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1. Item Settings default in bold Network I F On Off Network Config No Yes Get IPAddress Panel Auto PING IP 0 0 0 0 to 255 255 255 255 SM 0 0 0 0 to 255 255 255 255 GW 0 0 0 0 to 255 255 255 255 NetWare On Off AppleTalk On Off NetBEUI On Off Rendezvous On Off Link Speed Auto 100 Full 100 Half 10 Full 10 Half Buffer Size Normal Maximum Minimum Note D To activate the Network Menu settings you must turn off the printer for more than five seconds and then turn it back on Or you can perform a Reset All operation as explained in Reset Menu in the Reference Guide d Resetting the printer erases all print jobs Make sure the Ready light is not flashing when you reset the printer 260 Tips for Administrator AUX Menu This menu allows you to control the optional interface settings from the printer s control panel Item Settings default in bold AUX I F On Off AUX Config No Yes Get IPAddress Panel Auto PING P 0 0 0 0 to 255 255 255 255 SM 0 0 0 0 to 255 255 255 255 Gw 0 0 0 0 to 255 255 255 255 NetWare On Off AppleTalk On Off NetBEUI On Off Rendezvous On Off AUX Init 3 Buffer Size Normal Maximum Minimum Available only when an optional interface card that has a configurable Network Config setting is installed This item does not appear for a Type B parallel interface card
2. 0 000 e eee 188 Setting Up Your Printer Using EpsonNet Internet Print 189 Windows 98 95 0 cece cece eee eens n ee aee 189 Windows NT 4 0 0 0 cece cee ee eee tenes 194 Status Alert Window ees aderaww ache eh ets do eee Shee Y 197 Chapter 10 EpsonNet WebAssist About EpsonNet WebAssist 06 e cece eee eee ees 199 Supported Web browser 2 2 00 suc baeeekd eke es 199 About Web browser setting 6 6 cece cece ee eee 200 Configuring the Print Server Using EpsonNet WebAssist 200 OPENING Sareen si iit ts he Gan setae tea ahs er Rt can a TA 206 ders e Ss apa ena ene A aa Tas gate ater ame ee 206 Me a enn SA 207 Information Printer Screens 0 208 Device information 00 000 cece eee cece 208 Consumable information 0 0000 cece eee eee eee 209 Confirmation 0 0 0 e eee nents eens 210 Configuration Printer Screens is vet ak tinea coe wirea as 212 p ber ee ee oe ee ee eee eta eee wera ee ee 213 Emtilationiic efecseord oc ied Siew tess heed ses hl ed eel wed ee 216 Tntertace che nc ete aise Bie Seale ee ebay Sn Rikon 221 Information Network Screens 0 000 e cece eee eee 223 General information 0 0000 e cece eee eens 223 Configuration Network Screens 0 000 e eee ee eee 224 NetWare the cease oe Pare ath gk E ak tease bad ate ae eae Pees 224 TOPA aA Oe A ETR A A AR Sa RR 225 AppleTalk si ta ctesiy
3. 28 Installing Components on Your Computer Note Do not use Novell Client for Windows 95 98 version 3 00 and Novell Client for Windows NT version 4 50 when using the following modes NetWare 3 x 4 x Bindery Print Server mode NetWare 3 x Remote Printer mode NetWare 4 x Bindery Remote Printer mode and NetWare 4 x 5 x NDS Remote Printer mode The following table lists the components required for network printing Printing method Necessary components LPR or Internet printing Internet Protocol TCP IP Microsoft Network Shared Internet Protocol TCP IP or NetBEUI printing Client for Microsoft Networks Printing via NetWare server Latest Novell Client downloaded from the Novell Web site If the necessary components are not in the list click Install to install them as described below For LPR or Internet printing Select Protocol and then click Add In the Select Network Protocol dialog box select Internet Protocol TCP IP and then click OK For Microsoft Network Shared printing To use Internet Protocol see the description described earlier to install Internet Protocol TCP IP To use NetBEUL select Protocol and then click Add Select NetBEUI Protocol and then click OK Select Client and then click Add Select Client for Microsoft Networks and then click OK For printing via NetWare server Download the latest Novell Client from the Novell Web site and install it on the computer Als
4. Step2 Printer Name Setting The printer name you set will be the name shown in the Chooser when selecting a printer Printer Name Enter the printer name 6 Specify whether to use TCP IP and then click Next If you select No proceed to step 8 EpsonNet MacAssist Easy Setup B Step3 TCP IP Settings Select Yes to enable TCP IP Do you want to use TCP IP Yes Back J Cancel 98 EpsonNet MacAssist Configuration Utility 7 Select a method for specifying the IP address If you select Automatic DHCP becomes available and assigns an IP address automatically If you select Manual enter the IP address Click Next aje EpsonNet MacAssist Easy Setup B SN Step4 IP Address Setting a Select Automatic to automatically acquire the IP address using a DHCP server i aa not use automatic acquisition you must set the IP address of the printer scanner q after ih the appropriate settings click Next Basic Information Select a method for specifying the IP address Automatic Q Manual Enter the IP address YOO 200C 200K 00 Back J Cancel J Note d The print server does not have a default IP address Be sure to assign a valid IP address manually or by using the DHCP server d Ifthe Dynamic DNS function is not supported we recommend
5. I Before using EpsonNet WebManager the computer and other devices must be properly connected to the network LI Since EpsonNet WebManager runs on a web browser you must install TCP IP and a web browser first See the README file for supported browsers EpsonNet WebManager server operating systems EpsonNet WebManager server is the computer where you have installed EpsonNet WebManager Operating system Windows XP Professional Home Edition Windows 2000 Professional Server Advanced Server with Service Pack 3 or higher Windows NT 4 0 Server Workstation with Service Pack 6 or higher System Pentium 300 MHz or better recommended Memory 256MB Hard disk space 100MB 1GB is recommended when using the printer driver management function EpsonNet WebManager client operating systems You can access the EpsonNet WebManager server from the following operating systems through a browser L Macintosh LY Windows Me 98 XP 2000 NT 4 0 I UNIX see the README file for supported UNIX systems 236 EpsonNet WebManager m Monitor 1024 x 768 or higher resolution VGA monitor with support for 256 or more display colors EpsonNet WebManager Functions EpsonNet WebManager provides you with the following functions m Device list function Searches for devices on the network and displays a device list with current status Device details function You can make or change t
6. Printer Port Number Enter the printer port number 0 to 254 TCP IP IP Address Settings Items Explanations Method for Acquiring the IP Address Select a method for acquiring IP addresses If Auto is selected DHCP becomes available To use the DHCP server make sure it is installed on your computer and correctly configured See your operating system s online help for detailed instructions To set the IP address manually select Manual IP Address Enter an IP address for the print server Be sure the IP address does not conflict with any other devices on the network Subnet Mask Set the subnet mask Default Gateway Set the gateway address if needed Set Using Automatic Private IP Addressing APIPA Select Enable to get a private address between 169 254 1 1 and 169 254 254 254 automatically when an IP address cannot be obtained by the DHCP server otherwise select Disable Set Using PING Enables or disables IP address setting using the ping command 224 EpsonNet WebAssist DNS Server Address Settings Items Explanations Acquire DNS Server Address Automatically Select either Enable or Disable to acquire the DNS server address from the DHCP server DNS Server Address Enter the DNS server address When the DHCP server does not respond even Enable is selected for Acquire DNS server address automatically the DNS s
7. Register directly to DNS server Select this check box if you want to register the host name and the domain name directly on the DNS server Use Universal Plug and Play Enables or disables Universal Plug and Play It is dimmed if this function is not supported Device Name Enter the device name for Universal Plug and Play between 2 and 63 characters 92 EpsonNet MacAssist Configuration Utility AppleTalk To use the printer in the AppleTalk environment configure the print server using the following screen o Network Card Properties B information TCPAP AppleTalk 1PP Y Use AppleTalk Basic Information _ Printer Name AL CXXXX xxxxxx Zone Name Entity Type Manual Input EPSONPAGE4 Method of specifying the network number Automatic Network number for manual mode 55534 0 65534 al Cancel OK Items Explanations Use AppleTalk Select this box when using AppleTalk Printer Name Enter the name of the printer up to 32 characters Zone Name Select or enter the network zone name up to 32 characters To have the zone selected automatically select Automatic to specify the network number and select an asterisk in this text box To enter manually select Manual Input and then enter the zone name in the text box EpsonNet MacAssist Configuration U
8. 6 Select the Connect to a printer on the Internet or on a home or office network radio button Enter the URL of the target printer using the format below The URL should be same as the URL you set on EpsonNet WinAssist WebAssist s IPP configuration page http IP address of printer 631 Printer name Example http 192 168 100 201 631 EPSON_IPP_Printer Add Printer Wizard Specify a Printer If you don t know the name or address of the printer you can search for a printer that meets your needs What printer do you want to connect to Browse for a printer Connect to this printer or to browse for a printer select this option and click Next Name Example server printer Connect to a printer on the Internet or on a home or office network URL Example http server printers myprinter printer Follow the on screen instructions to set up the printer See Installing a printer driver on page 110 if necessary Microsoft Network Shared printing 1 Click Start click Control Panel click Printers and Other Hardware and then click Printers and Faxes Under Printer Tasks click Add a printer to start the Add Printer wizard and then click Next Installing the Printer Driver 109 Click A network printer or a printer attached to another computer and then click Next Select the Browse for a printer radio button and then click Next Enter the following in the Printer box or select the prin
9. Items Explanations Total Pages Printed Total number of pages that have been printed Color Pages Printed Total number of color pages that have been printed Monochrome Pages Total number of monochrome pages that have been printed EpsonNet WebAssist 209 Cyan Magenta Yellow and Black Toner The amount of remaining cyan magenta yellow or black toner in each imaging cartridge Photoconductor Unit The amount remaining in the photoconductor unit Transfer Unit The amount remaining in the transfer unit Waste Toner The amount of waste remaining Confirmation Information Sheet Items Explanations Menu Selection Select Information Sheet Information Sheet Select an information sheet you want to print Print button Press this button to print a information sheet you select Reserve Job Items Explanations Menu Selection Select Reserve Job User Name Select a user name The user s jobs will be listed in the print job list box Job List Select whether the list of the thumbnail image is used Job list box The print jobs of the selected user are listed in this box Prev Page button Appears in the thumbnail view It displays the previous page of the job list 210 EpsonNet WebAssist Next Page button Appears in the thumbnail view It displays the
10. 100 packet loss Again the exact wording of the message you see may differ from this depending on your operating system If you cannot ping the computer check the following I The address in the ping command is correct I The Ethernet connection to the computer has been made correctly and all hubs routers etc are switched on Setting and checking the new IP address To set the new IP address of the print server which you have obtained from your network administrator use the ping command and arp command with the s flag create an ARP entry Note In the following procedure we assume that the MAC address of your print server is 00 00 48 93 00 00 hexadecimal and that the IP address which you will be assigning is 192 168 100 201 decimal Substitute your values for these addresses when you type in the commands 1 From the command line type Example arp s 192 168 100 201 00 00 48 93 00 00 2 Execute the ping command to set the IP address by pinging it Example ping 192 168 100 201 3 The print server should now respond to the ping If it does not you may have incorrectly typed the MAC address or the IP address in the arp s command Double check and try again If none of these actions are effective re initialize the print server and try again 264 Tips for Administrator 4 Print a status sheet to check whether the new IP address has been assigned to the print server Note When the IP
11. About Password A password is required to configure the print server When you click OK in the setting dialog box or click the Return to Default button the Password dialog box appears 1 To set a password or to change the current password click Change The Administrator password dialog box appears 2 When you set a password for the first time leave the Old Password box blank and enter a password in the New Password box and in the New Password again box up to 20 characters Then click OK Passwords are case sensitive Note D The same password is used for EpsonNet WinAssist MacAssist and WebAssist LI Since the new password becomes effective after the data is sent to the print server enter the old password immediately after changing the password O If you forget your password you need to initialize the print server See Initializing Your Printer on page 251 for instructions 76 EpsonNet WinAssist Configuration Utility Configuring the Print Server Using EpsonNet WinAssist EasySetup You can also use EpsonNet WinAssist EasySetup to easily configure the print server ready for TCP IP and Microsoft Network printing within a short time Note m m m Make sure the printer is turned on The computer to use for the following steps must be in the same segment as the print server When you assign an IP address manually we recommend you use EpsonNet WinAssist to set the subnet mask and defaul
12. Apply button Applies the settings Optional Screens Administrator You can link to the Web site specified on this screen when you click Favorite the name is changeable in Index Items Explanations Administrator Name Enter the name of the administrator up to 255 characters Location Enter the location of the print server up to 255 characters 230 EpsonNet WebAssist Favorite Name Enter the link item name up to 20 characters which will be displayed in the Index menu Favorite URL Enter a URL up to 64 characters Description Enter any comments concerning the URL above up to 64 characters Note Links to ftp are not supported Reset You can reset the print server or return the settings to the default values Items Explanations Reset button Functions like turning the power off and on again Click this button to make the changes take effect Return to Default button Returns the print server to the default settings Password The password set here protects the settings You will be asked for the password when you update or change the settings on each setting screen Passwords are case sensitive No password is set by default Items Explanations Old Password Input the old password New Password Input the new password up to 20 characters Re input Password Re input t
13. CR LF operation whenever the print position exceeds the right margin Auto LF When you set AutoLF to Off the printer does not send an automatic line feed LF command with each carriage return CR When on the printer adds a line feed to each carriage return it receives Bit Image With Bit Image set to Dark or Light your printer can correctly emulate the graphics densities set with the printer command When you select Dark the bit image density is high When you select Light the bit image density is low Zero Char Select whether the printer prints a slashed zero or an unslashed zero Set button Saves any changes Refresh button Clears any changes and reloads the previous settings 1239X Emulation Items Explanations Emulation Select 1239X Font Select a font Pitch Select a character pitch Code Page Selects the character tables Character tables contain the characters and symbols used in different languages EpsonNet WebAssist 219 T Margin Use this option to specify the distance from the top of the sheet to the baseline of the first printable line Text Use this option to set the page length in lines Auto CR Use the automatic carriage return option to perform a carriage return line feed CR LF operation whenever the print position exceeds the right margin Auto LF When you set AutoLF to Off the printer do
14. Note QO The Windows 2000 CD ROM may be required during the installation A When using TCP IP or IPP for printing you need to set the IP address the subnet mask and the default gateway of the computer 1 Click Start point to Settings and then select Network and Dial up Connections The Network and Dial up Connections screen appears 2 Right click the desired network connection and then select Properties Installing Components on Your Computer 27 3 Check if the following necessary components are in the list If they are already installed go to the next chapter Local Area Connection Properties 2 xi General Connect using 53 NE2000 Compatible Configure MAC address 08 00 17 05 D9 48 Components checked are used by this connection MY NWLink IPX SPX NetBIOS Compatible Transport Proto vI Y NetBEUI Protocol X gt M Y Internet Protocol TCP IP Install Uninstall Properties Description Allows your computer to access resources on a Microsoft network I Show icon in taskbar when connected The following table lists the components required for configuring the print server with EpsonNet WinAssist EpsonNet WinAssist s setting Necessary components screens TCP IP AppleTalk IPP SNMP IP trap Internet Protocol TCP IP MS Network NetBEUI or Internet Protocol TCP IP NetWare SNMP IPX trap Latest Novell Client downloaded from the Novell Web site
15. O Use Universal Plug and Play Device Name AL CXXXX xxxxxx Items Explanations Acquire DNS server Select this check box if you want to acquire the address automatically DNS server address using the DHCP server To enter the DNS server address manually clear this check box If the DNS is not supported this check box is dimmed DNS Server Address Displays the DNS server address To enter the DNS server address click the Add button To edit the DNS server address select the address and then click the Edit button To delete the DNS server address select the address and then click the Delete button EpsonNet MacAssist Configuration Utility 91 Acquire host name and domain name automatically Select this check box if you want to acquire the host name and domain name from the DHCP server Host Name Enter the host name supported by Dynamic DNS between 2 and 63 characters The total number of characters of the host name and the domain name must not exceed 251 Domain Name Leave it blank or enter two or more characters of the domain name supported by Dynamic DNS The total number of characters of the host name and the domain name must not exceed 251 Register the network interface s address to DNS server Select this check box if you want to register the host name and the domain name to the DNS server through the DHCP server that supports Dynamic DNS
16. Page Protect Select whether to allocate additional printer memory for printing data as opposed to receiving it Image Optimum Reduces the amount of graphics data when the data reaches the memory limit allowing complex documents to be printed Paper Type Select the paper type Paper Side When you print on thick or extraThk paper or envelope select the paper side to be printed Set button Saves any changes Refresh button Clears any changes and reloads the previous settings EpsonNet WebAssist 215 Support Menu Items Explanations Menu Selection Select Support Sleep Mode Select whether to save power by reducing power to the fixing heater when the printer receives no data for a certain period of time Set button Saves any changes Refresh button Clears any changes and reloads the previous settings Emulation PS3 Emulation Items Explanations Emulation Select PS3 This menu appears only when PS3 is installed Error Sheets Select whether to print an error sheet when any error occurs while the printer is in PS3 emulation mode Coloration Specify the printing methods from Color Mono or True Color Image Protect Select whether to compress data when memory is low during printing Set button Saves any changes Refresh button Clears any changes and reloads the previous settings E
