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1. OKI B6250 panne SOLUTION Network User s Guide 59306701 Copyright Information Copyright 2008 by Oki Data Americas Inc All Rights Reserved Document Information B6250 Network Guide P N 59306701 Revision 1 0 Disclaimer Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this document is complete accurate and up to date The manufacturer assumes no responsibility for the results of errors beyond its control The manufacturer also cannot guarantee that changes in software and equipment made by other manufacturers and referred to in this guide will not affect the applicability of the information in it Mention of software products manufactured by other companies does not necessarily constitute endorsement by the manufacturer While all reasonable efforts have been made to make this document as accurate and helpful as possible we make no warranty of any kind expressed or implied as to the accuracy or completeness of the information contained herein The most up to date drivers and manuals are available from the web site http www okiprintingsolutions com Trademark Information Oki and Microline are registered trademarks of Oki Electric Industry Company Ltd Apple Macintosh and Mac OS are registered trademarks of Apple Computers Inc Microsoft MS DOS and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Other product names and bran2. The printer can be managed via a standard SNMP management station The printer supports SNMP v1 SNMP v2c MIB II Host Resources MIB Printer MIB and OKI Data Private MIB PRECAUTIONS AND LIMITATIONS ON USING TCP IP This section explains the precautions and limitations of using this printer with TCP IP Setting Up the Printer e Be very careful in setting up IP addresses which are controlled as an entire system Consult your network administrator before performing any setup on IP addresses e Depending on the network environments some require subnet mask and gateway to be set up Consult your network administrator and set up the necessary items Setting Up the Computer e Be very careful in setting up IP addresses which are controlled as an entire system Consult your network administrator before performing any setup on IP addresses e Before performing any network setup such as the IP address to a host running under NIS Network Information Service consult the NIS administrator When setting a UNIX workstation note the following also B6250 Network Guide gt 28 The setup procedures and commands may vary according to different versions of OS Refer to the manuals that came with the workstation for the details To setup the printer the user must be a superuser Contact your network administrator to perform the setup if you do not have the authority of a superuser The print language mode is determined by the printer
3. Wizard appears 8 Click Next and provide the following information Enter Printer name or IP address for example 172 168 1 31 If B6250 Network Guide gt 11 the above IP address is entered the Port Name will default to IP_172 168 1 31 9 Click Next Additional Port Information Required displayed 10 Under Device Type select Custom then Settings 11 Ensure Protocol is set to LPR 12 Ensure Queue Name is Ip and SNMP Status Enabled is deselected 13 Click OK 14 Follow on screen instructions to finish installing the printer Port 9100 1 Select Start Settings Control Panel Printers and Other Hardware Select Printers and Faxes Click Add Printer and then click Next Select Local printer attached to this computer clear the Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer check box and then click Next 5 Select Create a New Port and select Type Standard TCP IP Port Click Next Welcome to the Add Standard TCP IP Printer Port Wizard appears 8 Click Next and provide the following information Enter Printer name or IP address for example 172 168 1 31 If the above IP address is entered the Port Name will default to IP_172 168 1 31 9 Click Next Additional Port Information Required is displayed 10 Under Device Type select Custom then Settings 11 Ensure Protocol is set to Raw 12 Ensure Port Number is 9100 and SNMP S
4. model and configuration Before setting a UNIX workstation check the available languages modes To specify multiple entries for the logical printer make sure each printer entry is assigned its own unique spool directory If a single spool directory is used for multiple printer entries the printer select option may not function correctly PRINTING FROM WINDOWS Take note of the following when printing from Windows In the spool mode if the print data is bigger than the remaining capacity of the hard disk or the memory at the point of receiving the data will not be received by the printer NOTE gt Some client computers may re send immediately when the print data has exceeded the receiving capacity When this occurs the client appears as if it has crashed To rectify this situation the client computer must be stopped from sending print data In the non spool mode printing will commence once data starts to be received by the printer Therefore if the printer has accepted a print request from a computer it will not receive another print request from another computer For PCL and DUMP the specification for the number of copies is invalid PRINTING FROM UNIX Take note of the following when printing from UNIX B6250 Network Guide gt 29 Print In the spool mode up to 32 files can be printed by one command Files that come after the 32nd file will be ignored An instruction with more than 32 files will be treate
