish to visit the IBM Printing System s web site at www printers ibm com Or The AS 400 support line Knowledge base web site at www as400service iobm com supporthome nsf home Software Knowledge Base Table of Contents Introduction ssscsisiisnecaranauiuansscncateenarencnetonss 21 OVERVIOW mea 10 Sesesid n a aaa SRE ee ees 21 What Is The Ethernet Interface ccccccccccceeseseseeees 21 What Special Features Are Available ccceeeseees 21 Logical Printer Architecture 00 cceeeeceeeeeeesneee
7. Port Handler choose Forward Jobs to a Queue then choose the queue used in step 1 above and note the Caution statement about the Queue User Name 5 For the Select Printer Drivers dialog choose no driver unless you have a driver installed into the Broker s RMS which is to be used with the printer Any jobs sent to this printer agent will then be forwarded to the specified queue Setup using LPR Mode In this mode an NDPS printer agent receives jobs from an NDPS client then forwards these jobs to a printer using the LPR protocol 1 The printer must first be set up with IP connectivity and be able to receive jobs using the LPR protocol 2 When setting up the NDPS printer agent use the Novell Printer Gateway For the Novell PDS choose NONE 4 For the Port Handler choose Remote LPR on IP then enter the hostname ipaddress and printer name dlprn dsprn by default in the next dialog NOTE When the IPDS feature is installed queue name d4prn is not available 147 Chapter 7 Novell Host Configuration 10 100Base T 148 5 For the Select Printer Drivers dialog choose no driver unless you have a driver installed into the Broker s RMS which is to be used with the printer Setup Using RPRINTER Mode In this mode an NDPS printer agent receives jobs from an NDPS client then forwards these jobs to a printer using the RPRINTER IPX protocol 1 The printer
8. Setting The Ethernet Interface Preferred NDS Tree NDS Setups 4 Click the SUBMIT button when done and physically repower the printer to make the new settings take effect Manual Telnet Method 1 Telnet to the print server telnet ipaddress NOTE If prompted for a User ID and password first type root for the ID and press ENTER at the password prompt since there is no password by default 2 You should see a prompt with the Ethernet Interface IP address ipaddress root gt 3 At the prompt enter store pserver novell context context 4 Reset the unit to make the changes take effect reset Setting The Ethernet Interface Preferred NDS Tree NDS Setups The Ethernet Interface supports Novell environments that have multiple trees If your environment has more than one tree you may want to set a preferred tree By default the Ethernet Interface will try to log in to each tree it finds until it is successful HTML Method 1 Load a Web browser on a network station that can communicate with the print server over TCP IP 2 Direct your Web browser to URL http EthernetInterfaceIPaddress networkConf html e g http 192 75 11 9 networkConf html1 NOTE If prompted for a User ID and password first type root for the ID and press ENTER at the password prompt since there is no password by default 137 Chapter 7 Novell Host Configuration 10 100Base T 3 Look under the Novell section an
9. do not configure more than one printer object from the printer The Ethernet Interface cannot service multiple file servers at one time do not configure multiple file servers to access the printer NetWare Version 3 x PSERVER Setup To configure a print queue on a NetWare 3 x network 1 Log on to the Novell file server as supervisor Enter PCONSOLE Select Print Queue Information from the PCONSOLE Main Menu 4 Press INSERT to add a new queue to the list of currently defined queues showing 5 Type in the name of this new queue when prompted and press ENTER This can be any name you would like 6 Press ESCAPE to return to the Main Menu 7 Select Print Server Information and press ENTER 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 NetWare Version 3 x PSERVER Setup Press INSERT when the list of existing print servers displays Type the name of the Ethernet Interface when prompted for a print server name and press ENTER when done By default the Ethernet Interface is named M_xxxxxx where xxxxxx equals the last six digits of the print server Ethernet address found on configuration printouts or by reading the MAC address on the control panel e g M_071C1A Back at the print server list select this newly defined Ethernet Interface and press ENTER Select Print Server Configuration from the menu that displays Select Printer Configuration from the next menu to display a
10. email Particular user s email address This address is set using the set sysinfo email emailname IPaddress command syslog A central TCP IP host running the SYSLOG daemon This host is set using the set sysinfo syslog IPaddress command set logpath from default Set all logpath settings back to factory defaults set logpath from stored Set all current logpath settings to the values stored in flash memory set model model name newname example set model ml name landscape Change the current name of the model to a new name as indicated by newname This newname must be nine characters or less or it will be truncated These names are case sensitive set model model type raw example set model m2 type raw Set the model type to raw so that it does not process the data passing through it in any way set model model banner ps text auto after example set model m2 banner text Determine whether a banner page should be added for print jobs passing through the model mapped destination queue 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 If after is set the banner page will come at the end 249 Chapter 15 Complete Command List set model model stty onlcr descramble xtab tablength none example set model m3 stty onler Control extra job processing done by the model The processing options are onlcr Carria
11. xxxxxx equals the last six digits of its Ethernet address found on the configuration printout When defining a new printer name within PCONSOLE did you use a predefined destination queue rather than a name of your own By default the Ethernet Interface only recognizes names like diprn All other names will be ignored by the device Is the Ethernet Interface in Bindery mode as seen under the list pserver output on the device If servicing only a NetWare 3 x file server it must be set to handle Bindery services The default setting is Bindery Is there an available NetWare user license for the Ethernet Interface to use while it acts as a PSERVER Every PSERVER takes up one user license since it logs into the Novell file server Have you given the connection process some time after repowering the Ethernet Interface In larger Novell environments the file server identification and connection process can take several minutes 123 Chapter 6 Novell Troubleshooting Tips 124 NetWare 4 x and 5 x No PSERVER Connection Was the Ethernet Interface power cycled after the PCONSOLE steps were completed This will make the print server boot up and realize which print queue and file server it needs to service Is the Ethernet Interface already servicing a queue on another file server If so it cannot service another file server at the same time When defining anew print server within PCONSOLE did you use the correct name for th
12. If you have problems printing do the following e Print an Ethernet Test Page Refer to your Setup Guide e Verify that the IPDS service is enabled e Verify the service name e Verify that port number 5001 is being used If you are still unable to print IPDS files contact IBM support Sharing IBM 6400 Printers on MVS IBM 6400 printers can be shared on PSF MVS in one of two ways e By using the MGMTMODE and DISCINTV parameters via the JES spool By port switching on the printer JES Spool Printer Sharing JES spool printer sharing is valid for TCP IP attached network printers A session with the printer is maintained while there is output on the JES spool and the printer is available When there is no more output on the spool and the disconnect interval expires PSF MVS ends the session with the printer PSF MVS attempts to restart the session when there is more work on the spool for the printer After the session is restarted PSF MVS must reload the resources required for the print jobs When using this method of network printer sharing PSF MVS cannot determine if another print driver is active You can request this method of network printer sharing by specifying the following parameters in the PSF Startup Proc MGMTMODE OUTAVAIL FAILURE WCONNECT TIMEOUT REDRIVE DISCINTV n 218 JES Spool Printer Sharing MGMTMODE Set to OUTAVAIL OUTAVAIL requests that PSF start a communications session with the printe
13. MAC Address e g M_071C1A To use the HTML forms to define a print queue do the following 1 Load a Web browser on a network station that can communicate with the print server over TCP IP The command to change the print server name is Syntax store pserver name newname Example to change the name to micro1 store pserver name microl 2 Direct your Web browser to URL http EthernetInterfaceIPaddress adminConf html e g http 192 75 11 9 adminConf htm1 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 is no password by default 111 Chapter 6 Novell Host Configuration 3 At the Administration Configuration HTML form that displays highlight the field beside the Name heading and type in the new name of the print server 4 Click on the SUBMIT button when done and physically repower the printer to make the new setting take effect Novell Host Configuration 112 Under all versions of NetWare both PSERVER and RPRINTER setups are supported by the Ethernet Interface Since a PSERVER setup is the most common you will find the necessary steps to configure the Ethernet Interface as a PSERVER shown first Configuration for RPRINTER and NPRINTER setup follow the PSERVER information NOTE In a NetWare environment the Ethernet Interface will service only one of the four available printer objects such as diprn
14. P1V06483 THE FULL NAME OF THE SEPARATOR PAGE FONT IS 213 Chapter 11 Configuring PSF for MVS to Print IPDS Files XOGT15 if if 01 CHANGE ACTIVITY if i END OF SPECIFICATIONS STEPO1EXEC PGM APSPPIEP REGION 4096K JOBHDR OUTPUT PAGEDEF V06483 JOB SEPARATOR PAGEDEF FORMDEF A10110 CHARS GT15 JOB SEPARATOR FORMDEF JOBLTR OUTPUT PAGEDEF V06483 JOB SEPARATOR PAGEDEF FORMDEF A10110 CHARS GT15 JOB SEPARATOR FORMDEF DSHDR OUTPUT PAGEDEF V06483 DS SEPARATOR PAGEDEF FORMDEF A10110 CHARS GT15 DS SEPARATOR FORMDEF MSGDS OUTPUT PAGEDEF A06462 MESSAGE DATASET PAGEDEF FORMDEF A10110 MESSAGE DATASET FORMDEF FONT300DDDSN SYS1 FONT300 SYSTEM FONTS 300 PEL DISP SHR PSEGO1DDDSN SYS1 PSEGLIB SYSTEM PAGE SEGMENTS DISP SHR HOLAY01DDDSN SYS1 OVERLIB SYSTEM MEDIUM OVERLAYS DISP SHR PDEF01DDDSN SYS1 PDEFLIB SYSTEM PAGEDEFS DISP SHR FDEF01DDDSN SYS1 FDEFLIB SYSTEM FORMDEFS DISP SHR I FERPA SPEDE ELAEP CARER SAY EIERE EENAA AR ERA ARESER ERASED PERAS LATA ATRA SPER PERARAERLEA NR ES EE EES 214 Configuration Procedure PRINTDEV BSR dn aa SOR OBIS SIDI III III ISU IIS ISI III IIIA IIA IIIA III IIIA III IIA HPRTICNTL PRT1PRINTDEV FONTDD FONT300 300 PEL FONT LIBRARY DD HOVLYDD OLAY01 OVERLAY LIBRARY DD PSEGDD PSEGO1 SEGMENT LIBRARY DD PDEFDD PDEF01 PAGEDEF LIBRARY DD
15. The Ethernet Interface comes with an extremely powerful printer management tool that allows you to monitor configure and manage both the printer and its print job The Ethernet Interface comes with an embedded web server that allows System Administrators and users access to its printer management capabilities from a standard web browser The Ethernet Interface printer s IP address is used as a URL similar to the URL of an Internet web page When a web browser is activated and the printer s IP address is entered the printer s embedded web server will display its home page with links to the printer s status and configuration settings All of the Ethernet Interface s configuration settings are protected by a password so unauthorized users cannot make changes When you try to open any of the Ethernet Interface s configuration pages you are asked for your user name and password At the prompt you need to enter root unless you have another user configured with root privileges followed by the associated password If there is no password just press ENTER For more information on setting passwords refer to Ethernet Interface Security on page 263 45 Chapter 3 Configuration After you configure the Ethernet Interface settings and click the SUBMIT button on the related form re power the Ethernet Interface should to ensure the latest settings are in use To reset the Ethernet Interface go to the System form under the Configur
16. d4prn is not available 101 Chapter 5 Unix Host Configuration 102 d Inthe TYPE field leave the value as AIX Version 3 or 4 e Leave PASS THROUGH FLAG field as yes f Press ENTER to complete the setup g After processing has finished press F10 to exit SMIT 8 At the command prompt enter eng A to view the print queues just entered 9 Enter qprt Pqueuename filename to send a jbo to the printer Direct Socket Printing Within TCP IP environments there are some setups which require the host to print directly to a TCP port number on the Ethernet Interface bypassing all of the higher level destination queue names If you run into a setup which requires this you will need to define two parameters for a new print setup 1 Ethernet Interface IP address The IP address or host name of the print server to which you want to print 2 Ethernet Interface TCP port number A pre defined number for the I O port on the print server 9100 is the default port number Though the host will be sending directly to a TCP port number on the Ethernet Interface the port numbers are 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 is of no concern in this type of printer definition Only the two parameters mentioned above need to be defined for printing to work Ethernet Interface Cannot Be Found On The Netw
17. field contains a number and there is a valid file server but no queue then you probably made an error in the setup At this point try again If it is an NDS PSERVER setup look for a line with the following type of message Could not login to NDS Tree lt TREE gt as lt PSERVER lt CONTEXT gt This indicates one of the following the tree is wrong the context stored on the Ethernet Interface for the print server object is wrong the print server object password is wrong or the print server object name is wrong e Try adebug nest rprinter telnet command or find the RPRINTER section on the Novell HTML status page Look for the following type of line 0 ENPReadConfig 0 213 Destination lt X gt where lt X gt is between 0 and 3 If they all read Destination 65536 then the PSERVER setup did not complete properly If there was a valid queue under EPS QUEUES in the debug nest pserver command then the printer name probably does not match an existing destination name on the Ethernet Interface or Novell has been disabled for that destination If there is a valid Destination line then double check that there is an entry for this number under the ENP INFO section NOTE Debug messages for the PSERVER setup are in the RPRINTER section here because the PSERVER setup on the Ethernet Interface shares some code with the RPRINTER setup e Try adebug nest logs telnet command or find the G
18. specified in the edit field syslog to a host specified by the IP address in the edit field running a SYSLOG daemon email to an e mail address specified by the e mail address and the SMTP server IP address edit fields You can set the option on the Administration web page 55 Chapter 3 Configuration I O Port NOTE The values defined in Logpath Type and Logpath Port are common among all destination queue Default no logging turned on Configuration I O Port 56 I O port configuration can be reached through a Print Path destination form by clicking on a port or through the I O Port option under the Configuration Menu Parallel Port PRN The parallel port on the Ethernet Interface can have its throughput altered by selecting a particular Mode The choices are e default normal throughput rate which will work with most printers e fast increase data transfer rate e test non printing emulate an attached printer though no printer is actually attached Parallel Port PRN Configuration SNMP The SNMP Configuration form allows you to configure SNMP trap managers and the e mail alert features of the Ethernet Interface It allows you to configure how SNMP alerts are processed by a SNMP trap manager an Unix syslog logging daemon and or have e mail notifications sent Up to 10 SNMP trap managers and e mail recipients may be specified Individual alerts fall into one of 12 alert group
19. store tcpip from default config http on reset NOTE This will reset all TCP IP settings to factory default and 10 11 12 13 reset the Ethernet Interface Wait five minutes for the Ethernet Interface to reset Power the printer off and then back on Wait for the E NET READY message to display Set the IP address subnet mask and default gateway parameters to the desired values See Configuration Tools on page 36 Web Browser HTTP Problem Web Browser HTTP Problem In some cases you may not be able to browse the printer Web page simply because the Ethernet Interface HTTP may be turned off If you cannot ping the Ethernet Interface IP address make sure the IP address subnet mask and default gateway are set correctly by checking the ETHERNET PARAMS menu from the control panel See the User s Manual for configuration menu information If you can ping the Ethernet Interface IP address but cannot access the Web pages perform the following procedure to verify the Ethernet Interface HTTP is turned on 1 Telnet into the Ethernet Interface and log in as root with no password 2 Atthe system prompt enter the following commands config http on save reset 3 After approximately 5 minutes point your browser to the Ethernet Interface IP address The printer Web pages should now be accessible 179 Chapter 9 AS 400 ASCII Troubleshooting 180 10 AS 400 Configuration IPDS Printer Configuring
20. the severity level and device name unless the length of the message exceeds the Short E mail Message Length in which case the message will be truncated If disabled the message will contain additional information including the device name and location alert description alert group and alert severity level and printer status Default Disabled e Short E mail Message Length specifies the maximum size of the short e mail message Acceptable values are 15 to 80 characters Default 80 characters e Send Test Message provides a way to test the validity of the e mail address SMTP server address If checked a test message will be sent to the specified e mail address when the submit button is pressed Default All alert groups are disbled by default If the alert message is to be sent to a cellular phone or pager the Short Email Format option should be enabled Once this option is enabled you may specify the maximum e mail message length 15 80 characters When enabled the message will contain the alert description the severity level and device name unless the length of the message exceeds the Short Email Message Length in which case the message will be truncated Parallel Port PRN If the Short Email format is disabled the message will contain additional information including the device name and location alert description alert group alert severity level and printer status To test the validity of the e mai
21. 2 Warp 4 system but the setup is similar to OS 2 Warp 3 and v2 11 OS 2 must have TCP IP installed on it and be configured with the correct IP parameters See OS 2 documentation help and your network administrator Configuring The Ethernet Interface TCP IP Settings There are mandatory TCP IP settings e g an IP address and subnet mask needed before the print server can be detected on the network There are also some optional settings for configuring your Ethernet Interface within an OS 2 environment This section mentions some of the more common optional settings available 157 Chapter 8 OS 2 Workstation Configuration Mandatory Settings The Ethernet Interface must be configured with an IP address and subnet mask at a minimum Consult your network administrator to obtain the proper values for these parameters Optional Settings One additional setting the gateway address is necessary if the OS 2 workstations must communicate with the Ethernet Interface across a router Consult your network administrator to obtain the proper value for this parameter To configure these options see Configuration Tools on page 36 OS 2 Workstation Configuration 158 OS 2 must use the TCP IP LPR protocol in order to send print jobs to the Ethernet Interface This section explains how to use the LPR command and how to set up an OS 2 print queue which will forward jobs to the printer using the LPR protocol Using The L
22. 6400 printers in various environments NPM works with the IBM 6400 the network printer family including IBM Infoprint 20 and 32 except for NPM for OS 2 and IBM Network Printers 12 17 and 24 For the Windows and IP and Web versions you can also use NPM with other manufacturer s network printers that comply with RFC 1759 such as the Hewlett Packard LaserJet 5si and the Lexmark Optra N NOTE IBM 6400 is supported only in the web and NT versions not OS 2 Using NPM administrators can e View the status of each printer such as its alarm conditions e View and change printer properties such as the default input tray e View and change printer network properties such as the NetBIOS printer network workgroup name e Add new network services to printers so you can customize the environment such as creating high and low priority print services For detailed information on how to use NPM please refer to NPM online help 237 Chapter 14 IBM Network Printer Manager You can configure NPM using either the TCP IP or NetBIOS network protocols and use TCP IP to monitor the printers NPM is available on the World Wide Web To obtain the latest version of NPM 1 Access the IBM Printing Systems Home Page at http www printers ibm com Navigate to IBM Network Printer Manager Follow the instructions to download NPM Installation instructions are in the README file NOTE NPM for Windows NT requires that a
23. Configuring a new printer on the Windows station Windows Environment Description The Ethernet Interface supports network printing under Windows environments by using TCP IP In a Windows NT setup pure TCP IP is used as the network protocol whereas with Windows 95 98 or Windows Millennium NetBIOS is used over TCP IP The ideal configuration is a network printer defined on the NT 2000 server to be shared by Windows 95 98 Millenium clients However any Windows station can also go directly to the Ethernet Interface 67 Chapter 4 Windows Ethernet Interface Configuration Windows Ethernet Interface Configuration 68 The IP address and subnet mask are mandatory TCP IP settings and are needed before the print server can be detected on the network There are also additional optional settings This section offers alternative methods for configuring your Ethernet Interface in a Windows environment and describes some of the more common optional settings available Mandatory Since TCP IP is used for Windows printing the Ethernet Interface must be configured with a minimum of an IP address and subnet mask before it can be seen on the network Optional Additional settings like routing entries can be configured This allows communication across subnets when no other router exists You can configure the Ethernet Interface done from the printer control panel Web browser host commands or other Printronix utility so
24. DLC Network Port Lexmark TCP IP Network Port Local Port LPR Port 6 For Windows NT double click LPR Port If LPR Port is not listed the Microsoft TCP IP Printing service is not installed For Windows 2000 select LPR Port from the pull down menu and then click Next If LPR Port is not listed it means that the Microsoft TCP IP Printing service is not installed To install the Microsoft TCP IP Printing service refer to Installing Microsoft TCP IP Printing on page 89 75 Chapter 4 Windows Host Configuration Add LPR compatible printer 7 Inthe Name or address of server providing Ipd field enter the IP address of the Ethernet Interface In the Name of printer or print queue on that server field enter the name of the print queue NOTE This name must be a name of an existing destination queue on the Ethernet Interface and it must be lowercase by default You will probably use d1lprn Add Printer Wizard Generic IBM Graphics Spin Generic IBM Graphics Spin wide 76 Windows NT 4 0 Or 2000 Host Setup 8 Select the Generic Text only printer driver or install the IBM 6400 driver from the IBM Printer s Web page at www printers iobm com The generic driver is good for troubleshooting installation problems The network administrator can always go back and install the printer driver at a later time Add Printer Wizard Type in the name of this prin
25. Interface This will refer to an existing PSERVER NLM on the file server or to one that you will create later in these steps Syntax store rprinter add PSERVERname printernumber Ethernet Interfacedestination An example for an RPRINTER servicing printer 0 of the PSERVER NLM called pserver1 and sending jobs to the Ethernet Interface destination diprn is store rprinter add pserverl 0 dlprn Leave this Ethernet Interface login session and log on to the NetWare 3 x file server as Supervisor Load a PSERVER NLM if one is not already loaded This will be the PSERVER that the Ethernet Interface services as an RPRINTER so it must match the PSERVER name given in step 2 Enter PCONSOLE Select Print Queue Information from the PCONSOLE Main Menu Press INSERT to add a new queue to the list of currently defined queues Type in the name of this new queue when prompted and press ENTER This can be any name you would like Click ESCAPE to return to the Main Menu Select Print Server Information and press ENTER Press INSERT when the list of existing print servers displays 115 Chapter 6 Novell Host Configuration 116 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Select the print server that you want the Ethernet Interface to service as an RPRINTER This is the PSERVER NLM loaded in step 4 Select Print Server Configuration from the menu that
26. Interface 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 take over ensuring the packets get to their final destination on another subnet on your network To configure a default router gateway within the Ethernet Interface 1 Load a Web browser on your Windows station and direct it to the URL http EthernetInterfaceIPaddress networkConf html e g http 192 75 11 9 networkConf htm1 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 is no password by default Changing Workgroup Names At the Network Configuration HTML form that displays click in the first field below the Gateway heading and type in the IP address of the default router gateway for the Ethernet Interface subnet Click on the SUBMIT button when done and physically repower the print server to make the new settings take effect Changing Workgroup Names Windows environments define groups of related computers as workgroups By default WORKGROUP is the name that is assigned to the Ethernet Interface workgroup However you may want to change this to suit your network better To do this 1 Load a Web browser on your Windows station and direct it to the URL http EthernetInterfaceIPaddress networkConf
27. Manual for configuration menu information Power off the printer On the Ethernet Interface place SWITCH 1 in the down position Power on the printer and wait for the ONLINE state On the Ethernet Interface place SWITCH 1 in the up position From a workstation attached to this network segment create an ARP entry The Ethernet Interface IP address and hardware or MAC address are needed At the workstation enter arp s lt ipaddress gt lt MACaddress gt ping lt ipaddress gt Try to ping this IP address to see if the Ethernet Interface can be seen on your network If the interface does not respond verify you are on the same network segment as the printer and that the ARP entry was created Telnet into the Ethernet Interface using the same IP address as above Log in as root with no password At the system prompt enter store tcpip from default config http on reset NOTE This will reset all TCP IP settings to factory default and reset the Ethernet Interface 107 Chapter 5 Unix Troubleshooting Tips 10 Power the printer off and then back on 11 Set the IP address subnet mask and default gateway parameters to the desired values 12 If the Web browser access does not work telnet into the Ethernet Interface as root Enter the following command config http on 108 6 Novell Configuration Overview This chapter details a complete Novell setup including e Identifying the Ethernet Interface on t
28. Models 27 setting a formfeed 106 setting onlcr 105 Monitoring print job 266 printer 266 281 Index MVS NetBIOS TCP IP Windows Network 48 communications control unit 208 NetWare 3 x configuration checklist 206 Bindery PSERVER setup 142 connectivity problems 220 no PSERVER connection 123 define printer to JES 212 password security 129 define printer to PSF MVS 213 polling time 131 JES spool printer sharing 218 reference a Bindery queue 142 port switching printer sharing 220 RPRINTER NPRINTER setup 143 printer connection 211 NetWare 4 11 and above NDPS printer sharing 218 configuration 146 printing IPDS 207 NetWare 4 x requirements 205 Bindery PSERVER setup 142 TCP IP profile 208 NDS PSERVER setup 139 verifying TCP IP attached printer 217 no PSERVER connection 124 password security 129 polling time 131 reference a Bindery queue 142 RPRINTER NPRINTER setup 143 NetWare 5 x Bindery PSERVER setup 142 NDS PSERVER setup 139 no PSERVER connection 124 password security 129 polling time 131 reference a Bindery queue 142 change Ethernet Interface name 132 RPRINTER NPRINTER setup 143 Ethernet Interface NDS content 136 Ethernet Interface preferred NDS tree 137 password security 129 polling time 131 preferred file server 126 N Naming schemes Ethernet Interface 269 NDPS configuration NetWare 4 11 and above 146 NDS PSERVER setup NetWare 4 x 139 NetWare 5 x 139 NDS
29. NETATR NONE Name NONE Name LIBL CURLIB Name LIBCRTAUT CHANGE Figure 17 Example CRTDEVPRT Command V4R2 and above 197 Chapter 10 Configuring On AS 400 As An IPDS Printer 198 2 Values must be entered for the following parameters Device Description DEVD The device description or name Device Class DEVCLS Specify LAN Device Type TYPE Specify IPDS Device Model MODEL Specify 0 LAN attachment LANATTACH Specify IP Port number PORT Specify 5001 Font FONT Enter an appropriate value Form Feed FORMFEED Specify CONT Activation timer ACTTMR This value specifies the number of seconds that PSF 400 waits for a printer to respond to an activation request If only one system is using the printer use the default value 170 seconds If more than one system is using the printer specify NOMAX which causes PSF 400 to wait indefinitely for a response to an activation request Configuring PSF 400 for IPDS On V4R2 And Above Remote Location RMTLOCNAME Enter the IP address or hostname of the printer User Defined Object USRDFNOBV To use a PSF configuration object specify its name and library here This object type must be PSFCFG For V3R7 and higher a single PSF configuration object may be referenced by mulitple device descriptions if required Verifying The IPDS Configuration On AS 400 To test IPDS printing 1 If itis not already on vary on the
30. Name NONE Name LIBL CURLIB DTAARA DTAQ FILE Name NONE Name LIBL CURLIB 228 Varying on the Printer System driver program IBMSNMPDRV Text description LAN 3218 SNMP Device Description for IBM 6400 Varying on the Printer Once you have created the printer device description you need to vary on the printer device description using either the Vary Configuration VRYCFG command or Work with Configuration Status WRKCFGSTS command Once the device has been varied on you must start the printer writer using either STRPRTWTR or Work with Writers WRKWTR command Problem Areas for Consideration If you then place a spooled file in the printer s output queue and it goes to MSGW message wait status with MSGCPA3394 Load form type amp 4 device amp 5 writer amp 1 G B I H RC then chances are good that the spooled file will print once you answer this message with a G However if the spooled file stays in RDY ready status or goes to PND pending status without printing or if the WTR ends you can look in the Message que you specified in the devd the SYSOPR message que or the writer job log for messages that may indicate why the spooled file is not printing or why the WTR ended To look in the message que you specified in the devd or the SYSOPR message que simply Type DSPMSG then press F4 to Prompt the cmd and enter either your que name library or SYSOPR
31. PCONSOLE bindery mode create a bindery printer server object whose name matches that of the Ethernet Interface at the root context of the 4 x or 5 x box e g M_03092B After creating the bindery PrintServer on the 4 x or 5 x server reboot the Ethernet Interface and use the debug Novell pserver command via a Telnet or npsh session or print out the E NET Test Page to make sure there is a successful server login 2 Using either PCONSOLE in NDS mode or NWADMIN a Create an NDS queue any name you want or simply use an existing one b Create a print server to use any valid name or choose one already in existence c Create a printer object to use with the print server object you chose or created and attach it to the chosen queue NOTE The 4 xor 5 x queue name print server name and printer object do not have to match any Ethernet Interface name multiple printers can be defined but only one print server can be attached to Example NDS queue name Finance NDS print server name Fin_Q NDS printer name Fin_Prt_1 NDS printer name Accounting Prt_1 NetWare Version 4 x and 5 x RPRINTER Setup 3 Ata 4 xor 5 x console session if a pserver nim session is already running for Fin_Q first unload it then reload it to find the new objects or simply issue load pserver Fin Q If you are successful the print server console screen will show a printer status option In the printer status window note the numbers
32. Syntax put filename Setting Up AIX 4 x 10 Close the FTP session unless you have more jobs to print Syntax quit Setting Up AIX 4 x 1 Ensure the 6400 AIX driver colon files are installed on the AIX machine Syntax lsdev P c printer F type subclass description sort u grep 6400 If iom4400 ibm6400 does not appear on the list the proper driver files are not installed Obtain the driver files and follow the instructions included with them to install the files on your machine At the command prompt enter smitty mkvirprt At the Add a Printer Queue screen select remote At Type of Remote Printing select Local Filtering At Remote Printing Type select IBM At the next Remote Printing Type select ibm6400 NOR WD At Add a Remote Print Queue with Local Filtering perform the following a Type in any print queue names desired in the entry fields next to the desired emulation s NOTE At least one print queue name field must be filed in b In the HOSTNAME field type in the hostname or IP address of the printer NIC c Inthe QUEUE field type in one of the foru possible print queue names found on the printer NIC diprn d2prn d3prn and d4prn are the four default LPD print queues on the NIC If the defaults have not been changed choose any one of these queues NOTE When the IPDS feature is installed queue name
33. Telnet Method 1 Telnet to the print server telnet ipaddress NOTE If prompted for a User ID and password first type root for the ID and press ENTER at the password prompt since there is no password by default You should see a prompt with the Ethernet Interface IP address ipaddress root gt At the prompt enter store pserver name name Reset the unit to ensure the changes take effect reset 133 Chapter 7 Novell Ethernet Interface Configuration 10 100Base T 134 Changing The Ethernet Interface Frame Type NDS and Bindery Setups The Ethernet Interface allows you to store a particular frame type for the unit to adhere to in a Novell environment HTML Method 1 Load a Web browser on a network station that can communicate with the print server over TCP IP 2 Direct your Web browser to URL http EthernetInterfaceIPaddress networkConf html e g http 192 75 11 9 networkConf htm1 NOTE If prompted for a User ID and password first type root for the ID and press ENTER at the password prompt since there is no password by default 3 Look under the Novell section and go to the Frame Type field to select the appropriate frametype 4 Click the SUBMIT button when done and physically repower the printer to make the new settings take effect Manual Telnet Method 1 Telnet to the print server This will bring up a login screen telnet ipaddress NOTE If prompte
34. Version 4 x and 5 x PSERVER Setup To communicate with the unit using npsh exe 1 From a DOS prompt on a Novell workstation begin an npsh session with the unit npsh unitname Starts a Telnet like session with the named print server with guest access only To obtain root access to the unit type supervisor A standard login screen displays prompting you for the login name and password Log in to the unit as root user root NOTE Root users require the use of a password as configured in the unit user list Enter the password If this password is not yet set press ENTER at the password prompt Otherwise enter the password that is already stored in the unit Password You are now logged in to the unit as a root user and can access any npsh command on the unit NOTE Because npsh exe makes use of broadcasts you may have problems communicating across a router 119 Chapter 6 Novell Host Configuration 120 NetWare Version 4 x and 5 x RPRINTER Setup The Ethernet Interface can be configured to service both RPRINTER NDS mode and PSERVER bindery mode Use the following procedure to set up an RPRINTER form of attachment on a 4 x or 5 x server 1 The Ethernet Interface requires a bindery server login on the 4 x or 5 x as the first step to servicing RPRINTER This bindery login is necessary for registering the Ethernet Interface Pserver name no bindery queues or printers are set up Using
