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Ethernet Interface User`s Manual

1. eese 180 Printer and Print Job Monitoring ss 180 Printer Logging Through Logpaths 181 Ethernet Interface Naming Schemes sssse 183 t5 Glossary pee e 185 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 print server allows you to attach printers on a local area network LAN rather than attaching them directly to a host system Following simple configuration steps the printers can then be simultaneously shared with users on the network whether you are using TCP IP NetBIOS over TCP IP or IPX Novell network protocol The Ethernet Interface package contains a network interface card 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 the Printer Management Utility PMU e availability of printer manager software e support for SNMP printer MIB 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 13 Chapter 1 Overview WAN wide c
2. 3 Atthe 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 119 Chapter 8 Novell Host Configuration Novell Host Configuration 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 The Ethernet Interface can service up to four printers on one file Server It can not service multiple file servers at one time NetWare Version 3 x PSERVER Setup To configure a print queue on a NetWare 3 1x network Log on to the Novell file server as supervisor Enter PCONSOLE Select Print Queue Information from the PCONSOLE Main Menu ME Press INSERT to add a new queue to the list of currently defined queues showing e Type in the name of this new queue when prompted and press ENTER This can be any name you would like Press ESCAPE to return to the Main Menu Select Print Server Information and press ENTER Press INSERT when the list of existing print servers displays o ouo Type the name of the Ethernet Interface when prompted for
3. 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 You need the IP address of the NIC to configure the NIC 6 If you have not yet done so create a line description for your Ethernet IBM NIC See Developing Line Descriptions with CRTLINETH on page 35 Configuration Checklist Create or verify the existence of an AS 400 TCP IP interface for Ethernet See Configuring an AS 400 TCP IP Interface with ADDTCPIFC on page 52 The next step depends on your AS 400 release Configure your printer with one of these procedures e Configuring PSF 400 for IPDS on V3R2 on page 54 e Configuring PSF 400 for IPDS on V3R7 and Above on page 60 Verify the printer is ON using the VFYCFG command Verify that TCP IP has been started using the STRTCP command Test your configuration See Verifying the IPDS Configuration on AS 400 on page 65 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 67 If you have problems refer to AS 400 Troubleshooting on page 70 51 Chapter 5 Configuring on AS 400 as an IPDS Printer Configuring an AS 400 TCP IP Interface with ADDTCPIFC NOTE Do not enter the IP addres
4. 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 arp s lt ipaddress gt lt MACaddress gt ping lt ipaddress gt 7 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 8 Telnet into the Ethernet Interface using the same IP address as above Log in as root with no password 9 Atthe 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 10 Wait five minutes for the Ethernet Interface to reset 11 Power the printer off and then back on 12 Wait for the ETHERNET ADAPTER IS READY message to display 13 Set the IP address subnet mask and default gateway parameters to the desired values see Configuration Tools on page 21 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 Setup Guide for configura
5. Display Device Description Device Description e0 e 2 DEVD Optionwiei Satake casa OPTION Category of device 0 cece eee eee Automatically created 200008 Device ClaSS 0 eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet DEVCLS Device type cece cece e eee eeeeeeeeees TYPE Device model 20eeeeeeeeeeeeeee MODEL Advanced function printing AFP AFP attachment 0 eeeeeeeeee 2 AFPATTACH Online atIPL 0 2 eee eee eee eee eee ONLINE FON ee eent entivein tered teers FONT Identifier 0ce eee eee eee ees POINT SIZE 5 sendet weit Form feed 0 eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee FORMFEED Separator drawer 1 SEPDRAWER Separator program 0 00 2 SEPPGM Roco Ee Printer error message 1 PRTERRMSG Message QUeUC 0 eee eeeeeeeeet MSGQ Library cht Pe atch eles Fie a EBD Maximum pending requests MAXPNDRQS Print while converting 2 2 PRTOVT Print request timer 2 1 PRTRQSTMR Form definition 000ee0eee0ee2 FORMDF Library is um Ia Bae Ss Character identifier 1 CHRID Remote location 0 eeeeeeeeeeee RMTLOCNAME Local location 00eeeee eee eeeeet LOLLOCNAME Remote network identifier RMTNETID Mode ce cece cece s MODE Dependent locationname DEPLOCNA
6. To view the current access list Use the printer operator panel to access the configuration menu see the Setup Guide for configuration menu information From the DIAGNOSTICS Printer Tests 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 179 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 operator panel See the Setup Guide for configuration menu information Power off the printer On the Ethernet Interface place SWITCH 2 the center switch in the down position 4 Poweron the printer and wait for the READY state 113 Chapter 7 Unix Troubleshooting Tips 5 Onthe Ethernet Interface place SWITCH 2 the center switch 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 arp s lt ipaddress gt lt MACaddress gt ping lt ipaddress gt 7 Try to ping this IP address to see if the Ethernet Interface can be seen on your network If the interface does not respond veri
7. 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 such as the IBM Network Printer Manager and the IBM TCP IP Network Port Monitor 153 Chapter 11 Monitoring Tools 154 l 2 IBM Network Printer Manager IBM Network Printer Manager NPM lets network administrators monitor control and configure IBM 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 version not NT or 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 h
8. 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 The 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 or a central host running a SYSLOG daemon 181 Chapter 14 Printer Monitoring and Logging 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 Ethernet InterfaceIPaddress destConf html e g http 192 75 11 9 destConf htm1 3
9. NOTE If prompted for a User ID and password first type in root for the user ID and press ENTER at the password prompt since there is no password by default 3 Atthe Administration Configuration HTML form that displays scroll down to the Passwords section 4 Click within 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 on the SUBMIT button when done and physically repower the print server to make the new setting takes 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 Toclear 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 178 TCP Access Lists TCP Access Lists Within TCP IP environments the Ethernet Interface can restrict host access to destinations queues and rem
10. NUMBER OF WRITE DATA BUFFERS Il PAGEDEF A06462 DEVICE PAGEDEF DEFAULT Il FORMDEF A10110 DEVICE FORMDEF DEFAULT Il CHARS GF10 DEVICE Il GS10 TU10 GU10 f DEFAULT FONT SET Il PIMSG YES ACCUMULATE DATA SET Il t MESSAGES Il DATACK BLOCK REPORT ALL DATA CHECK IE fF ERRORS Il TRACE NO CREATE INTERNAL TRACE Il FAILURE WCONNECT PSF ACTION ON PRINTER IE fF FAILURE Il TIMEOUT REDRIVE PSF ACTION ON TIMEOUT Il MGMTMODE OUTAVAIL PRINTER MANAGEMENT MODE Il DISCINTV 15 DISCONNECT INTERVAL IN IE SECONDS i Il IPADDR xxXx XXX XXX XXX IP ADDRESS FOR TCP IP Y I PRT1 ENDCNTL Figure 19 Sample PSFPROC procedure continued NOTE To specify a TCP IP address space name other than the default TCPIP code the following exec statement in the writer procedure ISTEPO1 EXEC PGM ASPPIEP REGION 4096K PARM tcpip name where tcpip nameis the name of the TCP IP address space If this parameter is not coded PSF MVS uses the default name TCPIP 143 Chapter 10 Configuring PSF for MVS to Print IPDS Files The IP address is the only required parameter Other parameters may be set to facilitate printer sharing as described in Sharing IBM 6400 Printers on MVS on page 145 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 dot
11. TCP IP attached physical printers select the Preferences button at the bottom of the window to change the template types that the GUI displays Drag and drop a PSF TCP IP attached physical printer template into the physical printers well or pane This step displays the Add Physical Printer dialog In the Model field enter a model name e g IBM6400 Fill in the other fields as you prefer For information about these fields see the GUI online help or the pd att phy ptr man page Select the OK button InfoPrint closes the dialog and displays an icon representing the new physical printer in the physical printers well or pane No further configuration is necessary but if you wish you can modify the attributes of the new physical printer in the same way as any other physical printer If you plan to create similar physical printers for other network printers you can create a template by dragging the new physical printer to the template area 10 MVS Configuration for an IPDS Printer Overview Use this chapter to configure MVS to print IPDS files on your IBM 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 OW1 2236 to support two new PRINTDEV keywords IPADDR and PORTNO e TCP IP Version 3 Release 1 or higher installed and
12. This will reset all TCP IP settings to factory default and reset the Ethernet Interface 10 Wait five minutes for the Ethernet Interface to reset 11 Power the printer off and then back on 12 Wait for the ETHERNET ADAPTER IS READY message to display 92 Web Browser HTTP Problem 13 Set the IP address subnet mask and default gateway parameters to the desired values see Configuration Tools on page 21 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 can not 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 Setup Guide for configuration menu information If you can ping the Ethernet Interface IP address but can not 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 If you are still experiencing difficulty accessing or browsing the printer contact technical support for further assistance 93 Chapter 6
13. When prompted for the priority press ENTER to select the default or select a priority 24 Press ESCAPE until back at the PCONSOLE Main Menu 25 Repower the printer 26 Wait two minutes and then select Print Queue Information from the PCONSOLE Main Menu 27 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 071C14A should show within this window This means the Ethernet Interface knows about this new Novell print queue it must service as a PSERVER Therefore it will poll this queue regularly looking for jobs to print NOTE The Ethernet Interface can service up to four printers on one file server It can not service multiple file servers at one time 121 Chapter 8 Novell Host Configuration 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 Login to the Ethernet Interface command shell npsh 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 21 for further details If you have only Novell available you will need to use a PC laptop or terminal NOTE If you use HTML configuration you will nee
14. Windows Troubleshooting Tips Windows NT 4 0 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 IPAssign utility to configure the Ethernet Interface adapter before proceeding The Ethernet Interface installation for Windows NT 4 0 also requires Microsoft TCP IP Printing service on the server To install this service click on the Network icon in the Control Panel and click on the Services tab Click on Add Service and select Microsoft TCP IP printing e Are you logged in as the Administrator This installation requires administrator privileges e LPR port is not listed in step 5 Cancel the installation and install Microsoft TCP IP printing service on the server e LPR configuration warning during step 6 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
15. 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 reading MAC address on control panel e g M 071C14 10 Back at the print server list select this newly defined Ethernet Interface and press ENTER 11 Select Print Server Configuration from the menu that displays 12 Select Printer Configuration from the next menu to display a list of configured printers 120 NetWare Version 3 x PSERVER Setup 13 Select the first item listed as NOT INSTALLED and press ENTER 14 At the printer configuration window type in the name for this new printer This name must be one of the pre defined destinations queues on the Ethernet Interface This will normally be diprn NOTE When the IPDS feature is installed queue name d4prn is not available 15 Go to the Type field and press ENTER to see the possible choices 16 Select Defined Elsewhere from this list 17 When done press ESCAPE and select Yes to save the changes to this new printer 18 Press ESCAPE again to return to the Print Server Configuration menu 19 Select Queues Serviced by Printer 20 Select this new printer from the printer list that displays and press ENTER 21 At the empty queue list that displays press INSERT 22 Select the queue created in step 5 and press ENTER 23
16. add in stored within the beginning of any of the following commands For example list prn shows you the current prn settings but list stored prn shows you the settings sitting in flash memory Normally these should match 171 Chapter 13 Complete Command List list tcpip List all current TCP IP network settings e g IP address and subnet mask list pserver List the current general print server settings e g print server name and Novell mode list dest List the current destination settings e g names and mapped I O ports models and logpaths list model List the current model settings e g names and mapped destinations list logpath List the current logpath settings e g names and mapped destinations list prn List the current parallel port setting e g mode list sysinfo List the current Ethernet Interface system information e g contact name and protocol stacks enabled list ifc List the current UTP interface settings e g link integrity list user List the current user definitions e g user names and types list logins List any active user logins on the Ethernet Interface list arp List the current ARP table that the Ethernet Interface adheres to in a TCP IP network 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 S before the variable name e g set model m1 trailer FF 172 deb
17. and Above PSF Configuration Information PSF configuration 6400NETPRT Library AFP User resource library JOBLIBL IPDS pass through YES Activate release timer NORDYF Release timer 2000 cee eee gt SEC15 Restart timer IMMED SNA retry Count 0 0 e cece eee 2 Delay time between retries 0 Blank page cece e eee YES Page size control 88 TINO Residentfonts 0000e2002 YES Resource retention YES Edge orient o a INO Remote location Name or address NONE TCP IP port asnasan NONE TCP IP activation timer 170 PSF defined options NONE Text description IBM6400 Network Printer Device resource library list DFT Figure 10 Example CRTPSFCFG Command V3R7 or V4R1 NOTE The lines in bold in Figure 10 are not used by PSF 400 Instead PSF 400 uses the information entered in the device description Screen 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 USRDFNOBJ in the printer DEVD 61 Chapter 5 Configuring on AS 400 as an IPDS Printer IPDS pass through IPDSPASTHR To print SCS files specify YES PSF 400 transforms SCS into IPDS before printing Ac
18. 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 Configuration Procedure 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 alive 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 a
19. configured on MVS To obtain the PTFs associated with these APARs contact the IBM Support Center 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 printer for IPDS by setting the parameters and values shown in Table 6 135 Chapter 10 Configuring PSF for MVS to Print IPDS Files Table 6 Operator Panel Settings Menu Item Setting PRINTER CONTROL Interface Selection e AUTO SWITCH if you use the printer for other than IPDS printing e ETHERNET for IPDS only IPDS IPDS Emulation Mode 6408 6412 Set TCP IP addresses for the printer such as IP address gateway address or subnet mask See Configuration Tools on page 21 Configure the host environment See Configuring PSF for MVS to Print IPDS Files below Verify the configuration See Verifying a TCP IP Attached Printer on MVS on page 144 If you want to share the printer do the procedure in Sharing IBM 6400 Printers on MVS on page 145 If you have problems refer to Handling MVS Connectivity Problems on page 147 Configuring PSF for MVS to Print IPDS Files 136 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 S
20. configuring an AS 400 for printing requires that you 1 Setup the printing capability 2 Verify the setup with a print job In order to accomplish this configuration you need the following information Remote Printer Queue name Set for any of diprn through d4prn NOTE The Remote Printer Queue name must be all lower case Do not use PASS NOTE When the IPDS feature is installed queue name d4prn is not available IP address IP address for the NIC Setting up Printing for ASCII Files The next stop in configuring the AS 400 for IBM network printers is to setup the remote printing capability There are two ways to do this You can 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 printing to the printer To use LPR manually 1 Start TCP IP if it is not already running by entering the command STRTCP 2 At the AS 400 command line enter LPR 3 The following example displays only the parameters you need to specify 40 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 User Number Spooled file number SPLNMBR ONLY Destination type DESTTYP OTHER Transform SCS to ASCII TRANSFORM YES Manufacturer type and model MFRTYPMDL gt BM6400EP Internet address INTNETADR 9 99