17. Select Remote rprinter on IPX if you want to use the printer on an IPX network Select Queue Based if you want to keep the NetWare NDS print server configuration of the print server Then click Next 154 Settings for NetWare Server Note on using the Adobe PostScript 3 Kit If you have selected Remote rprinter on IPX for the first Printer Agent be sure to select Remote LPR on IP for the second Printer Agent Configure it as described below It is a good idea to print a network status sheet of the print server and configure the corresponding items 1 For Remote rpinter on IPX connection You need to use the same configuration of NetWare Remote printer mode as you have set by using EpsonNet WinAssist already IPX Network Number Enter the IPX network number of the print server IPX Node Number Enter the IPX node number of the print server SAP Name Enter the Primary Print Server Name Do not use the following characters amp J lt gt Printer Number Enter the printer port number from 0 to 254 1 For Remote LPR on IP connection IP Address Enter the IP address of the print server You can confirm the IP address on the network status sheet Settings for NetWare Server 155 1 For Queue Based connection NDS Context Type the NDS context Print Server Name Print server name that is already defined in NDS or Bindery If the printer is in the Remote Printer mode enter the pri
18. Select Microsoft from the Manufacturers list and TCP IP from the Network Protocols list Then click OK For Microsoft Network Shared printing To use TCP IP see the description described earlier to install TCP IP To use NetBEUL select Protocol and then click Add Select Microsoft from the Manufacturers list and NetBEUI from the Network Protocols list Then click OK Select Client and then click Add Select Microsoft from the Manufacturers list and Client for Microsoft Networks from the Network Clients list Then click OK Installing Components on Your Computer 23 5 For printing via NetWare server Download the latest Novell Client from the Novell Web site and install it on the computer Also be sure to install IPX See the Novell Web site for detailed information For LPR Internet Microsoft Network Shared printing Double click TCP IP on the Configuration menu to open the TCP IP Properties dialog box Set the IP address the subnet mask etc and then click OK Restart the computer The necessary components are now installed Go to the next chapter Connecting the Print Server to the Network on page 35 Windows XP For Windows XP use the following procedure to install the necessary components Note d The Windows XP CD ROM may be required during the installation A When using TCP IP or IPP for printing you need to set the IP address the subnet mask and the default gateway of the computer 1 Cl
19. This Network Guide contains information about using the print server on a network It includes how to set up the print server install the configuration software and modify network settings of your printer and computers For information about your printer see your Reference Guide Note 1 To read the online guide you must have Abobe Acrobat Reader 4 0 or later installed on your computer QO This guide is written for network administrators and many of the steps included here require detailed network knowledge and administrator rights d The term network administrator refers to the person responsible for maintaining the network Administrator is synonymous with Supervisor in this guide A The term print server refers to the internal print server of the printer in this guide A Some screen shots in this guide may list a printer name other than your printer This difference does not alter the instructions 12 Operating Environment The print server supports the following environments os Version Protocol Windows 98 TCP IP using EpsonNet Direct Windows 98 SE Print Windows 95 IPP using EpsonNet Internet Print NetBEUI Windows Me TCP IP using EpsonNet Direct Print IPP NetBEUI Windows XP Home TCP IP using LPR Standard Professional TCP IP Port or EpsonNet Direct Print IPP Windows 2000 TCP IP using LPR Standard Profes
20. To start EpsonNet WebManager click Start point to Programs or All Programs Windows XP and then select EpsonNet WebManager Click EpsonNet WebManager From the client Run the Web browser and then type the IP address or the host name of the server and default port number 1 Format http IP address or host name of server 8090 wm Q Example http 192 168 100 201 8090 wm 240 EpsonNet WebManager Opening the Online Guide After starting EpsonNet WebManager be sure to read the EpsonNet WebManager s online reference guide It provides important information and instructions on using EpsonNet WebManager You can access the online guide by using any of the following methods I Run EpsonNet WebManager From the Help menu select Online Guide Click the question mark button on the current screen so that a help screen appears describing the functions on that page T Click Start point to Programs or All Programs Windows XP and then select EpsonNet WebManager Click Online Guide EpsonNet WebManager 241 242 EpsonNet WebManager Chapter 12 Troubleshooting General Problems Cannot configure the print server or cannot print from the network Cause What to do The printer settings or network settings may be wrong First check to see if you can print a status sheet as described in Printing a Network Status Sheet on page 250 If you can print a status she
21. Windows Me 50055 102 Microsoft Network Shared printing 102 Installing a printer driver su snurra srn eas 103 Using the NET USE command 3 40 20 cten lee ya hes 104 Windows XP iiesisi s eroetonte Seales OEE SEE Be aia eee eek he 105 LPR printing sac kare cee Sw ss ay oe ea es Cas BA a ee 105 Internet Pre tee vine were tien Ds eh a Hoi oleh eee Sg tees 108 Microsoft Network Shared printing 109 Installing a printer drivers 52 s6 4 lt edass sie sle steie eee aye 110 Using the NET USE command 5 i s3 i05 ee a ts a eae 111 Windows 2000 siei eee tere uiiu arba eee eee oa PEGEA 112 EPR PANNE eei r vas des a as ARDA AT 112 Internet printing 6 eee VARSA 115 Microsoft Network Shared printing 115 Installing a printer driver hcsdnss so Anca doh tate ok ad 116 Using the NET USE command 3 41 55 5 fy45 9 Yaw do ere ae 117 Windows NT 4 0 00 0 cece ce cece eee en eens 118 LPR pining aoire ea adarat reine gaa eee tas Ga Wea aha 118 Internet PINE oie sare ines Cowie E tein se keep er ks 119 Microsoft Network Shared printing 119 Installing a printer driver 0 cece cece eee eee 120 Using the NET USE command 02 25 outed e eee t 121 Macintosh a ras srece noe ce ike We hoe Gan r eb 121 Mac OS 8 x tO9 X eee ee eee eee eee 122 MacOS Xk E tad bse stan b bd ee et eS ee 122 OG JD eed ate ie Ss ae BR AEBS ides HEA RAD Se 124 LER P
22. d EPSON Status Monitor is a utility program that monitors your printer and gives you information about its current status Because this utility does not support IPP printers connected to the Internet cannot be monitored with EPSON Status Monitor If you use EpsonNet Internet Print on a computer which has EPSON Status Monitor installed a communication error message may appear when you view printer properties To avoid this click the Optional Settings tab in the target printer s properties dialog box and click the Update the Printer Option Information Manually radio button Q For Windows Me XP 2000 use the OS standard IPP client for the Internet printing EpsonNet Internet Print 187 System Requirements Operating systems 11 Windows 98 Windows 95 or Windows NT 4 0 Server and Workstation 1 An Intel x86 series or compatible processor Supported products 1 EPSON print servers that support IPP EpsonNet Internet Print comes with EPSON network interface products that support IPP Installing EpsonNet Internet Print Follow the steps below to install EpsonNet Internet Print 1 Insert the Software CD ROM in the CD ROM drive 2 The EPSON Installation Program screen opens automatically If the Installer dialog box does not appear double click SETUP EXE on the CD ROM 3 Select Install EpsonNet Internet Print and then click 4 Follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation 5 Restart th
23. 1 A valid IP address for the print server Ask your network administrator for an IP address which does not cause conflicts with any other device on the network If you are the network administrator choose an address within your subnet which does not conflict with any other device The MAC Ethernet hardware address of the print server You can find out the MAC address on a status sheet Checking the LAN First you need to check that the computer can reach to other computer in the same segment as follows 1 Set the default gateway to the host on which you are setting up the print server If there is a server or a router which acts as a gateway enter the address of the server or the router If there is no gateway enter the IP address of your computer as a gateway address Assume that you want to reach to the computer having the IP address 192 168 100 101 Check that the computer is reachable by pinging it from the command line ping 192 168 100 101 If the computer is reachable you can see the following result the exact form of the message depends on your operating system and the time may vary 64 bytes from 192 168 100 101 icmp_seq 0 Time 34 ms If the computer is unreachable you may see something like this PING 192 168 100 101 56 data bytes Tips for Administrator 263 If you press Ctrl C you may see something like this 192 168 100 101 PING Statistics 3 packets transmitted 0 packets received
24. 5 until all the driver files for each Windows operating system Windows Me 98 95 2000 NT 4 0 are uploaded Creating an NDPS Manager 1 Run NetWare Administrator NWADMN32 EXE on the client machine The main browser window appears To create an NDPS Manager click the Directory context icon and then select Create from the Object menu Select NDPS Manager from the list Enter the NDPS Manager name in the NDPS Manager Name field Browse the Resident Server and select where you want the NDPS Manager assigned Browse the Database Volume and select where you want the NDPS Manager database assigned Click Create The NDPS Manager icon appears in the main browser window Type LOAD NDPSMat the server console and then select the NDPS Manager you have created Creating a Printer Agent After creating an NDPS Manager you can create Printer Agents either public access printers or controlled access printers The following are the features of public access printers and controlled access printers Settings for NetWare Server 151 1 Public Access Printers NDPS printers that are available to all network users and not associated with an NDS object Users can select and print to any public access printer they can view from their workstations However these printers do not take full advantage of services such as security and job event notification m Controlled Access Printers NDPS printers that are added to the NDS tree b
25. Components on Your Computer 21 Windows Me 98 95 1 0 ccc ec cee cece een eens nee 21 Windows XAP sk 2 esd ees ed ees oe es ee hots SO ae baie d at had 2 24 Windows 2000 rerien oa ase aed a E ee ea ae a Pe 27 Windows NT 4 0 86 3c2 ae feed se esd i Sad ee a tee eed aes 30 Ma cintos Hive ssw ele ose eB Be ie i be 33 Mac OS 8 xGt0 9 Xa eon ds Sek oth eo toad Wate Bk ed EA A aA 34 IMac OS 2X5 fi os E hea tecnica oa tisaetee ea ate 34 Chapter 2 How to Set Up the Print Server Connecting the Print Server to the Network 35 Installing EpsonNet WinAssist MacAssist 56 36 For Wind OWS i carna in 8 oo i a ee ee a RAR 36 For Macintosh resur aeua eva eele nia aa be ace Wid eis betes bs 38 Setting an IP Address Using EpsonNet WinAssist 39 Setting an IP Address Using EpsonNet MacAssist 45 Chapter 3 EpsonNet WinAssist Configuration Utility About EpsonNet WinAssist 00 060 040 ecka sunsun eresse 51 Menu Batic ag Bint eae Pl ae OE Ooh Pato A 52 Timegut OPUOR neccrween s sydera teas Susie wns ene es 53 Search method 0 0 0 0 ccc ccc eee eee e eee 53 SeaL CHO PUONS a ierse soe apa e anes Vase a gale abla onan 54 Firmwa reupdate seess as tates oe ye es ee he ee 58 Details of the Configuration Dialog Box 0000 58 INLOP MATION awana sa a AA SS cece ER ee Rt aden ear 58 TCP VAR weit asco kal th toon tet hse cee lae a alee Dale ak Diabet
26. Easy Setup Microsoft Network Setting Select Yes to use a Microsoft network To use a Microsoft network for printing you need to install the appropriate Microsoft network protocol in Windows For details refer to your user documentation ant to use a Microsoft network C No lt Back Cancel 78 EpsonNet WinAssist Configuration Utility 6 Check the print server name Change it if necessary Click Next EpsonNet WinAssist Easy Setup Microsoft Network Print Server Name Setting Enter the name of the print server that the printer will use on the Microsoft network If the name does not need to be changed click Next Basic Information Enter a Print Server name You can use letters numbers and the following symbols Jf _0 Ex sss sSOCCS lt Back Cancel 7 Specify whether to use TCP IP and then click Next If you select No proceed to step 9 EpsonNet WinAssist Easy Setup TCPAIP Setting Select Yes to enable TCP IP printing To use TCP IP printing you must have the TCP IP protocol installed in Windows For Windows Me 98 95 you must have EpsonNet Direct Print or EPSON Status Monitor 2 installed For details refer to your user documentation r Do you want to use TCP IP lt Back Cancel EpsonNet WinAssist Configuration Utility 79 8 Select Automatic or Manual If you select Automatic DHCP becomes available and assigns an IP address au
27. Enter the name of the remote printer s host For example Please enter the name of the remote host that Rprinter is attached to HOSTNAME Printer RPrinter is connected to host HOSTNAME Confirm that the entries are correct For example Is this correct y n y Settings for UNIX 169 7 Specify that the RLP extended function valid when the print server is SCO UNIX will not be used For example If HOSTNAME currently runs SCO OpenServer Release 5 or above it can support the extended remote line printer protocol Do you want to turn on the extended RLP protocol support flag If you are not sure answer n y n n n 8 Specify whether the created printer is to become the default printer For example Would you like this to be the system default printer y n y 9 To print use the lpr command For example lpr d RPrinter Print File Name Using the ftp Command ftp commands are common to all UNIX systems ftp programs use interfaces that are common for all unix systems The following is an example of printing using the ftp command the entry operations are underlined fto gt open 22 33 44 55 Connected to 22 33 44 55 220 PR Ifx 22 33 44 55 ftp server ready 170 Settings for UNIX Name _ 331 Password Required for No Name Password 230 User logged in 200 Type setto l ftp gt put binary file 200 PORT command successful 150 Opening data connection for binary_file 226 Tra
28. EpsonNet NDPS Gateway 1 Open the NETUTIL folder 2 Open the ENGW folder 3 Double click edps22 exe Note The last two characters of the file name represented by asterisks vary depending on the place of purchase Settings for NetWare Server 149 For detailed information on the EpsonNet NDPS Gateway see the online guide on the Software CD ROM To view the online guide follow the steps below 1 2 3 Open the NETUTIL folder Open the ENGW folder Double click index htm Uploading printer driver files to the RMS After installing the EpsonNet NDPS Gateway you need to upload the printer driver to the Resource Management Service RMS 1 Run NetWare Administrator NWADMN32 EXE on the client machine The main browser windows appears Inthe main NetWare Administrator browser select EpsonNet NDPS DriverSetup from the Tool menu The EpsonNet NDPS DriverSetup dialog box appears Browse for the target NDPS Broker if there are two or more Brokers in the tree you have logged in The Browse button is not available if there is only one Broker in the tree you have logged in Browse for the Driver File location where the INF file is located The desired printer drivers are listed in the Printers to be added box Click the Add All button to upload driver files for the listed printers to the RMS Driver files for each OS are uploaded to RMS 150 Settings for NetWare Server 6 Repeat steps 4 and
29. Epson_Ipr Oo x File Edit View Help RRK RK KKK RR E PLN 1200 1 object s 6 Follow the on screen instructions provided by the Add Printer wizard If you are required to install the printer driver see Installing the printer driver on page 181 Adding a printer beyond a router Follow the steps below to add a printer beyond a router 1 Windows Me Double click the My Network Places icon Windows 98 95 NT 4 0 Double click the Network Neighborhood icon EpsonNet Direct Print 177 Windows XP Click Start and then My Network Places Under Network Tasks click View workgroup computers Under Other Places click Microsoft Windows Network and then Entire Network Then double click the EpsonPeripheralNetwork icon Windows 2000 Double click the My Network Places icon and then double click the Entire Network icon Click entire contents and then double click the EpsonPeripheralNetwork icon 2 Right click the Epson_Ipr icon and select Properties 3 Select the Specific Network Segment check box and enter the IP address and subnet mask of the printer you want to find Click OK Epson_Ipr Properties 2 x General s4 Searches for available printers on the network and displays them in a M Local Segment ol ml SA Ss IV Specific Network Segment IP Address SubNet Mask KHK KHK KH KKH SKH HKH RHE KEK _ 33 Sa m Sa cm Cancel Apply 178 EpsonNet Direct Print 4 D
30. Notice Printer URI is treated as port name But Windows has limit of port name length less than 49 characters So Please input Printer URI length within 49 characters using IP Address or short LOGICAL Printer name EpsonNet Internet Print 1 1bE Enter Printer URI Enter the target printer s URI up to 49 characters The URI you set here must be same as the IPP URL you have set for the IPP setting screen in EpsonNet WinAssist WebAssist Do not use the following characters lt gt gt Format http IP address of printer 631 printer name Example http 192 168 100 201 631 EPSON_IPP_Printer Use Proxy When using the proxy server select this box and enter the Proxy Server Name and Port Number All communication is done via the proxy server Enter Proxy Server Name Enter the proxy server name or the IP address of the proxy server You can enter up to 256 characters but only 127 characters are valid Do not use the following characters li lt gt gt 190 EpsonNet Internet Print Port Number Enter the port number of the proxy server from 0 to 65535 Get Printer Attributes When you select this box and click OK EpsonNet Internet Print communicates with the printer and acquires information so it may take a few minutes before a message appears This setting is available only when creating a port Get status every 20 sec Select this box when you want to receive printer status updates at regul
31. Primary file server Dial up I primary print server Printer Dial up router Local network Remote network ee Depending on the router settings the NetWare protocol can be used without a file server on a local network This setup follows the same pattern as that described above When there is a primary server in the local network Even if a primary server is installed on the local network an unnecessary dial up may be generated depending on the configuration The following problems are common to both Print Server mode and Remote Printer mode 5A File server lal up print server Primary file server router A Dial up j L A a primary print server Z router a Local network Remote network 1 When the power is turned on Since access is made only to the primary server no dial up is generated Settings for NetWare Server 161 A When the print server is not correctly set Since access is made only to the primary server no dial up is generated However if the file server print server of the remote network is erroneously set as the primary server an unnecessary dial up might be generated Correct the settings to avoid this problem During normal operation standby printing Since access is made only to the primary server no dial up is generated When the primary server is down during operation Connection to the primary server is periodically attempted but no dial up is generated However if the ro
32. Printer Driver 2 Open the Utilities folder 3 Open Print Center and then click Add 4 Select IP Printing from the drop down list 5 Enter the IP address of the printer in the Printer s Address field 6 Enter the queue name in the Queue Name field 7 Select the printer model from the list 8 Click Add Rendezvous printing 1 Open the Application folder 2 Open the Utilities folder 3 Open Print Center and then click Add 4 Select Rendezvous from the drop down list 5 Click the machine and then change the printer model to Epson 6 Select the model name and then click Add The Rendezvous printer appears 7 Click the printer and then click the Make Default button to set the printer as the default printer Now the printer is ready to print Installing the Printer Driver 123 OS 2 This section explains how to configure and use the print server with an IBM OS 2 System which includes OS 2 Warp 3 and 4 OS 2 Warp Connect and OS 2 Warp Server LPR printing 1 Double click the OS 2 system folder then the System Setup folder and then double click the TCP IP Configuration icon System Setup Icon View PARSEE Folder Edit View Selected Help Lae coigatin LAN qom gt 2 Click the Printing tab 124 Installing the Printer Driver Enter the IP address of the print server in the Remote print server box and the name of the remote print server s printer in the secon
