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1. Queue Name Queue Type Output is directed to PAR_B binary this means no PRO Logical Printer 0 conversion PAR_BF binary plus form feed after the job PRO Logical Printer 0 PAR_A ASCII also called ASCII transfer PRO Logical Printer 0 This includes LF gt LF CR conversion PAR_AF ASCII plus form feed after the job PRO Logical Printer 0 Name The name fields for the configurable queues have been filled out with defaults LPQ8 If you want to change a queue name note that it must consist of maximum 8 ASCII characters Check the documentation for your host systems for syntactical restrictions or observe the restrictions described on page 104 Queue Type Choose a queue type from the pull down list Important If you specify a name in the printing environment which is not on the LPR configuration page the print server will use the pre configured queue named PAR_B Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 163 Services Input Control FTP Print 22 4 FTP Print FTP print is primarily meant for use in UNIX environments It requires giving a command manually from the command line You can use this method to print any file which is application independent printable and compatible with the printer Typical examples are PCL formatted files prn files and txt files 22 4 1 Configuration 1 Choose where you want the output of FTP jobs directed See
2. After L LI LI L 0 LI LI 0 0 0 0 0 Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 131 Processing Facilities Load Balancing Pools NDO only 17 8 Load Balancing Pools NDO only When you implement NDO you have the possibility of placing several of the physical target printers into a common load bal ancing pool Load balancing intelligently routes incoming jobs to the first free or least loaded printer in a pool Important Printers in a pool must have identical processing features and the safest bet is to only pool identical printers Let us assume that the physical printers local 0 Netw1 1 and Netw2 2 are identical printer type A and that Netw3 3 and Netw4 4 are identical printer type B This means that you can potentially define the following load balancing pools and note that for example 3 4 is not the same definition as 4 3 onm orn Regardless of the model of your print server defining pool requires the use of logical printers The practical details of this are explained in Load Balancing Pool page 153 where princi ples for ordering your printer number entries are also explained If you do not use logical printers for data manipulation your are finished with this chapter If you do use logical printers for data manipulation you might want to continue with the next se
3. Novell Netware Sub Group for support of IPX SPX based printing in NDS and Bindery modes is covered in a Printing Environment Guide published in December 2001 This feature is only available on Intermate100s sold before 4 January 2002 up to and including code level G22 1491 1 4 6 Other Configurations The sub group Other Configurations is found in the Intermate101 JScribe model G34 Consult CCP s manual for information on these possibilities Note that JScribe must always be run through the logical printer layer Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 18 Introduction Topics This Manual 1 4 7 About Information and Monitoring Possibilities e Printed Information Available page 170 Print Main Status Pages is the most important item Standard Monitoring Information page 173 covers all of the Status information you can get printed to the screen System Log is the most important item Note that you can get a hard copy of the System Log by printing the Main Status Pages e Configurable Monitoring Tools page 178 tells you e How to enable create an IMCUagent How to enable and configure e mail notification about what is happening with printer s served by any given Intermate1 xx e Configure SNMPT page 180 tells you how to enable and configure the Intermate1xx so that you can use a fully featured SNMP based network management tool such as HP Ope
4. 5307 RISC Processor with 70 MIPS performance e 8Mbyte RAM e 2Mbyte Flash memory for micro code Intermate101 MCF 5307 RISC Processor 66Mhz e 32 Mbyte RAM 4 Mbyte Flash memory for micro code If you enable the Network Destination Option NDO up to four network printers attached to the LAN with any kind of print server you wish can be made known to the Intermate1xx thus making the facilities of one multi protocol print server available to up to five different printers You also have the option of using the Intermate1xx as a stand alone supporting in all up to four differ ent printers all of them network destinations To use the NDO ona G22 based print server you must purchase a key demo printing is not possible The Intermate1 xx retrieves printer status information from a network printer through SNMP For this to function properly a network target printer must support the status information nodes defined in the Printer MIB RFC1759 and some host information nodes of the Host Resources MIB RFC1518 Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 231 Technical Information Emission Notices and Approvals B 3 Emission Notices and Approvals USA FCC Rules Part 15 Class A This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio fre quency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause interference to radio com munications It has been tested
5. Add Printer Wizard Click the port you want to use with this printer and then click Next Available ports SDISTASST PS Unknown local port Communications Port Communications Port Creates a file on disk Configure Port lt Back Cancel 6 Type a suitable printer name in the dialog box appearing next e g Kyocera FS 3700 Specify if you want the printer to be the Windows default printer Click Next 7 Answer No to printing of a test page Click Finish Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 45 Windows 95 98 Add the Intermate Port 9100 LPR printer port 8 Ifa printer driver is not installed on your PC you are asked to insert the Windows 95 98 CD ROM 9 Wait for the printer driver to be copied to your PC The new printer is created in the Printers window The printer driver is now installed on your system Continue with the procedure below 4 4 Add the Intermate Port 9100 or LPR printer port 1 Open the Printers window 2 Right click the icon of the printer you wish to set up Choose Properties in the drop down menu Kyocera FS 3700 Properties BE General Details Paper Graphics Output Options Prolog Epilog 3 Kyocera FS 3700 Print to the following port LPT1 ECP Printer Port Add Pott Print using the following driver kyocera FS 3700 New Driver Printer Port End Capture
6. Timeout settings Not selected fi 5 seconds Transmission retry 45 seconds Spool Settings Port Settings Cancel Appi 3 Click the Port button Here it is found in the Details section Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 46 Windows 95 98 Add the Intermate Port 9100 LPR printer port 4 Choose Other and highlight the Intermate Print Port in the Add Port dialog box Click the OK button Add Port EEB Select the type of port you want to add Network Specify the network path to the printer Other Click the type of port you want to add HP JetDirect Port Cancel 5 Asmall window will appear for configuring an Intermate Print Port Select a print protocol and click OK 6 Now you will be presented with a small window for entering the relevant values for the type of port selected SJ For both types of ports you will type the IP address of the Intermate100 8 Configure the details for the protocol you selected in step 5 Setting up a Raw Socket Port Port 9100 Port 9100 Settings IP address port gt 22221 239 Name 2 wa 2222 239 9100 E tees As explained in Raw Socket Port 9100 Reverse Telnet page 160 you can configure up to four different Raw Socket services on your print server and they cannot all be on the actual printer port
7. 222 5 1 227 PAR_B O 222 5 1 207 PAR_B Local Port Local Port Local Port Local Port Configure Port Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 40 Windows NT 4 0 Native LPR 10 After a bit of a wait you will be returned to the Add Printer Wizard where you will indicate the manufacturer and type of printer You may have to take a detour to fetch a type not already available on the list Continue as shown in steps 14 19 pages 37 37 Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 41 Windows 95 98 Introduction 4 Windows 95 98 4 1 Introduction What is a printer The following protocols are supported provided that you install the Intermate Print Port page 43 e Socket Port 9100 Reverse Telnet LPR for standard ASCII data e g PCL and PostScript IN order to print properly from an LPR queue a TCP IP network connected printer must have a card that supports LPD Note that the LPR port is best suited to servers that need to communicate with host computers such as UNIX or VAX machines by way of RFC 1179 For computers that need to submit print jobs to host computers the standard TCP IP port such as Raw Socket should be used in most cases The the installation process is split up like this n New Printer page 44 this can be skipped if you already have a printer defined that
8. Printer Printer NI e ThinPrint 1o L Server Mi So Nw P r The ThinPrint configuration page in the Intermate1xx a Enable the option b Seta Client TCP Port for the Intermate1xx to listen on This will be a TCP IP port on the ThinPrint server TCP IP is the default print protocol for new ports Consult your ThinPrint manual to see if you need a different port number setting than the default 4000 for your ThinPrint setup and printing environment Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 166 Services Input Control ThinPrint c Bandwidth bit sec The Intermate1xx can perform client side reduction of bandwidth so that even less bandwidth is used than specified by the Thin Print server Default is O disabled Check with your network administration for a suggested value if you want to enable this feature d Output to Choose where you want the output of ThinPrint jobs directed This is the same process as described in Common Feature How to Direct Output page 159 with the following modifications If you are using a G22 based print server there will be nine valid choices Logical Printer O to and including Logical Printer 8 You will not be able to direct ThinPrint to a network destination even if you have purchased an NDO key If you are using a G32 based print server you
9. When you enable a Local MAC address this will be shown in the browser s title bar and on the IMCU Please note that the Local MAC address cannot be used when ordering a license keys for options The Main Status Pages Actions gt Print Main Status Pages or use the TEST Button and Code Hevisions Page Status Code Revisions will show both addresses Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual Network Local MAC Address 15 3 Local MAC Address If you enable the use of a Local MAC Address choose the address with care Connecting devices with identical Local MAC addresses to the network may result in faulty network behaviour that can affect other devices in the network In addition setting a Local MAC Address outside the range indicated below can result in difficulties which can only be resolved by restoring the factory defaults Values Comments 40 00 00 00 00 00 Hex value Use upper case letters ONLY 7F FF FF FF FF FF Six dot separated number groups with two digits in each Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 112 Configuring Permissions Password Change 16 Configuring Permissions The Permissions sub group is located at the bottom of the Configurations group and contains two configuration pages 16 1 Password Change Select User Name This field will always show the user name admin unless you are an OEM user Enter New Pa
10. Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 48 Windows 95 98 Add the Intermate Port 9100 LPR printer port 12 Make a test print out from a Windows application Check the page is okay This completes the setup of the printer Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 49 Novell Netware LPR via pure IP 5 Novell Netware LPR via pure IP The combination of standard LPD and SNMP implementations in the print server will support the standard NDPS Gateway delivered with NetWare 5 thus providing a controlled bi direc tional print method Consult your NetWare documentation for help in setting up a printer agent and setting up the printer in the Novell Print Man ager Note Pre requisites are that IP has been set up on the Novell file server and that NDPS Broker and NDPS Manager have been set up and started For information on LPD in your Intermate print server see LPR Print Queues LPD Protocol page 163 in this manual Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 50 Apple LaserWriter LPR only Introduction 6 Apple LaserWriter LPR only 6 1 Introduction The LPR printing protocol is based on TCP IP which requires the LaserWriter 8 5 1 printing software installed on the com puter from which print jobs are sent The LaserWriter software is available on Mac OS 8 1 Mac OS 7 5 through Mac OS 7 6 1 require separate installation
11. license not required for products based on G32 16 2 1 Ordering a key License Keys are ordered from your point of purchase If you bought the Intermate1xx from LCI Intermate A S directly you can order a key by fax or e mail sales intermate com You must provide the below minimum information 1 The Global MAC Address also known as the IEEE address or the hardware adapter address 2 options you wish to purchase 3 Contact information including your name and organisation Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 114 Configuring Permissions License Key About the Global MAC Address This address is written on the label If the label is damaged or gone you can find the MAC address on the Main Status Pages use the TEST Button or choose Actions Print Main Status Pages as well as on Code Revision displayed on the Screen you can choose it from the Status group on the HTTP menu The web title bar will always show a MAC Address for example as follows Intermate100 Print Server 00C01200F 256 Microsoft Internet Explorer If the Local Mac Address option has been enabled as explained in Enable Local MAC Adaress page 111 the browser title bar will show this local address This can not be used for the key Use the Main Status Pages or Code Hevision to find the Global MAC Address 16 2 2 License Key Entry The license key you order will be generated uniquely for the MAC a
12. Cancel This will open the LPR compatible printer box 7 Name or address of server providing Ipd 22251 227 Name of printer or print queue on that server PAR B Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 39 Windows NT 4 0 Native LPR Type in the IP address or host name of the Intermate100 in the Name or address of field If you use the host name a mapping of the name and IP address must be entered in the hosts file This is found in the directory lt systemroot gt SYSTEM32 DRIVERS ETC The definition of lt systemroot gt depends on where your operating system is installed and the name given to the top level folder A typical systemroot is C winnt In the same box enter a name for Print Queue If you have no special requirements type in PAR_B This is a binary queue type which will print to Logical Printer 0 See LPR Print Queues LPD Protocol page 163 for information on permissible names and queue types Finish by pressing the OK button 8 You will be returned to the Printer Ports dialog box which you will Close This returns you to the listing of available ports 9 Choose the new port inserted in the list and click Next Add Printer Wizard Click the check box next to the port s you want to use Documents will print to the first available checked port Available ports Port Description
13. Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 91 IP Assignments for Initial Contact Method Overview an agent on your own segment do all or most of your configurations and then move the Intermate1 xx to the segment containing that IP address For information on how to install the MCU see The Intermate Management and Configuration Utility IMCU page 78 Addresses can be typed in to the input fields in the Configuration TCP IP page For obvious reasons this cannot be used to establish initial contact with the print server As default in the Intermate1xx RARP and BOOTP are enabled while DHCP is disabled It is a good idea to make sure that only the method you use is enabled while all other possibilities are disabled because the unit uses a fixed boot sequence The order of look up is DHCP BOOTP and RARP There will be a time out in connection with each unsuccessful wait to be contacted by a server of IP addresses After finding that there is no RARP server on the network the unit will then check the current IP address If it is 0 0 0 0 the system will wait for an ARP PING mapping its MAC address to an IP address If the current IP address is different from 0 0 0 0 the system will use whatever address is stored cur rently When you are finished establishing contact as explained below you can continue with your configurations following the order of the chapters in this book It is often a
14. PJL Negotiation communication Yes 1 ECP 4 Yes Complete information on Status gt Target Printer Information will be shown See Status gt Target Yes 1 Nibble 3 Yes Printer Info 174 Yes 1 Compatible 2 No Status gt Target Printer Information will not be able to show values for fields such as Printer but can give some information seve Status gt Target Printer Info page 174 You should check and adjust the settings in No Compatible No Compatible Mode Report Problems As page 140 to choose how certain errors will be reported No Nibble Yes No useful status information will be generated No ECP 4 Yes 1 In order to use the printer supported PJL you must remember to activate PJL support on the print server with the radio button provided on the this page not General page see page 139 2 Compatible in connection with this print server means HP compatible recognized at the hardware level Choose Com patible if the printer does not support ECP and cannot perform bi directional communication 3 Nibble can be used to activate bi directional communica tion for printers that would otherwise use Compatible Mode Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 135 Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual Local Printer Parallel Port Introduction Messages and Statu
15. Bidirectional Support Yes Printer Status READY Display Message Unavailable Online Status Online Job Boundary Page Counter 0 Total Page Counter 0 Duplex Print Not available Job Queue No Job in Queue Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 174 Standard Monitoring Information Status gt Target Printer Info About the Page Counters Job Boundary Page Counter shows the number of pages in the job Total Page Counter shows the total number of pages printed by the printer provided that this information can be read If not the number of pages are those printed since the last time the print server was rebooted or powered On this was always the case for releases older than level 1391 About Network Target Printers The information on status for a network printer network desti nation is only available and reliable if the printer at this network destination supports SNMP based queries see mended Features for Network Target Printers page 144 The effect of Local Printer Negotiation Modes In the example above the local printer negotiates in ECP mode and PJL is enabled Nibble plus PJL will give the same complete information Compatible Mode with or without PUL will give only limited information such as the following Target Name Local Target Communication Protocol Parallel Port Compatible mode Printer Name Unavailable Bidirectional Support No Pri
16. Common Feature How to Direct Output page 159 Note Before release level 1071 it was only possible to direct output to PRO Logical Printer 0 2 Remember to Save amp Cont and then Reboot to activate 22 4 2 Using FTP Print These are the steps required for each job the precise syntax in the example is from AIX 1 Connect to the print server via ftp For example ftp 192 168 0 227 Log on using the special user name parallel case sensitive No password is needed This will start the ftp session in the directory in which FTP print can be executed Set the transfer mode to binary binary Copy download your print file to the print server This example assumes that the file named booklist prn is located in CA root on your PC Remember to include the file name extension put c booklist prn End the FTP session bye Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 164 Services Input Control IPP Print Internet Printing Protocol 22 5 IPP Print Internet Printing Protocol 22 5 1 Included Features IPP print version 1 0 and 1 1 is supported with all mandatory features and services plus some optional ones IPP support allows the user to print across the internet and intranet to a printer with an accessible IP address The user has full control over print jobs and can even cancel print jobs after they have been submitted 22 5 2 Print server configuration The port is f
17. Enable Power Detection on the Local Printer to see Enable Power Detection page 143 19 7 2 System Target Printer in a Stand Alone Setup The print server does not need to be physically attached to a Local Printer When thus used as stand alone only four tar get printers can be supported and all four of them are network destinations If you use this setup you must be sure to set General Sys tem Target Printer to a network destination see page 108 Otherwise you can end up hanging the whole system because everything carried by Logical Printer 0 as well as the Main Sta tus Pages gets directed to the System Target Printer Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 150 Logical Printers 1 8 Introduction 20 Logical Printers 1 8 20 1 Introduction All eight configurable logical printers are set up on a single configuration page in the HTTP interface Each set of parame ters is labelled Logical Printer and lines are used to sepa rate the sets from each other For each configurable logical printer PR1 PR8 there are five fields one mandatory one conditionally mandatory and three optional fields Target Printer 1 2 mandatory fields You must choose a target printer from the drop down list for that field If you use the NDO and choose pool instead of a single tar get you must also define the pool in the field following Printers in a pool must a
18. Guide and Reference document no SC23 2204 chapter 8 Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 58 05 2 2 x and 05 2 Warp Topics Covered 8 OS 2 2 x and 05 2 Warp 8 1 Topics Covered Basic services without emulations LPR ASCII data e g PCL and Postscript page 60 FTP For information on FTP printing please see FTP Print page 164 IPDS Unless you have a license key for this Host Print Option IPDS prints in Demo Test mode with a banner printed across each printed page The section on IPDS from PSF 2 page 64 covers how to define an IPDS printer For settings on the print server please consult the IPDS sections in the Printing Environment Guide for IBM Mainframes or in the Printing Environment Guide for OS 400 Systems Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 59 05 2 2 x and 05 2 Warp LPR ASCII data e g PCL and Postscript 8 2 LPR ASCII data e g PCL and Postscript 8 2 1 Create a new printer and queue 1 Select the OS 2 Template folder 2 Right click the Printer icon and drag it on to the desktop while holding down the mouse button Release the mouse button 3 Create Printer dialog enter the printer name and select the Default printer driver to use with the printer Tip If you need to install a new printer driver then click on the Install new printer driver button Select an Output Port The por
19. Local Printer Parallel Port page 135 2251 higher June 2002 e This is the first fully public release of G32 based print servers e G32 based print servers include NDO at no extra charge On G32 based print servers ThinPrint users can now direct output freely to network destination printers Note however that an NDO key on G22 based print servers does not give ThinPrint access to network destinations All print servers From IBM mainframe hosts running VPS Secure from Levi Ray amp Shoup Inc see www lrs com itis possible to enable secure printing for IPDS as well as for jobs directed to up to five different raw socket ports thus allowing e g secure PCL and PostScript printing Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 6 Introduction Types of Documentation 1 2 Types of Documentation 1 2 1 Manual and Guides The CD includes the Print Server Administration Manual this book and the Printing Environment Guides all of which are also found on our web site where you will also find updates Print Server Administration Manual The Print Server Administration Manual tells you how to Setup printers in most supported environments however IBM Mainframes and IBM OS 400 Systems are covered in separate guides see below configure server wide settings with more information on IP configuration than is provided in Getting Started or the Quick Guide configure the basic pr
20. Network Destination Option NDO included standard in G 32 based products Host Print Option SCS TNe and or IPDS If your point of purchase has already installed a Software Key it will be written on the label on the back of the unit If you get a key yourself we recommend that you write it on the label Configure one or more target printers physical printers e Configure the local printer this is the printer to which the Intermate1xx is directly attached Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 241 Configuration Checklists Overall Checklist e f you enable NDO configure up to four network printers network destinations and make sure that you do not enable power detection on Output Control gt Local Printer Parallel Port 8 Configure logical printers as needed see below step 3 page 243 9 Ifyou wish configure one or more status monitoring aids You can choose from among e mail notification SNMP and enabling of the embedded MCU agent 10 Configure the services you want to use from among the following possibilities and use the Checklist for Each Service or Host Session page 243 for each Socket TCP Port up to 4 LPR queue up to 8 configurable queues there are also 4 non configurable queues FTP PP Internet Printing Protocol ThinPrint IPDS host session TN5250E host sessions up to 4 e TN3270E host session 11 Remember that i
21. The structure of the information follows that of the menu you will see if you use a browser for configuration Besides listing the current configurations the Main Status Pages also include information on firmware release levels and everything that has been written to the System Log since the last reboot Initiate the print remotely by using Actions gt Print Main Sta tus Pages on the HTTP menu the HTTP menu is the only configuration and management tool that can do this Alterna tively you can use the TEST Button to get your print See TEST Button to Print Main Status Pages or Quick Guide page 236 in the appendices Regardless of your choice HTTP menu or TEST Button the printout is always directed to the printer you have set to be System Target Printer page 108 If the System Target Printer is the local printer pressing the printer s own status button or choosing to print the status from an operator panel will sometimes print the print server s Main Status Pages after the printer s own status pages are fin ished printing this depends on the printer model Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 170 23 2 Printed Information Available Other Printouts the Actions Group Other Printouts in the Actions Group Users of TN5250E are provided with three extra kinds of printed configuration information e 8655250 IDB Status e 8655250 IDB Dump SCS5250 Font Dump Intermate100 an
22. io cene crie re tcn treo cras 21 Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual i Table of Contents Printing Environments 2 Windows 2000 and Windows 23 2 1 IntrodWetlOT cocer iore eren pt p c a o X EE Eh Ea ER Rb 23 2 2 Raw Socket Printing Standard TCP IP Port 24 What if you want the printer definition to use a different port value FROM ONO eo edad 26 2 8 p 27 2 4 lr termet Print Protocol ie roit 30 2 WindowsNT piod aa dic ca 32 3 1 tte 32 3 2 Using an Intermate Print Port for Raw Socket or 33 3 2 Install the Print Port Programi 33 3 2 2 Define Printer and rr temere er 33 ROME 38 4 Windows 42 o t jore Ure o EE T TET 42 4 2 Install the Print Port Program xn 43 4 3 New e ate bec e t bh anda aa 44 4 4 Add the Intermate Port 9100 or LPR printer 46 5 Novell Netware LPR via pure IP 50 6 Apple LaserWriter LPR only nnn 51 6 1 IntrOGUCtlOris uc oreet deer 51 6 2 MacOS 8 1 and higher tr rt 52 6 3 Ma
23. must make sure that the LED display shows the green light and only the green light which indicates that the Unit is Ready Pressed while operational Ready Result Press amp hold 1 2 seconds for 1 2 seconds Print Main Status Pages also called Status Pages Press amp hold for at least 3 sec Print on board Quick Guide The Main Status Pages describe all current configurations firmware release level and the content of the System Log errors etc since the last reboot The same Main Status Pages can also be printed from the HTTP menu by choosing Print Main Status Pages from the Action group The Quick Guide is a mini manual meant to help you if it is not convenient or possible to use the complete documentation The Quick Guide can also be printed from the HTTP menu by choosing Quick Guide in the Help group Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 236 US ASCII 7 bit Character Set Decimal Values 32 126 Appendix E US ASCII 7 bit Character Set Decimal Values 32 126 This table is an extract of the 7 bit ASCII character set For each decimal value 32 126 inclusive the Hex values and ASCII character are shown The characters produced by lightly shaded values 32 and 123 126 decimal are not quite as uni versal as is the case with the others in the able Each group of three columns is to be read downward through two pages Decimal ASCII Decimal ASCII Decima
24. provided that you are not using a stand alone setup otherwise the print server will disregard connection attempts from the print sources Determining the order of values to enter The order in which the target printer numbers are listed deter mines priorities In other words the order of the list determines the order in which the Intermate1xx tests to see where a job should be sent Prioritizing is only activated in situations where two or more tar get printers in the load balancing pool are idle If all output ports in the load balancing pool are busy a new incoming job will be destined to the queue in the pool that first becomes idle regardless of the priority It is often a good idea to put the least heavily used printers at the start of the list Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 153 Logical Printers 1 8 Load Balancing Pool 4 0 3 2 Network Destination 4 has the highest priority followed by the Local Port and Network Destination 3 Network Destination 1is not included in the pool See Load Balancing Pools only page 132 and Work ing with NDO Load Balancing Pools and Data Manipulation page 133 for examples of what you need to think about when you plan pools Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 154 Logical Printers 1 8 String Before and String After 20 4 String Before and String After The data manipulation provided in str
25. range is 0 255 e Hexadecimal numbers must be preceded by a slash e g 1B The allowable hexadecimal range is 00 FF The characters you type in are not all encoded in the flash memory For example assume that you have some reason to represent the letter B in hexadecimal you would type in the string 42 This encodes to B and fills only 1 Byte of flash space in other words it only fills 1 Encoded Byte When you mix elements in a given string entry you must sepa rate them with commas The string A 42 encodes to ABC and fills 3 Encoded Bytes If an element separator within the command sequence is ille gal the whole string is considered invalid and ignored The next section gives examples of valid and invalid strings Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 239 String Syntax Examples of Valid Strings and Invalid Strings Note A pair of double quotes cannot be written as a normal string i e within quotes They have to be written with their decimal or hexadecimal number 34 340r 22 22 E2 Examples of Valid Strings and Invalid Strings Valid Strings Valid Strings continued abc 41 65 41 abc 65 41 41 65 abc def 4i an abcdef 41 1b a abc 65 66 32 1B 1B def 1 65 127 27 65 1B 34 65 Invalid Strings Why abc 65 quotes are missing around abc 41 a
26. such as IP address and host name or from system information such as code release level The rest comes from what is entered on the General Configuration page The sender is identified with the following syntax Device Name Print Server Hostname lt lt administrator s mail address Example Accounting lt jjj mycompany com gt The mail will also show System Admin Contact and Device Location Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 179 Configure SNMP Introduction and Pre Requisites 26 Configure SNMP 26 1 Introduction and Pre Requisites The Intermate1xx can be configured so that you can use SNMP based network tools to manage many printers and monitor their activity in detail Several software programs exist that provide an easy to use interface for network management via SNMP One of the most popular is the node management program HP OpenView which is used in this manual version D 03 02 for Windows The operations and settings referred to should be easily recog nizable in case another program is used However it is always a good idea to refer to the documentation supplied with your SNMP software for help and details You will need a Private MIB Message Information Base file This is available on the Documentation and Utilities CD as well as on our web site Choose Intermate100 or Intermate101 from the support section Both print server type
27. 105 19 9 2 WINS SOIVOF nn nee te i nce cei rne cot bcn ael tr di 105 14 General aer b nn cr 106 14 1 Introduction to the Chapter sssini r erede ten 106 14 2 Administrative 107 142 N ir 14 22 5 secet oce IRE 14 2 3 Device s location is 14 2 4 Device Name nenne rrr ete tereti 14 3 System Target Printer onte rest saa 108 14 4 Enable Front Panel Messages PJL 109 15 NetWOIK 1 tnn ti rati rr tees 110 15 1 Media Speed and d plex n tnn 110 15 2 Enable Local MAC Address oce cote ccr e e ces 111 15 3 Local MAG Address e e ug tec 112 16 Configuring Permissions ne 113 16 Password 113 16 2 101 114 16 2 1 114 16 2 2101 ENUY acre rr nter ta ko een race 115 Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual v Table of Contents Configuring Print Services and Host Sessions 17 Processing dni praxin 117 17M ocn rn oi corte ri ep ri hi iie aedi 117 17 2 TCP IP Sessions Services and 5 5 118 Figure 3 Services 118 Figure 4 HPO SCS TN5250E Host Se