21. connect time Cost byte COSTBYTE 0 Security for line SECURITY NONSECURE Propagation delay PRPDLY LAN User defined 1 USRDFN1 128 User defined 2 USRDFN2 128 User defined 3 USRDFN3 128 Autocreate controller AUTOCRTCTL NO Recovery limits CMNRCYLMT Count limit 2 Time interval 5 LINKSPEED 10M COSTCNN 0 Figure 5 Example Ethernet Line Description Configuring with ADDTCPIFC The following three parameters must be specified Line description name LIND This line description name is the user s name for the AS 400 adapter This name must be identical to the name entered when the TCP IP is configured on the AS 400 as described in Configuring AS 400 for an ASCII Printer below Resource name RSRCNAME System assigned name for the interface for example LNO41 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 in configuring the AS 400 for the IBM 6400 printer is to configure the interface on the AS 400 for TCP IP NOTE The AS 400 interface is not the IBM NIC Do not set the AS 400 interface address to the same address as the NIC IP address Also do not add the NIC to the AS 400 TCP IP interface list Configuring with ADDTCPIFC 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 A
22. digits of the Ethernet address e g M 000BF5 Select this new print server and press ENTER Select PRINTERS Press INSERT to add a printer to the list Type in the name of one of the default destinations on the unit for the NAME field and press ENTER Press ENTER on this new printer and go to the Printer Type field NOTE When the IPDS feature is installed queue name d4prn is not 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 available Press ENTER at this field and select DEFINED ELSEWHERE If DEFINED ELSEWHERE is not available choose OTHER UNKNOWN Press ENTER on the Print Queues Assigned field Press INSERT to display all queues select the one you defined in step 5 and press ENTER Select a priority and press ENTER Priority 1 should be sufficient Press ESCAPE saving changes until you are back to the Main Menu Reboot the Print Server by repowering the printer Go to the print queue created above and check the Attached Print Servers screen to verify the print server is active in servicing this queue 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 in order to modify settings monitor the unit etc To communicate with the print server the optional host software npsh exe is available nosh exe is a DOS 125 Novell Host Configuration Chapter 8 126 execut
23. i queue on thal a Figure 15 Add LPR Compatible Printer Dialogue Box 7 Typein the IP address or host name of the Ethernet Interface in the first field 8 Typein the name of a pre defined destination queue on the Ethernet Interface in the second field 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 d1prn NOTE When the IPDS feature is installed queue name d4prn is not available 9 Click OK when done specifying 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 NT 4 0 Host Setup This installation procedure assumes that the Ethernet Interface adapter is configured with the correct IP address subnet mask and 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 or the IPAssign utility to configure the Ethernet Interface adapter before proceeding 1 Select Settings Printers from the Start menu 81 Chapter 6 Windows Host Configuration 2 Double click on the Add Printer icon The Add Printer Wizard window is displayed Add Printer Wizard 3 Select My Computer 4 Atthe next window click on Add Port 82 Window
24. ioport destination disable prn Disable an O port so that queued jobs are not printed or disable a destination so jobs can not be queued to it enable ioport destination enable prn Enable an O port so that queued jobs are printed or enable a destination so jobs can be queued to it close tcp TCPindexnumber close tcp 3 Force a TCP IP connection between a TCP IP host and the Ethernet Interface to close The TCPindexnumber can be retrieved from debug tcp output 175 Chapter 13 176 Complete Command List ping s hostIPaddress datasize packetnumber ping 192 75 11 30 ping another TCP IP host specified by hostlPaddress 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 telnet 192 75 11 35 Start a Telnet session with another TCP IP host specified by hostlPaddress 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 prompt where you can execute quit Use the keycode command to find out exact escape characters if needed The default character is CTRL NOTE
25. is not available There should now be a new printer icon within the Printers folder This new network printer relies on LPR over TCP IP as the underlying protocol to print to the Ethernet Interface 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 on a Novell file server which your Windows 3 1 stations will send their print jobs to The Ethernet Interface will then service this print queue as either a PSERVER or an RPRINTER Please see Chapter 8 Novell Configuration for further details 87 Chapter 6 Windows Troubleshooting Tips 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 OnNer NetManage 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
26. 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 Press ESCAPE to return to the Main Menu Select Print Server Information and press ENTER 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 displays Select Printer Configuration from the next menu to display a list of configured printers Select an item from the list i e either an existing printer name or a Not Installed one 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 Press ESCAPE to save the changes Press ESCAPE until 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 123 Chapter 8 Novell Host Configuration 25 Press ESCAPE until you have exited PCONSOLE 26 Reload the PSERVER NLM that the Ethernet Interface is to service as an RPRINTER 27 Repower the Ethernet Interface by turning the pr
27. mainframes The LPR print setup is very simplistic involving only two parameters 1 Ethernet Interface IP address The IP address or host name of the print server you want to print to 2 Ethernet Interface destination queue A pre defined name on the print server telling the device which I O port to send the jobs to The standard name for the PRN port is dlprn NOTE This destination name is case sensitive and by default all names are lowercase When the IPDS feature is installed queue name d4prn is not available Windows Troubleshooting Tips 88 NOTE During Power Up the printer performs an interface hardware test The presence of the Ethernet Interface menu selections at the printer operator panel indicates that the Ethernet Interface hardware is functioning properly See the Setup Guide for configuration menu information 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 as you can available when you call 1 What level of software are you running 2 Whattype of attachment do you have CO gy V o9 Ethernet Interface Will Not Talk on the Network What is your host operating system Give a detailed description of the problem How often and when does the problem occur Give a detailed description of your network and the components attached Please follow these tips to determine wha
28. 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 35 Chapter 4 36 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 following command CRTLINETH LIND ETHLAN RSRCNAME LIN041 Your completed screen should look like Figure 5 57638551 V3R2MO 960517 BLDD60 Line description ETHLAN Option OPTION ALL Category of line ELAN Resource name RSRCNAME LINO41 Online at IPL ONLINE YES Vary on wait VRYWAIT NOWAIT Local adapter address ADPTADR ADPT Exchange identifier EXCHID 056A1005 Ethernet standard ETHSTD ALL Maximum controllers gt MAXCTL 40 Error threshold level THRESHOLD OFF TEXT Active Switched Controllers No active switched controllers attached SSAP list SSAP Source Service Access Points Source Service Access Points Maximum Frame Type SSAP 1496 SNA AA 1496 NONSNA NONSNA C8 1496 HPR GRPADR 09 11 96 12 25 46 Maximum Frame Type Group Addresses No group addresses found Link speed Cost
29. on page 94 85 Chapter 6 86 Windows Host Configuration Windows 95 Host Setup To configure a new printer on a Windows 95 station NOTE Testing has shown that using the following Windows 95 host setup can lead to print job data loss if the printer is offline for longer than approximately 45 seconds An alternative method for printing using LPR on Windows 95 is given on page 87 1 Select Settings Printers from the Start menu 2 Double click on the Add Printer icon 3 Select Network Printer from the second window of the Add Printer wizard that loaded 4 Atthe next window click on BROWSE to help fill in the network path of this printer 5 Atthe Browse for Printer dialogue box that displays double click on the appropriate workgroup containing the Ethernet Interface By default the print server falls under the workgroup WORKGROUP 6 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 7 Once you see the Ethernet Interface double click on it to display a list of pre defined destinations queues to choose from 8 Select a destination queue that will use dlprn NOTE When the IPDS feature is installed queue name d4prn is not available 9 Click OK once you have selected a destination 10 Back at the network path window select NE
30. on the unit NOTE Because npsh exe makes use of broadcasts you may have problems communicating across a router NetWare Version 4 x RPRINTER Setup These steps are for Novell environments using NetWare 4 x or later file servers To configure a new RPRINTER in a NetWare 4 x network 1 Specify the Print Server information Option 1 If you have TCP IP available and this printer NIC already has an IP address stored within it you can use the built in HTML configuration forms Please see Configuration Tools on page 21 for further details on setting up TCP IP on the printer If you use this HTML configuration go to the Network Configuration HTML form http EthernetInterfaceIPaddress networkConf html e g http 192 75 11 9 networkConf html and look under the Novell section to setup the necessary parameters in the RPRINTER section Check the boxes to enable the following parameters in the Ethernet interface e For Print Server Name enter the name of the PSERVER NLM which will service this printer e g PServer1 For Printer Number enter the printer number in the previous PSERVER that will reference this printer e g 0 e For Destination choose one of the logical print queues in the list e g diprn NOTE When the IPDS feature is installed queue name d4prn is not available e Submit the form and reboot the NIC Option 2 If you have TCP IP available and this printer NIC already has an IP
31. own line description Configuring a TCP IP Host Table Entry Although optional IBM recommends 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 should match what you configured for host and domain name For example if your hostname is RCHASMOS and your domain name is RCHLAND IBM COM your fully qualified network name is RCHASMO3 RCHLAND IBM COM In your host entry table enter both RCHASMO03 and RCHASMO3 RCHLAND IBM COM 53 Chapter 5 Configuring on AS 400 as an IPDS Printer Configuring PSF 400 for IPDS on V3R2 To configure IPDS on AS 400 V3R2 use the following commands e CRTDEVPRT e CRTPSFCFG Configuring PSF with CRTDEVPRT on V3R2 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 RMT TYPE IPDS MODEL 0 AFP YES AFPATTACH APPC FONT 11 RMTLOCNAME TCPIP FORMFEED CONT TEXT IBM 6400 NETWORK PRINTER 2 Acompleted screen looks like the example shown in Figure 8 54 Configuring PSF 400 for IPDS on V3R2
32. queue on the Ethernet Interface which hosts send their print jobs to There are eight destinations two per I O port by default Dynamic Host Configuration 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 Refers to the condition of the Ethernet Interface when in a startup condition downloading configuration information Domain Name Server Host providing responses to queries for a given host name IP address Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory 185 Chapter 15 186 Glossary factory defaults Factory Settings Firmware Panic Flash FTP Hardware Exception HTML ifnum interface script I O port IP Address LAN Settings shipped with the Ethernet Interface S2 jumper position stating all factory default settings are to be used while the Ethernet Interface is up and running Unrecoverable errors detected by the Ethernet Interface firmware force the Print Server into Firmware Panic mode Manually reset the Ethernet Interface to resume operation Stores firmware code and configurable settings Allows for upgrades without replacing hardware inside the Ethernet Interface File Transfer Protocol Used for transferring files from one TCP IP host to another and used in the upgrade process Buss errors address errors and illegal instructions force the Ethernet Inter
33. to indicate it is receiving data If so but there is nothing printing check to see if a manual formfeed 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 Stair Stepped Output Stair stepped output is print which starts at the top left of the page but every line thereafter starts a little further 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 111 Chapter 7 Unix Troubleshooting Tips 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 d1prn the associated model is m1 Therefore the command is set model m1 stty onlcr save
34. you are presented with a screen similar to Figure 13 Add LPR compatible printer Name or address of server providing Ipd EK Name of printer or print queue on that server Figure 13 Windows NT Print Setup Dialogue Box 78 Changing Destination Names The first field requires the IP address for the Ethernet Interface and the second field must be filled in with an existing destination from the print server e g d1prn Otherwise the Ethernet Interface will not accept this as a valid network printer Table 5 outlines the default destinations to choose from Table 5 Ethernet Interface Default Destinations Destination Mapped I O Port diprn PRN d2prn PRN d3prn PRN d4prn PRN NOTE When the IPDS feature is installed queue name d4prn is not available 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 EthernetInterfacelPaddress destConf html e g http 192 75 11 9 destConf html NOTE If prompted for a User ID and password first type in root for the ID and press ENTER at the password prompt since there 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 des
35. 0 V3R2 only if the object is in the QGPL library and has the same name as the printer device description This information overrides the APPC configuration information specified in the printer device description To configure AS 400 for IPDS printing on V3R2 1 Atthe AS 400 command line enter a command in the form CRTPSFCFG PSFCFG P6400 IPDSPASTHR YES RLSTMR SEC15 TEXT IBM 6400 NETWORK PRINTER RMTLOCNAME 128 99 12 134 PORT 5001 2 Acompleted screen looks like Figure 9 57 Chapter 5 Configuring on AS 400 as an IPDS Printer PSF configuration P6400 Library QGPL User resource library sssusue gt JOBLIBL IPDS pass through YES Activate release timer NORDYF Release timer iuusussse SEC1S Restart timer 0 00 20 cece eee gt IMMED SNA retry count 00 eee ee 2 Delay time between retries 0 Blank page 2 eee eee eee YES Page size control 00 NO Resident fonts 00000 ee YES Resource retention iussu YES Edge dientes crn rora e gt NO Remote location Name or address 128 99 12 134 TCP IP port Lr 5001 TCP IP activation timer 170 PSF defined options Text description sss IBM 6400 Network Printer Device resource library list DFT Figure 9 Example CRTPSFCFG Command V3R2 3 The followi
36. 2 3 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 d1prn through d4prn The remote printer queue name must be all lower case entered in single quotes NOTE When the IPDS feature is installed queue name d4prn is not available Destination type DESTTYP Specify OTHER for the DESTTYP parameter Transform TRANSFORM Specify YES 41 Chapter 4 Configuring the AS 400 for Printing Manufacturer Type and Model MFRTYPMDL Select a manufacturer type and model This is the name of the WSCO Select IBM6400EP for Epson emulation or IBM6400 or IBM42023 for Proprinter Emulation if you have AS 400 V3R2 and above or V3R7 and above Internet Address INTNETADR IP address of the NIC NOTE You may specify either INTNETADR and the NIC IP address or the hostname for the NIC if you added the printer to the host table entry as directed in Configuring a TCP IP Host Table Entry on page 39 42 Setting up Printing for ASCII Files To create an Automatic Remote Output Queue 1 From the AS 400 command line enter CRTOUTQ 2 The following example displays the parameters you need to specify Send TCP IP Spooled File LPR Type choices press Enter Output queue esee OUTQ USERNAME LID RAY i dosis te et NE CURLIB Maxi
37. 6400 Line Matrix Printers Ethernet Interface User s Manual Form Number S246 0153 01 Copyright IBM Corp 1999 F 6400 Line Matrix Printers Ethernet Interface User s Manual S246 0153 01 Communication Notices Federal Communications Commission FCC Statement This equipment 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 instruction manual 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 Properly shielded and grounded cables and connectors must be used in order to meet FCC emission limits 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 Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause h
38. 9 12 33 Use ATTN to interrupt EZA04641 PING Ping 1 timed out NOTE If you have problems ping ing a printer refer to Handling MVS Connectivity Problems on page 147 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 an example of the JES2 printer definition initialization member located in the system PARMLIB FSS FSS1 PROC PSFPROC HASPF SSM 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 140 Configuration Procedure 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 to the MVS host FSSDEF TYPE WTR FSSNAME FSS1 PNAME PSFPROC SYSTEM SYS1 TERM NO DEVICE JNAME PRT1 JUNIT SYS1 OFF FSSNAME FSS 1 MODE FSS PM LINE PAGE SOSI1 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