33. Speed Internet click the Local Area Connection icon Under Network Tasks click Change settings of this connection Check that Client for Microsoft Networks is installed If it is not installed click Install to install it Run the command prompt and enter the following command NET USE printer port NetBIOS name of print server Device name of print server Selecting the port 1 2 Click Start click Control Panel click Printers and Other Hardware and then click Printers and Faxes Right click the printer icon and then select Properties Installing the Printer Driver 111 3 Click the Ports tab and then select the port you have set with the NET USE command Windows 2000 For Windows 2000 the printer driver installation procedure differs depending on the printing method you prefer LPR printing Note Ifyou are using EpsonNet Direct Print the setup procedure is different See About EpsonNet Direct Print on page 173 for details 1 Click Start point to Settings and then select Printers 2 Double click Add Printer to start the Add Printer wizard and then click Next 3 Click Local printer clear the Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer check box and then click Next 112 Installing the Printer Driver Note You must clear the Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer check box because the printer is attached directly to the network not to a Window
34. UNIX Introduction to UNIX Settings 66 c cece eee eee 163 lpr Titers csc a mae Se eet aks a denn da aa ee ay tame 163 Setting Up Different UNIX Systems Using the lpr Command 164 Setting up for SunSoft Solaris 2 4 or later 165 Setting up for SunOS 4 1 4 or later 005 166 Setting up for IBM AIX 3 2 5 or later and 4 1 3 or later 167 Setting up for HP UX 9 05 or later 005 168 Setting up for SCO UNIX 4 2 or later Open Server 169 Using the ftp Command x sce centre eee th cee 170 Chapter 8 EpsonNet Direct Print About EpsonNet Direct Print 5 48 eA ee RR EA eR Sa eG 173 System Requirements 0 c cece cee eee eee ee 173 Installing EpsonNet Direct Print 00 e eee eee 174 Setting Up Your Printer Using EpsonNet Direct Print 175 Adding a printer located in the same segment 175 Adding a printer beyond a router 0055 177 Adding a printer from the Printers folder 179 Installing the printerdrivery pe fa Us wkie eee ee ees 181 Configuring the Printer Porte esvsspeeaisGed wckkee ee cas 182 Windows Me 98 95 NT 4 0 0 00 cece ee eee ee eee 182 Windows XP 2000 0 cece cee eee ee as 184 Chapter 9 EpsonNet Internet Print About EpsonNet Internet Print 0 187 System Requirements 0 c cece cece eee eee 188 Installing EpsonNet Internet Print
35. When IP address you select Automatic an IP address subnet mask and default gateway are automatically assigned by the DHCP server Note If the Dynamic DNS function is not supported we recommend that you select Manual and then enter an IP address This is because if you select Automatic the IP address of the print server changes every time you turn on the printer so that you need to change the printer port setting accordingly Set using Automatic Assigns a private IP address automatically even Private IP Addressing when there is no DHCP server on your network It is APIPA dimmed if this function is not supported Set using PING Select this check box when setting an IP address using the ping command When not using the ping command clear this check box Note Be sure to clear the check box when not using ping this prevents any unexpected change of the IP address by EpsonNet WebManager IP Address Enter an IP address for the print server Be sure that the IP address is unique and does not conflict with any other device on the network Subnet Mask Enter the subnet mask of the IP address Default Gateway Enter the gateway address Extended Settings button Click this button for extended settings such as Dynamic DNS and Universal Plug and Play If both functions are not supported this button is dimmed EpsonNet WinAssist Configuration Utility 61 Extended Settings dialog box When you
36. WinAssist 39 51 WinAssist EasySetup 77 F ftp 170 H HDD form overlay 265 Initializing the printer 251 Installation EpsonNet Direct Print 174 EpsonNet Internet Print 188 EpsonNet MacAssist 38 EpsonNet NDPS Gateway 149 EpsonNet WebManager 239 EpsonNet WinAssist 37 Internet printing 189 194 Internet Printing Protocol 187 IntranetWare 134 135 IP address 41 47 201 246 258 262 L LEDs 15 LPR filters 163 M MAC address 59 88 223 Microsoft network 70 228 N NDPS 148 NDPS Manager 151 NDPS Printer Agent 151 152 153 NDS 133 NetWare 63 224 3 x 134 135 Index 275 4 x 134 135 140 142 U 5 x 135 142 148 6 0 135 142 148 Universal Plug and Play 44 50 204 Network status sheet 250 UNIX configure for different OS 164 Using the printer with o Macintosh 121 NetWare 131 Operating environment 13 OS 2 124 UNIX 163 P Windows 2000 112 Windows Me 98 95 101 Password for Windows NT 4 0 118 EpsonNet MacAssist 95 Windows XP 105 EpsonNet WebAssist 232 EpsonNet WinAssist 76 Z PCONSOLE 135 148 Ping 263 Zone 72 93 Print Server mode 64 132 134 135 159 224 Protocols 13 Public Access Printers 152 158 R Remote Printer mode 69 132 135 140 142 159 225 Reset 208 232 Return to default button 59 89 232 RJ 45 connector 16 Router 42 48 203 S SAP Name 155 Search options 54 56 85 86 Setting the IP address 39 45 2
37. a printer to start the Add Printer wizard and then click Next 3 Click Local printer attached to this computer clear the Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer check box and then click Next Installing the Printer Driver 105 Note You must clear the Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer check box because the printer is attached directly to the network not to a Windows XP computer Add Printer Wizard Local or Network Printer The wizard needs to know which type of printer to set up Select the option that describes the printer you want to use Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer OA network printer or a printer attached to another computer To set up a network printer that is not attached to a print server W use the Local printer option lt Back Next gt Cancel 106 Installing the Printer Driver 4 Select the Create a new port radio button and then select Standard TCP IP Port from the list Then click Next Add Printer Wizard Select a Printer Port Computers communicate with printers through ports Select the port you want your printer to use If the port is not listed you can create a new port O Use the following port wes Create a new port Type of port Standard TCP IP Port v 5 Enter the IP address of the print server and then click Next Add Standard TCP IP Printer Port Wizard Add Port F
38. and then enter the IP address of the DNS server Click OK 10 Select the Acquire host name and domain name automatically check box if you want to acquire the host name and the domain name using the DHCP server How to Set Up the Print Server 43 11 12 13 14 15 If you want to specify manually enter the host name and the domain name in the text boxes Select the Register the network interface s address to DNS server check box if you want to register the host name and domain name to the DNS server through the DHCP server that supports Dynamic DNS If you want to register the host name and the domain name directly to the DNS server select the Register directly to DNS server check box Select the Use Universal Plug and Play check box if you want to use the Universal Plug and Play function on Windows Me or future operating systems Change the default Universal Plug and Play device name if desired This device name is used for Windows that supports the Universal Plug and Play function After changing the settings click OK In the TCP IP dialog box click OK The Password dialog box appears Enter your password up to 20 characters and then click OK to save the settings If you are entering a password for the first time click Change and then set the password See About Password on page 76 for more information Follow the on screen instructions After the update is complete refresh the configurat
39. box in the Utility menu of the printer properties EpsonNet Internet Print 193 Windows NT 4 0 Be sure that TCP IP is correctly installed and setup in the computer and a valid IP address is set for the computer and printer Make sure that the IPP settings in EpsonNet WinAssist or EpsonNet WebAssist are correct See IPP on page 73 or IPP on page 227 for instructions on settings for IPP Click Start point to Settings and then select Printers Double click the Add Printer icon and click Next Click the My Computer radio button and click Next Click the Add Port button and select EPSON IPP Port from the list Then click the New Port button Printer Ports 2 x Available Printer Ports Digital Network Port Lexmark DLC Network Port Lexmark TCP IP Network Port Local Port LPR Port New Monitor caes 194 EpsonNet Internet Print 7 The following screen appears The address you set here becomes the port for Internet printing Make the settings described below EpsonNet Internet Print x EpsonNet Cancel Internet Print s I Get Printer Attributes I Get status every 20 sec Enter Printer URI e g http www epson com 631 printer http M Use Proxy Notice Printer URI is treated as port name But Windows has limit of port name length less than 127 characters So Please input Printer URI length within 127 characters using IP Address or short LOGICAL Printer name Epson
40. can select from the following LAN connection using TCP IP IPX and NetBEUI protocols or USB connection EpsonNet WinAssist Configuration Utility 53 Select the Select All radio button to search for print servers with all the available connections and protocols or select the Select Individually radio button to select the preferred connections and protocols Select Refresh from the View menu or restart EpsonNet WinAssist for the settings to take effect Note EpsonNet WinAssist installed on Windows XP does not support NetBEUI as a search protocol because officially the NetBEUI protocol is not supported on Windows XP Network Path Search Setting J xi r Search Setting Search Path Selection C Select Individually Search Paths 2 Cancel Search options Search Options IP To search for print servers in other segments set the specific network address and the subnet mask The settings you modified on this screen do not affect the search parameters used for EpsonNet WinAssist EasySetup 54 EpsonNet WinAssist Configuration Utility Select Refresh from the View menu or restart EpsonNet WinAssist for the settings to take effect Search Options IP Xx Search with IP Network Address Eo a Subnet Mask Hi 7 Hi Bo Network Address Lora Feros Cancel Item Explanation Search specified Select this check box to search for a print server located address outside th
41. click OK 182 EpsonNet Direct Print Windows NT 4 0 Click the Ports tab and then Configure Port The EPSON LPR Port dialog box appears EPSON LPR Port x Z MEpson ipri 200000000000 AL DOOXX Select printing method I LPR Printing Standard Printing gt Z s Direct emn ql Use LPD protocol Printing Request Spool Enhanced Printing A L Drect emt x EPSON Enhanced LPD Printing Request Magee D T High Speed Printing J gt Direct Prnt eA x EPSON high speed port Printing Request Z rare reel 4 Make the appropriate settings for the desired port LPR standard printing Select the LPR Printing check box and then the Standard Printing radio button Print data is spooled by the computer before sending the print job to the target network printer LPR enhanced printing Select the LPR Printing check box and then the Enhanced Printing radio button LPR enhanced printing sends the print job to the target network printer without spooling all of the print data LPR enhanced printing is faster than LPR standard printing High speed printing Select the High Speed Printing radio button High speed printing sends the print job to the target network printer without spooling all of the print data High speed printing is faster than the other two printing methods If the printer does not support this function this check box is unavailable EpsonNet Direct P
42. click the Extended Settings button on the TCP IP menu the following dialog box appears Extended Settings DNS Server Address Settings I Acquire DNS server address automatically DNS Server Addresses Add E Host Name and Domain Name Setting I Acquire host name and domain name automatically Host Name 3 PLOK Domain Name Po I Register the netw NO SENE r Universal Plug and Play Settings I Use Universal Plug and Play Device Name peo Cancel Items Explanations Acquire DNS server address automatically Select this check box if you want to acquire the DNS server address using the DHCP server To enter the DNS server address manually clear this check box If the DNS is not supported this check box is dimmed 62 EpsonNet WinAssist Configuration Utility DNS Server Addresses Displays the DNS server address To enter the DNS server address click the Add button To edit the DNS server address select the address and then click the Edit button To delete the DNS server address select the address and then click the Delete button Acquire host name and domain name automatically Select this check box if you want to acquire the host name and domain name from the DHCP server Host Name Enter the host name supported by Dynamic DNS between 2 and 63 characters The total number of characters of the host name and the domain name must not exceed 251 Domain N
43. configuration Name Printer Type Local Parallel LPT1 Use interrupts Yes IRQ Note Be sure to select Remote Parallel LPT1 for Remote Printer mode 7 Press Esc then press Enter to save your changes 138 Settings for NetWare Server 10 11 12 13 Press Esc Select Queues Serviced by Printer from the Print Server Configuration menu and press Enter Print Server Configuration Menu File Servers To Be Serviced Notify List for Printer Printer Configuration Queues Serviced by Printer Select the printer that you want to use from the Defined Printers list and press Enter Press the Insert key and assign a queue to the print server port from the Available Queues list Specify a priority level between 1 to 10 One is top priority Press Esc to exit PCONSOLE Configuring for NetWare using EpsonNet WinAssist 1 2 Turn on your printer Load the print server from the file server s system console which the print queue volume is set gt LOAD PSERVER print server name you set using PCONSOLE Configure the print server using EpsonNet WinAssist See NetWare on page 63 for details If NetWare objects are already created you can also use EpsonNet WebAssist See NetWare on page 223 for details Settings for NetWare Server 139 Using Bindery Remote Printer Mode NetWare 4 x Follow the steps below to make the printer environment on NetWare 4 x and IntranetWare wi
44. environment it turns on automatically Mode Select Remote Printer Frame Type Leave the default frame type as it is Primary Print Server Enter the primary print server name up to 47 characters Name which is created by PCONSOLE or NWAdmin For NDPS Gateway enter the SAP name you have set for NetWare up to 47 characters EpsonNet WinAssist Configuration Utility 69 Printer Port Number Enter the printer port number For NDPS Gateway enter the same printer number you have set for NetWare between 0 and 254 MS Network To use the printer in the Microsoft network environment configure the print server using the following screen Network Interface Card Properties X Information TCPAP NetWare MS Network AppleTak IPP SNMP V Basic Information Print Server Name EPR Workgroup Name fwORKGROUP Share Name EPS Cancel Help Items Explanations Use Microsoft Select this check box when using Microsoft Shared Network network shared printing This check box is selected but dimmed when the printing print server s information is acquired by the NetBEUI protocol 70 EpsonNet WinAssist Configuration Utility Items Explanations Print Server Enter the print server name up to 15 characters Be sure to Name give a unique name that does not cause conflicts with any other device on the network Workgroup Enter the workgr
45. frame type is used on the same network bind all the frame types to the NetWare servers and IPX routers For NetWare 5 x The IPX protocol must be installed bound on the NetWare 5 x server About modes If the mode you have logged in is different from the mode you set for the print server a message appears when you try to configure the print server for NetWare If you do not want to change the current settings click Cancel and log in again using the same mode set for the print server Using Bindery Print Server NetWare 3 x 4 x This section contains instructions on using the print server in the Print Server mode on NetWare 3 x 4 x IntranetWare with Bindery emulation Note The print server in the Print Server mode of NetWare 3 x does not allow you to use the Print Server status display control with PCONSOLE 1 Turn on your printer 134 Settings for NetWare Server 2 From any NetWare client log in to the target NetWare server with supervisor privileges You must log in with the bindery connection 3 Configure the print server using EpsonNet WinAssist See NetWare on page 63 for details If NetWare objects are already created you can also use EpsonNet WebAssist See NetWare on page 223 for details Using NDS Print Server NetWare 4 x 5 x 6 0 This section contains instructions for using the print server in the Print Server mode on NetWare 4 x IntranetWare NetWare 5 x or NetWare 6 0 wit
46. from the network environment are displayed on the Zone list The zones to be searched are displayed on the Search Zone list The maximum number of zones that can be displayed on the Zone and Search Zone lists is 2000 To add the zone to the Search Zone list select the zone and then click the Add button To delete the zone from the Search Zone list select the zone and then click the Del button Select Refresh from the Device menu or restart EpsonNet MacAssist for the settings to take effect O SSS Search Zone Select ion SSB M Use this method to select search zones Zone List Search Zone lt lt Del i 4 Cancel OK Search options IP To search for the print servers in other segments set the specific network address and subnet mask The settings you modified on this screen do not affect the search parameters used for EpsonNet MacAssist EasySetup 86 EpsonNet MacAssist Configuration Utility Select the Use the search option check box to search for a print server in another segment Do not select it if the print server you want to configure is located in the same segment Enter the network address and subnet mask valid range 0 to 255 Ask your network administrator for the address Then click Add You can add up to 20 addresses To remove the address from the list select the address and click Delete Select Refresh from the Device menu or restart EpsonNet MacAssist for th
47. into a shared printer Your clients can then print to this shared printer Tips for Administrator 255 Printing from Macintosh Use AppleTalk to print from Macintosh See Macintosh on page 33 Features of the Printing Methods This section describes features of the printing methods available for you to choose LPR TCP IP printing Advantages I No computer as a print server is required T No special utility for Windows XP 2000 NT is required T You can see the printer status using EPSON Status Monitor 2 or 3 m For Windows XP 2000 NT you can create a print log using the event viewer I You can print via a router Disadvantages T You need to set up TCP IP LY For Windows Me 98 95 EpsonNet Direct Print must be installed on all computers to use for printing 256 Tips for Administrator Internet printing Advantages Q No proxy server computer is required 1 You can print to the printer over the Internet Disadvantages 1 EPSON Status Monitor 2 or 3 cannot be used 1 TCP IP and DNS settings are required LY For Windows Me 98 95 EpsonNet Internet Print must be installed on all computers used for printing LY For Windows XP 2000 you cannot share the Internet printer Microsoft Network Shared printing Advantages C1 Easy to set up IP address is not required if NetBEUI protocol is installed I No computer as a print server is required LY No special print utilit
48. length of time before a timeout To do this select Timeout from the Tool menu Note that doing so can cause EpsonNet WinAssist to run more slowly Troubleshooting 245 An extra account is generated when using the dial up network Cause What to do NetWare issettoEnableeven Set NetWare to Disable on the NetWare though you are not using screen of EpsonNet WebAssist NetWare How to acquire an IP address To acquire your IP address you need to apply to the NIC Network Information Center in your country Problems Specific to Your Network Environment Windows Me 98 95 environment A dial up connection dialog box appears when printing with TCP IP via EpsonNet Direct Print Cause What to do You have selected a phone Printing ends normally after you cancel line or modem for Internet this dialog box but the message appears Explorer 4 0x for the Internet every time you print Connect to the connection Internet using a local area network or start a dial up network manually A communication error message appears when you start printing or when you open the printer s properties 246 Troubleshooting Cause What to do When you print with Open the printer s properties and then NetBEUI or IPP EPSON click the Optional Settings tab Select the Status Monitor cannot be used Update the Printer Option Information manually radio button Open the printer s pro