5. the Local Area Connection Status dialogue box WINDOWS XP AND VISTA 1 Click the Start button and select Control Panel 2 Select Network and Internet Connection and Network Connection 3 Double click Local Area Connection and click Properties in the Location Area Connection Status dialogue box 4 If the Internet Protocol TCP IP is not listed click Install 5 In the Select Network Component Type dialogue box select Protocol then click Add 6 In the Select Network Protocol dialogue box select Internet Protocol TCP IP then click OK 7 The Windows XP installation CD ROM may be required Follow the remaining dialogue box prompts B6250 Network Guide gt 7 Once the protocol has been installed and configured in Windows the next step is to configure the TCP IP parameters in the network printer CONFIGURING AS A NETWORK PRINTER WINDOWS 95 98 ME When printing using TCP IP the Oki LPR utility is the only option to use The following procedure should be used When installing the driver ensure it is installed as a local printer and not a network printer Ensure the appropriate printer driver has been installed in Windows Install the Oki LPR utility as described in OKI LPR on page 14 of this manual and add the printer installed earlier WINDOWS NT 4 0 With Windows NT 4 0 you have two options for printing using TCP IP They are e Oki LPR e Microsoft LPR In order to use M
6. which has been sent to print Command Format cancel Printer name Job Number COMMAND OPTIONS The following command options are available B6250 Network Guide gt 19 Printer name This option specifies the printer name The cancel command can be effectively used with the combined use of a e and u as shown below This option is invalid in the non spool mode a Deletes all the print data sent by a user who issues this command from the data which has been received by a specified printer e Deletes all the print data received by a specified printer u user name Deletes all the print data sent by a specified user and received by a specified printer JOB NUMBER This option specifies the job number of the print data to be deleted These numbers can be checked by issuing a Ipstat command This option is invalid in the non spool mode Precautions e Print data that consists of multiple files sent in one print instruction cannot be deleted file by file All the files will be deleted at one go e This command will become invalid if it is executed without options having been specified or if there is no print data which matches the option e Aworkstation can only delete print data it has sent It cannot delete print data sent by other workstations e When a command to delete print data is received the file concerned will be deleted even if it is in the process of being printed Only the print data avail
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8. Enter a comma after C followed by the parameters which specify the output format To specify multiple parameters separate them with For example to output a file named file1 2 sided on A4 to printer P001 enter the following command lpr P POO1 C DUP A4 file Important gt Ifthe command specified by the C option exceeds 64 characters the operation may not function correctly PRINTING FROM A MACINTOSH COMPUTER PRINTING FROM A MACINTOSH COMPUTER This section explains the installation procedure for printing from a Macintosh computer SYSTEM CONFIGURATION As the printer supports EtherTalk and LPD protocol you can print from Macintosh NOTE gt Printing using the LPD protocol is available only with the Mac OS X TARGET COMPUTERS The printer supports a Macintosh or Power Macintosh with the following OS e Mac OS 10 2 and up SET UP PROCEDURE The setting procedure is as follows 1 Use the printer Operator Panel or EWS to set the following port to Enable B6250 Network Guide gt 27 gt The EWS allows more detailed settings 2 Setting up the Macintosh Install the printer driver Adobe PS for Macintosh Install the screen font if necessary Connect the printre to the network and select Add Printer via the printer setup utility or Printers and Faxes and the Plus button Select Other using the Print Menu and browse to select the B6250 ppd Add options installed on the printer SNMP SUPPORT