28. Administration Manual 213 Using the IMCU for Maintenance Single Print Server 10 For each file type you have selected the MCU will ask you for the physical location of the desired file in the LAN environment The examples below illustrate two file types FFS files such as Main Code Select from the following list of files located on the IMCU servet C 032 2041 FFS Or select file on your local computer Filename Browse View log lt Back Next gt If you have previously upgraded a device of this type the IMCU server will keep the FFS file s in a folder called Firmware located in the library where the IMCU server has been installed See the radio button on the top half of the screen shot above If you want to select a different file you must select it from the local computer If you haven t already saved the file you want to use on accessible drive open another browser instance to connect to our web site Find the file you want extract it if itis a zipped file and save the extracted file see page 200 if you need help to do this Then return to the select dialog in your IMCU browser session and type in the file name full path or use the Browse button Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 214 Using the IMCU for Maintenance Single Print Server Configuration file Select Configuration file BIN Select a file on your local computer Filename Br
29. BOOTP and check to be sure that DHCP is still disabled b Ifitis not possible for Intermate1xx to obtain the mask from the network you must type in a Subnet Mask C If automatic routing RIP is not used in your environment type in the Default Gateway Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 95 IP Assignments for Initial Contact Assignment Using RARP 6 Save your work and reboot You can of course wait to reboot until finishing other configurations you want to make Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 96 IP Assignments for Initial Contact Assignment Using DHCP 12 6 Assignment Using DHCP 1 You must first assign an address statically using ARP and PING or the MCU as described in one of the sections below When you continue from there do the following 2 Connect and Login to the unit with the tool of your choice 3 Choose TCP IP a Disable BOOTP and RARP Enable DHCP b Ifitis not possible for Intermate1xx to obtain the mask from the network you must type in a Subnet Mask C If automatic routing RIP is not used in your environment type in the Default Gateway d Fill out a host name as described on Host page 89 4 Save your work and reboot You can of course wait to reboot until finishing other configurations you want to make 5 Remember to coordinate things with your network administrator so that the host name gets registered in
30. FFS files 1 Download the firmware file from the Intermate web site As our example let us take the main code for Intermate100 G22 2021 zip Note You will need a decompressing tool based on the ZIP algorithm for example WinZip9 2 Asingle left click on the file name will bring up a File Download dialog box asking whether you want to open the file or save it When you open it directly or after having saved it you can then extract G22 2021 ffs to an accessible place on your PC or other host This could for example be C PrintServerUpdates 3 Start an FTP session to your ntermate100 ftp 192 168 0 227 4 Give the user and password for the print server 5 Change to the library containing the firmware component to be upgraded To fit our example you would do this cd Maincode Case sensitive on G32 or G34 based units Important Be sure to select the correct library Storing the wrong type of file in the wrong place can cause the system to lock On G32 this is not be a problem because the new file system will check headers and make sure that nothing gets placed in the wrong library 6 Select binary transfer mode binary 7 Download the file from your PC to the print server The syntax is put source target Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 206 Using FTP Directly Upgrades of Firmware and Fonts FFS files The file name in the source part of the command must m
31. Intermate1xx Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 77 The Intermate Management and Configuration Utility IMCU What the IMCUIMCU is and how It works 11 The Intermate Management and Configuration Utility IMCU 11 1 What the MCUIMCU is and how It works The Intermate Management and Configuration Utility IMCU is a web server based tool for detection monitoring and configu ration of Intermate LAN devices in IP networks The system consists of an HTTP based Windows NT service with software agents distributed across the network to commu nicate with print servers on each physical LAN Management installation of printers installation and adminis tration of agents are all done from a web browser This means that you can administer printers locally from the MCU server or from another network attached PC or even from a remote connection via the Internet Thus it is possible for the system network or printer administrator to gain access to all printers from his or her home office The agents detect devices using UDP which means even print servers with no IP addresses can be monitored and config ured This approach enables a network printer administrator to configure devices with mis or unconfigured IP settings any where in the network using a standard web browser This is why it can be used for the initial assignment of an IP address as described in the Getting Started brochure the Quick Guid
32. Off and On pull out the power supply jack and put it back in To do a hardware reboot by powering the printer Off and On requires that Power Detec tion is enabled Enable Power Detection page 143 It is best to wait about 10 seconds from the last saving until you power Off After a reboot it takes up to 30 seconds before the print server is Ready Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 221 Overview of Types of Resets Restore Factory Default Settings Remote 32 2 Restore Factory Default Settings Remote HTTP Menu Configuration Page Only On each configuration page there is a Factory Default but ton This will reset all the parameters on the page and only on that page Reboot to activate the change HTTP Menu Restore Defaults This is something very rarely done This menu item is in In the Actions group on the left menu All Defaults includes both the contents of the configuration file and specific identifying information such as IP address host name and license key Note for users of SCS TN5250E and SCS TN3270E Included in the configuration file is the association of a given IDB name and a session but not the IDB settings themselves To reset IDB settings please consult the Printing Environment Guide for IBM OS 400 Systems or the Printing Environment Guide for IBM Mainframe as appropriate Reboot to activate the change If you have problems doing a total re
33. Quick Guide page 236 or from the HTTP menu Action gt Print Main Status Pages When you are done click the OK button and close the Add menu 4 Check the new connection by pinging the Intermate1xx Do this by right clicking the icon in the Submap window and choosing Ping This opens the Ping window Press the Start button and wait for a reply If the connection is Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 182 Configure SNMP Set Up a Connection With Your SNMP Tool okay a message starting with the words Reply from appears If no message appears check the connection Intermate1xx and printer 5 Once the connection has been set up you must save it Do this by choosing File gt Save As Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 183 Configure SNMP Edit Variables 26 3 Edit Variables With HP OpenView queries are used to show the contents of variables corresponding to our parameters To define a query and edit variables 1 Start HP OpenView and choose the connection you wish to work with 2 Onthe main screen choose Control gt SNMP Manager gt Define Query SNMP Manager Define Query Ea Device Display Name Intermate100 Ou Network Address 2254 186 Graph Variables Available Selected ae iso org dod internet mgmt mib 2 system 1 3 6 1 2 1 1 Eef
34. Support A 1 Updates and Revised Documentation A 2 Where to Find Support LCI Intermate A S provides full technical support for this prod uct If you encounter problems or have questions on how to use the Intermate1xx however please start by contacting your point of purchase and prepare for your consultation see Gathering Information page 228 Contact information is found on the title page of this guide as well as on HTTP menu and on every print out of the Main Sta tus Pages Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 227 Customer Support Gathering Information A 3 Gathering Information Always include the following steps when you start to trouble shoot 1 Printout the Main Status Pages for the Intermate1xx The Main Status Pages will show error messages and or warnings corresponding to the information which is displayed on screen by choosing Status System Log 2 You may also want to print out the printer s status pages refer to your printer documentation 3 Note the release levels of the print server s firmware main software LAN boot code etc and of the printer s firmware Check our web site to see if there are updates 4 Update everything you can and then try again If you need to seek specialist help make as complete a description of the error situation as possible A special area of interest is whether the error can be provoked and reproduced or if it is occurring
35. Trap Community Default setting public The traps that can be generated based on printer events are listed below Figure 18 SNMP Printer Trap Numbers Printer trap no Printerevent Parameter Default Setting 1 Printer ready 4 Printer off line Trap on Off line Yes 32 Out of paper Trap on Out of Paper Yes 128 Coveropen Trap Cover Open Yes 512 Paper jam Trap on Paper Jam Yes 1024 Toner low Trap Toner Low Yes 8192 Undefined error Trap on Printer Error Yes In addition to these come traps generated by unauthorized attempts of viewing or editing options To set up traps 1 Start HP OpenView and choose the connection you wish to work with 2 Onthe main screen choose Options gt Customize Traps Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 188 Configure SNMP Traps 3 box just opened select the Device Class Name called 1 3 6 1 4 1 1527 with the enterprise number 1 3 6 1 4 1 1527 Customize Trap Alarms x Device Class Name Ignore Enterprise DefaultSection 1 3 6 1 4 1 1527 1 3 6 1 6 3 1 1 5 1 3 6 1 6 3 1 1 5 HP Visual OpenView 1 3 6 1 4 1 11 2 17 3 2 No Trap Name Type Severity Actions Printer Trap pecific _ Informational default OK Help Note It is NOT necessary to add any extra device classes in order to receive traps fro
36. Using an Intermate Print Port for Raw Socket LPR page 33 note 1 Native LPR page 38 note 1 e Windows 95 98 page 42 e Raw Socket Port 9100 Reverse Telnet and LPR note 1 using the ntermate Print Port 1 LPR is rarely the best choice in Windows environments This is explained in the three Windows chapters Novell Netware LPR via pure IP page 50 e Apple LaserWriter LPR only page 51 AIX page 54 LPR ASCII page 55 FTP page 56 IPDS with PSF 6000 57 This section only covers defining an IPDS printer Use the Printing Environment Guide for IBM Mainframes for information on IPDS settings in the print server Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual Introduction Topics This Manual OS 2 2 x and OS 2 Warp page 59 LPR ASCII data e g PCL and Postscript page 60 IPDS from PSF 2 page 64 This section only covers defining an IPDS printer Use the Printing Environment Guide for IBM Mainframes for information on IPDS settings in the print server About the FTP Print protocol This protocol is primarily provided for UNIX users It can also be used in other environments especially if you want to print small jobs controlled manually For example a txt file can be FTP ed to a printer via the print server s IP address For further information see FTP Print page 164 in the chapter
37. a native 32 bit Windows95 98 NT4 0 application It is installed by executing the file P16 xxxx exe When the Download Utility is used for the first time the Com munication Port COM port and Baud Rate settings should be checked The COM port is the PC port the upgrade cable is plugged into The Baud Rate may vary depending on the PC Usually a rate of 19 200 bps is good Files must first be saved on an accessible drive on a PC see Upgrades of Firmware and Fonts FFS files 206 Files are downloaded by connecting the PC running the utility to the Intermate1xx via the serial upgrade cable The Intermate1xx must be powered Off before it is connected to the PC Do NOT power it On until asked to by the Download Utility The Download menu is activated from the keyboard lt Alt d gt Select the file as always in a Windows program Click on the Open button to initiate the download and follow along with what happens on the screen When you are asked to power On you must first press the TEST button and keep holding it while powering On This is necessary in order for the unit to enter Download mode The Error LED is ON and the Line LED is OFF when the Intermate1 xx is in Download mode On reboot both LEDS light during programming of the Flash memory When both LEDS go out briefly the programming is done The print server should then return to Ready in the nor mal operation mode the green LED Error should
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39. and Windows XP Raw Socket Printing Standard TCP IP Port 2 2 Raw Socket Printing Standard TCP IP Port Important As explained in Raw Socket Port 9100 Reverse Telnet page 160 you can configure up to four different Raw Socket services on your print server If you have more than one ser vice defined on the print server you must in fact use different port number values for each of them If you want to be sure of achieving bidirectional communication with the physical target printer please see Raw Socket Config uration Tip Ensuring Bidirectional Communication page 162 Procedure Choose Settings gt Printers gt Add Printer Follow the instructions given by the Add Print Wizard The important things to notice are listed below 1 Choose local printer yes local even though the print server is attached to the LAN and not directly to your PC work station Clear the Automatically detect my printer check box before going on to click Next 2 Add anew port This is defined as a combination of a given IP address in our example 192 168 0 227 and a port type Available port types are displayed on the Type pull down list At this point you cannot directly specify Raw Socket but must choose the heading Standard TCP IP Port you may have to scroll down a bit to find this heading on the list Choosing this port type starts the Add Standard TCP IP Printer Port Wizard 3 About the Port Name As
40. and found to comply with the limits for a Class A computing device pursuant to Subpart B of Part 15 of FCC rules which are designed to provide reasonable protec tion against such interference when operated in a commercial environment Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which case the user at his own expense will be required to take whatever measures may be required to correct the interference Shielded cables should be used with this unit to ensure compli ance with the Class A limits EU EMC CE Declaration of Conformity C This digital equipment fulfils the requirements for radi ated emission according to limit A of EN55022 1998 and the requirements for immunity according to EN55024 1998 resi dential commercial and light industry In a domestic environment this product may cause radio inter ference in which case in which case the user at his own expense will be required to take whatever measures may be required to correct the interference Compliance is not valid for unshielded network and printer cables Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 232 Appendix C Hardware Installation Tip You can configure the unit without having it attached to a printer While you will not be able to print the Main Status Pages showing all configurations you will of course be able to look up the individual settings using one of the configuration tools desc
41. and license keys but as mentioned in the introduction to this guide it is clumsy to use Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 75 Configuration Using a Telnet Client Menu Items and Settings 10 2 Menu Items and Settings Main Menu For the most part each item corresponds to a configuration page in the HTTP interface For example 1 General 2 Network The list ends with a display of the syntax for two kinds of save S and C and for exiting the Telnet session Q There is a tim eout function that breaks the connection to the Intermate1xx after about a minute of inactivity As indicated above each item is numbered Select an item by typing the number of the item to the prompt and pressing the Enter key Configuration Menus When you have chosen an item on the main menu you will be presented with a sub menu with a heading a numbered list of parameters and the message R Return to main menu Examples of parameters in the sub menu called Raw Socket Menu 1 TCP Port 1 9100 2 Use Logical Printer 1 PRO 3 TCP Port 2 9100 4 Use Logical Printer 2 lt PR4 gt As you can see in the example above each parameter line fin ishes by showing the current setting in angled brackets Select the parameter you want to change by typing in the num ber and pressing the Enter key You will then be shown the name of the parameter the current setting and information
42. as lead in e g 00000000400c0a20507 8 Enable Authentication No Set this to Yes if you want to enable Traps traps on attempts of unauthorized access Enable SNMP Printer Set this to Yes if you want to enable Traps traps on printer errors Trap on Off line Yes Trap on Out of Paper Yes Trap on Paper Jam Yes Trap on Cover Open Yes Trap on Toner Low Yes Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 190 Configure SNMP Traps Trap on Printer Error Yes 9 Reboot the Intermate xx Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 19 Configure SNMP Using and Viewing Traps 26 6 Using and Viewing Traps Now that everything is set up whenever a printer error occurs a trap is sent and the icon for the established connection on the main screen turns red The traps can be tested by generat ing some printer events Try for example to open the cover and then view the trap 1 Right click the connection icon on the main screen and choose Alarms HP OpenView Alarm Log Of x Acknowledge All More Info Current Display Options Current 2 paseo Show All Alarms History 69 Acknowledge Go Printer Server Intermate100 Display 2 Status Date Time Description Object 06 22 00 12 10 Trap received from Test department Intermate100 06 22 00 12 10 Trap received from Test department Intermate100 Filt
43. be on and the red LED Line should be off Refer to the ntermate Download Utility program s on line help pages for further detail These are accessed via the help menu lt Alt h gt Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 220 Overview of Types of Resets Activate New Saved Settings with Reboot 32 Overview of Types of Resets 32 1 Activate New Saved Settings with a Reboot To activate any new setting the print server must be rebooted Rebooting resets the information in the System Log So you may want to print out the Main Status Pages before rebooting There are two kinds of normal reboots immediate and trolled Reboot immediate reboots the Intermate1 xx immediately terminating any current print job and Jobs queued after a terminated job are not affected Reboot controlled performs a delayed reboot reboot command is added to the job queue The reboot is carried out when there are no more jobs known to the Intermate1xx Both types of reboot can be achieved remotely through HTTP menu a Telnet client or an FTP session When you load firmware fonts etc using the IMCU you can also use the IMCU to perform an Immediate remote reboot Finally can do a hardware reboot which is useful in certain sit uations for example those described in Restore Factory Defaults TEST Button page 223 Hardware reboots are best done by powering the print server
44. do string substitution The strings are defined in the next configuration page in the Output Control sub group Substitution Strings page 157 If you want the logical printer you are configuring to use one or more of these strings enter all the relevant string numbers in the String Substitutions field for the logical printer you are configuring The numbers you enter must be separated by commas This is trivial What is challenging is planning the content of your substitution strings and entering them in a meaningful order This is covered in the section on Planning page 158 in the Substitution Strings chapter Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 156 Substitution Strings Input String and Output String 21 Substitution Strings 21 1 Input String and Output String The Substitution Strings configuration page is divided into 16 string sets each consisting of an input string and an output string The syntactical rules for input strings and output strings are the same as for String Before and String After as described in Logical Printers 1 8 page 151 Each input string or output string can fill up to 100 encoded Bytes see Basic Rules and Encoded Bytes page 239 in the appendix on string syntax String sets entered in the Substitution Strings configuration page have no effect until you set up a logical print which will use
45. in how the HTTP menu is organized The documentation follows this new structure e This was the final release with IPX SPX based Novell NetWare print support for Bindery and NDS modes 2021 January 2002 IPX SPX removed IPX SPX based Novell NetWare print support for Bindery and NDS modes is not included in print servers purchased after 4 January 2002 Due to license issues in connection with Novell Netware down grading a an Intermate100 purchased after 4 January 2002 G22 2021 and higher will constitute a copy right violation Owners of the older models of G22 based serv ers can use the separate printing environment guide for IPX SPX See Novell Netware LPR via pure IP page 50 if you need to print from a NetWare platform based on pure IP such as that in NetWare 5 released in 1998 2041 late January 2002 Beta release of G32 2171 April 2002 e Major changes were made in how the HTTP menu is organized and the documentation was changed to follow this new structure ThinPrint was made available as standard Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 2 Introduction Target Audience and Products NDO functions were changed to allow direct choice of a target printer without having to use a logical printer The possibilities for bi directional communication with the local target printer were significantly improved among other things Nibble mode for printers not capable of ECP See
46. location contact 9 Edit the variables 10 Click the Close button to finish Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 186 Configure SNMP Load and Edit Options Parameters 11 Ifyou have Private MIB version 1 1 or later you can reboot the Intermate1xx by setting the Immediate or Controlled variable to the log in user name e g admin Alternatively power the Intermate1xx Off and On but wait 10 seconds after saving the options before powering Off 12 Ping the Intermate1xx to verify that it is ready This can be done by right clicking the connection in the submap window and choosing Ping Press the Start button to ping a single time Repeat the pinging until the Intermate1 xx replies Tip The pinging can be set to be performed continuously by checking the Continuous Operation feature in the Options menu Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 187 Configure SNMP Traps 26 5 Traps Traps are used to monitor the printer and to report errors and attempts of unauthorized user access The kinds of traps which are generated are controlled on the Intermate1xx s SNMP configuration page using the parame ters Enable Authentication Traps Default setting No and Enable SNMP Printer Traps Default setting No The receivers of the traps are specified with Trap Target Default setting gt Blank lt The receiver s community is set with
47. of them On the same window you will be asked whether or not you want the printer to be default for your PC work station 16 Decide whether or not to share the printer Click Next The rest of the instructions here assume that you do not share the printer 17 Decide whether or not you want a test page printed Click Next The test page will not print until after the next step is completed 18 The final window will be presented Click Finish 19 If you have chosen to print a test page in Step 17 you will be presented with a window explaining what is going on If the printout is ok click OK If you should need to choose Troubleshoot follow the on line help instructions Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 37 Windows NT 4 0 Native LPR 3 3 Native LPR Prerequisite Using the Native LPR for Windows NT requires that you have installed the Microsoft TCP IP Printing network service This is done by clicking Start Settings Control Panel Network and choosing the Services tab Network 2 Identification Services Protocols Adapters Bindings Network Services E Computer Browser E SDLC Link Service 1 DEMO SDLC Link Service 1 DEMO SDLC Link Service 2 DLC 802 2 Link Service 1 E Gateway Service for NetWare a Microsoft TCP IP Printing NetBIOS Interface zal Remove a Jpdate 5 Description Enables Windows NT to print to TC
48. on possible values which are either chosen by item numbers or typed in Pressing the lt Enter gt key finishes your data entry and returns you to the sub menu vious menu Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 76 Configuration Using a Telnet Client Activating New Values By Rebooting The sub menu will show that you can use p followed by lt Enter gt to return to the previous menu but sometimes enter ing p without first having entered a value can result in an error You can however always enter r followed by lt gt to return to the Main Menu directly from the list of parameters on a configuration menu If the number of items does not fit on the screen the text string Press Return is added to the default prompt This means that Enter has to be pressed to view the next screen of items 10 3 Activating New Values By Rebooting New settings are saved and activated by selecting one of the two possible reboots Note In the commands below interface means the Intermate1xx print server S Save changes and reboot interface immediate This terminates any current print job and reboots the Intermate1xx immediately Jobs queued after a terminated job are not affected e C Save changes and reboot interface controlled This performs a delayed reboot A reboot command is added to the job queue The reboot is carried out when there are no more jobs known to the
49. one or more of them String Before and String After page 155 When your chosen logical printer is configured to use a given string set the data stream in a job directed to that logical printer will be inspected If there is a string exactly matching Input String it will be removed and be replaced with Output String in the same set Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 157 Substitution Strings Planning 21 2 Planning As shown in Logical Printers 1 8 page 151 itis easy to tell a logical printer to use one or more even all of the string pairs defined in Substitution Strings What is difficult is the planning when you want more than one substitution string to be used If there is any overlap in the con tent of the input strings you must carefully control the order in which you enter the string in the String Substitutions field for the logical printer in question Example You want to use the following substitution strings in logical printer x where the input strings encode like this Input String 1 trs98 Input String 5 trs98563 Input String 8 98 Input String 8 is a subset of Input String 1 which in turn is a subset of Input String 5 If you want to be sure that everything is interpreted correctly you must order your entries in the String Substitutions field like this 8 1 5 So if you will be using substitution strings you should define what they ar
50. reason For more information on the MCU see The Intermate Manage ment and Configuration Utility IMCU page 78 Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 178 Configurable Monitoring Tools E Mail Notification 25 2 E Mail Notification Choose E Mail Notification in the Status Monitoring sub group Parameter Default Comments Setting Enable E Mail Notification No Enable the function using the radio button SMTP Server Address gt Blank lt Enter the IP address of the mail server Alternatively you can enter a name if this name is on the DNS server registered on the TCP IP configuration page in the Basic sub group Mail Receiver Address gt Blank lt This can be anyone who might be expected to respond to the message Administrator E mail Address Blank This address will be presented on a mail as the sender On what occasions should an autogenerated notification message be sent Notify on Off line Yes Notify on Out of Paper Yes Notify on Paper Jam Yes Notify on Cover Open Yes Notify on Toner Low Yes Notify on Printer Error Yes Notify on Power Off Yes When you enable E Mail Notification all of the Notify on parameters will be enabled by default You can disable them by changing the radio button choice from Yes to No Some of the identifying information on the mail comes from mandatory settings
51. some troubleshooting with a supporter The following items are only available in the Status group if relevant settings have been enabled at various places in the system e WINS e IPX SPX notin Intermate101 products based on G32 or G34 discontinued per 4 January 2002 i e all G22 release levels starting with level G22 2 and all G32 releases TN5250E e TN3270E Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 173 Standard Monitoring Information Status gt Target Printer Info 24 2 Status Target Printer Info Here is an example of Target Printer Info where one local and two network printers have been defined and activated Target Name Local Printer Target Communication Protocol Parallel Port ECP mode Printer Name LASERJET 4000 Bidirectional Support Yes Printer Status READY Display Message Unavailable Online Status Online Job Boundary Page Counter 0 Total Page Counter 8058 Duplex Print Off Job Queue No Job in Queue Target Name Network Destination 1 Target Communication Protocol Network RAW Socket Printer Name FS 3800 Bidirectional Support Yes Printer Status READY Display Message Unavailable Online Status Online Job Boundary Page Counter 0 Total Page Counter 10290 Duplex Print Off Job Queue No Job in Queue Target Name Network Destination 2 Target Communication Protocol Network RAW Socket Printer Name Unavailable
52. the example below shows LPR port Select it if it is not already selected Add Printer Wizard x Click the check box next to the port s you want to use Documents will print to the first available checked port Available ports Port Description Printer L COM3 Local Port L1 coma Local Port Local Port HP LaserJet Local Port Intermate LPR v Add Port Configure Port Enable printer pooling tees Click Next After a bit of a wait you will be returned to the Add Printer Wizard where you will indicate the manufacturer and type of printer You may have to take a detour to fetch a type not already available on the list 36 Windows NT 4 0 Using an Intermate Print Port for Raw Socket or LPR 14 If you already have a printer definition for this printer type you Will be asked whether or not you want to keep the existing driver We advise your doing so Note Should you want to use a new driver or make other adjustments to the printer definition wait until you are finished with the Add Printer procedure described here Choose Settings Printer right click on the new printer you have defined and choose Properties There are six tabs full of settings you can change 15 You will be asked to Name Your Printer If you have several different printer definitions for the same physical printer in your network choose a name which will help to keep track
53. you type in the IP address for the print server the Printer Port Wizard will generate a Port Name consisting of the IP address pre fixed with the string IP For example IP 192 168 0 227 You may change the name If as allowed for in the next Step you want to use a port 29100 instead of 9100 you could for example change the name to IP 192 168 0 227 29100 Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 24 Windows 2000 and Windows XP Raw Socket Printing Standard TCP IP Port SO you can easily see how you have configured the printer definition The name has no effect on what the system does but can be a great help in your administration 4 Windows has no special knowledge of our print server When asked for additional information about the device types choose Standard Generic Network Card Its default settings are SNMP activated with the Raw Port 9100 protocol Note At this point in your setup you cannot change the port number value from 9100 we will return to this issue below on page 26 5 After a bit of a wait you will be returned to the Add Printer Wizard where you will indicate the manufacturer and type of printer You may have to take a detour to fetch a type not already available on the list 6 If you already have a printer definition for this printer type you will be asked whether or not you want to keep the existing driver We advise your doing so Note Should you want to use a new d
54. you want to re configure Add the Intermate Port 9100 or LPR printer port page 46 In Windows the definition of a printer consists of three ele ments a aphysical printer from a specific printer manufacturer and of a specific type or model with a specific IP address b aspecific driver to be used this driver may or may not be from the same manufacturer C the portname to be used port names are often in themselves composed of two parts for example an IP address and a port Once defined printers appear on the Settings Printer func tion and they are presented on the list of printers you can Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 42 Windows 95 98 Install the Print Port Program choose from whenever you use a Windows application on your PC work station 4 2 Install the Print Port Program The Print Port is a native 32 bit application included on the nter mate Documentation and Ulilities CD You need administrative rights to install this utility on NT 2000 or XP After you execute the file P17 xxxx exe you will be able to choose an Intermate LPR Print Port or an Intermate Raw Socket Port 9100 Port just as you would choose any other type of port when you install or modify the properties of a printer definition Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 43 Windows 95 98 New Printer 4 3 New Printer 1 2 Open the Control Panel by