39. 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 9 on page 58 or Figure 10 on page 61 This path yields the best performance by sending IPDS files directly to the printer with no transform 49 Chapter 5 Configuring on AS 400 as an IPDS Printer Requirements Contact IBM 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 NIC See Chapter 2 2 Using the printer operator panel set up the printer for IPDS by setting the parameters and values shown in Table 3 Table 3 Operator Panel Settings Menu Item Setting PRINTER CONTROL Interface Selection e AUTO SWITCH if you use the printer for other than IPDS printing e ETHERNET for IPDS only IPDS IPDS Emulation Mode 4234 12 50 3 Set TCP IP addresses for the printer such as an IP Address Gateway Address or Subnet Mask See Configuration Tools on page 21
40. 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 Logpath 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 on the SUBMIT button to store them into the Ethernet Interface Remember to repower the Ethernet Interface to make the settings take effect 182 Printer Logging Through Logpaths Ethernet Interface Naming Schemes 0 PORT DESTINATION MODEL LOGPATH diprn m op ss d2prn m l2 m d3prn m3 8 d4prn m4 l4 Figure 20 Ethernet Interface Default Names NOTE When the IPDS feature is installed queue name d4prn is not available 183 Chapter 14 Ethernet Interface Naming Schemes 184 3 Glossary ARP bps Centronics daemon default router destination DHCP Download Mode DNS EEPROM Address Resolution Protocol Associates a selected IP address with a network device Ethernet address Bits per second Parallel port interface standard found on most printers A continuously running background process that handles system wide functions like print spooling Local device that forwards any IP packets destined for another subnet Logical print
41. CFG ACTTMR NOMAX The value specifies the 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 V3R7 V4R1 CRTPSFCFG CHGPSFCFG ACTRLSTMR NORDYF Specifies the point at 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 68 Printer Sharing Parameters Table 4 Printer Sharing continued 2400 Where Set Parameter Recommended Description Version Value V3R7 CRTPSFCFG RLSTMR SEC15 Specifies the amount of time to V4R1 CHGPSFCFG 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 V3R7 CRTDEVPRT ACTTMR NOMAX The value specifies the number VAR1 CHGDEVPRT of second
42. Data transform program User defined driver program Advanced function printing Port number ccs eee seen Online at IPE 23 ew eid iaoiai Identifier Lsue Point size Lusue Form feed asnasan Separator drawer n suasane Separator program a se library meme Printer error message sss Message queue Library ascent Activation timer 0 e00e Maximum pending requests Print while converting Print request timer 00 Form definition 00 ee Libraty She Lopes Remote location eese 1 DEVD eese OPTION eee DEVCLS cite sence TYPE eese MODEL Lixweewererern SAFP eee PORT esee ONLINE eese 1 FONT eese SEPPGM eee MSGQ carae erpii C IPRIOMT ees FORMDF ara TEXT BLDRB1 serrr i LANATTACH erreren i USRDFNOBJ eese USRDTATFM ees USRDRVPGM eee FORMFEED eee SEPDRAWER saaa 1 PRTERRMSG eese i ACTTMR eese MAXPNDRGS eese PRTRQSTMR ees RMTLOCNAME ees DEPLOCNAME eese USRDFNOPT P6400 ALL PRT LAN IPDS 0 IP 6400NETPRT AFP PSFCFG NONE NONE YES 5001 YES 011 NONE CONT FILE NONE INQ QSYSOPR LIBL 170 6 YES NOMAX F1C10110 LIBL 128 9 12 134 NONE IBM 6400 Network Printer Figure 11 Example CRTDEVPRT Command V3R7 and above 63 Chapter 5 Configuring on AS 400 as an IPDS Prin
43. Dieses Ger t ist berechtigt in bereinstimmung mit dem deutschen EMVG vom 9 Nov 92 das EG Konformitatszeichen zu furhren Properly shielded and grounded cables and connectors must be used in order to reduce the potential for causing interference to radio and TV communication and to other electrical or electronic equipment Such cables and connectors are available from IBM authorized dealers IBM cannot be responsible for any interference caused by using other than recommended cables and connectors This product has been tested and found to comply with limits for Class A Information Technology Equipment according to CISPR 22 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 equipment Warning 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 Dieses Ger t erf llt die Bedingungen der EN 55022 Klasse A F r diese Klasse von Ger ten gilt folgende Bestimmung nach dem EMVG Ger te d rfen an Orten f r die sie nicht ausreichend entst rt sind nur mit besonderer Genehmigung des Bundesminesters f r Post und Telekommunikation oder des Bundesamtes f r Post und Telekommunikation betrieben werden Die Genehmigung wird erteilt wenn keine elektromagnetischen St rungen zu erwarten sind A
44. E section for the TCP access list entries To add delete a TCP access list entry refer to TCP Access Lists on page 179 91 Chapter 6 Windows Troubleshooting Tips 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 operator panel See the Setup Guide for configuration menu information Power off the printer On the Ethernet Interface place SWITCH 2 the center switch in the down position 4 Poweron the printer and wait for the READY state On the Ethernet Interface place SWITCH 2 the center switch 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 arp s lt ipaddress gt lt MACaddress gt ping lt ipaddress gt 7 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 8 Telnet into the Ethernet Interface using the same IP address as above Log in as root with no password 9 At the system prompt enter store tcpip from default config http on reset NOTE
45. GEDEF Il FORMDEF A10110 CHARS GT15 JOB SEPARATOR FORMDEF IDSHDR OUTPUT PAGEDEF V06483 DS SEPARATOR PAGEDEF Il FORMDEF A10110 CHARS GT15 DS SEPARATOR FORMDEF IMSGDS OUTPUT PAGEDEF A06462 MESSAGE DATASET PAGEDEF Il FORMDEF A10110 MESSAGE DATASET FORMDEF FONT300 DD DSN SYS1 FONT300 SYSTEM FONTS 300 PEL Il DISP SHR IPSEGO1 DD DSN SYS1 PSEGLIB SYSTEM PAGE SEGMENTS Il DISP SHR JIOLAY01 DD DSN SYS1 OVERLIB SYSTEM MEDIUM OVERLAYS Il DISP SHR P IPDEFO1 DD DSN SYS1 PDEFLIB SYSTEM PAGEDEFS Il DISP SHR FDEFO1 DD DSN SYS1 FDEFLIB SYSTEM FORMDEFS Il DISP SHR l AAI KKK III IR EK IAAI IRI IAI IIR III III IR IR IIA III RII AI III III III IIR III III III III IIIT I IIIA IK ir PRINTDEV Figure 19 Sample PSFPROC procedure 142 Configuration Procedure IF FRRRERERREREERERRERERERE ERE REERERREREREREERERERERRRERERERERRERERE RRR ER ER ERE ERR EREREREREER 7 IPRT1 CNTL IPRT1 PRINTDEV FONTDD FONT300 300 PEL FONT LIBRARY DD Il OVLYDD OLAY01 OVERLAY LIBRARY DD Il PSEGDD PSEG01 SEGMENT LIBRARY DD Il PDEFDD PDEFO1 PAGEDEF LIBRARY DD Il FDEFDD FDEF01 FORMDEF LIBRARY DD Il JOBHDR JOBHDR f JOB HEADER SEPARATOR IE E OUTPUT Il JOBTRLR JOBTLR JOB TRAILER SEPARATOR IE f OUTPUT Il DSHDR DSHDR DATA SET HEADER IE fF SEPARATOR j Il MESSAGE MSGDS MESSAGE DATA SET OUTPUT Il BUFNO 5
46. ME Texte RA ance aa MEXT P6400 ALL PRT NO RMT IPDS 0 YES APPC YES 011 NONE CONT FILE NONE INQ QSYSOPR LIBL 6 YES NOMAX F1C10110 LIBL SYSVAL TCPIP NETATR NETATR QSPWTR NONE IBM 6400 Network Printer Figure 8 Example CRTDEVPRT Command V3R2 55 Chapter 5 Configuring on AS 400 as an IPDS Printer 3 Values must be entered for the following parameters Device Description DEVD The device description or name This value must match the value entered for the PSFCFG parameter in Configuring AFP with CRTPSFCFG on V3R2 on page 57 Device Class DEVCLS Specify RMT Device Type TYPE Specify IPDS Device Model MODEL Specify 0 Advanced Function Printing AFP Specify YES AFP Attachment AFPATTACH Specify APPC CRTPSFCFG overrides this value Font FONT Enter an appropriate value Form Feed FORMFEED Specify CONT Remote Location RMTLOCNAME Enter the remote location name 56 Configuring PSF 400 for IPDS on V3R2 Configuring AFP with CRTPSFCFG on V3R2 In V3R1 WRKAFP2 was used to specify RMTLOCNAME PORT and ACTTMR along with other parameters for PSF In V3R2 CRTPSFCFG Create PSF Configuration Object which replaced WRKAFP2 was used to specify these same parameters along with other parameters The PSF configuration object created with this command is used by PSF 400 when printing IPDS files The object is used by AS 40
47. NOTE When the IPDS feature is installed queue name d4prn m4 is not available 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 command is set model m2 trailer SFF save NOTE When the IPDS feature is installed queue name d4prn m4 is not available 112 TCP IP Access Problem For default destination model mappings of the Ethernet Interface please see Ethernet Interface Naming Schemes on page 183 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 1 The TCP list must have an entry added to grant access to this workstation 2 All entries must be deleted from the TCP list to grant all workstations hosts access to the above TCP services
48. P address of the default router gateway for the Ethernet Interface subnet 3 Click on the SUBMIT button when done and physically repower the print server to make the new settings take effect 77 Chapter 6 Windows Ethernet Interface Configuration Changing Workgroup Names Windows environments define groups of related computers as workgroups By default the Ethernet Interface belongs to the workgroup called 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 Ethernet InterfaceIPaddress 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 2 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 Changing Destination Names When defining some printers within Windows environments the Ethernet Interface requires that you specify a pre defined destination rather than any name you would like For example when creating a new printer under Windows NT
49. 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 todo this chr string Echo string or redirect string to an I O port using chr string gt ioport keycode Determine the hexadecimal value for a key to be used as the escape character with the Ethernet Interface built in telnet command l 4 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 would just set a password for the root user to protect the Ethernet Interface configuration Guest users can not 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 177 Chapter 14 Ethernet Interface Security Example set user passwd root your password for root save 2 Direct your Web browser to URL http Ethernet InterfaceIPaddress adminConf html e g http 192 75 11 9 adminConf html
50. VS 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 e 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 145 Chapter 10 146 Sharing IBM 6400 Printers on MVS 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 MGMTMODE Set to OUTAVAIL OUTAVAIL requests that PSF start a communications session with the printer 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
51. Windows configuration setup including 1 Identifying the Ethernet Interface on the network using TCP IP as the underlying protocol 2 Configuring the Ethernet Interface with its mandatory TCP IP settings IP address and subnet mask 3 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 NetBIOS over TCP IP is used Figure 12 shows two of the most common Windows setups you will see with the Ethernet Interface The ideal configuration is a network printer defined on the NT server to be shared by Windows 95 clients However any Windows station can also go directly to the Ethernet Interface 73 Chapter 6 Windows Ethernet Interface Configuration NT Server P st E IP Router Figure 12 Windows Integration Windows Ethernet Interface Configuration 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 settings which are optional This section offers alternative methods for configuring your Ethernet Interface in a Windows environment and mentions some of the more
52. XT since this path should now be filled in for you 11 At the next window select the appropriate print driver and click on NEXT 12 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 Windows 3 1 Host Setup 13 When prompted for a test page select either Yes or No depending on the state of the attached printer and click on 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 network printer relies on NetBIOS over TCP IP as the underlying protocol to print to the Ethernet Interface Alternative Windows 95 Host Setup for LPR To configure a new printer on a Windows 95 station to use LPR over TCP IP 1 Goto the Web site http Www printers ibm com util html and follow the instructions in the section titled BM Remote Printing Client for Windows 95 to download and install the LPR software 2 After the LPR port and help files are installed use the Help instructions to create a printer which uses an LPR port to print to the 6400 You will need to provide the IP address or hostname of the printer network card as well as one of the internal print queue names on the card e g diprn NOTE When the IPDS feature is installed queue name d4prn
53. able 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 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 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 2 To obtain root access to the unit type supervisor A standard login screen is displayed prompting you for the login name and password 3 Login to the unit as root user root NOTE Root users require the use of a password as configured in the unit user list 4 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 NetWare Version 4 x RPRINTER Setup You are now logged in to the unit as a root user and can access any npsh command
54. address stored within it you can use Telnet to execute the 127 Chapter 8 Novell Host Configuration necessary configuration commands Please see Configuration Tools on page 21 for further details on setting up TCP IP on the printer Telnet into the printer NIC login as root and execute these commands store rprinter add PServerName printernumber destination e g for an RPRINTER servicing printer 0 of the PSERVER NLM called PServer1 and sending jobs to the Ethernet Interface destination d1prn store rprinter add PServerl 0 dlprn NOTE When the IPDS feature is installed queue name d4prn is not available Reset the NIC reset Option 3 If you only have Novell protocol available use the npsh utility npsh into the printer NIC login as root and execute these commands store rprinter add PServerName printernumber destination e g for an RPRINTER servicing printer 0 of the PSERVER NLM called PServer1 and sending jobs to the Ethernet Interface destination d1prn store rprinter add PServerl 0 dlprn NOTE When the IPDS feature is installed queue name d4prn is not available Reset the NIC reset 2 Login to the NetWare tree as a user with sufficient rights to create manipulate the necessary printing objects PSERVER Printer Print Queue Change to the NDS context in which you want to create manipulate these printing objects 3 Enter PCONSOLE If necessary change to the NDS context in which you want to crea
55. ameters are e IP Address e Gateway Address e Subnet Mask 21 Chapter 2 IMPORTANT 22 Configuration Tools The procedure for changing any of the parameters is the same The procedure for changing the IP Address is given here as an example Use the same procedure for the other required parameters To change the IP Address parameter 1 Power on the printer 2 Press STOP to get to NOT READY state 3 Press Menu to display OPERATOR MENU 4 Press Scroll until ETHERNET PARAMETERS is displayed then press Enter 5 Press Enter again then Scroll to choose an IP address octet to change then press Enter 6 Press Scroll to choose the desired value for the octet then press Enter The new value is shown with an asterisk Press Return 7 Repeat steps 5 through 6 until all IP address octets are set to the desired value 8 Press Return until ETHERNET PARAMETERS is on the first display line 9 Press Scroll to choose other IP parameters to change then follow the above steps for these as well 10 When finished press Return multiple times until NOT READY is displayed 11 Press Start 12 Wait for ETHERNET ADAPTER IS READY message to display When a change is made from the operator panel the Ethernet Interface is re initialized The messages ETHERNET ADAPTER IS BEING RESET and ETHERNET ADAPTER IS BEING INITIALIZED display on the operator panel This process takes several minutes Make sure not to shut the pr
56. ans an interface file is used for each defined printer and in the case of any System V print setup involving a 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 EthernetInterfacename 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 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 104 Manual LPR LPD Host Setup 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 pwit80 mx 0 rm Ethernet Interfacename rp EthernetInterfacedestination lp sd usr spool lpd printername 1 usr spool lpd printername 1log af usr spool lpd printername acct where printername is any name you would like to give to this new printer Ethernetinterfacename is the host or IP name of the print server and Ethernetinterfacedestinatio
57. are Hewlett Packard HP UX IRIX Lexmark LaserJet LINUX Microsoft MS DOS NetManage Netscape Netscape Communications Logo Netscape Navigator NetWare Novell OnNet Optra PostScript Printronix Solaris SuperTCP Ultrix Unix Windows Windows 95 Windows NT NetManage Inc Data General Corporation Seiko Epson Corporation Xerox Corporation Frontier Technologies Corporation 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 Corporation Netscape Communications Corporation Netscape Communications Corporation Novell Inc Novell Inc FTP Software Inc Lexmark International Inc Adobe Systems Inc Printronix Inc Sun Microsystems Inc Frontier Technologies Corporation Digital Equipment Corporation X Open Company Limited Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Corporation Table of Contents liatFOG HO TIO a DEEA E thee 13 OVES We ninna a Maisie Metis nae eine ids 13 What is the Ethernet Interface esssssssss 13 What Special Features are Available 13 Indicators oer roten eta teal tete ation 14 Operating Modes sssessssesseeeeeennnetnns 15 Conventions Used In This Manual 16 Notes and Notic