49. name of print server Device name of print server Click OK Follow the on screen instructions to set up the printer See Installing a printer driver on page 120 if necessary Installing the Printer Driver 119 Installing a printer driver 1 2 Insert the Software CD ROM shipped with the printer Close the EPSON Installation Program screen if it appears Click the Have Disk button The Install From Disk dialog box appears Click Browse Select the CD ROM drive for Drives and then double click the WINNT40 folder Click Open Click OK in the Install From Disk dialog box Select the model name of the printer and then click Next Note D Announce the share name to your clients so that they know the share name of the printer they want to use D Ifthe Add Printer wizard prompts you to select either Keep existing driver or Replace existing driver be sure to select the Replace existing driver radio button Click Finish and follow the on screen instructions to complete the setup When you print using Microsoft Network Shared printing in the Windows 2000 NT XP environment see Using the NET USE command on page 121 for more details 120 Installing the Printer Driver Using the NET USE command If you are running Windows 2000 NT XP and using NetBIOS to connect to the print server we recommend that you use the NET USE command as follows 1 Check that the following services are installed Ri
50. next page of the job list Job Name Displays the name of the selected job Document Displays the document name of the selected job Date Displays the date when the selected job was sent to the printer Job Type Displays the type of the selected job Quantity Displays the number of copies Pages Displays the number of pages of the selected job Paper Size Displays the paper size of the selected job Preview Preview the selected file Rotate Left button Rotate the preview image 90 degrees to the left Rotate Right button Rotate the preview image 90 degrees to the right Delete button Delete the selected job Quantity Enter the number of copies Print button Print the selected job Refresh button Refresh the status Form Overlay Items Explanations Menu Selection Select Overlay Form Form List Select whether the list of the thumbnail image is used Form list box Lists the form overlay Prev Page button Appears in the thumbnail view It displays the previous page of the list Next Page button Appears in the thumbnail view It displays the next page of the list EpsonNet WebAssist 211 Form Information Displays the form name date and comment of the selected form overlay Preview Preview the selected form overlay Rotate Left button Rotate the preview image 90 degrees to the le
51. occurs the following dialog box appears Select the Standard radio button and then select EPSON Network Printer Click Next Add Standard TCP IP Printer Port Wizard Lx Additional Port Information Required RS The device could not be identified Noe The device is not found on the network Be sure that The device is turned on The network is connected The device is properly configured The address on the previous page is correct rem eA Di If you think the address is not correct click Back to return to the previous page Then correct the address and perfom another search on the network If you are sure the address is correct select the device type below Device Type Standard C Custom 114 Installing the Printer Driver 7 Click Finish 8 See Installing a printer driver on page 116 to install the printer driver Internet printing 1 Click Start point to Settings and then select Printers 2 Double click Add Printer to start the Add Printer wizard and then click Next 3 Select the Network printer radio button and then click Next 4 Select the Connect to a printer on the Internet or on your intranet radio button 5 Enter the URL of the target printer using the format below The URL should be same as the URL you set on EpsonNet WinAssist WebAssist s IPP configuration page http IP address of printer 631 Printer name Example http 192 168 100 201 631 EPSON_IPP_Printer 6 Follow the
52. offline there is a paper jam the cover is open or an error has occurred Current Time Displays the current time 222 EpsonNet WebAssist Refresh button Refreshes the printer status The printer status is not updated automatically Press Refresh to display the latest printer information Configuration Network Screens NetWare NetWare Basic Configuration Items Explanations Use NetWare Enable or Disable NetWare Frame Type Leave the default frame type Auto as it is Mode Select the appropriate NetWare mode Print Server Mode NDS Bindery Items Explanations Print Server Name Enter the print server name up to 47 characters Polling Interval Enter the polling interval in seconds NetWare Password Enter the password up to 20 characters you use when you log in to the print server NDS Tree Name Enter the NDS tree name up to 31 characters if the mode is NDS Print Server NDS Context Enter the NDS context up to 255 characters if the mode is NDS Print Server Primary File Server Name If the mode is Bindery Print Server enter the file server name up to 47 characters where you log in to the print server EpsonNet WebAssist 223 Remote Printer Mode Items Explanations Primary Print Server Name Enter the primary print server name up to 47 characters
53. or the Change Remove button Windows 2000 4 Follow the on screen instructions to complete uninstallation Windows XP 1 Click Start click Control Panel and then click Add or Remove Programs 2 Click the Change or Remove Programs icon 3 Select the utility you want to uninstall and then click the Change Remove button 4 Follow the on screen instructions to complete uninstallation Macintosh 1 Double click the EpsonNet MacAssist Installer icon 2 Click the Continue button Tips for Administrator 273 3 Inthe License dialog box read the License Agreement and then click the Accept button 4 Select Uninstall from the pull down menu 5 Click the Uninstall button 6 Follow the on screen instructions to complete uninstallation Note You can also uninstall EpsonNet MacAssist by dragging the MacAssistxxx folder Mac OS 8 x to 9 x or the EpsonNet MacAssist OSX x xx folder Mac OS X to the Trash 274 Tips for Administrator Index Numerics 10Base 100Base light 15 A arp 262 264 Automatic Private IP Addressing APIPA 42 48 203 B Bindery emulation 133 134 C Controlled Access Printers 152 158 D Data transmission light 15 Default gateway 42 48 203 Dial up network 158 Dial up router 271 Dynamic DNS 44 50 204 E Epson_lpr 177 179 EpsonNet Direct Print 173 Internet Print 187 MacAssist 45 83 MacAssist EasySetup 96 WebAssist 199 WebManager 235
54. router for more information on scorp range bind exclusive address of the DHCP function Function of Universal Plug and Play When you connect your printer to the network the printer is automatically assigned with an IP address and the printer s icon appears in the My Network Places folder By double clicking the printer s icon you can access EpsonNet WebAssist for basic information about the printer such as manufacturer model name location and administrator s name Right click the printer s icon in the My Network Places folder and select Properties You can check the brief information of the print server To use this function the Universal Plug and Play must be installed on Windows Me or future operating systems For information on how to install Universal Plug and Play see the Windows Me online help Note Before using the Universal Plug and Play function you must enable the Universal Plug and Play function in EpsonNet WinAssist or WebAssist See TCP IP on page 60 or Configuring the Print Server Using EpsonNet WebAssist on page 200 272 Tips for Administrator Uninstalling Software Follow the steps below to uninstall the network software Windows Me 98 95 2000 NT 4 0 1 Click Start point to Settings and then select Control Panel 2 Double click the Add Remove Programs icon 3 Select the utility you want to uninstall and then click the Add Remove button Windows Me 98 95 NT 4 0
55. screen message prompts you to do so EpsonNet WinAssist Configuration Utility 81 82 EpsonNet WinAssist Configuration Utility Chapter 4 EpsonNet MacAssist Configuration Utility About EpsonNet MacAssist EpsonNet MacAssist is a Macintosh based configuration software for administrators that allows you to configure the print server for TCP IP AppleTalk and IPP Note Be sure to use EpsonNet MacAssist included on the Software CD ROM shipped with this product Menu Bar EpsonNet MacAssist provides the following menus and sub menus File menu I Close Closes EpsonNet MacAssist LI Quit Quits EpsonNet MacAssist Edit menu Use it when you edit the contents of the configuration menus EpsonNet MacAssist Configuration Utility 83 Device menu m Configuration Configures the print server you have selected Launch Browser Starts EpsonNet WebAssist to configure the print server you have selected EpsonNet WebAssist is a utility that runs on a browser Refresh Updates to the latest information by searching for the available printers again Timeout Setting Set the timeout value between 3 and 99 seconds See Timeout on page 84 for more information Network Path Search Setting Select connections and protocols to use to search for a print server See Network path search setting on page 85 for more information Search Options Configures the options for a search with AppleT
56. server 238 EpsonNet WebManager EpsonNet WebManager and a Web browser running on different PCs Install EpsonNet WebManager in the server and install a Web browser in the client computers Run the Web browser on a client computer to access EpsonNet WebManager on the server Multi platform network administration is possible from Windows Macintosh and UNIX platforms through the browser EpsonNet WebManager server windows FUE Macintosh a i T_T Installing EpsonNet WebManager Follow the steps below to install EpsonNet WebManager 1 Insert the Software CD ROM in the CD ROM drive 2 The EPSON Installation Program screen opens automatically If the Installer dialog box does not appear double click SETUP EXE on the CD ROM 3 Select Install EpsonNet WebManager and then click 7 EpsonNet WebManager 239 4 Follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation Note d You do not need to install EpsonNet WebManager in the client computer Just announce the IP address or host name of the server to any clients who use EpsonNet WebManager from a client computer d To use the printer driver management function you need to select Custom and then select the check box during installation Starting EpsonNet WebManager Be sure that TCP IP is installed and the IP address or host name is set for the computer Register the host name in the hosts file in the Windows directory From the server
57. with this product For Windows Install EpsonNet WinAssist on your computer to configure the print server 36 How to Set Up the Print Server System requirements The following table lists the system requirements of EpsonNet WinAssist Operating systems Windows Me 98 95 Windows XP Professional Home Edition Windows 2000 Server Professional Windows NT 4 0 Server Workstation with Service Pack 5 0 or higher Hard disk drive space 10 MB Installing EpsonNet WinAssist Follow the steps below to install EpsonNet WinAssist Note If you add or delete protocols or services from your operating system after installing EpsonNet WinAssist EpsonNet WinAssist may not work correctly If this happens uninstall EpsonNet WinAssist and then install it again 1 Insert the Software CD ROM in the CD ROM drive 2 The EPSON Installation Program starts automatically If the Installer dialog box does not appear double click SETUP EXE on the CD ROM 3 Select Install EpsonNet WinAssist and then click 4 Follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation How to Set Up the Print Server 37 For Macintosh Install EpsonNet MacAssist on your Macintosh to configure the print server System requirements The following table lists the system requirements of EpsonNet MacAssist Operating systems Mac OS 10 x 9 x 8 x Models PowerPC Macintosh Hard disk drive space 10
58. x E i Host Name and Domain Name Settings Time Acquire the Host Name and Domain Name Disable Optional Antomatically Administrator Host Name Oooo Reset Pageword Domain Name Ty Register Network Interface nr Address toDNS Server 07 Register Network Interface x Select the method for acquiring the IP address When you select Auto DHCP becomes available and assigns an IP address automatically If you want to set the IP address manually select Manual Note 2 The network administrator must confirm any changes made to the IP address settings I When Auto is selected DHCP becomes available To use the DHCP server make sure it is installed on your computer and correctly configured See your operating system s online help for detailed instructions 202 EpsonNet WebAssist 1 If Set Using Automatic Private IP Addressing APIPA is enabled a private IP address is automatically assigned to the print server even when there are no DHCP servers on your system or your network QO Ifthe Dynamic DNS function is not supported we recommend that you select Manual and then enter an IP address This is because if you select Auto the IP address of the print server changes every time you turn on the printer so that you need to change the printer port setting accordingly To assign an IP address manually enter the IP address the subnet mask and the default gateway Be sure the IP address does not conflict with any other devic
59. your printer 2 Run EpsonNet WebAssist using one of the following ways 4 Run EpsonNet WinAssist or EpsonNet MacAssist Select the printer you want to configure from the list and then click Launch Browser 1 Open your browser and then type in the IP address of the print server directly Do not run EpsonNet WinAssist or MacAssist http IP address of print server Example http 192 168 100 201 Note on NetWare setting D From any NetWare client log in to the target NetWare server or NDS context with supervisor privileges D You cannot create a print server print queue or printer with EpsonNet WebAssist You must have created these objects before using EpsonNet WebAssist 3 Click TCP IP under Network on the Configuration menu to view the TCP IP setting screen EpsonNet WebAssist 201 Note If you want to configure a protocol other than TCP IP see Configuration Network Screens on page 223 FS EpsonNet Z WebAssi w ist Heme Emerit Help Abet WetAsriril Configuration Network g Printer TCPAP Renee caps 1 Ades Seine aa Method for Acquiring the IP ait Emulation Address IP Address Netwente Subnet Mask _ Default Gateway oS Metwock Set Using Automatic Private IEE IP Addressing Enable gt SNMP Tit APIPA Set Using PING Enable 2 Printer Emulation Acquire DNS Server a otedtocs AdariesAncenwticany ee I Network DNS Server Address NetWare TCeaP Apsis Taik Ma hietrork
60. 00 258 262 Subnet mask 42 48 203 T TCP IP 40 46 201 Timeout option 53 84 276 Index
61. 02 Installing the Printer Driver 2 Double click Add Printer and then click Next 3 Select the Network Printer radio button and then click Next 4 Click Browse and then select the network path from the list If you cannot browse enter the following in the Network path or queue name box NetBIOS name of print server Device name of print server Add Printer Wizard Type the network path or the queue name of your printer If you don t know its name click Browse to view available network printers Network path or queue name Browse Do you print from MS DOS based programs C Yes o No lt Back Cancel 5 The Add Printer wizard appears Click Next 6 See Installing a printer driver on page 103 to install the printer driver Installing a printer driver 1 Insert the Software CD ROM shipped with the printer 2 Close the EPSON Installation Program screen if it appears Installing the Printer Driver 103 Click the Have Disk button The Install From Disk dialog box appears Click Browse Select the CD ROM drive for Drives and then double click the folder named after your operating system Click OK Click OK in the Install From Disk dialog box Select the model name of the printer and then click Next Note If the Add Printer wizard prompts you to select either Keep existing driver or Replace existing driver be sure to select the Replace existing driver radio button
62. 2000 version 4 8 on client workstations Make sure they install NDPS 1 When you use the print server with Bindery either in the Print Server mode or the Remote Printer mode you need PCONSOLE EXE to create bindery objects such as Print Server and Print Queue objects Since PCONSOLE EXE does not come with NetWare 5 x 6 0 you need to get the file from Novell Outline of settings The followings are basic steps to use the print server with the NDPS printing system Detailed procedures are described in the subsequent sections 1 Install the EpsonNet NDPS Gateway 148 Settings for NetWare Server 2 Upload printer driver files to the NDPS RMS server 3 Create an NDPS Manager object in NetWare Administrator 4 Create a Printer Agent in NetWare Administrator 5 Configure the print server using EpsonNet WinAssist 6 Set the printer on the client workstations The environment to use the settings you make and the tools to use differ depending on the printer type and connection type you choose You can create an NDPS Manager and Printer Agent in NetWare Administrator or partially via the Server Console See the Novell online documentation for more details Installing EpsonNet NDPS Gateway on your NetWare server You can install the EpsonNet NDPS Gateway from the Software CD ROM Note Ifan older version of the EpsonNet NDPS Gateway is already installed be sure to unload the NDPS Manager before installing a new version of
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64. ADMIN 3 Run EpsonNet WinAssist from the Start menu See Setting an IP Address Using EpsonNet WinAssist on page 39 for details If the IP address of the printer is already assigned you can use EpsonNet WebAssist too See NetWare on page 223 for details Setting the printer on client workstations After configuring the print server set up the printer on client workstations Installing printers automatically 1 Run the Novell Printer Manager from Windows If you are running Windows Me 98 95 2000 NT run PUBLIC WIN32 NWPMW32 EXE 2 Inthe Novell Printer Manager dialog select New from the Printer menu Settings for NetWare Server 157 Click Add A list of available printers appears Select the printer you want and click Install The Novell Printers Install dialog appears You may modify the printer name that appears and select a pre defined configuration Click OK The printer driver for that printer model is installed automatically from the Resource Management Service Click Close The printer appears in the main Printer Manager window and is available for print jobs Installing printers manually 1 2 Install the printer driver Change the Ports on the printer s properties dialog box Specify the following objects for the port 1 For Public Access Printers The Printer Agent you have created in NDPS Public Access Printers under Entire Network 1 For Controlled Access Printer
65. ANNE geigi e ee nae meee eee crete E 124 NetBEUI printing siyos sg ie ore ee i ee he ees 128 Chapter 6 Settings for NetWare Server Introduction to NetWare Settings 0 cece ee eee 131 Supported systems xk ont Sod cat tiad Sos ts yl ped age 131 PDOUE MODS ssa She esis Beene Rakes Shed Bop SEA i 132 Instructions for Using NetWare 000 e eee rrena 133 Using Bindery Print Server NetWare 3 x 4 x 0005 134 Using NDS Print Server NetWare 4 x 5 x 6 0 005 135 Using Remote Printer Mode NetWare 3 x 00005 135 Using Bindery Remote Printer Mode NetWare 4 x 140 Using NDS Remote Printer Mode NetWare 4 x 5 x 6 0 142 Using the EpsonNet NDPS Gateway 00 000 ee eens 148 Outline f settings srecno biked Se hae wag eRe 148 Installing EpsonNet NDPS Gateway on your NetWare server 149 Uploading printer driver files to the RMS 150 Creating an NDPS Manager 0 eeeeeee 151 Creating a PrinterAgent o 4 caste WSs eee en oa eet ats 151 Configuring for NetWare using EpsonNet WinAssist 157 Setting the printer on client workstations 157 Instructions for Using a Dial Up Network 158 Using a dial up network in each mode 159 When there is a primary server at the dial up destination 159 When there is a primary server in the local network 161 Chapter 7 Settings for