55. 00 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 83 The Intermate Management and Configuration Utility IMCU Device List Available Agents Figure2 Device List Agent Devices net on DIK2 5 ists Printe Interfac Interface firmware Padres Links rinter type type e e 55 LASERJET Sleeping kdcl 1test 4000 Intermatel01 G32 2041 00 lt 0 2008287 222 5 4201 5257 Ready Unavailable Intermatel l G32 2041 00 0 2008285 222 5 4 165 Qe Intermate LAN F33 Ready LANFS3_testafd F3 3800 10 100 K92 2011 K65 0441 00 0 2008280 222 5 4 202 Qe IPRINTSERVER 2 Status Name Printer type pw Iuierface firmware address P address Links Not Intermatel00 Idle Print Server hte aint Serger 022 49 00020086 222127 yr Lexmark MarkNet Ready LXK193FA6 T620 N2001e 3 17 4 00040098fc65 22221252 Ready Unavailable Intermate101 332 2041 00 0 2058127 222 2 2 223 acy Ready NB03148A F3 5900C 8 2 124 00 0 003148 222 2 1 239 T Sleeping ICOIDEA6 F3 7000 SEH 82146 00 0 0014 22222204 Sleeping ICOIDE9D F3 7000 SEH 82146 00 0 001 9 222 2 1 238 T Sleeping NB01A896 F3 7000 SEH 8 2 72 00 0 001 a896 22222205 T Sleeping NB01A389 F3 7000 SEH 8 2 72 00 0 01 889 22222221 T Sleeping ICOIDEAB 15 7000 SEH 8 2 76 00 0 0014 222 2
56. 09 13 96 RFC1229 MIB 09 13 96 RFC1230 MIB 09 13 96 RFC1231 MIB 09 13 96 RFC1232 MIB 09 13 96 Import Clear Database tee 6 Click the Close button Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 185 Configure SNMP Load and Edit Options Parameters To edit the Intermate1xx parameters 7 Onthe HP OpenView main screen choose Control gt SNMP Manager gt Define Query This opens the dialog box for defining queries Note that the parameters will be called variables 8 Selectthe variables to view and add them to the Selected list The Intermate1xx option variables are found by clicking iso gt org gt dod gt internet gt private gt enterprises gt intermate gt imaPs1 This brings up a list of all available option groups each corresponding to a configuration page Double clicking an option group name accesses the variables contained in that group Select the variables or groups to be viewed Use the Add gt button to add single variables or entire groups to the list Finish by pressing the Perform button Example The figure below shows the variables found in the General option group the parameters found on the General configuration page in the print server s HTML dialog SNMP Table Intermate100 Biel Ea Press SET to send changes to device Close TEST department Variable Set SNMP test device
57. 101 Print Server Administration Manual 64 05 2 2 x and 05 2 Warp IPDS from PSF 2 5 Enter the Queue name and Description Select the Device Click on Setup An OS 2 print queue is now created and the printer is ready to print IPDS from OS 2 and a PSF 2 connected host Note You can check the connection using the PSF 2 Print Submitter A number of AFP print files are delivered with the PSF 2 package Any of these files can be submitted to the newly created print queue For settings on the print server please consult the IPDS sec tions in the Printing Environment Guide for IBM Mainframes or in the Printing Environment Guide for OS 400 Systems Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 65 TOOLS FOR MANAGEMENT AND CONFIGURATION Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 66 Browser Prerequisites 9 HTTP Browser 9 1 Prerequisites The following description assumes that you have already assigned an IP address to the Intermate xx If the instructions in the brochure Getting Started or the on board Quick Guide haven t met your needs refer to Chapter 13 TCP IP page 103 where there are supplemen tary explanations and instructions for other methods You may have to set up an IP route in order for the browser to be able to connect to the Intermate1xx If you are in doubt ask your network administrator You need a browser which supports frame sets
58. 2 215 T Ready 780 Phaser780N Tektronix 2 76 10 36 4 1 38 3 2 0800110ad601 222 2 2 112 T HP LaserJet JetDirect ENERGIBESPARELSE 58i 125598 A0505 0060601 d651 e 222 2 2 239 T Ready 740 Phaser740P Tektronix 4 08 8 62 17 1 24 08001100802 222 22 200 T Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 84 The Intermate Management and Configuration Utility Installing Agents 11 7 Installing Agents If there is an agent on the segment where your Intermate1xx is placed you are ready to use the MCU If you do not know whether someone in your network environ ment has already established an agent on the segment where your Intermate1xx is placed log in to the MCU server and use the Device List as described in the previous section If the MAC address for your Intermate1xx does not show up on any of the agents you need to install one Unless you have a very good reason for doing so do not change the default port for the agent 8888 Note that it is possible to have several agents installed on the same physical network segment but only one agent per host The agent can be hosted on a PC or on an Intermate print server 11 7 1 Remote Installation of an Agent from the MCU server If both the MCU server and the PC which is to host the agent are running NT 4 0 or higher Windows 2000 Windows XP you can install an agent remotely Select Agent Management Select New Fill out the
59. 9100 Correspondingly you can type in any Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 47 Windows 95 98 Add the Intermate Port 9100 LPR printer port valid port number in the Port field The Port Name generated will look something like this IMA 192 168 0 227 9100 and if you for example designate port 29100 the name gen erated will look like this IMA 192 168 0 227 29100 If you want to be sure of achieving bidirectional communication with the physical target printer please see Raw Socket Config uration Tip Ensuring Bidirectional Communication page 162 Setting up an LPR port IP address Print Queue gt 22221 239 Name 2 P R 8 222 21 238 E tees Print Queue A default name PAR_B is shown This is a binary queue type which will print to Logical Printer 0 See LPR Print Queues LPD Protocol page 163 if you need information on queue types or want to change the queue name See Services in Input Control page 159 if you need help to understand what Logical Printer 0 is and how you can choose another alternative Port Name When you click on this field a name will be generated according to this syntax print queue name gt lt ip address gt You can change this name 9 Finish by clicking OK 10 Continue with any further customizing of the printer properties Click OK to finish 11 Wait while the printer device is created
60. A_192 168 0 227 9100 and if you for example designate port 29100 the name gen erated will look like this IMA_192 168 0 227 29100 If you want to be sure of achieving bidirectional communication with the physical target printer please see Raw Socket Config uration Tip Ensuring Bidirectional Communication page 162 Setting up an LPR port LPR Settings IP address Print Queue gt 22221 239 b _ 222 21 239 ES 5 Cancel Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 35 11 12 13 Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual Windows NT 4 0 Using an Intermate Print Port for Raw Socket or LPR Print Queue A default name PAR B is shown This is a binary queue type which will print to Logical Printer 0 See LPR Print Queues LPD Protocol page 163 if you need information on queue types or want to change the queue name See Services in Input Control page 159 if you need help to understand what Logical Printer 0 is and how you can choose another alternative Port Name When you click on this field a name will be generated according to this syntax print queue name gt lt ip address gt You can change this name Finish by clicking OK This will close the small window and return you to the Add Printer Wizard A list of available ports appears next Note that the new port has been added to the list
61. CS print will be in test mode Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 119 Processing Facilities TCP IP Sessions Services and Host Sessions Figure5 HPO SCS TN3270E Host Session TN3270E for SCS This HPO emulates IBM 3287 printers in LU1 mode One host session on IBM Mainframe host typically S 390 or S 370 SCS Features Supported SCS LU1 data stream GDDM COR APO EAB APL2 RPQs for 3287 3268 and 4214 Structured fields and query Draft NLQ and LQ modes 3 bin paper input Euro enabled A large number of network and processing options are configurable See the Printing Environment Guide for IBM Mainframe Hosts Note If you have not purchased and enabled a key SCS print will be in test mode Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 120 Processing Facilities TCP IP Sessions Services and Host Sessions Figure 6 HPO IPDS Host Session IPDS emulation using the PPD PPR protocol one host session IBM printers emulated 3812 x 3816 3912 16 3112 16 4028 IPDS Features Supported All resident fonts functional equivalent to IBM 3816 4028 3916 and 3116 standard fonts Euro enabled Duplex printing DIN A3 and Ledger 11x17 support Data Towers Text IM Image IO Image Graphics Bar Code Resource Towers Page Segment Overlay Loaded Font IPDS Exception Availab
62. Intermate100 Intermate101 10 100 Mbit Ethernet Multi Protocol Externally Attached Print Servers Print Server Administration Manual 7th Edition Document gs 100 07 25 June 2002 Separate Printing Environment Guides are provided for IBM Mainframes and IBM OS 400 Systems This manual applies to the following firmware code components Intermate100 Main code G22 Boot code G21 Intermate101 Maincode G32 Bootcode G31 Rescue Main G33 Intermate101 JScribe Maincode G34 Bootcode G31 Rescue Main G33 No part of this manual may be photocopied or reproduced in any way except where noted without the written consent of Intermate A S Copyright Intermate A S 2002 All rights reserved Ici intermate an LCI Technology Group company Kongevejen 194A Pease International Tradeport 3460 Birkeroed 222 International Drive Suite 195 Denmark Portsmouth NH 03801 E mail support intermate com E mail support intermate us com NOTICES Disclaimer LCI Intermate A S makes no warranty of any kind with regard to the contents or use of this guide and specifically disclaims any express or implied warranties on merchant ability or fitness for any particular purpose LCI Intermate A S shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the performance or use of this product Information in this guide is liable to change without notice and does not represent a co
63. Intermate101 only 32 4 Crash Recovery Intermate101 only This procedure is usually only done by specialist technicians The Intermate101 has a special software component G33 called Rescue Main which allows you to set the print server in Rescue Mode From there you can load a fresh copy of the main code G32 a Turn the unit off by pulling the power supply jack out of the print server Start pressing the Test Button in and keep your eyes on the LEDs Put the jack back in Both LEDs will light up After a few seconds both LEDS will go off Let go of the Button immediately If all is well the Line LED green will light up This means that Rescue Main is running The procedure will typically have restored the configuration file You will now be able to contact the print server If the IP address has been lost not likely you will have to do something to establish contact with the print server as described in consult Initial Contact page 87 The easiest method would be to use the MCU because it can make contact at the hardware level Load a new copy of the firmware see Using FTP Directly page 206 or Using the IMCU for Maintenance page 211 Reboot Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 225 APPENDICES Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 226 Customer Support Updates and Revised Documentation Appendix A Customer
64. LPR 5 SCS 5250 1 3 4 SCS5250E 2 0 1 2 SCS5250E 3 3 4 form feed print a message LPR 7 on the separator sheet SCS5250E 4 0 1 2 none form feed print a message none LPR 8 on the separator sheet IPP 5 4 3 none form feed print a message 1 5 10 14 ThinPrint on the separator sheet Raw 2 LPR 2 LPR 6 LPR 3 Raw 3 6 0 1 changelanguage restore the previous 2 4 5 11 12 code table language code table 18 14 16 LPR 4 7 3 4 wait for manual none 1 2 3 4 5 6 feed 7 LPR 1 Raw 1 8 0 1 2 form feed print a message none on the separator sheet Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 134 18 18 1 Lo Local Printer Parallel Port Introduction Messages and Status Reporting cal Printer Parallel Port Introduction Messages and Status Reporting With the exception of Enable Power Detection page 143 the parameters for Local Printer Parallel Port are meant to help you configure various kinds of messages and status reporting about the Local Printer How a given mode works can depend on whether or not the printer supports PJL Messages and Status Reporting Depending on PJL Capability and IEEE 1284 Negotiation Mode Printer Mode for IEEE Is the result bi What kinds of messages and status reporting will supports 1284 directional be enabled
65. Option NDO please note The target printer will be the printer designated as System Target Printer on the General configuration page in the Configurations gt Basic sub group PR1 PR2 PR3 PR4 PR5 PR6 PR7 Logical Printer 1 Logical Printer 2 Logical Printer 3 Logical Printer 4 Logical Printer 5 Logical Printer 6 Logical Printer 7 Logical Printer 8 Select one of these queues to have data manipulated by a logical printer definition Data manipulation is explained below see Logical Printers page 125 Users of the Network Destination Option NDO please note 1 The definition of the logical printer includes choice of target printer On the newer print services you can target a physical printer see the next row without having to use a logical printer 2 Even on the newer print servers you must configure and use a logical printer if you want to create and target a load balancing pool not available Local Printer Network Destination 1 Network Destination 2 Network Destination 3 Network Destination 4 Direct selection of target printer The Network Destinations are only available for users of NDO NDO users please note comment 2 on the row above this one Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 124 Processing Facilities Logical Printers 17 6 Logical Printers 17 6 1 PRO Logical Printer 0 Logical printer zero PRO
66. P IP connected printers or to printers that are physically attached to UNIX computers Network Access Order If the service is not installed then install it by clicking the Add button and following the on screen instructions Setting up an LPR printer 1 Open the Control Panel for example by choosing Settings Control Panel from the Windows Start menu Open the Printers window by double clicking the Printers In the Printers window launch the Add Printer Wizard by double clicking the Add Printer icon Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 38 Windows NT 4 0 Native LPR 4 Choose My Computer not Network printer server and then Next Add Printer Wizard This wizard helps you install your printer or make printer connections This printer will be managed by My Computer All settings will be managed and configured on this computer Network printer server Connect to a printer on another machine All settings for this printer are managed by print server that has been set up by an administrator Cancel 5 This will bring up a window prompting you for a port Click the Add Port button 6 Inthe Printer Ports dialog box select the LPR Port and click New Port Printer Ports 2 x Available Printer Ports Digital Network Port Lexmark TCP IP Network Port Local Port New Monitor
67. RARP server Management environments UNIX only Instructions start on page 95 The RARP daemon does not work across routers or gateways e Dynamic delivery from a DHCP server This is mainly used to deliver IP addresses to PCs and work stations rather than to servers but can be used to deliver an IP address to a print server such as the Intermate1 xx This can save on the use of valuable IP addresses In order to work the Intermate1xx must have a host name which can be entered in a DNS table If you are required by your network administration to let a DHCP server assign an address to the unit you will need to use a static assignment method see below to make initial contact with it and then enable DHCP afterwards Instructions start on page 97 Static Assignment Three methods are available for this ARP and PING can be used in any of the LAN management environments mentioned but should not be used if your system administrator requires the use of a BOOTP server or an RARP server Instructions start on page 98 ARP does not work across routers or gateways Intermate Management and Configuration Utility IMCU can be used in environments running under a Windows operating system Windows 95 98 NT 4 0 Windows 2000 Instructions start on page 100 Because the MCU detects network devices at the hardware level you can set an IP address for a segment unreachable from your work station as long as there is
68. RL in the address box If you continue in the same instance you can use the browser s back and forward arrows to move among the different things you have running Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 216 Using the IMCU for Maintenance Bulk Upgrade 30 3 Bulk Upgrade When you are done with steps 1 5 as described Y starting on page 212 click on the Bulk Firmware Upgrade icon located in the top row of icons Your click will bring up a dialog like this Select devices to upgrade Agent Devices 2 1 net on DIK2 fay 5 214 Upgrade Printer type Interface firmwar Unavailable 932 2041 LASERJET 4000 032 2041 3380 K92 2011 K65 04 IMPRINTSERVER Upgrade 21 and 22 L Vx Printer type Interface firmmwan Lexmark T620 3 17 4 Unavailable G32 2041 View log Next gt Note the following things about this dialog The devices displayed are only those with firmware that the IMCU is able to recognize and put the files in the correct library in the FTP directory Use the upgrade check box to select a device for upgrading Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 217 Using the IMCU for Maintenance Bulk Upgrade You can use the check mark to select all the devices Y listed by a given agent segment But do so only if they all are the same type of print ser
69. S and IPDS The firmware file names as they appear on the web site are shown in the first column in the tables below Upgrade meth ods are also mentioned while instructions on how to use a given method are found in the three chapters following this one Note that the MCU can be used to update several print servers at once see Bulk Upgrade page 217 provided that all the servers involved are based on the same software com ponent and that they all have the same password Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 199 FSS Files Upgrade Components FSS Files Boot Code and Main Code are upgraded via FTP directly via FTP initiated and controlled by the MCU or via the Intermate Download Utility in conjunction with a serial upgrade cable Note that the MCU can be used to update several print serv ers at once File Name Files Included Boot and Main Components for the Intermate100 G21 xxxx zip G21 xxxx ffs Boot G22 xxxx zip G22 xxxx ffs Main File Name Files Included Boot and Main Components for the Intermate101 G31 xxxx zip G31 xxxx ffs Boot G33 Xxxx Zip G 33 xxx ffs RescueMain G32 xxxx zipG G32 xxxx ffs Main HPO Fonts are upgraded via FTP directly or via FTP initiated and controlled by the MCU Note that the MCU can be used to update several print servers at once File Name Files Included K66 Xxxx zip K66 xxxx ff
70. TIOFIS ferens tens 156 21 Substitution 598 157 Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual vii Table of Contents 22 Services in Input Control nens 159 22 1 Common Feature How to Direct Output sse 159 22 2 Raw Socket Port 9100 Reverse 160 Raw Socket Configuration Tip Port Number Value for Port 9100 Raw Socket protocol does not have to be 9100 160 Figure 17 Example Four different Raw Socket Services 161 Raw Socket Configuration Tip Ensuring Bidirectional Communica TOT coins era te 162 22 3 LPR Print Queues Protocol eene 163 22 4 ee ro cad e D HERE PR 164 224 1 COMIGUIALION retra re retreat 164 22 4 2 USING FIP sisi rn in rera reir nnne 164 22 5 IPP Print Internet Printing Protocol tne 165 22 5 1 Included Features enne 165 22 5 2 Print server configuration 5 rms 165 22 6 THN PANT rer rrt meer re erre 166 Management Information and Monitoring Possibilities 23 Printed Information Available 170 23 1 Main Status Pages itecto deir rei ED ORE ME EU RESTE FEE 170 23 2 Other Printouts in the Actions Group es 171 23 3 Help s Quick G
71. Utility IMCU Installation of the Various Elements 11 3 Installation of the Various Elements The MCU server installs on Windows95 98 NT4 0 2000 XP as a service where it detects monitors and upgrades print servers in large segmented IP networks Note that TCP IP must be installed You can configure the kind of information you want displayed An agent must be installed on a host on each IP segment hav ing devices you wish to monitor through the MCU server An agent can reside on either a PC or on an Intermate1xx print server Each Intermate1xx print server contains an MCU client through which the agent can detect and configure first time IP settings upgrade firmware and link to the print server s own web page Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 80 The Intermate Management and Configuration Utility Establishing an IMCU Server 11 4 Establishing an MCU Server Remember that you must be logged on to the computer with a Windows NT account with administrative rights if you will be installing on Windows NT Windows 2000 or Windows XP The MCU server program is installed by copying the installa tion program to a PC running Windows and executing it This installs the program files and starts the MCU service The installation program will give you the possibility of installing a server an agent or both It is a good idea to choose both especially if the machine is on the segment where you
72. a single unit the MCUis especially useful in establishing initial contact Most users will find other tools more useful for configuring the other parameters and options As a monitoring tool the MCU can give you an overview over many different kinds of network devices and their network status such as not available sleeping ready for printers you can also see page count These possibilities are also introduced in Chapter 11 in the section Device List Available Agents page 83 As a firmware upgrade tool the MCU can be used not only for upgrading single units but also for bulk upgrade as well as for copying configuration files from one unit to one or more other units see Upgrades and Maintenance starting on page 196 1 4 3 About Initial Contact Getting This main section consists of one large chapter Chapter 12 IP TCP IP Assignments for Initial Contact page 88 Connected P It contains comprehensive information on how to choose a method for assigning TCP IP related information IP address subnet mask default gateway and host name and how to use the chosen method It is especially meant to help those whose situation cannot be easily handled with the information in Getting Started or the Quick Guide This chapter can also be used as a replacement for those guides Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 13 Introduction Topics This Manual 1 4 4 Ab
73. able on page 237 Use this parameter to specify the physical location of the local printer or if you enable NDO and only want to target network destinations to specify the physical location of the stand alone unit The device location will be printed on e mail and SNMP notifi cations should you implement them 14 2 4 Device Name Maximum 47 ASCII characters within the decimal range 32 126 see the table on page 237 The device name will be printed on e mail and SNMP notifica tions should you implement them Important Do not confuse this name with the Host Name see Prerequisites page 100 and Host Name page 104 Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 107 General System Target Printer 14 3 System Target Printer The System Target Printer has the following special functions When you choose Actions gt Print Main Status Pages the output is directed to the System Target Printer Logical Printer 0 PRO always directs physical output to the designated System Target Printer So any time you specify that a protocol should send output to Logical Printer 0 you are also directing the physical output to the System Target Printer Choose a value from the pull down menu By default the System Target Printer is the Local Printer that is the printer where the print server is attached If you enable the Network Destination Option NDO you can choose another printer inst
74. age printed Click Next The test page will not print until after the next step is completed The final window will be presented Click Finish Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 30 Windows 2000 and Windows XP Internet Print Protocol 10 If you have chosen to print a test page in Step 8 you will be presented with a window explaining what is going on If the printout is ok click OK If you should need to choose Troubleshoot follow the on line help instructions If you cannot connect to your printer using the general URL for mat above please see your printer s documentation or contact your network administrator Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 31 Windows NT 4 0 Introduction 3 Windows NT 4 0 3 1 Introduction The following protocols are supported e Standard TCP IP Port Raw Socket Port 9100 Reverse Telnet using the ntermate Port 9100 Print Port LPR for standard ASCII data e g PCL and PostScript using the ntermate LPR Print Port LPR using the native LPR in Windows NT 4 0 Native LPR page 38 In this chapter the two types of protocols available on the Intermate Print Port are covered first in the section Using an Intermate Print Port for Raw Socket or LPR page 33 In order to print properly from an LPR queue a TCP IP net work connected printer must have a card that supports LPD Note that the LPR port is be
75. already established initial contact with the print server and set a host name the IP address subnet mask and default gateway Tools for Management and Configuration Initial Contact getting TCP IP connected Configuring the Basic and Permissions Sub Groups Configuring Services and Host Sessions Information and Monitoring Possibilities Upgrades and Maintenance Appendices Each main section has several chapters Purpose of The following information about each main section is meant to the help you to decide which chapters you need to use and to About informa determine whether there are special pre requisites you need to tion fulfill before proceeding Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 10 Introduction Topics This Manual 1 4 1 About the Supported Printing Environments Note These descriptions assume that you have already established contact with the print server and set the IP address subnet mask and default gateway If you need help to do this consult the Getting Started brochure the Quick Guide or IP Assignments for Initial Contact page 88 in this manual The following environments are covered in this manual e Windows 2000 and Windows XP page 23 e Socket Printing Standard TCP IP Port page 24 LPR page 27 native or using the Intermate Print Port note 1 Internet Print Protocol page 30 e Windows 4 0 page 32 e
76. an appropriate DNS table Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 97 IP Assignments for Initial Contact Static IP Assignment Using ARP and PING 12 7 Static IP Assignment Using ARP and PING 1 sure that you own PC or terminal is on the same network segment as planned for the Intermate1xx 2 Power the printer and your Intermate1xx On 3 Check the Main Status Pages to find the current IP address for your Intermate1xx You can print them by pressing the TEST Button for 1 2 seconds if the unit is attached to a printer If the unit has already been assigned an IP address different from 0 0 0 0 you must re set it in order to use the ARP command For instructions see Restore Factory Defaults TEST Button page 223 4 Insert the relationship between the IP address and the hardware adapter MAC address in the ARP cache The syntax varies according to your system environment The examples below use the sample IP address 192 168 0 227 From Windows environments arp s 192 168 0 227 00 c0 a2 00 80 1e Tip Windows 95 does not add an entry in the ARP table if it is empty So if your ARP command doesn t work ping in another IP device in the network and then enter the ARP command again From UNIX AIX OS 2 arp s 192 168 0 227 00 c0 a2 00 80 1e Tip If you wish to assign a host name to the Intermate1 xx you can insert the relationship between the IP address and the host name in your sys
77. an error message will appear in the System Log see Status gt System Log page 176 The same thing will happen if you have defined a Network Destination but have no NDO license key installed G22 based print servers If you choose pool you must also fill in the next field in the block defining the logical printer you are configuring Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 152 Logical Printers 1 8 Load Balancing Pool 20 3 Load Balancing Pool This parameter is only used when the target printer for a logical printer definition is set to pool It specifies the already defined network target printers which are to be included in the load bal ancing pool If you choose as the target printer but leave the load balancing pool field blank print jobs sent to the logical printer in question will be discarded and a message will be generated in the System Log The values to enter from the set 0 1 2 3 4 refer to the val ues in round brackets on the pull down menu for Target Printer page 152 You can enter any combination assuming that the combination you choose only includes printers with fully equivalent functionality Listed network destinations not having a valid IP host address configured will be excluded from the pool If none of the network destinations listed in the pool have been configured with a valid IP address the local port 0 will be used
78. and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 223 Overview of Types of Resets Restore Factory Defaults TEST Button gt Intermate101Turn the unit off by pulling the power supply jack out of the Intermate101 print server Keep your eyes on the LEDs Put the jack back in Both LEDs will light up After a few seconds the Line LED green will go off while the Error LED red is still on This is the signal to press the TEST Button in Cc f How long you hold it depends on what kind of reset you want to do You measure the length of holding by following the LED lighting sequence so you don t need a watch or clock Desired Result LED lighting sequence Reset IP address to 0 0 0 0 The Error LED red starts blinking Let go after 1 or 2 blinks subnet mask to 255 255 255 0 and default gateway to 0 0 0 0 The confirmation page gets printed and the Error LED goes off Restore All Defaults The Error LED red starts blinking Keep holding This is just like the remote Restore All Defaults The Error LED red goes off so now both lights are off Both LEDs turn on Let go of the Button The confirmation page gets printed and the Line LED green lights up g Reboot A hardware reboot is easiest use the power supply jack to power the print server Off and then On Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 224 Overview of Types of Resets Crash Recovery
79. and Java Script Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 67 HTTP Browser How To Connect 9 2 How To Connect Type the IP address for the Intermate1xx in the address field of the browser For example http 192 168 0 227 The browser s Title Bar will show the print server name and brand followed by a hardware address in parentheses the name of the browser usually concludes the information on the Title Bar The hardware address shown will be the global MAC address as described in Hardware page 229 unless you choose to set a local MAC Address as described in Enable Local MAC Address page 111 Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 68 HTTP Browser Menu Items and Groups Before Login 9 3 Menu and Groups Before Login The menu items are presented in the following four groups Actions Status Help Links Actions In the starting menu the only action listed is login After your login the content of Actions will change and a whole new group Configurations will be added The menu items in the next three groups remain constant and the groups remain placed at the bottom of the menu bar so after login you may need to scroll down to find them Status includes several partial or specialized types of status which are displayed on screen We will return to these in the chapter on Monitoring starting with The Status Group on the HTTP M
80. anual 22 Windows 2000 and Windows XP Introduction 2 Windows 2000 and Windows XP 2 1 Introduction The following protocols are supported Standard TCP IP Port Raw Socket Port 9100 Reverse Telnet using the native Port 9100 protocol See page 24 LPR using either the native LPR or ntermate LPR Print Port See page 27 Note that the LPR port is best suited to servers that need to communicate with host computers such as UNIX or VAX machines by way of RFC 1179 For computers that need to submit print jobs to host computers the standard TCP IP port should be used in most cases A network connected printer must have a card that supports LPD for TCP IP printing to work properly Internet Print Protocol See page 30 What is a In Windows the definition of a printer consists of three ele printer ments a aphysical printer from a specific printer manufacturer and of a specific type or model with a specific IP address b aspecific driver to be used this driver may or may not be from the same manufacturer C the portnameto be used port names are often in themselves composed of two parts for example an IP address and a port Once defined printers appear on the Settings Printer func tion and they are presented on the list of printers you can choose from whenever you use a Windows application on your PC work station Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 23 Windows 2000
81. as this capacity LPD cannot do this Therefore if you want the kind of messages and feedback status from a Network Destination printer as described in Local Printer Parallel Port page 135 the print method chosen must be Raw Socket regardless of the service protocol chosen for input Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 147 Network Destination Option Raw Socket Port 19 5 Raw Socket TCP Port This parameter specifies the Raw Socket TCP port number used on the target printer at destination It will be ignored if you choose LPR as Netw Print Method Value Comments 9100 1024 65500 Refer to the manual for the printer to determine available Raw Socket port numbers Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 148 Network Destination Option LPR settings 19 6 LPR settings 19 6 1 Printer LPR Queue Name This parameter contains the name of the LPR queue name used on the target printer at destination It will be ignored if you choose Raw Socket as Netw Print Method Values Comments lt qname gt Maximum 8 ASCII characters It is best to observer the restrictions described for host names on page 104 Use a logic for naming queues that fits well into your environ ment The configuration page shows a default name 1 in each of the four possible slots and you need not change these names given that each network destination has a