35. XAIX allows printing of multiple copies Manufacturer Type MFRTYPMDL Select a manufacturer type and model This is the name of the WSCO Select 1BM6400 for Proprinter Emulation Or 6400EP for Proprinter for Epson Emulation Internet address INTNETADR Specify the IP address of the printer Verify Printing On AS 400 This section verifies that the printer is capable of printing ASCII files and that the printer can be pinged on the network To test ASCII printing 1 Start TCP IP if it is not already running by entering the command STRTCP Verify that the AS 400 TCP IP interface is active Ping the printer from an AS 400 workstation with the command ping ip address Where ip address is the Internet address of the remote system printer the Ethernet Interface or the hostname of the printer if you put the hostname in the host entry table as directed in Configuring A TCP IP Host Table Entry on page 169 If the printer cannot be pinged proceed to AS 400 ASCII Troubleshooting on page 176 175 Chapter 9 AS 400 ASCII Troubleshooting 5 Use one of the following methods to send a spooled file to the printer e Enter the LPR command on the AS 400 command line with the appropriate parameters See To Use LPR Manually on page 170 e Enter STRRMIWTR name on the AS 400 command line where name is the name of the AS 400 remote output queue not the printer Internet queue as described on
36. You should see the a message indicating that the job was submitted and then above that the failure You may press F1 on that message to obtain the second level text If you are referred to the WTR job log for additional information refer to the following instructions 229 Chapter 12 Configuring for a LAN 3812 SNMP Device Description 230 To look at the writer job do the following NOTE Check to see if the writer is still active 1 On the OS 400 command line type the following WRKJOB JOB writer name The writer name is typically the same name given to the device description Press the Enter key This brings you to the Select Job panel or the Work with Job panel If you are at the Select Job panel the most current writer job is at the top of the list Place a 1 in the Option field to the left of the most recent WTR job and press the Enter key If the writer has ended take menu option 4 Work with spooled files on the Work with Job panel From the Work with Job Spooled Files panel select Option 5 Display to display the QPJOBLOG spooled file or Option 2 Change to requeue the spooled file to a different output queue so it can be printed and investigated Make any suggested corrections restart the wtr and re submit the job If the writer is still active select menu option 10 Display job log if active or on job queue on the Work with Job panel Press the F10 key and the Page Up and Page Down keys to view the messages i
37. able to communicate with the Ethernet Interface from your local Unix station This means the printer knows about an IP address and subnet mask and has these settings in its current memory However if the Ethernet Interface is shut off these settings will be lost unless you store them in flash memory as follows 1 Load a Web browser on your Windows station and direct it to the URL http EthernetInterfaceIPaddress networkConf html e g http 192 75 11 9 networkConf html1 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 is no default password 2 Atthe Network Configuration HTML form that displays click in the field below the IP Address heading and type in the IP address for the Ethernet Interface 93 94 Chapter 5 Unix Ethernet Interface Configuration 3 Under the Subnet Mask heading enter the Ethernet Interface subnet mask NOTE If you would like to communicate with the Ethernet Interface from across routers you will need to fill in an entry within the Routing section Please see Communicating Across Routers on page 96 for further details 4 Click on the SUBMIT button when done and physically repower the print server to make sure the new settings are in effect Using RARP RARP allows you to dynamically assign an IP address to the Ethernet Interface upon bootup To configure t
38. assigned to the printers you created Assume for our example that one printer previously existed number 0 and we are adding two more whose numbers became 1 and 2 NOTE On the load command you must strictly follow the case of the name this is not required on the Ethernet Interface 4 Viaa Telnet or nosh session create RPRINTER attachments store rprinter add Fin Q 1 dlprn This command assigns destination d1prn as the RPRINTER 1 service path store rprinter add Fin Q 2 d4prn This command assigns destination d4prn as the RPRINTER 2 service path For Ethernet Interface entries case does not have to be observed Also if you want to change the destination names from dxprn do so first with the set dest lt dest gt name lt new name gt command being sure to use the save command so these reappear after a reboot 5 Reboot the Ethernet Interface adapter power the printer off and on or use the reset command so the new RPRINTER service names are broadcast 6 Open a Telnet or npsh session and log into the Ethernet Interface Wait a minute or two then use the list rprinter command and you should see your entries You could also do this by looking at the connection status on the 4 x or 5 x PSERVER printer status entries 121 Chapter 6 Novell Troubleshooting Tips If you add delete or change RPRINTER entries on the Ethernet Interface or 4 x or 5 x console you should always unload and reload the pserver nim module to re
39. available on the Print Model web page For a description see page 54 Selected Log Path This option defines the log path configuration that is to be associated with the current destination Current Log Path Settings Log Path Type The option is available on the Log Path web page Fora description see page 55 Log Path Port The option is available on the Log Path web page Fora description see page 55 Configuration Print Model 52 Name Name of the model The default model names are m1 m2 m3 m4 m5 m6 m7 and m8 Model Type Define what processing if any will be performed on print jobs passing through the associated destination If set to raw the job will not be touched by the network adapter Current Log Path Settings Banner Page Tell the Ethernet Interface to produce a banner page with each print job The type of banner page data can be text You can also specify whether the banner page should come at the front or the end of a print job Filter Specify whether the Ethernet Interface is to add carriage returns to print jobs passing through that contain solitary linefeeds This is common with Unix text jobs resulting in stair stepped output Header String Define an escape sequence to be sent to the printer before each print job For example you may want to send a sequence to print the job in landscape mode or to a certain tray on the printer You can specify up to four separate seque
40. be 1 for Ethernet Unix host filter file that processes the print job before it is sent over the network to the NIC Port for attaching peripherals to The NIC provides four PRN1 PRN2 COM1 COM2 IP Address LAN LED logpath LPD LPR MIB model NetBIOS Monitor Mode npsh PDF ping The Internet Protocol Address A numeric address such as 123 45 61 23 which identifies a printer or server in a LAN or WAN Local Area Network Light Emitting Diode The printer has an LED display which shows the status of the printer to the operator Determines the type of print job and printer logging needed per job One logpath is associated with every destination Line Printer Daemon The most common TCP IP remote printing protocol that crosses all hardware utilizing IP Management Information Base A set of variables database managed by an SNMP manager application Defines how a print job should be processed e g banner pages added ASCII to PostScript conversion as it passes through the NIC One model is associated with every destination Network Basic Input Output System Common interface among PC networks Refers to the condition of the NIC with no configuration or IP address loaded Extensive built in command shell within the NIC Portable Document Format Encodes different types of documents enabling them to be read across multiple platforms Standard command to test a TCP IP conn
41. describe these optional parameters Preferred File Server NDS and Bindery Setups In a bindery setup the preferred file server specifies the file server on which the print server object was created In an NDS setup it specifies a file server on which the print server object resides Since NDS is distributed most administrators will not know which file server s the print server object is actually stored on so in most NDS environments this option is not used This feature is useful in a large Novell network so that the Ethernet Interface does not ignore important file servers If you are setting up the Ethernet Interface to work with a Bindery file server it is a good idea to set a preferred server on the Ethernet Interface To view which file servers the Ethernet Interface does acknowledge at a given time use the debug nest fserver command For more information see Complete Command List on page 240 Preferred File Server NDS and Bindery Setups Adding Preferred File Server HTML Method 1 Load a Web browser on a network station that can communicate with the print server over TCP IP Direct your Web browser to URL http EthernetInterfaceIPaddress networkConf html e g http 192 75 11 9 networkConf html1 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 is no password by default Look under the Novell sect
42. disables it 253 Chapter 15 Complete Command List 254 set snmp syslog index active The Ethernet Interface can also log SNMP alert messages to the defined SYSLOG host see the set sysinfo syslog command description Use this command to enable or disable logging of alert messages for an SNMP alert table entry The index is the index number of the SNMP alert table active enables alert message logging active disables it set snmp alerts index all warning offline mediainput mediaoutput mediapath marker cutter barcode scanner intervention consumable label set snmp alerts 1 warning cutter example enable warning alerts and disable cutter alerts for SNMP table entry 1 This specifies which alert groups are enabled for reporting via an SNMP manager e mail alert message and or Unix syslog daemon See Table 4 on page 59 for a description of specific printer events belonging to each group The index is the index number of the SNMP manager alert table all disables and all enables reporting of alerts in all alert groups Individual alert groups can be selectively enabled or disabled via combinations of alert group switches set sysinfo name newname example set sysinfo name salesprinter Set a descriptive name defined by newname for Ethernet Interface identification purposes This is not used in the operation of the print server in
43. gateway if required In addition the administrator can ping and Telnet to the Ethernet Interface adapter from the server console If this is not the case use the printer front panel to configure the Ethernet Interface adapter before proceeding 1 Select Settings Printers from the Start menu 2 Double click the Add Printer icon The Add Printer Wizard window displays 3 For Windows NT skip to the next step For Windows 2000 click Next Add Printer Wizard This wizard helps you install your printer or make printer connections This printer will be managed by All settings will be managed and configured on this computer Network printer server Connect to a printer on another machine All settings for this printer are managed by a print server that has been set up by an administrator lt Beck Cancel 4 For Windows NT select My Computer and click Next For Windows 2000 select Local Printer and deselect Automatically detect and install Plug and Play printers Then click Next 74 Windows NT 4 0 Or 2000 Host Setup Add Printer Wizard ng Local Port Acrobat PDF Local Port Local Port Local Port Local Port Local Port Local Port HP Lasewet 5 For Windows NT click Add Port For Windows 2000 click Create a New Port Printer Ports Digital Network Port HP JetDirect Port Lexmark
44. html e g http 192 75 11 9 networkConf html1 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 is no password by default At the Network Configuration HTML form that displays search for the Windows NetBIOS TCP IP section and highlight the Workgroup Name field Type in the new workgroup name for the Ethernet Interface Click on the SUBMIT button when done and physically repower the print server to make the new settings take effect 71 Chapter 4 Windows Ethernet Interface Configuration Changing Destination Names When defining some printers within Windows environments the Ethernet Interface requires that you specify a predefined destination rather than any name you would like For example when creating a new printer under Windows NT a screen similar to Figure 6 displays Add LPR compatible printer Ed Name or address of server providing Ipd Pn na x KEE Name of printer or print queue on that server ai pir Cancel Help Figure 6 Windows NT Print Setup Dialogue Box The first field requires the IP address for the Ethernet Interface and the second field must be filled in with a valid destination from the print server e g diprn Otherwise LPR will not be able to access the printer Table 5 outlines the default destinations to choose from Table 5 Ethernet Interface Default Destinations
45. in to the queue s file server Since the queue is not an NDS queue the Ethernet Interface cannot log in under NDS so it must log in under Bindery This will only work if there is a valid PSERVER object on the file server This PSERVER object must have the same name that was used for the NDS setup By default this will be M_xxxxxx where XXXXXx equals the last six digits of the print server s Ethernet address found on the bottom of the device e g M_091C1A This PSERVER object does not need any printers or queues assigned to it Also when referencing a Bindery queue in NDS set the Novell Mode on the Ethernet Interface to auto so that both NDS and Bindery logins are possible See Setting The Ethernet Interface NDS Context NDS Setups on page 136 RPRINTER NPRINTER Setup Netware 3 x Netware 4 x and Netware 5 x RPRINTER NPRINTER Setup Netware 3 x Netware 4 x and Netware 5 x This procedure associates an existing PSERVER with a remote Ethernet Interface acting as a RPRINTER NPRINTER in a Netware 3 x Netware 4 x or Netware 5 x environment It is the PSERVER s responsibility to get jobs from the queue and to pass them off to the Ethernet Interface acting as the remote printer Unlike a PSERVER setup the Ethernet Interface does not deal directly with the queues NOTE As a RPRINTER NPRINTER the print server does not use a login ID A non Ethernet Interface print server such as PSERVER NLM or P
46. message to display on the front panel Placing the printer online starts the Ethernet Interface IP Address and Netmask update process This process will take several minutes NOTE If you do not put the printer online the setting you just entered will not take effect Do not turn the printer off until you see the ETHERNET ADAPTER IS READY message If you turn the printer off before the new values are written to memory in the Ethernet Interface adapter you will need to repower the printer and repeat steps 6 and 7 above immediately Once the ETHERNET ADAPTER IS READY message displays you may enter the Gateway Address by repeating front panel steps 6 and 7 above This will ensure the correct Netmask becomes associated with the Gateway value you enter From the front panel navigate to the Gateway Address and enter the appropriate value You must press ENTER after inputting each segment of the Gateway Address Put the printer online and wait for the ETHERNET ADAPTER IS READY message to display on the front panel 10 Enable the Power Saver mode if desired Ethernet Interface Verification Before performing the verification you must connect the Ethernet Interface card to the network 1 Print an E NET test page following the steps on page 37 to verify the settings you made Verify the Netmask is correct in two locations on the E NET test page e NETWORK INTERFACES e TCP IP ROUTING TABLE HTML Forms
47. objects details page 3 Select the Change Password button on the Identification page 4 Atthe prompts type and retype the new password Click OK when you are finished 5 Proceed to the next section to store the password on the Ethernet Interface Netware 3 x 1 Log into PCONSOLE on your Novell host as supervisor Select Print Server Information from the main menu Select the appropriate printer and press ENTER Select Change Password ak oN At the prompts type and retype the new password Press ENTER when you are finished 6 Proceed to the next section to store the password on the Ethernet Interface 129 Chapter 7 Novell Ethernet Interface Configuration 10 100Base T 130 Print Server Setup HTML Method 1 Load a Web browser on a network station that can communicate with the print server over TCP IP 2 Direct your Web browser to URL http EthernetInterfaceIPaddress networkConf html e g http 192 75 11 9 networkConf htm1 NOTE If prompted for a User ID and password first type root for the ID and press ENTER at the password prompt since there is no password by default 3 Look under the Novell section and add the new password to the Pserver Password field NOTE The passwords entered in Netware Administrator or PCONSOLE must match the password set on the unit 4 Click the SUBMIT button when done and physically repower the printer to make t
48. see Commands on page 239 for information on enabling disabling services NOTE The debug information that follows can be found by trying to telnet the Ethernet Interface and issuing the commands given or launching a browser to the Novell status page on the Ethernet Interface e g http 192 168 11 9 networkNovellStatus html Try doing a debug nest ipx telnet command on the Ethernet Interface or find the IPX Layer section on the Novell HTML status page Check that a board has been bound to the Ethernet Interface and that the network number is correct for your network If not you may want to set a specific frame type for the Ethernet Interface to use You can find out what frame type is bound to which board number using the debug nest odi command or from the ODI Layer section on the Novell HTML status page Try adebug nest fserver telnet command or find the File Servers section on the Novell HTML status page If no file servers show up then there is probably a problem with the network connection or the Ethernet Interface is not on a Novell network Try a debug nest sap telnet command or find the SAP section on the Novell HTML status page to see if the Ethernet Interface is seeing any network activity PSERVER Setup e Try adebug nest pserver telnet command or find the PSERVER section on the Novell HTML status page Look for a valid queue under the EPS QUEUES section If the printer
49. setup change Ethernet Interface frame type 134 change Ethernet Interface mode 135 NetWare Version 3 x Pserver setup 112 RPrinter setup 114 282 Index NetWare Version 4 x Rprinter 49 PSERVER setup 117 service type 49 RPRINTER setup 120 troubleshooting 122 NetWare Version 5 x Npsh PSERVER setup 117 access methods 239 RPRINTER setup 120 command prefixes 239 Network O configuration 47 connection 35 Ethernet Interface cannot be found 83 Onlcr 105 OS 2 Ethernet Interface TCP IP Novell 48 sharing AS 400 201 settings 157 status 65 LPR command 158 TCP IP 47 LPR Port Daemon 161 LPR print queue 159 TCP IP access problem 162 workstation configuration 158 OS 2 TCP IP 234 Network Printer Manager NPM IBM 237 No extra page troubleshooting 106 No form feed troubleshooting 106 Novell environment 109 P Ethernet Interface configuration 110 Parallel port PRN 56 Ethernet Interface configuration 10 100Base T 126 Password security Bindery setup 129 file server 48 49 NDS setup 129 frametype 48 NetWare 3 x 129 Host configuration 112 NetWare 4 x 129 host configuration 10 100Base T 138 HTML forms 111 NetWare 5 x 129 Passwords 64 NDS 49 Ethernet Interface 263 Network 48 PMU 234 Pserver 49 283 Index Polling time adjusting 131 Bindery setup 131 NDS setup 131 NetWare 3 x 131 NetWare 4 x 131 NetWare 5 x 131 Port number PORT 224 Prefe
50. smtp 192 75 11 5 port 25 Define the SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol server IP address and port number where the mail is stored on your network Default Unconfigured 25 255 Chapter 15 Complete Command List IMPORTANT 256 set sysinfo email emailname domain example set sysinfo email joe IBM com Define the user email address to receive printer and job logging information from a particular logpath on the Ethernet Interface set sysinfo syslog hostIPaddress example set sysinfo syslog 192 75 11 30 Set the IP address of the host running the SYSLOG daemon Ethernet Interface debugging or print job and printer logging information can be sent to that IP address set sysinfo dns DNSserverIPaddress example set sysinfo dns 192 75 11 2 Set your DNS server IP address so the Ethernet Interface can resolve host names when used with its built in Telnet and ping clients set sysinfo module novell netbios example set sysinfo module novell Enable and disable certain network protocol stacks within the Ethernet Interface Sometimes it helps to disable any protocols you are not using on your network set user add del username example set user add eng Add or remove a user on the Ethernet Interface defined by username Do not delete the root user or you will be unable to configure any further settings on the print server You will have to go back to factory defaults to correct this problem set user passwd username
51. specific SNMP R W community name be defined in the printer before it can be successfully discovered The SNMP R W community name must be set to ibmpsc_ admin with the following telnet commands set user passwd snmp ibmpsc_ admin save 238 1 5 Commands Command Shell Overview The Ethernet Interface comes with an in depth command shell called npsh It allows you to manipulate objects like destinations I O ports and models and provides monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities npsh Access Methods This command shell can be accessed by e builtin HTML forms e aTelnet session from a TCP IP host to the Ethernet Interface e asingle remote shell command e g rsh remd remsh from a TCP IP host Main npsh Command Prefixes All configurable commands either start with store or set and view commands start with list NOTE If the store prefix is used the Ethernet Interface must be repowered to make the changes take effect Since store affects flash memory settings only the print server must reset and read the new settings now in flash memory 239 Chapter 15 Complete Command List NOTE If the set prefix is 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 to flash memory Getting Command Help The Ethernet Interface command shell provides several o
52. started using the STRTCP command Test your configuration See Verifying The IPDS Configuration On AS 400 on page 199 To share the printer on the network verify that the necessary parameters have been set correctly See Sharing The AS 400 Printer On The Network on page 201 If you have problems refer to AS 400 Troubleshooting on page 203 183 Chapter 10 Configuring On AS 400 As An IPDS Printer Configuring An AS 400 TCP IP Interface With ADDTCPIFC NOTE Do not enter the IP address of the Ethernet Interface Do not set the AS 400 interface address to the same address as the Ethernet Interface IP address Also do not add the Ethernet Interface to the AS 400 TCP IP interface list Configuring An Interface For Ethernet ADDTCPIFC is used to add a TCP IP interface to AS 400 This step configures the AS 400 for attachments to a TCP IP network 1 At the AS 400 command line enter the following command ADDTCPIFC INTNETADR 9 99 15 188 LIND ETHLAN SUBNETMASK 255 255 255 0 2 Your completed screen should look like Figure 13 System BLDD60 Internet address 9 99 15 188 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Line description ETHLAN Line type ELAN Interface status Inactive Type of service NORMAL Maximum transmission unit LIND Automatic start YES Figure 13 Example ADDTCPIFC Interface 184 Configuring An AS 400 TCP IP Interface With ADDTCPIFC 3 The foll
53. the Ethernet Interface M_xxxxxx where xxxxxx equals the last six digits of the Ethernet address This is the default format of the unit s name when it is acting as a PSERVER NOTE This M_xxxxxx name must have six digits after the _ so if necessary pad out each byte with a zero 0 Has the Ethernet Interface s name been changed from its default of M_xxxxxx and if so have you incorporated this new name into your PSERVER setup Is there a password set for the print server to utilize when it is logging in to the file server Make sure the Ethernet Interface s PSERVER password matches that of the PSERVER setup or set both places to no password 149 Chapter 7 Troubleshooting 10 100Base T 150 When setting the Ethernet Interface up as a PSERVER did you specify a destination on the Ethernet Interface e g dlprn for the printer name and did you remember this name is case sensitive NOTE Ethernet Interface destinations are case sensitive so they will not be recognized if they are typed incorrectly By default they are all in lowercase If you are setting up ina Netware 4 x or Netware 5 x environment the destination must be renamed to uppercase to match the PCONSOLE or Netware Administrator entry Please see set dest destination name newname on page 247 for information on changing names Does the destination you used in your PSERVER setup have the Novell service enabled Please
54. the IP address is configured If zerolPArp is enabled on an Ethernet Interface with an IP address of 0 0 0 0 then any attempted access with a valid IP address is assumed for this Ethernet Interface and an Arp lookup is performed Default enabled store tcpip tcp access root add del IPaddress example store tcpip tcp access add 192 75 11 25 Add or remove an entry from the Ethernet Interface TCP access list defined by ITPaddress If the list has an entry only this host can print to and remotely interact with the print server 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 memory so they are retained after a power cycle This ensures all current settings match what is stored in flash memory Set Commands These settings alter the current or working settings in memory only Therefore they will be lost if the Ethernet Interface is power cycled To ensure this does not happen issue a save command so the current settings get written to flash memory set date year month day example set date 1997 02 10 Set the current date noting the four digit year the two digit month from 1 through 12 and the day the number in the month If the Ethernet Interface is reset this value will be lost so you will need to set the date again Set Commands set dest destination name newname example set dest dlprn name thermal Change th
55. the one stored on the Novell file server Passwords are optional as long as there is not one defined on the file server for the user store pserver novell fserver add del fileservername example store pserver novell fserver add fs1 Add or remove a server entry on the Ethernet Interface for the Novell file server it will be servicing store pserver novell frametype 802 2 802 3 Sets the frame type for the Novell protocol store pserver smb workgrp newworkgroupname example store pserver smb workgrp eng Define a different Windows workgroup as defined by newworkgroupname for the Ethernet Interface to be visible within should be 14 characters or less By default the print server only comes up within the group called WORKGROUP 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 memory so they are retained after a power cycle This ensures all current settings match what is stored in flash memory 243 Chapter 15 Complete Command List 244 store rprinter add del printservername printernumber destination example store rprinter add pserverl 0 dlprn Add or delete the RPRINTER settings on the Ethernet Interface for a Novell environment The printservername must be the name of an existing PSERVER NLM on your Novell file server The printernumber is the printer number within this PSERVER NLM The destination is t
56. 0 Usually set to YES Configuring PSF 400 For IPDS On V3R7 Or V4R1 Configuring PSF With CRTDEVPRT On V3R7 Or V4R1 This section describes how to create a printer device description 1 Atthe AS 400 command line enter a command in the form CRTDEVPRT DEVD NETPRT64 DEVCLS LAN TYPE IPDS MODEL 0 LANATTACH IP AFP YES PORT 5001 FONT 11 FORMFEED CONT RMTLOCNAME 128 9 12 134 USRDFNOBJ AFP 5000NETPRT PSFCFG TEXT printer type NETWORK PRINTER NOTE Only use the USRDFNOBJ parameter if it was defined in the previous procedure See Configuring AFP With CRTPSFCFG On V3R7 Or V4R1 Optional on page 186 2 Acompleted screen looks like the example shown in Figure 15 Display Device Description 5716SS1 V3R7M0 961108 Device Description Option Category of device Device class Device type Device model LAN attachment User defined object Library Object type Data transform program User defined driver program Advanced function printing BLDRB1 DEVD NETPRT64 OPTION ALL PRT DEVCLS LAN TYPE IPDS MODEL 0 LANATTACH IP USRDFNOBJ NET6400 AFP PSFCFG USRDTATFM NONE USRDRVPGM NONE AFP YES 189 Chapter 10 Configuring On AS 400 As An IPDS Printer Port number Online at IPL Font Identifier Point size Form feed Separator drawer Separator program Library Printer error message Message queue Library Activation timer Ma
57. 00003 for the indirect connections to the public telecommunications systems in the United Kingdom Industry Canada Compliance Statement This Class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 Cet appareil num rique de la classe A conform a la norme NMB 003 du Canada Statement of CISPR 22 Edition 2 Compliance Attention This is a Class A Product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures Japanese VCCI COMES FHUBRESERESETMaAlReS VCCI 0 BOC PIZAATRRMHRECT COHBtRERR CHAT SC BREE gee a TOBARRA SAREES O k I ER Communication Statements Taiwan SERAF BAP RMA amp gt H ERB PARA OE T REE RATT R gt A2 BIR RATAR RERKLA SNR Warning This is a Class A product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user will be required to take adequate measures Australia New Zealand Attention This is a Class A Product In a domestic enviroment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures Korea Ao AIG F S AAS BSTSeee ANYAI HES 2 0 SU BOA SE Ol SBASE OAS FASHA Utero Ger TLA HUE Peet LOA ARAL WStoralrl HretU Ch China Declaration This is a Case A Product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take practical actions E g RA ARER ETA
58. 132 password security 129 polling time 131 preferred file server 126 BOOTP Unix 95 Browse Ethernet Interface troubleshooting 85 C Change destination names Ethernet Interface 72 Change Ethernet Interface frame type Bindery setup 134 NDS setup 134 Change Ethernet Interface mode Bindery setup 135 NDS setup 135 Change Ethernet Interface name Bindery setup 132 NDS setup 132 Command 240 complete list 240 getting help 240 Command prefixes 240 npsh 239 Command Shell 239 ways to access 41 Commands list 258 miscellaneous 260 set 246 store 241 Communcation routers Windows 70 Configuration Administration 62 alternatives 44 front panel 37 I O Port 56 Log Path 55 Network 47 Print Model 52 Print Path 50 PSF 400 for IPDS on V3R7 or V4RI 186 PSF 400 for IPDS on V4R2 and above 192 SNMP 57 System 64 Configuration checklist MVS 206 Configuration example 227 Configuration instructions LAN 3812 SNMP 223 Activation Timer ACTTMR 224 Configuration example 227 Device Class DEVCLS 223 Device Model MODEL 223 Device Type Type Device Type Type 223 Font FONT 011 224 Index Form Feed FORMFEED 224 Host Print Transform TRANSFORM 225 Inactivity Timer INACTTMR 225 LAN Attachment LANATTACH 223 Manufacturer Type and Model MFRTYPMDL 225 Port number PORT 224 Printer Error Message PRTERRMSG 224 Remote Location RMTLOCNAME 225 System Driver Progra
59. 6400 Line Matrix Printers Ethernet Interface User s Manual Form Number 544 5830 000 Copyright IBM Corp 1999 2002 6400 Line Matrix Printers Ethernet Interface User s Manual 544 5830 000 Notices References in this publication to IBM products programs or services do not imply that IBM intends to make these available in all countries in which IBM operates Any reference to an IBM licensed product program or service is not intended to state or imply that only IBM s product program or service may be used Any functionally equivalent product program or service that does not infringe any of IBM s intellectual property rights may be used instead of the IBM product Evaluation and verification of operation in conjunction with other products except those expressly designated by IBM is the user s responsibility Any performance data contained in this document was obtained in a controlled environment based on the use of specific data The results that may be obtained in other operating environments may vary significantly Users of this document should verify the applicable data in their specific environment Therefore such data does not constitute a performance guarantee or warranty IBM may have patents or pending patent applications covering subject matter in this document The furnishing of this document does not give you any license to these patents You can send license inquiries in writing to the IBM Cor
60. DL This indicates the type of ASCII printer being used This value is used by HPT to determine what ASCII controls to use when converting the spooled file from SCS or AFPDS to ASCII The recommended values are determeied by the ASCII emulation setting on the printer The choices are IBM6400EP for Epson emulation IBM6400 or IBM4203 for Proprintner Remote Location RMTLOCNAME This should be set to the printer s IP address host name or DNS name If an IP address is used it should be entered without leading zeros for example use 192 186 10 2 instead of 192 186 010 002 If an IP address is used verify that OS 400 can reach the printer by using either the PING or Verify TCP IP Connection VFYTCPCNN command with that IP address If a host name or DNS name is used verify that OS 400 can reach the printer by using either the PING or Verify TCP IP Connection VFYTCPCNN command with that host name or DNS name 225 Chapter 12 Configuring for a LAN 3812 SNMP Device Description 226 User Defined Options USRDFNOPT Specifies for spooled output only one or more user defined options to be used by user applications user specified programs or the writer A maximum of four user defined options can be specified This should be set to IBMSHRCNN whenever configuring a LAN 3812 SNMP Specifying IBMSHRCNN will cause the print driver to open and close the connection to the data port on the printer for every copy of every spooled
61. Default Unconfigured empty 63 Chapter 3 Configuration System DNS Server Specifies the IP address of the domain name server to be used for resolving host names e g host domain com to IP addresses e g 192 168 0 42 Default Unconfigured empty Passwords Only a user with root privileges can alter the Ethernet Interface s settings Guest users can only view settings but cannot alter them Both types of users can be assigned passwords To change a password type in the old password in the Old field Then type the new password twice once in the New field and once in the Confirm field Default No passwords for root or guest users Configuration System Status The System Configuration form allows you to change the Ethernet Interface s operation mode Select Reboot to re power the print server Select Default to reset the print server and have it come up with factory default settings 64 The Status menu items allow you to view the current status of both the printer and the network The submenu items available are as follows e 1 0 Port this menu item allows you to view the current status of the printer including the print jobs that are queued or are currently active e Network this menu item allows you to view the current status of the network connection Status I O Port Status I O Port The I O Port Status form allows you to remotely see what is happening o
62. ES in the CRTPSFCFG command V3R2 V3R7 or V4R1 l l MVS Configuration for Overview an IPDS Printer Use this chapter to configure MVS to print IPDS files on your IBM 4400 6400 network printer To print IPDS files you must have the IPDS option on the printer Requirements Verify that you have the following required software e PSF MVS Version 2 2 0 with APAR OW15599 for TCP IP support e MVS Scheduler with APAR OW12236 to support two new PRINTDEV keywords IPADDR and PORTNO e TCP IP Version 3 Release 1 or higher installed and configured on MVS To obtain the PTFs associated with these APARs contact the IBM Support Center 205 Chapter 11 Overview Configuration Checklist All of the following configuration steps carried out on MVS require appropriate RACF authority 1 Using the printer operator panel set up the IPDS printer emulation to 6408 6412 2 Set TCP IP addresses for the printer such as IP address gateway address or subnet mask See Configuration Tools on page 36 3 Configure the host environment See Configuring PSF for MVS to Print IPDS Files on page 207 4 Verify the configuration See Verifying a TCP IP Attached Printer on MVS on page 217 5 If you want to share the printer do the procedure in Sharing IBM 6400 Printers on MVS on page 218 6 If you have problems refer to Handling MVS Connectivity Problems on page 220 206 Configurat
63. FDEFDD FDEF01 FORMDEF LIBRARY DD JOBHDR JOBHDR JOB HEADER SEPARATOR I QUTPUT JOBTRLR JOBTLR JOB TRAILER SEPARATOR I QUTPUT DSHDR DSHDR DATA SET HEADER SEPARATOR IMESSAGE MSGDS MESSAGE DATA SET OUTPUT BUFNO 5 NUMBER OF WRITE DATA BUFFERS PAGEDEF A06462 DEVICE PAGEDEF DEFAULT FORMDEF A10110 DEVICE FORMDEF DEFAULT H CHARS GF10 DEVICE GS10 TU10 GU10 DEFAULT FONT SET PIMSG YES ACCUMULATE DATA SET MESSAGES DATACK BLOCK REPORT ALL DATA CHECK ERRORS TRACE NO CREATE INTERNAL TRACE FAILURE WCONNECT PSF ACTION ON PRINTER 215 Chapter 11 Configuring PSF for MVS to Print IPDS Files FAILURE TIMEOUT REDRIVE PSF ACTION ON TIMEOUT IMGMTMODE OUTAVAIL PRINTER MANAGEMENT MODE DISCINTV 15 DISCONNECT INTERVAL IN SECONDS NPADDR xxx xxXx xxx xxx IP ADDRESS FOR TCP IP PRT1ENDCNTL Figure 19 Sample PSFPROC procedure NOTE To specify a TCP IP address space name other than the default TCPIP code the following exec statement in the writer procedure STEPO1LEXEC PGM ASPPIEP REGION 4096K PARM tcpip name where tcpip name is the name of the TCP IP address space If this parameter is not coded PSF MVS uses the default name TCPIP The IP address is the only required parameter Other parameters may be set to facilitate printer sharing a