66. Assist 199 Unix 1 Netscape Navigator version 4 05 or later About Web browser setting When running EpsonNet WebAssist be sure not to use a proxy server to access the Internet If the Access the Internet using a proxy server check box is selected you cannot use EpsonNet WebAssist Use the following steps to clear the Access the Internet using a proxy server check box 1 Right click the Internet Explorer icon on the desktop and then select Properties 2 Click the Connection tab 3 Clear the Access the Internet using a proxy server check box Configuring the Print Server Using EpsonNet WebAssist After you have assigned an IP address to the print server using EpsonNet WinAssist MacAssist or the arp ping command you can configure the print server using EpsonNet WebAssist Note D A web browser must be installed on your computer D TCP IP must be correctly set for the computer and the print server LY Do not run both EpsonNet WinAssist MacAssist and EpsonNet WebAssist at the same time I Your browser may restrict some characters you can use For details see your browser or OS documentation 200 EpsonNet WebAssist d If you are using the dial up environment and not using NetWare select Disable in the NetWare screen If Enable is selected the extra account might be charged when you are using the dial up router Follow the steps below to change the IP address using EpsonNet WebAssist 1 Turn on
67. Available only when s is selected as the AUX Config setting AUX I F Allows you to activate or deactivate the AUX interface when an optional interface card is installed Tips for Administrator 261 Buffer Size Determines the amount of memory to be used for receiving data and printing data If s selected more memory is allocated for receiving data If is selected more memory is allocated for printing data Note d To activate Buffer Size settings you must turn off the printer for more than five seconds then turn it back on Or you can perform a Reset All operation as explained in Reset Menu in the Reference Guide A Resetting the printer erases all print jobs Make sure the Ready light is not flashing when you reset the printer Setting an IP Address Using the arp ping Command If you are using UNIX or OS 2 you need to use the arp and ping command to set the IP address of the print server You can also use these commands with Windows Me 98 95 XP 2000 NT 4 0 if you have correctly installed TCP IP networking on these systems Note T Make sure that the Set using PING function is enabled on the TCP IP menu in EpsonNet WinAssist or EpsonNet WebAssist If this function is disabled you cannot set the IP address using the arp ping command A Make sure the print server and the computer are in the same segment Before you start you need the following information 262 Tips for Administrator
68. Category 5 shielded twisted pair cable to connect the print server to prevent malfunction T Donot connect or disconnect the network cable when the printer is on D Do not connect the print server and the computer directly Be sure to use a HUB to connect the print server to the network Note You can use both 10Base T and 100Base TX When you print a lot of data we recommend you use a high speed network of 100Base TX with a light network traffic How to Set Up the Print Server 35 3 Turn on your printer After the status lights go off print a network status sheet EA Caution After turning off the printer wait until the status lights go off before turning it back on otherwise the print server may not work correctly Note for Mac OS X 2 4 Since the printer supports Rendezvous and is on by default you can use the printer on a network just by connecting it to the network If you want to disable the Rendezvous setting use the printer s control panel See Setting an IP Address on the Printer s Control Panel on page 258 for details Now you can configure the print server for the network using EpsonNet WinAssist MacAssist Go to Installing EpsonNet WinAssist MacAssist on page 36 Installing EpsonNet WinAssist MacAssist You need to install EpsonNet WinAssist or MacAssist to configure the print server Note Be sure to use EpsonNet WinAssist MacAssist included on the Software CD ROM shipped
69. Click Finish and follow the on screen instructions to complete the setup When you print using Microsoft Network Shared printing in the Windows 2000 NT XP environment see Using the NET USE command on page 104 for more details Using the NET USE command If you are running Windows 2000 NT XP and using NetBIOS to connect to the printer we recommend that you use the NET USE command as follows 1 Right click the Network Neighborhood icon or My Network Places icon and then select Properties 2 Check that Client for Microsoft Networks is in the Components list If it is not installed click Add to install it 3 Run the command prompt and enter the following command 104 Installing the Printer Driver NET USE printer port NetBIOS name of print server Device name of print server Selecting the port 1 Click Start point to Settings and then select Printers 2 Right click the printer icon and select Properties 3 Click the Details tab and select the port you have set with the NET USE command Windows XP For Windows XP the printer driver installation procedure differs depending on the printing method you prefer LPR printing Note Ifyou are using EpsonNet Direct Print the setup procedure is different See About EpsonNet Direct Print on page 173 for details 1 Click Start click Control Panel click Printers and Other Hardware and then click Printers and Faxes 2 Under Printer Tasks click Add
70. Dynamic DNS and Universal Plug and Play functions 48 How to Set Up the Print Server Note The check boxes are dimmed if the print server does not support the function Oz Extended Settings B DNS Server Address Settings C Acquire DNS server address automatically DNS Server Addresses _ Host Name and Domain Name Setting C Acquire host name and domain name automatically Domain Name Register the network interface s address to DNS server Register directly to DNS server Universal Plug and Play Settings O Use Universal Plug and Play Device Name AL CXXXX xxxxxx 9 Select the Acquire DNS server address automatically check box if you want to acquire the DNS server address using the DHCP server If you want to enter the DNS server address manually click the Add button and then enter the IP address of the DNS server Click OK 10 Select the Acquire host name and domain name automatically check box if you want to acquire the host name and the domain name using the DHCP server If you want to specify manually enter the host name and the domain name in the text boxes How to Set Up the Print Server 49 11 12 13 14 15 Select the Register the network interface s address to DNS server check box if you want to register the host name and domain name to the DNS server thro
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72. If you are required to install the printer driver see Installing the printer driver on page 181 Installing the printer driver Install the printer driver which comes with your printer 1 2 Insert the Software CD ROM shipped with the printer Close the EPSON Installation Program screen if it appears Click the Have Disk button The Install From Disk dialog box appears EpsonNet Direct Print 181 4 Click Browse 5 Select the CD ROM drive for Drives and double click the appropriate folder for your operating system Click OK 6 Click OK in the Install From Disk dialog box 7 Select the model name of the printer and click Next Note If the Add Printer wizard asks you to select either Keep existing driver or Replace existing driver be sure to select the Replace existing driver radio button 8 Click Finish and follow the on screen instructions to complete setup Configuring the Printer Port Follow the steps in the appropriate section below to configure the printer port The printing speed will differ depending on the selections that you make Windows Me 98 95 NT 4 0 1 Click Start point to Settings and then select Printers 2 Right click the target printer and click Properties 3 Windows Me 98 95 Click the Details tab and then Port Settings The EPSON LPR Port dialog box appears Note If the message There is nothing to configure for this port appears when you click Port Settings
73. MB Installing EpsonNet MacAssist Follow the steps below to install EpsonNet MacAssist 1 2 Insert the Software CD ROM in the CD ROM drive Mac OS 8 x to 9 x Double click the EPSON icon in the EPSON folder Mac OS X Double click the Mac OS X folder in the EPSON folder and then double click the EPSON icon Note When the authentication dialog box to assign administrator rights appears enter the user name and password and then click OK The EPSON Installation Program starts automatically Select Install EpsonNet MacAssist and then click gt Follow the on screen instructions to install the software Restart your computer 38 How to Set Up the Print Server Mac OS 8 x to 9 x The MacAssistxxx folder which contains the EpsonNet MacAssist icon and the EpsonNet MacAssist EasySetup icon is created in the Applications folder Mac OS X The EpsonNet MacAssist OSX x xx folder which contains the EpsonNet MacAssist for OS X icon and the EpsonNetMacAssistOSXEasySet icon is created in the Applications folder Setting an IP Address Using EpsonNet WinAssist This section explains how to use EpsonNet WinAssist to configure the print server Note m m m m Check that the necessary protocols are installed on your computer Make sure the printer is turned on The computer to use for the following steps must be in the same segment as the print server The sample screens are
74. Net Internet Print 1 1bE Enter Printer URI Enter the target printer s URI up to 127 characters The URI you set here must be the same as the IPP URL you set for the IPP configuration in EpsonNet WinAssist WebAssist Do not use the following characters lt gt gt Format http IP address of printer 631 printer name Example http 192 168 100 201 631 EPSON_IPP_Printer Use Proxy When using a proxy server select this box and enter the Proxy Server Name and Port Number All communication is done via the proxy server Enter Proxy Server Name Enter the proxy server name or the IP address of the proxy server up to 256 characters Do not use the following characters lt gt gt EpsonNet Internet Print 195 Port Number Enter the port number of the proxy server from 0 to 65535 Get Printer Attributes When you select this box and click OK EpsonNet Internet Print communicates with the printer and acquires information so it may take a few minutes before a message appears This setting is available only when creating a port Get status every 20 sec Select this box when you want to receive printer status updates at regular intervals every 5 seconds during printing and every 20 seconds when idle If you select this box a message will appear if an error occurs during printing You canalso check the printer status by double clicking the printer icon OK button Saves the settings Canc
75. Note m The form name must use only the characters shown below A Z a z 0 9 and _ I Monochrome form overlay data created on a monochrome printer or printer in the black mode is not displayed 1 Prepare the form overlay data to register on the local PC Hard Disk Drive 2 Log in to Windows XP 2000 NT 4 0 as an administrator 3 Windows 2000 NT 4 0 Click Start point to Settings and then click Printers Windows XP Click Start point to Control Panel and then double click the Printers and Faxes icon 4 Right click the EPSON AL CXXXX Advanced icon and then click Properties 5 Click the Optional Settings tab 6 Click Register The Register to HDD dialog box appears 7 Select the form name from the Form Names list and then click Register 266 Tips for Administrator Note Only form names that can be registered appear on the Form Name list Register to HDD J x Form Names Detail Form Data 1 Paper Size 44 210 x 297 mm Orientation Portrait Update 2001 10 23 Color Color Resolution 300dpi Print Mode High Quality Zoom Rate 100 Output Paper 44 210 297 mm Print Layout Only registrable names appear Select All Print List 8 If you plan to distribute the form list to the clients click Print List to print the list 9 Click Back to close the Register to HDD dialog box 10 Click OK to close the window Printing with HDD form overlay data All Windows users can use
76. PP See About EpsonNet MacAssist 1 EpsonNet WebAssist is a web based configuration utility that allows you to configure the print server for TCP IP NetWare MS Network AppleTalk IPP and SNMP You can start EpsonNet WebAssist from EpsonNet WinAssist or MacAssist or by typing the IP address of the print server as the URL in your browser See About EpsonNet WebAssist 16 1 EpsonNet NDPS Gateway is a gateway software that you can use to print and monitor the printer status of the EPSON printer in the NDPS Novell Distributed Print Services environment of NetWare See Using the EpsonNet NDPS Gateway Q EpsonNet Direct Print is a utility that enables TCP IP printing for Windows Me 98 95 XP 2000 NT 4 0 Windows XP 2000 NT 4 0 also support OS standard LPR printing See About EpsonNet Direct Print 1 EpsonNet Internet Print is a utility that supports printing across the Internet using Internet Printing Protocol for Windows 98 95 NT 4 0 See About EpsonNet Internet Print 1 EpsonNet WebManager is a web based utility that helps network administrators to easily manage network devices See About EpsonNet WebManager Terms and Concepts Configuration a prepared set of conditions for proper operation of a device Configuring the print server is to prepare it to work with protocols available on a network DHCP a dynamic host configuration protocol It is a protocol that assigns dynam
77. PX SPX compatible protocol Clear the items related to IPX to unbind IPX WinAssist dialog box The printers on the IPX network do not appear in the EpsonNet Cause What to do The printer is turned off Turn on the printer The printer is not in the same segment as the computer where you installed EpsonNet WinAssist To search for print servers in other segments use Search Options of EpsonNet WinAssist You have not logged in to the target NetWare server with supervisor privileges From the computer on which EpsonNet WinAssist is installed log in to the target NetWare server with supervisor privileges Printing a Network Status Sheet Before you start configuring the print server be sure to print a network status sheet that contains important information such as the current configuration and the MAC address of the print server To print a network status sheet follow the steps below 1 Press the Enter Up Down or Back buttons on the printer s control panel once to enter the ean a mode The LCD panel displays 250 Troubleshooting 2 Press the Enter button 3 Press the Down button until H on the LCD panel t appears 4 Finally press the Enter button to print a network status sheet Note D You cannot print a status sheet in the following cases the printer has started printing it is offline or it is not ready to print I See the Reference Guide
78. Printer Driver When you print using Microsoft Network Shared printing in the Windows 2000 NT XP environment see Using the NET USE command on page 117 for more details Using the NET USE command If you are running Windows 2000 NT XP and using NetBIOS to connect to the printer we recommend that you use the NET USE command as follows 1 Right click the My Network Places icon and then select Properties 2 Right click the Local Area Connections icon and then select Properties 3 Check that Client for Microsoft Networks is in the Components list If it is not installed click Install to install it 4 Run the command prompt and enter the following command NET USE printer port NetBIOS name of print server Device name of print server Selecting the port 1 Click Start point to Settings and then select Printers 2 Right click the printer icon and then select Properties 3 Click the Ports tab and then select the port you have set with the NET USE command Installing the Printer Driver 117 Windows NT 4 0 For Windows NT 4 0 the printer driver installation procedure differs depending on the printing method you prefer LPR printing Note Ifyou are using EpsonNet Direct Print the setup procedure is different See About EpsonNet Direct Print on page 173 for details 1 2 Click Start point to Settings and then select Printers Double click the Add Printers icon Select the My Computer r
79. SNMP Note m Be sure to use EpsonNet WinAssist included on the Software CD ROM shipped with this product EpsonNet WinAssist installed on Windows XP does not support NetBEUI as a search protocol because officially the NetBEUI protocol is not supported on Windows XP To set the IP address for OS 2 and UNIX use the arp and ping commands For more information see Setting an IP Address Using the arp ping Command on page 262 If you are using the printer in a dial up environment not running NetWare clear the Use NetWare check box on the NetWare screen If this check box is selected the extra account may be charged when you use the dial up router When configuring the print server for NetWare use the IPX protocol and log in to the NetWare server or the NDS context with supervisor privileges When you configure the print server for NetWare 5 x you must log in to the NetWare server using an IPX connection If you log in to the NetWare server using an IP connection the NetWare screen and the IPX trap setting of SNMP are not available EpsonNet WinAssist Configuration Utility 51 Menu Bar EpsonNet WinAssist provides the following menus and sub menus Device menu O Configuration Configures the print server you have selected I Launch Browser Starts EpsonNet WebAssist to configure the print server you have selected EpsonNet WebAssist is a utility that runs ona browser T Quit Quits EpsonNet WinAssi
80. X NetBEUI Add Remove Properties Primary Network Logon Client for Microsoft Networks Eile and Print Sharing Description TCP IP is the protocol you use to connect to the Internet and wide area networks The following table lists the components required for configuring the print server with EpsonNet WinAssist EpsonNet WinAssist s setting screens Necessary components TCP IP AppleTalk IPP SNMP IP trap TCP IP MS Network NetBEUI or TCP IP NetWare SNMP IPX trap Latest Novell Client downloaded from the Novell Web site 22 Installing Components on Your Computer Note Do not use Novell Client for Windows 95 98 version 3 00 and Novell Client for Windows NT version 4 50 when using the following modes NetWare 3 x 4 x Bindery Print Server mode NetWare 3 x Remote Printer mode NetWare 4 x Bindery Remote Printer mode and NetWare 4 x 5 x NDS Remote Printer mode The following table lists the components required for network printing Printing method Necessary components LPR or Internet printing TCP IP Microsoft Network Shared TCP IP or NetBEUI printing Client for Microsoft Networks Printing via NetWare server Latest Novell Client downloaded from the Novell Web site If the necessary components are not in the list click Add to install them as described below For LPR or Internet printing Select Protocol and then click Add
81. address is set by the ping command the subnet mask is automatically changed by the class of the IP address To change the subnet mask and the default gateway according to your network environment use EpsonNet WinAssist on Windows operating systems or EpsonNet MacAssist in Macintosh Using HDD Form Overlay Windows This function enables faster printing with form overlay data Windows users can use form overlay data registered on the optional hard disk drive installed in the printer However only an administrator can register or delete the form overlay data You can access this function from the Form Selection dialog box in the printer driver Note m m This function is not available when the Color setting is set to Black in the printer driver s Basic Settings menu This function is not available if the optional hard disk drive is not installed Use this function by entering the registered form name after printing the Print List If the document s resolution paper size or paper orientation settings are different from the form overlay data that you use you cannot print the document with the form overlay data This function is available in the ESC Page Color mode Tips for Administrator 265 Register the form overlay data on the hard disk drive Only a network administrator using Windows XP 2000 NT 4 0 is allowed to register the form overlay data on the optional hard disk drive using the following steps
82. adio button and then click Next Click Add Port in the Add Printer wizard dialog box Select LPR Port from the Available Printer Port list and then click New Port Note You cannot use the Lexmark TCP IP Network Port with this print server Enter the IP address of the print server in the first text box and the printer name in the second text box Click OK Add LPR compatible printer x Name or address of server providing Ipd ARK RK RRK REX Cancel Name of printer or print queue on that server Cancel Help In the Printer Ports dialog box click Close 118 Installing the Printer Driver 8 Inthe Add Printer Wizard dialog box click Next 9 See Installing a printer driver on page 120 to install the printer driver Internet printing Internet printing is possible by using the EpsonNet Internet Print utility included on the Software CD ROM First install EpsonNet Internet Print Then install the printer driver and set the printer port See About EpsonNet Internet Print on page 187 for more details Microsoft Network Shared printing 1 2 Click Start point to Settings and then select Printers Double click Add Printer Select the Network printer server radio button and then click Next The Connect to Printer dialog box appears Select the printer you want to configure from the Shared Printers list If you cannot select the printer enter the following in the Printer box NetBIOS