9. OKI LPR Utility NT 4 0 OKI LPR Utility Microsoft LPR 2000 XP Vista OKI LPR Utility Microsoft LPR Port 9100 These functions are built into Windows and are displayed as options when using the Add Printer Wizard Although there are some differences in configuration options between the various Windows platforms the procedure for printing using TCP IP is the same 1 Ensure that the TCP IP protocol has been installed in Windows This can be confirmed by checking the network settings from within the Operator Panel If TCP IP has not B6250 Network Guide gt 5 4 been installed refer to the section below Installation of TCP IP protocol If not already configured a suitable IP address Subnet Mask and Gateway address should be configured Please refer to the on line help if necessary It is vital that the IP address entered is unique and valid Entering an incorrect IP address may cause severe network problems Please check the address with the network administrator If your network environment uses domain names DNS should be enabled and configured on your system However this step is not essential to enable network printing Restart the operating system WINDOWS 95 98 Me 1 MN Click the Start button select Settings and then click Control Panel In the Control Panel double click on the Network icon In the Network dialogue box click Configuration Panel If the Client
10. TS pts Selects Plain paper PT1 pti Selects Heavy weight paper 1 PT2 pt2 Selects Heavy weight paper 2 POH poh Selects Transparency PRC prc Selects Recycled paper Specifying 2 sided Printing The following parameters can be specified PARAMETER DESCRIPTION DUP dup 2 sided printing as follows AB B6250 Network Guide gt 24 PARAMETER DESCRIPTION TUMBLE tumble 2 sided printing as follows AB CD SIMP simp 1 sided printing NOTE gt If several parameters are specified in one Ipr command data may not be printed correctly gt The system default is used if no parameter is specified gt Ifthe print data specifies 2 sided or 1 sided printing the specification by the data becomes valid and overrides that by C option Specifying Paper Size and 2 sided Printing Select a paper size and a binding type The following parameters can be specified PARAMETER DESCRIPTION 2 sided printing on A4 paper and long A4D a4d side binding A4T a4t 2 sided printing on A4 paper and short side binding A5D a5d 2 sided printing on A5 paper and long side binding A5T a5t 2 sided printing on A5 paper and short side binding B5D b5d 2 sided printing on 85 paper and long side binding B5T b5t 2 sided printing on B5 paper and short side binding NOTE gt If several parameters are specified in one Ipr command data may not be printed corr
11. UNIX acsecsissecedseascvsiess a aiya si sxe tied a creed cone sd erage ba weet dees 29 B6250 Network Guide gt 1 SUPPORTED ENVIRONMENT This printer can be connected to a network through the Ethernet interface The printer supports multiple protocols As a result one printer can be shared even from different network environments SUPPORTED OS AND ENVIRONMENT CONNECTION NETWORK PORT LPD PORT 9100 ETHERTALK PROTOCOL TCP IP TCP IP APPLETALK OS Windows 95 X X Windows 98 X X Windows Me X X Windows NT 4 0 X Windows 2000 Xx Xx Windows XP X X Windows Vista X X Windows Server X X 2003 UNIX xX xX Macintosh X X X NOTE When using Windows 95 98 Me use OKI LPR UNIX Filter are required to print PostScript data UNIX Filter is compatible with the OSs in Solaris HPUX and Linux Redhat SuSE Macintosh Supports Mac OS 10 02 or later B6250 Network Guide gt 2 Important e The EtherTalk port setting in this printer is disabled by default To use this port enable the setting on the Operator Panel CONFIGURATION The B6250 is a fast 100BASE TX 10BASE T network capable printer It supports major protocols such as TCP IP and Ethertalk This section details configuring the printer s network interface and should be done prior to configuring your computer IP ADDRESS The factory configuration is for the printer to obtain an IP address automatically from y
12. able prior to file deletion will be printed B6250 Network Guide gt 20 Sample To cancel the print data related to the files of printer POO1 Job number PO01 27 enter the following command cancel PO01 27 To cancel all the printer data of printer POO1 enter the following command cancel POO1 e INQUIRY LPSTAT The Ipstat command is used to inquire about the status of the printer Important In the non spool mode this function is available to Windows NT clients but not to Solaris clients Command Format Ipstat Option Command Options The following command options are available If no option is specified all the print data related information will be displayed The sequence of the options does not affect the outcome To use more than one argument at the same time separate them by commas and enclose all the arguments with E g lpstat u user1 user2 user3 o Printer name This option displays the print data received The printer name is specified in the argument t This option displays all the information B6250 Network Guide gt 21 u User name This option displays received print data information on users of specified user names v Printer name This option displays the printer name and the device path name The printer name is specified in the argument Precautions e Long file names will be truncated e Up to 64 print instruction information can be displayed e If