64. IPDSPASTHR To print SCS files specify YES PSF 400 transforms SCS into IPDS before printing Release timer RLSTMR Specifies the amount of time to wait before a session or dialog is released without terminating the writer The ACTRLSTMR parameter specifies when this timer is to be activated Set the parameter to a value at least equal to the TIMEOUT value on the printer IBM recommends SEC15 Page size control PAGSIZCTL Specifies if the page size forms is set by PSF 400 Usually set to YES Remote Location name or address RMTLOCNAME Enter the IP address or hostname of the printer Configuring PSF 400 for IPDS On V4R2 And Above Configuring PSF with CRTDEVPRT On V4R2 and above This section describes how to create a printer device description 1 Atthe AS 400 command line enter a command in the form CRTDEVPRT DEVD P6400 DEVCLS LAN TYPE IPDS MODEL 0 LANATTACH IP AFP YES PORT 5001 FONT 11 FORMFEED CONT RMTLOCNAME 128 9 12 1347 USRDFNOBJ AFP NETPRT6400 PSFCFG TEXT IBM 6400 NETWORK PRINTER Only use the USRDFNOBJ parameter if it was defined in the previous procedure A completed screen looks like the example shown in Figure 17 195 Chapter 10 Configuring On AS 400 As An IPDS Printer Device description csseeeseee Device CIASS csesetessereseeeeeeeees Device type cceccsseeeeesseeeenseeneneees Device model sssssssssssnnnsnnneen
65. LPR Compatible Printer dialogue box If so did you also enter it in lowercase letters Cannot Browse The Ethernet Interface On The Network Cannot Browse The Ethernet Interface On The Network Have you looked under the right Windows workgroup By default the Ethernet Interface will be found under WORKGROUP Are you able to browse other Windows stations and devices on the network from this same station Has this Windows station been given enough time to update its registry so it can see this newly added workgroup device Sometimes Windows stations can take considerable time depending on the size of the network Printer Errors When Printing Or No Output Is there a large job currently printing which is taking up all of the printer resources Usually when printing from Windows 95 98 stations a busy printer can cause Windows to display a printer error message This is because it demands immediate printer attention rather than holding the data until the printer is ready again The best way around this is to use a central spooling station like an NT server Have you tried restarting the spooler under Control Panel Services Sometimes this is needed to get printing started NOTE As a last resort you may want to reboot the Windows station Sometimes this is the only option to completely clear this situation The Ethernet Interface usually has nothing to do with this problem 85 86 Chapter 4 Windows Trou
66. On AS 400 As An IPDS Printer Use this chapter to configure your printer on AS 400 as an IPDS printer To print IPDS you must install the IPDS option on your printer Once configured as an IPDS printer the printer can also print AFP and SCS but these datastreams must be converted to IPDS first NOTE Do not cancel IPDS print jobs by using WebPage cancel Printing AFP IPDS And SCS Files Printers configured as IPDS only print IPDS files AFP and SCS files can be printed but they must be transformed to IPDS before printing e APF files are transformed directly by Print Services Facility PSF 400 an integrated feature of OS 400 which then sends the transformed file to the printer e SCS files are transformed into IPDS by setting the IPDSPASTHR parameter to YES see Figure 15 on page 190 or Figure 14 on page 187 This path yields the best performance by sending IPDS files directly to the printer with no transform 181 Chapter 10 Configuring On AS 400 As An IPDS Printer Requirements Contact technical support to obtain the latest PTFs for PSF 400 For IPDS printing you also need to install the IPDS option for the printer Configuration Checklist NOTE All of the following configuration steps carried out on the AS 400 may require create or change authority 1 If you have not already done so set up the printer and install the Ethernet Interface See Configuration Using The Control P
67. P IP Profile This section contains information about the statements the special considerations that apply to them and the changes they may make necessary If you change any of the values in the TCP IP profile restart TCP IP to pick up the changes 209 Chapter 11 Configuring PSF for MVS to Print IPDS Files For information about the TCP IP profile and the statements described in this section refer to e IBM TCP IP MVS Customization and Administration Guide e IBM TCP IP Performance and Tuning Guide DATABUFFERPOOLSIZE The DATABUFFERPOOLSIZE statement defines the number and size of the data buffers For printing on TCP IP attached printers IBM recommends that you specify at least 160 data buffers 32768 buffer size SMALLDATABUFFERPOOLSIZE The SMALLDATABUFFERPOOLSIZE statement defines the number of small data buffers For printing on TCP IP attached printers IBM recommends that you specify at least 256 small data buffers TINYDATABUFFERPOOLSIZE The TINYDATABUFFERPOOLSIZE statement defines the number of tiny data buffers For printing on TCP IP attached printers IBM recommends that you specify at least 256 tiny data buffers KEEPALIVEOPTIONS PSF relies on TCP to detect when a connection with a TCP IP attached printer is no longer usable When no data has been exchanged between PSF MVS and its connection partner TCP sends keep alive probes to the connection partner periodically These periodic probes called keep al
68. PARALLEL 16 Press ENTER on the Print Queues Assigned field 17 Press INSERT to display all queues select the one you defined in step 5 and press ENTER 18 Select a priority and press ENTER Priority 1 should be sufficient 19 Press ESCAPE saving your changes until you are back to Main Menu 20 Reboot the Print Server by repowering the printer 21 Check the CURRENTLY ATTACHED SERVERS and verify the print server is active 22 Press ESCAPE until you are out of the PCONSOLE Even though the entire print set up is done through PCONSOLE you may want to communicate directly with the print server to modify settings monitor the unit etc To communicate with the print server the optional host software npsh exe is included npsh exe is a DOS executable program that can be run from a DOS prompt on a NetWare workstation npsh exe performs the following npsh nvplist Lists all of the Ethernet Interface devices on the network each name is in the default format M_xxxxxx where xxxxxx equals the last six digits of the unit Ethernet address This is regardless of whether it is configured as a PSERVER or as an RPRINTER npsh unitname Starts a Telnet like session with the named print server allowing you to configure monitor and troubleshoot the unit with the built in command set npsh unitname command Initiates a single command with guest access only to the unit instead of entering into a complete session NetWare
69. PR Command At an OS 2 command prompt enter lpr s ip address p Ethernet Interface queue filename where Ethernet Interface _queue is the name of an existing destination queue on the Ethernet Interface and it must be lowercase by default You will most likely use diprn If the IPDS feature is installed queue name d4prn is not available Troubleshooting Check the IP information on both the Ethernet Interface and the OS 2 station for correctness Make sure the Ethernet Interface_queue is actually defined on the Ethernet Interface and that you are spelling it correctly Using An OS 2 LPR Print Queue Using An OS 2 LPR Print Queue This section describes how to set up an OS 2 Warp 4 print queue to print to the Ethernet Interface using the LPR protocol TCP IP for OS 2 must be installed on your OS 2 workstation This procedure is similar to OS 2 Warp 3 and v2 11 To set up the printer queue 1 Find the Printer template icon It may be in the Printers folder or the Templates folder 2 Right click on the icon then select Install The Create a printer dialog box displays 3 Enter any desired name for the printer This will be the name of the printer queue 4 Inthe Default printer driver list select the desired driver If the desired driver does not appear in the list click on Install new printer driver and follow the instructions to install the desired driver 5 In the Output port
70. R2 and above configuring 192 Q Queues Ethernet Interface 27 models 27 R RARP Unix 94 Reference a Bindery queue in NDS NetWare 3 x 142 NetWare 4 x 142 NetWare 5 x 142 Index Remote shell 44 Remove preferred file server 128 Root user Ethernet Interface 263 Routers Unix 96 RPRINTER setup NetWare Version 4 x 120 Netware Version 5 x 120 RPrinter setup NetWare Version 3 x 114 RPRINTER NPRINTER setup NetWare 3 x 143 NetWare 4 x 143 NetWare 5 x 143 Run mode 29 S SCS file printing 181 Security Ethernet Interface 263 Set commands 246 Setup AIX 4 x 101 Shell command 239 SNMP 234 Alert groups 59 configuration 57 Email alert posting 58 manager alert posting 57 SNMP community name 235 SNMP support 223 Special features Ethernet Interface 23 Speed setting 10 100Base T 32 Stair stepped output troubleshooting 105 285 Index Status I O Port 65 menu 64 Network 65 Status screen printer 43 Store commands 241 Subnet mask control panel configuration 37 Syslog alert posting 57 System configuration 64 System Driver Program SYSDRVPGM 226 T TCP access lists 265 TCP IP access troubleshooting 86 configuring AS 400 for ASCIl 167 network 47 TCP IP access problem AS 400 177 OS 2 162 Unix 106 Technical support 83 Telnet 44 Tools printer monitoring 234 Troubleshooting 10 100Base T RPRINTER NPRINTER 152 10 100Base T 149 10 100Base T printing 154 A
71. S 400 203 286 AS 400 ASCII 176 cannot browse Ethernet Interface on Network 85 defining LPR printer 84 Ethernet Interface cannot be found 83 Ethernet Interface cannot be found on Network 103 HTML configuration forms 84 HTTP 88 NetWare 3 x no PSERVER connection 123 NetWare 4 x no PSERVER connection 124 NetWare 5 x no PSERVER connection 124 no extra page 106 no form feed 106 Novell 122 printer errors 85 printing 104 PSERVER setup 10 1 00Base T 149 stair stepped output 105 TCP IP access problem 86 Unix 103 Web browser 88 Windows 83 Windows 2000 Host setup 88 Windows NT 4 0 Host setup 88 U Unix crossing routers 96 environment 91 Ethernet Interface configuration 92 Host configuration 97 manual system V Host setup 97 TCP IP access problem 106 troubleshooting 103 using APR 92 using BOOTP 95 using RARP 94 URL home page 42 User Defined Options USRDFNOPT 226 Users Ethernet Interface 263 Using ARP Windows 68 V V Host setup manual system 97 Varying on the Printer 229 Verification Ethernet Interface 40 Index W Web browser problem 179 troubleshooting 88 Web server overview 45 Windows communication routers 70 configuration 67 environment description 67 Ethernet Interface configuration 68 mandatory configuration 68 optional configuration 68 troubleshooting 83 using ARP 68 Windows 2000 Host setup 74 Host setup tr
72. S 400 LAN adapter NOTE Do not use the IP address of the Ethernet Interface Subnet Mask The Subnet Mask for this AS 400 TCP IP interface for example 255 255 255 0 Line Description The name assigned to the AS 400 line description as described in Developing Line Descriptions With CRTLINETH on page 165 NOTE Each AS 400 LAN adapter will have its own line description Configuring A Router Definition With ADDTCPRTE Configuring A Router Definition With ADDTCPRTE If necessary use the ADDTCPRTE command to create a route definition This is required if the printer is somewhere other than on a local segment and must cross bridges Configuring A Local Domain And Hostname The AS 400 print commands described in Setting Up Printing For ASCII Files on page 170 require a local name and hostname If you have already configured LAN attached TCP IP printers on the AS 400 system you will have a local domain name and hostname configured on the system NOTE If you already have a local domain name and hostname configured on the system do not change your setup If the local domain name and hostname file is empty the file must be set up This control file information is used to determine if a print request comes from an authorized host To configure the local domain and hostname you will run the CFGTCP command and select Option 12 from the menu Enter a local domain name such as city company com Enter a loc
73. SERVER EXE must be running for RPRINTER to operate Also if the Ethernet Interface loses a connection to a PSERVER it will automatically reconnect when that server becomes available again The following steps assume that you have created a PSERVER object in Netware 3 x Netware 4 x or Netware 5 x and have assigned printers and queues to it If you have not already done this do it now The setup is similar to creating a PSERVER setup for the Ethernet Interface except that there are no restrictions about which names may be used for the print server and printer objects NOTE Write down the printer number s assigned to the printer s you are going to be using for this setup You will need them in a later step HTML Method 1 Load aPSERVER on your Netware 3 x Netware 4 x or Netware 5 x file server i e issue a load pserver pservername command on the file server NOTE If it is an NDS PSERVER on a Netware 4 x 5 x file server you must specify the PSERVER name and context for pservername For example load pserver sales_ ps sales microplex 2 Load a Web browser on a network station that can communicate with the print server over TCP IP 143 Chapter 7 Novell Host Configuration 10 100Base T 144 3 Direct your Web browser to URL http EthernetInterfaceIPaddress networkConf html e g http 192 75 11 9 networkConf htm1 NOTE If prompted for a User ID and password first type in root for the ID and pre
74. Setting DIP switch 2 to on does not clear any settings stored in flash memory it boots the unit ina different state with the settings in flash memory temporarily ignored down down Reserved This DIP switch configuration is not for customer use 31 Chapter 1 32 Interfaces Speed Setting for 10 100Base T When the router is set to auto negotiation enable the following is the correct behavior of the Ethernet with each setting 1 10mbps Half Duplex Use parallel detection because the Ethernet is using force mode and thus has auto negotiation disabled PORs to Half Duplex Resets to Half Duplex Reconnection at switch maintains Half Duplex 10mbps Full Duplex Use parallel detection because the Ethernet is using force mode and thus has auto negotiation disabled PORs to Half Duplex Resets to Half Duplex Reconnection at switch maintains Half Duplex 100mbps Half Duplex Use parallel detection because the Ethernet is using force mode and thus has auto negotiation disabled PORs to Half Duplex Resets to Half Duplex Reconnection at switch results in Half Duplex 100mbps Full Duplex Use parallel detection because the Ethernet is using force mode and thus has auto negotiation disabled PORs to Half Duplex Resets to Half Duplex Reconnection at switch results in Half Duplex Ethernet in Auto mode in 100mbps FD environment Use auto negotiation to the highest common local and remote ca
75. T REA TKSEREAA TH ERRET TRS PR TFRARMR THER Trademarks and Service Marks The following terms denoted by an asterisk in this publication are trademarks of IBM Corporation in the United States or other countries or both AFP AIX AS 400 Intelligent Printer Data Stream IPDS MVS ESA NetView OS 2 Print Services Facility Proprinter The following terms denoted by a double asterisk in this publication are trademarks of other companies Chameleon DG UX Epson Frontier Technologies Corporation FTP Software Hewlett Packard HP UX IRIX Lexmark LaserJet LINUX Microsoft MS DOS NetManage Netscape Corporation Netscape Communications Logo Corporation Netscape Navigator Corporation NetWare Novell OnNet Optra PostScript Printronix Solaris SuperTCP NetManage Inc Data General Corporation Seiko Epson Corporation Frontier Technologies FTP Software Inc Hewlett Packard Company Hewlett Packard Company Silicon Graphics Inc Lexmark International Inc Hewlett Packard Company Linus Torvalds Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Corporation NetManage Inc Netscape Communications Netscape Communications Netscape Communications Novell Inc Novell Inc FTP Software Inc Lexmark International Inc Adobe Systems Inc Printronix Inc Sun Microsystems Inc Frontier Technologies Corporation Ultrix Digital Equipment Corporation Unix X Open Company Limited Windows Micr
76. T button when done and physically repower the printer to make the new settings take effect 135 Chapter 7 Novell Ethernet Interface Configuration 10 100Base T 136 Manual Telnet Method 1 Telnet to the print server telnet ipaddress NOTE If prompted for a User ID and password first type root for the ID and press ENTER at the password prompt since there is no password by default 2 You should see a prompt with the Ethernet Interface IP address ipaddress root gt 3 Atthe prompt enter store pserver novell mode nds bindery auto 4 Reset the unit to make the changes take effect reset Setting The Ethernet Interface NDS Context NDS Setups The Ethernet Interface allows you to store the print server object in any context within the NDS tree you choose By default the Ethernet Interface will look for the print server object in the same context as the file server object it connects to is stored in HTML Method 1 Load a Web browser on a network station that can communicate with the print server over TCP IP 2 Direct your Web browser to URL http EthernetInterfaceIPaddress networkConf html e g http 192 75 11 9 networkConf htm1 NOTE If prompted for a User ID and password first type root for the ID and press ENTER at the password prompt since there is no password by default 3 Look under the Novell section and enter the new context in the NDS Context field
77. TP method most likely you will only be able to communicate with the print server from the same subnet This means any host across a router will not be able to see your Ethernet Interface To communicate across a router 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 take over the process of ensuring the packets get to their final destination on another subnet on your network To configure a default router gateway within the Ethernet Interface 1 Load a Web browser on your Windows station and direct it to the URL http EthernetInterfaceIPaddress networkConf html e g http 192 75 11 9 networkConf htm1 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 is no default password Manual System V Host Setup 2 Atthe Network Configuration HTML form that displays click in the first field below the Gateway heading and type in the IP address of the default router gateway for the Ethernet Interface subnet 3 Click the SUBMIT button when done and physically repower the print server to make sure the new setting is in effect Unix Host Configuration There may be times when you would prefer or have to perform the manual setup steps for a new printer definition There may also be times when you
78. The Netmask must be the same in both locations For example if the Netmask is listed as 255 255 255 0 in NETWORK INTERFACES and is listed as 255 255 255 255 in the TCP IP ROUTING TABLE they do not match and you must correct it for the Gateway Also if a Gateway Address was entered verify that xxx xxx xxx xxx is alive is printed under the Default Gateway Ping Test where xxx xxx xxx xxx is the Gateway Address If a Gateway Address was not entered the Default Gateway Ping test is not required and will not display on the page If the Netmask does not match complete the following steps a Place the printer offline b Using the front panel modify the Gateway value to 0 0 0 0 non configured c Place the printer online and wait for the ETHERNET ADAPTER IS READY message to display d Place the printer offline and enter the Gateway Address you desire e Place the printer online and wait for the ETHERNET ADAPTER IS READY message This saves the new Gateway Address Your Ethernet Interface is now configured and connected to your network HTML Forms The Ethernet Interface settings can be configured over TCP IP through a standard Web browser The Ethernet Interface Web pages provide a handy way to access some of the commands built into the print server NOTE If a router is used make sure a Gateway value is configured To access the Ethernet Interface home page Make sure the print server has an IP
79. To Create An Automatic Remote Output Queue on page 172 e Use the WRKOUTQ command to send jobs AS 400 ASCII Troubleshooting During power up the printer performs an interface hardware test The presence of the ETHERNET PARAMS menu selection at the printer control panel indicates that the Ethernet Interface hardware is functioning properly See the User s Manual for configuration menu information If you have trouble pinging the printer 1 Verify the configuration of the AS 400 including the printer and any intervening devices such as routers and bridges 2 Verify that the AS 400 line description is varied on and the printer is turned on and displays an ONLINE status 3 Verify that the AS 400 TCP IP is active 176 TCP IP Access Problem TCP IP Access Problem If you can ping the printer from a workstation but you cannot Web browse Telnet or print to the printer through the Ethernet Interface there may be an incorrect entry in the TCP access list So that the workstation can use the Ethernet Interface in this case one of two things must happen e the TCP list must have an entry added to grant access to this workstation or e all entries must be deleted from the TCP list to grant all workstations hosts access to the above TCP services To view the current access list use the printer control panel to access the menu See the User s Manual for configuration menu information From the Operator Print Test
80. VS host such as the 3172 or the 3745 control unit to MVS Use either an MVS configuration program MVSCP or a hardware configuration definition HCD depending on the version of your MVS system e When using a version earlier than MVS 4 1 0 use an MVSCP e When using a version of MVS 4 1 0 or later use an HCD or an MVSCP For more information about using these methods refer to e MVS ESA Migration Planning Dynamic I O Configuration e MVS ESA Hardware Configuration Using the Dialog Modify the TCP IP Profile in MVS The TCP IP profile contains system configuration statements used to initialize the TCP IP address space Of those statements the following are subject to special considerations when you are printing from PSF MVS on TCP IP attached printers Samples of these statements are printed in bold in the example shown in Figure 18 Configuration Procedure ACBPOOLSIZE 1000 ADDRESSTRANSLATIONPOOLSIZE 1500 CCBPOOLSIZE 150 DATABUFFERPOOLSIZE 160 32768 ENVELOPEPOOLSIZE 750 IPROUTEPOOLSIZE 300 LARGEENVELOPEPOOLSIZE 50 RCBPOOLSIZE 50 SCBPOOLSIZE 256 SKCBPOOLSIZE 256 SMALLDATABUFFERPOOLSIZE 256 TCBPOOLSIZE 512 TINYDATABUFFERPOOLSIZE 256 UCBPOOLSIZE 100 KEEPALIVEOPTIONS INTERVAL 10 SENDGARBAGE FALSE ENDKEEPALIVEOPTIONS GATEWAY Network First hop Linkname Packet Size Subnet mask Subnet value 9 BPCLAN 2000 0 255 255 0 0 99 12 0 DEFAULTNET 9 99 12 254 BPCLAN 2000 0 255 255 0 0 Figure 18 Modifying TC
81. address and Subnet Mask so it is recognizable on your TCP IP network 41 Chapter 2 Configuration Tools 2 Make sure your network station can successfully ping the Ethernet Interface over the network 3 Direct your Web browser to the URL http IPaddress e g http 192 75 11 9 where IPaddress is the IP address of your Ethernet Interface The Ethernet Interface HTML structure is divided into several menus as shown in Figure 4 42 Index Home Configuration Status Help About IBM Printing Systems I O Port Network Network Print Path Print Model Log Path I O Port SNMP TCP IP d1prn Alert Config 1 Windows d2prn Alert Config 2 Novell d3prn Alert Config 3 d4prn Alert Config 4 d5prn Alert Config 5 d6prn Alert Config 6 d7prn Alert Config 7 d8prn Alert Config 8 Alert Config 9 Alert Config 10 Administration System Figure 4 Ethernet Interface HTML Structure NOTE Online help is available for all HTML pages HTML Forms Printer Status Screen Using the printer IP Address and any standard Web browser you can check the status of the printer Figure 5 shows the exact state of the printer by showing the printer LCD message This screen automatically refreshes every minute zy 170 Port Microsoft Internet Explorer _ oO x Eie Edt View Faves Took Hep O O O C OOOO B EET
82. akes time Please be patient and wait for the ETHERNET ADAPTER IS READY message to display on the LCD Do not turn off the printer before it has completed the firmware download procedure The LCD will display ONLINE ETHERNET ADAPTER IS READY when the download is complete Wait for this message before turning off the printer 6 To enter IP Address parameters do the following a b c d Press STOP to get to the NOT READY state Press Scroll Scroll to unlock the printer menu Press Menu to display OPERATOR MENU Press Scroll until ETHERNET PARAMETERS displays then press Enter Press Scroll until IP ADDRESS displays then press Enter Press Enter again then Scroll to choose an IP address octet to change Press Enter Press Scroll to choose the desired value for the octet then press Enter The new value is shown with an asterisk Press Return Repeat steps d and e until you have set all IP address octets to the desired value Press Return until ETHERNET PARAMETERS is on the first display line Press Scroll to choose other IP parameters to change then follow the above steps for each of these When finished press Return multiple times until NOT READY displays Press Start Wait for ETHERNET ADAPTER IS READY to display Press Scroll Scroll to lock the printer menu 39 40 Chapter 2 Configuration Tools 7 Put the printer online and wait for the ETHERNET ADAPTER IS READY
83. al hostname such as as400 01 This is the name of your AS 400 system and must match the hostname for your system in the host entry table Refer to Configuring A TCP IP Host Table Entry for more information NOTE If the printer and AS 400 are not on the same local LAN segment use CFGTCP Option 2 to verify that there is a route defined in the TCP IP route list Configuring A TCP IP Host Table Entry Although creating a TCP IP host table entry is optional it is a good idea to take this step Add the AS 400 name and the IP address of the LAN adapter to the Host Table Entries 169 Chapter 9 Configuring The AS 400 For Printing Configuring The AS 400 For Printing 170 To configure an AS 400 for printing you must e set up the printing capability and e verify the setup with a print job You will need the following information Remote Printer Queue name Set to diprn through d8prn NOTE The Remote Printer Queue name must be in lowercase letters Do not use PASS NOTE When the IPDS feature is installed the queue name d4prn is not available IP Address The IP address for the Ethernet Interface Setting Up Printing For ASCII Files The next step is to set up the remote printing capability There are two ways to do this you can either specify the LPR parameters manually each time you send a file to the printer or use Remote Writer and a remote output queue for automatic prin
84. and independent printer personalities in a single printer e Allows you to effectively have eight different printers in one Interfaces 10 100Base T The Ethernet interfaces with your printer through an Ethernet 10 100Base T interface connector 10 100Base T The Ethernet Interface at the rear of the printer for the 10 100Base T interface has two indicator lights and two DIP switches as shown in Figure 2 Figure 2 Status Indicator Lights and DIP Switches Run and Auto Reset Modes Run mode is the normal operating state of the Ethernet Interface Auto Reset mode is entered when the watchdog timer is triggered and the Print Server resets itself In either mode the STAT LED flashes at a varying rate depending on whether the unit IP address is configured The Run Mode and Auto Reset Mode indicator descriptions are given in Table 1 29 Chapter 1 Interfaces Table 1 Run Mode and Auto Reset Mode Indicator Descriptions STAT Indication Description OFF flashes on once per second Normal Mode IP address configured OFF flashes on two times per IP address not configured second ON flashes off once per second Download MOS ON flashes off twice per second Error Network Indicator The NET LED displays the status of the network link When the NET LED is on link integrity is confirmed The NET LED flashes off for 1 3 second when a data packet is being transferred When the NET LED is off the n
85. anel on page 37 2 Using the printer control panel set up the printer for IPDS by setting the parameters and values shown in Table 6 Table 6 Control Panel Settings Menu Item Setting C T PORT Port Type Twinax TWINAX IPDS Emulation 14234 12 SETUP 4234 12 3 Set TCP IP addresses for the printer such as an IP Address Gateway Address or Subnet Mask See Configuration Tools on page 36 4 Ifthe printer and AS 400 are not on the same LAN segment verify there is a route defined in the TCP IP route list If necessary use the ADDTCPRTE command to create a route definition You need this if your printer is somewhere other than on a local segment 5 You need the IP address of the Ethernet Interface to configure the Ethernet Interface 182 6 Configuration Checklist If you have not done so yet create a line description for your Ethernet Interface See Developing Line Descriptions With CRTLINETH on page 165 Create or verify the existence of an AS 400 TCP IP interface for the Ethernet Interface See Configuring An AS 400 TCP IP Interface With ADDTCPIFC on page 184 The next step depends on your AS 400 release See Configuring PSF 400 For IPDS On V3R7 Or V4R1 on page 186 to configure your printer NOTE When the IPDS feature is installed the queue name d4prn is not available Verify the printer is ON using the VFYCFG command Verify that TCP IP has been
86. any way set sysinfo location description example set sysinfo location salesdept Set the physical location of the Ethernet Interface This is for identification purposes and is not used in the operation of the print server in any way Set Commands set sysinfo contact contactname example set sysinfo contact Paul Harris Set a person or department to contact in case of print server trouble set sysinfo loginfo sys tcp ipx spx example set sysinfo loginfo sys ipx Set the Ethernet Interface debugging information type Usually this information includes unexpected errors or exceptions from the print server divided into these groups sys General system messages tcp TCP stack messages ipx IPX stack messages spx SPX stack messages NOTE This is not printer or job logging information set sysinfo logport null syslog example set sysinfo logport null Define to where the debugging information should be sent This can be sent to an output device off of the Ethernet Interface I O port or to a central TCP IP host running a SYSLOG daemon To set TCP IP host use the command set sysinfo syslog hostIPaddress set sysinfo email emailaddress example set sysinfo email JohnDoe IBM com Define the user email address to receive printer and job logging information from a particular logpath on the Ethernet Interface Email name is the host or IP name of the user set sysinfo smtp IPaddress port portnumber example set sysinfo
87. ation lp sd usr spool lpd printername 1f usr spool lpd printername log af usr spool lpd printername acct where printername is any name you would like to give to this new printer Ethernet Interfacename is the host or IP name of the print server and NICdestination is one of the pre defined destinations queues on the device Example 6400 sh pw 80 mx 0 rm spike rp diprn lp sd usr spool lpd 6400 lf usr spool lpd 6400 1log af usr spool lpd 6400 acct Create the spool directory specified by the sd entry in the printcap entry for this printer Example touch usr spool lpd 6400 Printing From AIX 3 Create the log and account files specified by the 1f and af entries in the printcap entry for this printer Example touch usr spool 1pd 6400 log touch usr spool 1pd 6400 acct 4 Change permissions and ownership on the spool directory and everything within it Example chmod R g rwX o0 rX usr spool lpd 6400 chmod R daemon daemon usr spool lpd 6400 5 Start the printer daemon for this new printer Example lpc start 6400 You now have a new printer which relies on LPR LPD to print to a Ethernet Interface printer Use the following command to test printing Syntax lpr P printername filename Example lpr P 6400 etc hosts Printing From AIX Version 4 0 and higher of AIX offers LPR LPD support for network printing This means to set up a new pri
88. ation Menu and click the REBOOT button The embedded Ethernet Interface Web server gives you the ability to configure the network adapter monitor printer status and to manage print jobs The Ethernet Interface Web page structure is divided into several menus as shown in Figure 4 Configuration The Configuration menu items allow you to configure the settings for the following items 46 Network this menu item allows you to change the network setting for each protocol TCP IP NetBIOS over TCP IP and Netware Print Path this menu item allows you to change the name of the destination queues and define how the print job will be preprocessed before printing It allows you to select what information to log and to specify the SMTP server s IP address Print Model this menu item displays model settings one at a time Log Path this menu item displays log path settings one ata time I O Port this menu item is typically not used It allows you to configure the operation of the parallel port interface SNMP this menu item allows you to configure the SNMP trap manager settings It also allows you to define the printer event types to monitor and the e mail address that should receive alert notifications TCP IP Network e Administration this menu item allows you to define or change the printer name location description etc It also allows you to change the root and guest user passwords e System this men
89. ave administrative privileges This installation requires administrator privileges e LPR port is not listed in step 6 on page 75 Cancel the installation and install the Microsoft TCP IP printing service on the server e LPR configuration warning during step 7 on page 76 LPR Port Configuration Warning x The LPD Server did not respond as expected to a test command Any of the following can cause this error The entry for IP Address or Queue name is incorrect The TCP IP print device LPD server does not support the test command The specified TCP IP print device is not available If the information typed in the previous screen is correct you can ignore this message Click OK to continue or click Cancel to return to the previous screen and verify settings Cancel The Ethernet cable is not plugged in or the printer is not turned on This message is a communication failure between the NT 2000 server and the Ethernet Interface Check cabling IP address settings gateway etc 89 Chapter 4 Windows Troubleshooting Tips e Test page does not print or prints incorrectly 1 Is the printer online Re send test page 2 The print queue name in step 6 on page 75 should be d1prn however the name can be changed To verify the queue names print an E Net Test Page Refer to your User s Manual for information 3 The IBM NT print driver requires P Series emulation active on the printer The Generic Text driver sho
90. b browser on your Windows station and direct it to the URL http EthernetInterfaceIPaddress networkConf html e g http 192 75 11 9 networkConf html1 NOTE If prompted for a User ID and password first type root for the ID and press ENTER at the password prompt since there is no password by default b At the Network Configuration HTML form that displays click in the field below the IP Address heading and type in the IP address for the Ethernet Interface 69 Chapter 4 Windows Ethernet Interface Configuration 70 c Under the Subnet Mask heading enter the Ethernet Interface subnet mask NOTE If you would like to communicate with the Ethernet Interface from across routers you will need to fill in an entry within the Routing section Please see Communicating Across Routers on page 70 for more details 6 Click on the SUBMIT button when done and physically repower the printer to make the new settings take effect Communicating Across Routers Since Windows environments rely on TCP IP to communicate with the Ethernet Interface crossing routers becomes an issue After you have followed one of the Ethernet Interface configuration methods mentioned most likely you will only be able to communicate with the print server from the same subnet This means any hosts across a router will not be able to see your Ethernet Interface In order for hosts across a router to see your Ethernet
91. blem 103 Chapter 5 Unix Troubleshooting Tips 104 Nothing Prints Can you ping the Ethernet Interface from your Unix station If not please refer to Ethernet Interface Cannot Be Found On The Network shown above Is the Ethernet Interface able to communicate with the attached printer To test this you can 1 Telnet to the print server e g telnet 192 75 11 9 and log in as root Enter the command start fox prn Execute stop prn right after starting the test 4 This test will send the same text line over and over to the attached printer Is the job getting stuck in the Unix host queue If so check that the printer is online If it is there is a configuration error on the Unix station so creating a new print setup may be needed Is the control panel showing any activity to indicate it is receiving data If so but there is nothing printing check if a manual form feed is needed Also ensure that the printer can support the type of job coming through Do all jobs fail or just certain ones For example is it possible that jobs from a certain application are the only ones to fail If so check the type of data it sends to make sure it matches the printer emulation Check the application printer configuration for mistakes If you are using System V was the spooler restarted Stair Stepped Output Stair Stepped Output Stair stepped output is print which starts at the top left of the page but every l