83. alk or IP See Search options on page 85 for more information Timeout Set the length of time before a timeout occurs between 3 and 99 seconds The default value is 5 seconds A communication error occurs if this time is exceeded If you set a larger value it takes more time to search for the network printers Therefore change this value only if you prefer 84 EpsonNet MacAssist Configuration Utility Select Refresh from the Device menu or restart EpsonNet MacAssist for the settings to take effect O Timeout Setting H Timeout E 3 to 99 seconds Network path search setting You can select the connection and protocols to use to search for a print server You can either use all the connection and protocols such as AppleTalk IP or USB or select the favorable ones Select Refresh from the Device menu or restart EpsonNet MacAssist for the settings to take effect O network Path Search Setting H Search Setting Search the following AppleTalk paths IP MUSE Corna Search options Search options AppleTalk To search for the print servers in other zones set the specific zones in this option EpsonNet MacAssist Configuration Utility 85 Select the Use this method to select search zones check box to search for a print server in a specific zone Clear the check box if the print server is in the same zone this saves time in searching The zones obtained
84. ame Leave it blank or enter two or more characters of the domain name supported by Dynamic DNS The total number of characters of the host name and the domain name must not exceed 251 Register the network interface s address to DNS server Select this check box if you want to register the host name and the domain name to the DNS server through the DHCP server that supports Dynamic DNS Register directly to DNS server Select this check box if you want to register the host name and the domain name directly on the DNS server Use Universal Plug and Play Enables or disables Universal Plug and Play It is dimmed if this function is not supported Device Name Enter the device name for Universal Plug and Play between 2 and 63 characters NetWare To use the printer in the NetWare environment configure the print server for NetWare You can configure the print server in either the Print Server mode or the Remote Printer mode EpsonNet WinAssist Configuration Utility 63 Note D When you are not using NetWare be sure to select the Standby mode LI Log in to the NetWare server or the NDS context with supervisor privileges D You cannot assign the print queue if you have not logged in to the bindery or NDS in the same mode you have selected for Mode Print Server mode To use the printer in the Print Server mode configure the print server using the following screen 64 EpsonNet W
85. any unnecessary addresses from the Search Addresses list to prevent charges for any extra accounts Search Options IPX x Search with IP Search Addresses Cancel Item Explanation Search specified The display time can be reduced by selecting this check addresses box and choosing the target networks any unnecessary or unwanted information is then not obtained Network Address List Displays all current network addresses Search Addresses Displays the network address to be searched Add button Select an address in Network Address List and then click Add to add the address to Search Addresses up to 256 address Remove button Removes the selected address from the Search Addresses list EpsonNet WinAssist Configuration Utility 57 Firmware update You can update the firmware and EpsonNet WebAssist Since the firmware update function is for the support purpose usually you do not need to use this function See the EpsonNet WinAssist online help for detailed information Details of the Configuration Dialog Box Information The Information menu shows the various print server parameters as described below Network Interface Card Properties Information TCP IP Netware MS Network AppleTalk iPP SNMP Network Card Information MAC Address 1 20000000000 Hardware Version KIO Software Version 1 OOK Model Name gt AL DOS Location Return to Default P
86. ar intervals every 5 seconds during printing and every 20 seconds when idle If you select this box a message will appear if an error occurs during printing You can also check the printer status by double clicking the printer icon OK button Saves the settings Cancel button Cancels any changes Note 0 The settings you make above can be changed from the printer driver In the printer Properties dialog box click the Details tab and click the Port Settings button to change the settings A Be aware that when connecting to the Internet using a dial up router and selecting the Get status every 20 sec check box you may be charged for the extra line connection T When you check the Get Printer Attributes check box and click OK an error message may appear Be sure that the printer power is on and the printer is correctly connected on the network EpsonNet Internet Print 191 A If the printer power is off or there is a problem on the network the Get status every 20 sec check box is automatically cleared If this happens make sure that the printer power is on and the printer is correctly connected on the network and then select the Get status every 20 sec check box again 5 Click OK to save settings 6 When a message appears saying the settings are correctly configured click OK to start the Add Printer Wizard Click Next Note Tf you click Cancel and then later want to add the printer start the Add Printer Wizard a
87. ath Information Search Path TCP IP NetBEUI Cancel Help 58 EpsonNet WinAssist Configuration Utility Parameters Explanations MAC Address Unique hardware address of the print server You can check the MAC address on a status sheet Hardware Version Hardware version of the print server Software Version Software version of the print server Model Name Product name of the printer attached to the print server Location Enter the location of the print server Return to Default button Reverts to the factory default settings Search Path Protocol used to search for the print server OK Updates the settings Cancel Cancels any changes Help Accesses help EpsonNet WinAssist Configuration Utility 59 TCP IP To use the printer in the TCP IP environment configure the print server using the following screen Network Interface Card Properties x Infomation TCP IP Netware MS Network AppleTalk IPP SNMP r Method for specifying the IP address IV Set using Automatic Private IP Addressing APIPA C Bo C RARP C Manual T Set using PING IP Address Setting IP Address Subnet Mask 8 25 5 es fpo gt p p E E Extended Settings Default Gateway Cancel Help Items Explanations 60 EpsonNet WinAssist Configuration Utility Method for specifying the Select a method for specifying an IP address
88. automatically to the print server even if there is no DHCP server on the network Supports the Dynamic DNS function Supports SNMP and MIB Supports SNTP Simple Network Time Protocol Supports Rendezvous on Mac OS X 2 4 or higher Print Server Operation Status lights The indicator lights one green and one orange provide you with important information on the operations of the print server The green light is a data transmission light that flashes when the host interface receives data 15 The orange light indicates whether the print server is connected to 10Base T or 100Base TX The light is on when the connection is 100Base TX or off when the connection is 10Base T Note See the Reference Guide for the locations of the lights Network connector RJ 45 connector This connector is used to connect an Ethernet cable to a network You can use this cable for both 10Base T and 100Base TX Caution You must use a Category 5 shielded twisted pair cable to connect the print server to a network to prevent malfunctions About the Software 1 EpsonNet WinAssist is a Windows based configuration utility for administrators that allows you to configure the print server for TCP IP NetWare MS Network AppleTalk IPP and SNMP See About EpsonNet WinAssist 1 EpsonNet MacAssist is a Macintosh based configuration utility for administrators that allows you to configure the print server for TCP IP AppleTalk and I
89. ccess printer or controlled access printer Settings for NetWare Server 153 2 Create a public access printer If you want to create a controlled access printer go to step 3 In NetWare Administrator double click the NDPS Manager you have created Click Printer Agent List and then click New Type the Printer Agent name and then select EpsonNet NDPS Gateway Configuration for the Gateway Type Click OK Then go to step 4 Note on using the Adobe PostScript 3 Kit When you create two Printer Agents for the same printer be sure to use names related to the printer driver type so you can tell which Printer Agent is associated with the PostScript or the ESC Page printer driver 3 Create a controlled access printer In NetWare Administrator select the Directory context icon Select Create from the Object menu and then select NDPS Printer Type the Printer Agent name and then select Create a new Printer Agent and then click Create Select the NDPS Manager you have created and then select EpsonNet NDPS Gateway Configuration for the Gateway Type Click OK Note on using the Adobe PostScript 3 Kit When you create two Printer Agents for the same printer be sure to use names related to the printer driver type so you can tell which Printer Agent is associated with the PostScript or the ESC Page printer driver 4 Select one of the following port handler type Select Remote LPR on IP if you want to use the printer in IP network
90. cify whether printing starts from the front or back side of the page This setting is available only when the Duplex Unit is installed Set button Saves any changes Refresh button Clears any changes and reloads the previous settings Configuration Menu Items Explanations Menu Selection Select Configuration RITech Select whether to adjust the RITech setting RIT produces smoother and crisper lines text and graphics 214 EpsonNet WebAssist Toner Save Select whether to save toner When on the printer consumes less toner but print quality is reduced Top Offset Enter a value to adjust the printing start position from the top on the paper Left Offset Enter a value to adjust the printing start position from the left on the paper Top Offset B Enter a value to adjust the vertical printing position on the back side when printing on both sides Available only when the Duplex Unit is installed Left Offset B Enter a value to adjust the horizontal printing position on the back side when printing on both sides Available only when the Duplex Unit is installed Size Ignore Select whether a paper size error is ignored Auto Continue Select whether to permit the printer to automatically continue printing after a certain period of time when one of the following error occurs paper set print overrun or insufficient memory error
91. d so be sure to remember which Printer Agent is associated with the PostScript or ESC Page printer driver a If the NetWare server is bound with only IP protocol only one LPR Printer Agent is created You need to create one more LPR Printer Agent manually Be sure to select Remote LPR on IP for the port handler type and set a unique Printer Agent name so you can tell which Printer Agent is associated with the PostScript or the ESC Page printer driver C1 If the NetWare server is bound with only IPX protocol only one IPX Printer Agent is created In this case you cannot create another IPX Printer Agent manually To avoid this be sure to bind both the IP and IPX protocols to the NetWare server first Creating a Printer Agent manually You can create Printer Agents either public access printers or controlled access printers The way to create a Printer Agent differs depending on the printer type you choose Note on using the Adobe PostScript 3 Kit If you want to use a printer as a PostScript and ESC Page printer and want to install the printer driver automatically to the client computer you must create two Printer Agents one for the PostScript printer driver and the other for the ESC Page printer driver If you create one with Remote rprinter on IPX create the other with Remote LPR on IP You can create two LPR Printer Agents but cannot create two IPX Printer Agents for the same printer 1 Selecta printer type either public a
92. d text box Enter a value of 1 or greater in the Maximum number of LPD ports box f2 TCP IP Configuration Z u Configure Printing Services J 3 o Network Routing Remote print server xxx xx Xxx Xxx are a Hostnames Autostart T Remote print server s printer AL CXXXX General Security i at Maximum number of LPD ports 8 Servers 3 Socks a Printing T tado Default Help Mail JE Sendmail SS ay Click the Autostart tab Installing the Printer Driver 125 5 Select lprportd from the Services to autostart list Check the Autostart service check box and select the Detached radio button f2 TCP IP Configuration 5 Configure Automatic Starting Of Services ae Services to autostart Autostart Options l a _ M Autostart service Network E inetd super server daemon RU T Detached Hostmames P Autostart 5 Foreground session d 5 General Minimized san ae Security a Parameters Savers 3 fsendmail eee J J 3 talkd gt Socks T Undo Default Help Mail T E J Sendmail 6 Save the settings you made in the TCP IP Configuration dialog box and restart your computer Setting up your printer 1 Double click Template from the OS 2 System folder 2 Drag Printer to your desktop to create a printer 3 Double click the Printer icon 126 Installin
93. e CD ROM First install EpsonNet Direct Print Then install the printer driver See About EpsonNet Direct Print on page 173 for more details Internet printing Windows 98 95 Internet printing is possible by using the EpsonNet Internet Print utility included on the Software CD ROM First install EpsonNet Internet Print Then install the printer driver and set the printer port See About EpsonNet Internet Print on page 187 for more details Installing the Printer Driver 101 Internet printing Windows Me Installing the IPP client The IPP client must be installed on your computer Follow the steps below to install it 1 2 Insert the Windows Me CD ROM Select the add ons folder and then select the IPP folder Double click wpnpins exe Then follow the on screen instructions Click OK to restart your computer Setting up the printer Connect your computer to a printer through IPP 1 2 Click Start point to Settings and then select Printers Double click Add Printer and then click Next Select the Network Printer radio button and then click Next Type the URL of the printer and then click Next http IP address of print server 631 printer name Example http 192 168 100 201 631 EPSON_IPP_Printer See Installing a printer driver on page 103 to install the printer driver Microsoft Network Shared printing 1 Click Start point to Settings and then select Printers 1
94. e computer after installation is complete 188 EpsonNet Internet Print Setting Up Your Printer Using EpsonNet Internet Print EpsonNet Internet Print supports printing across the Internet using Internet Printing Protocol Follow the steps below to set up the printer Note Before following the steps below you must make the appropriate IPP settings in EpsonNet WinAssist WebAssist See IPP on page 73 or IPP on page 227 for instructions on setting up IPP In the steps below you will be asked for the IPP URL you set in the IPP setting screen in EpsonNet WinAssist WebAssist Windows 98 95 1 Make sure that TCP IP is correctly installed and setup in the computer and a valid IP address is set for the computer and printer 2 Make sure that the IPP settings in EpsonNet WinAssist or EpsonNet WebAssist are correct See IPP on page 73 or IPP on page 227 for instructions on settings for IPP 3 To start EpsonNet Internet Print click Start point to Programs and then EpsonNet Internet Print then click Add EpsonNet Internet Print Port EpsonNet Internet Print 189 4 The following screen appears The address you set here becomes the port for Internet printing Make the settings described below EpsonNet Internet Print x OK i EA Internet Print Cancel I Get Printer Attributes I Get status every 20 sec Enter Printer URI e g http www epson com 631 printer http I Use Proxy
95. e router Network Address Enter the network address valid range 0 to 255 of the print server you want to find Enter 0 for the local address Subnet Mask Enter the subnet mask of the IP address List box Displays network addresses and subnet masks that have been registered Add button Registers a network address up to 20 addresses Do not add the network address if it is in the same segment Remove button Removes a network address and its subnet mask from the List box EpsonNet WinAssist Configuration Utility 55 Note d If you try to add an incorrect network address the The network address XXX XXX XXX XXX that you entered will be added to the listas XXX XXX XXX X Add this address message appears Check the correct network address and then click OK to add it d Ifyou try to add the same network address the This network address has already been registered message appears which indicates this address cannot be added Search Options IPX When you manage the print server with IPX NetWare and when you want to configure the print server outside of the local network set the network address of the print server Select Refresh from the View menu or restart EpsonNet WinAssist for the settings to take effect Note 1 To use this option you need to log in to the NetWare server as a supervisor 56 EpsonNet WinAssist Configuration Utility d When using a dial up network delete
96. e settings to take effect o IP Search Option i Use the search option Subnet Mask Co E Network Address Subnet Mask anid Aga E Note d If you try to add an incorrect network address the The network address XXX XXX XXX XXX that you entered will be added to the listas XXX XXX XXX X Add this address message appears Check the correct network address and then click OK to add it d Ifyou try to add the same network address the This network address has already been registered message appears which indicates this address cannot be added EpsonNet MacAssist Configuration Utility 87 Details of the Configuration Dialog Box Information The Information menu shows the various print server parameters as described below Oo Network Card Properties B _ information TCP IP AppleTalk IPP Network Card Information MAC Address ROOK Hardware Version XXX Software Version RAK Model Name AL DOO Return to Default Path Information Search Path AppleTalk IP ol Cancel OK Parameters Explanations MAC Address Unique hardware address of the print server You can check the MAC address on a status sheet Hardware Version Hardware version of the print server Software Version Software version of the print server Model Name Product name of the printer attached to the print server 88 EpsonNet MacAssist Conf
97. e the URL of the computer to your clients When they access the URL the printer driver stored on the computer is automatically installed on their computers EpsonNet NDPS Gateway EpsonNet NDPS Gateway is a gateway software that you can use to print and monitor the printer status of the EPSON printer in the NDPS Novell Distributed Print Services environment of NetWare Use the Setup tool of EpsonNet NDPS Gateway to upload the printer driver to Resource Management Service RMS When the printer driver is installed in RMS it is automatically installed on the workstations This function can be used with Windows Me 98 95 2000 NT 4 0 Instructions on Using a Dial Up Router This section describes instructions on using a dial up router If DHCP is used to assign an IP address of the printer and the Dynamic DNS function is not supported you need to change the printer port setting every time you turn on the printer Therefore we recommend that you set a valid IP address for the print server by using the one of the following methods 1 Set the IP address for the print server manually Use EpsonNet WinAssist or MacAssist See TCP IP on page 60 or TCP IP on page 89 Tips for Administrator 271 D Specify the print server by using the bind of DHCP function LI Set the exclusive address of the DHCP function Note T Use NetBEUI printing if you do not want to go through these steps I See the manual of the Dial Up