13. d by the printer as a print request of up to 32 files In the spool mode if the print data is bigger than the remaining capacity of the hard disk or the memory at the point of receiving the data will not be received by the printer NOTE gt Some client workstations may re send immediately when Delete the print data has exceeded the receiving capacity When this occurs the client workstation appears as if it has crashed To rectify this situation the client must be stopped from sending print data In the non spool mode multiple files can be printed by issuing one command Furthermore the number of files is not limited In the non spool mode printing will commence once the data starts to be received by the printer Therefore if the printer has accepted a print request from a client workstation it will not receive another print request from another client workstation Options such as m option not processed by the workstation which sends the print instructions will not be valid For PCL and DUMP the specification for the number of copies is invalid Print data which consists of multiple files sent in one print instruction cannot be deleted file by file All the files will be deleted at one go This command will become invalid if it is executed without options having been specified or if there is no print data which matches the option A workstation can only delete print data it has sent It cannot delete print
14. d names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their proprietors Regulatory Information Adobe the Adobe logo PostScript PostScript 3 and the PostScript logo are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated Microsoft Windows Windows NT Vista Windows Server are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Permission has been obtained from Microsoft Corporation for use of software screen shots PCL HP HP GL HP GL 2 and HP UX are registered trademarks of Hewlett Packard Corporation Netware is a registered trademark of Novel Inc in the United States and other countries Macintosh MacOS AppleTalk EtherTalk and TrueType are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc registered in the U S and other countries Intel and Pentium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries UNIX is a registered trademark of the Open Group in the United States and other countries Solaris SunOS and NIS Network Information Services are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States and other countries All product brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective holders TABLE OF CONTENTS SUPPORTED ENVIRONMENT ds 2 Supported OS and Environment ssie srrsiseunsiruni ernn eens 2 CONFIGURATION scien aa ara E aTa aad ta 3 IPADDRESS eicesecs diva ie ve fied cdee cdiest
15. data sent by other workstations B6250 Network Guide gt 30 e Print data which is in the process of printing may not be deleted Inquiry e Long file names will be truncated e Up to 64 print instructions can be displayed e If two or more types of print languages modes are set up on a single workstation identical job numbers may be displayed when an inquiry command is issued e Inthe non spool mode the client must be a Windows NT machine to use this option Others e When the IP address or the computer name of a workstation is changed the printer may not process inquiries or deletions correctly Make sure the printer is free of all spooled data and switch off on the printer NOTE e The function to stop eject print data spooled to the printer spool can be operated from the printer Operator Panel B6250 Network Guide gt 31
16. ectly B6250 Network Guide gt 25 gt The system default is used if no parameter is specified gt If the print data specifies 2 sided or 1 sided printing the specification by the data becomes valid and overrides that by C option Specifying Collation The following parameter can be specified PARAMETER DESCRIPTION COLLATE collate Sorts prints electronically NOTE gt For some print language the specification may be invalid Specifying Color and Print Modes The following color and print mode parameters can be specified PARAMETER DESCRIPTION CC cc Selects color for color mode and quality priority for print mode CB cb Selects color for color mode and speed priority for print mode GC gc Selects monochrome for color mode and quality priority for GB gb Selects monochrome for color mode and speed priority for AC ac Selects auto color monochrome for color mode and quality AB ab Selects auto color monochrome for color mode and speed NOTE gt If several parameters are specified in one Ipr command data may not be printed gt For some print language the specification may be invalid gt The system default is used if no parameter is specified gt The color setting is not available on this printer B6250 Network Guide gt 26 PRINTING To specify the output format of printing enter the following command C Parameter Parameter