92. bleshooting Tips TCP IP Access Problem If you can ping the printer from a workstation but you cannot Web browse Telnet or print to the printer through the Ethernet Interface there may be an incorrect entry in the TCP access list For this workstation to use the Ethernet Interface interface in this case one of two things must happen e The TCP list must have an entry added to grant access to this workstation OR All entries must be deleted from the TCP list to grant all workstations hosts access to the above TCP services To view the current access list use the printer control panel to access the configuration menu see the User s Manual for configuration menu information From the DIAGNOSTICS Printer Tests menu choose the E Net Test Page When the page prints look under the TCP ACCESS TABLE section for the TCP access list entries To add delete a TCP access list entry refer to TCP Access Lists on page 265 NOTE When the following procedure is used the TCP access list will be cleared but all IP addresses will need to be entered again after the procedure is complete To reset all TCP IP values to the factory defaults when access is impossible 1 Obtain a printer configuration printout using the control panel See the User s Manual for configuration menu information 2 Power off the printer On the Ethernet Interface Interface place SWITCH 1 in the down position 4 Power on the print
93. categories providing the ability to filter alert notices as desired SNMP Manager Alert Posting Settings Specifies whether alerts from the enabled alert group categories for this configuration will be sent to the SNMP manager If this option is enabled the following information must be entered e SNMP Manager IP Address specifies the IP address of the SNMP trap manager e UDP Port specifies the UDP port number used by the SNMP trap manager for receiving trap messages Acceptable values are 162 and 49152 through 65535 e Community Name up to 15 character string specifying the trap community name Syslog Alert Posting Settings Specifies whether alerts from the enabled alert group categories for this configuration will be sent to the Unix syslog daemon If this option is enabled the syslog daemon IP address must be entered in the syslog field in the Logpath Port section under the PrintPath menu item 57 Chapter 3 Configuration SNMP 58 Email Alert Posting Settings Specifies whether alerts from the enabled alert group categories for this configuration will be sent to the specified e mail address If this option is enabled the following information must be entered Email Address specifies an e mail address to which alert information will be sent e Short E mail Format specifies whether a short 15 80 character alert e mail message should be sent If enabled the message will contain the alert description
94. command is set model m2 trailer SFF save For default destination model mappings of the Ethernet Interface please see Ethernet Interface Naming Schemes on page 269 TCP IP Access Problem If you can ping the printer from a workstation but you cannot Web browse Telnet or print to the printer through the Ethernet Interface there may be an incorrect entry in the TCP access list In order for this workstation to use the Ethernet Interface in this case one of two things must happen e the TCP list must have an entry added to grant access to this workstation or e all entries must be deleted from the TCP list to grant all workstations hosts access to the above TCP services To view the current access list use the printer control panel to access the configuration menu see the User s Manual for configuration menu information From the DIAGNOSTICS Printer Tests menu choose the E NET Test Page When the page prints look under the TCP ACCESS TABLE section for the TCP access list entries TCP IP Access Problem To add delete a TCP access list entry refer to TCP Access Lists on page 265 NOTE When the following procedure is used the TCP access list will be cleared but all IP addresses will need to be entered again after the procedure is complete To reset all TCP IP values to the factory defaults when access is impossible 1 Obtain a configuration printout using the control panel See the User s
95. completing the print setup confirm the following 152 Have you tried repowering the printer Wait about a minute before checking to see if it has logged in and attached to a queue Is the network connector fastened tightly to the unit Is the Ethernet Interface already servicing a queue on another file server If so it cannot service another file server at the same time Is an entry produced when a list rprinter telnet command is done on the Ethernet Interface not found on the Novell HTML status page When the Ethernet Interface is configured as an RPRINTER this command should produce the appropriate entry RPRINTER NPRINTER Setup e If the Ethernet Interface has logged in to the file server but has not attached to the queue there may be a permission problem Make sure the appropriate users have rights to this queue they should be in the group everyone Also you may have to assign the queue to root so it is available to everyone e Does the destination you used in your RPRINTER setup have the Novell service enabled Please see Commands on page 239 for information on enabling disabling services NOTE The debug information that is mentioned in the following section can be found by either telnet ing to the Ethernet Interface and issuing the commands given or launching a browser to the Novell status page on the Ethernet Interface e g http 192 168 11 9 networkNovellStatus htm1 e Try doing a debug nest i
96. d Netware 5 x aes 140 Referencing A Bindery Queue In NDS Netware 3 x Netware 4 x and Netware 5 x n s 140 RPRINTER NPRINTER Setup Netware 3 x Netware 4 x and Netware 5 x n s 141 NDPS Configuration Netware 4 11 and Above 144 Troubleshooting 10 100BaSe T 0 0 eeeeeeeeeeenteeeeeeenaees 147 PSERVER Set pnie a dahil ata 147 RPRINTER NPRINTER Setup 2 ccceecceeeeeeeeeeeees 150 Printing Related senare a EEn 152 8 OS 2 Configuration sses seee eeeee rrene 155 OVErV SW 225 cai boca chant cogs See a e A a a N E 155 Configuring The Ethernet Interface TCP IP Settings 155 Mandatory Settings ccccccceecesseeceeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeessaeenenes 156 Optional SettingS cceeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeseeeeeeeeeeees 156 OS 2 Workstation Configuration ccccceeceeeseeeesteeeeees 156 Using The LPR Command ccceccceeceeeeeereeestaeeeeees 156 Using An OS 2 LPR Print Queue uu eters 157 TCP IP Access Problem c ccccccceesteeeeeeeeeseteeeteneees 160 9 AS 400 Configuration ASCII Printer 163 DIOTEN EEEE E E pecr eRe ceer E A rer 163 Configuring AS 400 For ASCII Using TCPIIP ossis 165 Configuring With ADDTOPIFC ssseseesseeseeeseeeeerreesen 165 Configuring A Router Definition With ADDTCPRTE 167 Configuring A Local Domain And Hostname 167 Configuring A TCP IP Host Table Entry 0c0 ccee 167 Configuring The AS 400 For Printing
97. d enter the preferred tree in the NDS Preferred Tree field 4 Click the SUBMIT button when done and physically repower the printer to make the new settings take effect Manual Telnet Method 1 Telnet to the print server telnet ipaddress NOTE If prompted for a User ID and password first type root for the ID and press ENTER at the password prompt since there is no password by default 2 You should see a prompt with the Ethernet Interface IP address ipaddress root gt 3 Atthe prompt enter store pserver novell tree tree 4 Reset the unit to make the changes take effect reset Novell Host Configuration 10 100Base T This section covers PSERVER and RPRINTER NPRINTER setups on the Ethernet Interface The Ethernet Interface can handle up to eight RPRINTER NPPRINTER setups Although the entire print setup is done through Netware Administrator or PCONSOLE you may need to communicate directly with the print server in order to modify settings monitor the unit etc For Netware 4 x and Netware 5 x environments you can obtain a NWAdmn3x snap in program called MPAdmin This snap in can be used to configure PSERVER setups as well as additional settings on the Ethernet Interface 138 NDS PSERVER Setup Netware 4 x 5 x NOTE NWAdmn3x is only included with Netware 4 11 and higher releases If you are using Netware 4 10 you can either upgrade to Netware 4 11 or go to Novell s Web site and get the pa
98. d for a User ID and password first type root for the ID and press ENTER at the password prompt since there is no password by default 2 You should see a prompt with the Ethernet Interface IP address ipaddress root gt 3 Atthe prompt enter store pserver novell frametype ethernet2 802 3 802 2 802 2snap autosense Changing The Ethernet Interface Mode NDS and Bindery Setups 4 Reset the unit to make the changes take effect reset Changing The Ethernet Interface Mode NDS and Bindery Setups The Ethernet Interface allows you to store a particular mode for the unit to operate in This will be either NDS Bindery or autosense If you use autosense the Ethernet Interface will first attempt to log in to an NDS file server and if it fails will try to log in to a Bindery file server NOTE If you are using both NDS and Bindery file servers in your setup set the mode to auto HTML Method 1 Load a Web browser on a network station that can communicate with the print server over TCP IP 2 Direct your Web browser to URL http EthernetInterfaceIPaddress networkConf html e g http 192 75 11 9 networkConf html1 NOTE If prompted for a User ID and password first type root for the ID and press ENTER at the password prompt since there is no password by default 3 Look under the Novell section and go to the Service Type field to select the appropriate mode 4 Click the SUBMI
99. d remsh commands SNMP and pre defined log methods extensive built in troubleshooting tools built in telnet and ping clients configurable memory usage by disabling protocols and destination services multiple destinations queues for versatile printer manipulation and distinct print setups header and trailer strings to instruct printers on font pitch printing etc flexible naming conventions automatic network connection and frame type sensing simultaneous printing across all I O ports and all supported protocols multiple network protocol support What Special Features Are Available Logical Printer Architecture The Ethernet Interface implements a logical printer architecture which gives the system administrator the possibility to configure the print server to handle and act upon the print data in several ways When a print job comes through the print server there is a certain logical print path that it follows before it gets to the printer Each logical print path consists of a sequence of logical steps where extra processing may be performed on the print data before it is sent to the printer This ability to preprocess the print data before it is sent to the printer allows elimination of certain printing problems or implementation of printer enhancements that may be difficult and time consuming to solve or introduce at the system spool file or queue level The preprocess ability is also simplistic to perform at the prin
100. displays Select Printer Configuration from the next menu to display a list of configured printers Select an item from the list e g an existing printer name or Not Installed to display the printer configuration window Assign a name if not an existing printer to this printer At the Type field select Remote Other Unknown Click ESCAPE to save the changes Click ESCAPE until you are back at the Print Server Configuration menu Select Queues Serviced by Printer to display a list of defined printers Select the printer you just defined and press ENTER At the list of queues that displays press INSERT to add a queue to the list Select the queue defined and press ENTER When prompted for a priority press ENTER to select the default or select a priority Click ESCAPE until you have exited PCONSOLE Reload the PSERVER NLM that the Ethernet Interface is to service as an RPRINTER Repower the Ethernet Interface by turning the printer off and then back on Wait two minutes and then check your PSERVER to see if the appropriate printer is being serviced The PSERVER should indicate that the printer is Waiting for job At this point the Ethernet Interface knows to receive any jobs this PSERVER NLM has to send to it through the defined printer NetWare Version 4 x and 5 x PSERVER Setup NetWare Version 4 x and 5 x PSERVER Setup Ethernet Interface destinations are cas
101. dresses that match a given Destination and Mask from the first two fields in a Routing row will be routed to the router gateway named in the third field Packets which do not match any of the listed Destinations and Masks will be routed to the default router if one is set Windows Network NetBIOS TCP IP TCP IP is used for Windows i e Windows NT Windows 95 and Windows for Workgroups printing unless another protocol like IPX is available Therefore mandatory TCP IP settings i e IP address and subnet mask are necessary on the Ethernet Interface Go to TCP IP Network on this form to fill in these settings if you haven t done so already Workgroup Name This name specifies which Windows workgroup the Ethernet Interface will reside in Novell Network File Server Define a Novell file server for the Ethernet Interface to service as either a PSERVER or an RPRINTER FrameType This option determines which framing scheme will be used in processing Novell signals The different types of Ethernet packet formats include e Auto Sensing the default e Ethernet II e Ethernet 802 3 e Ethernet 802 2 e 802 2 Snap Novell Network Service Type Allows you to change the Nest Server The options are e Bindery e NDS e Auto File Server Use this option at the server to set the server s name NDS NDS Novell Directory Services is a distributed database of network information An NDS contains information
102. e Ethernet Interface e g M_071C1A By default it only recognizes itself as M_xxxxxx where xxxxxx equals the last six digits of its Ethernet address found on the configuration printout When defining anew printer name within PCONSOLE did you use a predefined destination queue rather than a name of your own By default the Ethernet Interface only recognizes names like diprn All other names will be ignored by the device Is the Ethernet Interface in Bindery mode as seen under the list pserver output on the device If servicing only a NetWare 4 x or 5 x file server it must be set to handle Bindery services The default setting is Bindery Is there an available NetWare user license for the Ethernet Interface to use while it acts as a PSERVER Every PSERVER takes up one user license since it logs into the Novell file server Have you given the connection process some time after repowering the Ethernet Interface In larger Novell environments the file server identification and connection process can take several minutes 7 Overview Novell Configuration For 10 100Base T Interfaces This chapter provides additional information for Novell environments using the 10 100Base T interface including Ethernet Interface Configuration This section includes setting the preferred file server setting password security adjusting polling time changing the Ethernet Interface name changing the Ethernet Interface frame ty
103. e choices are job for job ID and username user for user ID and three messages per job pgent for total pages printed in a job cksum for file checksums printer for special printer feedback and ioport for parallel printer status messages Where this log information will be sent to The choices are a TCP port number e g 2000 an email address including an alias ora central host running a SYSLOG daemon 267 Chapter 16 Printer Monitoring And Logging 268 To view the current logpath settings on the print server 1 Load a Web browser on a network station that can communicate with the print server over TCP IP or using Telnet e g Telnet ipaddress The command to view the logpath settings is Syntax list logpath 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 is no password by default 2 Direct your Web browser to URL http NICIPaddress destConf html e g http 192 75 11 9 destConf htm1 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 is no password by default 3 Atthe Print Path Configuration HTML form that displays select a destination link e g d1prn from the top of the page to bring up the appropriate destination form 4 Once the desired destination HTML form displays scroll down to the Logpath Type and Logpat
104. e current name of the destination to anew name as indicated by newname This newname must be nine characters or less or it will be truncated These names are case sensitive set dest destination backchannel prn prn example set dest dlprn backchannel prn Establish a return path for printer feedback for a given destination The Ethernet Interface I O port is bi directional however you will most likely use the same I O port to which the destination is currently sending jobs set dest destination model modelname example set dest dlprn model m4 Associate a model with a destination Jobs sent to the named destination are processed according to the options defined in the named model set dest destination logpath logpathname example set dest dlprn logpath 14 Associate a logpath with a destination Jobs sent to the named destination are logged according to the settings defined in the named logpath set dest destination service socket 1pd lpsched rprinter pserver netbios tpd example set dest dlprn service netbios 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 Ipd LPR printing with TCP IP including LPR clients on any platform Ipsched LP or System V printing with TCP IP rprinter Novell RPRINTER support pserver Nove
105. e name of the preferred file server from the File Server field Click the SUBMIT button when done and physically repower the print server to make the new settings take effect Manual Telnet Method 1 Telnet to the print server telnet ipaddress 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 is no password by default You should see a prompt with the Ethernet Interface IP address ipaddress root gt At the prompt enter store pserver novell fserver del fservername where fservername is the name of the Novell file server you want to remove as a preferred file server Reset the unit to ensure the changes take effect reset Setting Password Security NDS and Bindery Setups Setting Password Security NDS and Bindery Setups Besides the general security measures a Novell setup provides further password security A password can be set on the Ethernet Interface and within your PCONSOLE or Netware Administrator setup so that when the Ethernet Interface tries to login to the file server the passwords are compared To set the password on the Novell host for use in a PSERVER setup you will need to Netware 4 x and 5 x 1 Log in to Netware Administrator on your Novell host as a user with security equal to Admin 2 Double click the print server object you are using for your setup This will bring up the print server
106. e queue that must be answered before printing can continue Activation Timer ACTTMR This defaults to 170 seconds but can be set to any value from 1 to 2550 seconds or 42 5 minutes The activation timer refers to the amount of time for the system to wait for the LAN attached printer device to respond before ending a connection attempt If the printer refuses a connection attempt by the host for any reason before the timer expires it will be considered not available and an error message will post Configuration Instructions Inactivity Timer INACTTMR This defaults to ATTACH but can be set to any value from 1 to 30 minutes as well as SEC15 15 seconds SEC30 30 seconds or NOMAX no maximum This value determines when the print driver closes the connection to the printer freeing it up to received spooled output from another source once there are no OS 400 spooled files left in RDY ready status It is recommended that this be set to SEC15 so OS 400 will free up the printer 15 seconds after all RDY spooled files have been processed Setting it to NOMAX will cause OS 400 to maintain the connection until the writer ends so the printer device will not be shared with other systems Host Print Transform TRANSFORM This needs to be set to YES so the OS 400 system s Host Print Transform HPT function will convert both SCS and AFPDS spooled files to the printers data stream Manufacturer Type and Model MFRTYPM
107. e sensitive and will not be recognized if they are typed incorrectly By default they are all lower case If you are setting up a NetWare 4 environment the destination must be renamed to uppercase to match the PCONSOLE entry The Ethernet Interface can be used in a NetWare 4 or 5 environment with either of the following options e Set the Ethernet Interface up as a PSERVER replacing a dedicated printer e Set the Ethernet Interface up as an RPRINTER interacting with an existing PSERVER see page 120 NOTE Following a PSERVER setup bindery emulation is required To configure the Ethernet Interface as a PSERVER in a NetWare 4 environment 1 Log into the Novell as supervisor Enter PCONSOLE Press F4 Select PRINT QUEUES Press INSERT to add a queue Type in anew queue name and press ENTER Press ESCAPE Select PRINT SERVERS Press INSERT to add the new print server O 0 02s OT a GO IS oO Type the name of the Ethernet Interface By default it is M_xxxxxx where xxxxxx equals the last six digits of the Ethernet address e g M_OOOBF5 11 Select this new print server and press ENTER 12 Select PRINTERS 13 Press INSERT to add a new printer d1prn to the list 117 Chapter 6 Novell Host Configuration 118 14 Select this new printer and press ENTER Go to the Type field 15 Press ENTER at this field and select DEFINED ELSEWHERE lf DEFINED ELSEWHERE is not available choose
108. ection e g ping 192 75 11 9 273 Chapter 17 print path Three stage path a print job takes when it is sent from a host to a printer through the NIC protocol A set of rules or conventions governing the exchange of information between computer systems or between a printer and a host computer For computer printers a protocol is the coding convention used to convey and print data A printer protocol includes codes for printing text and graphics as well as codes instructing the printer to perform special operations and machine to machine communication codes PSERVER Print Server A Novell print method where the NIC continuously polls the Novell file server print queue looking for print jobs RAM Random Access Memory Volatile memory within the NIC that contains current working settings Settings are lost once the power is removed RARP 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 itself permanently ROM Read Only Memory router A device that forwards IP packets to their destination Also called a gateway RPRINTER Remote Printer A Novell print method where the NIC waits for jobs to be sent to it from a defined PSERVER SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol A standard protocol used to monitor network devices called SNMP agents 274 socket subnet mask TCP IP TCP por
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110. eneral Messages section on the Novell HTML status page Look for a valid entry for the printer It will look something like this 0 InitSinglePrinter printer lt X gt name lt NAME gt Then look for the following lines 0 Printf RemoteMonitor lt X gt printer is and 0 Printf WAITING_FOR_JOB If you see these lines the Ethernet Interface is set up properly and the problem points to a setup issue on the workstation 151 Chapter 7 Troubleshooting 10 100Base T If the Ethernet Interface has logged in to the file server but has not attached to the queue there may be a permission problem Make sure the appropriate users have rights to this queue they should be in the group everyone Also you may have to assign the queue to root so it is available to everyone Did you rename any objects in Netware Administrator during your setup Netware Administrator seems to have a problems renaming objects If so delete everything and start over If none of these solutions help your situation try the whole setup again Completely delete the setup that is giving you trouble and go through the setup again following each step carefully NOTE After completing a PSERVER setup and before beginning a new setup be sure to reboot the printer Wait at least a minute for the Print Server to login and attach to a queue RPRINTER NPRINTER Setup If you cannot get a connection with the Ethernet Interface after
111. er and wait for the ONLINE state On the Ethernet Interface Interface place SWITCH 1 in the up position TCP IP Access Problem From a workstation attached to this network segment create an ARP entry The Ethernet Interface IP address and hardware or MAC address are needed At the workstation enter arp s lt ipaddress gt lt MACaddress gt ping lt ipaddress gt Try to ping this IP address to see if the Ethernet Interface can be seen on your network If the interface does not respond verify you are on the same network segment as the printer and that the ARP entry was created Telnet into the Ethernet Interface using the same IP address as above Log in as root There is no password by default At the system prompt enter store tcpip from default config http on save reset NOTE This will reset all TCP IP settings to factory default and reset the Ethernet Interface 10 Power the printer off and then back on 11 Set the IP address subnet mask and default gateway parameters to the desired values 87 Chapter 4 Windows Troubleshooting Tips 88 Web Browser HTTP Problem In some cases you may not be able to browse the printer Web page simply because the Ethernet Interface HTTP may be turned off If you cannot ping the Ethernet Interface IP address make sure the IP Address subnet mask and default gateway are set correctly by checking the Ethernet Parameters menu from the operator panel See the U
112. ered for Activation Timer when using WRKAFP2 CRTPSFCFG V3R2 or CRTDEVPRT V3R7 or V4R1 Codes 20 39 indicate a general communications failure Make sure all of the components in your network are operational such as routers If necessary call IBM technical support Codes 40 59 indicate a logic error between PSF and the printer control unit Contact IBM technical support 203 Chapter 10 AS 400 Troubleshooting 204 Spooled Print File Remains In PND Status Check the output queue with the command WRKOUTQ queuename This typically indicates that PSF 400 is waiting for a response from the printer This can be verified by displaying the OSPL subsystem WRKACTUJOBSBS QSPL If the status of the PDJ job for the printer is SELW then PSF 400 is waiting for a response from the printer Make sure that the printer is in ONLINE mode and that all network connections for example routers between the AS 400 and the printer are active Spooled Files Disappear Without Printing To resolve this problem e Check that the correct printer queue name and correct IP address have been used e Ping the IP address If the ping is successful disconnect the network cable from the printer print server and ping the address again lf the ping is still successful there is another printer with that IP address on the network Data Is Being Clipped To resolve this problem you may want to set the PSC Page Size Control parameter to Y
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114. etwork connection has been severed Table 2 NET LED Indicator NET Indication Description ON constantly Indicates link integrity ON flashes off 1 3 second Flashes off 1 3 second each time a packet is transmitted 30 10 100Base T DIP Switches On the back of the printer you will find a small window where you can access two DIP switches labeled 1 and 2 see Figure 2 on page 29 The functions of the DIP switches are explained in Table 3 NOTE The DIP switches are not marked with on or off labels Instead the status of the switch is indicated by its position up or down If the interface card has been installed upside down i e the DIP switches are to the left of the cable connector your DIP switch positions will be reversed and the settings inverted Table 3 10 100Base T DIP Switch Settings DIP Switch Comments 1 2 up up Normal operation With both DIP switches in the off position the Ethernet Interface boots up using the settings in flash memory rather than the default settings down up Factory default With the DIP switches in this configuration the Ethernet Interface boots up and all settings stored in flash memory are erased except the Ethernet address and key value up down Default IP With the DIP switches in this configuration the Ethernet Interface boots up with factory default settings However the stored settings in flash memory are intact
115. exnumber example close tcp 3 Close the a TCP IP connection between a TCP IP host and the Ethernet Interface The TCPindexnumber can be retrieved from debug tcp output 261 Chapter 15 Complete Command List 262 ping s hostIPaddress datasize packetnumber example ping 192 75 11 30 ping another TCP IP host specified by host IPaddress on the Ethernet Interface 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 NOTE To use a host or IP name instead of the address you must have set the DNS server on the Ethernet Interface Use the command set sysinfo dns to do this telnet hostIPaddress escapecharacter example telnet 192 75 11 35 Start a Telnet session with another TCP IP host specified by host IPaddress on the Ethernet Interface network If escapecharacter is used it resets the key sequence used to exit the Telnet session It will return you to the telnet gt prompt where you can execute quit Use the keycode command to find out exact escape characters if needed The default character is CTRL NOTE To use a host or IP name instead of the address you must have set the DNS server on the Ethernet Interface Use the command set sysinfo dns to do this chr string Echo string or redirect string to an I O port using the chr string gt ioport keycode Determine the hexadecimal value for a
116. fies the IP address of the NIC Here is an example of a successful ping command EZA0458I Ping V3R1 Pinging host 9 99 12 33 Use ATTN to interrupt EZA0463I PING Ping 1 response took 0 084 seconds Successes so far 1 Here is an example of an unsuccessful ping command EZA0458I Ping V3R1 Pinging host 9 99 12 33 Use ATTN to interrupt EZA0464I PING Ping 1 timed out NOTE If you have problems ping ing a printer refer to Handling MVS Connectivity Problems on page 220 211 Chapter 11 Configuring PSF for MVS to Print IPDS Files Define the Printer to JES When a TCP IP attached printer is to be used with JES it must be defined for deferred printing mode with JES JES2 Printer Definitions Below is an example of the JES2 printer definition initialization member located in the system PARMLIB FSS FSS1 PROC PSFPROC HASPFSSM HASPFSSM PRT1 FSS FSS1 MODE FSS PRMODE LINE PAGE SOSI1 CLASS C UCS 0 SEP NOSEPDS CKPTPAGE 100 DRAIN MARK TRKCELL YES The above example is correct for JES2 3 11 and above For earlier versions of JES2 the statement is named FSSDEF and would be stated as FSSDEF FSSNAME FSS1 The value you specify for the PROC parameter must match the name on the PSF MVS Startup procedure JES3 Printer Definitions Below is an example JES3 printer definition This example is not executable but it is intended to help the JES3 systems programmer define the printer
117. file This allows multiple writers and systems to access the printer while the print driver is active and there are files in ready status When this option is specified the printer is capable of being shared and the value that is specified for the Inactivity Timer is ignored System Driver Program SYSDRVPGM Specifies the name of a system defined driver program which provides the capability to send OS 400 printer output to a printer attached over a TCP IP network This should be set to IBMSNMPDRV whenever configuring a LAN 3812 SNMP device description Workstation Customizing Object WSCST This is typically set to NONE but can be used to specify a modified workstation customer object All other parameters should be specified like any other printer Configuration Instructions Configuration Example To configure a LAN 3812 SNMP device description type CRTDEVPRT and press the F4 Prompt key The following is an example of using the Create Device Printer CRTDEVPRT command to create a LAN 3812 SNMP device description CRTDEVPRT DEVD SNMP6400 DEVCLS LAN TYPE 3812 MODEL 1 LANATTACH IP PORT 9001 FONT 011 FORMFEED CONT PARITY NONE STOPBITS 1 TRANSFORM YES MFRTYPMDL IBM6400 RMTLOCNAME 9 5 208 46 USRDFNOPT IBMSHRCNN USRDRVPGM NONE SYSDRVPGM IBMSNMPDRV Create Device Desc Printer CRTDEVPRT Type choices then press Enter Device description Device class Device type Dev
118. fine a new print server to represent the Ethernet Interface This name must match the predefined name given to the print server By default this name is in the format M_xxxxxx where Xxxxxxx equals the last six digits of the Ethernet Interface s Ethernet address found on the bottom of the device e g M_091C1A Make sure that the print server object you are using for your PSERVER setup has the same name as that stored on the Ethernet Interface If you need to rename the print server object in Netware Administrator delete the object and re create it with the new name Netware Administrator seems to have some problems with renaming objects NOTE Changing the name will affect all of the protocols that are running on the Ethernet Interface Changing The Ethernet Interface Name NDS and Bindery Setups HTML Method 1 Load a Web browser on a network station that can communicate with the print server over TCP IP Direct your Web browser to URL http EthernetInterfaceIPaddress adminConf html e g http 192 75 11 9 adminConf htm1 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 is no password by default Look under the System Information section and enter the new name into the Name field Click the SUBMIT button when done and physically repower the printer to make the new settings take effect Manual
119. from the pop up menu The New Object dialog box displays 139 Chapter 7 Novell Host Configuration 10 100Base T 140 9 Select Printer from the Class of new object list and click OK 10 Type the name of the printer in the Printer name field NOTE The Printer object name must match one of the destination names on the Ethernet Interface Most likely this will be diprn In NDS a printer object can only be attached to one print server object at a given time because Novell uses the printer object to represent a physical printer A physical printer can only be attached to one parallel or serial port at a time Thus if you assign a printer object to another print server object the new print server object will steal it from the old one this also happens with non Ethernet Interface print server objects To properly process print jobs sent to the Ethernet Interface the printer object created in Novell must refer to the destination on this server and not to the actual physical printer On the Ethernet Interface print jobs must pass through an extra layer a destination before being sent on to the printer If you are using multiple print servers you will have to either rename all your destinations to ensure that no printer object names conflict or keep all the printer objects for one print server in a different context than those for the other print server 11 Select Define additiona
120. ftware To configure these options see Configuration Tools on page 36 Configuration Using ARP To configure the Ethernet Interface with its IP settings using a manual arp command 1 Log on to a Windows station with TCP IP loaded and located on the same subnet as the Ethernet Interface 2 Find the Ethernet address for the Ethernet Interface on the configuration printout It must be entered as part of this procedure Configuration Using ARP Use the arp command to add an entry into the Windows station ARP table for the Ethernet Interface This is the most common syntax for this command Syntax arp s ipaddress ethernetaddress Example for Microsoft TCP stacks arp s 192 75 11 9 00 80 72 07 00 60 This example specifies a Ethernet Interface using IP address 192 75 11 9 and Ethernet address 00 80 72 07 00 60 Check if the ARP entry was accepted arp a You should see an entry in the listed ARP table with the IP address and Ethernet address specified in Step 3 Ping this IP address to see if the Ethernet Interface can be seen on your network At this point you should be able to communicate with the Ethernet Interface from your local Windows station This means the print server knows about an IP address and subnet mask and has these settings in its current memory However if the Ethernet Interface is power cycled these settings will disappear unless you store them into flash memory To do this a Load a We
121. ge 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 descramble Automatic descrambling of print jobs passing through which have been scrambled using Printronix proprietary Unix scramble utility npscramble xtab Tab expansion from 1 to 16 spaces set model model header headerstring example set model m7 trailer FF Set a header string to be sent to the printer at the end of any print jobs passing through this model The headerstring can consist of up to nine elements An example element is a hexadecimal code e g 0x04 or a pre defined variable on the print server e g FF for a formfeed Use list varto see all available variables set model model config config_num Set the printer configuration number config numto be loaded prior to printing a job on the specified printer model If config numis omitted the model resets to the default which means no configuration is associated with it If config numis 0 the factory configuration loads before the job prints If config numis inthe range 1 through 8 the corresponding configuration number loads before the job prints set model from default Set all model settings back to factory defaults set model from stored Set all current model settings to the values stored in flash memory 250 Set Commands set prn autofd example set prn aut
122. gister the changes The Ethernet Interface can be configured and ready before the pserver nlm is reloaded or the Ethernet Interface can be reset after pserver nIm is reloaded A Web browser can also be used to see the RPRINTER attachments and status Novell Troubleshooting Tips 122 This section provides information on possible solutions to some standard configuration errors If you require technical support please have as much of the following information available when you Call 1 Pak wD Level of software are you running Type of attachment do you have Your host operating system A detailed description of the problem When and how often the problem occurs A detailed description of your network and the components attached Please follow these tips to determine what the problem may be with your Ethernet Interface configuration NetWare 3 x No PSERVER Connection NetWare 3 x No PSERVER Connection Was the Ethernet Interface power cycled after the PCONSOLE steps were completed This will make the print server boot up and realize which print queue and file server it needs to service Is the Ethernet Interface already servicing a queue on another file server If so it cannot service another file server at the same time When defining a new print server within PCONSOLE did you use the correct name for the Ethernet Interface e g M_071C1A By default it only recognizes itself as M_xxxxxx where