82. atch the case of the file name on your PC The file must have the same name when it is put on the target so prevent typographical errors by not specifying a name for the target Example put C PrintServerUpdates G22_2021 FFS 8 Wait for the file transfer to complete During file transfer the Error LED green will flash when the transfer is complete it will turn off 9 If you have more upgrading to do repeat steps 5 8 Important Before attempting to move to a new directory you must first go up to the root again cd 10 If you want to activate the settings from the HTTP menu close the FTP session bye Otherwise activate the new settings from within the FTP session cd Move one directory level up cd reboot Change to the reboot directory get immediate Perform an immediate reboot or get controlled perform a controlled reboot The FTP session is automatically terminated Rebooting will take longer than usual because the flash mem ory is being programmed While this is happening both LEDs are lit The print server should then return to Ready in the nor mal operation mode the green LED Error on and the red LED Line off Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 207 Using FTP Directly Upgrades of IDBs 29 2 Upgrades of IDBs If the file you want to load from our web site is a so called IDB file right click on the file name and choosing object to place
83. ation rire 8 Conventions Used in the Manual and Guides 9 TOPICS iM This cct tti tte tiim t n ar 10 1 4 1 About the Supported Printing 11 About the FTP Print 12 1 4 2 About Tools for Management and Configuration 12 1 4 3 About Initial Contact re 1 4 4 About Configuring the Basic and Permission Sub Groups 14 1 4 5 About Configuring Services and 5 55 15 Key GOnCepls is ensi na nput control and HPOs Target printer ET Logical printer 4 2 ttr ont reote inn Processing Facilities Configuration Pages for Output and Input Output Control itte Input Five Sub Groups 1 4 6 Other Configurations trn tnn 1 4 7 About Information and Monitoring Possibilities T 1 4 8 About Upgrades and Maintenance Chapters on upgrades and maintenance Maintenance related items on the HTTP 20 14 9 About the Apperdices
84. bc quotes are missing around abc 41 a comma is left out and quotes are missing 65 abc 1B a comma is left out abcdef 1B 65 ahg end quote is missing abc 1B 65 whole string could be considered a string but isn t because the end quote is missing 1B 65 slash before hexadecimal number is missing 65 66 ab start quote is missing 1B 65 two consecutive commas Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 240 Configuration Checklists Overall Checklist Appendix G Configuration Checklists G1 Overall Checklist 1 2 Establish contact Assign IP address subnet mask default gateway Login The default password is admin and the password is admin Configure the remaining parameters in TCP IP configuration Host name is mandatory Check the syntax guidelines DNS server is where the Intermate1xx does look ups if you enter names instead of IP addresses for various servers and hosts in other configurations Registering a WINS server makes your Intermate1xx known to an NT environment Configure the General settings and Network settings If you use the NDO in a stand alone setup i e you do not want to use a local printer be sure to change the System Target Printer from local to a network destination Change the password Enter your license key if you have purchased one or more of the available options
85. boot remotely use the TEST Button instead Telnet Client Restoring factory defaults is not possible using Telnet Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 222 Overview of Types of Resets Restore Factory Defaults TEST Button 32 3 Restore Factory Defaults TEST Button General Information You can do two types of resets The difference between them depends on how long you hold the Test Button before letting go Use a pointed object to press the Test Button in We recom mend having the print server attached to a printer when you do a reset It is easier to work with and the operation will print a confirmation page which can be quite useful Intermate100 If you are not good at counting seconds you should make sure you can see a watch or clock that shows seconds a Turn the unit off by pulling the power supply jack out of the print server Press the TEST Button Put the jack back in while you keep holding the Button for number of seconds Result less than 15 sec Reset IP address to 0 0 0 0 subnet mask to 255 255 255 0 and default gateway to 0 0 0 0 more than 30 sec Restore All Defaults This is just like the remote Restore All Defaults d When you let go of the Button a confirmation page will be printed if the reset has been successful e Reboot A hardware reboot is easiest use the power supply jack to power the print server Off and then On Intermate100
86. cOS 7 5 0 Earlier i e e rte tiene the itte ge 53 Ti 54 6 5 HEC 54 7 2 CPR ASCI rp teo Fert cr e de ra Et 55 7 3 e cedet 56 Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual ii Table of Contents TA IPDS With PSE 6000 2 ro Dame rne NEE 57 7 4 1 Create a new IPDS printer definition sess 57 7 4 2 Checking and Using the IPDS 58 7 5 General Printing Problems Tor ndi eee 58 8 OS 2 2 x OS 2 Walp incite pcmcia 59 TOPICS EET 59 8 2 LPR ASCII data e g PCL and 8 2 1 Create a new printer and queue 8 2 2 Print using LPR command from the Command Line 8 2 3 Print from WIN OS 2 using the LPRMON 8 2 4 To obtain status from the TCP IP LPD connected printer 8 2 5 Troubleshooting terrere rere ie 8 3 IPDS fromm PS F 2 vets dicts 64 Tools for Management and Configuration 9 HITP BrOWser nonne 67 9 1 Prerequisites ncc rtr etre titre neri es 67 9 2 HOW TO CORloCL ete cerner rei ra REA STER 68 9 3 Menu Items and Groups Before Login
87. cal and logical The Output Control sub group has four pages two for the physical dimen sion and two for the logical The Physical Dimension of Output Target Printer s Printer Parallel Port page 135 Local Printer Parallel Port is the configuration page for important settings to the local printer This is the printer to which the print server is attached Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 16 Introduction Topics This Manual e Network Destination Option page 144 Skip this chapter if you only intend to use a local printer This chapter tells you how to configure up to four network destinations If you define and use a network destination on a G22 based product without having a key the print will be sent to the local printer local printer is the one to which the print server is attached Note Configuring the settings on the Network Destination Option page is only a part of setting up your print server for NDO The other things that need to be done are covered in the chapter on Processing Facilities page 117 The Logical Dimension of Output The practical details of configuration are covered in e Logical Printers 1 8 page 151 e Substitution Strings page 157 The information needed to understand how these things work and how to use them is in the chapter on Processing Facilities page 117 Input Five Sub Groups Input is the umbrella t
88. choosing Start Settings Control Panel Double click the Printers icon Double click the Add Printer icon This launches the Add Printer Wizard Click the Next gt button Mark the Local printer option in the printer attachment screen Click Next gt Add Printer Wizard How is this printer attached to your computer If itis directly attached to your computer click Local Printer If it is attached to another computer click Network Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 44 Windows 95 98 New Printer 4 Choose the manufacturer of your printer and select the printer type If your printer is not in the list click the Have Disk button and insert the media e g the printer driver CD a floppy disk a directory path etc which holds your printer driver information Click Next gt Add Printer Wizard Click the manufacturer and model of your printer If your printer came with an installation disk click Have Disk If your printer is not listed consult your printer documentation for a compatible printer Manufacturers Printers Kyocera 5 1500 FS 15004 Kyocera FS 1550 FS 15504 Kyocera 5 3400 FS 3400 Kyocera 5 3500 FS 35004 Kyocera FS 5500 FS 55004 Kyocera FS 5800C Kunrera lt Disk i lt Back Cancel 5 Highlight the LPT1 printer port in the list of available ports Click Next gt
89. ction in this chapter Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 132 Processing Facilities Working with NDO Load Balancing Pools and Data Manipulation 17 9 Working with NDO Load Balancing Pools and Data Manipulation Note Skip Section 17 9 if you do not use data manipulation in logical printers You need to remember the other functions you want performed by that logical printer when you define a pool as the target fora logical printer So let us return to the practice of making tables to get an overview of configurations By adding a column to the example in Figure 8 Figure 13 below shows an example of how each logical printers can be set up utilize pooling Figure 13 Complex example logical printer configurations Logical Load Balancing Pre Processing Post Processing Substitution Printer Pool Strings O zero 4 3 not possible not possible not possible 1 4 3 input tray 5 output restore these settings to what none bin 4 sort and staple they were before 2 not a pool Target input tray 5 output restore these settings to what 1 5 10 14 PRO bin 4 sort and staple they were before 3 1 0 2 input tray 5 output restore these settings to what 3 5 8 9 14 bin 4 sort and staple they were before 15 16 4 2 0 input tray 5 output form feed print a message on the 1 5 10 14 bin3 do not sort separator sheet then restore these settings t
90. d Novell Netware One service Rprint Pserver Bindery Configurable IPX SPX frame Operating Mode Connection amp NDS or through the Mode and other Netware options SAP NDPS Gateway Availability IPX SPX based Novell service is only available on Intermate100s sold before 4 January 2002 up to and including code level G22 1491 This feature is not included in the Intermate101 All information on this service is found in a separate Printing Environment Manual published December 2001 available on our web site In connection with the Host Print Options HPOs the services are called host sessions because what our service does is to initiate a session on the IBM host These are listed below Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 118 Processing Facilities TCP IP Sessions Services and Host Sessions Figure 4 HPO SCS TN5250E Host Sessions TN5250E for SCS DCA L2 This HPO emulates IBM 3812 01 printers Up to 4 different host sessions SCS Features Supported SCS and SCS DCA L2 data streams 8 bin paper input and duplex COR APO font selection IBM virtual ASSCII transparency Multiple Code pages and box drawing Full OfficeVision 400 support Euro enabled A large number of network and processing options are configurable See the Printing Environment Guide for IBM OS 400 Systems Note If you have not purchased and enabled a key S
91. d Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 171 Printed Information Available Help gt Quick Guide 23 3 Help Quick Guide This is the same mini manual that you can get printed out by using the TEST Button as explained in the Getting Started brochure and in this guide TEST Button to Print Main Status Pages or Quick Guide page 236 The txt file is also available on our web site and on the CD ROM Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 172 Standard Monitoring Information The Status Group on the HTTP Menu 24 Standard Monitoring Information 24 1 The Status Group on the HTTP Menu Items on the Status group always result in information dis played to the screen If you want to print it out activate the main window by clicking somewhere on it and then use your ET browser s print button If you have the optional serial software downloading cable RJ45 DB9 and a tool such as HyperTerminal you can watch error messages warnings and many other kinds of messages for example in connection with upgrades in real time The following items are always available in the Status group Target Printer Info see page 174 e System Log see page 176 This contains mostly warnings and error messages and these are described on page 177 e Code Revisions This will give you very detailed information which you will rarely need unless for example you are doing
92. ddress for your Intermate1xx The key consists of four digit groups separated by periods When it is generated each group in the key will always have 3 digits For example 167 045 093 281 When you enter the key in the data entry field labelled License Key you must not use any leading zeroes For example 167 45 93 281 Note that you will be overwriting the factory default value of 255 255 255 255 When the key is saved and activated the value shown in the data entry field will again be 255 255 255 255 But you will be able to see what you have activated by looking just above the data entry field where a value for Current Product Level will be displayed Entering any value other than your key will disable the features activated by any previously entered key Features including a test mode will revert to test mode the next time the Intermate1xx boots up Once you have a license key it is help ful to write it on the label on the back of the unit Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 115 CONFIGURING PRINT SERVICES AND HOST SESSIONS Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 116 Processing Facilities Introduction 17 Processing Facilities 17 1 Introduction In order to configure the Intermate1xx optimally you should familiarize yourself with how it processes print jobs This chapter covers the following topics TCP IP Sessions Services and Host Sessio
93. different host name The LPR queue name here has nothing whatso ever to do with the LPR queue name used on the input side 19 6 2 LPR Count Byte MB LPR is a spooling protocol which normally requires a count byte to indicate the size of the job to the LPD daemon Because the print server does not have the ability to spool the job in order to verify the total length it is necessary to specify a Receive Data File byte count in MBytes for the LPR job Valid values are in the interval 0 2147 and 2147 is default In order to choose the correct value for the network destination in question you need to investigate how the LPD Daemon is integrated on the printer which will be targeted at that destina tion According to the LPR LPD RFC1179 a byte count of zero will indicate an infinite size This is for example accepted for the LPD integration in Windows NT LPD Daemons not accepting a count byte of zero may accept a byte count larger than the job i e a client disconnect before the byte count is reached Defining a byte count value larger than the largest expected LPR print job may therefore have the same effect as a byte count of zero Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 149 Network Destination Option Changes Needed on Other Configuration Pages 19 7 Changes Needed on Other Configuration Pages 19 7 1 Local Printer Do Not Enable Power Detection When you enable NDO you should also set
94. ds described below Field Name of queue to add Comments A name for the print queue you want to add to the system Any name that complies with syntax requirements will do Destination Host 192 168 0 227 The IP address you have assigned to the print server Name of remote queue Typed in You can use one of the pre configured LPR queues all of which will direct the output to Logical Printer 0 PAR_A ASCII transfer LF gt LF CR conversion PAR_B Binary transfer no conversion PAR_AF Same as ASCII transfer but with Form Feed PAR_BF Same as binary but with Form Feed Or you can define your own name max 8 characters for any one of the eight configurable queues and associate the desired characteristics as explained in LPR Print Queues LPD Protocol 163 Name of device to add PAR_BFd Insert a name for the queue device to create for the print queue Any name will do For instance the queue name with a d appended Leave the remaining fields at their default values and press lt Enter gt to activate the new settings Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual AIX FTP How to Print LPD You can now use qprt to place jobs in the print queue Ipr and lp commands are also supported 7 3 FIP We do not recommend using FTP for printing over this print server because using it can only be done by giving a command manually from the c
95. e and the section on Static IP Assignment Using the IMCU page 100 in this book Limited SNMP support is available for the detecting and moni toring third party or legacy Intermate print servers The MCUis free An installation file P19 xxxx exe is included on the Documentation and Utilities CD New versions of the utility will be made available on our web site Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 78 The Intermate Management and Configuration Utility IMCU This Chapter Covers Installation and Basic Use 11 2 This Chapter Covers Installation and Basic Use This chapter presents only how to install the MCU and lists the kind of information you can monitor with it Special uses of the MCU are presented in other places in the documentation directly in connection with the specific contexts in which it can be used These uses are as follows e Configuration e Initial contact as explained in Static IP Assignment Using the IMCU page 100 Upgrading firmware fonts and special configuration files see Upgrade Components page 197 and Using the IMCU for Maintenance page 211 Management and editing of IDB configuration files for TN5250E This feature was added in beta in P19 1491 released 14 December 2001 See the Printing Environment Guide for IBM OS 400 Systems Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 79 The Intermate Management and Configuration
96. e we recommend that you keep the option at its default setting Yes to allow for easier rebooting and to prevent the power socket in the print server from getting worn down Value Comments Yes Enable power detection No Disable power detection Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 143 Network Destination Option Requirements 19 Network Destination Option Brushed up Functionality and Terminology On servers running release levels 2111 and higher the main path is Configurations Output Control Network Destination Option and the configuration page is called Network Destina tion Option The terminology used for the Network Destination Option was also changed in order to make it easier for new users to under stand and exploit NDO Users of older print servers should find it easy to spot which terms translate to which 19 1 Requirements You can configure and save the configurations for up to four Network Destinations G22 based print servers You will not be prevented from saving configurations if you have no key However all printed output will be routed to the local printer In addition an error will be written to the System Log see Status gt System Log page 176 Recommended Features for Network Target Printers The print server retrieves printer status information from the Network Target Printer through SNMP For this to functio
97. e default value Refer to the PSF 6000 on line help for information about when to increase this value Press Enter to create the new IPDS printer definition Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 57 AIX General Printing Problems for AIX 7 4 2 Checking and Using the IPDS Connection You can check the connection by using the enq command to place jobs in the queue enq P psfqueue odatat AFPDS home afpjobs afpguide afp You can also use the command smit psf data type sel to enqueue the job 7 5 General Printing Problems for AIX Check the following areas if you encounter problems when printing from an AIX system and the general troubleshooting procedures listed in Troubleshooting page 245 have not helped 1 Check the BOOTP setup in the etc bootptab file Did the print server receive a host name and IP address 2 Try to refresh or stop and start the Inetdaemon stopsrc s inetd startsrc s inetd 3 Check that the BOOTP server is active USe smit inetdconf to verify e use smit mkinetdconf to append BOOTP 4 the host name IP address and hardware address set up correctly See etc hosts for host name IP address relation Use arp afor hardware address host name or IP address relations 5 LPD Is the queue correctly configured use smit qchk 1pstat See etc qconfig You may need to refer to the AIX manual Problem Solving
98. e not changed the pass word it will be imcu User name and password are case sen sitive Log out from the MCU server by closing the browser window Changing to another web address while running the same browser instance does not terminate the HTTP session Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 82 The Intermate Management and Configuration Utility IMCU Device List Available Agents 11 6 Device List Available Agents The device list is your entry way to using the MCU server The screen is selected by clicking the Device list button in the top toolbar You will be presented with a two col list showing Agent and however the Devices will be empty a Use the Expand icon to bring forth a list of the ur devices discovered on that segment Before proceeding to use the information on the list use the Refresh icon to refresh the list the browser s refresh is not good enough The column selection button allows you to tailor the device list to your wishes Figure 1 IMCU Column Selection Status Name Location Description Printer type Printer firmware Printer serial no Page count IV Interface type Interface firmware MAC address IP address Subnet mask Gateway Boot method Flags SNMP OID Links Agent A sample device list is shown on the next page Intermate1
99. e to accomplish and number each pair of input and output strings and examine them in detail Do this on paper before you start entering data in the Intermate1xx For inspiration see the examples in Data Manipulation in the Logical Printer Layer page 127 and Working with Load Balancing Pools and Data Manipulation page 133 Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 158 Services Input Control Common Feature How to Direct Output 22 Services in Input Control This chapter covers configurations for Raw Socket LPR FTP Print IPP and ThinPrint 22 1 Common Feature How to Direct Output Basics Advanced Settings NDO ThinPrint More informa tion Each service you configure must include a setting for how to direct output to a physical Target Printer On print servers running release level 2111 or higher the parameter is called Output to On older releases the parameter is called Use Logical Printer The default setting is always Logical Printer O which will print to the System Target Printer page 108 If you are not using the Network Destination Option NDO the system target printer will always be the local printer where the print server is attached For many purposes you can just leave the output setting at the default value of Logical Printer 0 The other possible settings are Logical Printer 1 Logical Printer 8 inclusive If you choose one of them be s
100. ead Network Destination 1 Net work Destination 2 Network Destination 3 or Network Desti nation 4 as System Target If you use the print server stand alone you must designate another printer as System Target G22 and K92 based print servers If you choose a Network Destination from the list without having the rights to use NDO the print server will use Local as System Target Printer and write information about the mismatch to the System Log Sta tus gt System Log page 176 You can read more about the concepts of target printers phys ical printers and logical printers in the chapter on Processing Facilities page 117 Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 108 General Enable Front Panel Messages PJL 14 4 Enable Front Panel Messages PJL This parameter was introduced in release level 1071 It enables and disables the PJL commands used for writing messages in the front panel of the Local Printer The messages in question describe what kind of processing is going on for example IPDS Printing IPP Printing and so on Values Comments Yes Enable front panel messages No Disable front panel messages Important In order to use the printer s PJL capability you must set PJL Support page 139 in the print server to Yes on the Local Printer Parallel Port page The printer must be able to understand PJL but it need not be able to
101. ed in Figure 8 Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 130 Processing Facilities Data Manipulation in the Logical Printer Layer Figure 11 5 configured for string before and string after Print Handler 0 LI a Printer request e HPO e Logical system Emulator Printer Target Printer L LI LJ 0 0 0 1 PR5 i e Sting 6 0 0 Before Print Clien 2 0 D 0 LI i Y D 3 PRS D 4 String 0 After 0 NAR D L e LI L LI LI 0 LI LI Finally let us imagine an example using an HPO emulation in this case SCS TN5250E and PR2 as exemplified in Figure 8 The example below in Figure 12 is a bit unusual because our TN5250 E gives so many configuration possibilities within the data stream The point is however that the Intermate1xx can handle any combination Figure 12 5250E through PR2 Print Handler i Pri i HPO i Logical D rinter request ogica D System Emulator Printer Target Printer L LI e L 0 LI TN 0 1 r String a Print Clien 2 gt gt d Substiti v D on L e L u 4 1 1 7 String gt
102. eee 69 9 4 Login with User Name and 70 9 5 Menu Items and Groups After Login eeen 71 9 6 How to Change Settings on Configuration Pages 72 9 7 Activating New Values By Rebooting 73 FEMME Om 74 10 Configuration Using a Telnet Client 75 TOT COMMEGUAG iss fe feces deeded ur rta ete tte aetate em Per e Ase 75 10 2 Menu Items and Settings 76 10 3 Activating New Values By Rebooting sseee 77 Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual iii Table of Contents 11 The Intermate Management and Configuration Utility IMCU 78 11 1 What the IMCUIMCU is and how It works seese 78 11 2 This Chapter Covers Installation and Basic Use 79 11 3 Installation of the Various Elements seen 80 11 4 Establishing ari IMGU coitu tee Bi iere ere 81 TTS HOW to bog IM and cct rre tr eerta n n e renes 82 11 6 Device List Available Agents eene 83 Figure 1 IMCU Column Selection 83 Figure 2 Device List 84 11 7 InistallingiuAGemts uc rtr t meer entere iret 85 11 7 1 Remote Installation of an Agent from the IMCU server 85 11 7 2 Direct Installation of an Agent o
103. efined and choose Properties 1 Select the Ports tab 2 Highlight the line for the port and printer you have already marked for this printer and click Configure Port 3 This will bring up a Port Settings Window Change what is entered in the Port Number field in the Raw Settings block for example to 29100 a setting which must also exist in the print server This explains the logic in the naming example given above in the note to step 7 page 25 Note that you cannot change the port name You can change the IP address but doing so will create a mismatch to the information in the print server so don t 4 Complete the Port Settings by clicking OK Tip It is possible to use the Intermate Port 9100 Print Port instead of the Windows native protocol This has the advantage that you can designate a port other than 9100 without having to go back and re configure Just follow the instructions in Internet Print Protocol page 30 but choose Port 9100 instead of LPR in step 3 The Port Name generated will look something like this IMA 192 168 0 227 9100 and if you for example designate port 29100 the name gen erated will look like this IMA 192 168 0 227 29100 Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 26 Windows 2000 and Windows LPR 2 3 LPR 2 3 1 Native LPR Windows 2000 and Windows XP have a native LPR but it requires that you have installed Print Services for Un
104. enu page 173 Help includes one item the Quick Guide The Quick Guide can alternatively be printed directly out from TEST Button by pressing it in when the unit is Ready green LED is lit and holding for more than 3 seconds Links includes two items e Contact info is the same information that is displayed when you attach to the print server before you login e Updates Utilities hops to the product web site from which you can download firmware upgrades utilities and updated documentation Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 69 HTIP Browser Login with User Name and Password 9 4 Login with User Name and Password Choose Actions Login Type in values for User name and Password Both are case sensitive If you are not a partner there is only one possible User name account and this is admin The default password for the admin account is admin It can be changed after a successful login Tip Tip If the Intermate1xx has been accessed before from the computer running the web browser you should use the browser s Refresh or equivalent button unless you are sure that the browser has been set not to use cached information If several different administrators and or super users are permitted to log on to the Intermate1xx it is possible that someone has changed the password and forgotten to tell you So if you are blocked after the first try stop and s
105. er type of port when you install or modify the properties of a printer definition 3 2 2 Define Printer and Port Note If you already have a printer definition installed and wish to use itfor printing via Raw Socket or LPR you can edit the port properties for this instead of installing a new printer driver This is done by right clicking the printer s icon in the Printers window Select Properties from the drop down menu Locate the port properties in the dialog box Press the Add Port button Perform steps 6 11 below and click the button 1 Open the Control Panel for example by choosing Settings Control Panel from the Windows Start menu 2 Open the Printers window by double clicking the Printers icon 3 Inthe Printers window launch the Add Printer Wizard by double clicking the Add Printer icon Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 33 Windows NT 4 0 Using an Intermate Print Port for Raw Socket or LPR 4 Choose My Computer not Network printer server and then Next Add Printer Wizard This wizard helps you install your printer or make printer connections This printer will be managed by My Computer All settings will be managed and configured on this computer Network printer server Connect to a printer on another machine All settings for this printer are managed by print server that has been set up by an administrato
106. er defining whether or not front panel messages should be enabled on that printer Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 14 Introduction Topics This Manual e INetwork page 110 This configuration page allows you to adjust Speed Duplex needed very rarely In addition it gives you the possibility of setting a Local MAC address The Permissions sub group has two configuration pages e IPassword Change page 113 e License Key page 114 1 4 5 About Configuring Services and Host Sessions Key Concepts The Intermate1xx allows you to print over a LAN to a desig nated printer from a number of different environments using your choice of protocol Input control and HPOs This is an umbrella term for protocols and printing methods In connection with the IBM Host Print Options HPOs there are a great many possible settings The HPOs are AFP IPDS SCS TN5250E and SCS TN3270E Target printer The target printer is the physical printer A target printer can be chosen directly newer release levels or through a logical printer all release levels Newer release levels in this con nection are G22 2111 or higher and 932 G34 2041 or higher NDO The Network Destination Option NDO allows you to use just one intelligent multi protocol print server to control jobs to up to four network printers with inexpensive basic network cards In addition the NDO pro
107. erm for protocols and printing methods The individual menu items for configuring input are found in the following five sub groups on the browser menu Input Control Sub Group Services in Input Control page 159 covers the configuration of five basic print services which are protocol and methods requiring very little configuration Raw Socket LPR FTP Print IPP and ThinPrint Note that the menu item for ISPP Port only applies to IBM Mainframes You can create up to four different definitions for Raw Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 17 Introduction Topics This Manual Socket by defining different TCP ports and you can define up to eight LPR queues So all you can configure 15 services on these five configuration pages You must of course also establish printer definitions which can use these services How to do this is covered in all relevant chapters explaining the supported printing environments e TN5250E Option Sub Group is covered in the Printing Environment Guide for IBM OS 400 Systems TN3270E Option Sub Group is covered in the Printing Environment Guide for IBM Mainframe Hosts IPDS Option Sub Group is covered fully in each of the separate IBM Printing Environment Guides Note that printer definitions for IPDS under OS 2 and AIX are covered in this manual use the guide for IBM Mainframe Hosts to configure IPDS in the print server
108. ermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 160 Services Input Control Raw Socket Port 9100 Reverse Telnet and 49100 Figure 17 Example Four different Raw Socket Services Field Port Value Output To Logical Printer Port adesignation Newer print servers Older print server 1 9100 Logical Printer 0 PRO 2 29100 Network Destination 3 PR7 3 39100 Network Destination 4 4 49100 Logical Printer 1 PR1 Note about the individual examples in Figure 17 Example TCP Port 1 set to 9100 Raw Socket is an increasingly common print protocol on IP networks Most printing environments that can print Raw Socket use port 9100 as default so you should always give at least one of your Port settings a port value 9100 Where you want the output directed depends entirely on your setup In the example we show the output directed to Logical Printer 0 which permits no pre processing post processing or string substitution and which always sends output to the Sys tem Target Printer System Target Printer page 108 Example TCP Port 2 set to 29100 In the older print servers it is not possible to choose a network destination printer directly The example assumes that output is to be directed to Network Destination Network Printer 3 and that no pre processing post processing or string substitu tion is to be performed Further the
109. ers History Print 2 Choose a connection in the Alarm Log by clicking on it once 3 Click the More Info button to view more details on the trap received Alarm Information x Object Intermate100 Date Time 06 22 00 12 10 19 Status Info Description Trap received from Test department Location Test department PrtTrap 128 Look up the number in Figure 18 SNMP Printer Trap Numbers Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 192 Configure SNMP Using and Viewing Traps page 188 The number 128 of the received trap indicates that the cover of the printer is open Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 193 Printer and Job Status Finger External Tool Purposes and Limitations 27 Printer and Job Status via Finger External Tool 27 1 Purposes and Limitations With the TCP UP Finger command you can get the following information for the system target printer Interface Type that is type of print server Firmware Version Name Host Name page 104 not Device Name page 107 Printer Type Printer Job Status up to three queued jobs Printer Status NDO users must remember that the system target printer can either be the local printer or a network destination The TCP IP Finger command is supported on Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows XP as a DOS command and Unix systems In