58. armful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Canadian Department of Communications Compliance Statement This Class A digital apparatus meets the requirements of the Canadian Interference Causing Equipment Regulations Avis de conformit aux normes du minist re des Communications du Canada Cet appareil num rique de la classe A respecte toutes les exigences du R glement sur le mat riel brouilleur du Canada The United Kingdom Telecommunications Statement of Compliance This apparatus is approved under the approval No NS G 1234 J 100003 for the indirect connections to the public telecommunications systems in the United Kingdom New Zealand Warning 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 VCCI od RRR CT DOWBRAREEUSECUUHd SL BR VET Lond HB SII EHE S European Union EC Electromagnetic Compatibility Directives 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
59. b 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 Setup Guide for configuration menu information If you can ping the Ethernet Interface IP address but can not 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 If you are still experiencing difficulty accessing or browsing the printer contact technical support for further assistance 48 5 AS 400 Configuration for an IPDS Printer Configuring on AS 400 as an IPDS Printer Use this chapter to configure your IBM 6400 printer on AS 400 as an IDPS 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 See Printing AFP IPDS and SCS Files below Printing AFP IPDS and SCS Files IBM 6400 network printers configured as IPDS only print IPDS files
60. 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 To configure the IP address and subnet mask using the operator panel see Configuration Tools on page 21 74 Optional Optional Additional settings like routing entries can be configured This allows communication across subnets Configuration of the Ethernet Interface can be done from the printer operator panel Web browser or host commands To configure these options see Configuration Tools on page 21 Configuration Using ARP To configure the Ethernet Interface with its IP settings using a manual arp command 1 Logon to a Windows station with TCP IP loaded and located on the same subnet as the Ethernet Interface 2 Find the Ethernet address MAC Address for the Ethernet Interface on the configuration printout It must be entered as part of this procedure 3 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 an Ethernet Interface using IP address 192 75 11 9 and Ethernet address 00 80 72 07 00 60 4 Checkto see if the ARP entry was accept
61. cs in command syntax output and in text ping ipname ipname is alive Notes and Notices Notes and Notices For your safety and to protect valuable equipment it is very important that you read and comply with the notes and notices included in this manual Danger and Caution notices are numbered These numbers enable you to find translated versions of these notices in the IBM 6400 Line Matrix Printer Safety Notices booklet Descriptions for each type of notice follow DANGER lt gt The word Danger indicates the presence of a hazard that has the potential of causing death or serious personal injury CAUTION lt gt The word Caution indicates the presence of a hazard that has the potential of causing moderate or minor personal injury CAUTION lt gt This symbol indicates an assembly that requires two or more persons to lift or hold 17 Chapter 1 Overview ATTENTION An attention notice indicates the possibility of damage to a program device system or data IMPORTANT Important draws your attention to information vital to proper operation of the printer NOTE A note gives you helpful hints about printer operation Safety Notices DANGER lt 4 gt Do not connect or disconnect any communication port teleport attachment connector or power cord during an electrical storm lt 5 gt Power off the printer and disconnect the power cord before connecting or disconnecting c
62. d Hostname The AS 400 print commands described in Setting up Printing for ASCII Files on page 40 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 setup 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 local 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 below 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 it is optional to create a TCP IP host table entry IBM suggests that you take this step Add the AS 400 name and the IP address of the LAN adapter to the Host Table Entries 39 Chapter 4 Configuring the AS 400 for Printing Configuring the AS 400 for Printing The procedure for
63. d to go to the Network Configuration HTML form i e http Ethernet InterfaceIPaddress 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 2 Store the RPRINTER settings on the Ethernet 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 Example for an RPRINTER servicing printer 0 of the PSERVER NLM called pserveri and sending jobs to the Ethernet Interface destination dlprn store rprinter add pserverl 0 dlprn NOTE When the IPDS feature is installed queue name d4prn is not available 3 Leave this Ethernet Interface login session and log on to the NetWare 3 x file server as Supervisor 122 10 Press INSERT when the list of existing print servers displays 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 NetWare Version 3 x RPRINTER Setup Load a PSERVER NLM if there is not one loaded already 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
64. e hosts directly or through central spooling machines Figure 16 illustrates this 97 Chapter 7 Unix Environment Description Ultrix Solaris SparcStation SunOS 4 1 1 SCO Figure 16 Unix Integration 98 Mandatory Unix Ethernet Interface Configuration 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 at a minimum with an IP address and subnet mask before it can be seen on the network To configure the IP address and subnet mask see Configuration Tools on page 21 Optional Additional settings like routing entries can be configured allowing for communication across subnets Configuration of the Ethernet Interface can be done from the operator panel or through host commands See Configuration Tools on page 21 for details Using ARP To configure the Ethernet Interface with its TCP IP settings using a manual arp command the syntax is arp s ipaddress
65. e presence of the Ethernet Interface menu selections at the printer operator panel indicates that the Ethernet Interface hardware is functioning properly See the Setup Guide for configuration menu information 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 What level of software are you running 2 Whattype of attachment do you have 3 Whatis your host operating system 109 Chapter 7 Unix Troubleshooting Tips Give a detailed description of the problem How often and when does the problem occur Give 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 Ethernet Interface Will Not Talk 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
66. e 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 simulating a power on reset Restores current settings to those stored in flash memory since the flash memory settings will be read and loaded into memory upon bootup 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 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 focusing on the particular I O port or print job specified cancel jobID cancel dlprn 10 Remove a job from an I O port queue Use lpstat to find a particular job ID first 174 Miscellaneous Commands start fox tts loopb prn 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 prn Stop an output test on an I O port disable
67. ed arp a You should see an entry in the listed ARP table with the IP address and Ethernet address specified in Step 3 5 Try to ping this IP address to see if the Ethernet Interface can be Seen on your network 75 Chapter 6 Windows Ethernet Interface Configuration 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 1 Load a Web browser on your Windows station and direct it to the URL http Ethernet InterfaceIPaddress networkConf html e g http 192 75 11 9 networkConf html 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 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 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 77 for more details 4 Click o
68. ee Define the Communications Control Unit to MVS on page 137 Modify the TCP IP profile on your MVS system if necessary See Modify the TCP IP Profile in MVS on page 137 Ping the printer See Verify the Printer Connection on page 140 Configuration Procedure 4 Define the printer as a writer controlled printer to JES See Define the Printer to JES on page 140 5 Define the printer to PSF MVS with a PRINTDEV statement including the IP address See Define the Printer to PSF MVS on page 141 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 Define the Communications Control Unit to MVS If you have not already done so define the communications control unit for the MVS 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 in
69. elp You can configure NPM for the World Wide Web using either the TCP IP or NetBIOS network protocols and use TCP IP to monitor the printers 155 Chapter 12 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 156 l 3 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 There are many ways this command shell can be accessed builtin HTML forms aTelnet session from a TCP IP host to the Ethernet Interface e a single remote shell command i e rsh remd remsh from a TCP IP host Main npsh Command Prefixes All configurable commands either start with store or set troubleshooting commands usually start with debug 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 NOTE If the set prefix is used a save command must be e
70. er 13 Complete Command List set prn opost set prn opost Allow or disallow output processing on the parallel port such as carriage return insertion i e onlcr set prn onlcr 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 though set prn xtab tablength none 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 set sysinfo name newname 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 any way set sysinfo location description 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 sysinfo contact contactname set sysinfo contact Paul Harris Set a person or department to contact in case of print server trouble 168 set Commands set sysinfo loginfo sys tcp lipx spx set sysinfo loginfo sys ipx Set the Ethernet Interface debugging inf
71. ernet Interface has a self test and internally controlled modes These are Power on Self Test The power on self test performs diagnostic tests on the Ethernet Interface processor RAM ROM EEPROM parallel ports and network interface The STAT ERR and NET LEDs indicate which test is currently in progress 15 Chapter 1 Overview 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 2 Refer to the Glossary for definitions Table 2 Run Mode and Auto Reset Mode Indicator Descriptions STAT Rate Indication Flashes On once per second Normal Mode IP address configured Flashes On 2 5 times per Monitor Mode IP address not second configured Flashes Off 2 5 times per Monitor Mode or Download Mode second IP address not configured Flashes Off once per 2 Download Mode IP address seconds configured Conventions Used In This Manual Command syntax and examples are formatted as follows e The Courier font in boldface indicates commands that you type ping ftp IBM com e Regular Courier font indicates displayed results ftp IBM com is alive e Variable values are shown in itali
72. es ssssssessseeeeeenernnne 17 Safety Notices ssssssssssssssssesenenene nennen 18 Related Documentation sssssssssssssss 18 Installation and Configuration 19 Installation oett mt eeiam tnr 19 Connecting to the Network sse 19 Configuration Tools ccccescecceeeeeeseeeeceeeeeseaeeeeeeeeesaeeeeeeeeees 21 Configuration using the Printer Operator Panel 21 a AREN Oris 2 5 iere PR retra eO VR ENERES 23 Configuration Alternatives sess 26 OS 2 Configuration sssssss 27 OVOTVIOW oco dies TEE AE ERN IE Ra ded Re ERR CIT R RR RENT Ie Ck na FEIER 27 Configuring the Ethernet Interface TCP IP Settings 27 Mandatory Settings ssssssssssseeeeee 28 Optional Settings sss eene 28 OS 2 Workstation Configuration sssssssssss 28 Using the LPR Command sse 28 Using an OS 2 LPR Print Queue eese 29 TCP IP Access Problem eese 32 Web Browser HTTP Problem sssessssss 33 Table of Contents 4 AS 400 Configuration for an ASCII Printer 35 VENIGON ii p Er IDEE ER e ARR ea e rese e REM OR EP oen 35 Configuring AS 400 for ASCII using TCP IP 37 Configuring with ADDTCPIFC eeeeeeee 37 Configuring a Router Definiti
73. esources Usually when printing from Windows 95 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 e 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 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 1 The TCP list must have an entry added to grant access to this workstation 2 Allentries 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 operator panel to access the configuration menu see the Setup Guide for configuration menu information From the DIAGNOSTICS Printer Tests menu choose the Ethernet Test Page When the page prints look under the TCP ACCESS TABL
74. estination Also called a gateway RPRINTER Remote Printer A Novell print method where the Ethernet Interface 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 socket TCP connection between two hosts consisting of a source and destination TCP port number at each end 188 subnet mask TCP IP TCP port telnet UTP WAN 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 on 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 189 Chapter 15 Glossary 190 Symbols Command 158 A Access Lists TCP 179 AIX 4 x Setup 106 AIX Printing 106 architecture 13 ARP Unix 99 Windows 75 AS 400 automatic remote output queue 43 configuring for printing 40 configuring TCP IP 37 developing line descripti
75. et 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 setup the printer queue 1 Find the Printer template icon It may be in the Printers folder or the Templates folder Right click on the icon then select Install The Create a printer dialog box is displayed Enter any desired name for the printer This will be the name of the printer queue In the 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 In the Output port list double click on an unshaded PIPE LPDx port If all are shaded you will have to double click on a shaded port and change the parameters If no PIPE LPDx ports are shown follow these steps to install them a Right click on 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 on Refresh Several PIPE LPDx port icons should appear in the Output port list If none appear type d MPTN DLL in step c and try this step again 29 Chapter 3 30 OS 2 Workstation Configuration NOTE If no ports appear after completing step d search your drives for the LPRPDRVR PDR and type the path to this file n
76. ethernetaddress For the aix command the syntax is aix s ether ipaddress Mac address To use either of these commands 1 Logon 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 2 Find the Ethernet address for the Ethernet Interface by printing a configuration or reading it from the operator panel It must be entered as part of this procedure 99 Chapter 7 Unix Ethernet Interface Configuration 3 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 a Ethernet Interface using IP address 192 75 11 9 and Ethernet address 00 80 72 07 00 60 4 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 5 Try to 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 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 st
77. etwork are operational such as routers If necessary call IBM Technical Support e Codes 40 59 indicate a logic error between PSF and the printer control unit Contact IBM support 70 Spooled Print File Remains in PND Status 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 QSPL subsystem WRKACTJOBSBS 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 online and in READY status 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 ping the IP address If the ping is successful disconnect the network cable from the printer print server and ping the address again If 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 YES in the CRTPSFCFG command V3R2 V3R7 or V4R1 71 Chapter 5 AS 400 Troubleshooting 72 6 Windows Configuration Overview This chapter details a complete
78. face into this non operational mode HyperText Markup Language Format used for documents viewable on the World Wide Web Interface Number Represents the network interface With an Ethernet Interface this will always be 1 for Ethernet Unix host filter file that processes the print job before it is sent over the network to the Ethernet Interface Port for attaching peripherals to The Ethernet Interface provides four PRN1 PRN2 COM1 COM2 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 LED logpath LPD LPR MIB model NetBIOS Monitor Mode npsh PDF ping print path Light Emitting Diode The printer has an LED display which shows the status of the printer to the operator Determines 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 Ethernet Interface One model is associated with every destination Network Basic Input Output System Common interface among PC networks Refers to the condition of the Etherne
79. figuring AS 400 37 TCP IP Access Problem AS 400 46 OS 2 32 Unix 113 Windows 91 Troubleshooting AS 400 46 70 Novell 4 x 131 OS 2 32 Unix 109 Windows 88 Unix ARP 99 BOOTP 102 194 communicating 103 environments 97 Ethernet Interface configuration 99 host configuration 104 RARP 101 routers 103 TCP IP access problem 113 troubleshooting 109 URL 23 Users 177 W Windows ARP 75 communicating 77 environment description 73 Ethernet Interface configuration 74 mandatory configuration 74 NT 3 51 configuration 80 optional configuration 75 routers 77 TCP IP access problem 91 Windows 3 1 87 Windows 95 86 Windows NT 80 Copyright IBM Corp 1999 246 0153 01 24H8893 170218 001A