123. gives you helpful information and tips about printer operation and maintenance 34 2 Installation Installation And Configuration The Ethernet Interface provides an RJ 45 connector for 10 100Base T UTP networks Connecting To The Network To attach the Ethernet Interface to a network plug the network cable into the Ethernet Interface connector Watch the LEDs in the rear of the printer as they cycle through the power on self test When the test is complete the STAT LED will begin to flash 35 Chapter 2 Configuration Tools usyeusag Network Connector Figure 3 Physical Setup Configuration Tools There are two parts to a Ethernet Interface setup e Configuring the Ethernet Interface so it can be seen on the network This involves network related settings e g an IP address within TCP IP environments configured through the built in command shell nosh or from the control panel e Configuring a host with a new printer so it knows how to send data to the Ethernet Interface Just being able to see the printer on the network does not mean you can automatically print to it A host has to be told where to send the data 36 CAUTION Configuration Using The Control Panel NOTE Some network environments do not require any network settings to be configured on the Ethernet Interface However all network setups require configuration on the host end Confi
124. guration Using The Control Panel You can set Ethernet Interface settings from the printer control panel When the printer is first powered on the message ETHERNET ADAPTER IS BEING INITIALIZED displays on the control panel This process takes about two minutes To prevent a loss of Ethernet Interface configuration information do not change the Ethernet Interface settings while this message is displayed When the initialization is complete the message ETHERNET ADAPTER IS READY displays and you can safely change the Ethernet Interface settings from the control panel You can set any of three listed parameters from the printer control panel These parameters are located in the Ethernet Parameters menu e IP Address e Gateway Address e Subnet Mask 1 Arrange to have an IBM service technician install the Ethernet Interface card if it is not already installed this is not a customer installable feature 2 Power on the printer The message ETHERNET ADAPTER IS BEING INITIALIZED appears when the printer is powered on Configuration can be done after the ETHERNET ADAPTER IS READY message appears about 1 to 2 minutes after the ETHERNET ADAPTER IS BEING INITIALIZED message displays 3 Disable the Power Saver mode before starting this procedure see the 6400 Setup Guide for instructions 37 38 Chapter 2 Configuration Tools 4 Always print an Ethernet Adapter test page before performing any upda
125. h Port sections to view the current logpath settings for this particular destination At this point you can alter any of these settings and then click the SUBMIT button to store them into the NIC Remember to repower the NIC to make the settings take effect Printer Logging Through Logpaths Ethernet Interface Naming Schemes A single I O Port destination can be configured with a variety of model and logpath combinations For instance once you set the parameters for m1 and 11 you can assign the model and logpath to more than one I O port destination such as diprn d2prn and d8prn You may now use the same set of model and logpath parameters more than once without having to redefine those parameters each time for another I O Port destination 269 Chapter 16 Ethernet Interface Naming Schemes 270 l 7 Glossary ARP Address Resolution Protocol Associates a selected IP address with a network device Ethernet address bps Bits per second Centronics Parallel port interface standard found on most printers daemon A continuously running process that handles system wide functions like print spooling default router Local device that forwards any IP packets destined for another subnet destination Logical print queue on the NIC to which hosts send their print jobs There are eight destinations by default DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Allows a network device to discover its IP address dynamically upon boot
126. h root privileges follow the steps below 1 Login to the Ethernet Interface 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 which will allow write access set snmp manager index ipaddress trap community The Ethernet Interface continuously generates traps To set the Ethernet Interface to send traps to a particular SNMP manager use this command to add an SNMP manager to the trap table The index is the index number of the trap table ipaddress is the IP address of the SNMP manager receiving traps The trap community is the community string sent along with the trap information set snmp trapport index udpport Set the UDP port number in the SNMP trap manager table This value should correspond to the port number monitored by the SNMP manager application running on the host at the IP address specified in the set snmp manager command The index is the index number of the SNMP trap manager table udpport is the desired UDP port number Acceptable values are 162 and 49152 through 65535 Set Commands set snmp trap index active Enable or disable an SNMP trap manager table entry The index is the index number of the SNMP trap manager table active enables the table entr
127. he Ethernet Interface with its TCP IP settings using RARP 1 On your RARP server make an entry in the etc ethers file for the Ethernet Interface Syntax ethernetaddress EthernetInterfacelIPaddress Example 00 80 72 07 00 60 192 75 11 9 Start the RARP daemon on the RARP server if not already running If it is running send an HUP signal to it with the kill command Syntax kill HUP pid where pid is the process ID of the RARP daemon Power on the Ethernet Interface so that it immediately sends out an RARP request Wait one minute to allow the address assignment process to complete You should see the STAT LED on the Ethernet Interface slow down to indicate that it knows about an IP address to use Using BOOTP 4 Try to ping the Ethernet Interface IP address from a local Unix station to see if it can be seen on your network NOTE You will only be able to communicate with the Ethernet Interface from a network station on the same subnet as the print server The Ethernet Interface 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 Please see Communicating Across Routers on page 96 to set this up Using BOOTP BOOTP allows you to dynamically assign an IP address to the Ethernet Interface upon bootup In addition the BOOTP server can provide additional details like a default router gateway address To configure the E
128. he network e Configuring the Ethernet Interface with its mandatory print setup settings e Configuring a new print queue on the file server For information about additional options available with the 10 100 Base T interface see Novell Configuration For 10 100Base T Interfaces on page 125 NOTE The NetWare 3 x PConsole procedures page 112 use PConsole v3 75 The NetWare 4 x PConsole procedures page 117 use PConsole v4 15 Novell Environment Description The Ethernet Interface supports network printing under Novell environments by using IPX It supports all 3 x versions of NetWare Version 4 x and 5 x is supported under bindery emulation only 109 Chapter 6 Novell Ethernet Interface Configuration Novell Ethernet Interface Configuration 110 Mandatory Under all Novell environments the Ethernet Interface does not require any network settings to make it visible on the network Simply plug it in to your network and power it on However with a new print queue setup on a Novell file server there can be mandatory settings needed on the Ethernet Interface Optional Additional settings are available to fine tune the Ethernet Interface s Novell functionality These options include NDS Context The NDS context in which the print server object was Created If you create the printer server object in a different file server object from the file server you logged into then to ensure the absolute path you mus
129. he new settings take effect Print Server Setup Manual Telnet Method 1 Telnet to the print server telnet ipaddress NOTE If prompted for a User ID and password first type root for the ID and press ENTER at the password prompt since there is no password by default 2 You should see a prompt with the Ethernet Interface IP address ipaddress root gt 3 Atthe prompt enter store pserver novell passwd password NOTE The passwords entered in Netware Administrator or PCONSOLE must match the password set on the unit 4 Reset the unit to ensure the changes take effect reset Adjusting Polling Time NDS and Bindery Setups Adjusting Polling Time NDS and Bindery Setups To set the poll time the Ethernet Interface will use when checking for new jobs under a PSERVER setup Netware 4 x and 5 x 1 Log in to Netware Administrator as a user with security equal to Admin on your Novell host Double click the printer object for which you wish to change the poll time This will bring up the printer object detail pages Click Configuration to display the configuration page Change the Service Interval to the desired number in seconds NOTE You may also want to change the Service mode for forms 5 to Change forms as needed If you do not do this the Ethernet Interface will need to poll the file server twice as much to get all the information it needs Repower the Etherne
130. he queue on the Ethernet Interface where the print jobs will be sent to store tcpip ifnum addr IPaddress example store tcpip 1 addr 192 75 11 9 Store the IP address for the Ethernet Interface store tcpip ifnum mask netmask example store tcpip 1 mask 255 255 255 0 Store the subnet mask for the Ethernet Interface store tcpip ifnum opts rarp bootp dhcp example store tcpip 1 opts rarp bootp dhcp Enable or disable the automatic RARP BOOTP or DHCP requests for IP addresses upon bootup If you are storing the Ethernet Interface TCP IP network settings within the device you will not need to rely on RARP BOOTP or DHCP for new settings store tcpip ifnum frametype ethernet2 802 2snap example store tcpip 1 frametype ethernet2 802 2snap Control which frame type s is supported with the TCP IP protocol By default both Ethernet2 and 802 2snap are enabled but normal TCP IP communications rely on Ethernet 2 This setting has no affect on other supported network protocols e g Novell Store Commands store tcpip route add del host net IPaddress ifnum example store tcpip route add net 192 75 12 0 1 Add or delete a static route to a particular TCP IP host or subnet specified by TPaddress so the Ethernet Interface knows how to communicate with it Normally one entry for a default router gateway is all that is needed for communications between different subnets Please see the next command for detail
131. his timer is to be activated Set the parameter to a value at least equal to the TIMEOUT value on the printer The recommended value is SEC15 V3R7 CRTDEVPRT ACTTMR NOMAX The value specifies the V4R1 CHGDEVPRT number of seconds that PSF 400 will wait for a printer to respond to an activation request If only one system will be using the printer use the default value 170 seconds If more than one system will be using the printer set the value to NOMAX which causes PSF 400 to wait indefinitely for a response to an activation request 202 Cannot PING The Printer AS 400 Troubleshooting Use this section to resolve problems configuring AS 400 on TCP IP networks Cannot PING The Printer If you have problems trying to ping the printer Verify the configuration of AS 400 including the printer and any intervening devices such as routers and bridges Verify that the AS 400 line description is varied on and the printer is turned on and displays a status of ONLINE Verify that the AS 400 TCP IP interface is active PSF 400 Terminates When Initialized If PSF 400 terminates when you initialize it for IPDS printing and issues message PQT3603 check for the following error codes Code 10 means an incorrect RMTSYS or RMTLOCNAME V3R2 V3R7 or V4R1 has been specified for the printer Code 15 means that PSF 400 timed out waiting for the printer s response Check the value you ent
132. ice model LAN attachment Port number Online at IPL Font Identifier Point size Form feed Separator drawer Separator program Library SNMP6400 Name LAN LCL RMT VRT SNPT LAN 3812 3287 3812 4019 4201 1 0 1 2 3 4 10 13 301 IP LEXLINK IP USRDFN 9100 0 65535 YES YES NO 11 3 5 11 12 13 18 19 NONE 000 1 999 9 NONE CONT TYPE CONT CONT2 CUT FILE 1 255 FILE NONE Name NONE Name LIBL CURLIB Printer error message INFO INQ INFO 227 Chapter 12 Configuring for a LAN 3812 SNMP Device Description Message queue Library Activation timer Inactivity timer Host print transform Manufacturer type and model Paper source 1 Paper source 2 Envelope source ASCII code page 899 support Image configuration Character identifier Graphic character set Code page Remote location Name or address User defined options for more values User defined object Object Library Object type Data transform program Library CTLD 170 SEC15 YES IBM6400 LETTER LETTER NONE NO NONE SYSVAL 9 5 208 46 IBMSHRCNN NONE NONE Name CTLD SYSOPR QSYSOPR Name LIBL CURLIB 1 2550 NOMAX 1 30 ATTACH NOMAX NO YES MFRTYPMDL LETTER MFRTYPMDL LETTER MFRTYPMDL MONARCH NO YES NONE IMGA01 IMGA02 1 32767 SYSVAL 1 32767 Character value NONE
133. ine thereafter starts a little further over to the right It also refers to Unix jobs that print one line of text at the top of a page followed by a series of blank pages This kind of output happens only with Unix text jobs if carriage return insertion is not incorporated into the print setup The printer may be told to do a linefeed but the Unix job does not specify anything about a carriage return to follow this To fix this carriage return insertion must be enabled somewhere in the print setup The easiest and most common location is on the Ethernet Interface itself within the appropriate model The feature is called onlcr and the command syntax is set model modelname stty onlcr save For example if printing to the destination dlprn the associated model is m1 Therefore the command is set model ml stty onlcr save 105 Chapter 5 Unix Troubleshooting Tips 106 No Form Feed Or Extra Page Comes Out Unix text jobs may also have problems outputting the last page of a job especially when the BSD Remote LPD print method is used This means the form feed button has to be pressed on the printer to get this last page out To make this process automatic tell the Ethernet Interface to handle this task by setting this feature on in the appropriate model The command syntax is set model modelname trailer SFF save For example if printing to the destination d2prn the associated model is m2 Therefore the
134. ing The AS 400 For Printing 3 Enter values for the following parameters Output Queue OUTQ The name of the AS 400 output queue The name can be anything you would like This name is not the same as the printer internal queue name diprn Remote System RMTSYS Internet address of the Ethernet Interface on the printer ININETADR prompts you for this or the hostname of the Ethernet Interface Remote Printer Queue RMTPRTQ Default name of the network printer Set for any of dlprn through d8prn The remote printer queue name must be lowercase entered in single quotes NOTE When the IPDS feature is installed queue name d4prn is not available Writer to Autostart AUTOSRTWTR Set the value to 1 This will start the Remote Writer when the queue is created and it automatically starts the Remote Writer after each IPL of the AS 400 and whenever STRTCP is started Connection Type CNNTYPE Specify this value as IP Destination Type DESTTYP Specify OTHER OTHER is a performance enhancement in which data is not required to be transformed again if the connection is interrupted and allows printing of multiple copies Transform TRANSFORM Specify this value as YES 174 Setting Up Printing For ASCII Files Destination Options DESTOPT Specify XAUTOQ XAIX XAUTOQ is a performance enhancement in which data is not required to be transformed again if the connection is interrupted
135. ion Procedure Configuring PSF for MVS to Print IPDS Files To perform this procedure you need the IP address of the NIC Configuration Procedure Configuring PSF MVS to print IPDS files includes the following steps 1 Define the MVS communications control unit to MVS See Define the Communications Control Unit to MVS on page 208 2 Modify the TCP IP profile on your MVS system if necessary See Modify the TCP IP Profile in MVS on page 208 3 Ping the printer See Verify the Printer Connection on page 211 4 Define the printer as a writer controlled printer to JES See Define the Printer to JES on page 212 5 Define the printer to PSF MVS with a PRINTDEV statement including the IP address See Define the Printer to PSF MVS on page 213 This section does not provide all the information you need to install and configure TCP IP on your MVS system For more information on installing TCP IP refer to TCP IP for MVS Customization and Administration Guide The routing of information is determined on the basis of the IP address and is performed by IP gateways After the network is configured correctly the MVS host appears to be communicating directly with the TCP IP attached printer 207 Chapter 11 208 Configuring PSF for MVS to Print IPDS Files Define the Communications Control Unit to MVS If you have not already done so define the communications control unit for the M
136. ion and add the name of the preferred file server in the File Server field Click on the SUBMIT button when done and physically repower the print server to make the new settings take effect Manual Telnet Method 1 Telnet to the print server This will bring up a login screen telnet ipaddress 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 is no password by default You should see a prompt with the Ethernet Interface IP address ipaddress root gt At the prompt enter store pserver novell fserver add fservername where fservername is the name of the Novell file server you want to add as a preferred file server This adds the specified file server as a preferred file server on the Ethernet Interface Reset the unit to ensure the changes take effect reset 127 Chapter 7 Novell Ethernet Interface Configuration 10 100Base T 128 Removing Preferred File Server HTML Method 1 Load a Web browser on a network station that can communicate with the print server over TCP IP Direct your Web browser to URL http EthernetInterfaceIPaddress networkConf html e g http 192 75 11 9 networkConf htm1 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 is no password by default Look under the Novell section and remove th
137. is installed queue name d4prn is not available Optionally click Help to understand the other parameters and enter those values Click OK Click Create The print queue is created and placed in the Printers folder or on the OS 2 desktop Make sure LPRPORTD is running Press Ctrl Esc and check the list for a line that contains LPRPORTD If it is running this process is complete If it is not running enter the following at the OS 2 command prompt start lprportd You will probably want to put this command in your STARTUP CMD file or use the TCP IP Configuration tool to set it to autostart on bootup Any print jobs sent to this queue will now be forwarded to the Ethernet Interface Using An OS 2 LPR Print Queue Starting The LPR Port Daemon The LPR Port Daemon must be started to enable TCP IP printing To start the LPR Port Daemon 1 Open the TCP IP folder which is in the OS 2 System folder for Warp 3 0 2 Open TCP IP Configuration 3 Select the Autostart tab on the notebook 4 In Services to Autostart select Iprportd 5 Select Foreground Session and Minimized 6 Close the notebook by double clicking the system icon which is located in the upper left corner 7 Select Save If prompted press Yes to save the configuration changes 9 Atthe OS 2 command prompt enter tepstart to restart TCP Troubleshooting Check the IP informati
138. ive transmissions enable TCP to discover when a connection is no longer usable even if the connection partner is abruptly powered off or is no longer accessible through the network The frequency of keep alive transmissions is controlled by the INTERVAL parameter on the KEEPALIVEOPTIONS statement The frequency applies to all TCP applications that direct TCP to send keep alive transmissions The default frequency is after about two hours of inactivity 210 Configuration Procedure For printing on TCP IP attached printers IBM recommends that you specify a shorter interval than the default such as 10 minutes for the interval between keep alive transmissions Also if any target host requires that the keep alive packet contain data specify SENDGARBAGE TRUE For example KEEPALIVEOPTIONS INTERVAL 5 SENDGARBAGE TRUE ENDKEEPALIVEOPTIONS GATEWAY The Packet Size parameter of the GATEWAY statement defines the maximum transmission unit MTU for the MVS host For IBM 10 100Base T Ethernet Interface printers the MTU size is fixed at 1024 bytes The value cannot be adjusted Verify the Printer Connection To verify that the MVS system can establish a connection with the TCP IP attached printer ping the printer from the MVS system From a TSO session enter the following command TSO PING ip address In JES2 enter the following command from the System Display and Search Facility SDSF menu 6 ping ip address ip_address speci
139. k printer relies on NetBIOS over TCP IP as the underlying protocol to print to the Ethernet Interface 81 82 Chapter 4 Windows Host Configuration Windows 3 1 Host Setup If you are running Windows 3 1 stations on your network you will need to rely on either TCP IP or IPX to print to the Ethernet Interface If IPX is used you will have a print queue defined ona Novell file server to which your Windows 3 1 stations will send their print jobs The Ethernet Interface will then service this print queue as either a PSERVER or an RPRINTER Please see Chapter 5 Novell Configuration for further details If you want to rely on TCP IP you will need a third party TCP stack loaded onto your Windows station since TCP IP support did not automatically come with Windows until the introduction of Windows NT and Windows 95 You may also be running a third party stack if you decided not to use a Microsoft operating system Some common TCP stacks are FTP Software s OnNet NetManager s Chameleon and Frontier Technologies SuperTCP In each case they allow your Windows 3 1 station to communicate with other TCP IP devices This means you can send print jobs to the Ethernet Interface as well The most common print method offered with Windows TCP stacks is LPR LPD a multi platform remote printing protocol used on everything from PCs to mainframes The LPR print setup is very simplistic involving only two parameters 1 Etherne
140. key to be used as the escape character with the Ethernet Interface built in telnet command 1 6 Extra Features Ethernet Interface Security There are TCP access lists available to restrict host connections with the device Users And Passwords The Ethernet Interface supports two user types root Access to everything within the print server including all configurable settings guest Ability to list settings only Passwords can be set for each user type However most often you will just set a password for the root user to protect the Ethernet Interface configuration Guest users cannot alter the print server configuration in any way To configure a root password on your Ethernet Interface 1 Load a Web browser on a network station that can communicate with the print server over TCP IP The commands to set a root password are Syntax set user passwd username password save Example set user passwd root your_password_for_ root save 263 Chapter 16 Ethernet Interface Security 264 2 Direct your Web browser to URL http EthernetInterfaceIPaddress adminConf html e g http 192 75 11 9 adminConf htm1 NOTE If prompted for a User ID and password first type root for the user ID and press ENTER at the password prompt since there is no password by default 3 At the Administration Configuration HTML form that displays scroll down to the Passwords section 4 Click within
141. l address and the SMTP server address enable the Send Test Message option If the Send Test Message box is checked a test message will be sent to the specified email address when the submit button is pressed Alert Groups Specifies which alert groups are enabled for reporting for this configuration When an alert occurs that is contained in one of the enabled alert groups it will be posted to the specified SNMP manager Unix syslog daemon and or e mail address The following table describes which printer events belongs to which Alert Group Table 4 Alert Groups and Printer Events Alert Group Printer Events Offline Printer is Offline Hold Print Time Out Warning COMM Check Invalid Address CU Time Out CU Not Enabled File System Full File Exist Hex Dump Mode Half Speed Mode Printer Warm Print Head Warm 2B Toner Density Too High 2C Toner Density Too Low 59 Chapter 3 Configuration SNMP Table 4 Alert Groups and Printer Events Alert Group Printer Events Media Input Load Paper Paper Out Time Out Fanfold Paper Empty No Fanfold Paper 63 CutSheet Feeder Fail Cutsheet Pick Miss No Paper Tray Paper Jam at Entrance Cutsheet Cover Open Cutsheet Paper Empty Tray Mismatch Media Output Stacker Full Stacker Jam Time Out Stacker Full Time Out Stacker Fault Time Out Stacker Jam Stacker Fault Stack Over Flow Stack Under Flow Stacker Fail Stacker Interlock Fail Stacker N
142. l depend on the printer type and the options installed on the printer Configuration Administration 62 The Administration Configuration form is broken down into general print server related settings and password security System Information The System Information form allows you to specify the following information about the printer Name Name given to the print server in Novell and Windows environments The defaul name is M_xxxxxx where Xxxxxx equals the last six digits of the network adapter s Ethernet address e g M_031C1A System Information Description Optional field to help identify the printer s features and capabilities Location Optional field to help identify the printer s physical location Contact Optional field to help identify the individual or group responsible for the printer Printer Serial Number A serial number that the user can enter through the PrintNet Webpage to keep track of the PrintNet printer Syslog Specifies the IP address of a host running the SYSLOG daemon IBM 6400 debugging or printer logging information can be sent to the IP address Default Unconfigured empty Email Defines the user email address to receive printer and job logging information from log paths on the IBM 6400 Default Unconfigured empty SMTP Server Specifies the IP address of the SMTP server to be used for processing email messages generated by the IBM 6400
143. l properties and click Create 12 Click Assignments in the dialog box and then click the Add button 13 Select the queue you defined earlier or browse for a different one 14 Click OK to assign the queue to the printer 15 Click OK to close the Printers Details dialog box and make the changes permanent NDS PSERVER Setup Netware 4 x 5 x 16 Click on a branch in the tree i e context that you would like to create the Ethernet Interface print server object in NOTE If the context you choose is different than the one the file server object for the file server you are using is in you must set the context on the Ethernet Interface See Setting The Ethernet Interface NDS Context NDS Setups on page 136 17 Click the right mouse button to bring up a submenu and choose Create from this menu 18 A dialog box titled New Object displays In the Class of new object list select Print Server and click OK 19 Type the name for the print server in the Print Server name field By default the name is M_xxxxxx where xxxxxx equals the last six digits of the print server s Ethernet address found on the bottom of the device e g M_091C1A NOTE The name you use here must match the name stored on the Ethernet Interface This name can be found by using the list pserver command See List Commands on page 258 for more infor
144. le settings to the values stored in flash memory 257 Chapter 15 Complete Command List 258 List Commands These commands list the current or working settings for a particular section within the command shell To view stored settings in flash memory insert stored after List For example list prn shows the current printer settings but List stored prn shows the settings in flash memory Normally these should match list arp List the current ARP table that the Ethernet Interface adheres to in a TCP IP network list date List the current date on the Ethernet Interface list dest List the current destination settings e g names and mapped I O ports models and logpaths list diff List the differences between the current settings and the stored settings in flash memory Normally you want these values to match so issue a save command followed by a reset command list ifc List the current UTP interface settings e g link integrity list key List the license details and license key number list logins List any active user logins on the Ethernet Interface list logpath List the current logpath settings e g names and mapped destinations list model List the current model settings e g names and mapped destinations list pserver List the current general print server settings e g print server name and Novell mode List Commands list prn List the current parallel port setting e g m
145. lick BROWSE to help fill in the network path of this printer Windows 95 98 Or ME Host Setup At the Browse for Printer dialog box that displays double click the appropriate workgroup containing the Ethernet Interface By default the print server falls under the workgroup WORKGROUP Continue searching the network until you see the Ethernet Interface name M_xxxxxx where xxxxxx equals the last six digits of the print server Ethernet address found when a configuration is printed Once you see the Ethernet Interface double click it to display a list of predefined destinations queues from which to choose Select a destination queue that will use dlprn Click OK once you have selected a destination Back at the network path window select NEXT since this path should now be filled in for you At the next window select the appropriate print driver and click NEXT Fill in a name for this new network printer at the next window and decide if you want this to be the default printer This printer name can be anything you would like as long as it is unique When prompted for a test page select either Yes or No depending on the state of the attached printer and click FINISH NOTE 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 within the Printers folder This new networ
146. line description VRYCFG CFGTYPE LIN To start TCP IP enter STRTCP Verify that the AS 400 TCP IP interface is active Use the command WRKTCPSTS and then select option 1 4 Turn the printer on and wait until the printer control panel displays ETHERNET ADAPTER IS READY 199 Chapter 10 Verifying The IPDS Configuration On AS 400 200 To verify the printer is connected to AS 400 ping the printer from an AS 400 workstation with one of the following commands PING ip address or PING hostname where ip address is the Internet address of the remote system printer the Ethernet Interface and hostname is the hostname you defined for the printer if any e If the ping is not successful refer to Cannot PING The Printer on page 203 e If the ping is successful vary on the printer device description with the command VRYCFG printer device CFGTYPE DEV STATUS ON To use PSF 400 to send an IPDS file to the printer enter STRPRIWTR DEV printer device where printer device is the name of the printer If you have problems printing do the following e Print an Ethernet Test Page Refer to your User s Manual e Verify that port number 5001 is being used If you are still unable to print IPDS files contact technical support Printer Sharing Parameters Sharing The AS 400 Printer On The Network To support printer sharing your printer automatically switches among all attached ports serial t
147. list double click an unshaded PIPE LPDx port If all are shaded double click a shaded port and change the parameters If no PIPE LPDx ports displays follow these steps to install them a Right click a port and select Install b Select the New port drivers radio button c Inthe Directory field type d TCPIP DLL where d is the drive where the TCPIP subdirectory exists d Click Refresh Several PIPE LPDx port icons should appear in the Output port list If none appear type d MPTN DLL and repeat this step again NOTE If no ports appear after completing step d search your drives for the LPRPDRVR PDR and type the path to this file not including the file name in step c The final step available is to ask OS 2 support to install these ports 159 Chapter 8 OS 2 Workstation Configuration 160 e Select all the ports with the mouse pointer and click on Install The PIPE LPDx ports should now show in the Output port list The PIPE LPDx Setting dialog box displays In the LPD server field type the IP address of the Ethernet Interface In the LPD printer field type the name of the defined destination queue on the Ethernet Interface NOTE This name must be the name of an existing destination 9 10 11 12 queue on the Ethernet Interface and it must be lowercase by default Most likely you will most likely use d1prn If the IPDS feature
148. list of configured printers Select the first item listed as NOT INSTALLED and press ENTER At the printer configuration window type in the name for this new printer The name must be one of the predefined destinations queues on the Ethernet Interface normally dliprn Go to the Type field and press ENTER to see the possible choices Select Defined Elsewhere from this list When done press ESCAPE and select Yes to save the changes to this new printer Press ESCAPE again to return to the Print Server Configuration menu Select Queues Serviced by Printer Select this new printer from the printer list that displays and press ENTER At the empty queue list that displays press INSERT Select the queue created in step 5 and press ENTER When prompted for the priority press ENTER to select the default or select a priority 113 Chapter 6 Novell Host Configuration 114 24 25 26 27 28 Press ESCAPE until back at the PCONSOLE Main Menu Repower the printer Wait two minutes and then select Print Queue Information from the PCONSOLE Main Menu Select this new queue from the menu that displays Select Currently Attached Servers to see which print server is servicing this queue At this point the Ethernet Interface name e g M_071C1A should show within this window This means the Ethernet Interface knows about this new Novell print queue it mus
149. ll PSERVER support 247 Chapter 15 Complete Command List netbios Windows 95 and Windows for Workgroups printing ftpd Printing using the File Transfer Protocol FTP via TCP IP set dest from default Set all destination settings back to factory defaults set dest from stored Set all current destination settings to the values stored in flash memory set logpath logpath name newname example set logpath 11 name pagecount Change the current name of the logpath to a new name as indicated by newname This newname must be nine characters or less or it will be truncated These names are case sensitive set logpath logpath type job user pgcnt cksum printer ioport example set logpath 12 type job user printer pgent Establish the type of printer and print job logging to be done within this Logpath The options are job Job ID username etc user User ID along with three messages per job about start and finish pgent For total pages printed in a job cksum 16 bit checksum value to confirm integrity of data printed printer For special printer feedback ioport Printer error messages determined through the parallel port pins 248 Set Commands set logpath logpath port TCPportnumber email syslog example set logpath 13 port 2000 Determine where the log information should be sent for a print job or attached printer The choices are TCPportnumber TCP port number ranging from 1024 to 65000
150. lowing command CRTLINETH LIND ETHLAN RSRCNAME LIN041 Your completed screen should look like Figure 9 5763SS1 V3R2M0 960517 Line description Option Category of line Resource name Online at IPL Vary on wait Local adapter address Exchange identifier Ethernet standard Maximum controllers Error threshold level OPTION RSRCNAME ONLINE VRYWAIT ADPTADR EXCHID ETHSTD MAXCTL THRESHOLD TEXT Active Switched Controllers No active switched controllers attached SSAP list SSAP BLDD60 09 11 96 12 25 46 ETHLAN ALL ELAN LINO41 YES NOWAIT ADPT 056A1005 ALL 40 OFF Source Service Access Points SSAP Maximum Frame Type SSAP 04 1496 SNA AA 12 NONSNA c8 Group address GRPADR Group Addresses No group addresses found Link speed Cost connect time Cost byte Security for line Propagation delay User defined 1 User defined 2 User defined 3 Autocreate controller Recovery limits Count limit Time interval LINKSPEED COSTCNN COSTBYTE SECURITY PRPDLY USRDFN1 USRDFN2 USRDFN3 AUTOCRTCTL CMNRCYLMT Maximum Frame 1496 1496 Type NONSNA HPR 10M 0 0 NONSECURE LAN 128 128 128 NO 2 5 Figure 9 Example Ethernet Interface Line Description 166 Configuring With ADDTCPIFC The following three parameters must be specified Line Description LIND The line description name is the user s name for the AS 400 adapter This name must be identical to the na
151. m SYSDRVPGM 226 User Defined Options USRDFNOPT 226 Workstation Customizing Object WSCST 226 Configuration menu Ethernet Interface 46 Configuration tools 36 Configuring for a LAN 3812 SNMP Device Description 223 Connecting to the network 35 Control panel configuration Gateway address 37 IP address 37 subnet mask 37 CRTLINETH line descriptions 165 279 Index D Define LPR printer error 84 Destination settings Print Path 50 Destinations Ethernet Interface 27 models 27 Device Class DEVCLS 223 Device Description LAN 3812 SNMP 223 Device Model MODEL 223 Direct socket printing 102 Document conventions 33 E Errors defining LPR printer 84 Ethernet Interface 23 cannot be found 83 cannot be found on network troubleshooting 103 change destination names 72 configuration 10 100Base T Novell 126 configuration menu 46 configuration Windows 68 destinations 27 guest user 263 HTML structure 42 installation 35 naming schemes 269 NDS content NDS setup 136 passwords 263 preferred NDS tree NDS setup 137 queues 27 280 root user 263 security 263 Set NDS content 136 Set preferred NDS tree 137 special features 23 TCP IP settings OS 2 157 users 263 verification 40 F Font FONT 011 224 Form Feed FORMFEED 224 Front panel configuration 37 FTP printing 100 G Gateway address control panel configuration 37 Getting Help command 240 Guest use