110. erver address the contents of Hostname and IP Address for the unit are sent to the WINS server at start up Syntax Four address bytes separated by periods Each address byte must be a number between 0 and 255 Do not use leading zeros Default is 0 0 0 0 Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 105 General Introduction to the Chapter 14 General 14 1 Introduction to the Chapter Each section in this chapter discusses a single parameter on the General configuration page in the Configurations Basic sub group In order to aid understanding the parame ters are presented in a slightly different order than the order on the configuration page Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 106 General Administrative Parameters 14 2 Administrative Parameters 14 2 1 Model The General page leads in by displaying the print server s model This text cannot be edited through the usual menu OEM partners please contact our support department 14 2 2 SysAdmin contact Maximum 47 ASCII characters within the decimal range 32 126 see the table on page 237 Use this parameter to indicate a contact person or department for local support and trouble shooting for the print server The contact name will be printed on E mail and SNMP notifications should you implement them 14 2 3 Device s location Maximum 47 ASCII characters within the decimal range 32 126 see the t
111. example assumes that log ical printer 7 has been defined to send output to network printer 3 without any special processing Example TCP Port 3 set to 39100 This example is fully parallel to Port 2 The target is net work printer 4 and logical printer 8 has been set up to reach this printer without any special processing Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 161 Services Input Control Raw Socket 9100 Reverse Telnet Example TCP Port 4 set to 49100 This example assumes that the print is to be directed to a logi cal printer here called number 1 which performs pre process ing post processing and or string substitution The logical printer definition also determines the choice of target printer Special ISPP port Use the new ISPP Port page to change the port number for this dedicated port from the default setting 9111 and or to specify Output to Remember to Save amp Cont and then Reboot to activate Consider this port as an addition or an alternative to using the usual raw socket port s to encrypt print from an IBM mainframe host running VPS Secure from LRS Raw Socket Configuration Tip Ensuring Bidirectional Communication If you want to exploit the potential for bidirectional communica tion you need to check a page in the Configurations Output Control Section the choice of pages depends on the choice of Target Printer local o
112. figuration and then quickly set up several identically configured print servers As with all other operations involving the print server s FTP directory you can use FTP directly see The Binary Configura tion File ima config bin page 209 or use the MCU see Using the IMCU for Maintenance page 211 and especially on page 215 Note also that the MCU can be used to update sev eral print servers at simultaneously see Bulk Upgrade page 217 provided that all the servers involved are based on the same software component and that they all have the same password Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 201 Upgrade Components Configuration Files 28 4 2 The IBM Host Print Options for SCS TNe operate with collec tions of settings known as IDBs At any one time the print server s FTP directory can hold one TN3270e IDB and up to 8 TN5250e IDBs And again you can use FTP directly or use the MCU Note that the MCU can be used to update several print servers at once provided that all the servers involved are based on the same software component and that they all have the same password For detailed information on TN5250E see the Printing Environ ment Guide for IBM OS 400 Systems For detailed information on TN3270E see the Printing Environ ment Guide for IBM Main frame Hosts Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 202 Upgrade Components The P
113. freeware and as com mercial programs from third party vendors Look for example at the below addresses on the Internet http www tucows com perl tucows Search word LPR amp key all amp platform mac http aos ascend com aos gennav viewer html doc id 0900253d80006cfa amp doc header ter minal Refer to the help provided with the software for information on installation and usage Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 53 AIX Topics Covered 7 AIX 7 1 Topics Covered Basic services without emulations e LPR ASCII page 55 page 56 IPDS Unless you have a license key for this Host Print Option HPO IPDS prints in Demo Test mode with a banner printed across each printed page IPDS with PSF 6000 page 57 For settings on the print server please consult the IPDS sections in the Printing Environment Guide for IBM Mainframes or in the Printing Environment Guide for OS 400 Systems Finally there is a section on General Printing Problems for AIX page 58 Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 54 72 LPR ASCII AIX LPR ASCII The AIX platform integrates the LPD protocol seamlessly into the normal print spooling system Setting up an LPD print queue is therefore easy Initialization Screen On the host execute the command smit mkqu to get the initial ization screen for a new remote print queue Fill in the fiel
114. g FTP DIRCCUY us ni a cast rna 206 29 1 Upgrades of Firmware and Fonts FFS files sess 206 29 2 Uporades of DBS 208 29 3 The Binary Configuration File ima 209 30 Using the IMCU for 211 30 1 Advantages ertet 211 30 2 Single Print Se ver si ents eee ree er i he or eee 212 30 3 Bulk Upgrade ter RE Dette rea x 217 31 Upgrade of Main Code or Boot Code Using a Serial Cable 219 31 4 The Cable nci tmn rernm n enemies 219 31 2 The Intermate Download Utility Program ese 220 32 Overview of Types of 1 221 32 1 Activate New Saved Settings with a 221 32 2 Restore Factory Default Settings Remote 222 HTTP Menu Configuration Page 222 HTTP Menu Restore All 222 Telet Client i c de erp dir e ta td 222 32 3 Restore Factory Defaults TEST Button 223 General Information eei irn dei ees 223 32 4 Crash Recovery Intermate101 only seen 225 In
115. good idea to print the Main Status Pages to document your configurations Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 92 IP Assignments for Initial Contact Assignment Using 12 4 Assignment Using BOOTP 1 Power Off the Intermate1 xx If the unit is attached to a printer it is best that the printer is powered On 2 Edit the etc bootptab file on the host If this file does not exist on your system it must be created manually using an ASCII file editor Insert the following sequence in the etc bootptab file Syntax written on a single line it will rarely be possible to write the whole string on a single line and you can usually use backslash at the end of each line to indicate that the definition continues host name ht lt hardware type ha hardware address hn lt address sm lt subnet mask gw lt gateway field gt Example im00801e ht ether ha 00c0a200801e hn ip2192 168 0 227 sm 255 255 255 0 gw 192 168 0 1 3 Save the eic bootptab file Note On platforms other than OS 2 you may need to reinitialize the BOOTP server every time you make changes to the etc bootptab file in order to be sure the changes take immediate effect For the AIX platform however it is sufficient to refresh the intetd subsystem Syntax refresh s inetd 4 Make sure the Intermate1xx is attached to the LAN and power it on 5 Connect and Login to the u
116. has three special properties thas no data manipulation capacity That is it can not do any pre or post job processing and cannot handle substitution strings Itis always the default setting for where a given service will send jobs It always prints to the system target printer It is only by changing the definition of the system target printer page 108 that you can change the final destination of jobs that go through PRO Logical Printer 0 17 6 2 The Configurable Logical Printers 1 8 You can configure 8 different logical printers known on older print servers as PR1 to and including PR8 and on newer print servers as Logical Printer 1 to and including Logical Printer 8 Following are the parameters you can set for each logical printer you want to use Physical printer Each definition of a logical printer must include information on the physical printer it will carry the job to This will be either a target printer or a pool Several logical printers can point to the same target printer or to the same pool In addition you can choose one or more types of data manipu lation pass processing as described below a Pre and Post Job Processing String Before and String After Pre and post job processing string before and string after enable intelligent selection of advanced finishing options from applications that do not natively support these features This kind of processing is especial
117. he print handler is the one specified in the service The print handler asks the printer request system to give the job exclusive rights to use the specified target printer It makes sure that the job waits until its turn in the print queue and keeps the following jobs at bay until it is their turn HPO stands for Host Print Option The HPO emulator is used when the service is an IPDS TN5250E or TN3270E host ses sion In release levels 2111 and higher it is possible to direct print to a target printer without having to go through the logical layer When you configure a service on older models you must always tell it which logical printer to use In turn each logical printer redirects the job to a target printer or to one pool of tar get printers enabled under NDO Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 123 Processing Facilities Use Logical Printer Output To 17 5 Use Logical Printer Output To Because the newer print servers can send output directly to a target printer instead of having to go through a logical printer the terminology for directing output for any given service or host session has been changed from Use Logical Printer to Output To Old Use Logical New Output To Comments Printer PRO Logical Printer 0 Default setting No manipulating of data Data manipulation is explained below see Logical Printers page 125 Users of the Network Destination
118. ination Option nee 144 Brushed up Functionality and Terminology 144 HOA ReqHIFeIT eis enero na ener teen nhe I ne RE n eer bern enint 144 Recommended Features for Network Target Printers 144 19 2 Configurations for Each Network Destination 145 19 3 Hosthame Mandaloty rrr teer rennen iren 146 19 4 Print Method Mandatory cci ttn er a Era koe kr ic 147 Figure 15 Service Protocol vs Print Method 147 19 5 Raw Socket TOP tet reda 148 19 6 LPR settings ee Debt istaec TE 19 6 1 Printer LPR Queue 149 19 6 2 EPR Count Byte MB trot etae 149 19 7 Changes Needed on Other Configuration Pages 150 19 7 1 Local Printer Do Not Enable Power Detection 150 19 7 2 System Target Printer a Stand Alone Setup 150 20 Logical Printers 1 0 trn rre 151 20 RR 151 20 2 Target Fco 152 20 9 Load Balancing 153 Determining the order of values to 153 20 4 String Before and String After eee 155 Figure 16 Maximum number of Encoded Bytes 155 20 5 String SUDST
119. ing before and string after for a given logical printer make it possible to send printer control commands before and after the actual data stream in the print job Examples of how these manipulations are used are found in the chapter on Processing Facilities page 117 Each logical printer can have one string before and one string after The maximum number of Encoded Bytes you can use in String Before and String After depends on the identification number of the logical printer involved as shown below See the appendix on String Syntax page 239 for an explanation of Encoded Bytes Figure 16 Maximum number of Encoded Bytes Maximum number of encoded Bytes in PR String Logical Before After Printer 1 500 100 2 500 50 3 500 50 4 500 50 5 200 50 6 200 50 7 200 50 8 200 50 In release level 1071 the number of characters in String After was reduced from 100 to 50 for logical printers 2 8 in order to increase the number of characters available for String Before String After definitions made under previous releases using more than 50 characters will be truncated to 50 characters when upgrading Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 155 Logical Printers 1 8 String Substitutions 20 5 String Substitutions As mentioned in The Configurable Logical Printers 1 8 page 125 it is possible to set up a logical printer to
120. inistration Manual 210 Using the IMCU for Maintenance Advantages 30 Using the MCU for Maintenance 30 1 Advantages The MCU has three great advantages when working with one print server at a time tallows you to incorporate the process of checking for and downloading new firmware versions in to your loading procedure It initiates and controls an FTP session and saves you from having to know library and file names in the print server s FTP directory However in order to find appropriate information in the documentation you still need to be aware of the different file types as listed on page 213 It allows you to transfer settings directly from one print server to another see page 215 The MCU also makes it possible to do bulk upgrades that is to update several print servers simultaneously This assumes that all the print servers you want to include in a bulk upgrade have the same password Note You must use Internet Explorer 4 01 or later to be able to upload a file from your local computer Any version of Netscape should work also but this has not been thoroughly tested Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 211 Using the IMCU for Maintenance Single Print Server 30 2 Single Print Server 1 Login to the MCU server program 2 Display the Device list 3 Use the Expand icon to bring forth list of devices discovered on the segment where the ue print server y
121. int Servers Component Codes and Release Levels Tip See What the Firmware File Names Mean page 198 if you need help to understand the component and firmware level codes Everything in our documentation is applicable to the Intermate1xx meaning all variants of the Intermate100 and the Intermate101 unless stated otherwise Main code G22 covers the Intermate100 e Main code G32 covers the Intermate101 e Main code G34 covers the Intermate101 JScribe model Everything applicable to G32 except IPDS is also applicable to G34 About release levels for major releases of G22 and G32 The manual includes comments showing when features have been added or significantly changed so that those who con tinue to use older versions can see if they might want to upgrade and those who have converted up from older ver sions can see where there might be problems Our release notes which can always be found on our web site are detailed and cumulative Introduction Target Audience and Products Summary overview of major changes 1071 1143 spring 2001 These releases introduced the Network Destination Option NDO and quite a number of changes made necessary by this new function especially changes to how the IPDS settings work 1252 August 2001 IPP 1391 October 2001 ThinPrint Initially a key was required ThinPrint became standard starting with release level 2171 1491 December 2001 Major changes were made
122. inting services Raw Socket LPR FTP Print IPP and ThinPrint It also describes tools you can use for monitoring managing troubleshooting and maintenance Note All information on license keys firmware upgrade and customer support is collected in the Print Server Administration Manual This includes keys for the Host Print Options described below Special Printing Environment Guides IBM Mainframe Hosts and IBM OS 400 Systems with Host Print Options Each special IBM guide contains all necessary information for using the applicable Host Print Options the HPOs encom passing AFP IPDS SCS TN3270E Mainframe and SCS TN5250E OS 400 systems In addition the guide for IBM OS 400 Systems covers Raw Socket LPR and FTP The guide for IBM Mainframe Hosts includes information on secure printing ISPP for IPDS Secure Raw Socket print is covered in this manual because it is so integrated with Raw Socket configuration Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 7 Introduction Types of Documentation A separate IDB Technical Reference is provided for advanced users of SCS TN3260E and SCS TN5250E HPOs Please note the following restrictions on the HPOs IPDS Option If you enable and use this option without having a license key each page will be overwritten with a Demo Test Mode banner e TN5250E Option If you enable this option and use it to print SCS jobs or jobs using Host Print T
123. ise your doing so Should you want to use a new driver or make other adjustments to the printer definition wait until you are finished with the Printer procedure described here Choose Settings Printer right click on the new printer you have defined and choose Properties 8 You will be asked to Name Your Printer If you have several different printer definitions for the same physical printer in your network choose a name which will help to Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 28 Windows 2000 and Windows LPR keep track of them On the same window you will be asked whether or not you want the printer to be default for your PC work station 9 Decide whether or not to share the printer Click Next The rest of the instructions here assume that you do not share the printer 10 Decide whether or not you want a test page printed Click Next The test page will not print until after the next step is completed 11 The final window will be presented Click Finish 12 If you have chosen to print a test page in Step 9 you will be presented with a window explaining what is going on If the printout is ok click OK If you should need to choose Troubleshoot follow the on line help instructions Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 29 Windows 2000 and Windows XP Internet Print Protocol 2 4 Internet Print Protocol 1 2 Start the Add Prin
124. ix If you choose this alternative use the instructions provided in the Settings Printers help function When you fill out the name or address of the server providing LPD use the IP address or host name of your Intermate print server If you use the host name a mapping of the name and IP address must be entered in the hosts file This is found in the directory lt systemroot gt SYSTEM32 DRIVERS ETC The definition of lt systemroot gt depends on where your operat ing system is installed and the name given to the top level folder A typical lt systemroot gt is C windows 2 3 2 Intermate Print Port The Print Port is a native 32 bit application included on the nter mate Documentation and Ulilities CD You need administrative rights to install this utility on NT 2000 or XP After you execute the file P17 xxxx exe you will be able to choose an Intermate LPR Print Port or for that matter an Intermate Raw Socket Port 9100 Port just as you would choose any other type of port when you install or modify the properties of a printer definition Choose Settings Printers Add Printer Follow the instructions given by the Add Print Wizard The important things to notice are listed below 1 Choose local printer yes local even though the print server is attached to the LAN and not directly to your PC work station Clear the Automatically detect my printer check box before going on to click Nex
125. ixed 631 and the print service name is also fixed printer There is only one configurable parameter where you want the output direct 1 Choose where to direct the output as described under Point 2 on p 160 2 Remember to Save amp Cont and then Reboot to activate Printer configuration and use IPP support on this print server has been tested in the follow ing for Windows 2000 See Internet Print Protocol page 30 Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 165 Services Input Control ThinPrint 22 6 ThinPrint Introduction Starting with release level 2171 ThinPrint is available in all print servers For a number of printers that are popular with ThinPrint users a Centronics extension cable or a Mini Centronics extension cable may be necessary in order to connect the Intermate1 xx to the printer The terminology which we use starting in Processing Layers page 123 needs to be adjusted if you want to understand how the Intermate1xx and ThinPrint work together The term or WTSC on the figure below left refers to the fact that either a Citrix Client RDP not ICA or a Windows Terminal Services Client can be used Our ThinPrint protocol receives the job as a client to the ThinPrint Server Service Profocol ROP z Printer request Logical Target UN system
126. l gt O Z alc Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 237 US ASCII 7 bit Character Set Decimal Values 32 126 Decimal ASCII Decimal ASCII Decimal 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 v Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 238 String Syntax Basic Rules and Encoded Bytes Appendix F String Syntax F1 Basic Rules and Encoded Bytes A string can consist of both character strings and other ele ments Character strings consist of printable characters all of which are treated as case sensitive The phrase printable charac ters means all characters within the decimal range 32 126 or hexadecimal 20 7E see US ASCII 7 bit Character Set Deci mal Values 32 126 page 237 Character strings are enclosed within quotes e g This is a string If you write your strings in HP PCL or similar printer control lan guage you will need to use other elements written directly in hex or decimal notation By other elements is meant charac ters outside of the permissible range for inclusion in character strings In order to enter these characters you must type in the decimal or hexadecimal values directly Decimal numbers are written without any special indicators e g write 65 as 65 The allowable decimal
127. l Later in this chapter we will see what happens when network printers are added Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 127 Processing Facilities Data Manipulation in the Logical Printer Layer Figure8 Mixed complex environment but only one printer Logical Pre Processing String Before Post Processing String After Substitution Printer Strings 0 zero not possible not possible not possible 1 input tray 5 output bin 4 sort and staple restore these settings to what they none were before 2 input tray 5 output bin 4 sort and staple restore these settings to what they 1 5 10 14 were before 3 input tray 5 output bin 4 sort and staple restore these settings to what they 3 5 8 9 14 were before 15 16 4 input tray 5 output bin3 do not sort form feed print a message onthe 1 5 10 14 separator sheet then restore these settings to printer s default 5 use any input tray available that can printin restore these settings to what they none a landscape orientation output bin 3 sort were before 6 change language code table restore the previous language code 2 4 5 11 12 table 13 14 16 7 wait for manual feed none 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 form feed print a message on the none separator sheet Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 128 Processing Facilities Data Manipulation in the Logical Pri
128. le for the following platforms Main frame IBM MVS with TCP P and PSF V2 2 OS 400 Systems with PSF 400 AIX V3 2 4 or higher with PSF 6000 OS 2 Systems OS 2 with PSF 2 IBM Warp Connect A large number of network and processing options are configurable The printing environment guides for IBM OS 400 Systems and IBM Main frame Hosts include the same IPDS print server configuration information which can also be used on AIX and 05 2 Note If you have not purchased and enabled key print will be in test mode This feature is not available on the Intermate101 JScribe model G34 Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 121 Processing Facilities Physical Printers Target Printers 17 3 Physical Printers Target Printers 17 3 1 Local Printer When the Intermate1xx is attached to a printer this printer is known as the local printer Because the Intermate1xx attaches to the parallel port the configurable parameters are grouped under the heading Parallel Port 17 3 2 Network Printers Using If you enable the Network Destination Option NDO you can configure and use up to four network destinations The printers you choose for this should support the status information nodes defined in the Printer MIB RFC1759 and some host information nodes of the Host Resources MIB RFC1518 Printers without this support can be used but no useful moni tori
129. le to the all of the printers in the various printing environments from which jobs are sent to the print server 13 2 2 Syntax for IP Address Subnet Mask and Default Gateway Default for each of these three parameters is 0 0 0 0 Syntax Four address bytes separated by periods Each address byte must be a number between 0 and 255 do not use leading zeros Not all combinations of values will con stitute a valid address Ask your system administrator if in doubt If Auto Routing RIP is used in your environment you can leave the Default Gateway set to 0 0 0 0 13 2 3 Enable DHCP BOOTP RARP or none of these Please consult the instructions in IP Assignments for Initial Con tact page 88 Remember that you must have a host name defined if you use DHCP Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 104 TCP IP Optional Settings 13 3 Optional Settings 13 3 1 DNS Server for Look Ups There are a number of configurations within the print server where you can choose between entering an IP address or a name Examples are a mail server a TN5250E server and net work printers If you want to use names make sure that they can be looked up on a DNS server and enter the IP of this DNS server here Syntax Four address bytes separated by periods Each address byte must be a number in the interval 0 255 Do not use leading zeros Default is 0 0 0 0 13 3 2 WINS Server If you enter WINS S
130. lect the order in which you will need to troubleshoot 6 7 10 Can you print the Main Status Pages using the HTTP menu Are there messages in the System Log Do you have the necessary special software IP service print driver etc for the printing environment involved Does the printer definition in the printing environment conform with general requirements and match settings in the print server If you are trying to print to the local printer are the settings appropriate in Local Printer Parallel Port Look especially at the IEEE Timing Log Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 245 Troubleshooting Cannot PING the printer H 2 Cannot PING the printer Assuming that you ve already checked the first 4 steps in the previous section look into the following possibilities 1 There is a router between your management PC and the print server Check the gateway address for the print server check the route table and or put the two devices on the same physical net segment You are sending the ping to the wrong IP address The print server has the same IP address as another device in the network There is something wrong with the mapping between the MAC hardware address and the chosen IP address The print server has not received its configuration information through use of BOOTP This can happen if an IP router in the network does not permit BOOTP to flow through it The problem
131. less you are satisfied with the host IP address as the agent name Try to choose a name which is meaningful for your administration Port contains the port number the agent uses for communication with the MCU server Default is 8888 Do not change this without a very good reason You will probably not want to change the refresh or timeout intervals check the on line help if you are in doubt Finish by selecting Add instead of Install 11 7 3 Troubleshooting Agent Installation on a PC If the agent was not created click the browser s back button and check the information typed in A typical problem is the P Address If the address cannot be reached it may be because an IP route needs to be set up Other common mistakes are misspelling of the Domain Username or Password Ask your system administrator for further details The MCU server has quite a lot of on line help available 11 7 4 Embedded Agent on the Intermate1xx If you already have given this or another Intermate print server an IP address using another method you can activate the embedded agent on it See IMCU Agent page 178 Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 86 INITIAL CONTACT Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 87 IP Assignments for Initial Contact Introduction 12 IP Assignments for Initial Contact 12 1 Introduction You must change the P address from the fac
132. ll function identically as described in Load Balancing Pools NDO only page 132 Up to 3 optional fields for data manipulation String Before String After String Substitutions Order of fields within each set On the configuration page the optional fields appear first in the set of parameters defining a logical printer while the target printer definition comes last Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 151 Logical Printers 1 8 Target Printer 20 2 Target Printer This parameter specifies the destination of the printed output to be used in connection with the logical printer you are config uring If you are not using NDO the only possibility is to keep the default which is Local Printer 0 If you are using NDO you can choose among six possibilities for a given logical printer Older print servers Newer print servers Local 0 Local Printer 0 Netw1 1 Network Destination 1 1 Netw2 2 Network Destination 2 2 Netw3 3 Network Destination 3 3 Netw4 4 Network Destination 4 4 Pool Pool Local is also referred to as the local port and refers to the Centronics parallel port on the printer to which the Intermate1xx is physically attached If you choose a Network Destination which has not been defined in Network Destination Option page 144 and then send a job to the logical printer in question the job will be dis carded and
133. ly useful in connection with digital copiers and other types of Multi Function Devices with Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 125 Processing Facilities Logical Printers combined printing and copying facilities String before could for example select a paper cassette select an output bin set the page orientation and so on String after would typically revoke the effects of string before but can also be used to provoke a page feed at the end of the job so that there is a separator page and so on Each logical printer can have one string before and or one string after Each string can contain many commands b String Substitution A substitution string actually consists of a pair a set of strings one input and one output You can define up to16 substitution strings assigning any of them to any of the 8 logi cal printers This is typically done in order to print characters from another code table translate characters to escape sequences call macros and so on Each logical printer can use any all or none of the substitu tion strings you have configured How Strings Are Written You must write substitution strings as well as string before and string after in a printer control language such as HP PCL Detailed information about this is found in String Before and String After page 155 Substitution Strings page 157 and String Syntax page 239 In
134. m the Intermate1xx 4 Press the Edit button in the lower part of the dialog box 5 Edit the fields as shown below and click OK Edit Trap x Trap Type 2 Number fi Default O Generic Printer Trap 7 Specific Severity Informational gt Description Trap received from 1 Extended Location 1 nPrtTrap 2 Description Actions Acknowledge on Matching Trap and Variable Update Map Status Trap NONE Variable NONE Write to Log Custom Actions Select Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 189 Configure SNMP Traps 6 Close the Customize Trap Alarms box 7 Log onto the Intermate1 xx 8 Choose Configurations gt Status Monitoring gt SNMP to set the parameters you want Parameter Default Setting Comments Monitor Community public Control Community public Trap Community public Set this to a value other than public if you want to control who should receive traps Table is continued on the next page Trap Target gt Blank lt The receivers of traps are specified by their IP addresses IP addresses must be entered with the ASCII character one as lead in e g 1192 168 4 186 For Novell Netware under IPX SPX only in G22 based servers purchased before 4 January 2002 not applicable to Intermate101 use the IPX SPX address IPX SPX addresses be entered with the ASCII character zero
135. mate1 xx Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 101 CONFIGURING THE BASIC AND PERMISSIONS SUB GROUPS Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 102 TCP IP Introduction 13 TCP IP 13 1 Introduction This chapter tells you about the individual parameters within the TCP IP Configurations sub group This item is at the bot tom of the Configuration Basic sub group but should be done before continuing with other configurations Details on IP identifying Information are in IP Assignments for Initial Contact page 88 Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 103 Mandatory IP identifying information 13 2 Mandatory IP identifying information 13 2 1 Host Name The host name identifies the unit in the LAN environment There are so many good reasons for having a host name defined see page 89 that you should consider it mandatory even though everything can function well without it in a certain number of setups You may use modify or totally replace the default host name which will be generated by attaching the last six digits from the MAC address to a prefix such as IM or IMA depending on the product and model See the syntactical requirements for an IP host name in Information Needed Before Starting page 89 If you create and use a host name you must of course have it registered in a DNS server availab
136. message will be written to the SystemLog lues starting with the digit 1 allow the user to choose a network printer without having to go cal printer layer These values only work on G32 Used on G22 they will cause the print job 11 Network Destination 1 12 Network Destination 2 13 Network Destination 3 14 Network Destination 4 2x Two digit val lues starting with the digit 2 allow the user to choose a logical printer 1 8 inclusive 21 Logical Printer 1 22 Logical Printer 2 23 Logical Printer 3 24 Logical Printer 4 25 Logical Printer 5 26 Logical Printer 6 27 Logical Printer 7 28 Logical Printer 8 all other The setting on the ThinPrint configuration page will be used values Note that the only way to direct a job to Logical Printer 0 and thus to the System Target Printer configured in Basic gt General is to set Output to on the ThinPrint configuration page to Logical Printer 0 and avoid overruling that setting Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 168 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION AND MONITORING POSSIBILITIES Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 169 Printed Information Available Main Status Pages 23 Printed Information Available 23 1 Main Status Pages The Main Status Pages make it possible for you to see all of the settings you have configured and can be invaluable as a reference