80. for configuring the server with SNMP Some objects identified by this MIB are not applicable to the NIC The complete definition of the Printer MIB is provided in the Printer MIBs in DOS Format and Printer MIBs in TAR Format which are shipped with the NIC The MIB is provided in a subset of the ASN 1 syntax The Printer MIB is composed of the following sections e General e Cover 150 MIB e Localization e Input e Output e Marker e Media Path e Channel nterpreter e Console e Alert Information Provided by the MIB The Printer MIB contains the following types of information about IBM 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 Information 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 151 Chapter 11 Monitoring Tools 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 isi eduMinternet drafts World Wide Web http
81. formation 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 18 137 Chapter 10 Configuring PSF for MVS to Print IPDS Files 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 Subnetmask Subnet value 9 BPCLAN 2000 0 255 255 0 0 99 12 0 DEFAULTNET 9 99 12 254 BPCLAN 2000 0 255 255 0 0 138 Figure 18 Modifying TCP 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 For information about the TCP IP profile
82. fy you are on the same network segment as the printer and that the ARP entry was created 8 Telnet into the Ethernet Interface using the same IP address as above Log in as root with no password 9 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 10 Wait five minutes for the Ethernet Interface to reset 11 Power the printer off and then back on 12 Wait for the ETHERNET ADAPTER IS READY message to display 13 Set the IP address subnet mask and default gateway parameters to the desired values see Configuration Tools on page 21 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 Setup Guide for configuration menu information 114 AIX Print Queue Times Out If you can ping the Ethernet Interface IP address but can not 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 sa
83. gration Novell Ethernet Interface Configuration 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 some mandatory settings needed on the Ethernet Interface 118 Using HTML Forms 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 pre defined 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 address found on a configuration printout or control panel settings under Ethernet parameters MAC Address e g M 071C14 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 EthernetInterfacelPaddress adminConf html e g http 192 75 11 9 adminConf html NOTE If prompted for a User ID and password first type in root for the ID and press ENTER at the password prompt since there is no password by default
84. guration menu information Power off the printer On the Ethernet Interface place SWITCH 2 the center switch in the down position Power on the printer and wait for the READY state On the Ethernet Interface place SWITCH 2 the center switch in the up position From a workstation attached to this network segment create an ARP entry The Ethernet 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 printer Ethernet Interface using the same IP address as above Log in as root with no password At 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 10 11 12 13 Ethernet Interface Wait five minutes for the Ethernet Interface to reset Power the printer off and then back on Wait for the ETHERNET ADAPTER IS READY message to display Set the IP address subnet mask and default gateway parameters to the desired values See Configuration Tools on page 21 47 Chapter 4 AS 400 ASCII Troubleshooting Web Browser HTTP Problem In some cases you may not be able to browse the printer we
85. he Printers menu select this printer In the Printer printername Configuration menu set the Printer number to match the printer number specified in step 1 above Press ESC until you return to Available Options menu Load the PSERVER NLM specified in step 1 above on the file server which will host this PSERVER and specify the name of this PSERVER e g load pserver PServerl You may need to power off on the printer to allow the Ethernet interface to attach to the PSERVER Wait about 2 minutes then check the PSERVER NLM screen on the file server to see if the appropriate printer e g 6400p is being serviced The printer should be in Waiting for job state 129 Chapter 8 Novell Troubleshooting Tips 21 Send a job to the print queue specified in the steps above to see if printing will occur Novell Troubleshooting Tips NOTE During Power Up the printer performs an interface hardware test The presence of the Ethernet Interface menu selections at the printer operator panel indicates that the Ethernet Interface hardware is functioning properly See the Setup Guide for configuration menu information 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 What level of software are you running What type of attachment do you have What is your host operating s
86. he NIC on the printer INTNETADR prompts you for this of the hostname of the NIC Remote printer queue RMTPRTQ Default name of the IBM network printer Set for any of diprn through d4prn The remote printer queue name must be all lower case 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 is 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 XAUTOQ XAIX XAUTOOQ is a performance enhancement in which data is not required to be transformed again if the connection is interrupted XAIX allows printing of multiple copies Transform TRANSFORM Specify this value as YES Setting up Printing for ASCII Files Manufacturer type MFRTYPMDL Select a manufacturer type and model This is the name of the WSCO Select IBM6400EP for Epson emulation or IBM6400PR or IBM42023 for Proprinter 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 e
87. icated 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 set dest dlprn backchannel prn Establish a return path for printer feedback for a given destination Since the Ethernet Interface I O port is bi directional however you will most likely use the same I O port that the destination is currently sending jobs to set dest destination model modelname 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 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 ftpd 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 Novell PSERVER support 164 set Commands netbios Windows 95 and Windows for Workgroups printi
88. inter off and then back on 28 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 PSERVER Setup Ethernet Interface destinations are case 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 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 127 NOTE Following a PSERVER setup bindery emulation is required To configure the Ethernet Interface as a PSERVER in a NetWare 4 environment 1 Login to the Novell as supervisor Enter PCONSOLE Press F4 Select PRINT QUEUES Press INSERT to add a queue Type in new queue name and press ENTER Pak wD 124 NetWare Version 4 x PSERVER Setup Press ESCAPE Select PRINT SERVERS Press INSERT to add the new print server Type the name of the Ethernet Interface By default it is M xxxx where xxxxxx equals the last six
89. inter off or make further changes to the Ethernet Interface settings during this initialization period to prevent a loss of Ethernet Interface configuration information When the initialization is complete the message ETHERNET ADAPTER IS READY is displayed HTML Forms Test the setting by performing a ping command from an OS 2 command prompt as follows ping ip address where the ip address is the IP address of the printer Ethernet Interface If this does not work repeat the steps to make sure the IP values on the operator panel are correct If they are correct contact your network administrator for possible network problems NOTE Unlike most operator panel settings the Ethernet Interface settings are not saved in Custom Sets instead they are stored directly on the Ethernet Interface adapter 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 in to the print server NOTE If a router is used make sure a gateway value is configured To access the Ethernet Interface home page 1 Make sure the print server has an IP address and subnet mask so it is recognizable on your TCP IP network 2 Make sure your network station can successfully ping the Ethernet Interface over the network 3 Direct your Web browser to the Uniform Resource Locator URL http IPaddress e g h
90. it is running send an HUP signal to it with the ki11 command Syntax kill HUP pid where pid is the process ID of the RARP daemon 3 Power on the 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 indicating it knows about an IP address to use 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 103 to set this up 101 Chapter 7 Unix Ethernet Interface Configuration 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 Ethernet 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 N sm netmask hd homedirectory bf null gw defaultgateway ht ethernet sha ethe
91. motely executes the nosh command list prn on the Ethernet Interface named spike 3 OS 2 Configuration Overview This chapter details a complete OS 2 configuration setup including 1 Configuring the Ethernet Interface with its TCP IP settings 2 Configuring a new printer on an OS 2 workstation The procedure given will be from an OS 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 i e an IP address and subnet mask needed before the print server can be detected on the network There are also some additional settings that you may want to configure but these are optional This section offers alternative methods for configuring your Ethernet Interface within an OS 2 environment and mentions some of the more common optional settings available 27 Chapter 3 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 To configure the IP address and subnet mask see Configuration Tools on page 21 Optional Settings One additional setting the gateway address is necessary if the OS 2 workstations mu
92. mum spooled file size MAXPAGES Number of pageS 00 eee NONE Staring time y resso arepane tai Ending time 2 eser Re for more values Order of files on queue 0 eee SEQ FIFO Remote system cceeseeeee eee eeeee RMTSYS INTNETADR Remote printer queue sese RMTPRTQ diprn Writers to autostart ccce eevee AUTOSTRWTR 1 Queue for writer messages MSGQ QSYSOPR Library s oco Dee E RR TEMUCPES LIBL Connection type cece cece eens CNNTYPE IP Destination type cee cece eens DESTTYP XAUTOQ XAIX Host print transform suse TRANSFORM YES Manufacturer type and model MFRTYPMDL IBM6400EP Workstation Customizing Object WSCST NONE Library xo er depen R ERES Internet address sese INTNETADR 9 99 57 173 Destination options eee eee ee DESTOPT NONE Print separator page 6 eee eee eee SEPPAGE YES User defined option cee eee eee USRDFNOPT NONE 43 Chapter 4 44 Configuring 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 NOTE When the IPDS feature is installed queue name d4prn is not available Remote system RMTSYS Internet address of t
93. n is one of the pre defined destinations queues on the device NOTE When the IPDS feature is installed queue name d4prn is not available Example 6400 sh pwit80 mx 0 rm spike rp diprn lp sd usr spool lpd 6400 1 usr spool lpd 6400 1log afz usr spool lpd 6400 acct 2 Create the spool directory specified by the sd entry in the printcap entry for this printer Example touch usr spool lpd 6400 3 Create the log and account files specified by the 1 2 and af entries in the printcap entry for this printer Example touch usr spool lpd 6400 10g touch usr spool lpd 6400 acct 105 Chapter 7 106 Unix Host Configuration 4 Change permissions and ownership on the spool directory and everything within it Example chmod R gtrwX o 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 printername filename Example lpr 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 printer 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
94. n the SUBMIT button when done and physically repower the printer to make the new settings take effect 76 Communicating Across Routers Communicating Across Routers Since Windows environments rely on TCP IP to communicate with the Ethernet Interface crossing routers becomes an issue After following one of the Ethernet Interface configuration methods mentioned you will most likely 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 Interface it is best to store a default router gateway within the print server so that any packets destined for another subnet get forwarded to this router automatically The router or series of routers can then 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 html NOTE If prompted for a User ID and password first type in root for the ID and press ENTER at the password prompt since there is no password by default 2 Atthe Network Configuration HTML form that displays click in the first field below the Gateway heading and type in the I
95. name on the PSF MVS Startup 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 141 Chapter 10 Configuring PSF for MVS to Print IPDS Files IPSFPROC PROC rite BM NETWORK PRINTERS WRITER PROCEDURE ir 01 MODULE NAME PSFPROC Ir 01 DESCRIPTIVE NAME START PROCEDURE FOR PSF I TCP IP ATTACHED IBM NETWORK PRINTERS ir 01 NOTES THE FULL NAME OF THE DEFAULT PAGEDEF IS ir P1A06462 I THE FULL NAME OF THE DEFAULT FORMDEF IS Ir F1A10110 I THE FULL NAMES OF THE DEFAULT FONTS ARE I XOGF10 X0GS10 XOTU10 AND X0GU10 I THE FULL NAME OF THE SEPARATOR PAGE PAGEDEF IS ir P1V06483 I THE FULL NAME OF THE SEPARATOR PAGE FONT IS ir X0GT15 ir ir 01 CHANGE ACTIVITY ir END OF SPECIFICATIONS ISTEPO1 EXEC PGM APSPPIEP REGION 4096K IJOBHDR OUTPUT PAGEDEF V06483 JOB SEPARATOR PAGEDEF Il FORMDEF A10110 CHARS GT15 JOB SEPARATOR FORMDEF IJOBLTR OUTPUT PAGEDEF V06483 JOB SEPARATOR PA
96. ncreased 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 jobtimeout seconds 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 159 Chapter 13 Complete Command List store pserver tcpsocket TCPportnumber port newTCPportnumber 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 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 store pserver novell passwd mplex Store the password for the Ethernet Interface t
97. neous Commands 174 Mode auto reset 16 run 16 models setting a formfeed 112 setting onlcr 112 Monitoring 180 monitoring printers 149 MVS 135 connectivity problems 147 printer sharing 145 printing IPDS 136 verifying TCP IP attached printer 144 N Naming Scheme 183 NetWare Version 3 x 122 Version 4 x 124 127 network connectors 19 Network Printer Manager 155 network sharing AS 400 67 Novell environments 117 Ethernet Interface configuration 118 Host Configuration 120 NetWare 3 x configuration 120 NetWare Version 3 x 122 NetWare Version 4 x 124 127 troubleshooting 130 NPRINTER overview 120 npsh access methods 157 main commands 157 npsh exe 126 O onlcr 112 Operator Panel Configuration gateway address 21 IP Address 21 subnet mask 21 OS 2 Index configuring the TCP IP 27 TCP IP access problem 32 P Passwords 177 Printer logging 180 monitoring 180 printer monitoring 149 MIB 150 SNMP 152 tools 152 Printing AIX 106 direct socket 109 FTP 108 PSERVER 120 R RARP 101 Remote Printer Queue Name 40 Remote Shell 26 Reset Mode 16 Resource Name AS 400 37 Root 177 Routers Unix 103 Windows 77 RPRINTER 120 Run Mode 16 193 Index Security 177 Self Test 14 Set Commands 163 Setting a Password 177 Shell command 157 SNMP 152 Store Commands 159 Subnet Mask operator panel configuration 21 T TCP Access Lists 179 TCP IP con
98. ng 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 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 pgent cksum printer ioport set logpath 12 type job user printer pgcnt 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 set logpath logpath port TCPportnumber email syslog set logpath 13 port 2000 Determines where the log information should be sent for a print job or attached printer The choices are TCPportnumberTCP port number ranging from 1024 to 65000 165 Chapter 13 Complete Command List email Particular user s email address This address is set using the set sysinfo email emailname QlPaddress command s
99. ng parameters are required PSF configuration PSFCFG The name of the printer device you are configuring Library Specify QGPL IPDS pass through IPDSPASTHR To print SCS files specify YES PSF 400 transforms SCS into IPDS before printing 58 Configuring PSF 400 for IPDS on V3R2 Activate release timer ACTRLSTMR Specifies the point at 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 however 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 Remote Location name or address RMTLOCNAME Enter the IP address or hostname of the printer TCP IP port PORT Specify 5001 TCP IP activation time 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 pri
100. nt File Remains in PND Status 71 Spooled Files Disappear Without Printing 71 Data is Being Clipped sse 71 Table of Contents 6 Windows Configuration 73 OVVIE W 3 etate e DE pie Pp ema sea eat ERES 73 Windows Environment Description seeesessess 73 Windows Ethernet Interface Configuration 74 Mandatory baal nid pede ite ide dts 74 Opoa iu n tente leet de ete uei eite tar e rete tr pena 75 Configuration Using ARP sssssseseeee 75 Communicating Across Routers 77 Changing Workgroup Names eseeeeee 78 Changing Destination Names ssseessssss 78 Windows Host Configuration esee 80 Windows NT 3 51 Host Setup 80 Windows NT 4 0 Host Setup sssssssssss 81 Windows 95 Host Setup 0 cccccceeecesseeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeees 86 Windows 3 1 Host Setup sse 87 Windows Troubleshooting Tips eee 88 Ethernet Interface Will Not Talk on the Network 89 HTML Configuration Forms Will Not Display 90 Errors Occur when Defining an LPR Printer 90 Can Not Browse the Ethernet Interface on the Network 90 Printer Errors when Printing or No Output 91 TCP IP Access Problem 91 Web Browse
101. nter specify NOMAX which causes PSF 400 to wait indefinitely for a response to an activation request 59 Chapter 5 Configuring on AS 400 as an IPDS Printer Configuring PSF 400 for IPDS on V3R7 and Above To configure IPDS on AS 400 V3R7 and above use the following commands e CRTPSFCFG Optional e CRTDEVPRT 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 Create PSF Configuration Object 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 USRDFNCOBJ parameter in the printer device description To configure AS 400 for IPDS printing on V3R7 or VAR1 1 Atthe AS 400 command line enter a command in the form CRTPSFCFG PSFCFG AFP 6400NETPRT IPDSPASTHR YES RLSTMR SEC15 TEXT IBM 6400 NETWORK PRINTER 2 Acompleted screen looks like Figure 10 60 Configuring PSF 400 for IPDS on V3R7