152. mation 20 Select the Define additional properties and click the Create button 21 Click Assignments in the dialog box and then the Add button 22 Select the printer you created earlier 23 Click OK to assign this printer to this print server 24 Click OK to close the Printer Servers Details dialog box and make the changes permanent 25 Physically repower the printer to make the new settings take effect 144 Chapter 7 Novell Host Configuration 10 100Base T 142 Bindery PSERVER Setup Netware 3 x Netware 4 x and Netware 5 x A Bindery PSERVER setup is possible under both Netware 3 x Netware 4 x and Netware 5 x If you are using Netware 4 x or Netware 5 x Bindery emulation is required Please consult your Novell manual on how to set up Bindery emulation A Bindery set up using PCONSOLE in Netware 3 x is described in NetWare Version 3 x RPRINTER Setup on page 114 The setup using PCONSOLE in Netware 4 x or Netware 5 x is described in NetWare Version 4 x and 5 x RPRINTER Setup on page 120 Referencing A Bindery Queue In NDS Netware 3 x Netware 4 x and Netware 5 x If you would like to reference a Bindery queue when you perform your PSERVER setup in NDS you must create a PSERVER object for the Ethernet Interface on the file server where the Bindery queue resides This is important because in order to service the queue the Ethernet Interface must log
153. mation The information is stored in an MIB 231 Chapter 13 Implementing Printer Management 232 MIB An MIB contains information a device makes available through SNMP The MIB is a management information base that describes information about actual objects to be managed and controlled Standards Of Network Printer MIBs The Printer MIB is based on the following standards e System and Interfaces Group MIB RFC 1213 of March 1991 e Host Resource MIB RFC 1514 of September 1993 e Printer MIB RFC 1759 of March 1995 Components Of The Printer MIB The printer MIB gives the network manager access to most of the information that is normally accessible through the Ethernet Interface command set for configuring the server with SNMP Some objects identified by this MIB are not applicable to the Ethernet Interface The printer MIB is composed of the following sections e General e Cover e Localization e Input e Output e Marker e Media Path e Channel e Interpreter e Console e Alert MIB Information Provided By The MIB The printer MIB contains the following types of information about network printers Descriptions Printer configuration location and contact Status Current operating status of printers Alerts Reportable events from printers General Information About MIBs For further information on SNMP and MIB refer to the following e RFC 1155 Structure and Identification of Management Inf
154. me entered when the TCP IP is configured on the AS 400 Resource Name RSRCNAME The system assigned name for the interface for example LINO41 SSAP When CALC is used the values of 12 and AA are entered automatically as defaults Verify that those SSAP values have not been changed Configuring AS 400 For ASCII Using TCP IP The next step is to configure the interface on the AS 400 for TCP IP NOTE The AS 400 interface is not the Ethernet Interface Do not set the AS 400 interface address to the same address as the Ethernet Interface IP address Also do not add the Ethernet Interface to the AS 400 TCP IP interface list Configuring With ADDTCPIFC ADDTCPIFC is used to add a TCP IP interface to the AS 400 This step configures the AS 400 for attachments to a TCP IP network At the AS 400 command line enter the following command ADDTCPIFC INTNETADR 9 99 15 188 LIND ETHLAN SUBNETMASK 255 255 255 0 Your completed screen should look like Figure 10 167 Chapter 9 Configuring AS 400 For ASCII Using TCP IP 168 System BLDD6 Internet address 9 99 15 188 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Line description ETHLAN Line type Elan Interface status Inactive Type of service Normal Maximum transmission unit Lind Automatic start Yes Figure 10 Example of ADDTCPIFC Interface The following parameters must be specified Internet Address Internet address of the A
155. menu choose the Ethernet Test Page When the page prints look under the TCP ACCESS TABLE section for the TCP access list entries To add delete a TCP access list entry refer to TCP Access Lists on page 265 NOTE When the following procedure is used the TCP access list will be cleared but all IP addresses will need to be entered again after the procedure is complete To reset all TCP IP values to the factory defaults when access is impossible 1 Obtain a printer configuration printout using the control panel See the User s Manual for configuration menu information 2 Power off the printer 3 On the Ethernet Interface place SWITCH 1 in the down position 4 Power on the printer and wait for the ONLINE state On the Ethernet Interface place SWITCH 1 in the up position 177 Chapter 9 AS 400 ASCII Troubleshooting 178 From a workstation attached to this network segment create an ARP entry The Ethernet Interface IP address and hardware or MAC address are needed At the workstation enter arp s lt ipaddress gt lt MACaddress gt ping lt ipaddress gt Try to ping this IP address to see if the Ethernet Interface can be seen on your network If the interface does not respond verify you are on the same network segment as the printer and that the ARP entry was created Telnet into the Ethernet Interface using the same IP address as above Log in as root with no password At system prompt enter
156. must first be set up to function in RPRINTER mode choosing any desired Print Server Name and Printer Number 2 When setting up the NDPS printer agent use the Novell Printer Gateway For the Novell PDS choose NONE For the Port Handler choose Remote rprinter on IPX In the next dialog for the SAP Name enter the Print Server Name from step 1 and enter the Printer Number from step 1 above 6 For the Select Printer Drivers dialog choose no driver unless you have a driver installed into the Broker s RMS which is to be used with the printer The printer will need to be rebooted to attach to the NDPS printer agent in this mode PSERVER Setup Troubleshooting 10 100Base T PSERVER Setup If you cannot get a connection with the Ethernet Interface after completing the print setup confirm the following Have you tried repowering the Ethernet Interface Wait about a minute before checking if it has logged in and attached to a queue Is the network connector fastened tightly to the unit Is the Ethernet Interface already servicing a queue on another file server If so it cannot service another file server at the same time Is there an available Netware user license for the Ethernet Interface to utilize while it acts as a PSERVER Every PSERVER takes up one user license since it logs in to the Novell file server When going through the PSERVER setup steps did you name
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158. n the other side of the world Refer to BM Printer Management Utility User s Manual for more details on this tool Monitoring Tools 234 Many tools can be used to monitor printers with SNMP agents One of these tools is NetView There are also other MIB browsers which are not described here OS 2 TCP IP To get SNMP EXE to work correctly to browse MIB items you may need to delete the following file d mptn etc mib2 tb Monitoring With AIX NetView 6000 Monitoring With AIX NetView 6000 The AIX NetView 6000 program can manage any IP addressable device with an SNMP agent NetView 6000 can be used to set a network topology monitor a network diagnose problems and measure network performance Through its MIB Browser information about the resources affecting an event such as an alarm can be obtained Setting The SNMP Community Name The default SNMP read only community name is public and cannot be changed Change the SNMP R W community name with the command set user passwd snmp com name save where com_name is the new SNMP R W community name The default is no R W community name NOTE Changing SNMP community names or access rights may hinder or disable applications that are monitoring your printers 235 Chapter 13 Monitoring Tools 236 14 IBM Network Printer Manager Overview IBM Network Printer Manager NPM lets network administrators monitor control and configure IBM
159. n the Ethernet Interface I O port The port s status and a list of active and queued jobs will be displayed You can cancel a job as long as you have permission to by clicking on the Cancel icon beside the desired job If you see waiting in the Status line this indicates the network adapter is either waiting for data from the host or for feedback from the printer If you see blocked in this line this indicates the printer is not allowing the Ethernet Interface to send anymore data The printer could be busy processing data it has already received or it could be in an error state The printer status display is automatically refreshed every minute NOTE You cannot cancel a print job with an IPDS Emulation Do not click the Cancel icon Status Network This form allows you to view the current status of the network The statistical data provided is broken down by network protocol You can use this form to troubleshoot network related problems IBM Printing Systems The IBM Printing Systems web site which contains product information technical support and more 65 Chapter 3 IBM Printing Systems 66 4 Windows Configuration Overview This chapter details a complete Windows configuration setup including e Identifying the Ethernet Interface on the network using TCP IP as the underlying protocol Configuring the Ethernet Interface with its mandatory TCP IP settings IP address and subnet mask e
160. n the writer job log Additional Information The success of LAN 3812 SNMP device descriptions is dependent on the configuration settings in OS 400 as well as on the printer and print server hardware For more information about configuring the time out values on the printer and print server hardware and common error messages that you can receive when printing through a LAN 3812 SNMP device description please refer to the following document 19935220 Configuration Settings and Error Messages for LAN 3812 SNMP Device Descriptions located on the 400 support line Knowledge base Web site l 3 Monitoring Printers Implementing Printer Management Printer management includes the following tasks e Monitoring the status of network printers e Responding to alarms e Gathering statistics on printer operations The three elements of network printer monitoring and management are e Agent manager model e The management information database MIB e SNMP the protocol used to get management information e Printer management utility PMU Agent Manager Model The elements of a monitoring system MIB and SNMP are implemented in an agent manager model e The MANAGER is a console workstation or server on working hubs or routers which has a global knowledge of Ethernet Interfaces and printers e AGENTS are utilities that reside on devices such as a Ethernet Interface that respond through SNMP to management requests for infor
161. nces per header string The Ethernet Interface 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 e Print landscape tells the printer to print in landscape mode e Print portrait tells the printer to print in portrait mode Trailer String Define an escape sequence 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 You may also want to tell the printer to reset itself in case you have set a header string which tells the printer to do something special with the job You can specify up to three separate sequences per trailer string The Ethernet Interface executes 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 53 54 Chapter 3 Configuration Print Model The most common sequences are listed on the form e PCL Reset tells the printer to reset itself once the data completes e End of Transmission EOT tells the printer to force the end of the job e Formfeed tells the printer to do a formfeed at the end of the data Printer Configuration Specify a printer configuration number to be loaded before processing the print job This ability to ass
162. nd 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Responsible Party International Business Machines Corp New Orchard Road Armonk NY 10504 Telephone 1 919 543 2193 European Community EC Conformity Statement This product is in conformity with the protection requirements of EC Council Directive 89 336 EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility IBM cannot accept responsibility for any failure to satisfy the protection requirements resulting from a non recommended modification of the product including the fitting of non IBM option cards This product has been tested and found to comply with the limits for Class A Information Technology Equipment according to European standard EN 55022 The limits for Class A equipment were derived for commercial and industrial environments to provide reasonable protection against interference with licensed communication devices This is a Class A product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures Properly shielded and grounded cables and connectors must be used in order to reduce the potential for causing interference to radio and TV communications and to other electrical or electronic equipment Such cables and connectors are available from IBM authorized dealers IBM cannot accept
163. nfigured a routing entry earlier 83 84 Chapter 4 Windows Troubleshooting Tips If you look at the back of the printer is the STAT LED flashing once a second or is it quicker than that A slower once a second rate indicates that the print server is in fact configured with an IP address A faster rate means it knows nothing about this so you may need to try the configuration process again Have you confirmed that the network connection to the Ethernet Interface 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 Ethernet Interface from the Windows station If not refer to Ethernet Interface Cannot Be Found On The Network on page 83 Have you used the correct URL for the Ethernet Interface home page It should be http EthernetInterfacelIPaddress e g http 192 75 11 9 Is HTTP support enabled If not refer to Web Browser HTTP Problem on page 88 Errors Occur When Defining An LPR Printer Can you ping the Ethernet Interface from your Windows NT station If not please refer to Ethernet Interface Cannot Be Found On The Network on page 83 Did you specify the correct IP address or host name for the Ethernet Interface in the first field of the Add LPR Compatible Printer box Did you specify a valid destination queue on the Ethernet Interface in the second field of the Add
164. nline help tools including 2 Command Typing when logged in to the command shell will produce a full list of all available commands Command Prefixes Typing in the first portion 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 Complete Command List 240 This section outlines the entire Ethernet Interface command set including the command syntax a description and in most cases an example for each command listed NOTE If you see the word ifnumin any npsh commands you should substitute a 1 unless told otherwise This 1 represents the one network interface e g Ethernet supported Store Commands Store Commands These commands change the settings stored in flash memory and do not affect the current or working settings in memory A power cycle is needed before the stored settings become current store ifc ifnum utp 1i rx example store ifc 1 utp li Modify the physical UTP interface properties where 1i enables link integrity and rx enables the increased receive threshold store ifc from default Set all UTP settings back to factory defaults store ifc from current Store all current UTP settings to flash memory so they are retained after a power cycle This ensures all current settings match what is stored in flash memory store pserver opts jobsecurity jobtimeou
165. nnnnnne LAN attachment ccssessseeseseees Switched line list c eeeeees LAN remote adapter address Adapter type eeren Adapter connection type Emulated twinaxial device Advanced function printing AFP attachment cc seeeeeeee A Port NUMDEL ccccceeeesseeeenseeneneees Switch Setting eeeeeeeeeeeeeteee Local location address 0 i Auxiliary printer seee Emulating ASCII device 06 Physical attachment eeeee i Online at IP hrie i Attached controller isece Language type seeen Print quality ifthe tained Font Identifier csscessseseseneseees POINT SIZ nni onnen FOrMfCCO taa aaah Separator drawer seeeeeeeeeeeee eee Separator program ceeeeeeees Hrana aan abate Number of drawef S 0ceee Printer error message eeeeee Message queue LiB ATY iee id ataata Maximum length of request unit Application type eseeeseeeneeee Activation timet cccccsceeeeeee Inactivity timer n e SNA pass through device desc SNA pass through group name Host signon logon command PACING ioei eiis gt P6400 gt LAN gt IPDS gt 0 gt IP INTERNAL PARALLEL YES WSC gt 5001 NO YES SYSVAL STD gt 011 NONE CONT FILE NONE INQ QSYSOPR LIBL CALC NONE 170
166. not change the MTU size on an IBM 10 100Base T Ethernet Interface printer The MTU size is fixed at 1024 bytes If these items are all in order consult your TCP IP network administrator about a possible network problem 220 Ping is Successful Ping is Successful A successful ping usually indicates that the MVS system can communicate with the printer however you might receive a successful ping even though the IP address of the TCP IP attached printer is a duplicate of another IP address If PSF is unable to establish a network connection with the TCP IP attached printer or if PSF output for this printer prints elsewhere follow these steps to determine whether the IP address of the printer is unique 1 Turn the printer off 2 Wait at least 5 minutes for TCP IP to clear the Address Resolution Protocol ARP tables If your installation specified a longer interval on the ARPAGE configuration statement in the TCP IP profile you may need to wait longer For information about the ARPAGE statement refer to the IBM TCP IP MVS Customization and Administration Guide 3 Enter the ping command again from the MVS system NOTE If you receive a successful response to the ping command there is a duplicate IP address Consult your TCP IP network administrator 221 Chapter 11 Handling MVS Connectivity Problems 222 1 4 SNMP Installation Instructions Configuring for a LAN 3812 SNMP Device Desc
167. not match then the job is automatically routed to the first destination and the service is accepted Default enabled store pserver tcpsocket TCPportnumber port newTCPportnumber example store pserver tcpsocket 4000 port 5000 Change a pre defined TCPportnumber on the Ethernet Interface to a newTCPportnumber The default number is 9100 for prn store pserver tcpsocket TCPportnumber dest destination example store pserver tcpsocket 5000 dest dlprn Assign a pre defined TCPportnumber to a particular destination on the Ethernet Interface Therefore if you are using a print method that sends jobs directly to a TCP port number you still have the option to process the job data through this destination setting store pserver novell passwd password example store pserver novell passwd mplex Store the password for the Ethernet Interface to use when logging in to a Novell file server This password would have to match one set on the file server Store Commands store pserver novell user name username example store pserver novell user name microl Define a username on the Ethernet Interface to be used when it logs in to a Novell file server to find information This username must match a user pre defined on the Novell file server store pserver novell user passwd password example store pserver novell user passwd mplex2 Define a password on the Ethernet Interface for the Novell user already defined This password must match
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169. nter feedback when a print job passes through this destination By default all print queues have no backchannel Services Define what type s of print services the destination will support By default all services enabled e socket printing to a TCP port number e g 4000 on the Ethernet Interface ipd remote printing using the Line Printer Daemon e psched System V printing using the Ip command e rprinter Novell s remote printer setup e pserver Novell s PSERVER setup Current Model Settings e netbios printing from Windows stations relying on NetBIOS over TCP IP e ftpd printing using the File Transfer Protocol FTP Selected Model Defines the model configuration that is to be associated with the current destination The default model names are m1 m2 m3 m4 m5 m6 m7 and m8 Current Model Settings Model Type The option is available on the Print Model web page For a description see page 52 Banner Page The option is available on the Print Model web page For a description see page page 53 Filter The option is available on the Print Model web page For a description see page 53 Header String The option is available on the Print Model web page For a description see page 53 Trailer String The option is available on the on the Print Model web page For a description see page 53 51 Chapter 3 Configuration Print Model Printer Configuration The option is
170. nter under this operating system you only need to define these two parameters 1 Ethernet Interface IP address The IP address or host name of the print server to which you want to print 2 Ethernet Interface destination queue A pre defined name on the print server telling the device to which I O port to send the jobs Most likely you will use d1prn for the PRN 99 Chapter 5 Unix Host Configuration 100 Printing With FTP Print jobs can also be sent to the Ethernet Interface using the File Transfer Protocol FTP To do this 1 On your network station change to the directory containing the file you want to print Open an FTP session with the Ethernet Interface Syntax ftp EthernetInterfacelIPaddress Log in as root At the password prompt press ENTER since there is no default password Change to the dest directory Syntax cd dest List the contents of this directory using the dir command and determine which destination queue you would like to send the print job through Most likely you will select d1prn for the PRN port Change to this destination directory Example cd diprn Change the mode to correspond with the type of file you are going to print By default ASCII is set for text only files but if you need to print both text and graphics select binary using the bin command Place the file to be printed within this directory on the Ethernet Interface so it can be spooled and printed
171. ociate a printer configurations to a logical printer model allows you to define up to eight unique and independent printer personalities in a single printer Using this feature you effectively have four different printers in one To associate a printer configuration to the currently selected destination queue just select the desired printer configuration number from the drop down list Once a printer configuration have been associated with a destination queue any print job sent to that destination queue name will cause the printer to load the associated printer configuration before processing the print job Current Log Path Settings Configuration Log Path Name Name of the log path The default names are 11 12 13 14 15 16 I7 and 18 Logpath Type Define what type of log information will be tracked for each print job passing through the associated destination The types are job job ID username etc user user ID and three messages per job about the start and finish checksum value used when troubleshooting integrity of data transferred printer miscellaneous messages from the printer i o port status of the printer based on the port interface signals Logpath Port Define where logging information for print jobs passing through the associated destination will be reported The choices are prn reported to the PRN port none don t report any logging information TCP IP port to a TCP port number
172. ode list rprinter List any current RPRINTER definitions list snmp List the Trap Table containing SNMP Managers list sysinfo List the current Ethernet Interface system information e g contact name and protocol stacks enabled list tcpip List all current TCP IP network settings e g IP address and subnet mask list test List the status of output tests on the I O ports list time List the current time on the Ethernet Interface list user List the current user definitions e g user names and types list var List all pre defined 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 m1 trailer FF 259 Chapter 15 Complete Command List 260 Miscellaneous Commands These commands do not fall under any specific section of the command shell but they are used quite frequently save default Save the current settings to flash memory so they are available after power cycles Sysinfo destination model logpath variable user and I O port settings will be saved If default is specified as well factory settings will be saved overwriting any new settings you have configured reset Perform a warm boot or hardware reset to simulate a power on reset This restores current settings to those stored in flash memory since the flash memory settings will be read and loaded into memory upon bo
173. ofd Assert or do not assert the AUTOFD line for carriage return insertion This only affects printers that support this function such as impact printers set prn flush Flush the data in the parallel port input and output buffers set prn unlock Release the access lock on the parallel port set prn timeout minutes none example set prn timeout 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 though 255 with 0 indicating no timing out to take place This is the default setting and should be fine for most print setups set prn opost example set prn opost Allow or disallow output processing on the parallel port such as carriage return insertion e g onlcr set prn onlcr example set prn onlcr Enable or disable carriage return insertion on the parallel port This may be needed for Unix text jobs coming through with solitary linefeeds This feature is almost always set at the model level rather than the I O port level set prn xtab tablength none example set prn xtab none Set the tabstop width as indicated by tablength The range is 1 through 16 spaces 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 values stored in flash memory 251 Chapter 15 Complete Command List 252 set snmp To add a user named snmp wit
174. ollowing command config http on 163 Chapter 8 OS 2 Workstation Configuration 164 9 Overview AS 400 Configuration ASCII Printer This chapter details a complete AS 400 configuration setup including e Developing Line Descriptions with CRTLINETH e Configuring the AS 400 for TCP IP e Configuring the AS 400 for Printing e Verifying Printing from the AS 400 This document assumes no AS 400 printer configuration has been done If any configuration has been done please follow the procedure to the point at which continued configuration is required Developing Line Descriptions With CRTLINETH For each LAN adapter on the AS 400 a line description needs to be created for the Ethernet Interface If a line description already exists make sure the SSAP list includes default options AA and 12 You must also know the LAN speed for the AS 400 LAN adapter NOTE To change a line description you need to vary the line off before making the change After making the change you need to vary the line back on To change an existing line description use the CHGLINETH command To create a line description use CRTLINETH 165 Chapter 9 Overview NOTE SSAPS of AA and 12 are automatically set as default values in the line description when CALC is used in creating new line descriptions You do not need to set these values unless they have been changed To create a line description enter the fol
175. on Edge orient Remote location Name or address TCP IP port TCP IP activation timer PSF defined options NONE Text description Device resource library list Library AFP JOBLIBL YES NORDYF SEC15 IMMED 2 0 YES YES YES YES NO NONE NONE 170 6400 Network Printer DFT Figure 14 Example CRTPSFCFG Command V3R7 or V4R1 187 Chapter 10 Configuring On AS 400 As An IPDS Printer 188 NOTE The lines in bold in Figure 14 are not used by PSF 400 Instead PSF 400 uses the information entered in the device description screen 3 The following parameters are recommended a PSF configuration PSFCFG The name used for this PSF configuration object The name must match the user defined object name USRDFNOBJ in the printer DEVD IPDS pass through IPDSPASTHR To print SCS files specify yES PSF 400 transforms SCS into IPDS before printing Activate release timer ACTRLSTMR Specifies the point at which the release timer RLSTMR is activated Set to NORDYF Release timer RLSTMR Specifies the amount of time to wait before a session or dialog is released without terminating the writer The ACTRLSTMR parameter specifies when this timer is to be activated Set the parameter to a value at least equal to the TIMEOUT value on the printer The recommended value is SEC15 Page Size Control PAGSIZCTL Specifies if the page size FORMS is set by PSF 40
176. on on both the Ethernet Interface and OS 2 station for correctness Make sure the value in step 8 of Using An OS 2 LPR Print Queue is actually defined on the Ethernet Interface See Configuration Tools on page 36 to determine how to verify this Also verify that you are spelling the printer name correctly and verify that LPRPORTD is running 161 Chapter 8 OS 2 Workstation Configuration 162 TCP IP Access Problem If you can ping the printer from a workstation but you cannot Web browse Telnet or print to the printer through the Ethernet Interface there may be an incorrect entry in the TCP access list So the workstation can use the Ethernet Interface one of two things must happen e the TCP list must have an entry added to grant access to this workstation or e all entries must be deleted from the TCP list to grant all workstations hosts access to the above TCP services To view the current access list use the printer control panel to access the configuration menu see the User s Manual for configuration menu information From the DIAGNOSTICS Printer Tests menu choose the E NET Test Page When the page prints look under the TCP ACCESS TABLE section for the TCP access list entries To add delete a TCP access list entry refer to TCP Access Lists on page 265 NOTE When the following procedure is used the TCP access list will be cleared but all IP addresses will need to be entered again af
177. or an IPDS Printer 203 OVEIVIOW arr CO Soe ieee tine eas ta eee le 203 ROQUIFEMENIS cee eeeeece eee eeeeeeeeeenseeeeseeeneneeeeeenseneeeeeenees 203 Configuration Checklist cccceceeesceeeeeeeeeeeteeeeseeeees 204 Configuring PSF for MVS to Print IPDS Files 0 205 Configuration Procedure cececceeeceeeeeeeeseteeeeeneeeees 205 Verifying a TCP IP Attached Printer on MVS 215 Table of Contents Sharing IBM 6400 Printers on MVS seese 216 JES Spool Printer Sharing cccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeneees 216 Port Switching Printer Sharing cc cceeeeeeeeseeeeeeees 218 Handling MVS Connectivity Problems sses 218 Ping is Not Successful eceeeeeeceeeeeeeeesetteeeeeesennees 218 Ping is SUCCESSFUL cccceeseeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeteeeeeeeaeeeeenees 219 12 SNMP Installation Instructions 221 Configuring for a LAN 3812 SNMP Device Description 221 Configuration Instructions 0 ccecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeneeeeee 221 Varying on the Printer arcsin 227 Problem Areas for Consideration cccceeeeseeeeee 227 Additional Information cccceceeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeneeeeeeenaees 228 13 Monitoring Printers a se 229 Implementing Printer Management s es 229 Agent Manager Model c ccesseceeeeeeteeeeeteeneeeeeeenaees 229 MIBisrieiing nies etch likin eee a iani 230 SNMP eet lait at eae ahs a ees 232 The Printer Manageme
178. orient Use outline fonts ee PSF defined option Font substitution messages Capture host fonts at printer Font resolution for formatting Font mapping table LIDT ANY eroa ar Cut sheet emulation mode Replace ee AUOT c sseccsepnadecckeence nian gt NETPRT6400 gt AFP JOBLIBL DFT gt YES NORDYF gt SEC15 IMMED 2 0 NO 100 Name Name CURLIB JOBLIBL CURLIB NONE Name DFT NO YES NORDYF IMMED 1 1440 NOMAX SEC15 1 1440 IMMED 1 99 NOMAX 0 999 NO YES 1 32767 gt IBM 6400 NETWORK PRINTER YES gt YES YES YES NO NO NONE YES NO SEARCH NONE NONE YES L Additional Parameters YES NO NO YES YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO NO YES SEARCH 240 300 Name NONE Name LIBL CURLIB NONE CHKFIRST CHKALL YES NO Figure 16 Example CRTPSFCFG Command V4R2 and above 193 Chapter 10 Configuring On AS 400 As An IPDS Printer 194 3 The following parameters are recommended PSF configuration PSFCFG The name used for this PSF configuration object The name must match the user defined object name USRDFNOB in the printer DEVD PSF configuration PSFCFG The name used for this PSF configuration object The name must match the user defined object name USRDFNOB in the printer DEVD IPDS pass through
179. ork Unix Troubleshooting Tips This section provides information on possible solutions to some standard configuration errors If you require technical support please have as much of the following information available when you Call 1 Pak wD Level of software are you running Type of attachment do you have Your host operating system How often and when the problem occurs A detailed description of the problem A detailed description of your network and the components attached Ethernet Interface Cannot Be Found On The Network Have you configured the Ethernet Interface with a unique and valid IP address which corresponds with the other IP addresses on your network For example are you sure no other device is using this IP address Are you sure you are trying to talk to the Ethernet Interface from a Unix station on the same subnet Currently the print server can only be seen locally unless you configured it with a routing entry If you look at the back of the printer is the STAT LED flashing once a second or is it quicker than that A slower once a second rate tells you that the print server is in fact configured with an IP address A faster rate indicates it knows nothing about this so you may need to try the configuration process again Have you confirmed that the network connection to the Ethernet Interface is working correctly Trying different network cables and locations will help narrow down the pro
180. ormation for TCP IP based Internets SMI e RFC 1156 Management Information Base for Management of TCP IP Internets MIB e RFC 1157 A Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP e The Simple Book An Introduction to Management of TCP IP based Internets Getting The Latest MIB Information To obtain the latest copy of these and other RFCs FTP the files from one of the following two sources Internet ftp ftp isi edu internet drafts World Wide Web http www ietf cnri reston va us lid abstracts html 233 Chapter 13 Monitoring Tools SNMP SNMP is the protocol used to communicate between manager and agent Managers request information usually through automated polling at specified intervals and agents respond Though used primarily on TCP IP networks SNMP can be implemented on other protocols for example IPX SNMP is a standard by which a network manager can get statistics and configuration information from the Ethernet Interfaces and other devices on the network This is done through a Network Management Station NMS such as NetView The Printer Management Utility Software PMU The IBM printer manager utility is a versatile and dynamic program It allows you to organize all of the printers in your office remotely in a single database download software and printer settings from a host computer with a single mouse click and use a virtual operator s panel to configure printers in the same room or o
181. osoft Corporation Windows 95 Microsoft Corporation Windows NT Microsoft Corporation Second Edition February 2002 This edition of the IBM 6400 Series Line Matrix Printer Legacy Migration Utility is to be used with the Ethernet Interface User s Manual The following paragraph does not apply to the United Kingdom or any country where such provisions are inconsistent with local law INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION PROVIDES THIS MANUAL AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE Some states do not allow disclaimer of express or implied warranties in certain transactions Therefore this may not apply to you IBM does not warrant that the contents of this publication or the accompanying source code examples whether individually or as one or more groups will meet your requirements or that the publication or the source code is error free Requests for copies of this publication and for technical information about IBM products should be made to your IBM authorized Dealer your IBM Marketing Representative or your IBM Software Solutions Representative IBM Printing Systems welcomes your comments You may send your comments by fax to 1 800 524 1519 within the U S by fax to 1 303 924 6873 outside the U S by e mail to printoub us ibm com or mail your comments to INFORMATION DEVELOPMENT
182. ot Ready 60 Parallel Port PRN Table 4 Alert Groups and Printer Events Alert Group Printer Events Media Path Clear Paper Jam Paper Jam Time Out Paper Jam Fuser Paper Jam Exit Cutsheet Path Open Paper Jam at Drum Paper Jam at Fuser Paper Jam at Exit Tractor MTR FWD Speed Error Tracker MTR BKWD Speed Error Paper Jam at Entrance Cutsheet Motor Fail Cutsheet Feeder Fail Clear Jam at Fuser Input Clear Jam at Fuser Exit Clear Jam Near TOF Lever Marker Ribbon Stall Time Out Ribbon Ink Out Ribbon Stall Ribbon Drive Shuttle Over Speed Ribbon Fault Ribbon Detected Print Head Up Ribbon Broken Ribbon Load Bad Ribbon Take up Full 2A Toner Empty Add Toner Install Toner Cup Cutter Cutter Fault Cutter Fail Bar Code Barcode Fail Specification Barcode Quiet Zone Too Small Barcode Improper Data Format 61 Chapter 3 Configuration Administration Table 4 Alert Groups and Printer Events Alert Group Printer Events Scanner Unscannable Check Media Poor Scanning Check Head and Heat Poor Scanning Inspect Head Poor Scanning Check Media Contrast Too Low Check Media Intervention These are error messages that need some kind of user intervention to solve them Consumable Ribbon Low Toner Low Label Label Present Gap Not Detected NOTE Not all of the alerts are available on all of the printers The alerts available for monitoring wil