137. messages No license key found for option gt Atleast one logical printer is set up to use Sorry no license key found Using LOCAL e System target set up to use NDO Sorry no license key found Using LOCAL 24 4 2 Messages about things you can fix yourself Load Balancing Pool used Found no valid targets in pool Target printer not ready yet or invalid configured Failed to connect to target printer LPR target refused job Used a logical printer with no valid target configuration When you are working with a configuration page and type an invalid value in an input field the configuration page will be replaced with a page telling with the following message Error in input field lt parameter name gt Press the Browser s Back Button You may also see information on forced value changes which may or may not require action on your part Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 177 Configurable Monitoring Tools IMCU Agent 25 Configurable Monitoring Tools 25 1 IMCU Agent If you already have given an Intermate1xx an IP address you can activate the embedded agent on it Log in to the Intermate1xx Browser users choose the IMCU Agent configuration page in the Status Monitoring sub group Telnet users choose the IMCU menu item Enable the function and enter the port number Default is 8888 Do not change this without a very good
138. mmitment on the part of LCI Intermate A S Trademarks Intermate is a registered trademark of LCI Intermate A S AFP AIX AS 400 IBM IPDS LAN Server OS 2 OS 400 Print Services Facility PSF and WIN OS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation HP Open View and PCL are registered trademarks of Hewlett Packard Company Windows 95 98 Windows NT and Windows2000 and are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation WinZip is a registered trademark of Nico Mak Computing Inc Novell NDS NetWare and NWAdmin are registered trade marks of Novell Inc Any other trademarks appearing in this document are the prop erty of their respective owners Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 2 INTRODUCTION Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual Introduction Target Audience and Products Introduction Target Audience and Products Target Audience You are a printer administrator with responsibility for configur ing and administrating printers and print servers You may also be a network administrator and if not you will sometimes need to talk with one The information in this manual does not cover special option settings intended for our partners Please contact our support department if you need information about the special OEM settings Pr
139. must be corrected at the router The DHCP server if used has something wrong with it Or the coordination between DHCP server and DNS table isn t good enough IBM Hosts especially OS 400 based The print server may have been configured to reside in the wrong sub segment This can happen if the host is configured to have more than one TCP IP interface You must verify the print server s IP address You may also have to verify the subnet masks used for each TCP IP interface defined on the host Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 246 Notices Introduction 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 Table of Contents Disclaimer uiii ede dedi de dined 2 Trademarks ce e emt ERE 2 Ilis 4 Target Audience and Products tnnt trente 4 1 1 1 Target Audience retener teens 1 1 2 Print Servers Component Codes and Release Levels About release levels for major releases of G22 and G32 Summary overview of major changes TYPES OF Documentalion erint roo tnter ettet 1 2 1 Manual and Guides ad Print Server Administration 7 Special Printing Environment Guides IBM Mainframe Hosts and IBM OS 400 Systems with Host Print Options 7 1 2 2 Other Types of Documient
140. n on the label If the label is damaged or gone you can find the MAC address on the Status Pages In most of the ples we will use 00c0a200801e Host Name You should choose a host name which will identify the unit in the LAN environment and you must do so if you will using DHCP to assign an IP address to the print server There are a number of print environments for example OS 400 systems that also need to use a host name for the print server The unit will generate a default host name by attaching the last six digits from the MAC address to a prefix such as IM or IMA depending on the product and model You may use modify or totally replace this name If you use the following guidelines you will avoid conflicts caused by dif fering protocols found in today s typically mixed network envi ronments Name length minimum 2 and maximum 16 ASCII characters from the restricted list below not use any tabs or character spaces blanks There is no distinction made between upper and lower case Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 89 IP Assignments for Initial Contact Information Needed Before Starting e You can make the name DNS qualified by adding company domain name and a top domain for example im00801e mycompany com e Permissible characters alpha A Z numeric digits 0 9 minus sign underscore and period subject to the following additio
141. n properly a network printer must support the status information nodes defined in the Printer MIB RFC1759 and some host information nodes of the Host Resources MIB RFC1518 If the target printer lacks these features printer halts Paper jam Paper out Off line etc at a Network Target Printer will be interpreted by the print server as busy until a user has fixed the problem Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 144 Network Destination Option Configurations for Each Network Destination 33 19 2 Configurations for Each Network Destination Each set of parameters is labelled Network Destination and lines are used on the configuration page to separate the sets from each other The parameters to be set on this page are e Hostname Mandatory Print Method Mandatory Raw Socket TCP Port or Printer LPR Queue Name and LPR Count Byte MB In addition you may need to adjust parameters on other con figuration pages as explained below in Changes Needed on Other Configuration Pages page 150 Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 145 Network Destination Option Hostname Mandatory 19 3 Hostname Mandatory This parameter specifies the address of the of a network target printer or rather the address of its LAN connection Values Comments IP address 4 dot separated bytes each within the range 0 255 o
142. n a 11 7 3 Troubleshooting Agent Installation on a PC 11 7 4 Embedded Agent the Intermate1xx Initial Contact 12 IP Assignments for Initial Contact 88 12 T IntrOdbictiori uen trt rre rrt eene ctionem 88 12 2 Information Needed Before Starting sees 89 12 3 Method OVetVIBW 5 2 nr ttt it rtt err tni n Eiern 91 12 4 Assignment Using BOQOTP ierit eterne ri 93 12 5 Assignment Using FRARP rt tmt retreat 95 12 6 Assignment Using reor ees 97 12 7 Static IP Assignment Using ARP and 98 12 8 Static IP Assignment Using the 1 100 Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual iv Table of Contents Configuring the Basic and Permissions Sub Groups 13 HOP osea ded pcc n Pudor DDR 103 LECA lairo Teli I mb 103 13 2 Mandatory IP identifying information see 19 24 POSU NAI itcr eoe a er t ER tre 13 2 2 Syntax for IP Address Subnet Mask and Default Gateway m 13 2 3 Enable DHCP BOOTP RARP or none of these 13 3 Optional Setliligs erret rrr eret cesta ees 105 13 3 1 DNS Server for Look ps neret
143. n example where the last release was 2021 the second week of January 2002 A new release is expected sometime in the middle of March 2002 This release has a a mixture of features and fixes only some of which need to be documented in the manual When the manual is finished all we know is that the new fea tures will be a part of release higher than 2021 This is proba bly what will be in the manual Two exceptions can occur If we know that the release will happen in week 11 but are not sure about the build number during the week you will probably see a reference to release level 211x If we thought that the release would be labelled 2111 and then something unforeseen happened the manual might refer to release level 2111 although the release notes go directly from 2021 to 2112 or even higher Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 198 Upgrade Components What the Firmware File Names Mean 28 2 3 Overview of Component Types and File Names We provide the following component types Boot Firmware Boot Code enables the reception of firmware The Boot Code is rarely upgraded A faulty upgrade could cause the unit to lock in which case it would have to be re initialized Contact your point of purchase if this happens G32 Intermate101 has a supplemental Rescue Main Code which is used in conjunction with the Boot Firmware Main Firmware API codes Fonts for Host Print Options SC
144. n if you do not need the special data manipulation features in the configurable logical printers G22 release levels 2111 or higher and all release levels of G32 or G34 This is done by choosing a value in the Output to field If you have the NDO and don t need the special data manipulation features in the configurable logical printers you can choose a target printer directly Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 243 Configuration Checklists Checklist for Each Service or Host Session 4 Ifthe output is to be directed to one of the configurable logical printers check the configuration page Logical Printers 1 8 and make sure that the definition of your chosen logical printer does what you want it to Does it point to the target printer Local Printer single Network Printer Network Destination or Load Balancing Pool you want to be used for printing this kind of job target is a load balancing pool are the printers compatible with each other and are they listed in an appropriate order Are string before and or string after if any correctly defined Are substitution string s if any correctly listed And have they been properly entered in the String Substitutions configuration page 5 Check to be sure the target printer is configured properly e target printer chosen is a network printer network destination then find this printer under Output Control gt Ne
145. nView to manage many printers and monitor their activity in detail e Printer and Job Status via Finger External Tool page 194 tells you how to use the TCP IP Finger command from a Windows management environment NT or more advanced or from a UNIX or similar management environment Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 19 Introduction Topics This Manual 1 4 8 About Upgrades and Maintenance Chapters on upgrades and maintenance Starting on page 197 this main section tells you what kinds of things you can upgrade explains the file version naming and numbering system and tells you how to proceed using three different methods How to do bulk upgrades is also explained Maintenance related items on the HTTP menu The Actions group on the HTTP menu has three items deal ing with maintenance e two kinds of reboots for information on these see Activating New Values By Rebooting page 73 restoring All defaults for information on this see Overview of Types of Resets page 221 The Links group has two items both of which are meant to help you keep your software and documentation up to date Contact Information Start Page Update Utilities A direct link to a relevant web site If you want this opened in a new browser instance hold down the shift key on your keyboard while clicking on the link Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Ser
146. nal restrictions Periods are only allowed when they serve to delimit components of DNS qualified names domain style names e The first character must be alpha last character must not be a minus sign an underscore or a period Finally if you will be using a method for initial contact which does not work across routers you must do the follow ing Find the P address for your the PC or terminal from which you will be configuring the Intermate1xx Tip DOS commands for Windows users winipcfg Windows 95 98 or ipconfig Windows NT 4 0 Windows 2000 or XP Determine whether or not your PC s or terminal s IP address is on the same net segment as the address chosen for the Intermate1 xx If there is a router or a gateway between the two then you must get them both on the same segment or choose a method for assigning an address to the unit which can work across a router with the help of an IP static route How to find the group of settings called TCP IP Browser user TCP IP is in the Basic sub group of the Configurations group Telnet user TCP IP is a point on the main menu Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 90 IP Assignments for Initial Contact Method Overview 12 3 Method Overview Delivery from a BOOTP server Management environments Novell Netware AIX UNIX AIX OS 2 Instructions for using BOOTP start on page 93 Delivery from an
147. necessary information and then select Install The necessary information is e IP address of the PC to host the agent Agent Name unless you are satisfied with the host IP address as the agent name Try to choose a name which is meaningful for your administration Port contains the port number the agent uses for communication with the MCU server Default is 8888 Do not change this without a very good reason e You will probably not want to change the refresh or timeout intervals check the on line help if you are in doubt After you select Install you will be asked to enter a Windows NT account with administrative rights on the PC You must enter Domain Username and Password Click Install again Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 85 The Intermate Management and Configuration Utility Installing Agents 11 7 2 Direct Installation of an Agent on a PC If your setup does not fulfill the system requirement for remote installation you will have to install an MCU agent directly on a PC on the desired segment for example your own work sta tion Perform this installation with the MCU Installation Pro gram choosing Agent Only Afterwards return to the MCU server Select Agent Management Select New Fill out the necessary information and then select Install The necessary information is e IP address of the PC to host the agent Agent Name un
148. ng identifying information such as IP address although some configurations for SCS HPOs are excepted Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 71 HTTP Browser How to Change Settings on Configuration Pages 9 6 Howto Change Settings on Configuration Pages When you choose a menu item for configuration you will be presented with a page containing a number of parameters In some cases a configuration page can require scrolling down several screens There are also some complex configurations which are presented as a sub group of menu items each with its own configuration page New settings for any given parameter are selected from a drop down menu selected by choosing a radio button or typed into an input field For many of the fields you will find printed texts showing valid ranges You may also find an mouse over walk over description with additional information on the parameter in question You can save some mouse clicks by using the Tab key to move from one parameter to another At the bottom of each configuration page are three buttons Save amp Cont validates and saves the new settings You can save mouse click by using the lt Enter key on your keyboard instead If you type an invalid value in an input field the configuration page will be replaced with a page telling with the following message Error in input field lt parameter name gt Press the Browse
149. ng information will be provided in the Target Printer Infor mation provided by the Intermate1xx Target Printer Information is described on page 174 17 3 3 The System Target Printer The system target printer is the physical printer on which status information and help can be printed from the HTTP based menu By default this is the local printer With Network Destina tion Option NDO enabled and configured you can specify a printer at a network destination instead The system target printer has another special feature which we will come back to in the discussion of logical printers which can be used to carry the print stream to the target printer Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 122 Processing Facilities Processing Layers 17 4 Processing Layers Print jobs sent to the printer are processed in several layers by the Intermate1xx before the actual printing occurs Figure 7 Processing layers Read from left to right Print Handler Service Protdcol Printer request HPO Logical Target Printer system Emulator Printer physical A rint Clien ps Input Control Output Control When the job starts a print handler is started as an instance of the print server i e the Intermate1xx A process is started which carries the job through the various layers The protocol from the print client to t
150. nit with a browser or Telnet client 6 Choose TCP IP Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 93 IP Assignments for Initial Contact Assignment Using 7 Disable RARP and check to be sure that DHCP is still disabled Note that the BOOTP delivers not only the IP address but also the subnet mask and the default gateway 8 Save your work and reboot You can of course wait to reboot until finishing other configurations you want to make Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 94 IP Assignments for Initial Contact Assignment Using RARP 12 5 Assignment Using RARP 1 2 3 4 5 Power Off the Intermate1 xx If the unit is attached to a printer it is best that the printer is powered On Add the following lines to the etc ethers file or etc rarpd cf file Note that the MAC address is written with colons as separators between every two characters etc ethers file Hardware address Host name gt syntax 00 c0 a2 00 80 1e imal01 a example Or etc rarpd cf file IP address Hardware address gt syntax 192 168 0 227 00 0 2 00 80 1 example C Update your host table and alias name data bases d Start the RARP daemon if it is not already running rarpd a Make sure the Intermate1xx is attached to the LAN and power it on Connect and Login to the unit with the tool of your choice Choose TCP IP a Disable
151. ns page 118 Physical Printers Target Printers page 122 Use Logical Printer Output To page 124 Processing Layers page 123 Logical Printers page 125 Data Manipulation in the Logical Printer Layer page 127 Load Balancing Pools NDO only page 132 Working with NDO Load Balancing Pools and Data Manipulation page 133 There are some sections within several topics which you can skip if you don t use NDO and or if you don t use the data manipulation facilities in the logical printer layer Each of these sections are marked at the beginning of the section Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 117 Processing Facilities TCP IP Sessions Services and Host Sessions 17 2 TCP IP Sessions Services and Host Sessions A single Intermate1xx can handle up to 32 simultaneous TCP IP sessions The following tables list the services and host ses sions available Figure 3 Services Input Type Protocol Services IPP Internet Print Protocol one service Raw Socket TCP Port 1 2 3 or 4 maximum 4 services in all Configurable printer port number for example 9100 LPR queue 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 or 8 maximum 8 configurable services in all Configurable queue name and queue type There are 4 additional pre configured queues FTP print one service ThinPrint one service Configurable client TCP port and bandwidth in bits per secon
152. nt job If the printer does not support PJL the PJL initialization command PuL may be printed imaged on the top of the page Unfortunately it is possible that the printer does not support PJL without revealing this on the print out An alternative way of checking is to look at Status Target Printer Information if the value for fields such as Printer Name is Unavailable your printer does not support PJL Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 139 Local Printer Parallel Port Compatible Mode Report Problems As 18 5 Compatible Mode Report Problems As 18 5 1 Report Compatible Mode PE as This parameter controls how a Paper Empty or Paper Error condition is reported to whatever monitoring aids you use Such as the print server s target printer information SNMP e mail notification or error reporting media to an IBM host Value Out of Paper Comments Report PE as Out of Paper Paper Jam Report PE as Paper Jam Off line Report PE as Off line Undefined Error Report PE as Undefined Error 18 5 2 Report Compatible Mode ERROR as This parameter controls how a general printer error is reported to whatever monitoring aids you use such as the print server s target printer information SNMP e mail notification or error reporting media to an IBM host Value Off line Comments Report as Off line Cover Open Re
153. nter Layer 17 7 2 Processing Flows Examples By knowing the order in which processing occur you can prevent and troubleshoot problems which might arise from combining dif ferent kinds of processing PRO always uses a one step process This is illustrated in Figure 9 and in Figure 10 where the service protocol requires an HPO emulation in this case SCS TN3270E Figure9 Logical Printer 0 Print Handler v Printer request HPO Logical system Emulator Printer Target Printer PRO Jae Client A d Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 129 Processing Facilities Data Manipulation in the Logical Printer Layer Figure 10 SCS TN3270 through PRO Logical Printer 0 Print Handler L Printer request HPO 1 Logical A system Emulator Printer Target Printer 0 L ES i pu SF gt l Pasos tn3270E PRO 2 rint Clien 1 ha ue As soon as a logical printer other than PRO is involved the requester must now keep track of three steps even though it might not use all three of them Figure 11 shows a job sent off with a service configured to use a logical printer which uses pre and post processing but no substitution strings For this example we assume that the logi cal printer involved is PR5 as shown in the examples list
154. nter Status READY Display Message Unavailable Online Status Online Job Boundary Page Counter 0 Total Page Counter 0 Duplex Print Not available Job Queue No Job in Queue You can use Parallel Port IEEE P1284 Negotiation Mode page 137 to define how PE Paper Empty or Paper Error con ditions and how general printer errors are to be reported Nibble mode without PJL and ECP mode without PJL will result in no useful status information being generated Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 175 Standard Monitoring Information Status gt System Log 24 3 Status System Log The System Log lives from reboot to reboot When you choose Status System Log the current informa tion is displayed on screen labelled Status System Log Note that the current information in the System Log is also included in the print of the Main Status Pages see page 170 Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 176 Standard Monitoring Information Warnings and Error Messages 24 4 Warnings and Error Messages Here are the kinds of warnings and error messages that can appear mostly in the System Log but sometimes flashed real time and directly on the screen 24 4 1 Messages requiring you to seek help from a point of purchase Unsafe adapter address detected MAC Probably not set yet This indicates a serous problem Contact your point of purchase License key
155. o printer s default 5 not a pool Target use any input tray restore these settings to what none PR4 available that can they were before print in a landscape orientation output bin 3 sort 6 1 0 2 change language restore the previous language 2 4 5 11 12 code table code table 13 14 16 7 not a pool Target wait for manual feed none 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 2 0 1 form feed print message on the none separator sheet Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 133 Processing Facilities Working with NDO Load Balancing Pools and Data Manipulation This is a pretty complex example to illustrate what is possible Don t try to fully understand the details shown When you start configuring your own systems the details will make sense to you To be complete in your planning you must consider which types of input will be sent to which logical printer The final example below shows this at the same time it reflects a more realistic situation entailing less complicated use of pre pro cessing post processing and string substitution than in the previous figures Figure 14 Simpler example services and logical printers Types of Logical Load Pre Processing Post Processing Substitution input Printer Balancin String Before String After Strings configured 9 Pool to FTP 4 O zero 0 1 not possible not possible not possible
156. of the LaserWriter 8 5 1 printing software see Mac OS 7 5 or Earlier page 53 An appropriate print driver must be installed on your computer before proceeding with the steps shown below Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 51 Apple LaserWriter LPR only Mac OS 8 1 and higher 6 2 Mac OS 8 1 and higher To set up for printing 1 2 10 11 12 Launch the Desktop Printer Utility Select Printer LPR and click the OK button View the PostScript Printer Description PPD File section and click Change Select the PPD for your printer In the Internet Printer section click Change Printer Address Enter the IP address of the print server Queue Name This name must be known to the print server see LPR Print Queues LPD Protocol page 163 Click Verify to verify that the printer can be found Click the button Go to the File menu and select Save Enter the name and location of the desktop printer icon The default name is the IP address of the printer and the default location is the desktop Click the OK button Quit Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 52 Apple LaserWriter LPR only OS 7 5 or Earlier 6 3 Mac OS 7 5 or Earlier On operating systems older than Mac OS 7 5 the LPR proto col is not supported For these systems LPR client has to be installed LPR clients are available as
157. om the TCP IP sub group three fields to fill out IP Address Subnet mask Gateway and three check box fields RARP BOOTP and DHCP 7 Fill out the fields a IP address b If itis not possible for the print server to obtain the mask from the network you must type in a Subnet Mask c If automatic routing RIP is not used in your environment type in the Default Gateway 8 Make sure the BOOTP and RARP protocols are disabled unchecked 9 If you will are only using the IP address as a stepping stone to DHCP enable DHCP 10 Conclude your work by clicking Save and reboot You will receive a confirmation message If you will be continuing your configuration without delay you have two choices Return to the Device List using the browser s back button or the Device List icon Find your print server and double click on the IP address instead of the MAC address This will open a new browser instance attached to the Intermate1 xx Log in from there This is usually the best choice The alternative is to actually use the MCU as a complete con figuration tool Choose Advanced from the Device Configu ration window The resulting screen after a login contains links to all configuration pages but the menu points have no grouping And there are no links to status or action pages help or contacts This method should probably only be used if you have lot of experience configuring the Inter
158. ommand line The required steps for each job are described in FTP Print page 164 A better way of getting the AIX system to send print jobs using the FTP protocol is be utilizing the script capabilities of the AIX to make automatic handling possible Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 56 AIX IPDS with PSF 6000 7 4 IPDS with PSF 6000 Tip See the chapter Installing a TCP IP attached IPDS printer in the PSF 6000 Print Administration manual for further information 7 4 1 Create a new IPDS printer definition To create a new IPDS printer definition in PSF 6000 execute the command smit psf add prt tcpip to get the PSF 6000 SMIT Printer Definition for TCP IP attached IPDS printers Fill in the fields described below Field Printer Name Comments IMA100 Enter a name for the IPDS printer This name is also used for the print queue associated with the printer Internet Address 192 168 0 227 Enter the Host name preferred or the IP address you have assigned to the Intermate100 If you use the Host name PSF 6000 resolves it into an IP address either through the hosts file or through a Domain Name Server DNS Port Number 5001 Always leave this entry at 5001 No of Queue 4 Devices Initially leave this at the default value You can tune the option later according to the throughput of the printer Connect Timeout 30 Initially leave this at th
159. omplex example logical printer configurations 133 Figure 14 Simpler example services and logical printers 134 18 Local Printer Parallel Port 135 18 1 Introduction Messages and Status Reporting 135 18 2 Parallel Port IEEE P1284 Negotiation Mode 137 18 3 IEEE Timing Log for ECP and Nibble 138 1 A PJE SUPPO 139 18 5 Compatible Mode Report Problems 140 Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual vi Table of Contents 18 5 1 Report Compatible Mode PE as 140 18 5 2 Report Compatible Mode ERROR 140 18 6 Special PUL Settings for ECP and 141 18 6 1 PJL Printer Status Feedback 141 18 6 2 Check for Pending Printer Data When Idle For Reverse Data 141 18 7 About Error Reporting in ECP Mode essen 142 18 7 1 ECP Mode on a printer that understands PJL 142 18 7 2 ECP Mode a printer that does not understand PJL 142 18 8 Enable Power Detection rires 143 19 Network Dest
160. on ser vices in Input Control where there is a generalizable example from AIX environments 1 4 2 About Tools for Management and Configuration Descriptive Framework Chapter 9 HTTP Browser page 67 The Intermate1xx has an HTTP server in it which you attach to using a browser Because the HTTP based menu is the most comprehensive configuration tool we use it as the framework all descriptions of how to configure and use the print server The HTTP based menu also gives access to status information described mainly in the chapters within Management Information and Monitoring Possibilities starting on page 169 and to actions not obtainable in any other way Chapter 10 Configuration Using a Telnet Client page 75 If there are very strong reasons for not using a Windows based configuration tool you can use a Telnet client The menu presented to a Telnet client is does not include status or actions except for reboots and the dialog is much more difficult to use than either the HTTP based menu or the configuration tool presented in the following chapter Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 12 Introduction Topics This Manual Chapter 11 The Intermate Management and Configuration Utility IMCU page 78 Powerful This chapter covers how to install and use this powerful Multi Windows based utility which is included on the CD ROM urpose Utility As atool for configuring
161. order to use it you must be able to ping the Intermate1 xx If you cannot ping it you probably need to establish a static IP route between the management PC and the print server Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 194 Printer and Job Status via Finger External Tool How to Use It 27 2 How to Use It Syntax finger IP address gt Example where the system target printer is on 192 168 1 188 Command finger 192 168 0 227 Reply 192 168 0 227 Interface Type Intermate101 Ver G32 2041 Name 101 Printer Type LASERJET 4000 Printer Job Status RAW Socket 0 192 168 1 188 Printer Status Ready Printer Job Status shows the first three jobs queued for print ing if there are none the message is No Job In Queue Each job shows the print protocol and where the job originated IP address If more than three jobs are queued the sequence is written after the third job Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 195 UPGRADES AND MAINTENANCE Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 196 Upgrade Components What and How 28 Upgrade Components 28 1 What and How 28 1 1 How to Get Upgrades Regular firmware releases are made including new features and correction of errors New firmware releases are made available on our web site Partners are notified by e mail when there are new releases 28 1 2 H
162. orm 3 Choose the variables you wish to view from the Available list and add them with the Add gt button to the Selected list Press the Perform button when done This opens a window showing the contents of the chosen variables 4 Edit the variables Leave the dialog box by clicking Close Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 184 Configure SNMP Load and Edit Options Parameters 26 4 Load and Edit Options Parameters Intermate1xx parameters can be edited with SNMP manage ment program after the Private MIB has been added to the MIB database To add the Private MIB 1 Start HP OpenView and choose the connection you wish to work with 2 Inthe main screen choose the Control gt SNMP Manager gt Manage Database This opens the Manage Database window 3 Choose the file named rfc1213 mib in the list of available MIB files and press the Add gt button 4 Add the Private MIB file by pressing the Import button Locate and choose the file and press the OK button 5 Back in the Manage Database window select the Private MIB file and click the Add gt button SNMP Manager Manage Database x Files successfully added to database Available MIB Files Files in MIB Database E 01 13 99 4 06 20 00 IANAIF MIB 02 05 97 09 13 96 IF MIB 04 07 97 IMA MIB 06 20 00 LANFSP MIB 03 05 99 MIBSLIST WRI 10 20 97 RFC1213 MIB
163. ort out who has changed the password before continuing Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 70 HTTP Browser Menu Items and Groups After Login 9 5 Menu Items and Groups After Login After a successful login the Actions group with its single Login menu item will be replaced with two main groups of items Actions e OConfigurations as listed in Topics in This Manual page 10 Actions always give you the chance to Cancel or Con firm an lt Action gt page before the system carries an action out You can use Actions for the following things Reboot There are two kinds of Reboot as explained below in Activating New Values By Rebooting page 73 e Print Main Status Pages These pages show configuration i e all currently active settings for all parameters on the print server except for certain configurations for the SCS HPOs In addition the Main Status Pages include information from the System Log which is filled from reboot to reboot Itis a good idea to document each configuration change by printing the Main Status Pages Print several different kinds of status pages for 5250 shown only if the TN5250E HPO is enabled e G22 only Stop traces started through an FTP session depending on which options TN5250E TN3270 and or IPDS if any have been activated Restore All Defaults This affects every single parameter includi