102. nter on and wait until the printer operator panel displays ETHERNET ADAPTER IS READY 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 NIC and hostname is the hostname you defined for the printer if any If the ping is not successful refer to Printer Cannot Be PINGed on page 70 If the ping is successful vary on the printer device description with the command VRYCFG printer device CFGTYPE DEV STATUS ON 65 Chapter 5 Verifying the IPDS Configuration on AS 400 8 To use PSF 400 to send an IPDS file to the printer enter STRPRTWTR 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 Setup Guide e Verify that port number 5001 is being used If you are still unable to print IPDS files contact IBM Support 66 Printer Sharing Parameters Sharing the AS 400 Printer on the Network To support printer sharing IBM 6400 network printers automatically switch among all attached ports serial port the twinax or coax port or the LAN 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 doe
103. nter 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 1 The TCP list must have an entry added to grant access to this workstation 2 Allentries 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 operator panel to access the configuration menu see the Setup Guide 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 179 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 operator panel See the Setup Guide for configuration menu information 2 Power off the printer 3 On the Ethernet Interface place SWITCH 2 the center switch in the down position 4 Poweron the printer and wait for the READY state On the Ethernet Interface place SWITCH 2 the center switch in the up position 32 Web Browser HTTP Problem
104. nterface only supports Bindery mode when acting as a PSERVER Make sure all PCONSOLE setup is performed in Bindery mode e s 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 in to the Novell file server e 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 132 9 InfoPrint Manager Configuration InfoPrint Manager The IBM 6400 printer requires InfoPrint Manager Version 2 1 1 with PTF UR50783 installed or Version 3 1 0 with PTF U462820 installed To configure InfoPrint Manager to print using your IBM 6400 printer 1 Set TCP IP addresses for the printer such as an IP address gateway address or subnet mask See Configuration Tools on page 21 2 Define the printer to InfoPrint Manager as described in the Defining Printers to InfoPrint Manager section on page 134 133 Chapter 9 134 InfoPrint Manager Defining Printers to InfoPrint Manager To configure a printer with the IPDS feature as a PSF TCP IP attached physical printer 1 In the InfoPrint GUI open a physical printers well or a window with a physical printers pane Select the Physical Printer Template Type icon from the Types column of the Templates area If you do not see a template for PSF
105. ntering 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 NIC 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 39 If the printer cannot be pinged proceed to AS 400 ASCII Troubleshooting on page 46 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 40 e Enter STRRMTWTR 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 in To create an Automatic Remote Output Queue on page 43 e Use the WRKOUTQ command to send jobs 45 Chapter 4 AS 400 ASCII Troubleshooting AS 400 ASCII Troubleshooting During Power Up the printer performs an interface hardware test The presence of the Ethernet Interface menu selections at the printer operator panel indicates that the Ethernet Interface hardware is functioning properly See the Setup Guide for configuration menu information If you have trouble pinging the printer 1 Verify the configuration of AS 400 including the printer and any intervening devices such as routers and b
106. o use when logging in to a Novell file server This password would have to match one set on the file server store pserver novell user name username store pserver novell user name microl Define a username on the Ethernet Interface to be used when it logs into 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 store pserver novell user passwd mplex2 Define a password on the Ethernet Interface for the Novell user already defined This password must match 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 store pserver novell fserver add fsl Add or remove a server entry on the Ethernet Interface for the Novell file server it will be servicing 160 store Commands store pserver smb workgrp newworkgroupname store pserver smb workgrp eng Define a different Windows workgroup as defined by newworkgroupname for the Ethernet Interface to be visible within 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 s
107. ommands descramble Automatic descrambling of print jobs passing through which have been scrambled using Printronix proprietary scramble Unix utility npscramble xtab Tab expansion from 1 to 16 spaces set model model trailer trailerstring set model m7 trailer FF Set a trailer string to be sent to the printer at the end of any print jobs passing through this model trailerstring 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 var to see all available variables 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 set prn autofd set prn autofd Assert or do not assert the AUTOFD line for carriage return insertion This only affects printers that support this function such as impact printers set prn flush set prn flush Flush the data in the parallel port input and output buffers set prn unlock set prn unlock Release the access lock on the parallel port set prn timeout minutes none 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 167 Chapt
108. ommunication access numerous printer logging methods e g automatic email to record printer errors and usage remote management through HTML forms Telnet sessions rsh rcmd 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 Indicators The Ethernet Interface card at the rear of the printer has three indicator lights shown in Figure 1 The LED patterns and the respective indications are given in Table 1 Refer to the Glossary for definitions STAT ERR NET System System Data to Status Error Network Figure 1 Status Indicator Lights Operating Modes Table 1 LED Pattern Indications STAT ERR NET Mode ON OFF ON RAM Test ON OFF OFF ROM Test ON ON OFF EEPROM Test OFF ON ON Network Interface Test OFF OFF ON PRN1 Test FLASH OFF FLASH Run Mode FLASH ON FLASH Auto Reset Mode FLASH FLASH OFF Firmware Panic ON FLASH ON Hardware Exception Operating Modes The Eth
109. ommunication port teleport or attachment cable connector Related Documentation e IBM 6400 Line Matrix Printer Setup Guide S544 5640 Provides information about unpacking and setting up the printer information about configuration menus accessable from the operator panel and printer interfaces e IBM 6400 Line Matrix Printer Operator s Guide S544 5641 Step by step instructions on daily printer operations including descriptions of all the operator panel keys e IBM 6400 Line Matrix Printer Safety Notices G544 5389 Provides translated safety notices 2 Installation Installation and Configuration The Ethernet Interface is unique in that different network connection options are available upon purchase The base Ethernet Interface model provides an RJ 45 connector for 10Base T UTP networks Connecting to the Network To attach the Ethernet Interface to a network as illustrated in Figure 2 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 see page 15 When the test is complete the STAT led is flashing 19 Chapter 2 Installation Network Connector Figure 2 Physical Setup 20 Configuration using the Printer Operator Panel Configuration Tools IMPORTANT There are two parts to an Ethernet Interface setup 1 Config
110. on with ADDTCPRTE 38 Configuring a Local Domain and Hostname 39 Configuring a TCP IP Host Table Entry 39 Configuring the AS 400 for Printing ssessssss 40 Setting up Printing for ASCII Files essssssse 40 Verify Printing on AS 400 sssssssseeeenn 45 AS 400 ASCII Troubleshooting sese 46 TCP IP Access Problem sse 46 Web Browser HTTP Problem esses 48 5 AS 400 Configuration for an IPDS Printer 49 Configuring on AS 400 as an IPDS Printer 49 Printing AFP IPDS and SCS Files 49 Requirements ceci erret endet beatin 50 Configuration Checklist eese 50 Configuring an AS 400 TCP IP Interface with ADDTCPIFC seesesssssseeeeenenneeen nennen 52 Configuring PSF 400 for IPDS on V3R2 54 Configuring PSF 400 for IPDS on V3R7 and Above 60 Verifying the IPDS Configuration on AS 400 65 Sharing the AS 400 Printer on the Network 67 Printer Sharing Parameters sss 67 AS 400 Troubleshooting sese 70 Printer Cannot Be PINGed sseesssssss 70 PSF 400 Terminates When Initialized 70 Spooled Pri
111. ons 35 line description name 37 output queue 35 44 remote printer queue name 40 resource name 37 sharing on network 67 TCP IP access problem 46 troubleshooting 46 70 verify printing 45 65 Automatic Remote Output Queue AS 400 43 B BOOTP 102 Index Command 158 complete list 159 getting help 158 Command Prefixes 158 Command Shell 157 ways to access 23 Commands debug 173 list 171 miscellaneous 174 npsh 157 set 163 store 159 Communicating Unix 103 Windows 77 Communication notices United Kingdom 4 Configuration description 21 Configuring AS 400 for printing 40 AS 400 for TCP IP 37 InfoPrint Manager 133 OS 2 27 Connection to network 19 191 Index D Debug Commands 173 Developing Line Descriptions 35 Diagnostics 14 Direct Socket Printing 109 Document Conventions 16 E Environment Description Novell 117 Unix 97 Windows 73 F Features 13 FTP Printing 108 G Gateway Address operator panel configuration 21 Getting Help Command 158 Guest 177 H Home Page 24 Host Configuration AS 400 ASCII 37 Novell 120 OS 2 28 Unix 104 Windows 3 1 87 192 Windows 95 86 Windows NT 3 51 80 Windows NT 4 0 81 HTML menu structure 24 Indicators 14 InfoPrint Manager 133 Installation 19 IP Address operator panel configuration 21 L LED status 89 List Commands 171 Logging 180 through logpaths 181 M MIB 150 Miscella
112. ore them in flash memory as follows 1 Load a Web browser on your Unix station and direct it to the URL http Ethernet InterfaceIPaddress 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 2 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 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 100 Using RARP section Please see Communicating Across Routers on page 103 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 the 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 EthernetInterfaceIPaddress Example 00 80 72 07 00 60 192 75 11 9 2 Start the RARP daemon on the RARP server if not already running If
113. ormation 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 set sysinfo logport null Define where the debugging information should be sent to 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 this host use the command set sysinfo syslog hostIPaddress set sysinfo email emailname IPaddress set sysinfo email joe 192 75 11 5 Define the user email address to receive printer and job logging information from a particular logpath on the Ethernet Interface emailname is the host or IP name of the user and Paddress is the IP address where the mail is stored on your network set sysinfo syslog hostIPaddress 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 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 169 Chapter 13 IMPORTANT 170 Complete Command List set sysinfo descramblekey hexvalue se
114. ormed in Bindery mode 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 in to 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 NetWare 4 x No PSERVER Connection Has the Ethernet Interface been power cycled once 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 can not 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 oxxxx where 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 pre defined destination queue rather than a name of your own By default the Ethernet Interface only recognizes names like dlprn All other names will be ignored by the device NOTE When the IPDS feature is installed queue name d4prn is not available 131 Chapter 8 Novell Troubleshooting Tips e The Ethernet I
115. ot including the file name in step c The final step available is to ask OS 2 support to install these ports 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 is displayed 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 queue on 10 11 12 the Ethernet Interface and it must be lowercase by default You will most likely use d1prn If the IPDS feature is installed queue name d4prn is not available Optionally click on Help to understand the other parameters and enter those values Click OK Click on Create The print queue is created and placed in the Printers folder or possibly on the OS 2 desktop Make sure LPRPORTD is running Type 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 likely want to put this command in your STARTUP CMD file or use the TCP IP Configuration tool to set it to autostart on boot up Any jobs sent to this queue will now be forwarded to the Ethernet Interface to be printed Using an OS 2 LPR Prin
116. ot 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 list Commands 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 Sets the new SNMP R W community name as the com name value set var variablename variablestring set var LANDSCAPE 0x1lb 0x26 0x6c 0x31 Ox4f set var FINISH FF PCL RST Define a new variable to be used in header trailer or switch strings on the Ethernet Interface and call it variablename variablestring can 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 FF set var from default Set all variable settings back to factory defaults set var from stored Set all current variable settings to the values stored in flash memory 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 you will need to
117. ote command i e rsh rcmd remsh and telnet execution services This is done using an access list similar in function to the Unix rhosts file To view the current access list on the print server NOTE Access list settings are not configurable through the HTML forms provided with the Ethernet Interface 1 Starta Telnet session with the Ethernet Interface Syntax telnet EthernetInterfacelPaddress 2 Login as root and press ENTER at the password prompt since there is no password by default or your password for your home set 3 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 hostlPaddress is the IP address of a TCP IP host on your network and networkaddress is the address of a subnet on your network 179 Chapter 14 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 to have access pl
118. 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 Unix 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 2 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 3 Click on the SUBMIT button when done and physically repower the print server to make sure the new setting is in effect 103 Chapter 7 Unix Host Configuration Unix Host Configuration There may be times when you would prefer to or have to perform the manual setup steps for a new printer definition There may also be times when you 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 me
119. pplications that direct TCP to send keep alive transmissions The default frequency is after about two hours of inactivity 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 6400 printers the MTU size is fixed at 1024 bytes The value cannot be adjusted 139 Chapter 10 Configuring PSF for MVS to Print IPDS Files 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 specifies the IP address of the NIC Here is an example of a successful ping command EZA04581 Ping V3R1 Pinging host 9 99 12 33 Use ATTN to interrupt EZA04631 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 9
120. print server you want to print to 2 Ethernet Interface destination queue A pre defined name on the print server telling the device which I O port to send the jobs to You will most likely use dlprn for the PRN NOTE When the IPDS feature is installed queue name d4prn is not available 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 N Oak WD Printing from AIX If ibm6400 does not appear in 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 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 filled in b In the HOSTNAME field type in the hostname or IP address of the printer NIC c In the QUEUE field type in one of the 4 possible print queue names found on the printer NIC d1prn d2prn d3prn and d4prn are the four default LPD print
121. 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 d4prn is not available 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 At the command prompt enter enq A to view the print queues just entered Enter qprt Pqueuename filename to send a job to the printer 107 Chapter 7 Unix Host Configuration 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 2 Open an FTP session with the Ethernet Interface Syntax ftp EthernetInterfaceIPaddress 3 Login as root 4 Atthe password prompt press ENTER since there is no default password 5 Change to the dest directory Syntax cd dest 6 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 forthe PRN port NOTE When the IPDS feature is installed queue name d4prn is not available 7 Change to this destination directory Example cd diprn 8 Change the mode to correspond with the type of file you are going