183. otup load default Load the settings stored in flash memory and use them as the current or working settings If default is specified as well factory settings will be loaded lpstat ioport jobID example lpstat prn Display active and queued jobs and I O port status for a given ioport or jobID Specifying one of these parameters will shorten the output and focus on the particular I O port or print job specified cancel jobID example cancel diprn 10 Remove a job from an I O port queue Use lpstat to find a particular job ID first Miscellaneous Commands start fox tts loopb prn example start fox prn Begin a debugging test on one of the I O ports on the Ethernet Interface The tests available are 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 stop prn Stop an output test on an I O port disable ioport destination example disable prn Disable an I O port so that queued jobs are not printed or disable a destination so jobs cannot be queued to it enable ioport destination example enable prn Enable an I O port so that queued jobs are printed or enable a destination so jobs can be queued to it close tcp TCPind
184. oubleshooting 88 Windows 3 1 Host setup 82 Windows 95 98 Host setup 80 Windows ME Host setup 80 Windows Network NetBIOS TCP IP 48 Windows NT 3 51 Host setup 79 Windows NT 4 0 Host setup 74 Host setup troubleshooting 88 Workstation Customizing Object WSCST 226 287 Index 288 544 5830 00 54P0556 Restricted Materials of IBM Licensed Materials Property of IBM Copyright IBM Corp 1999 2002 174713 001A
185. owing parameters must be specified a Internet Address Internet address of the AS 400 Ethernet LAN adapter NOTE Do not use the IP address of the Ethernet Interface b Subnet Mask The Subnet Mask for this AS 400 TCP IP interface for example 255 255 255 0 c Line Description The name assigned to the AS 400 line description as described in Developing Line Descriptions With CRTLINETH on page 165 Each AS 400 LAN adapter will have its own line description Configuring A TCP IP Host Table Entry Although optional it is recommended that you create a TCP IP host table entry Add the AS 400 name and the IP address of the LAN adapter to the Host Table Entries Also add the hostname and IP address of the printer to the list You can access the host table entries function by using the CFGTCP command then selecting option 10 from the menu You can also add entries to your host table for both the hostname and the fully qualified network name for your system The entry name should match the name you configured for host and domain For example if your hostname is RCHASMO3 and your domain name is RCHLAND IBM COM your fully qualified network name is RCHASM03 RCHLAND IBM COM In your host entry table enter both RCHASM03 and RCHASM03 RCHLAND IBM COM 185 Chapter 10 Configuring On AS 400 As An IPDS Printer 186 Configuring PSF 400 For IPDS On V3R7 Or V4R1 To configure IPDS on AS 400 V3R7 and above u
186. pability i e 100FD in this case PORs to 100 FD Resets to 100 FD Reconnection at switch remains 100 FD Speed Seiting for 10 100Base T 6 Ethernet in Auto mode in 10mbps HD environment determined using 10hd hub Use auto negotiation to the highest common local and remote capability i e 100FD in this case PORs to 10HD Resets to 10HD Reconnection at switch maintains 10HD NOTE With parallel detection only speed can be determined The duplex mode sets to half duplex Conventions Used In This Manual All uppercase print indicates control panel keys Example Press the CLEAR key then press the ONLINE key Quotation marks indicate messages on the Liquid Crystal Display LCD Example Press the ONLINE key OFFLINE appears on the LCD Command syntax and examples are formatted as follows The Courier font in boldface indicates commands that you type For example At the prompt type ping ftp CompanyWebsite com Regular Courier font indicates references to command syntax and output For example The tp CompanyWebsite com site is working properly Variable values are shown in italics in command syntax output and in text For example ping ipname The ipname is working properly 33 Chapter 1 Notes and Notices Notes and Notices For your safety and to protect valuable equipment read and comply with the notes included in this manual A description follows NOTE A Note
187. password example set user passwd eng mplexl Assign a password to a defined user on the Ethernet Interface This password must be less than eleven characters Set Commands set user type username root guest example set user type eng root Assign root or guest privileges to a particular user defined by username Guest permissions allow viewing of settings only Root permissions allow complete control of the Ethernet Interface set user from default Set all user settings back to factory defaults set user from stored Set all current user settings to the values stored in flash memory set user passwd snmp com name Set the new SNMP R W community name as the com_name value set var variablename variablestring example set var LANDSCAPE 0xlb 0x26 0x6c 0x31 0x4f Define a new variable to be used in header trailer or switch strings on the Ethernet Interface and call it variablename The variablestringcan be a space separated list of words hexadecimal numbers e g 0x04 or references to other pre defined variables It is easiest to make up the variablestring with hexadecimal values as shown in the example NOTE One variable counts as one element within header and trailer strings NOTE Defined variables are referenced in strings by placing a before the variable name e g set model m1 trailer SFF set var from default Set all variable settings back to factory defaults set var from stored Set all current variab
188. pe changing the Ethernet Interface mode setting the Ethernet Interface NDS context and setting the Ethernet Interface preferred NDS tree Host Configuration This section includes NDS PSERVER setup Bindery PSERVER setup referencing a Bindery queue in NDS and RPRINTER NPRINTER setups Troubleshooting tips This section covers PSERVER setups RPRINTER NPRINTER setups and printing related problems 125 Chapter 7 Novell Ethernet Interface Configuration 10 100Base T Novell Ethernet Interface Configuration 10 100Base T 126 There are no mandatory Novell settings needed before the print server can be detected on the network However there can be some mandatory settings needed before a Novell print queue can be serviced by the Ethernet Interface These mandatory settings are covered separately for Netware 3 x 4 x and 5 x under the Host Configuration heading The print server setup in a Novell environment is much simpler than that required in a TCP IP one No addresses masks or router entries are necessary and in most cases the Ethernet Interface can simply be connected to the network turned on and then configured for printing from a Novell station through PCONSOLE or Netware Administrator However there are some optional parameters you may wish to change such as the preferred file server s print server password polling time frame type print server name NDS context and NDS preferred tree The following sections
189. poration IBM Director of Licensing 208 Harbor Drive Stamford Connecticut United States 06904 Communication Statements Federal Communications Commission FCC Statement This equpment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense IMPORTANT Properly shielded and grounded cables and connectors must be used in order to meet FCC emission limits Proper cables and connectors are available from IBM authorized dealers IBM is not responsible for any radio or television interference caused by using other than recommended cables and connectors or by unauthorized changes or modifications to this equipment Unauthorized changes or modifications could void the user s authority to operate the equipment This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Fules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference a
190. propriate driver for the printer that will be used in this setup For printer driver choose generic text Epson FX1050 or Proprinter Under the Print To field select Other Select LPR Port from the list that displays and click OK to bring up a dialog box similar to the one in Figure 8 79 80 Chapter 4 Windows Host Configuration Add LPR compatible printer Name or address of server providing Ipd l OK Name of printer or print queue on that server Figure 8 Add LPR Compatible Printer Dialog Box Type in the IP address or host name of the Ethernet Interface in the first field Type in the name of a predefined destination queue on the Ethernet Interface in the second field NOTE This name must be a name of an existing destination 9 queue on the Ethernet Interface and it must be lowercase by default You will probably use d1prn Click OK when you have specified these two fields You now have a new network printer which relies on the standard TCP IP print protocol LPD to print remotely to a printer with the Ethernet Interface Windows 95 98 Or ME Host Setup To configure a new printer on a Windows 95 98 station 1 2 3 Select Settings Printers from the Start menu Double click the Add Printer icon Select Network Printer from the second window of the Add Printer wizard that loaded At the next window c
191. px telnet command on the Ethernet Interface or find the IPX Layer section on the Novell HTML status page Check that a board has been bound to the Ethernet Interface and that the network number is correct for your network If not set a specific frame type for the Ethernet Interface to use You can find out what frame type is bound to which board number using the debug nest odi command or from the ODI Layer section on the Novell HTML status page e Try adebug nest sap telnet command or find the SAP section on the Novell HTML status page to see if the Ethernet Interface is seeing any network activity e Try adebug nest rprinter telnet command or find the RPRINTER section on the Novell HTML status page Look for an entry for one of the numbers 4 to 7 under ENP INFO The dest field should match the destination used on the Ethernet Interface If no entry is found check that the destination has the Novell service enabled If the ERROR CODE field has an error of 308 make sure no other RPRINTER setup is servicing this printer object at the same time Only one RPRINTER connection is allowed to service a PSERVER NLM printer 153 Chapter 7 Troubleshooting 10 100Base T 154 e If the Ethernet Interface has logged in to the file server but has not attached to the queue there may be a permission problem Make sure the appropriate users have rights to this queue they should be in the group eve
192. r Ethernet Interface 263 H Help command getting 240 Home page URL 42 Host configuration Novell 112 Unix 97 Host Print Transform TRANSFORM 225 Host setup Windows 2000 74 Windows 3 1 82 Windows 95 98 80 Windows ME 80 Windows NT 3 51 79 Windows NT 4 0 74 HTML forms 41 forms Novell 111 method print server setup 130 structure Ethernet Interface 42 HTTP troubleshooting 88 I O Port configuration 56 status 65 IBM Network Printer Manager NPM 237 IBM Printing Systems 65 Inactivity Timer INACTTMR 225 Indicators 10 100Base T 29 Installation Ethernet Interface 35 IP address control panel configuration 37 IPDS configuration checklist AS 400 182 configuration verify on AS 400 199 file printing 181 printer configuring on AS 400 181 L LAN Attachment LANATTACH 223 Line descriptions CRTLINETH 165 List commands 258 Log Path configuration 55 Logpath Port 55 Index Logpath Type 55 Name 55 Logging printer 266 Logical printer architecture 25 Logpaths printer logging 267 LPR OS 2 command 158 OS 2 Port Daemon 161 OS 2 print queue 159 LPR LPD Host setup 98 M Manager model printer monitoring 231 Manual Telnet method print server setup 130 Manual LPR LPD Host setup 98 Manual system V Host setup 97 Manufacturer Type and Model MFRTYMDL 225 MIB 232 Microsoft TCP IP printing 89 Miscellaneous commands 260 Mode auto reset 29 run 29
193. r a manual form feed If so see Commands on page 239 for information on trailer strings e Is the printing mechanism you are using e g CAPTURE NPRINT etc configured to service the appropriate queue Printing Related e Is the Ethernet Interface configured as the queue s Currently Attached Server If not make sure you have associated the queue and the printer See Novell Host Configuration on page 112 e Is there a hold on the print job If you select the job from PCONSOLE s CURRENT PRINT JOB ENTRIES change the User Hold or Operator Hold to no e Ifyou look in PCONSOLE s CURRENT QUEUE STATUS within the PRINT QUEUE INFORMATION menu is the server configured to service entries in this queue It is possible to turn servicing off here If you have followed the suggestions above and are still having printing problems try rebooting the Ethernet Interface Then either review every step you took when configuring the Ethernet Interface or try redoing the setup paying special attention to each step explained in Novell Host Configuration on page 112 The Job Prints Incorrectly This category can be broken down into several sub categories such as lost characters garbled data extra banner pages or blank pages at the end of a job However the reason for these mishaps can generally be traced back to the printing mechanism used on your Novell system Consider these points when configuring your print me
194. r communication across subnets Configuration of the Ethernet Interface can be done from the control panel or through host commands To configure these options see Configuration Tools on page 36 Using ARP To configure the Ethernet Interface with its TCP IP settings using a manual arp command the syntax is arp s ipaddress ethernetaddress For the aix command the syntax is aix s ether ipaddress Mac_address To use either of these commands 1 Log on to a Unix station as superuser or root This station must be located on the same subnet as the Ethernet Interface since ARP is limited to subnets Using ARP Find the Ethernet address for the Ethernet Interface by printing a configuration or reading it from the control panel It must be entered as part of this procedure Use the arp command to add an entry into the Unix station ARP table for this Ethernet Interface Here is the most common syntax for this command arp s ipaddress ethernetaddress Example for Microsoft TCP stacks arp s 192 75 11 9 00 80 72 07 00 60 This example specifies an Ethernet Interface using IP address 192 75 11 9 and Ethernet address 00 80 72 07 00 60 Verify that the ARP entry was properly applied arp a You should see an entry in the listed ARP table with the IP address and Ethernet address specified in step 3 Try to ping this IP address to see if the Ethernet Interface can be seen on your network At this point you should be
195. r only when output is available on the JES spool FAILURE Specifies the action PSF MVS is to take after a printer failure or a TCP IP network failure If FAILURE WCONNECT and the printer is connected to another host when PSF MVS attempts to establish a connection on TCP IP PSF MVS continuously retries up to the limit specified by CONNINTV until the printer becomes available FAILURE STOP stops the attempt to connect to the printer TIMEOUT Specifies the action that PSF MVS is to take after a timeout when no output is available on JES The DISCINTV parameter specifies the timeout interval TIMEOUT REDRIVE requests that PSF MVS redrive the printer FSA using the value of the MGMTMODE parameter TIMEOUT STOP requests that PSF MVS stop the printer FSA which can then be restarted only by an operator command DISCINTV Specifies the disconnect interval in seconds The value can range from zero through 86400 IBM suggests you set the value to 15 When no output is available from JES for this time period PSF MVS ends the session with the network printer If the value is set to zero PSF MVS does not end the session because of lack of output NOTE PSF MVS supports two other methods of printer sharing which are not applicable to IBM 10 100Base T Ethernet Interface printers VTAM RELREQ is available for printer sharing under SNA Port switching is available for SNA and TCP IP attached printers when a printer can support multiple active po
196. re Version 3 x RPRINTER Setup ce 112 NetWare Version 4 x and 5 x PSERVER Setup 115 NetWare Version 4 x and 5 x RPRINTER Setup 118 Novell Troubleshooting TipsS cceeceeeceeeeesteeeeeeeenteeeeeteee 120 NetWare 3 x No PSERVER Connection 0 00 121 NetWare 4 x and 5 x No PSERVER Connection 122 7 Novell Configuration For 10 100Base T Interfaces 068 123 OVENVIOW S a ti eae cee Rial da een eae eae 123 Novell Ethernet Interface Configuration 10 100Base T 124 Preferred File Server NDS and Bindery Setups 124 Setting Password Security NDS and Bindery Setups ccccceeeeseeeseteeeteneeeeees 127 Adjusting Polling Time NDS and Bindery Setups 129 Changing The Ethernet Interface Name NDS and Bindery Setups ccccceeeeseeeseteeeeeneeeees 130 Changing The Ethernet Interface Frame Type NDS and Bindery Setups ccceceeeeseeeeeteeeeeneeeees 132 Changing The Ethernet Interface Mode NDS and Bindery Setups cccceeeeseeeeeteeeeeneeeeees 133 Setting The Ethernet Interface NDS Context NDS Setups univariat 134 Setting The Ethernet Interface Preferred NDS Tree NDS S tupS isara a a reacts de aaae 135 Novell Host Configuration 10 100Base T eseeee 136 Table of Contents NDS PSERVER Setup Netware 4 x 5 X ceeeeeees 137 Bindery PSERVER Setup Netware 3 x Netware 4 x an
197. reae cteat eters 90 Using RARP ueis a E ina 92 Using BOOTP Ei 4 eters Mette ee ehh hes 93 Communicating Across ROUtelS cccseeeeeeeeeseeeeeees 94 Unix Host Configuration cccccccceeeeeseeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeee 95 Manual System V Host Setup ccccceeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeneees 95 Manual LPR LPD Host Setup c cccceeeeeeeesseeeeeneees 96 Printing From AlXiiwutaa Sa adit when ais 97 Printing With ET Pisos a 98 Setting Up AIX 4 x eecceeececeeeeeeeeeeeee esas seeeeeeeseaeesaaeeseaees 99 Direct Socket Printing ceececececeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeesseeesenes 100 Unix Troubleshooting Tips 20 0 0 c ce eeeeseeeeeeeceeeeeeeeteeeeeeeea 101 Ethernet Interface Cannot Be Found On TheiNetworn s ais sis ie vite oie ieee 101 NOTHING PUNTS mesae ar E ATN 102 Stair Stepped Output ccceecceeeeceeseeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeeeeees 103 No Form Feed Or Extra Page Comes Out 0 005 104 TCP IP Access Problem cccccccceeeececeeseeeeeeseeeeeeanee 104 Table of Contents 6 Novell Configuration cccceeee 107 COVE IVIG Wis iets cn ete Dre tiie Sr eal aed tices aioe eal 107 Novell Environment Description ecceeeeeteeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeee 107 Novell Ethernet Interface Configuration ccceeeeee 108 Using HTML Forms S careia na 109 Novell Host Configuration cccccccseeeeeeseeessteeeesseeteaes 110 NetWare Version 3 x PSERVER Setup seeeeee 110 NetWa
198. require a less common print solution such as direct socket capabilities This section covers these additional setups Manual System V Host Setup This setup involves any Unix operating system using System V print spooling e g SCO Solaris HP UX DG UX etc This means an interface file is used for each defined printer and in the case of any System V print setup involving an Ethernet Interface the RSHD protocol is used to transfer data from the host to the print server To manually configure a new System V printer on a Unix station create a dummy device file that acts as a locking mechanism between contending print jobs Syntax touch dev Ethernet Interfacename portname where Ethernetinterfacename is the host or IP name of the print server and portname is one of its four I O ports Example touch dev spike prn 97 Chapter 5 Unix Host Configuration 98 Manual LPR LPD Host Setup The Ethernet Interface also supports Unix operating systems which follow a BSD print system e g SunOS 4 1 x This means a printcap file is used to define all printers available on the host and interface scripts are not commonly used Instead LPR LPD printers are defined To manually configure an LPR LPD printer on a BSD Unix system 1 Define an entry for this new printer within the printcap file etc printcap Syntax printername sh pw 80 mx 0 rm EthernetInterfacename rp EthernetInterfacedestin
199. responsibility for any interference caused by using other than recommended cables and connectors German Confirmity Statement Zulassungsbescheinigung Gesetz Uber die elektromagnetische Vertraglichkeit von Geraten EMVG vom 30 August 1995 Dieses Ger t ist berechtigt in bereinstimmung mit dem deutschen das EG Konformitatszeichen CE zu f hren Verantwortlich f r die Konformitatserklarung nach Paragraph 5 des EMVG ist die IBM Deutschland Informationssysteme GmbH 70548 Stuttgart Informationen in Hinsicht EMVG Paragraph 3 Abs 2 2 Das Ger t erf llt die Schutzanforderungen nach EN 50082 1 und EN 55022 Klasse A EN 55022 Klasse A Gerdte m ssen mit folgendem Warnhinweis versehen werden Warnung dies ist eine Einrichtung der Klasse A Diese Einrichtung kann im Wohnbereich Funkst rungen derursachen in diesem Fall kann vom Betreiber verlangt werden angemessene Ma nahmen durchzuf hren und daf r aufzukommen EN 50082 1 Hinweis Wird dieses Ger t in einer industriellen Umgebung betrieben wie in EN 50082 2 festgelegt dann kann es dabei eventuell gest rt werden In solch einem Fall ist der Abstand bzw die Abschirmung zu der industriellen St rquelle zu 6ergrvBern Anmerkung Um die Einhaltung des EMVG sicherzustellen sind die Ger te wie in den Handb chern angegeben zu installieren und zu betreiben The United Kingdom Telecommunications Act 1984 This apparatus is approved under approval No NS G 1234 J 1
200. ription Support for SNMP is available in the base code for R450 OS 400 and above LAN 3812 SNMP device descriptions are similar to LAN 3812 PJL device descriptions and they fully support the page range function Configuration Instructions To configure a 6400 for SNMP system device driver program use the CRTDEVPRT command The following parameters should be specified Device Class DEVCLS This needs to be set to LAN Device Type TYPE This needs to be set to 3812 Device Model MODEL This needs to be set to 1 LAN Attachment LANATTACH This needs to be set to IP 223 Chapter 12 Configuring for a LAN 3812 SNMP Device Description 224 Port number PORT This needs to be set to 9100 Font FONT 011 This is typically set to 011 which is the default 10 CPI font A font ID is required to create the device description Unless special requirements in your operation dictate something different this should suffice Form Feed FORMFEED This should be set to CONT Leaving this set at TYPE or setting it to the wrong value can cause problems with both drawer selection and paper size Printer Error Message PRTERRMSG This defaults to INQ but can be set to INFO so the printer s message queue will receive informational messages whenever possible If this is set to INQ and a problem occurs on the printer such as out of forms or a paper jam a message will be sent to the printers messag
201. ross ROUterS cccssseeeeessseeeeeees 68 Changing Workgroup NameS ssseseessseesseeeseeereserreere 69 Changing Destination Names cccceseceeeeeeeeesteeeeees 70 Windows Host Configuration cccccscceeeeeseeeeeteeeesseeeeees 71 Windows NT 4 0 Or 2000 Host Setup eceeeeeeeeees 72 Windows NT 3 51 Host Setup 77 Windows 95 98 Or ME Host Setup ccceeeeeeeeeeees 78 Windows 3 1 Host Se tup 0 ccccececeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 80 Windows Troubleshooting Tips ccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 81 Technical Support jsciiee ciate cteces toate eetaeel ieee adores aaia 81 Ethernet Interface Cannot Be Found On The Network 81 HTML Configuration Forms Will Not Display 82 Errors Occur When Defining An LPR Printer 82 Cannot Browse The Ethernet Interface On THE NGWO K aeia Shek awe ian vtesshe A 83 Printer Errors When Printing Or No Output 06 83 TCP IP Access Problem 84 Web Browser HTTP Problem ccesceeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 86 Windows NT 4 0 Or 2000 Host Setup Problems 86 Table of Contents 5 Unix Configuration s es 89 COVE VIO Wi ioe sie E ET 89 Unix Environment Description eee eeeseeeeeeenteeeeeeennaes 89 Unix Ethernet Interface Configuration 0 cccceeeeeeeeeees 90 Mand atOry sgcie dvben tee veiens E E TR 90 Optional asinhas eannan airea a aeae lene de 90 USING ARP oraraa a
202. rred file server adding 127 Bindery setup 126 NDS setup 126 removing 128 Prefixes command 240 Print job monitoring 266 Print Model Banner Page 53 configuration 52 Filter 53 Header String 53 Log Path Port 52 Log Path Type 52 Model Type 51 Name 50 Printer Configuration 52 Selected Log Path 52 Selected Model 51 Services 50 Trailer String 51 Print server setup HTML method 130 manual Telnet method 130 Printer errors 85 logging 266 logging through logpaths 267 monitoring 266 sharing parameters AS 400 201 status screen 43 varying 229 Model Type 52 Name 52 Printer Configuration 54 Trailer String 53 Print Path Back Channel 50 Banner Page 51 configuration 50 destination settings 50 Filter 51 Header String 51 284 Printer Error Message PRTERRMSG 224 Printer management implementation 231 Printer management utility PMU 234 Printer monitoring Agent model 231 Manager model 231 MIB 232 SNMP 234 tools 234 Printing AIX 99 ASCII 170 configuration AS 400 170 direct socket 102 FTP 100 troubleshooting 104 verification AS 400 175 Problem AS 400 ASCII HTTP 179 AS 400 ASCII Web browser 179 Problem areas 229 PSERVER setup NetWare Version 4 x 117 NetWare Version 5 x 117 PSERVER setup 10 100Base T troubleshooting 149 Pserver setup NetWare Version 3 x 112 PSF 400 for IPDS on V3R7 or V4RI configuring 186 on V4
203. rts 219 Chapter 11 Handling MVS Connectivity Problems Port Switching Printer Sharing To support printer sharing IBM 10 100Base T Ethernet Interface printers automatically switch among all attached ports serial port the twinax or coax port or the Ethernet network port Basically the printer prints jobs for one port until no new jobs appear and the port times out The printer then switches to the next port and does the same thing To change the default time out value for a port update the TIMEOUT value for the port on the appropriate menu Serial Interface Ethernet Twinax Interface or Coax Interface Handling MVS Connectivity Problems If you encounter problems when ping ing a network printer from MVS here is how to resolve them Ping is Not Successful If the ping is not successful verify the following e The printer is powered on e The IP address is unique in the TCP IP network If the IP address of the MVS system is not unique see your network administrator to resolve the IP address problem e The Maximum Transmission Unit MTU size of the IP packet for the MVS system is equal to the MTU size of the printer For information about the values recommended for the MVS system see Modify the TCP IP Profile in MVS on page 208 To change the MTU size for the MVS system change the GATEWAY statement in the MVS TCP IP profile and restart TCP IP to pick up the changes You can
204. ryone Also you may have to assign the queue to root so it is available to everyone If none of these help your situation try the whole setup again Completely delete the setup that is giving you trouble and go through the setup again following each step carefully NOTE After completing a PSERVER set up and before beginning a new set up be sure to reboot the printer Wait at least a minute for the Print Server to login and attach to a queue Printing Related The Job Goes To The Queue But Nothing Prints If nothing is printing first make sure you have a connection to the Ethernet Interface Please see RPRINTER NPRINTER Setup on page 152 if you are having connection related problems Otherwise consider these points when trying to solve printing problems in a Novell environment e Does the job leave the queue or is it stuck there indefinitely If it leaves properly the problem points to the actual printing mechanism on your Novell system e g CAPTURE NPRINT etc to the print job format or to the printer itself Otherwise review the configuration steps you have already followed e Have you confirmed that you can print from the Ethernet Interface to the printer and ignore the Novell setup altogether Please see start fox tts loopb prn on page 261 fora good test e Is anything happening on the printer when the print job is sent Sometimes the print job may have arrived at the printer but might be waiting fo
205. s store tcpip route add del default routerIPaddress ifnum example store tcpip route add default 192 75 11 1 1 Store a default router gateway defined by routerIPaddress so the Ethernet Interface 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 previous command store tcpip tcp rxwin packets example store tcpip tcp rxwin 2 Determine the receive window size for the Ethernet Interface Usually the packets value ranges from 2 to 8 with the lower number allowing for more simultaneous TCP connections with the print server store tcpip tcp opts keepalive disbufmgmt example store tcpip tcp opts keepalive disbufmgmt Control whether the Ethernet Interface 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 continued once the situation clears If disbufmgmt is disabled i e the Ethernet Interface will not buffer any data when there is a blocked situation with the printer Normally it is best to have both keepalive and disbufmgmt enabled 245 Chapter 15 Complete Command List 246 store tcpip tcp opts zeroIPArp example store tcpip tcp opts zeroIPArp If zerolPArp is disabled then a Ethernet Interface with an IP address of 0 0 0 0 will not allow IP access until
206. s 264 Printer Logging Through Logpaths ceeeeeeeeeees 265 Ethernet Interface Naming Schemes ccceceeeeeeees 267 17 Glossary extant cutee R 269 Table of Contents l Overview Introduction This chapter introduces you to the Ethernet Interface architecture and special features as well as providing information on installation and configuration tools What Is The Ethernet Interface The Ethernet Interface allows you to attach printers on a local area network LAN rather than attaching them directly to a host system Following simple configuration steps these peripherals can be simultaneously shared with users on the network whether you are using TCP IP NetBIOS over TCP IP or IPX Novell The Ethernet Interface package contains a Ethernet Interface to attach itself and the printer to the network What Special Features Are Available The Ethernet Interface offers an extensive list of features including e built in HTML forms for easy cross platform configuration e availability of remote management software e adetailed and easy to use command shell built in to the firmware e multi level configuration security through passwords permission levels and access lists e WAN wide communication access 23 24 Chapter 1 Overview numerous printer logging methods e g automatic email to record printer errors and usage remote management through HTML forms Telnet sessions rsh rcem
207. s described in Sharing IBM 6400 Printers on MVS on page 218 For a description of the PRINTDEV statement which is not given here see the PSF MVS System Programming Guide IPADDR Specifies the IP address for the printer or attachment in dotted decimal notation Do not specify a hostname in place of the dotted decimal address 216 Verifying a TCP IP Attached Printer on MVS Verifying a TCP IP Attached Printer on MVS To operate a TCP IP attached printer use JES operator commands Starting a TCP IP attached Printer To start a TCP IP attached printer do the following 1 2 3 Start TCP IP Power on the printer Start the printer FSA e On JES2 the command is Sprinter name e On JES3 the command is VARY printer name ON Stopping a TCP IP attached Printer You can stop a TCP IP attached printer in several ways The preferred method is to first stop the PSF FSA for the printer by entering the following command from the MVS console JES2 Pprinter name JES3 VARY printer name OFF CANCEL printer name where printer name specifies the name of the printer FSA Then you can turn off power to the printer To end the PSF FSA for the printer use the JES commands If you are unable to purge or cancel the printer by use of the JES commands enter the following command MODIFY FSSname FORCE printer name 217 Chapter 11 Sharing IBM 6400 Printers on MVS Resolving IPDS Printing Problems
208. se the following commands e CRTPSFCFG Optional e CRTIDEVPRT Configuring AFP With CRTPSFCFG On V3R7 Or V4R1 Optional New for V3R7 is the ability to specify three TCP IP related parameters for PSF in a printer device description RMTLOCNAME PORT and ACTTMR In V3R2 CRTPSFCFG which replaced WRKAFP2 was used to specify these same parameters along with other parameters In V3R7 and higher these three parameters are ignored when specified in a PSF configuration object since they are specified in a printer device description However you may wish to use a PSF configuration object to specify other parameters such as IPDS passthrough and so on The PSF configuration object created with this command is used by PSF 400 when printing IPDS files only if the object is specified with the USRDFNOBJ parameter in the printer device description To configure AS 400 for IPDS printing on V3R7 or V4R1 1 Atthe AS 400 command line enter a command in the form CRTPSFCFG PSFCFG AFP NET6400 IPDSPASTHR YES RLSTMR SEC15 TEXT printer type NETWORK PRINTER 2 Acompleted screen looks like Figure 14 Configuring PSF 400 For IPDS On V3R7 Or V4R1 PSF Configuration Information PSF configuration NET6400 User resource library IPDS pass through Activate release timer Release timer Restart timer SNA retry count Delay time between retries Blank page Page size control Resident fonts Resource retenti
209. ser s Manual for configuration menu information If you can ping the Ethernet Interface IP address but cannot access the Web pages perform the following procedure to verify the Ethernet Interface HTTP is turned on 1 Telnet into the Ethernet Interface and log in as root There is no password by default 2 Atthe system prompt enter the following commands config http on save reset 3 After approximately 30 seconds point your browser to the Ethernet Interface IP address The printer Web pages should now be accessible Windows NT 4 0 Or 2000 Host Setup Problems The installation procedure covered earlier in this chapter assumes that the Ethernet Interface adapter is configured with the correct IP address subnet mask and gateway if required and that the administrator can ping and telnet to the Ethernet Interface adapter from the server console If this is not the case use the printer front panel or the Remote Management Software utility to configure the Ethernet Interface adapter before proceeding Windows NT 4 0 Or 2000 Host Setup Problems Installing Microsoft TCP IP Printing The Ethernet Interface installation for Windows NT 4 0 2000 also requires the Microsoft TCP IP Printing service on the server To install this service click the Network icon in the Control Panel and click the Services tab Click Add Service and select Microsoft TCP IP printing You may encounter the following e Do you h
210. ss ipaddress root gt 4 Atthe prompt store the RPRINTER settings on the Ethernet Interface The pservername refers to the existing PSERVER NLM on the file server created in step 1 Syntax store rprinter add pservername printernumber EthernetInterfacedestination An example of an RPRINTER servicing printer 0 of the PSERVER NLM called pserver1 and sending jobs to the Ethernet Interface destination diprn is store rprinter add pserverl 0 dlprn NOTE If it is an NDS pserver enter only the PSERVER name and not the context e g sales ps 5 Physically repower the printer to make the new settings take effect Wait two minutes and then check your PSERVER to see if the appropriate printer is being serviced The printer should display a message such as Waiting for job At this point the Ethernet Interface knows to receive any jobs this PSERVER NLM has to send to it through the defined printer 145 Chapter 7 Novell Host Configuration 10 100Base T 146 NDPS Configuration Netware 4 11 and Above Overview In 1998 Novell released a new printing system designed to make network administration of printers easier and more fully functional This system is called Novell Distributed Print Services NDPS and can be used with Novell Netware 4 11 and above along with the supporting software on clients This section gives high level instructions to install and use NDPS with the printer These instructions assume that
211. ss ENTER at the password prompt since there is no password by default 4 Look under the Novell section and find a row in the RPRINTER category 5 Click Enabled and enter the name used with the PSERVER NLM into the Print Server Name field NOTE If itis an NDS pserver enter only the PSERVER name and not the context e g sales_ps 6 Enter the printer number of the printer you would like serviced into the Printer Number field and then select the destination on the Ethernet Interface you would like to use for output 7 Repeat steps 4 through 6 for each additional printer you would like to have serviced 8 Click the SUBMIT button when done and physically repower the printer to make the new settings take effect Manual Telnet Method 1 Load aPSERVER on your Netware 3 x Netware 4 x or Netware 5 x file server i e issue a load pserver pservername command on the file server NOTE If it is an NDS PSERVER on a Netware 4 x 5 x file server you must specify the pserver name and context for pservername For example load pserver sales ps sales printronix 2 Telnet to the print server telnet ipaddress NOTE If prompted for a User ID and password first type root for the ID and press ENTER at the password prompt since there is no password by default RPRINTER NPRINTER Setup Netware 3 x Netware 4 x and Netware 5 x 3 You should see a prompt with the Ethernet Interface s IP addre