164. ou want to update or transfer settings to is located 4 Make sure that you have the Links column displayed If there are many columns displayed you have to scroll to the right to find it If it s not there you need to adjust your column selection 5 Refresh the information on the segment 59 6 Locate the Intermate1xx to be upgraded 7 Find the firmware upgrade icon in the Links E column Clicking on it will bring up a list as shown below in the next step Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 212 Using the IMCU for Maintenance Single Print Server Select type of firmware to upgrade Main Code Boot Code IPDS Font SCS Font TN3270E IDB TN5250E IDB Configuration Rescue Code View log lt Back Next gt Mark the types of files to be upgraded About file types Main Code Boot Code IPDS Font files SCS Font files and Rescue Code only Intermate101 are FFS files See Upgrades of Firmware and Fonts FFS files page 206 The two kinds of IDBs are briefly described in Upgrades of IDBs page 208 which also refers you to where you can get detailed information appropriate to your IBM host environment OS 400 systems or Mainframe Configuration refers to your own configurations as described in The Binary Configuration File ima config bin page 209 9 Finish by clicking Next Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server
165. out Configuring the Basic and Permission Sub Groups The chapters in this main section are organized according to configuration pages in the HTTP based menu The HTTP based menu is divided into four groups e Actions e Configurations e Status e Help Within the Configurations group on the menu there are a number of sub groups Each sub group has a number of con figuration pages Each chapter title in Square Brackets indi cates a configuration page The order in which these pages are presented reflects a typical order for first time use This may differ from the order on the HTTP menu where the least frequently used pages are at the bottom of the Configurations group The Basic sub group has three configuration pages e ITCP IPT page 103 Besides IP address subnet mask default gateway and host name covered in Chapter 12 the TCP IP page allows you to specify a WINS server to which this information will be sent It also allows you to register the IP address of a DNS server on which the unit can look up the addresses of named servers on other configuration pages IGeneral page 106 This configuration page includes a number of purely administrative parameters What will you call the device who is responsible for it and where it is located It also includes a parameter to designate the System Target Printer which is where information about the system is printed and there is a paramet
166. out what the MCU server s P address is as well as what its port number has been set to default is 80 but a network administrator or another printer administrator might have changed this to avoid colliding with another service The server must be running you may have to ask another administrator or super user about this There must be an agent enabled on the net segment your Intermate1xx is connected to If you are unsure about this please consult Installing Agents page 85 Steps 1 Make sure that the printer and Intermate1xx are powered On 2 Login to the MCU server with a web browser as instructed in How to Log In and Out page 82 3 Use the Device List screen to find the agents known to the server 4 Selectand expand the agent monitoring the IP segment the print serverIntermate1xx is on This will give you a list of all the devices detected by the agent 5 Refresh the list If everything is as it should be you should find a line for a device showing the MAC address for your print serverlntermate1 xx Double click the MAC address 6 This will open a Device Configuration window with the following fields Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 100 IP Assignments for Initial Contact Static IP Assignment Using the IMCU Address Host Name not changeable from within the IMCU see instructions in Host page 104 e Six settable parameters fr
167. ow to See Which Firmware is Currently Loaded The version numbers of the firmware currently loaded in the print server can be seen in the following status information Main Status Pages print out from HTTP menu or from the TEST button see Information from LEDs and from the TEST Button page 234 Code Hevisions HTTP menu Status Code Revisions displayed on screen only Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 197 Upgrade Components What the Firmware File Names Mean 28 2 What the Firmware File Names Mean 28 2 1 Two Part Version Naming System Example Firmware component G22 1491 The first 3 positions indicate the firmware Component ID In this case it is a Main Code firmware G22 for the Intermate1xx it would be G32 for the Intermate101 For more information on this part of the naming system see Overview of Component Types and File Names page 199 28 2 2 Release Level Designations The first digit after the underscore is the year of the release 2001 The next two digits give the week number 49 and the last is the release level build within the week 1 After testing and documentation are finished the firmware is publicly released so the public release date is often at least a week later than the week number in the firmware name and the date displayed in Status Code Revisions Sometimes the documentation is finished on the basis of spec ifications Let us take a
168. owse Or enter the IP address of an interface to copy the configuration file from If you choose to select a file on your local computer you must first have retrieved it from the source see To retrieve page 209 in the chapter on upgrading directly with FTP Finish each file selection with Next 11 Repeat the process of selection for each type of file you have checked 12 The final Next gt in connection with file selection will bring you to a dialog in which you must specify the user name and password for the server in question 13 You will then be asked whether or not you want the MCU to reboot your Intermate1xx after the upgrade If you are absolutely sure that there are no current print jobs which can be ruined by an immediate reboot it is safe to answer yes If not you must remember to do a controlled reboot afterwards directly from the print server 14 When you click Next gt again the updating will start 15 The process is usually very fast but if you get impatient be careful not to switch off the print server or shut down the MCU server by closing the browser during the upgrade Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 215 Using the IMCU for Maintenance Single Print Server If you want to do other things with your browser while waiting for the update you can either open a new instance or continue in the same instance by typing a new U
169. parallel port to the TCP IP LPD port If you want to print from WIN OS 2 and you do not have the DOS Windows TCP IP access kit you can use the LPRMON command LPRMON s lt server gt p lt queue gt LPT lt n gt Element Replace with lt server gt The IP address or the Host name of the printer lt queue gt a queue name as defined in 4D above page 60 lt n gt Number of the parallel port to redirect Example Type the following command to redirect the LPT3 port to the TCP IP LPD port LPRMON b s192 168 0 227 ppar_b LPT3 Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 62 05 2 2 x and 05 2 Warp LPR ASCII data e g PCL and Postscript 8 2 4 obtain status from the TCP IP LPD connected printer The command can be used to obtain the status of the printer LPQ 1 s lt server gt p lt queue gt Element Replace with server The IP address or the Host name of the printer queue a queue name as defined in 4D above page 60 8 2 5 Troubleshooting Sending a print job to an LPR print queue when the Iprportd program is not running results in an error indication To solve the problem the print job has to be deleted from the queue and the Iprportd program has to be started afterwards If this does not help the server will probably have to be rebooted Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 05 2 2 x and 05 2 Wa
170. port as Cover Open Undefined Error Report as Undefined Error Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 140 Local Printer Parallel Port Special PJL Settings for ECP and Nibble 18 6 Special PJL Settings for ECP and Nibble These two settings are relevant to the bidirectional modes that is ECP and Nibble provided that the printer supports PJL and PJL is enabled PJL Support page 139 18 6 1 PJL Printer Status Feedback Frequency This parameter was introduced to the status data base starting with release level 1143 It sets the number of seconds between PJL USTATUS reports from the printer It ensures that the printer will report ready x seconds after a status change first and foremost when a job is finished Reporting is done to mon itoring tools such as the print server s target printer informa tion SNMP e mail notification or error reporting media to an IBM host which may only handle the report while the job is printing Value for x in seconds Comments 0 Feedback on PJL printer status will be given immediately after a status change 5 300 Choose a value from the drop down list This will set the number of seconds between status sent at regular intervals from the printer 18 6 2 Check for Pending Printer Data When Idle For Reverse Data This option was introduced with release level 1391 It controls the number of seconds x before
171. port for ECP is detected the print server will fall back to Nibble and if Nibble is not detected print server will fall back to Compatible Mode If you have upgraded from an older release level and only want the print server to try ECP before falling back to Compatible Mode change your setting from Auto to ECP Values for print Value Compatible Mode servers using releases older than 2111 Comments This is the default setting Auto If ECP support is detected ECP Mode will be used Otherwise the print server will fall back to Compatible Mode Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 137 Local Printer Parallel Port IEEE Timing Log for ECP and Nibble Modes 18 3 IEEE Timing Log for ECP and Nibble Modes This parameter was introduced with release level 2111 Very small timing variations can cause failure to print when using bi directional communication which is to say Nibble Mode or ECP mode By letting the timing log stay switched on you will be able to see in the System Logif the failure to print seems to be caused by this kind of a timing problem The System Log will also include a suggested solution Sometimes the suggestion will be to try the job again with the timing log switched off If the print still doesn t come through you probably have to change the negotiation mode to Compat ible Value Comments Yes Switched on This i
172. r 5 This will bring up a window prompting you for a port Click the Add Port button 6 The Printer Ports dialog box opens Select the Intermate Print Port and click New Port Printer Ports x Available Printer Ports Digital Network Port HP JetDirect Port Lexmark DLC Network Port Lexmark TCP IP Network Port Local Port New Monitor Cancel 7 Asmall window will appear for configuring an Intermate Print Port Select a print protocol and click OK 8 Now you will be presented with a small window for entering the relevant values for the type of port selected 9 For both types of ports you will type the IP address of the Intermate100 Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 34 Windows NT 4 0 Using an Intermate Print Port for Raw Socket or LPR 10 Configure the details for the protocol you selected in step 7 Setting up a Raw Socket Port Port 9100 Port 9100 Settings x port IP address gt 22221 239 pm 2222 239 9100 c E ome As explained in Raw Socket Port 9100 Reverse Telnet page 160 you can configure up to four different Raw Socket services on your print server and they cannot all be on the actual printer port 9100 Correspondingly you can type in any valid port number in the TCP IP Port field The Port Name generated will look something like this IM
173. r DNS registered Maximum 47 ASCII characters It is best to observer the name restrictions described for host names on page 104 The name must be registered on the DNS server specified in TCP IP Settings gt DNS Server IP Address page 105 Default is blank If the field is left blank the particular network destination is regarded as disabled Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 146 Network Destination Option Print Method Mandatory 19 4 Print Method Mandatory Values Comments Raw Socket Establish a Raw Socket port 9100 Reverse Telnet with the network printer you are configuring If Raw Socket is chosen you must also fill out Raw Socket TCP port number page 148 LPR Print to an LPD Daemon This is a more complex protocol which should only be used if network printer you are configuring can not handle Raw Socket If LPR is chosen you must also fill out LPR Queue Name and LPR Count Byte page 149 Network Destinations Print Method concerns output and brings the job from the logical printer or around it to a network target printer The figure below is based on Figure 7 on page 123 Figure 15 Service Protocol vs Print Method Print Handler Service Protocol Target Printer physicah Logical Printer Input Control Output Control As a print method Raw Socket can support bidirectional com munication as long as the printer itself h
174. r network If you intend to print to the local printer where the print server is attached e Choose Local Printer Parallel Port in the Configurations Output Control section The parameter Parallel Port IEEE P1284 Negotiation Mode should be set to ECP or Nibble If you choose Auto and the result falls back to Compatible you will not get bidirectional communication sure that the parameter PJL Support is activated with the Yes radio button If you intend to print to a Network Destination check the con figuration of the physical printer Target Printer on the Net work Destination Option NDO page This printer must use Raw as the transportation protocol Note that the choice of port number here has nothing to do with the print server port num ber value in step 1 Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 162 Services Input Control LPR Print Queues LPD Protocol 22 3 LPR Print Queues LPD Protocol Pre configured Queues Configurable Queues The print server supports up to 12 LPR queues Eight of them are configurable while four are pre configured Each queue is identified by the following three parameters 1 Name 2 Queue type 3 Where to direct the output of LPR queues See Services in Input Control page 159 4 Remember to Save amp Cont and then Reboot to activate The four pre configured LPR queues look like this
175. r s Back Button When you do that you will be presented with the configuration page again You will probably have to look in the manual to correct your error e Undo restores the most recently saved settings So if you have already saved your current work you cannot use this button to move back to the previous values Factory Default restores the default settings for the parameters on the configuration page in question and only on that page Saved settings are not activated until you reboot the next sec tion explains how to do this Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 72 HTIP Browser Activating New Values By Rebooting If you are changing settings on more than one configuration page it is usually a good idea to wait until you re done with everything before rebooting 9 7 Activating New Values By Rebooting New values can be activated remotely by clicking one of the two Reboot items in the Main Group Actions Reboot immediate reboots the Intermate1 xx immediately terminating any current print job and Jobs queued after a terminated job are not affected Reboot controlled performs a delayed reboot reboot command is added to the job queue The reboot is carried out when there are no more jobs known to the Intermate1xx Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 73 Browser Logout 9 8 Logout Log out from the Inte
176. randomly In addition you should describe the environment as precisely as you can This involves the configuration description of the TCP IP servers printers LAN type etc Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 228 Technical Information Hardware Appendix B Technical Information B 1 Hardware What the Unit Looks Like Top View power a LAN rs a connector gt Error LED Di Line LED TEST button printer connector The three outlets shown on the right hand side of the drawing are for DC power 6 5 V 750 mA attaching to an Ethernet LAN this is an RJ 45 connector including auto detection of 10BaseT and 100BaseTX In units sold before 4 January 2002 up to and including G22 1491 there is also auto detection of Ethernet ll IEEE802 2 IEEE 802 3 and SNAP frames e attaching to the parallel port of a printer The TEST Button can not be seen from this angle The Error LED is red when it is on The Line LED is green when it is on Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 229 Technical Information Hardware Complete information on the LED Patterns and TEST Button is in the appendix Information from LEDs and from the TEST But ton page 234 On the bottom of the box is a label containing the following information Electromagnetic compliance The label refers to this manual for further information please see USA FCC Rules Part 15 Clas
177. ransform without having a license key the last line on each printed page will be overwritten with a demo mode message e TN3270E Option If you enable this option and use it to print SCS jobs without having a license key the last line on each printed page will be overwritten with a demo mode message 1 2 2 Other Types of Documentation There are three other types of documentation Product Overview is a sheet included with the package It lists what is in the package including the contents of the CD ROM and information on updates Getting Started is a brochure included with the package covering hardware installation information on getting IP connected and information on how to start printing from a Windows 2000 platform Quick Guide is a mini manual in text format which can be printed directly from the print server It is meant especially to rescue users who don t have anything else at hand All three of these documentation types are also included on the CD ROM and available on our web site Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual Introduction Conventions Used the Manual and Guides 1 3 Conventions Used in the Manual and Guides The notation used is based on what you see in the HTTP based dialog for management and configuration This dialog has a left menu divided into group sub groups and items When we refer to such groups sub groups or items we use double quotes and connec
178. reverse data In other words after x seconds in Idle mode the printer is asked if it has any data Value for x Comments 0 Option is disabled This is the default value because many printers will handle this situation correctly in the hardware indicating that there is data without having to be queried 5 300 seconds Choose a value from the drop down list Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 141 Local Printer Parallel Port About Error Reporting ECP Mode 18 7 About Error Reporting in ECP Mode 18 7 1 ECP Mode on a printer that understands PJL Sometimes an out of paper or paper jam occurs in the middle of a printing job Before release level 1491 no error messages could be sent Starting with release level 1491 error messages are sent However if the printer sends a PJL code that the print server does not understand the status message given will be rendered as Offline 18 7 2 ECP Mode on a printer that does not understand PJL The Printer Status shown on Status Target Printer Infor mation will always be Ready Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 142 Local Printer Parallel Port Enable Power Detection 18 8 Enable Power Detection With this parameter you can specify whether or not you want the print server to reboot automatically if the local printer is powered On Tip Disable this if you are using NDO But otherwis
179. ribed in this manual ww Power Off the printer If the printer is not powered Off before the installation parts of the print server or the printer may be permanently damaged 2 Remove any interface or cable occupying the parallel port connector you wish to install the unit on Be sure to check that this is OK with the network administrator 3 Snap the print server on to the parallel port connector Secure its position by flipping both connector clips down into the notches on the unit 4 Inserta LAN drop cable from your LAN in to the print server 5 Connect the print server s power supply to a power source and power the printer On 6 Itis usually a good idea to document current settings and save the pages for reference If you wish to do this wait until the printer reports Ready the print server should have only one LED lit the green one Then press the TEST Button for 1 or 2 seconds This will print the Main Status Pages for the unit The label on the back of the print server has these instructions but shortens the name to Status Pages Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 233 Information from LEDs and from the TEST Button LED Patterns Various Modes Appendix D Information from LEDs and from the TEST Button Refer to What the Unit Looks Like page 229 to see the loca tion of the LEDs and the TEST Button D 1 LED Patterns in Various Modes Basic Operation Upper LED is red E
180. rint server at 192 168 0 170 To retrieve 1 Start an FTP session to the print server whose configurations you want to transfer ftp 192 168 0 277 2 Change to the CONF IG library cd Config case sensitive in G32 3 Change to binary transfer mode binary 4 Retrieve the binary configuration file Syntax get source target The file name in the source part of the command must match the case of the file name in the FTP directory Example get ima cfg bin c PrintServerConfigs ima_cfg bin 5 Terminate the FTP session bye Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 209 Using FTP Directly The Binary Configuration File ima config bin To store load to the print server 1 6 Start an FTP session to the print server you wantto transfer settings to ftp 192 168 0 170 Give the user name and password for the print server Change to the library cd Config case sensitive in G32 Change to binary transfer mode binary Store the binary configuration file Syntax put source target The file name in the source part of the command must match the case of the file name on your PC The file must have the same name when it is put on the target so prevent typographical errors by not specifying a name for the target Example put C PrintServerConfigs ima_cfg bin Continue as described in steps 8 10 on page 207 Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Adm
181. rint Server s FTP Directory and Its Libraries 28 5 The Print Server s FTP Directory and Its Libraries In connection with various kinds of upgrading it is important to know what structure of the FTP Directory is This is critically true if you use an ntermate100 G22 The Intermate101 G32 gives much better support to make sure that everything gets put in its proper place when upgrading resetting etc G22 and G32 also have different library structures In the lists below only the libraries which could be important for you to know about are shown and a colon separates the library name from the file name s The versions indicated are just examples and reflect the newest available in February 2002 28 5 1 Intermate100 G22 BOOT G21 031 FFS MAINCODE G22 2021 FFS TN3270IDB one IDB file if TN3270E is activated TN5250IDB one or more IDB files if TN5250 is activated IPDSFONT FONT300 FFS There are two alternative IPDS font files FONT300 FFS and FONT240 FFS A version number is not a part of the component name TN5250FONT K66 0151 FFS QUICKGUIDE QGUIDE TXT A version number is not part of the file name IPDS K65 0441 FFS REBOOT holds two files One called controlled the other called immediate CONFIG ima cfg bin Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 203 Upgrade Components The Print Server s FTP Directory and Its Libraries 28 5 2 Intermate101 G32 and G34 Reboo
182. river or make other adjustments to the printer definition wait until you are finished with the Add Printer procedure described here Choose Settings Printer right click on the new printer you have defined and choose Properties There are six tabs full of settings you can change 7 You will be asked to Your Printer If you have several different printer definitions for the same physical printer in your network choose a name which will help to keep track of them On the same window you will be asked whether or not you want the printer to be default for your PC work station 8 Decide whether or not to share the printer Click Next The rest of the instructions here assume that you do not share the printer 9 Decide whether or not you want a test page printed Click Next The test page will not print until after the next step is completed Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 25 Windows 2000 and Windows XP Raw Socket Printing Standard TCP IP Port 10 The final window will be presented Click Finish 11 If you have chosen to print a test page in Step 9 you will be presented with a window explaining what is going on If the printout is ok click OK If you should need to choose Troubleshoot follow the on line help instructions What if you want the printer definition to use a different port value from 9100 Choose Settings Printer right click on the new printer you have d
183. rmate1xx by closing the browser window Changing to another web address while running the same browser instance does not terminate the HTTP session Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 74 Configuration Using a Telnet Client Connecting 10 Configuration Using a Telnet Client 10 1 Connecting Platform Prerequisites Any Telnet client supporting NVT can be used to connect to the Intermate1xx This includes common platforms like Windows UNIX and AS 400 NVT is a minimum requirement for the client The Intermate1xx defaults to NVT when connected with VT52 or VT100 ANSI Setting Up Telnet Terminal Preferences We recommend enabling Local Echo on the client in order to display the entries The Buffer size should also be checked as some values otherwise can disappear from the screen A value of 50 or more is recommended Logging On A line based Telnet client connects like this c telnet 192 168 4 170 Windows example gt telnet 192 168 4 170 AS 400 example When a Telnet session is started the Intermate1xx presents itself with the log on screen Type the user name admin followed by lt CR Enter gt Type the password followed by lt CR Enter gt The default pass word is admin You can change this from the menu Pass word The password is case sensitive Once you are logged in the Menu appears You will be able to set everything except IP address Host name
184. rp IPDS from PSF 2 8 3 IPDS from PSF 2 This section deals with how to set up PSF 2 which makes it possible to print IPDS data to a LAN attached printer with an installed Intermate100 using TCP IP If you need to know how to connect PSF 2 to an IBM host to receive AFP and IPDS data please refer to your PSF 2 docu mentation System requirements OS 2 version 2 11 or newer DB 2 version 1 0 or newer PSF 2 version 1 1 or newer check with your point of purchase for recommended CSD levels or contact support TCP IP version 2 0 CSD UN56401 or newer To create a new printer 1 2 Start the PSF 2 control panel by selecting PSF 2 Folder gt PSF 2 Control Panel icon In the Control Panel select Profile New The PSF 2 New Device dialog box appears Enter the Device Name and the Description Select the desired IPDS Device Resolution 240 dpi or 300 dpi Do NOT select a resolution which is not supported Note that the default resolution in the Intermate100 is 300 dpi Select TCP IP as Attachment Type and click on the Settings button The TCP IP Settings dialog box appears Enter the IP address of the printer The TCP IP Port Number has to be 5001 Select OK and then Create The PSF 2 printer device is now created and is ready to print from a PSF 2 connected IBM host In the PSF 2 Control Panel select the Options Setup Queues The Setup Queues dialog box appears Intermate100 and Intermate
185. rror It is lit when data is received and turned off when no data is present Bottom LED is green Line It is lit when the print server has established a link with the LAN If the link is lost the LED is turned off Power Up Mode Error On amp Line Off Powering Up Error Off amp Line On Unit is Ready Normal Operation Mode Error Off amp Line On On line with LAN Error Off amp Line Flashing LAN traffic detected Both Off no LAN detected off line Download Mode with Intermate Download Utility amp Serial Cable Error On amp Line Off Download Mode via FTP or FTP controlled by the IMCU Error Off amp Line Flashing Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 234 Information from LEDs and from the TEST Button LED Patterns Various Modes Programming Flash Memory This mode occurs during the first reboot after download of new firmware file etc Both On programming in progress Then the print server returns to normal operation mode Ready Error Off amp Line On Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 235 Information from LEDs and from the TEST Button TEST Button to Print Main Status Pages or Quick Guide D 2 TEST Button to Print Main Status Pages or Quick Guide The TEST button is located on the side of the unit It is oper ated with a pen or similar pointed object When you want to print information using the TEST button you
186. rt 9100 protocol You can however choose any value within the range 1024 65500 but you may want to check the section on Raw Socket Port 9100 Reverse Telnet page 160 first 2 Where to direct the output See Feature How to Direct Output page 159 3 Note that the feature Secure Print ISPP Yes No introduced with release level 2252 applies only to printing from IBM mainframe hosts running VPS Secure from Levi Ray amp Shoup Inc www Irs com There is also a special ISPP port see page 162 4 Remember to Save amp Cont and then Reboot to activate Raw Socket Configuration Tip Port Number Value for Port 9100 Raw Socket protocol does not have to be 9100 The port number designated in the print server must of course match the port number designated in the printer definition in any given printing environment Even though users may be printing Raw Socket from many dif ferent environments it is possible that you only need one ser vice definition The need for more than one service definition usually stems from wanting to send the output to different logi cal printers or directly to different physical target printers The services must be differentiated through the port designations that is in the value entered in the field See the example below in Figure 17 As examples we have chosen the following port designations 9100 29100 39100 Int
187. s 188 26 6 Using and VIEWING eerie trn trn rer tet ern ebrei 192 27 Printer and Job Status via Finger External Tool 194 27 1 Limitations oo ctore rtr cerent coe 194 27 2 HoW to Use lU cette ttt cere 195 Upgrades and Maintenance 28 Upgrade Components 197 28 1 What and HOW ementi era i etie gs 197 28 1 1 How to Get Upgrades otim 197 28 1 2 How to See Which Firmware is Currently Loaded 197 28 2 What the Firmware File Names Mean 28 2 1 Two Part Version Naming System sess 28 2 2 Release Level Designations 28 2 3 Overview of Component Types and File Names 28 3 FOO FIGS i ua nmt t Gi Aah t ec Y CREE ME PEE RE Fd 28 4 Configuration Files a n e n ea a e i nr e Een 201 28 4 1 The configuration file ima cfg bin sees 201 284 2 iiri n e ht i nte or n dne RES 202 28 5 The Print Server s FTP Directory and Its Libraries 203 28 5 1 Intermate100 G22 ssi iret i orae 203 28 5 2 Intermate101 G32 and G34 sene 204 28 6 How to Inspect the FTP Directory niii tete 205 Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual ix Table of Contents 28 Usin
188. s A page 232 and EU EMC CE Declaration of Conformity page 232 Description of requirements for the power supply in case you should need to replace the supply provided with the unit MAC Address IEEE address universal hardware adapter address for IP network devices This serves as the serial number for your unit If the label has been damaged or is missing attach the unit to a printer see Hardware Installation page 233 and use the Status Pages to find the MAC address Finally the label tells you how to print the Status Pages cur rent configuration information and the Quick Guide on board help a mini manual in txt format by holding the TEST Button in for less than 3 seconds or at least 4 seconds respectively Before trying this make sure that the unit reports Ready by displaying the green light and only that light The package includes a power cable You will need a LAN drop cable which is not included You can purchase Centronics and Mini Centronics extension cables from us Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 230 Technical Information Supported Printers and Performance Features B 2 Supported Printers and Performance Features This print server can attach any printer with a standard or high speed IEEE 1284 compliant Centronics parallel port to any place in your TCP IP environment The performance related features of the hardware are as follows Intermate100
189. s Reporting Nibble mode was added in release level 2111 4 See About Error Reporting in ECP Mode page 142 Some printers can be programmed to use ECP mode or Com patible even if their default negotiation mode is something else entirely Consult the manual for your printer You may not always be sure about the printer s capabilities Therefore the settings you can choose for the Parallel Port IEEE P1284 Negotiation Mode parameter include fall backs so that if the first attempt at negotiation fails the print server will choose an alternative After choosing a setting and rebooting Status Target Printer Information will show you which mode has successfully been enabled as Target Communica tion Protocol 136 Local Printer Parallel Port Parallel Port IEEE P1284 Negotiation Mode 18 2 Parallel Port IEEE P1284 Negotiation Mode Values for print servers using releases 2111 and higher Value Compatible Mode Comments This is the default setting in order to preserve backwards compatibility with the older print servers see table below ECP If no support for ECP is detected the print server will fall back to Compatible Mode Nibble If no support for Nibble is detected the print server will fall back to Compatible Mode A pre requisite for Nibble support is that the printer is capable of the true bi directional communication which Nibble adds to Compatible Mode Auto If no sup