17. for Microsoft Networks is not listed click Add In the Select Network Component Type dialogue box select Protocol then click Add In the Select Network Protocol dialogue box select Microsoft from the list of manufacturers then select TCP IP from the list of network protocols then click OK The Windows installation CD ROM may be required Follow the remaining dialogue box prompts WINDOWS NT 4 0 ae WN Click Start select Settings and then click Control Panel Double click the Network icon In the Network dialogue box click the Protocols tab If the TCP IP Protocol is not listed click Add In the Select Network Protocol dialogue box select TCP IP Protocol and click OK B6250 Network Guide gt 6 6 The Windows NT installation CD ROM may be required Follow the remaining dialogue box prompts WINDOWS 2000 1 Click the Start button select Settings and then click Network and Dial up Connections 2 Double click the Local Area Connection icon In the Local Area Connection Status dialogue box click Properties 3 In the Local Area Connection Properties dialogue box click Install 4 In the Select Network Component Type dialogue box select Protocol and click Add 5 In the Select Network Protocol dialogue box select TCP IP Protocol and click OK 6 Click Close button in the Local Area Connection Properties dialogue box 7 Click Close in
18. he printer in advance Be cautious as an incorrect IP address may cause severe errors e Before performing any network setup such as the IP address to a host running under NIS Network Information Service consult the NIS administrator EXAMPLES OF SETTINGS FOR SOLARIS 2 X The examples below show printer settings for Solaris 2 6 where the printer host name is printer1 1 1 Registering a printer printer name P001 supporting the PostScript language lpadmin p P0O1 s printer1 PS 2 2 Registering a printer printer name P002 supporting the PostScript language that feeds paper from an A4 size paper tray for duplex printing lpadmin p P002 s printeri PS A4_DUP B6250 Network Guide gt 17 3 Registering a logical PostScript printer PSO1 set using the EWS lpadmin p P003 s printer1 PSO1 NOTE gt Enter the host name and printer name of the remote host after s by linking with The printer name corresponds to the print language mode gt The output style may be specified at the same time The parameters for specifying a style are the same as those available for the C option As the example of 2 shows insert _ between the printer name and output parameters You can enter up to 14 characters gt If PS n or PLT nH is specified for the printer name as in the example of 3 however the printer does not operate normally with an output style different from the preset one gt Set a printer name cor
19. icrosoft LPR it must first be installed into your operating system NT 4 0 requires administrator privileges Oki LPR Please follow the procedure described in the Windows 95 98 Me section OKI LPR on page 14 Microsoft LPR To install this port the following needs to be carried out 1 Select Start Settings Control Panel and then select Printers Select Add Printer Wizard Select My Computer and then Next Select Add Port Select LPR Port and then OK we BON B6250 Network Guide gt 8 6 In Name or address of server providing Ipd type the host name or IP address of the host for the printer you are adding 7 In Name of printer or print queue on that server type the logical printer name Ip and then click OK 8 Follow the instructions on the screen to finish installing the LPR compatible printer If the LPR port is not available install the Microsoft TCP IP Printing Service Insert the printer driver for Windows NT4 0 1 Select Start Settings Control Panel and then double click the Network icon In the Network dialogue box click the Services tab If Microsoft TCP IP Printing is not listed click Add In the Select Network Service dialogue box select Microsoft TCP IP Printing and click OK 5 The Windows NT installation CD ROM may be required Follow the remaining dialogue box prompts WINDOWS 2000 Windows 2000 requires administrator privileges W