212. t telnet UTP WAN TCP connection between two hosts consisting of a source and destination TCP port number at each end A binary value used to divide IP networks into smaller sub networks or subnets This mask is used to help determine whether IP packets need to be forwarded to other subnets Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol Suite of protocols that act as the base protocol for the Internet 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 Command and protocol to establish a terminal connection between two hosts on an IP network Unshielded Twisted Pair A cable used for telephone and computer to computer connections Wide Area Network 275 Chapter 17 276 Index Symbols DNS Server 64 LAN 3812 SNMP Email 63 configuration instructions 223 Location 63 LAN 3812 SNMP Device Description 223 Name 62 command 240 Passwords 64 Printer Serial Number 63 Numerics SMTP Server 63 indicators 29 System information 62 Novell Ethernet Interface AFP file printing 181 configuration 126 Agent model printer monitoring 231 Novell host configuration 138 AIX RPRINTER NPRINTER setup NetView 6000 monitoring 235 troubleshooting 152 printing 99 speed setting 32 AIX 4 x setup 101 troubleshoot printing 154 Alert groups 59 troubleshooting 149 Alterna
213. t Address INTNETADR The IP address of the Ethernet Interface NOTE You may specify either INTNETADR and the Ethernet Interface IP address or the hostname for the Ethernet Interface if you added the printer to the host table entry as directed in Configuring A TCP IP Host Table Entry on page 169 To Create An Automatic Remote Output Queue 1 From the AS 400 command line enter CRTOUTQ 2 Figure 12 displays in bold the parameters you need to specify Send TCP IP Spooled File LPR Type choices press Enter Output queue OUTQ gt USERNAME Library CURLIB Maximum spooled file size MAXPAGES Number of pages NONE Staring time 172 Setting Up Printing For ASCII Files Ending time for more values Order of files on queue Remote system Remote printer queue Writer to autostart Queue for writer messages Library Connection type Destination type Host print transform Manufacturer type and model Workstation Customizing Object Library Internet address Destination options Print separator page User defined option SEQ RMTSYS RMTPRTQ AUTOSTRWTR MSGQ CNNTYPE DESTTYP TRANSFORM MFRTYPMDL WSCST INTNETADR DESTOPT SEPPAGE USRDFNOPT FIFO INTNETADR diprn 1 QSYSOPR LIBL IP OTHER YES IBM6400 NONE 9 99 57 173 NONE XAUTOQ XAIX YES NONE Figure 12 Automatic Remote Output Queue Configuration 173 Chapter 9 Configur
214. t Interface IP address The IP address or host name of the print server to which you want to print 2 Ethernet Interface destination queue A pre defined name on the print server telling the device to which I O port to send the jobs The standard name for the PRN port is diprn NOTE This destination name is case sensitive and by default all names are lowercase Technical Support Windows Troubleshooting Tips This section provides information on possible solutions to some standard Windows and Ethernet Interface configuration errors Technical Support If you require technical support please have the following information available when you call 1 Pak wD Level of software are you running Type of attachment do you have Your host operating system A detailed description of the problem How often and when the problem occurs A detailed description of your network and the components attached Ethernet Interface Cannot Be Found On The Network Please follow these tips to determine what the problem may be with your Ethernet Interface configuration Have you assigned the Ethernet Interface a unique and valid IP address which corresponds with the other IP addresses on your network For example are you sure no other device is using this IP address Are you sure you are trying to talk to the Ethernet Interface from a Windows station on the same subnet The print server can only be seen locally unless you co
215. t Interface by turning the printer off and on to make the changes take effect Netware 3 x 1 2 Log in to PCONSOLE on your Novell host as supervisor Select Print Server Information from the main menu and press ENTER Select the print server you have been using for your PSERVER setup and press ENTER By default this will be M_xxxxxx where xxxxxx equals the last six digits of the print server s Ethernet address found on the bottom of the device e g M_091C1A Select Print Server Configuration from the menu that displays Select Printer Configuration from the next menu to display a list of configured printers 131 Chapter 7 Novell Ethernet Interface Configuration 10 100Base T 132 6 Select the printer for which you wish to alter the poll time and press ENTER 7 Change the Sampling Interval to the desired number in seconds NOTE You may also want to change the Service mode for forms to Change forms as needed If you do not do this the Ethernet Interface will need to poll the file server twice as much to get all the information it needs 8 Press ESCAPE and select Yes to save the changes to this new printer 9 Repower the Ethernet Interface by turning the printer off and on to make the changes take effect Changing The Ethernet Interface Name NDS and Bindery Setups When defining a new print queue on a Novell file server you must de
216. t activate the NDS context NDS Tree The NDS tree the print server object was created in This is only needed if your environment uses more than one NDS tree Mode The mode the Ethernet Interface will run in This can be auto bindery or NDS The default is auto so that the Ethernet Interface can autosense which mode it should run in See NetWare Version 4 x and 5 x RPRINTER Setup on page 120 for information on what to do when using both bindery and NDS file servers at the same time Using HTML Forms e Preferred File Server In a bindery setup this specifies the file server that the print server object was created on In an NDS setup this specifies a file server s that the print server object resides on Since NDS is distributed most administrators will not know which file server s the print server object is actually stored on so in most NDS environments this option is not used For additional information about these options see Novell Configuration For 10 100Base T Interfaces on page 125 Using HTML Forms When defining a new print queue on a Novell file server a new print server must be defined to represent the Ethernet Interface This name must match the predefined name given to the print server By default this name is in the format M_xxxxxx where xxxxxx equals the last six digits of the Ethernet Interface address found on a configuration printout or control panel settings under Ethernet parameters
217. t seconds example store pserver opts jobsecurity jobtimeout 5 If jobsecurity is disabled any user can cancel queued jobs on the Ethernet Interface including guest users If jobtimeout is set to some value other than 0 the Ethernet Interface will only wait this amount of seconds when getting printer feedback This is only used if you have a logpath port and type set on a particular destination store pserver opts jobsecurity jobtimeout lt SECONDS gt jobcontrol1 example store pserver opts jobcontrol If jobcontrol is disabled then the need for start of job end of job flow control with the printer is determined by the printer Job flow control is used for jobs requiring backchannel responses such as IPDS This is available as a performance enhancement for LPR TCP socket printing etc When jobcontrol is enabled all jobs will be supported with job flow control 241 Chapter 15 Complete Command List 242 NOTE When jobcontrol is disabled dynamic config loading on a model change is also disabled Default enabled store pserver lpd destidefault example store pserver lpd destidefault If dest1 default is disabled and upon verification the printer name supplied by the LPR protocol and the destination name does not match then an error message is returned and the service is refused If dest1default is enabled and upon verification the printer name supplied by the LPR protocol and the destination name does
218. t server level NOTE If the printer is configured for IPDS any reference to d4prn should be understood to mean dipdsprn This queue should only be used to print IPDS The logical print path for a print job going through the Ethernet Interface consists of three different phases e Phase 1 the host sends the job to a destination or queue on the Ethernet Interface e g diprn e Phase 2 the print job passes through the associated model e g model m1 on the Ethernet Interface for any extra processing associated with the model e Phase 3 the processed print job is directed to the printer for output 25 Chapter 1 Logical Printer Architecture 26 Phase 1 Phase 2 Destination 1 Model 1 dipr gt m1 Destination 2 Model 2 d2prn 3 m2 Destination 3 Model 3 d3prn 9 m3 Destination 4 Model 4 d4prn gt m4 Destination 5 Model 5 d5prn m5 Destination 6 Model 6 d6prn m6 Destination 7 Model 7 d7prn m m7 Destination 8 Model 8 d8prn m m8 Phase 3 ji Printer Figure 1 Print Path Destinations Queues Destinations Queues For every I O port on the Ethernet Interface there is at least one pre defined logical print queue or destination to accept print jobs destined for it This includes print job that is sent directly
219. t service as a PSERVER Therefore it will poll this queue regularly looking for jobs to print NOTE In a NetWare environment the Ethernet Interface will service only one of the four available printer objects such as diprn do not configure more than one printer object from the printer The Ethernet Interface cannot service multiple file servers at one time do not configure multiple file servers to access the printer NetWare Version 3 x RPRINTER Setup These steps are for Novell environments with Netware 3 x or earlier file servers To configure a new RPRINTER on a NetWare 3 x network 1 Log in to the Ethernet Interface command shell nosh as root If you have TCP IP available and this print server already has an IP address stored within it you can use the built in HTML configuration forms or a Telnet session Please see Configuration Tools on page 36 for further details If you have only Novell available you will need to use a PC laptop or terminal NetWare Version 3 x RPRINTER Setup NOTE If you use HTML configuration you will need to go to the Network Configuration HTML form i e http IPaddress networkConf htm1 e g http 192 75 11 9 networkConf htm1 and look under the Novell section The settings in the following step are found there If using a Telnet session you will need to manually execute the commands listed in the next step Store the RPRINTER settings on the Ethernet
220. tches to upgrade the Nwadmin program for Netware 4 10 to Nwadmn3x for Netware 4 11 Alternatively you can perform the setup without using MPAdmin NDS PSERVER Setup Netware 4 x 5 x There are a number of ways to configure the Ethernet Interface for use in a Novell NDS PSERVER setup These include using the MPAdmin snap in for Netware Administrator using generic print server objects in Netware Administrator or by using PCONSOLE The following steps describe a setup using a generic print server object in Netware Administrator Setups using PCONSOLE are less common and will not be discussed To create a printer print queue in an NDS environment using Netware Administrator print server objects 1 Login to Netware Administrator as a user with security equal to Admin on your Novell host 2 Click the right mouse button on a branch in the tree in which you would like to create a print queue object 3 Select Create from the pop up menu The New Object dialog box displays 4 Select Print Queue from the Class of new object list and click OK 5 Select Directory Service Queue and type the name of the queue into the Print Queue name field 6 Fill in the Print Queue Volume field by typing in a volume or browsing for one Click Create 7 Click the right mouse button on a branch in the tree in which you would like to create a printer object 8 Select Create
221. ter 191 Chapter 10 Configuring On AS 400 As An IPDS Printer k User Defined Object USRDFNOBJ To use a PSF configuration object specify its name and library here This object type must be PSFCFG For V3R7 and higher a single PSF configuration object may be referenced by multiple device descriptions if required Configuring PSF 400 for IPDS On V4R2 And Above To configure IPDS on the AS 400 V4R3 use the following commands e CRTDEVPRT e CRIPSFCFG Optional Configuring AFP with CRTPSFCFG on V4R3 and above Optional To configure the AS 400 for IPDS printing on V4R3 1 Atthe AS 400 command line enter a command in the form CRTPSFCFG PSFCFG AFP NETPRT6400 IPDSPASTHR YES RLSTMR SEC15 TEXT IBM 6400 NETWORK ATTACHED PRINTER PAGSIZCTL YES ACTRLSTMR NORDYF 2 A completed screen looks like Figure 16 192 Configuring PSF 400 for IPDS On V4R2 And Above PSF configuration LIBTATY eee User resource library list Device resource library list IPDS pass through 0 05 Activate release timer Release timer eccsseseeeee Restart timer APPC and TCP IP retry count Delay between APPC retries Automatic session recovery Acknowledgment frequency Text description 000 Blank page sensere Page size control 0 Resident fonts eee Resource retention 008 Edge
222. ter When you have finished click Next Note Exceeding 31 characters in the Server and Printer name combination may not be supported by some applications Printer name The Printer Do you want your Windows based programs to use this printer as the default printer C Yes No lt Back Cance 9 Inthe Printer Name field enter a name for this printer 77 Chapter 4 Windows Host Configuration Add Printer Wizard 10 Determine if the printer is shared with other network users If it is shared the share name and operating system s of the other workstations that may use this printer must be selected Add Printer Wizard 78 Windows NT 3 51 Host Setup 11 Print a Windows test page 12 If there are any problems during or after installation see Windows NT 4 0 Or 2000 Host Setup Problems on page 88 Windows NT 3 51 Host Setup To configure a new printer on a Windows NT 3 51 station 1 Open the Control Panel 2 Double click Printers 3 Select Create a Printer from the Printer menu to display the dialog box in Figure 7 Create Printer Printer Name Driver Accel a Writer 8200 v2014 103 a Description Details Print to LPT1 C Share this printer on the network Share Name Location Figure 7 Create a Printer Dialog Box 4 Define a name to represent this print setup and select the ap
223. ter the procedure is complete To reset all TCP IP values to the factory defaults when access is impossible 1 Obtain a printer configuration printout using the control panel See the User s Manual for configuration menu information Power off the printer On the Ethernet Interface place SWITCH 2 in the down position 4 Power on the printer and wait for the ONLINE state On the Ethernet Interface place SWITCH 2 in the up position 6 From a workstation attached to this network segment create an ARP entry The Ethernet Interface IP address and hardware or MAC address are needed At the workstation enter TCP IP Access Problem arp s lt ipaddress gt lt MACaddress gt ping lt ipaddress gt Try to ping this IP address to see if the Ethernet Interface can be seen on your network If the interface does not respond verify you are on the same network segment as the printer and that the ARP entry was created Telnet into the Ethernet Interface using the same IP address as above Log in as root with no password At the system prompt enter store tcpip from default config http on reset NOTE This will reset all TCP IP settings to factory default and 10 11 12 reset the Ethernet Interface Power the printer off and then back on Set the IP address subnet mask and default gateway parameters to the desired values If Web browser access does not work telnet into the Ethernet Interface as root Enter the f
224. tes or network configuration using the following steps For 6400 printers a Press STOP to take the printer offline The printer is in the NOT READY state b Press ScrollT Scroll simultaneously to unlock the printer menu c Press Menu to display the Operator Menu d Press Scroll until Operator Print Test displays then press Enter e Press the left arrow until E Net Test Page appears f Press Enter 5 Verify the current Ethernet Interface firmware version number NOTE Firmware exists within the Ethernet Interface and the printer itself Each firmware is a separate entity with its own version number Please pay close attention to the type of firmware referenced in the remaining sections of this document The Ethernet Interface version should be 1 1 3 or higher for 10 100Base T Ethernet adapters If the Ethernet Interface version is current skip to step 6 below If the Ethernet Interface version is not current you need to update both the Ethernet Interface and printer firmware If you need to update the printer firmware you must do so now After the update is complete you must restart this instruction from the beginning To upgrade the printer firmware contact your IBM service representative CAUTION Configuration Using The Control Panel Turning off the printer before the firmware update is complete may permanently damage the Ethernet Interface adapter Updating the printer firmware t
225. that defines every object on the network For more information please see your Novell administrator Pserver Define a password for the Ethernet Interface to use when logging in to the file server as a PSERVER This is an optional file server security feature Rprinter Define an RPRINTER setup so the Ethernet Interface knows to service a PSERVER NLM on a Novell file server Define the PSERVER NLM name the number of the printer serviced by the Ethernet Interface within this PSERVER NLM and the destination on the Ethernet Interface you want the print jobs to pass through 49 Chapter 3 Configuration Print Path Configuration Print Path 50 The Ethernet Interface print path is the path a print job takes when it reaches the network adapter First the job goes to a destination queue e g diprn where it then passes through an associated model e g m1 for extra processing and logpath e g 11 for job and printer logging Finally the job reaches the Ethernet Interface s I O port e g PRN where it passes through to the attached printer The Print Path form displays one destination s settings at a time From here you can then select another destination or you can go directly to an I O port to configure port settings Destination Settings Name Name of the destination The default destination queue names are diprn d2prn d3prn and d4prn d5prn d6prn d7prn and d8prn Back Channel I O port to receive pri
226. the Old field beside the Root Password heading and enter the existing root password By default there is no root password so you can go to the next step without typing anything in this field 5 Within the Root Password section click within the New field and enter the new root password 6 Within the Root Password section click within the Confirm field and enter the new root password again Remember this is case sensitive 7 Click the SUBMIT button when done and physically repower the print server to make the new setting take effect From this point on anytime you log in to the Ethernet Interface as root you will need to specify this password or your login attempt will fail NOTE To clear this password or change it use the same Administration Configuration HTML form Just enter the appropriate Old password and put in the new one or nothing if you do not want a root password any longer The commands directly on the Ethernet Interface are set user from default save TCP Access Lists TCP Access Lists Within TCP IP environments the Ethernet Interface can restrict host access to destinations queues and remote command e g rsh rcmd remsh and telnet execution services This is done using an access list similar in function to the Unix rhosts file NOTE Access list settings are not configurable through the HTML forms provided with the Ethernet Interface To view
227. the current access list on the print server 1 Start a Telnet session with the Ethernet Interface Syntax telnet EthernetInterfaceIPaddress Log in as root and press ENTER at the password prompt since there is no password by default or your password for your home set List the current access list Syntax List tcpip If the list is empty all hosts have access to the Ethernet Interface services If there are entries in the list only those hosts specified have access to printing and remote command execution To add and delete access list entries the commands are Syntax store tcpip tcp access add del hostIPaddress networkaddress reset where host Paddress is the IP address of a TCP IP host on your network and networkaddress is the address of a subnet on your network 265 Chapter 16 Printer Monitoring And Logging Example store tcpip tcp access add 192 75 11 25 store tcpip tcp access add 192 75 12 0 store tcpip tcp access del 192 75 11 25 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 and any individual hosts specified in the list to have access Printer Monitoring And Logging 266 The Ethernet Interface allows you to monitor printer status and log information through its built in HTML forms command set and logpaths Printer And Print Job Monitoring
228. thernet Interface with its TCP IP settings using BOOTP 1 On your BOOTP server make an entry in the etc bootptab file for the Ethernet Interface Syntax EthernetInterfaceIPname sm netmask hd homedirectory bf null gw defaultgateway ht ethernet ha ethernetaddress ip ipaddress ts timeserver to timezone Example spike sm 255 255 255 0 hd usr null bf null gQw 192 75 11 1 ht ethernet ha 008072070060 ip 192 75 11 9 ts 192 75 11 7 to 25200 95 96 Chapter 5 Unix Ethernet Interface Configuration 2 Turn the Ethernet Interface on so that it immediately sends out a BOOTP request Wait one minute to allow the IP address assignment process to complete You should see the STAT LED on the Ethernet Interface slow down indicating it knows about an IP address to use 3 Try to ping the Ethernet Interface IP address from a network station to see if it can be seen on your network NOTE You will be able to communicate with the Ethernet Interface 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 Communicating Across Routers Since Unix environments rely on TCP IP to communicate with the Ethernet Interface crossing routers becomes an issue After you have followed one of the Ethernet Interface configuration methods mentioned other than the BOO
229. thod e g CAPTURE NPRINT etc e Did you include the No Tabs option e Did you specify No Banner with PostScript printers e Did you turn off banner pages and form feeds if this is already taken care of within an application or on the Ethernet Interface Doubling up these types of print features is easy to do since these options are provided both on the Ethernet Interface ina model and within the print command e Are you running the latest version of PSERVER later than 1 22 If not upgrade the PSERVER software e InaPSERVER setup did you ensure that the printer name e g dlprn was set up as Defined Elsewhere 155 Chapter 7 Troubleshooting 10 100Base T e Is the timeout option in the CAPTURE command set high enough so the printer does not time out before the print processing has had a chance to complete This can be a problem with graphic jobs e When garbled data persists consider the following e tab expansion xtab set on in a model with graphic jobs e the correct driver for the printer if printing from within Windows For additional information on these suggestions please refer to your Netware user manuals 156 8 OS 2 Configuration Overview This chapter details a complete OS 2 configuration setup including e configuring the Ethernet Interface Interface with its TCP IP settings and e configuring a new printer on an OS 2 workstation The procedure given is from an OS
230. ting to the printer To Use LPR Manually 1 Start TCP IP if it is not already running by entering the command STRTCP 2 Atthe AS 400 command line enter LPR 3 Figure 11 displays in bold the parameters you need to specify Setting Up Printing For ASCII Files Send TCP IP Spooled File LPR Type choices press Enter Remote system RMTSYS gt INTNETADR Printer queue PRTQ gt diprn Job name JOB J User Number Spooled file number SPLNMBR ONLY Destination type DESTTYP OTHER Transform SCS to ASCII TRANSFORM YES Manufacturer type and model MFRTYPMDL gt DBM42023 Internet address INTNETADR gt 9 99 2 3 Figure 11 ASCII LPR Parameters The following parameter values are required Remote System Enter the hostname of your printer or INTNETADR which then prompts you to specify the IP address of your printer Printer Queue PRTQ Set to diprn through d8prn The remote printer queue name must be in lowercase letters entered in single quotes NOTE When the IPDS feature is installed queue name d4prn is not available 171 Chapter 9 Configuring The AS 400 For Printing Destination Type DESTTYP Specify OTHER for the DESTTYP parameter Transform TRANSFORM Specify YES Manufacturer Type and Model MFRTYPMDL Select a manufacturer type and model This is the name of the WSCO Select 1BM6400 for Proprinter Emulation or IBM6400EP for Epson Emulation Interne
231. tives configuration 44 A APR Ethernet Interface 92 AS 400 automatic remote output queue 172 configuring as an IPDS printer 181 configuring for ASCII 167 configuring for printing 170 CRTLINETH 165 hostname 169 IPDS configuration checklist 182 local domain 169 network sharing 201 printer sharing parameters 201 Access lists TCP 265 Access methods npsh 239 Activation Timer ACTTMR 224 Add preferred file server 127 Additional information 230 ADDTCPIFC configuring with 167 ADDTCPRTE router definition 169 Administration configuration 62 Contact 63 Description 63 277 Index printing AFP files 181 printing IPDS files 181 printing SCS files 181 remote printer queue name 170 TCP IP access problem 177 TCP IP host table entry 169 troubleshooting 203 verify IPDS configuration 199 verify printing 175 AS 400 ASCII HTTP problem 179 troubleshooting 176 AS 400 troubleshooting cannot PING the printer 203 clipped data 204 PSF 400 terminates when initialized 203 spooled files disappear without printing 204 spooled print file remains in PND status 204 ASCII configuring AS 400 167 setting up for printing 170 Auto reset mode 29 Automatic remote output queue AS 400 172 B Bindery PSERVER setup NetWare 3 x 142 NetWare 4 x 142 NetWare 5 x 142 278 Bindery setup change Ethernet Interface frame type 134 change Ethernet Interface mode 135 change Ethernet Interface name
232. to the I O port such as port 9100 These queue or destination names are pre defined but can be changed by the user Models For every destination or queue there is a pre defined model associated with it The model defines how the print job will be processed as it passes through to the printer Models are a set of mini filters that can be used to modify the print data stream The functions available for each model are as follows 1 Insert carriage return after line feed 2 Insert a banner page before or after each print job 3 Insert header strings to e Print in landscape mode e Print in portrait mode 4 Insert trailer strings to e Reset the printer once the print job completes e Force the end of the job e Perform a form feed at the end of the data 27 Chapter 1 Logical Printer Architecture 28 Log one or all of the following information as each print job passes through the model e Job ID and username e User ID and three messages per job about the start and finish e Checksum value of the data transferred e Miscellaneous messages from the printer e Status of the printer based on the port interface signals Load a specific printer configuration before processing a print job e Specify a printer configuration to be associated with a print queue e When a job is set to that print queue the associated printer configuration will be loaded before the job is processed e Feature allows you to define up to eight unique
233. to the MVS host FSSDEF TYPE WTR FSSNAME FSS1 PNAME PSFPROC SYSTEM SYS1 TERM NO DEVICE JNAME PRT1 JUNIT SYS1 OFF FSSNAME FSS1 MODE FSS PM LINE PAGE SOST1 CHARS YES GT12 The value you specify for the JNAME parameter must match the name of the printer in the PSF MVS Startup procedure The value you specify for the PNAME parameter must match the name on the PSF MVS Startup procedure 212 Configuration Procedure Define the Printer to PSF MVS Each TCP IP attached printer must be defined to PSF with a PRINTDEV statement in the PSF MVS startup procedure Figure 19 shows a sample PSFPROC procedure that you can modify to suit your installation The PRINTDEV statement shows the required IPADDR keyword No 6400 printer specific writer procedure is currently supplied by IBM You can however copy the APSWPROT sample from the APAR medium and modify it for the IBM 6400 printer NOTE The IBM 6400 printer supports only resident symbol sets PSFPROC PROC Pere BM NETWORK PRINTERS WRITER PROCEDURE I 01 MODULE NAME PSFPROC i 01 DESCRIPTIVE NAME START PROCEDURE FOR PSF TCP IP ATTACHED IBM NETWORK PRINTERS I 01 NOTES THE FULL NAME OF THE DEFAULT PAGEDEF IS P1A06462 THE FULL NAME OF THE DEFAULT FORMDEF IS F1A10110 THE FULL NAMES OF THE DEFAULT FONTS ARE XOGF10 XOGS10 XOTU10 AND X0GU10 THE FULL NAME OF THE SEPARATOR PAGE PAGEDEF IS
234. u item allows you to reboot the Ethernet Interface or restore its settings to the factory default Configuration Network The network configuration allows you to specify the setting for each network protocol Beside each protocol name is a checkbox which allows you to enable or disable each protocol depending on your network printing needs NOTE TCP IP is the only supported protocol which is always enabled TCP IP Network Interface The two edit fields contain the Ethernet Interface s IP address and subnet mask The check boxes enable the RARP BOOTP and DHCP protocols which are alternate methods of assigning IP addresses On most networks you want to enter a permanent IP address and subnet mask and disable RARP BOOTP and DHCP However if your network requires one of these you should clear the IP address and possibly the subnet mask fields and ensure that the appropriate check box is selected Routing The routing table tells the Ethernet Interface which router or gateway to use to access other subnets or hosts In most situations you can simply add your router s IP address as the default router All packets destined for other subnets will be forwarded to the default router for delivery to the destination host If you have more complex routing requirements add static routing entries for specific hosts or networks in the remaining Routing rows 47 48 Chapter 3 Configuration Network Packets with IP ad
235. uld print in any printer emulation 4 Delete then re install the Microsoft TCP IP Print service on the server If you are still experiencing difficulty accessing or browsing the printer contact an IBM representative for further assistance 90 5 Unix Configuration Overview This chapter details a complete Unix setup including Configuring the Ethernet Interface with its mandatory TCP IP settings e g IP address and subnet mask Configuring the Unix host station with a new printer Unix Environment Description The Ethernet Interface supports network printing under various TCP IP environments including all variations of Unix Printing can come from multiple hosts directly or through central spooling machines 91 Chapter 5 Unix Ethernet Interface Configuration Unix Ethernet Interface Configuration 92 There are mandatory settings needed before the print server can be detected on the network as well as some additional optional settings This section offers alternative methods for configuring your Ethernet Interface and mentions some of the more common optional settings available Mandatory Since TCP IP is used the Ethernet Interface must be configured with a minimum of an IP address and subnet mask before it can be seen on the network To configure these options see Configuration Tools on page 36 Optional Additional settings like routing entries can be configured allowing fo
236. up The IP address does not need to be stored within the device itself permanently Download Mode Refers to the condition of the NIC when in a startup condition downloading configuration information DNS Domain Name Server Host providing responses to queries for a given host name IP address 271 Chapter 17 272 EEPROM factory defaults Factory Settings Firmware Panic Flash FTP gateway gateway address Hardware Exception HTML ifnum interface script I O port Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory Settings shipped with the NIC S2 jumper position stating all factory default settings are to be used while the NIC is up and running Unrecoverable errors detected by the NIC firmware force the Print Server into Firmware Panic mode Manually reset the NIC to resume operation Stores firmware code and configurable settings Allows for upgrades without replacing hardware inside the NIC File Transfer Protocol Used for transferring files from one TCP IP host to another and used in the upgrade process A hardware device that translates data between two incompatible networks The IP address of a gateway Bus errors address errors and illegal instructions force the NIC into this NIC non operational mode HyperText Markup Language Format used for documents viewable on the World Wide Web Interface Number Represents the network interface With a NIC this will always
237. winax coax LAN Basically the printer prints jobs for one port until no new jobs appear and the port times out The printer then switches to the next port and does the same thing To change the default time out value for a port update the TIMEOUT value for the port on the appropriate menu Serial Interface Ethernet Parameters Twinax Interface or Coax Interface Printer Sharing Parameters To set up AS 400 for printer sharing set the following parameters Table 7 Printer Sharing ASADO Where Set Parameter Recommended Description Version Value V3R7 CRTPSFCFG ACTRLSTMR NORDYF Specifies the point at V4R1 CHGPSFCFG which the release timer RLSTMR is activated Set to NORDYF This means that the release timer is activated when there are no spooled files in the printer s output queue with a status of RDY and the last page of the last spooled file processed has printed NORDYF is used so that all files with a status of RDY are printed before releasing the session which does not terminate the writer 201 Chapter 10 Sharing The AS 400 Printer On The Network Table 7 Printer Sharing continued ASADO Where Set Parameter Recommended Description Version Value V3R7 CRTPSFCFG RLSTMR SEC15 Specifies the amount of V4R1 CHGPSFCFG time to wait before a session or dialog is released without terminating the writer The ACTRLSTMR parameter specifies when t
238. ximum pending requests Print while converting Print request timer Form definition Library Remote location Name or address Dependent location name Text User defined options PORT ONLINE FONT FORMFEED SEPDRAWER SEPPGM PRTERRMSG MSGQ ACTTMR MAXPNDRQS PRTCVT PRTRQSTMR FORMDF RMTLOCNAME DEPLOCNAME TEXT USRDFNOPT 5001 YES 011 NONE CONT FILE NONE INQ QSYSOPR LIBL 170 6 YES NOMAX F1C010110 LIBL 128 9 12 134 NONE 6400 Network Printer Figure 15 Example CRTDEVPRT Command V3R7 and above 190 Configuring PSF 400 For IPDS On V3R7 Or V4R1 3 Values must be entered for the following parameters a Device Description DEVD The device description or name Device Class DEVCLS Specify LAN Device Type TYPE Specify IPDS Device Model MODEL Specify 0 LAN Attachment LANATTACH Specify IP Port Number PORT Specify 5001 Font FONT Enter an appropriate value Form Feed FORMFEED Specify CONT Activation Timer ACTTMR This value specifies the number of seconds that PSF 400 waits for a printer to respond to an activation request If only one system is using the printer use the default value 170 seconds If more than one system is using the printer specify NOMAX which causes PSF 400 to wait indefinitely for a response to an activation request Remote Location RMTLOCNAME Enter the IP address or hostname of the prin
239. y active disables the entry set snmp emailaddr index emailaddress The Ethernet Interface can also send SNMP alert messages to a desired e mail address To specify an e mail address to send alert messages to use this command to add the e mail address to the SNMP alert table The index is the index number of the SNMP trap manager table The emailaddress is the desired e mail address of the form user domain com set snmp emailformat index short Enable or disable the short e mail message format for an SNMP alert table entry When enabled the short e mail format can be used when messages will be viewed on devices having a limited display size a cellular phone or pager for example The index is the index number of the SNMP alert table short enables the short e mail format short disables it set snmp shortmsglen index length Specify the length of the short e mail message format for an SNMP alert table entry This command is effective only when the short e mail message format for an SNMP alert table entry is enabled The index is the index number of the SNMP alert table length specifies the length of the short e mail message and has an acceptable range of 15 to 80 characters set snmp email index active Enable or disable sending e mail alert messages for an SNMP alert table entry The index is the index number of the SNMP alert table active enables the short e mail format active
240. you understand NDPS architecture well enough to be able to use these instructions along with Novell s instructions to install the Ethernet Interface into NDPS See Novell s documentation to understand terms not defined here The drivers used with the IBM printer which can be from www printers iobm com In order for a driver to be automatically downloaded to a Windows machine when an NDPS printer is installed the driver must be installed into the NDPS Broker Resource Management Service See Novell s documentation for more information The Ethernet Interface can be installed into NDPS using the Novell Printer Gateway feature of NDPS Within this Novell Printer Gateway various printer connection modes can be used to install the printer into NDPS The ones described here are e Setup using Forward Jobs to a Queue Mode e Setup using LPR Mode e Setup using RPRINTER Mode NDPS Configuration Netware 4 11 and Above Setup using Forward Jobs to a Queue Mode In this mode an NDPS printer agent receives jobs from an NDPS client then forwards these jobs to an existing Netware queue The Netware queue would then be serviced by the printer in some manner 1 The IBM printer must first be set up to service some Netware queue either by doing a PSERVER or RPRINTER mode setup from previous chapters 2 When setting up the NDPS printer agent use the Novell Printer Gateway For the Novell PDS choose NONE For the

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