190. s The SCS Fonts for TN5250E used in connection with SCS DCA printing from AS 400 08 7 font240 ffs The PDS Font Files bitmap fonts 240 dpi fonts F09 xxxx zip font300 ffs The PDS Font Files bitmap fonts 300 dpi fonts Note There is only room for one set of IPDS fonts at a time the unit is delivered with 300 dpi Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 20 Upgrade Components Configuration Files 28 4 Configuration Files Factory default settings are written into a database where they cannot be affected by what you do as a user The FTP directory in the print server holds at least one and sometimes up to 10 different FTP files reflecting the current settings for the server 28 4 1 The configuration file ima cfg bin The FTP file that is always present is ima cfg bin This file contains all current settings except print server spe cific identifying information IP address host name and the like and the IDB settings described below page 202 When your print server is factory new ima cfg bin contains only factory defaults Each time you save your own settings they will replace the original values in ima cfg bin And each time you restore factory defaults the original values replace your own values in ima cfg bin You can use transfer the settings in ima cfg bin from one print server to another or to several others This means that you can make a single con
191. s the default setting It has no effect if the local printer parallel port is set to Compatible Mode No This value is provided as a formality Being that Yes does not cause any performance problems choosing No is purely a matter of personal taste in cases where you know that the setup functions perfectly with bi directional negotiation Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 138 Local Printer Parallel Port PJL Support 18 4 PJL Support Enabling PJL support means that PJL commands can be sent to and from the local printer Value Yes Comments Enable PJL support See more below No Disable PJL support Default is Yes that is enabled The enabled setting can be used in two ways 1 Ifyou have activated a bidirectional negotiation mode ECP or Nibble see page 137 enabling PUL support means that the printer will be able to send all the types of feedback listed on Status gt Target Printer Info page 174 2 Regardless of negotiation mode you can use the enabled setting to make it possible to display messages on the front panel see Enable Front Panel Messages PJL page 109 Disable this option if the Local printer does not support PJL commands This typically applies to matrix printers Tip If you are not certain about whether or not the printer supports PJL commands let the option stay enabled and look at the first page of a pri
192. s use the same Private MIB Store the file in a logical location for example in a directory named after your printer or on a floppy disk Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 180 Configure SNMP Set Up a Connection With Your SNMP Tool 26 2 Set Up a Connection With Your SNMP Tool To set up a connection 1 Start HP OpenView 2 Create an icon for the printer to be configured Open the Add menu by choosing Edit Add in the menus Add x Set the type of connection to Computer and choose the Printer Server icon for representation Drop the icon in the submap window by left clicking on it and dragging it When the icon is placed you are asked to describe the Printer Server Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 181 Configure SNMP Set Up a Connection With Your SNMP Tool Name lIntermate1 00 OK Label Intermate100 Cancel Network Address Print 222 5 4 186 IP Net Address Address 00c0a20507f8 Home Page URL Management URL eem _ 3 suitable printer the Network Address IP address and MAC Address of the Intermate1 xx The MAC address must be entered without spaces or points You can find the IP and MAC addresses on the Main Status Pages which you can print either from the TEST Button see TEST Button to Print Main Status Pages or
193. send PJL messages Tip PJL message and commands especially PJL will probably be written on your print job if you have enabled Front Panel Messages on a printer that does not support PJL For further information on messages and status information about the local printer see Introduction Messages and Status Reporting page 135 For information on messages and status information about net work printers Network Destinations see Requirements page 144 in the chapter Network Destination Option Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 109 Network Media speed and duplex 15 Network Each section in this chapter discusses a single parameter on the Network configuration page in the Configurations Basic sub group 15 1 Media speed and duplex Do not change this value without consulting with the responsi ble system administrator Values Comments Auto Strongly recommended 10Mbit sec half duplex Force 10 Mbit sec 100Mbit sec half duplex Force 100 Mbit sec Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 110 Network Enable Local MAC Address 15 2 Enable Local MAC Address This parameter was introduced starting with G22 1071 It allows you to override the factory default Global IEEE assigned MAC address delivered with the Intermate1xx for administration of devices according to a corporate strategy Default is No Important
194. ssions 119 Figure 5 HPO SCS TN3270E Host Session 120 Figure 6 HPO IPDS Host Session 121 17 3 Physical Printers Target Printers 122 175930 Eocal Pille etes etie eret rette ree A otn nrbe AT 122 17 3 2 Network Printers Using NDQY crt rine 122 17 3 3 The System Target Printer essen 122 14 4 Processitig LAV ORS siii rri CO ERE 123 Figure 7 Processing layers Read from left to right 123 17 5 0856 Logical Printer Output TO rtr enne 124 17 6 09 usse cer ed terret e Echte 125 1 6 1 PRO7 Logical Printer D eiie ertt rrt rrr be 125 17 6 2 The Configurable Logical Printers 1 8 125 17 7 Data Manipulation in the Logical Printer 127 17 7 1 Examples of Logical Printer Definitions 127 Figure 8 Mixed complex environment but only one printer 128 17 7 2 Processing Flows Examples rnnt tnn 129 Figure 9 PRO Logical Printer 0 129 Figure 10 SCS TN3270 through PRO Logical Printer 0 130 Figure 11 PR5 configured for string before and string after 131 Figure 12 5250E through PR2 131 17 82 Load Balancing Pools enne 132 17 9 Working with NDO Load Balancing Pools and Data Manipulation 133 Figure 13 C
195. ssword The default password for the admin account is admin A password contains maximum 13 characters and is case sen sitive You can use any ASCII characters within the decimal range 32 126 see the table on page 237 Re enter Password In order to set a new password the text string must be con firmed using the re enter box Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 113 Configuring Permissions License Key 16 2 License Key Many of our units are delivered with pre configured license keys If this is the case the license key number will be written on the label on the back of the unit and you need not use this configuration page Otherwise you must purchase and enter an appropriate soft ware License Key in order to use Host Print options HPO in production mode If your unit is based on G 22 and you want to print to network destinations you will need a license for the NDO option with or without an HPO option It is not possible to do demo printing for NDO A key includes one or more options The following list is an example please consult your point of purchase for the correct part numbers e Network Destination license not required for products based on G32 for 3270 5250 SCS TNe for 3270 5250 SCS TNe plus NDO NDO license not required for products based on G32 e for AFP IPDS including TNe for AFP IPDS including TNe plus NDO
196. st suited to servers that need to communicate with host computers such as UNIX or VAX machines by way of RFC 1179 For computers that need to submit print jobs to host computers the standard TCP IP port should be used in most cases What is a In Windows the definition of a printer consists of three ele printer ments a aphysical printer from a specific printer manufacturer and of a specific type or model with a specific IP address b aspecific driver to be used this driver may or may not be from the same manufacturer C the port name to be used port names are often in themselves composed of two parts for example an IP address and a port Once defined printers appear on the Settings Printer func tion and they are presented on the list of printers you can choose from whenever you use a Windows application on your Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 32 Windows NT 4 0 Using an Intermate Print Port for Raw Socket or LPR PC work station 3 2 Using an Intermate Print Port for Raw Socket or LPR 3 2 1 Install the Print Port Program The Print Port is a native 32 bit application included on the nter mate Documentation and Ulilities CD You need administrative rights to install this utility on NT 2000 or XP After you execute the file P17 xxxx exe you will be able to choose an Intermate LPR Print Port or an Intermate Raw Socket Port 9100 Port just as you would choose any oth
197. t 2 Add anew port This is defined as a combination of a given IP address in our example 192 168 0 227 and a port type Available port types are displayed on the Type pull down list Choose Intermate Print Port Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 27 Windows 2000 and Windows LPR 3 A little window will pop up present you with a choice of two protocols Choose Intermate LPR and click OK 4 The little window will then present you with three fields to fill out IP address Type in the IP address for the print server b Print Queue A default name PAR B is shown This is a binary queue type which will print to Logical Printer 0 See LPR Print Queues LPD Protocol page 163 if you need information on queue types or want to change the queue name See Services in Input Control page 159 if you need help to understand what Logical Printer 0 is and how you can choose another alternative C Port Name When you click on this field a name will be generated according to this syntax print queue name gt lt ip address gt You can change this name Finish by clicking OK 5 The little window will close 6 The main window will then shift back to the Add Printer Wizard where you will indicate the manufacturer and type of printer 7 If you already have a printer definition for this printer type you will be asked whether or not you want to keep the existing driver We adv
198. t holds three files controlled immediate and rescue main Config ima cfg bin DelFlash delete User Bootcode G31 1491 FFS RescueMain G33 1501 FFS Maincode G32 2041 ffs Misc The Misc library has sub libraries IPDSFont FONT300 FFS TN5250font K66 0151 FFS NclBackup netscfg bin OEM blank RescueNCI netcfg bin TN3270idb TN3270E1 IDB TN5250idb TN5250E1 IDB The Misc library can also have files in its root such as qguide txt eller qguide htm The file management system is Unix based Note that all val ues are case sensitive except the file names for bootcode main code rescue code and the configuration file Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 204 Upgrade Components How to Inspect the FTP Directory 28 6 How to Inspect the FTP Directory 1 Start an FTP session on the print server sample IP address ftp 192 168 0 227 You will be asked to give your user name admin and the password case sensitive Change to the correct library The library name is case sensitive on the Intermate101 cd lt libraryname gt List the library contents dir If you want to see another library move up to the root again cd and repeat steps 3 and 4 Close the FTP session bye Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 205 Using FTP Directly Upgrades of Firmware and Fonts FFS files 29 Using FTP Directly 29 1 Upgrades of Firmware and Fonts
199. t has to be one of the LPD pipes PIPE LPD X If there is no free LPD pipe the number of pipes can be increased in the TCP IP Configuration menu Create a Printer Name IMAI00PCLPRINTER Default printer driver Output port VOL A PMAFP AFP240 LPT1 LPT2 LPT3 COMI B LASERJET 451 COM2 COM3 MEESE Output to file Install new printer driver Cancel 4 The PIPE LPD X Settings dialog box will present itself see next page Define Print Destination with two parameters a LPD server the Intermate100 by IP address or the Host name Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 60 05 2 2 x and 05 2 Warp LPR ASCII data e g PCL and Postscript b LPD printer queue name Type in one of the queue names defined in the print server You can use one of the pre configured LPR queues all of which will direct the output to Logical Printer O PARA ASCII transfer LF 2 LF CR conversion B Binary transfer no conversion e AF Same as ASCII transfer but with Form Feed BF Same as binary but with Form Feed Or you can define your own name max 8 characters for any one of the eight configurable queues and associate the desired characteristics as explained in LPR Print Queues LPD Protocol page 163 m XPIPEXLPDO Settings r Print Destination Display port settings on print LPD ser
200. t is necessary to reboot in order to activate new settings 12 It is always a good idea to document your configurations by printing the Main Status Pages Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 242 Configuration Checklists Checklist for Each Service or Host Session G2 Checklist for Each Service or Host Session Printer Definitions on the Host For each service you must configure one or more printer defi nitions often just called printer on the host s Host in this context should be understood as the origin of a print job sent to the Intermate1xx You may need to cycle back and forth a few times to coordi nate the settings on the Intermate1 xx with the host printer defi nition s Settings on the Intermate1xx Configuration is done on one or more configuration pages ded icated to the particular kind of service or host session The details are different for each type of service But the following things are common to all 1 Each configuration page must be saved before leaving it 2 No configuration pages are activated until you reboot You will usually do and save several pages before rebooting 3 Each service must know where to direct output Release levels before G22 2111 This is done by choosing a value in the Use logical printer field You can only choose a target printer via a logical printer If you have the NDO you must use logical printers to reach your network printers eve
201. t the levels with a right angled bracket gt Configuration Input Control LPR is an example of Group Sub Group Item Many of the items open a configuration page In descriptions of how to do the configuration the name of a configuration page is put into square brackets Input Control LPR is an example of Group Configuration Page The individual fields and buttons on a configuration page are usually identified by putting the field name or button name in double quotes unless the meaning is clear enough that no special signs are needed Expressions within angled brackets are used in two ways e key on the keyboard gt parameter name which is to be replaced by a specific parameter value when you type in various kinds of commands Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 9 Introduction Topics This Manual 1 4 Topics in This Manual The rest of this manual is divided into the following main sec tions Printing Environments How to set up printer definitions in Windows 2000 and XP Windows NT 4 0 Windows 95 98 Novell NDPS Gateway pure IP Apple Laser Writer AIX and OS 2 As mentioned above there are separate Printing Environment Guides for IBM Mainframes IBM OS 400 Systems and only for print servers purchased before 4 January 2002 Novell IPX SPX Note Descriptions of printer definitions in the various environments assume that you have
202. tem host table For example 192 168 0 227 imal01 a Then the host name can be used instead of the IP address in the ARP command above Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 98 IP Assignments for Initial Contact Static IP Assignment Using ARP and PING 5 Ping the new IP address to store the address Example ping 192 168 0 227 6 Pinging causes the Intermate1xx to reboot automatically Wait for the reboot to finish 7 Connect and Login to the unit with the tool of your choice a Choose TCP IP b Check to see that the BOOTP and RARP protocols are disabled this should happen automatically when you use the ARP PING method C If you will are only using the IP address as a stepping stone to DHCP enable DHCP Otherwise set the Subnet Mask and the Gateway if auto rooting RIP is used you can leave the Gateway as 0 0 0 0 8 Save your work and reboot You can of course wait to reboot until finishing other configurations you want to make Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 99 IP Assignments for Initial Contact Static IP Assignment Using the IMCU 12 8 Static IP Assignment Using the MCU Prerequisites See The Intermate Management and Configuration Utility IMCU page 78 for information on how to acquire install and use this free utility program If your working place already uses the MCU check to be sure that the following things are in place Find
203. ter Wizard Start gt Settings gt Printers gt Add Printer Click Next When asked whether the new printer should be a local printer or a network printer choose Network Printer with the radio button Click Next You will be then asked what you want to do in order to locate the printer Use the radio button to select Connect to a Printer on the Internet or on your Intranet Fill in the IP address for the Intermate print server followed by the port and service name using the following syntax URL lt port gt lt print service name gt The port number is fixed 631 and the print service name is also fixed printer Example http 192 168 0 227 63 1 printer Click Next On Windows 2000 this will bring up a warning message box telling you that server does not have the correct driver Click OK to configure a so called local printer XP skips this interesting step Now you will be presented with a list of manufacturers and printer models Select a combination of manufacturer and model Note that you will not be given a choice of printer name The generated name will follow this syntax lt print driver name gt on http lt URL port gt The following example assumes installation of an HP Laser Jet 4Si driver which in fact can be used on many different physical printer models HP LaserJet 4Si on http 192 168 0 227 631 You will not be given the opportunity to share the printer Decide whether or not you want a test p
204. termate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual Table of Contents Appendices A Customer Support oue auo ne Renton 227 A 1 Updates and Revised 227 A 2 Where to Find Support m A 3 Gathering Information B Technical Information eee B 1 Hardware ET What the Unit Looks Like 229 B 2 Supported Printers and Performance Features 231 Emission Notices and 232 Hardware Installation ees 233 Information from LEDs and from the TEST Button 234 0 1 LED Patterns in Various 234 0 2 TEST Button to Print Main Status Pages or Quick Guide 236 E US ASCII 7 bit Character Set Decimal Values 32 126 237 String 239 F 1 Basic Rules Encoded 239 F 2 Examples of Valid Strings and Invalid Strings 240 G Configuration Checklists G 1 Overall Checklist G 2 Checklist for Each Service or Host Session 243 H Troubleshooting 245 Cannot print a jobii anaia 245 H 2 Cannot PING the printer 246 Intermate100
205. termate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 126 Processing Facilities Data Manipulation in the Logical Printer Layer 17 7 Data Manipulation in the Logical Printer Layer Note Skip Section 17 7 if you will not be working with data manipulation in the logical printer layer 17 7 1 Examples of Logical Printer Definitions If you work in a complex environment where you really want to get the most of each multi protocol print server it would be a good idea to make a table showing the kinds of capabilities you want to use in each logical printer Figure 8 is an example of how to do this It shows a set of defi nitions for logical printers using every day descriptions instead of a printer control language Even if you only need a few logi cal printers it can be inspiring to consider the examples of how the different processing capabilities can be combined There are two assumptions made in this example a Sixteen sets of input and output strings have been or will be defined on the Substitution Strings page refer to the chapter on Substitution Strings page 157 when you need to do an actual configuration Each substitution string has a number To tell a logical printer that it should use a substitution string you list the number in the logical printer definition just as it is shown on the table below b The Network Destination Option NDO is not enabled so the only target printer available is loca
206. the file on an accessible drive This replaces steps 1 and 2 above When you get to step 7 you can choose another name for the target than that in the source and in this case of course both names must be included in the put statement Be careful about naming please consult the Printing Environ ment Guide for your IBM OS 400 System or IBM Mainframe Host This is also where you will find information on managing your own IDBs Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 208 Using FTP Directly The Binary Configuration File ima config bin 29 3 The Binary Configuration File ima config bin The binary configuration file is located in the CONFIG library Config case sensitive in G32 The file name is ima cfg bin You will only want to work directly with this configuration file if you have made settings in one print server that you want to transfer to another Therefore you must first retrieve the file and save it on an accessible drive then you can load the file from this drive to the PDF directory of another print server The name of the drive and library you use could for example be C PrintServerConfigs When a configuration file is retrieved the settings activated on the last reboot or start up are copied Changes made after a reboot are not contained in the file In the example below we will take the configurations from the print server at 192 168 0 227 and transfer them to another p
207. tory default 0 0 0 0 Additional IP settings that may need configuration are the Subnet Mask default 255 255 255 0 and the Gateway address default 0 0 0 0 Note that the Intermate1xx supports classless routing The methods available for setting the IP address vary depend ing on how your LAN environment is administered When we discuss choosing a method we are talking about the adminis tration and not the print platforms you will be using In fact some of these platforms notably IBM Mainframes such as S 390 and Mid Range such as AS 400 have no management facilities of this type This is no cause for con cern Most LANs are administered from a Windows work sta tion an OS 2 work station or a work station running UNIX AIX or Novell Netware Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 88 IP Assignments for Initial Contact Information Needed Before Starting 12 2 Information Needed Before Starting If you haven t already done so you must have the following information from or cleared by your network administrator P address in most of the examples we will use 192 168 0 227 DHCP You need a temporary static address Network Mask in the examples we will use 255 255 255 0 DCHP Not necessary Default Gateway unless Auto Routing RIP is used DCHP Not necessary You also need to know the MAC address IEEE address hardware adapter address address of the unit This is writte
208. twork Printers NDO Network Destination Option Check to see that the IP address or name is ok that the marked print method Raw Socket or LPR works on the printer and that the necessary information for the chosen print method is properly entered Ifthe chosen target is a load balancing pool then check to see that all of the printers in the pool are configured properly After rebooting choose Status gt Target Printer Info to do a last check Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 244 Troubleshooting Cannot print a job Appendix H Troubleshooting If none of the following things help check the documentation for your printer s and for the printing environments You can also try the part of the support section on our web site H 1 Cannot print a job 1 2 3 Is the printer powered On and running Is the print server powered On Can you print the Main Status Pages using the Test Button If not check to be sure that the print server is firmly installed Failing that you may have to contact your point of purchase for service If you ve gotten through the first steps but still can t print a real job continue by checking the physical cabling Can you ping the printer and get a reply If so the firmware LAN connection and address should be okay If not see Cannot PING the printer page 246 below The rest of the things on this list do not necessarily ref
209. uide 172 24 Standard Monitoring Information 173 24 1 The Status Group on the HTTP eee 173 24 2 Status s Target Printer Info 174 About the Page 175 About Network Target Printers 175 The effect of Local Printer Negotiation Modes 175 24 3 StatuS gt System Og rer ete me ence eaa 176 24 4 Warnings and Error Messages 177 24 4 1 Messages requiring you to seek help from a point of purchase 177 24 4 2 Messages about things you can fix 177 Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual viii Table of Contents 25 Configurable Monitoring Tools e 178 25 1 IMCU 178 25 2 E Mail Notification cuadro edito ote 179 26 Configure SNMP 180 26 1 Introduction and Pre Requisites sss 180 26 2 Set Up a Connection With Your SNMP Tool 181 26 3 Edit Variables stt ec cere n e ce dens 184 26 4 Load and Edit Options Parameters sse 185 DORMI 188 Figure 18 SNMP Printer Trap Number
210. ure that any pre processing post processing or string substitution are cor rect for the jobs you will be sending with this protocol and that the output from the logical printer will end up on the desired tar get printer NDO users who want to have output directed to a physical printer without engaging the logical layer have five additional choices Local Printer and Network Destination 1 Network Destination 4 inclusive Please see the expanded information page 166 on how to direct ThinPrint output to different printers If you need help to understand how output is directed please consult the chapter on Processing Facilities especially the sections Use Logical Printer Output To page 124 and The Configurable Logical Printers 1 8 page 125 Configuration tips for the various services may also be helpful Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 159 Services Input Control Raw Socket 9100 Reverse Telnet 22 2 Raw Socket Port 9100 Reverse Telnet You can configure up to four Raw Socket services All four are configured on the same configuration page In the configura tion instructions is the number of a given Raw Socket ser vice Each service is defined with the following two parameters 1 Which TCP Port to use Type in a value for TCP Port Default is 9100 Raw Socket is traditionally assigned to printer port 9100 and is sometimes even called the po
211. ver 2225 1235 _j Enable data filter LPD printer parallel Send mail on receipt Source Information Mh Print banner page Host name Class User Additional Control Cards Send to Server Prefix Q Queue parameters LJ Network parameters Cx Help UT LJ Spooler parameters 5 Click OK which will return you to Create Printer and finish by clicking Create Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 61 05 2 2 x and 05 2 Warp LPR ASCII data e g PCL and Postscript 6 AnOS 2 printer device and queue is now created and the print server is ready to receive print from any OS 2 application 8 2 2 Print using LPR command from the Command Line When printing from the OS 2 command line the command LPR can be used LPR b s lt server gt p lt queue gt lt file gt Element Replace with lt server gt The IP address or the Host name of the print server lt queue gt a queue name as defined in 4D above page 60 file The name of the file to print Example Type the following line to print the file con ig sys from the command line using the default pre configured queue name PAR B from the print server LPR b s192 168 0 227 b config sys 8 2 3 Print from WIN OS 2 using the LPRMON command The LPRMON command is used to monitor one of the parallel ports LPT1 and to redirect print data from the
212. ver interface firmware component such as G22 G32 or K92 and all have the same password x This European minus sign deselects all the devices listed by a given agent segment When you continue with Next the procedure is the same as described for upgrading single servers starting with step10 on page 214 Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 218 Upgrade of Code or Boot Code Using a Serial Cable The Cable 31 Upgrade of Main Code or Boot Code Using a Serial Cable This approach can only be used with FFS files To use it you need a suitable cable and the ntermate Down load Utility Program p16 xxxx 31 1 The Cable Files are downloaded via an RJ45 DB9upgrade cable described in the Product Overview to the serial l O port con sole port built in to the LAN connector on the Intermate1xx If you want to use this possibility but don t want to buy our cable you can make one using the specifications below Ethernet Upgrade Cable DB9 gt RJ45 PC Interface gt e 5 SS RXD XD GND c i c n Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 219 Upgrade of Code or Boot Code Using a Serial Cable The Intermate Download Utility Program 31 2 The Intermate Download Utility Program This is a free program included on the CD and also available from our web site The program is
213. ver Administration Manual 20 Introduction Topics This Manual 1 4 9 About the Appendices The Appendices include reference information which can be useful in several different contexts e Customer Support page 227 e Technical Information page 229 including emission notices This repeats and expands the information included on the product overview sheet Hardware Installation page 233 this repeats the information included in the Getting Started brochure Information from LEDs and from the TEST Button page 234 This repeats and greatly expands the information included in the Getting Started brochure and in the Quick Guide txt file US ASCII 7 bit Character Set Decimal Values 32 126 page 237 these are the characters which are almost always sure to be printable 33 122 are as good as 100 consistent in all kinds of code pages String Syntax page 239 for pre processing post processing and string substitution e Configuration Checklists page 241 for the whole configuration process and for the configuration of each single service or host session Troubleshooting page 245 is new appendix focussing on what to investigate if you can t print a job and if you can t ping the print server Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 21 PRINTING ENVIRONMENTS Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration M
214. vides load balancing among the network destinations In order to ensure bi directional communication a network destination printer should support the status informa Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 15 Introduction Topics This Manual tion nodes defined in the Printer MIB RFC1759 and some host information nodes of the Host Resources MIB RFC1518 NDO is included standard in G32 based products Users of G22 based products may purchase a key for activating NDO Logical printer This is a queue you can use in order to get pre and post job processing carried out and or to define string substitutions within a job A logical printer definition always points to a target printer Processing Facilities The information in the chapter on Processing Facilities page 117 explains how all these concepts fit together Some of the information may seem abstract until you have tried your hand at configuring so you may well return to this chapter many times Configuration Pages for Output and Input The rest of the chapters within Configuring Services and Host Session are organized according to sub groups of configura tion pages in the HTTP based menu Each title in Square Brackets indicates a configuration page Output Control Because each input must point to an output it is often conve nient to have output control configured before configuring input Output has two dimensions physi
215. will be installing the Intermate1xx because you will then be sure to have an agent that can detect the unit During server installation the program asks for a port number for the server default is 80 Change the port number if another service already uses it Tip You can check to see the ports your PC is listening to by using the command netstat an Agent installation Unless you have a very good reason for doing so do not change the default port for the agent 8888 Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 81 The Intermate Management and Configuration Utility IMCU How to Log In and 11 5 How to Log In and Out Log in Type the IP address of the PC running the server program in the address field of the web browser Example when the MCU server is not on your own work sta tion http 192 168 0 38 default port http 192 168 0 38 81 alternative port If the MCU server is on your own work station use the loop back IP http 127 0 0 1 default port http 127 0 0 1 81 alternative port When you are attached you will be presented with the login dialog On a previously unused IMCU server the user name account is admin and cannot be changed The initial password is admin Both user name and password are case sensitive If the IMCU has been used before the first user may have used an alternative user name namely imcu This account name cannot be changed If they hav
216. will have the nine choices using the logical printer layer as described for G22 plus five direct choices Local Network Destination 1 Network Destination 2 Network Destination 3 Network Destination 4 With all products it is possible to direct print jobs from the host application through the Intermate1xx to the destination of your choice regardless of the setting in Output to see below e Remember to Save amp Cont and then Reboot to activate Directing output from the host application code level 2252 and higher When you identify the target with an IP address it is possible Intermate100 and Intermate101 Print Server Administration Manual 167 Services Input Control ThinPrint to use an extensions describing a printer ID for example 192 168 51 100 2 HP3Si The ThinPrint server sends the value between the colon and the mark to the Intermate1xx Provided that this is one of the values listed on the table below it will override the settings Output to on the ThinPrint configuration page in the Intermate1 xx Value Where the output is sent by the print server 1 Local parallel printer port the printer on which the Intermate1xx is attached This printer skips the logical layer so there are no possibilities for pre or post processing string substitution or functioning in a printer pool with load balancing 1x Two digit va through the logi to be directed to the local printer A

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