20. ith Windows 2000 there are four options for printing using TCP IP e Oki LPR e Microsoft LPR e Port 9100 e IPP In order to use Microsoft LPR it must first be installed on your system OKI LPR Please follow the procedure described in the Windows 95 98 Me section in OKI LPR on page 14 Microsoft LPR To install this port the following needs to be carried out B6250 Network Guide gt 9 1 Select Start Settings Control Panel and Printers 2 Open the Printers folder 3 Double click Add Printer and then select Next 4 Select Local Printer clear the Automatically detect my printer check box and then select Next 5 Select Create a new port and then LPR Port 6 Select Next and then provide the following information In Name or address of server providing LPD enter the host name or Internet Protocol IP address of the host for the printer you are adding In Name of printer or print queue on that server type Ip Follow the instructions on the screen to finish installing the TCP IP printer Port 9100 1 Select Start Settings Control Panel 2 Open the Printers folder 3 Double click Add Printer and then select Next 4 Select Local Printer clear the Automatically detect my printer check box and then click Next 5 Select Create a New Port and select Standard TCP IP Port 6 Select Next 7 The Welcome to the Add Standard TCP IP Printer Port Wizard wil
21. l appear 8 Select Next and provide the following information Enter Printer name or IP address for example 172 168 1 31 If the above IP address is entered the Port Name will default to IP_172 168 1 31 9 Select Next Additional port information will be required 10 Under Device Type select Custom then Settings 11 Ensure Protocol is set to Raw 12 Ensure Port Number is 9100 and SNMP Status Enabled is deselected B6250 Network Guide gt 10 13 Select OK 14 Select Follow the instructions on the screen to finish installing the printer WINDOWS XP AND VISTA Windows XP requires administrator privileges With Windows XP there are four options for printing using TCP IP e Oki LPR e Microsoft LPR e Port 9100 e IPP In order to use Microsoft LPR it must first be installed on your system OKI LPR Please follow the procedure described in the Windows 95 98 Me in OKI LPR on page 14 Microsoft LPR To install this port the following needs to be carried out 1 Select Start Settings Control Panel Printers and Other Hardware 2 Select Printers and Faxes Click Add Printer then select Next Select Local printer attached to this computer clear the Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer check box and then click Next 5 Select Create a New Port and Type Standard TCP IP Port Click Next 7 Welcome to the Add Standard TCP IP Printer Port
22. network software which supported TCP IP printing on Windows Me Windows 98 and Windows 95 It redirects print data from the LPR port to the specified IP address INSTALLING THE OKI LPR UTILITY The OKI LPR utility requires that the TCP IP protocol be installed on your Windows system To install the TCP IP protocol onto your Windows system consult your Windows manual 1 A O A a 11 12 13 Set up the printer driver and designate the output destination to be Local Printer LPT For information on setting up your printer driver see the printer user manual Insert the CD ROM provided with your printer into the CD ROM drive If the Menu Installer doesn t start automatically click Start gt Run gt Browse Browse to your CD ROM and click Install gt Open gt OK Select Network Software Select Installation Config Select Oki LPR Follow the on screen instructions Select Install Oki LPR Follow the on screen instructions Click Next when the Welcome screen is displayed Verify Destination Folder and Spool Folder and click Next Check Register in Startup if you want automatic startup as Windows boots up Check Launch as Minimized if you want to startup in the Icon state and click Next Verify the program folder name and click Next The installation starts When the installation ends the Setup complete screen is displayed Check Yes I want to launch OKI LPR Utility now and click Fi
23. nish Check Yes I want to view the ReadMe File if you want to read the Readme file The OKI LPR utility starts B6250 Network Guide gt 14 14 15 16 Select Add Printer on the Remote Print menu Select Printer to accept the printer that has been added in Step 1 Enter an IP address at IP Address and click Ok A printer is added to the main window Refer to the On Line Help for information on how to use the utility UNINSTALL 1 Stop the OKI LPR Utility Right click the OKI LPR icon in the system tray and click Exit 2 Select Start gt Program gt Okidata gt OKI LPR Utility gt Uninstall OKI LPR Utility 3 Click Yes when the Confirm File Deletion dialogue is displayed Removal of the OKI LPR utility starts 4 When the removal is complete the Uninstall Complete screen is displayed Click Ok PRINTING FROM UNIX FOR PRINTING FROM UNIX This section explains the installation procedure for printing from a UNIX computer SYSTEM CONFIGURATION The printer uses the Line Printer Daemon Protocol LPD that supports TCP IP as the transport protocol With the LPD the printer can be under a UNIX network environment B6250 Network Guide gt 15 The printer LPD supports Spool Mode where print jobs from clients are spooled once before output and Non spool Mode where print jobs are sequentially output without spooling LPD TCP IP NOTE When the LPD port is used the printer can limit print in