98. e unless the number of users exceeds the limit Features of these modes are described below Print Server mode NDS Bindery Print Server m m m m High speed printing with direct printing Uses the NetWare user account Can connect up to 8 file servers simultaneously Can register up to 32 print queues Remote Printer mode m m m A NetWare user account is not required A print server is needed to control the remote printer Can attach up to 16 printers for NetWare 3 x and up to 255 for NetWare 4 x or later Note When you turn on the printer the user account is temporarily accessed in the Remote Printer mode If there is no user account available turn on the printer before connecting the client to the network Standby mode factory default mode The Standby mode is the default mode This mode disables all NetWare related functions Use the Standby mode when you are not using the print server in a NetWare environment 132 Settings for NetWare Server Instructions for Using NetWare Printing a text file When you print a text file using the NPRINT command of NetWare or DOS redirection misconversion or a gap in characters may occur depending on the client environment IPX routing protocol NLSP It is possible to set the IPX routing protocol NLSP from NetWare 4 x or later however the print server does not support NLSP RIP SAP controls the communication You can
99. ear this check box Set using Automatic Private IP Addressing APIPA Assigns a private IP address automatically even there is no DHCP server on your network It is dimmed if this function is not supported IP Address Enter an IP address for the print server Be sure that the IP address is unique and does not conflict with any other device on the network Subnet Mask Enter the subnet mask of the IP address Default Gateway Enter the gateway address If there is a server or a router that functions as a gateway enter the IP address of the server or the router If there is no gateway leave the default values Extended Settings Click this button for extended settings such as Dynamic DNS and Universal Plug and Play If both functions are not supported this button is dimmed 90 EpsonNet MacAssist Configuration Utility Extended Settings dialog box When you click the Extended Settings button on the TCP IP menu the following dialog box appears Hz Extended Settings B DNS Server Address Settings O Acquire DNS server address automatically DNS Server Addresses Host Name and Domain Name Setting O Acquire host name and domain name automatically ane AL OXXK 100000 Domain Name O Register the network interface s address to DNS server CI Register directly to DNS server Universal Plug and Play Settings
100. ect the queue you created in step 5 and click OK Click Configuration and select Other Unknown for the Printer type list box and click OK E Printer EPL C9200 x Configuration EN Identification Printer type nunicatior Banner type Text v Assignments Service interval JE Buffer size in KB JEE Starting form 0 Notification Configuration Network address restriction Features Set Service mode for forms Minimize form changes within print queues bA See Also Cancel Page Options Help Settings for NetWare Server 145 10 Double click the Print Server Object icon in the NetWare Administrator screen Administrator Object View Options Tools Window Help eS sajas e E El sak aaa CPKOWA H28 EVERYONE Hag PRIFNW E MAXNW411 MAXNW411_SYS fF EPL C8200 amp EPL C8200 PS Tree EPKOWA Admin epkowa 11 Inthe Print Server dialog box that appears click Assignments and then click Add EY Print Server EPL I Assignments Identification Printers _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ D EPL C8200 PRIFNW epkowa 0 Users Operator Auditing Log Print Layout Km w Cx Cancel Page Options Help 146 Settings for NetWare Server 12 From the printer object list select the printer object you want to assign and click OK 13 Go back to the screen in step 11 and click the Printer N
101. el button Cancels any changes Note A The settings can be changed after setting up the printer In the printer Properties dialog box click the Ports tab and click the Configure Port button to change the settings A Be aware that if you connect to the Internet using a dial up router and select the Get status every 20 sec check box you may be charged for the extra line connection T When you select the Get Printer Attributes check box and click OK an error message may appear Be sure that the printer power is on and the printer is connected to the network 196 EpsonNet Internet Print Q Ifthe printer power is off or there is a problem in the network the Get status every 20 sec check box is automatically cleared If this happens make sure that the printer power is on and the printer is correctly connected on the network and then select the Get status every 20 sec check box again 8 Click OK to save the settings 9 Select the printer driver and follow the on screen instructions to install the printer driver Note When you are using EPSON Status Monitor 3 and printing from EpsonNet Internet Print the message A communication error has occurred appears To clear this message right click the printer icon select Document Defaults and select the Utility tab Then select the Monitor the Printing Status check box Status Alert Window The EpsonNet Internet Print utility updates the status of the IPP printer i
102. ems Explanations Use Rendezvous Select either Enable or Disable to use Rendezvous AppleTalk Items Explanations Use AppleTalk Enable or Disable AppleTalk Printer Name Enter the name of the printer attached to the print server up to 32 characters Zone Name Enter the network zone name up to 32 characters To have the zone selected automatically select Auto for the Network Number Set and enter an asterisk in this text box Entity Type Displays the printer s entity type Do not change the entity type unless epson appears If epson appears enter an entity type to match your printer Network Number Set Select Auto or Manual Usually Auto is recommended 226 EpsonNet WebAssist Network Number for Manual Enter the network number when you select to set Mode the Network Number manually MS Network Items Explanations Use Microsoft Network Shared Printing Enable or Disable Microsoft network Print Server Name Enter the print server name which is the name of a computer on the network up to 15 characters Be sure to give anamethatis unique on the network Workgroup Name Enter the workgroup name or domain name up to 15 characters Share Name Enter the printer s shared name up to 12 characters LPT1 LPT2 or LPT3 or COM cannot be used IPP You must make t
103. er There is no problem since this dial up only occurs at startup A When the print server is not correctly set Settings for NetWare Server 159 A dial up is generated because access is made to a local file server first and then to a primary server This dial up is repeated at intervals of approximately 5 minutes Make the print server settings correctly to avoid this problem m During normal operation standby An SPX Watchdog packet is sent according to the NetWare protocol convention Use a router with a vicarious response function to avoid a dial up 0 During normal operation printing A dial up is generated while the printing data is being transferred This is not a problem because it is a dial up specific to the dial up network 1 When the primary server is down during operation A dial up is generated because a connection to the primary server is attempted periodically Since this is attributable to the automatic re connection function turn off the printer once 1 When the file server on the local network is down When there is no file server on the local network NetWare cannot be used on the local network In this case the NetWare protocol for the print server is also not available No dial up is generated under this condition When the file server on the local network is restored the print server is also automatically restored 160 Settings for NetWare Server For local networks with no file server
104. er the name ofthe printer s physical location up to 64 characters 74 EpsonNet WinAssist Configuration Utility SNMP You can use the SNMP menu to set the SNMP information Network Interface Card Properties x Information TCP IP Netware MS Network AppleTalk IPP SNMP Community Read Only public Read Write Fa I Enable IP Trapt I Enable IPX Trap1 Address Address Community Community T Enable IP Trap2 T Enable IPX Trap2 Address Address a els a at E Dera Community Community EE Cancel Help Items Explanations Read Only The word public always appears Read Write Enter the Read Write community name up to 32 characters Enable IP Trap 1 or and 2 Enable or Disable IP trap 1 2 or both Address Enter the IP address of the server to which the trap is transmitted Community Enter the community name up to 32 characters Enable IPX Trap 1 or and 2 Enable or Disable IPX trap 1 2 or both EpsonNet WinAssist Configuration Utility 75 Address Enter Network Address and Node Number MAC Address of the server to which the trap is transmitted Format Network Address Node Number Suppose Network Address is A7EOOBBO hexadecimal and Node Number is 000048930000 hexadecimal In this case the address is A7EO0BB0 000048930000 Community Enter the community name up to 32 characters
105. erver address set here is used Host Name and Domain Name Settings Items Explanations Acquire Host Name and Domain Name Automatically Select either Enable or Disable to acquire the host name and domain name from the DHCP server Host Name Enter the host name supported by Dynamic DNS between 2 and 63 characters The total number of characters of the host name and the domain name must not exceed 251 Domain Name Leave it blank or enter two or more characters of the domain name The total number of characters of the host name and the domain name must not exceed 251 Register Network Interface Address to DNS Server Select Enable if you want to send the host name and the domain name to the DHCP server that supports Dynamic DNS update to request for DNS dynamic updates Register Network Interface Address Directly to DNS Server Select Enable if you want to directly send the host name and the domain name to the DNS server that supports Dynamic DNS update to request for DNS dynamic updates When Register the network interface s address to DNS server is Disable then this setting is the same as Disable EpsonNet WebAssist 225 Universal Plug and Play Settings Items Explanations Use Universal Plug and Play Enables or disables Universal Plug and Play Device Name Enter the device name between 2 and 63 characters Rendezvous Settings It
106. es which will then all print out on the same printer through the same Ethernet interface but using different filters The remote printer name options used to invoke the different filters are as follows Ipb Binary files no filters Ipa ASCII files carriage returns at line ends Ipbf Binary file with form feed at file end lpaf ASCII file with form feed at file end All other remote printer name options will be treated the same as Ipb The following is an example of sending a text file txtfile via lpr with a form feed appended lpr plpaf txtfile Setting Up Different UNIX Systems Using the lpr Command The following UNIX systems can print using the standard lpr command SunSoft Solaris 2 4 or later SunOS 4 1 4 or later IBM AIX 3 2 5 or later and 4 1 3 or later HP UX 9 05 or later SCO UNIX 4 2 or later 164 Settings for UNIX Setting up for SunSoft Solaris 2 4 or later In the following steps substitute the name that your printer will be known by for HOSTNAME and the name by which you want your printer to be known for Rprinter 1 Add the IP address and printer host name to the etc hosts file For example 22 33 44 55 HOSTNAME 2 Define the host name as a print server For example Ipsystem t bsd HOSTNAME 3 Create the printer For example Ipadmin p Rprinter s HOSTNAME aux T unknown 1 any 4 Enable the printer for use For example accept Rprinter enable Rpri
107. es not send an automatic line feed LF command with each carriage return CR When on the printer adds a line feed to each carriage return it receives Alt Graphic Turns the Alternate Graphics option on or off Bit Image With Bit Image set to Dark or Light your printer can correctly emulate the graphics densities set with the printer command When you select Dark the bit image density is high When you select Light the bit image density is low Zero Char Select whether the printer prints a slashed zero or an unslashed zero Character Set Select character table Set button Saves any changes Refresh button Clears any changes and reloads the previous settings Interface Parallel Interface Items Explanations Parallel I F Allows you to activate or deactivate the parallel interface Speed Select the transfer speed 220 EpsonNet WebAssist Bi Directional Enable or disable bidirectional communication Buffer Size Select the amount of memory to be used for receiving and printing data Network Interface Items Explanations Network I F Network I F print server is always on Buffer Size Select the amount of memory to be used for receiving and printing data AUX Interface Items Explanations AUX I F Not available unless an optional print server is installed Buffer Size Select the a
108. es on the network Note If there is a server or a router functioning as a gateway enter the IP address of the server or the router for the gateway address If there is no gateway leave the default values there If you want to get a private address between 169 254 1 1 and 169 254 254 254 automatically when an IP address cannot be obtained by the DHCP server leave it at Enable for Set Using Automatic Private IP Addressing APIPA otherwise select Disable When setting an IP address using the ping command select Enable for Set Using PING Select Disable when setting an IP address with EpsonNet WinAssist MacAssist WebAssist this prevents any unexpected change of the IP address Note Be sure to select Disable when not using ping this prevents an unexpected change of the IP address by EpsonNet WebManager Select Enable for Acquire DNS Server Address Automatically if you want to acquire the DNS server address using the DHCP server EpsonNet WebAssist 203 10 11 12 13 14 If you want to enter the DNS server address manually select Disable and then enter the IP address of the DNS server Select Enable for Acquire Host Name and Domain Name Automatically if you want to acquire the host name and the domain name using the DHCP server If you want to specify manually enter the host name and the domain name in the text boxes Select Enable for Register Network Interface Address to DNS Server if you want to re
109. es tab and then click Add Select Microsoft TCP IP Printing from the list and then click OK For Microsoft Network Shared printing To use TCP IP see the description described earlier to install TCP IP To use NetBEUI select the Protocols tab and then click Add Select NetBEUI from the list and then click OK Select the Services tab and then click Add Select Workstation from the list and then click OK 32 Installing Components on Your Computer For printing via NetWare server Download the latest Novell Client from the Novell Web site and install it on the computer Also be sure to install IPX See the Novell Web site for detailed information Network Identification Services Protocols Adapters Bindings Network Services E Computer Browser F Microsoft TCP IP Printing E NetBIOS Interface E RPC Configuration E Server E Workstation Add Remove Description Enables Windows NT to print to TCP IP connected printers or to printers that are physically attached to UNIX computers 5 Restart the computer The necessary components are now installed Go to the next chapter Connecting the Print Server to the Network on page 35 Macintosh To assign an IP address subnet mask etc to your Macintosh follow the steps below Installing Components on Your Computer 33 Note To print using the AppleTalk protocol and configure the print server with EpsonNet MacAssist select Ethe
110. et check the network settings otherwise set the interface mode of the printer s control panel to Auto or Option Cannot print even if you have assigned the IP address to the computer and the printer Cause What to do You have assigned an IP address to the computer manually but you assigned the IP address to the printer by Automatic Private IP Addressing APIPA Assign the printer s IP address so that it belongs to the same segment of the computer Use EpsonNet WinAssist MacAssist WebAssist and the printer s control panel Unable to start EpsonNet WinAssist Troubleshooting 243 Cause What to do You have added or deleted Uninstall EpsonNet WinAssist and then protocols after installing reinstall it See Uninstalling Software EpsonNet WinAssist on page 273 and Installing EpsonNet WinAssist MacAssist on page 36 The message EpsonNet WinAssist cannot be used because no network is installed appears when you start EpsonNet WinAssist Cause What to do Both TCP IP and IPX SPX Install the TCP IP or IPX SPX protocol are not installed on the computer TCP IP is installed on the Set a correct IP address for the computer computer but its IP address is not set correctly The message Could not complete communicating configuration data appears when you send settings to the print server Cause What to do This may happe
111. etwork Address Node Number Suppose Network Address is A7EOOBBO hexadecimal and Node Number is 000048930000 hexadecimal In this case the address is A7E00BB0 000048930000 Community Enter the community name up to 32 characters Socket Number Enter the Socket Number of the receive host in hexadecimal 0 FFFF Time Items Explanations Time Displays the time Click the Get Time button to reload the display When Time Server is Enable time is acquired from the time server Manual Settings If the print server has RTC Real Time Clock you can set the time manually Items Explanations Date Enter the year month and day Time Enter the hour minutes and seconds EpsonNet WebAssist 229 Time Difference Enter the difference between time at the present location and Greenwich Mean Time GMT Apply button Applies the settings Time Server Settings Items Explanations Time Server Select either Enable or Disable to time synchronize from the time server Time Server IP Address Enter the IP address of the time server Synchronize Interval Enter the time interval in minutes for automatic time synchronization Time Difference Enter the difference between time at the present location and Greenwich Mean Time GMT Time Server Status Displays a connection status with the time server
112. f Linotype AG and or its subsidiaries Antique Olive is a trademark of Fonderie Olive Albertus is a trademark of Monotype Corporation plc Coronet is a trademark of Ludlow Industries UK Ltd Arial and Times New Roman are registered trademarks of Monotype Corporation plc HP and HP LaserJet are registered trademarks of Hewlett Packard Company Macintosh AppleTalk EtherTalk Rendezvous are registered trademarks of Apple Computer inc Adobe and PostScript are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain jurisdictions Copyright 2003 by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION Nagano Japan Network Guide Contents About Your Printer 0 0 0 ccc cece eee eee 11 About This Guide 0 0 00 ccc ccc cece eee eee neee 12 Operating Environment cixaen means aiay hea ae Bees ae wae 13 Features of the Print Server 0 0 0 0 ccc eee e eee eee 15 Print Server Operation ans cnet cig wares ee ean ean 15 St t s TOMS iat ed Sian aang steers eh 4 ou ee asleaa ne Boe 15 Network connectOr 0 0 ccc cece eee ees 16 About the Software 0 0 c ccc cece eee teenies 16 Termeand Concepts ores renei rnn ionima na a 17 SPECHICAVONS eessen ests puea e E na AE O MASE i ans 18 Network Software 0 0 0 ccc cece cece eee eee eee 18 Network Connectors 0 0 0 0 cece cece eee eee eee 18 Overview S003 aie d Ea Ae se Ee ee Ge A 19 Chapter 1 Installing Components on Your Computer About Installing
113. f you have selected the Get status every 20 sec check box in the EpsonNet Internet Print dialog box The status alert window appears when the printer is out of paper toner or ink if paper is jammed the cover is open or when the printer is offline The EpsonNet Internet Print utility checks the printer status every 5 seconds during printing and every 20 seconds when idle If you do not want to check the printer status clear the Get status every 20 sec check box in the EpsonNet Internet Print dialog box EpsonNet Internet Print 197 198 EpsonNet Internet Print Chapter 10 EpsonNet WebAssist About EpsonNet WebAssist EpsonNet WebAssist is a web based utility designed to configure the printer for use on a network By typing the IP address of the print server for the URL in your browser you can start EpsonNet WebAssist to allow you to configure the print server for TCP IP NetWare MS Network AppleTalk IPP and SNMP Supported Web browser Windows I Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4 01 or later I Netscape Navigator version 4 05 or later Note for Windows NT 4 0 users If you have not yet upgraded to Windows NT Service Pack 3 install the Windows NT Service Pack before installing Microsoft Internet Explorer Mac OS x 1 Netscape Navigator version 7 0 or later Note If you are using Mac OS 9 x or earlier you cannot configure printer settings Only network settings are available EpsonNet Web