122. r HTTP Problem eese 93 Windows NT 4 0 Host Setup Problems 94 7 Unix Configuration essessss 97 CWeIVIQW ccrte Eo nee based i eh ee 97 Unix Environment Description eeeeeee 97 Unix Ethernet Interface Configuration usssss 99 Man atoty pese mettere rt E EE Eee be dann 99 8an aT PME EIE 99 lJsirig ARE ii eie iad tete Peel 99 Using RARDP etit ret oer 101 Using BOOTP 2 nce eet eee te eere 102 Communicating Across Routers 103 Table of Contents Unix Host Configuration 104 Manual System V Host Setup sess 104 Manual LPR LPD Host Setup ssessesssss 104 Printitigifrom AX iro i P afe 106 Printing with ETP sec aac tt eere taies 108 Direct Socket Printing sss 109 Unix Troubleshooting Tips eeeeenne 109 Ethernet Interface Will Not Talk on the Network 110 INothing Prihts oui epe Rex eiie 111 Stair Stepped Output sssssssssss 111 No Form Feed or Extra Page Comes Out 112 TCP IP Access Problem sse 113 Web Browser HTTP Problem eseeeeeee 114 AIX Print Queue Times Out ssssssss 115 8 Novell Configuration 117 OVeIVIOW ret pete coc teu e ein pede adde 117 Novell En
123. retries up to the limit specified by CONNINTYV 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 Port Switching Printer Sharing NOTE PSF MVS supports two other methods of printer sharing which are not applicable to IBM 6400 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 ports Port Switching Printer Sharing To support printer sharing IBM 6400 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 time
124. ridges 2 Verify that the AS 400 line description is varied on and the printer is turned on and displays a status of READY 3 Verify that the AS 400 TCP IP is active 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 1 The TCP list must have an entry added to grant access to this workstation 2 Allentries 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 operator panel to access the menu See the Setup Guide for configuration menu information From the Operator Print Test 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 179 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 46 TCP IP Access Problem To reset all TCP IP values to the factory defaults when access is impossible 1 Obtain a printer configuration printout using the operator panel See the Setup Guide for confi
125. rnet Interface from your Windows station If not please refer to Ethernet Interface Will Not Talk on the Network above Have you used the correct URL for the Ethernet Interface homepage It should be http EthernetInterfaceIPaddress e g http 192 75 11 9 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 Will Not Talk on the Network above 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 LPR Compatible Printer dialogue box If SO did you also enter it in lowercase letters Can Not 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 Printer Errors when Printing or No Output e Is there a large job currently printing taking up all of the printer r
126. rnetaddress ip ipaddress ts timeserver to timezone Example spike sm 255 255 255 0 hd usr null1 bf null gw 192 75 11 1 ht ethernet ha 008072070060 ip 192 75 11 9 ts 192 75 11 7 to 25200 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 102 Communicating Across Routers 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 following one of the Ethernet Interface configuration methods mentioned other than the BOOTP method you will most likely 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 In order to communicate across a router it is best to store a default router gateway within the print server so that any
127. s NT 4 0 Host Setup Printer Ports Digital Network Port HP JetDirect Port Lexmark DLC Network Port Lexmark TCP IP Network Port Local Port LPR Port Printronix TCP IP Printer Port 5 Double click on LPR Port If LPR Port is not listed it means that Microsoft TCP IP Printing service is not installed Add LPR compatible printer 6 In the Name or address of server providing Ipd box enter the IP address of the Ethernet Interface adapter In the Name of printer or print queue on that server box enter diprn NOTE When the IPDS feature is installed queue name d4prn is not available 83 Chapter 6 Windows Host Configuration Add Printer Wizard Generic IBM Graphics Spin L Generic IBM Graphics Spin wide 7 Select the Generic Text only printer driver or install the 6400 driver The generic driver is good for troubleshooting installation problems The network administrator can always go back and install the 6400 driver at a later time Add Printer Wizard 8 In the Printer Name box enter a name for this printer 84 Windows NT 4 0 Host Setup Add Printer Wizard 9 Determine if the printer is shared with other network users If it is shared the share name and the operating system must be selected Add Printer Wizard e 10 Print a Windows test page 11 If there are any problems during or after installation see Windows NT 4 0 Host Setup Problems
128. s Not Successful sssssssssess 147 Ping is Successt l u itte e tte ret 148 11 Monitoring IBM 6400 Printers 149 The IBM 6400 Printer Management Model 149 Implementing Printer Management 149 Agent Manager Model eene 150 MIB ciue Dcindc 150 SNMB 3 zit te pi ie bee 152 Monitoring Tools eeeeseeennn enne 152 OS 2 TCP IP uei ideae rotae tte eo Gea ek 152 Monitoring with AIX NetView 6000 seese 153 Setting the SNMP Community Name 153 12 IBM Network Printer Manager 155 13 SCOMMANOS s sea uocant UU ended deve toants 157 Command Shell Overview sssssseeee 157 npsh Access Methods 157 Main npsh Command Prefixes ssssuss 157 Getting Command Help sese 158 Complete Command List sseeeeeee 159 store Commands sse eere 159 set Commands merreni iiiki raida iiaiai anai N Eain 163 list Commands sse 171 debug Commands essere 173 Miscellaneous Commands ssseesss 174 Table of Contents 14 Extra Features ucc 177 Ethernet Interface Security esses 177 Users and Passwords esee 177 TOPAccess Lists iiiu ae ia 179 Printer Monitoring and Logging
129. s of the NIC Do not set the AS 400 interface address to the same address as the NIC IP address Also do not add the NIC 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 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 7 System BLDD60 Internet address 9 99 15 188 Subnet mask suueuee 255 255 255 0 Line description sss ETHLAN Linietype So ous gt ELAN Interface statUS cee eee ee Inactive Type of service 200 0s gt NORMAL Maximum transmission unit gt LIND Automatic start cece eee YES Figure 7 Example ADDTCPIFC Interface 52 Configuring an AS 400 TCP IP Interface with ADDTCPIFC The following parameters must be specified Internet Address Internet address of the AS 400 Ethernet LAN adapter NOTE Do not use the IP address of the NIC 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 35 Each AS 400 LAN adapter will have its
130. s 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 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 137 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 147 Chapter 10 Handling MVS Connectivity Problems You cannot change the MTU size on an IBM 6400 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 Ping is Successful A successful ping usually indicates that the MVS system can communicate with the printer however you might recei
131. s 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 69 Chapter 5 AS 400 Troubleshooting AS 400 Troubleshooting Use this section to resolve problems configuring AS 400 on TCP IP networks Printer Cannot Be PINGed If you have problems ping ing the printer e Verify the configuration of AS 400 including the printer and any intervening devices such as routers and bridges e Verify that the AS 400 line description is varied on and the printer is turned on and displays a status of READY e 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 e Code 10 means an incorrect RMTSYS V3R1 or V3R6 or RMTLOCNAME V3R2 V3R7 or V4R1 has been specified for the printer e Code 15 means that PSF 400 timed out waiting for the printer s response You should check the value you entered for Activation Timer when using WRKAFP2 V3R1 or V8R6 CRTPSFCFG V3R2 or CRTDEVPRT V3R7 or V4R1 e Codes 20 39 indicate a general communications failure Make sure all of the components in your n
132. s 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 4 Printer Sharing AS 400 Recommended Version Where Set Parameter Value Description V3R2 CRTPSFCFG RLSTMR NORDYF Specifies the point at which the CHGPSFCFG 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 67 Chapter 5 Sharing the AS 400 Printer on the Network Table 4 Printer Sharing continued AS 400 Version Where Set Parameter Recommended Value Description V3R2 CRTPSFCFG CHGPSFCFG ACTRLSTMR SEC15 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 V3R2 CRTPSFCFG CHGPSF
133. st communicate with the Ethernet Interface across a router Consult your network administrator to obtain the proper value for this parameter To configure the gateway address see Configuration Tools on page 21 OS 2 Workstation Configuration OS 2 must use the TCP IP LPR protocol in order to send jobs to the Ethernet Interface to be printed This section will explain how to use the LPR command and how to setup an OS 2 print queue which will forward jobs to the printer using the LPR protocol Using the LPR Command At an OS 2 command prompt enter lpr s ip address p EthernetInterface queue filename NOTE This name must be the name of an existing destination queue on the Ethernet Interface and it must be lowercase by default You will most likely use d1prn Troubleshooting Check the IP information on both the Ethernet Interface and the OS 2 station for correctness Make sure the Ethernetlnterface queue is actually defined on the Ethernet Interface and that you are spelling it correctly 28 Using an OS 2 LPR Print Queue NOTE During Power Up the printer performs an interface hardware test The presence of the Ethernet Interface menu selections at the printer operator panel indicates that the Ethernet Interface hardware is functioning properly See the Setup Guide for configuration menu information Using an OS 2 LPR Print Queue This section describes how to setup an OS 2 Warp 4 print queue to print to the Ethern
134. t Interface with no configuration or IP address loaded Extensive built in command shell within the Ethernet Interface Portable Document Format Encodes different types of documents enabling them to be read across multiple platforms Standard command to test a TCP IP connection e g ping 192 75 11 9 Three stage path a print job takes when it is sent from a host to a printer through the Ethernet Interface 187 Chapter 15 Glossary 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 Ethernet Interface continuously polls the Novell file server print queue looking for print jobs RAM Random Access Memory Volatile memory within the Ethernet Interface 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 d
135. t 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 n 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 respond Yes to save the configuration changes 9 Atthe OS 2 command prompt enter tcpstart to restart TCP Troubleshooting NOTE During Power Up the printer performs an interface hardware test The presence of the Ethernet Interface menu selections at the printer operator panel indicates that the Ethernet Interface hardware is functioning properly See the Setup Guide for configuration menu information Check the IP information on both the Ethernet Interface and OS 2 station for correctness Make sure the value in step 8 is actually defined on the Ethernet Interface See Configuration Tools on page 21 to determine how to verify this Verify also that you are spelling the printer name correctly Verify that LPRPORTD is running 31 Chapter 3 OS 2 Workstation Configuration TCP IP Access Problem If you can ping the printer from a workstation but you cannot Web browse Telnet or print to the pri
136. t buffer any data when there is a blocked situation with the printer Normally it is best to have both keepalive and disbufmgmt enabled store tcpip tcp access root add del IPaddress store tcpip tcp access add 192 75 11 25 Add or remove an entry from the Ethernet Interface TCP access list defined by IPaddress f the list has an entry only this host can print to and remotely interact with the print server store tcpip proxy add del targetIPaddress 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 be sure to issue a Save command so the current settings get written to flash memory set date year month day 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 being 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 163 Chapter 13 Complete Command List set dest destination name newname set dest dlprn name laser Change the current name of the destination to a new name as ind
137. t sysinfo descramblekey 1234 Set the key value used for descrambling print jobs that have passed through Printronix npscramble utility on a TCP IP host This key is a four digit hexadecimal value obtained from the host software npscramble Within the npscramble source code there is a variable called SR KEY which contains the default key value This can be changed to any four digit value you would like set sysinfo module novell netbios 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 time hours minutes seconds set time 10 30 Set the current time noting the hours based on the 24 hour system and the minutes and seconds ranging from 0 through 59 If the Ethernet Interface is reset this value will be lost so you will need to set the time again set user add del username set user add eng Add or remove a user on the Ethernet Interface defined by username Be careful not to 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 password 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 user type username root guest set user type eng root Assign ro
138. t 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 6 37 Chapter 4 Configuring AS 400 for ASCII using TCP IP System BLDD6 Internet address 9 99 15 188 Subnet mask suuuee 255 255 255 0 Line description Less ETHLAN Linetype sess Elan Interface statUS cee eee eee Inactive Type of service 20000e Normal Maximum transmission unit Lind Automatic start 000 eee Yes Figure 6 Example ADDTCPIFC Interface The following parameters must be specified Internet Address Internet address of the AS 400 Ethernet LAN adapter NOTE Do not use the IP address of the NIC 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 35 NOTE Each AS 400 LAN adapter will have its own line description 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 38 Configuring a Local Domain and Hostname Configuring a Local Domain an
139. t the problem may be with your Ethernet Interface configuration Ethernet Interface Will Not Talk on the Network 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 Currently the print server can only be seen locally unless you configured a routing entry earlier 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 says it knows nothing about this so you may need to try the configuration process again DANGER lt 4 gt Do not connect or disconnect any communication port teleport attachment connector or power cord during an electrical storm lt 5 gt Power off the printer and disconnect the power cord before connecting or disconnecting communication port teleport or attachment cable connector 89 Chapter 6 90 Windows Troubleshooting Tips 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 Ethe
140. tcpip route add net 192 75 12 0 1 store tcpip route del net 192 75 12 9 1 Add or delete a static route to a particular TCP IP host or subnet specified by Paddress 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 details store tcpip route add del default routerIPaddress ifnum store tcpip route add default 192 75 11 1 1 Store a default router gateway defined by routerlPaddress 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 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 162 set Commands store tcpip tcp opts keepalive disbufmgmt store tcpip tcp opts keepalive disbufmgmt Control whether the Ethernet Interface maintains a connection with a host when data can not be accepted into its buffer Normally the keepalive feature is enabled so when the printer can not accept data the print job connection is maintained and continued once the situation clears If disbufmgmt is disabled i e the Ethernet Interface will no
141. te manipulate these printing objects 4 From Available Options menu select Print Queues In Print Queues menu press INSERT to add a new queue to the list of queues Type in any desired name of this queue press ENTER then specify its queue volume when prompted 128 10 Select Print queues assigned then press INSERT From the 13 14 15 16 18 19 20 NetWare Version 4 x RPRINTER Setup Press ESC to return to the Available Options menu Select Printers In Printers menu press INSERT to add a new printer to the list of printers Type in any name desired e g 6400p then press ENTER Select this newly created printer to bring up the Printer printername Configuration menu Select Printer type and then select Other Unknown Object Class menu select the previously created print queue to be associated with this printer Press ESC saving changes if asked to until you return to the Available Options menu Select Print Servers to bring up the Print Servers menu Either select the existing print server name as specified in step 1 above or press INSERT to create this print server and enter the print server name as specified in step 1 above then select this new print server e g PServer In the Print Server Information menu select Printers In the Serviced Printers menu press INSERT then select the printer name as specified in step 8 above e g 6400p In t
142. ted decimal notation Do not specify a hostname in place of the dotted decimal address 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 Start TCP IP 2 Power on the printer 3 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 e 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 144 JES Spool Printer Sharing where printer name specifies the name of the printer FSA Then you can turn off power to the printer e 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 Resolving IPDS Printing Problems 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 M