24. our networks DHCP server Use the printers Operator Panel to determine the printers address If the DHCP server is not available or not in use use one of the following methods to retrieve and set the IP address e Set the IP address manually from the Operator panel or EWS Important e Depending on the network environment you may need to set the subnet mask and gateway address e Please check with your network administrator if you have any questions concerning your network environment PRINTER SETUP USING THE EWS If the printer is connected to the network using TCP IP its settings can be configured using the EWS To apply configuration changes using a Web browser select the Administrator Login You will be prompted for a username and password The username is root and the default password is the last six digits of the Ethernet MAC address The MAC address can be found on the Network Summary page Note that the password is case sensitive and letters should be entered in upper case The following explanation uses Windows XP and Internet Explorer version 6 0 as an example to manually set the printers IP address B6250 Network Guide gt 3 1 Launch the EWS using the IP address for the printer you are configuring 2 Enter the username and password for the Administrator login Select the Network group Select the TCP IP subgroup Select Set IP Manually A MAA Configure the IP Address Subnet Mask and Gate
25. ray 2 INTRAY3 intray3 Selects Tray 3 INTRAY4 intray4 Selects Tray 4 INTRAY5 intray5 Selects Tray 5 INTRAY6 intray6 Selects Tray 6 A4 a4 Selects the tray where A4 paper is loaded B5 b5 Selects the tray where B5 paper is loaded A5 a5 Selects the tray where A5 paper is loaded LETTER Letter Selects the tray where Letter paper is loaded LEGAL Legal Selects the tray where Legal paper is loaded NOTE gt If several parameters are specified in one Ipr command data may not be printed correctly gt The system default is used if no tray number is specified a specified tray is not loaded or paper of a specified size is not loaded gt This option is for specifying a paper size only Paper is selected but the document size is not corrected according to the paper size gt If the print data specifies a paper tray the tray specification by the data becomes valid and that by the C option becomes invalid B6250 Network Guide gt 23 gt If an unacceptable combination is specified the printer may not operate correctly gt For some print language the specification may be invalid Selecting a Paper Output Tray The following parameters can be specified PARAMETER DESCRIPTION OUTUP outup Ejects prints to the rear tray option OUTDOWN outdown Ejects prints to the center tray Selecting a Paper Type The following parameters can be specified PARAMETER DESCRIPTION P
26. responding to the print language mode and output style Refer to e Manuals such as online manuals that came with various workstations PRINT LP The Ip command is used for printing COMMAND FORMAT Ip d Printer name n No of copies File name COMMAND OPTIONS The following command options are available d Printer name Specify the printer name registered by the Ipadmin command as the d option If this option is omitted the default printer Ip will be specified B6250 Network Guide gt 18 n No of copies This option specifies the number of copies If one Ip command is issued to print multiple files the number of copies specified by this option will apply to all the files However this option is effective when the printer is in the spool mode In the non spool mode the client must be a Windows NT machine to use this option Precautions e Among options not listed above e g m option those not processed by the workstation which sends the print instructions will not be effective In the spool mode up to 32 files can be printed by one Ip command Files that come after the 32nd files will be ignored Sample To print a file named file1 to a printer set up as P001 enter the following command lp d POO1 file1 To output three copies of file1 and file2 to P001 enter the following lp d POO1 n3 filei file2 DELETE CANCEL This cancel command is used to delete print data
27. structions by IP addresses TARGET COMPUTERS The target computers are as follows e Workstation or personal computer with RFC 1179 Line Printer Daemon Protocol LPD TCP IP UNIX INTERFACE The printer LPD is available on the following interfaces e Ethernet 100BaseTX e Ethernet 10Base T The applicable frame types conform to Ethernet II SET UP PROCEDURE The setting procedure is as follows 1 Setting up the printer Set the IP address on the printer Operator Panel Use the printer Operator Panel or the EWS to set the LPD port to Enable default Enable NOTE gt Before activating the LPD port set the IP address of the printer For details on how to set the IP address and the port refer Printer Configuration B6250 Network Guide gt 16 gt gt The EWS allows more detailed settings 2 Settings of the workstation Set the printer in the workstation Refer to SETTING UP THE WORKSTATION on page 17 SETTING UP THE WORKSTATION This section explains the settings of Solaris 2 x workstation for printing BEFORE SETUP Before setting up the workstation check the following e The setup procedures and commands may vary according to different versions of OS Refer to the manuals that came with the workstation for details e To setup the printer the user must be a superuser Contact your network administrator to perform the setup if you do not have the authority of a superuser e Check the IP address set up for t