143. ter 3 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 64 Configuring PSF 400 for IPDS on V3R7 and Above Remote Location RMTLOCNAME Enter the IP address or hostname of the printer 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 Verifying the IPDS Configuration on AS 400 To test IPDS printing 1 If it is not already on vary on the 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 Turn the pri
144. that the print server is in fact configured with an IP address A faster rate says it knows nothing about this so you may need to try the configuration process again DANGER lt 4 gt Do not connect or disconnect any communication port teleport attachment connector or power cord during an electrical storm lt 5 gt Power off the printer and disconnect the power cord before connecting or disconnecting communication port teleport or attachment cable connector 110 Nothing Prints 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 Nothing Prints Can you ping the Ethernet Interface from your Unix station If not please refer to Ethernet Interface Will Not Talk on the Network 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 2 Enter the command start fox prn 3 Execute stop prn right after starting the test 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 operator panel showing any activity
145. 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 printer is not turned on This message is a communication failure between the NT server and the Ethernet Interface card Check cabling IP address settings gateway etc 94 Windows NT 4 0 Host Setup Problems e Test page does not print or prints garbage 1 Is the printer online Re send test page 2 The print queue name in step 6 should be d1prn however the name can be changed To verify the queue names print an Ethernet Test Page Refer to your Setup Guide for information NOTE When the IPDS feature is installed queue name d4prn is not available 3 The Printronix NT print driver requires P Series emulation active on the printer The Generic Text driver should print in any printer emulation 4 Delete then re install Microsoft TCP IP Print service on the server 95 Chapter 6 Windows Troubleshooting Tips 96 Unix Configuration Overview This chapter details a complete Unix setup including 1 Configuring the Ethernet Interface with its mandatory TCP IP settings i e IP address and subnet mask 2 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 multipl
146. tinations 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 79 Chapter 6 Windows Host Configuration Windows Host Configuration This section covers Windows NT Windows 95 and Windows 3 1 new printer setups 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 on Printers 3 Select Create a Printer from the Printer menu to display the dialogue box in Figure 14 Create Printer Printer Name Driver rewia sovna A Description Pm Eoo 8 CO Share this printer on the network Details Share Name Location Figure 14 Create a Printer Dialogue Box 4 Define a name to represent this print setup and select the appropriate driver for the printer that will be used in this setup For printer driver choose generic text or Epson FX1050 or Proprinter based on print need 5 Under the Print To field select Other 80 Windows NT 4 0 Host Setup 6 Select LPR Port from the list that displays and click OK to bring up a dialogue box similar to the one found in Figure 15 Add LPH compatible printer Hana m aiba nb mra parrejdmg Hid Moe b prie qw
147. tion menu information If you can ping the Ethernet Interface IP address but can not access the web pages perform the following procedure to verify the Ethernet Interface HTTP is turned on 33 Chapter 3 OS 2 Workstation Configuration 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 If you are still experiencing difficulty accessing or browsing the printer contact technical support for further assistance 34 4 Overview AS 400 Configuration for an ASCII Printer This chapter details a complete AS 400 configuration setup including 1 Developing Line Descriptions with CRTLINETH 2 Configuring the AS 400 for TCP IP 3 Configuring the AS 400 for Printing 4 Verifying Printing of 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 This is required for Release V3R2 and V3R7 If a line description already exists make sure the SSAP list includes default options AA and 12 You
148. tivate 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 IBM recommends SEC15 Configuring PSF with CRTDEVPRT on V3R7 and Above This section describes how to create a printer device description 1 At the 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 12 134 USRDFNOBJ AFP 6400NETPRT PSFCFG TEXT IBM 6400 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 60 2 Acompleted screen looks like the example shown in Figure 11 62 Configuring PSF 400 for IPDS on V3R7 and Above Display Device Description 5716SS1 V3R7M0 961108 Device Description ODIIOT 2 ote E ats Category of device Device class Less Device type s esee Device model sse LAN attachment 555 User defined object Libraty orc RR s Objecttype enne pee
149. 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 9 Place the file to be printed within this directory on the Ethernet Interface so it can be spooled and printed Syntax put filename 108 Direct Socket Printing 10 Close the FTP session unless you have more jobs to print Syntax quit 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 you want to print to 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 Unix Troubleshooting Tips NOTE During Power Up the printer performs an interface hardware test Th
150. tored in flash memory store rprinter add del printservername printernumber destination 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 the queue on the Ethernet Interface where the print jobs will be sent to store tcpip ifnum addr IPaddress store tcpip 1 addr 192 75 11 9 Store the IP address for the Ethernet Interface store tcpip ifnum mask netmask store tcpip 1 mask 255 255 255 0 Store the subnet mask for the Ethernet Interface store tcpip ifnum opts rarp bootp store tcpip 1 opts rarp bootp Enable or disable the automatic RARP and BOOTP 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 or BOOTP for new settings 161 Chapter 13 Complete Command List store tcpip ifnum frametype ethernet2 802 2snap store tcpip 1 frametype ethernet2 802 2snap Control which frame type s is supported with the TCP IP protocol By default both Ethernet 2 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 tcpip route add del host net IPaddress ifnum store
151. ttp 192 75 11 9 23 Chapter 2 Configuration Tools The Ethernet Interface HTML structure is divided into several menus as shown in Figure 3 Index Home Home Page Menu About Configuration Status Help Network L I O Port Print Path I O Port HTTP Administration System Figure 3 Ethernet Interface HTML Structure NOTE Online help is available for all HTML pages 24 HTML Forms Printer Status Screen Using the printer IP Address and any standard web browser you can check the status of the printer Figure 4 shows the exact state of the printer by showing the printer LCD message Figure 4 WWW Printer Status Screen 25 Chapter 2 26 Configuration Tools Configuration Alternatives Besides the HTML forms and software provided the Ethernet Interface internal command shell npsh can also be reached using these methods 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 in to 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 re
152. ug Commands list rprinter List any current RPRINTER definitions list time List the current time on the Ethernet Interface list date List the current date on the Ethernet Interface list test List the status of output tests on the I O ports list key List the license details and license key number 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 debug Commands The debug set of commands help troubleshoot problems that may occur on the Ethernet Interface Some of the output may be cryptic but it helps when troubleshooting debug tcp List TCP stack statistics debug ip List IP stack statistics debug netbios List NetBIOS i e Windows 95 and WfW statistics debug mem List statistics from the Ethernet Interface memory module debug lpq List statistics from the queue module debug io List statistics from the I O port module 173 Chapter 13 Complete Command List debug eeprom List ROM contents debug nif List network interface statistics 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 b
153. uring 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 npsh printer web page or from the operator panel 2 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 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 Configuration using the Printer Operator Panel The Ethernet Interface settings can be set from the printer operator panel The procedure is described below When the printer is first powered on the message ETHERNET ADAPTER IS BEING INITIALIZED displays on the operator panel This process takes about two minutes Make sure not to change the Ethernet Interface settings while this message is displayed to prevent a loss of Ethernet Interface configuration information When the initialization is complete the message ETHERNET ADAPTER IS READY displays and the Ethernet Interface settings may be safely changed from the operator panel You can set any of three listed parameters from the operator panel These parameters are located in the Ethernet Parameters menu The available par
154. us any individual hosts specified in the list Printer Monitoring and Logging One of the key aspects of maintaining a computing environment is monitoring printer status and logging this information to useful places The Ethernet Interface allows this through its built in HTML forms command set and logpaths Printer and Print Job Monitoring To view the current status of an I O port on the Ethernet Interface two methods are available 1 Selecting 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 2 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 7 describes some of the common terms you may encounter 180 Printer Logging Through Logpaths Table 7 Key Printer Logging Terms Term Description idle There is no job queued for the Ethernet Interface l 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
155. uszug aus dem EMVG vom 9 Nov 92 Para 3 Abs 4 Hinweis Dieses Genehmigungsverfahren ist von der Deutschen Bundespost noch nicht ver ffentlict worden This document contains proprietary information protected by copyright No part of this document may be reproduced copied translated or incorporated in any other material in any form or by any means whether manual graphic electronic mechanical or otherwise without the prior written consent of IBM IBM makes no representations or warranties of any kind regarding this material including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose IBM shall not be held responsible for errors contained herein or any omissions from this material or for any damages whether direct or indirect incidental or consequential in connection with the furnishing distribution performance or use of this material The information in this manual is subject to change without notice Trademark Acknowledgements 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 Ethernet Frontier Technologies FTP Softw
156. ve reset 3 After approximately 5 minutes point your browser to the Ethernet Interface IP address The printer web pages should now be accessible If you are still experiencing difficulty accessing or browsing the printer contact technical support for further assistance AIX Print Queue Times Out If the AIX print queue is timing out when sending print jobs edit the qconfig file in the etc directory by adding a T5 to the backend definition for the 6400 print queue 115 Chapter 7 Unix Troubleshooting Tips 116 8 Novell Configuration Overview This chapter details a complete Novell setup including 1 Identifying the Ethernet Interface on the network 2 Configuring the Ethernet Interface with its mandatory print setup settings 3 Configuring a new print queue on the file server Novell Environment Description The Ethernet Interface supports network printing under Novell environments by using IPX It supports all 3 1X versions of NetWare Figure 17 provides a Novell setup overview Version 4 1X is supported under bindery emulation only 117 Chapter 8 Novell Ethernet Interface Configuration NetWare 4 1 File Server NetWare Workstation NetWare z Workstation 7 B NetWare 4 1 NetWare Workstation File eT C E NetWare Workstation Bridge Router Figure 17 Novell Inte
157. ve 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 148 ll monitoring IBM 6400 Printers The IBM 6400 Printer Management Model This chapter describes the IBM printer management model and several different tools which can be used to monitor network printers NOTE See the NPM online help for information about monitoring using NPM Use this chapter if you want to install a network management system and need to understand IBM s use of network printer management capabilities with the SNMP agent on the NIC Implementing Printer Management Printer management includes the follo
158. vironment Description eseeeeeesee 117 Novell Ethernet Interface Configuration 118 Using HTML Forms eeeeeeeene 119 Novell Host Configuration sssenee 120 NetWare Version 3 x PSERVER Setup 120 NetWare Version 3 x RPRINTER Setup 122 NetWare Version 4 x PSERVER Setup 124 NetWare Version 4 x RPRINTER Setup 127 Novell Troubleshooting Tips 130 NetWare 3 x No PSERVER Connection 130 NetWare 4 x No PSERVER Connection 131 9 InfoPrint Manager Configuration 133 InfoPrint Manager eeseeeem 133 Defining Printers to InfoPrint Manager 134 10 MVS Configuration for an IPDS Printer 135 VEIVICWs iets seis ET 135 Requirements nnns 135 Table of Contents Configuration Checklist sss 135 Configuring PSF for MVS to Print IPDS Files 136 Configuration Procedure sese 136 Verifying a TCP IP Attached Printer on MVS 144 Sharing IBM 6400 Printers on MVS 145 JES Spool Printer Sharing ssssss 145 Port Switching Printer Sharing sssssss 147 Handling MVS Connectivity Problems sss 147 Ping i
159. wing tasks e Monitoring the status of network printers e Responding to alarms Gathering statistics on printer operations The three elements of network printer monitoring and management are e Agent manager model MIB the management information database e SNMP the protocol used to get management information 149 Chapter 11 The IBM 6400 Printer Management Model 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 NICs and printers e Agents are utilities that reside on devices such as a NIC that respond through SNMP to management requests for information The information is stored in a MIB Management Information Base MIB A MIB is a management information base that contains information a device makes available to SNMP The MIB describes information about actual objects to be managed and controlled There are many different MIBs defined Standards of IBM 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 IBM Printer MIB gives the network manager access to most of the information that is normally accessible through the NIC command set
160. www ietf cnri reston va us lid abstracts html 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 NICs and other devices on the network This is done through a Network Management Station NMS such as IBM NetView Monitoring Tools 152 Many tools can be used to monitor printers with SNMP agents One of these tools is IBM 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 tbl Monitoring with AIX NetView 6000 Monitoring with AIX NetView 6000 The IBM 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
161. xecuted 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 157 Chapter 13 Command Shell Overview Getting Command Help The Ethernet Interface command shell provides several online help tools These include 2 Command Typing when logged in to the command shell will produce a full listing of all commands available 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 158 store Commands Complete Command List 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 i num in any nosh commands you should substitute a 1 unless told otherwise This 1 represents the one network interface i e Ethernet supported 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 store ifc 1 utp li Modify the physical UTP interface properties where li enables link integrity and rx enables the i
162. yslog A central TCP IP host running the SYSLOG daemon This host is set using the set sysinfo syslog Paddress 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 set model m1 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 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 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 set model model stty onlcr descramble xtab tablength none set model m3 stty onlcr Control extra job processing done by the model The processing options are onlcr Carriage return insertion for Unix text jobs Adds carriage returns to text jobs with solitary linefeeds This will prevent stair stepped output or output running off the right side of the page 166 set C
163. ystem Give a detailed description of the problem How often and when does the problem occur Pak wD Give 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 e Has the Ethernet Interface been power cycled once 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 e Is the Ethernet Interface already servicing a queue on another file server If so it can not service another file server at the same time e 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 xxx where xxxxxx equals the last six digits of its Ethernet address on the configuration printout 130 NetWare 4 x No PSERVER Connection When defining a new printer name within PCONSOLE did you use a pre defined destination queue from the Ethernet Interface rather than a name of your own By default the Ethernet Interface only recognizes names like dlprn All other names will be ignored by the device NOTE When the IPDS feature is installed queue name d4prn is not available The Ethernet Interface only supports Bindery mode when acting as a PSERVER Make sure all PCONSOLE setup is perf

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