28. tatus Enabled is deselected B6250 Network Guide gt 12 13 Click OK 14 Follow the instructions on the screen to finish installing the printer CREATING A SHARED PRINTER Create a shared printer as required Settings Windows NT 4 0 2000 XP Server 2003 The following procedure explains how to do the settings using Windows XP as an example 1 Click Start and then select Printers and Faxes The Printers and Faxes window appears 2 2 Select the icon of a printer to set and then select Sharing from the right click menu Then the printer properties dialogue box is displayed 3 3 Click Share this printer and enter a share name Click Additional Drivers and select a substitute driver to install and then click OK 5 When installing a substitute driver an input screen is displayed for the printer driver file location Insert the attached CD ROM and specify the appropriate folder Settings of Windows 95 98 Me 1 Click Start and then select Settings followed by Printers The Printers window appears 2 Double click Add Printer The Add Printer Wizard dialog box appears 3 Install the printer driver according to the on screen instructions Select Network Printer for the printer connection then specify the shared printer created on Windows NT 4 0 Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Server 2003 in the previous section B6250 Network Guide gt 13 OKI LPR The OKI LPR Utility is
29. two or more types of print languages modes are set up on a single workstation identical job numbers may be displayed when an inquiry command Ipstat is issued Sample To inquire about the print data received by a printer set up as PO01 enter the following command lpstat o POOL C OPTION LPR COMMAND This section explains the functions which can be specified and printing operations which will be affected by the C option The C option is available only when the SunOS directs the printer to enter the spool mode Important e When the PostScript logical printer that was configured on the EWS and C option of Ipr command have been specified simultaneously some of the actions cannot be guaranteed to work Also when specifying the PostScript logical printer as a default printer on Unix it is recommended not to user the C option by Ipr command FUNCTION The following items can be set up by using the C option B6250 Network Guide gt 22 NOTE gt Any parameter other than below becomes invalid if specified Selecting a Paper Tray When selecting a paper tray either the paper size or the tray itself is specified If the paper size is specified the printer automatically searches and selects the tray where the specified paper is loaded The following parameters can be specified PARAMETER DESCRIPTION INTRAY1 intray1 Selects Tray 1 INTRAY2 intray2 Selects T
30. way for the printers network interface Once the new address is submitted to the printer the new address will have to be entered into the browsers address Most of the printers configuration can be done through the browser including setting the administrator password PRINTING FROM A WINDOWS COMPUTER OVERVIEW This chapter provides guidelines on how to print over the network from various Microsoft Windows platforms There are numerous ways of printing from Windows and the exact set up will vary depending upon your environment There are also numerous versions of Windows which can be configured as either a client server or both Although there are many variants of Windows the principles of network printing are the same Microsoft provides on line help with all of their operating systems and this is a good reference point for the exact details of each configuration option within Windows B6250 Network Guide gt 4 The network printer supports TCP IP protocol that can be used in conjunction with the Windows operating system Once the printer registered on the Windows NT 4 0 Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Server 2003 computer is shared you can also print from Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows Me computers through this printer INSTALLATION OF TCP IP PROTOCOL There are a number of options available when printing using TCP IP for Windows The following table lists the options WINDOWS VERSION METHOD 95 98 Me
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