114. for more information on the printer s control panel Initializing Your Printer To initialize your printer turn on the printer while pressing the Cancel Job button on the printer s control panel Caution Note that all changes made to the printer and network settings are cleared when you initialize the printer using this method Therefore do not initialize your printer except in the case you forget the EpsonNet WinAssist MacAssist WebAssist password Reformatting the Hard Disk Drive To reformat the Hard Disk Drive follow the instructions below 1 Make sure the printer is turned off 2 Hold down the Down button while you turn on the printer Troubleshooting 251 3 When slat see the message SuFFort on the LCD panel select Hit Format in the slipper menu Note D After reformatting the Hard Disk Drive the printer will automatically reboot D When you want to erase only the fonts installed from the optional Adobe PostScript 3 PS3 follow steps 1 through 3 above Select PS3 HDD Init when the optional Adobe PostScript 3 ROM is installed d When installing a Hard Disk Drive from a different printer reformat it with this function Disabling the Sleep Mode If the printer receives no data for 30 minutes it enters the Sleep mode In this mode the printer begins warming up as soon as you send a print job it then warms up and is ready to print in about 65 seconds at rated voltage To disable t
115. form data registered on the optional hard disk drive Follow these steps to print using the form overlay data 1 Select the Special menu 2 Select the Form Overlay check box and then click the Overlay Settings button to open the Overlay Settings dialog box Tips for Administrator 267 3 Specify No Form name in the Form text box and then click Details The Form Selection dialog box appears Note Make sure that No Form Name is selected Selecting any form name displays another dialog box 4 Click Printers HDD and then enter the registered form name If you need a list of the registered form overlay data click Print List to print it and then check the form name Also if you need a sample printout of the form overlay data enter the form name and then click the Print Sample button Form Selection 21 x C Eile gt i5 Print S ample To Front C ToBack Paviit Description Cancel Help 5 Choose To Back or To Front to print the form overlay data as background or foreground of the document 6 Click OK to print the data 268 Tips for Administrator Delete the form overlay data in the hard disk drive Only a network administrator using Windows XP 2000 NT 4 0 is allowed to delete or edit the form overlay data in the optional hard disk drive using the following steps 1 2 Log in to Windows XP 2000 NT 4 0 as an administrator Windows 2000 NT 4 0 Click Start point to Settings and then cl
116. ft Rotate Right button Rotate the preview image 90 degrees to the right Delete button Delete the selected form overlay Print button Print the selected form overlay Refresh button Refresh the status Configuration Printer Screens This section gives the printer information Using EpsonNet WebAssist you can make some of the same printer settings that you can set using the printer s control panel See the Reference Guide for more information on each item Note A password is required when you click items under Printer on the Configuration menu Input Items Explanations MP Mode Select the priority order of paper feeding from MP Tray MP Tray Paper Size Select the paper size for MP Tray LC Paper Size Displays the currently loaded paper size in the lower paper cassette if the optional Large Capacity Paper Unit is installed 212 EpsonNet WebAssist MP Tray Paper Type Select the paper type for MP Tray LC Paper Type Select the paper type for the lower paper cassette only if the optional Large Capacity Paper Unit is installed Set button Saves any changes Refresh button Clears any changes and reloads the previous settings Print Setup Menu Items Explanations Menu Selection Select Setup Interface Time Out Enter the length of the printer waits when it is on line and no new da
117. fter the printer is reset you need to restart EpsonNet WebAssist by entering the new IP address a Only changes on the page where you press the Submit button take effect EpsonNet WebAssist 205 Opening Screen Any user can access the following screen by typing the IP address of the print server for the URL in your browser OO pee EPSON A sfonmanion Nerwurk g Pister G Ademmustrater Nune Location Interface Card Modol r Naw z MAC Address Hardeare Version Sefneure Vernon Model Nane ALCON Neteatk States Prater Staas Ready ot Pratag Current Tene soose sexx GMT Optional Index Home Links to the opening screen Help Links to Help About WebAssist Links to the copyright and version information for EpsonNet WebAssist Link to EPSON Links to the EPSON Web site http www epson com Favorite Links to a Web site previously defined by the administrator 206 EpsonNet WebAssist Menu Information Printer Device Displays the printer device information Consumable Displays the consumable information Confirmation Confirms and executes the Information Sheet Reserve Job and Form Overlay Input Displays the paper type information Print Displays the print information Emulation Displays the information for each type of emulation Interface Displays the printer interface information Information Network General Displays the print
118. g the Printer Driver 4 Select Properties from the control menu then click the Output Port tab f Printer 1lp s9200s Properties Zit E A Printer driver j Output Port Queueoptions Print options WAF gt Dutput Port N Output port WM gt 9 Us Abdi 5 LPT1 LPT2 LPT3 COM1 COM2 COM3 F coma DEAM PIPEALPD1 PIPE LPD2 i Output tofile Install new port Update port driver uo Default Help 5 From the Output Port list box select one from PIPE LPDO to PIPE LPDn where n is the maximum number of LPD ports The PIPE LPD Settings dialog box will appear Installing the Printer Driver 127 6 Enter the IP address of the print server in the LPD server box Enter the printer name set in step 2 in the LPD printer box PIPE LPDO Settings ipa Destination J Display port settings on print EED geter ODOL IOCNAN J Enable data filter LPD printer AL CXXXX Fiter _j Send mail on receipt Use Print Source a Print banner page Host name Class User Additional Control Cards Send to Server Prefix Spooler parameters 0 _ Queue parameters af ial RN i Network parameters rT Hep 7 Close the Printer icon to exit printer configuration NetBEUI printing 1 Be sure that IBM OS 2 NetBIOS is installed on your computer 2 Tocreatea printer double click the target printer icon to open the Properties dialog box Then click the Out
119. ght click the Network Neighborhood icon on the desktop and select Properties Click the Services tab and check that Server or Workstation is listed 2 Ifit is not installed click Add 3 Run the command prompt and enter the following command NET USE printer port NetBIOS name of print server Device name of print server Selecting the port 1 Click Start point to Settings and then select Printers 2 Right click the printer icon and then select Properties 3 Click the Ports tab and then select the port you have set with the NET USE command Macintosh Follow the steps below to set a printer Note Make sure that the printer driver is installed on your Macintosh before following the steps below See the manual shipped with your printer for instruction on how to install the printer driver Installing the Printer Driver 121 Mac OS 8 x to 9 x AppleTalk printing 1 Open Chooser from the Apple menu 2 Click the printer icon 3 Select the zone containing the printer 4 Select the printer name from the list 5 Make sure AppleTalk is active 6 Close Chooser Mac OS X AppleTalk printing 1 Open the Application folder 2 Open the Utilities folder 3 Open Print Center and then click Add 4 Select AppleTalk from the drop down list 5 Select the zone from the drop down list 6 Select the printer name from the list 7 Click Add TCP IP printing 1 Open the Application folder 122 Installing the
120. gister the host name and domain name to the DNS server through the DHCP server that supports Dynamic DNS If you want to register the host name and the domain name directly to the DNS server select Enable for Register Network Interface Address Directly to DNS Server Select Enable or Disable for Use Universal Plug and Play Select Enable if you want to use the Universal Plug and Play function on Windows Me or future operating systems Change the default Universal Plug and Play device name if desired This device name is used for Windows that supports the Universal Plug and Play function Mac OS X only Select Enable or Disable for Use Rendezvous If your network environment supports DHCP you can use the printer on the network just by enabling this setting Click Submit and then enter the password to update the settings The same password is required for EpsonNet WinAssist MacAssist and WebAssist See Password on page 231 for more information on setting the password 204 EpsonNet WebAssist Note Ifyou have set the Administrator Name in the Administrator screen enter the administrator name for the user name 15 If the message Configuration change is complete appears on your screen the update is complete Do not exit the Web browser and do not send a job to the printer until this message appears Follow the on screen instructions to reset the printer Note QO Since the new IP address becomes available a
121. h NDS mode 1 Turn on your printer 2 From any NetWare client log in to the target context of the NDS tree as an ADMIN 3 Configure the print server using EpsonNet WinAssist See NetWare on page 63 for details If NetWare objects are already created you can also use EpsonNet WebAssist See NetWare on page 223 for details Using Remote Printer Mode NetWare 3 x For NetWare 3 x users follow the steps below to make the printer environment with PCONSOLE Settings for NetWare Server 135 Creating print queues in a file server 1 From any NetWare client log in to the network with supervisor privileges Run PCONSOLE From the Available Options screen select Print Queue Information and press Enter Available Options nge Current File Server Print Queue Information Print Server Information Press the Insert key on your keyboard and enter the print queue name Press Enter Note Since your clients need the print queue name you set here when they use the printer announce the print queue name to your clients From the Print Queue list select the print queue name that you just entered and press Enter From the Print Queue Information list select Queue Users and press Enter Next select EVERYONE from the list If EVERYONE is not in the list press Insert and select EVERYONE from the queue user list Creating a print server 1 From the Available Options screen select Print Server I
122. he Object menu then Print Queue Type the Print Queue name and select the Print Queue Volume then click Create Double click the print queue object and register the user Settings for NetWare Server 143 Note Since your clients need the print queue name you set here when they use the printer announce the print queue name to your clients Create Print Queue Directory Service Queue Teste C Reference a bindery queue j Cancel Print Queue name EPL C8200 0 Help Print Queue Volume MaxNw411_SYS maxEPKOWA I Define additional properties ddu I Create another Print Queue 6 Double click the Printer Object icon in the NetWare Administrator screen Object View Options Tools Window Help HS taae Ee wt Bl leak ama CPKOWA H28 EVERYONE Heg PRIFNW EPL C8200 PS EPL C8200 Q HE max fa MAXN W411 MAXNW411_SYS BEPL C8200 L amp EPL C8200 PS Tree EPKOWA Admin epkowa 144 Settings for NetWare Server In the Printer dialog box appears click Assignments and then click Add E Printer EPL C8200 x Assignments Identification Print server EPL C8200 PS PRIFNW epkowa Assignments Print queues Configuration EPL C8200 0 PRIFNW epkowa 1 Notification Features Lee See Al Add ele Priority f1 El i Default print queue EPL C8200 0 PRIFNW epkowa Ex Cancel Page Options Help From the print queue list sel
123. he Sleep mode follow the instructions below 1 2 3 Make sure the printer is turned off Hold down the Down button while you turn on the printer Press the Up button until 5 panel i appears on the LCD Press the Enter button The message button appears Press the Enter Use the Up or Down button to select 3 252 Troubleshooting 7 Press the Enter button 8 The printer is automatically restarted Troubleshooting 253 254 Troubleshooting Chapter 13 Tips for Administrator Selecting a Printing Method If necessary use this section to help you select a printing method Printing from Windows Check if there is a Windows XP 2000 NT print server on your network and then use the suggestions below Note Only the recommended printing methods are introduced here See Features of the Printing Methods on page 256 for information on additional methods If no Windows XP 2000 NT print server exists Use a printing method appropriate to your operating system 1 For Windows Me 98 95 We recommend TCP IP printing via EpsonNet Direct Print See About EpsonNet Direct Print on page 173 L For Windows XP 2000 NT Werecommend TCP IP printing via LPR See Windows XP on page 105 Windows 2000 on page 112 or Windows NT 4 0 on page 118 If a Windows XP 2000 NT print server exists On the server set the printer to connect with LPR and turn it
124. he following settings before setting up the printer for Internet Printing on Windows Me 2000 or using EpsonNet Internet Print on Windows 98 95 NT 4 0 See About EpsonNet Internet Print on page 187 for more information Items Explanations IPP URL Displays the printer s URL for Internet Printing Format http IP address of printer 631 printer name set below Example http 192 168 100 201 631 EPSON_IPP_Printer EpsonNet WebAssist 227 Printer Name Enter the name of a printer to use for Internet Printing up to 127 characters Example EPSON_IPP_Printer Location Enter the name of the printer s physical location up to 64 characters SNMP Community Items Explanations Community Displays the community name Read Only The word public always appears Read Write Enter the Read Write community name up to 32 characters IP Trap Items Explanations Trap Enable or Disable the trap Address Enter the IP address of the server to which the trap is transmitted Community Enter the community name up to 32 characters Port Number Enter the Port Number of the receive host in decimal 0 65535 228 EpsonNet WebAssist IPX Trap Items Explanations Trap Enable or Disable the trap Address Enter Network Address and Node Number MAC Address of the server to which the trap is transmitted Format N
125. he new password EpsonNet WebAssist 231 Note I The same password can be used for EpsonNet WinAssist MacAssist and WebAssist D Ifyou forget your password you need to initialize the print server See Initializing Your Printer on page 251 for instructions 232 EpsonNet WebAssist Chapter 11 EpsonNet WebManager About EpsonNet WebManager EpsonNet WebManager is an application designed to manage network devices It allows network administrators to easily control network devices such as network printers interface cards and network adapters attached to a printer EpsonNet WebManager offers the following features m Itsupports Windows Macintosh and UNIX platforms to give network administrators flexibility in managing network devices 11 It allows you to search and monitor network devices and make settings for network devices 11 It offers a Group Management function that helps you manage devices as a group I It provides printer driver management functions such as the ability to store printer drivers on the EpsonNet WebManager server and easy installation of printer drivers on client PCs Note d Before installing and using EpsonNet WebManager be sure to read the README file This file contains the latest information on EpsonNet WebManager A The term device refers to a printer interface card or network adapter EpsonNet WebManager 235 System Requirements Note
126. he printer settings through EpsonNet WebManager The setting items in the Device details function will differ depending on the printer Network settings function You can make or change the network interface settings through EpsonNet WebManager Group management function Groups can help you manage network devices more effectively Printer driver management Downloading and updating the printer driver through the Internet automatically and easy installation of the printer driver on client PCs Note m Some functions of EpsonNet WebManager may not be available depending on the combination of network devices See the Introduction of the EpsonNet WebManager Reference Guide for detailed information EpsonNet WebManager 237 d When using EpsonNet WebManager with Internet Explorer in Mac OS the Printer Layout window Error Notification window and Device Details window may not be available EpsonNet WebManager Operating Structure EpsonNet WebManager must be installed in the computer that functions as the network server You can select the either of the two methods described below to use EpsonNet WebManager EpsonNet WebManager and a Web browser running on the same PC No special server is required Just install EpsonNet WebManager and a Web browser on the same computer that functions as a server All administration is possible from the network administrator s Windows Me 98 XP 2000 NT 4 0 computer EpsonNet WebManager
127. ic IP addresses to devices on a network EtherTalk the communication protocol of AppleTalk governing Ethernet transmissions ftp a TCP IP application protocol for file transfer Ipd a TCP IP remote printing protocol application 17 Print queue a location where a print job is stored as a file until the print server sends the job to the assigned printer Protocol a rule that controls how data or information is exchanged through a network Computers and software cannot communicate with each other using different protocols Remote printer a shared printer connected elsewhere on the network but under the control of a NetWare print server TCP IP Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol a layer of protocols that provides communication between nodes on a network Specifications Network Software NetWare 3 x 4 x 5 x or 6 EtherTalk AppleTalk TCP IP NetBEUI IPP Network Connectors IEEE 802 3 10BaseT 100BaseTX STP shielded twisted pair cable via RJ 45 connector 18 Note The RJ 45 connector cannot be connected to the phone line connection Overview This section describes the general procedure on how to set up the print server for use on a network 1 Check the print server operation Check the functions and operations of the print server such as status lights and RJ 45 connector See Print Server Operation for details Install the necessary components on the comp
128. ick Printers Windows XP Click Start point to Control Panel and then double click the Printers and Faxes icon Right click the EPSON AL CXXXX Advanced icon and then click Properties Click the Optional Settings menu Click Delete The Delete from HDD dialog box appears If you delete all form data click the All button then click Delete If you want to delete some specific data click the Selected button enter the form name in the Form Name edit box then click Delete Tips for Administrator 269 Note If you need the list of the registered form data click Print List to print it and confirm the form name Also if you need a sample print out of the form data enter the form name and click the Print Sample button Delete from HDD 2 C All Selected Form Name Delete Print Sample Print List 7 Click Back 8 Click OK to close the dialog box Distributing the Printer Driver Automatically The automatic distribution function of the printer driver makes it easy to distribute the printer driver to clients on the network The network administrator stores the printer driver on a computer and the clients can access the computer to install the driver automatically This simplifies the installation work The following methods are available 270 Tips for Administrator EpsonNet WebManager First store the printer driver on the same computer you have installed EpsonNet WebManager Then announc
129. ick Start highlight Control Panel and then click Network and Internet Connections Select Network Connections 2 Under LAN or High Speed Internet click the Local Area Connection icon 3 Under Network Tasks click Change settings of this connection 24 Installing Components on Your Computer 4 Check if the following necessary components are in the list If they are already installed go to the next chapter 4 Local Area Connection Properties General Authentication Advanced Connect using E 3Com 3C905TX based Ethernet Adapter Generic This connection uses the following items Client for Microsoft Networks amp File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks E QoS Packet Scheduler M Internet Protocol TCP IP Install Uninstall Properties Description Allows your computer to access resources on a Microsoft network Show icon in notification area when connected OK Cancel The following table lists the components required for configuring the print server with EpsonNet WinAssist EpsonNet WinAssist s setting Necessary components screens TCP IP AppleTalk IPP SNMP IP trap Internet Protocol TCP IP MS Network Internet Protocol TCP IP NetWare SNMP IPX trap Latest Novell Client downloaded from the Novell Web site The following table lists the components required for network printing Printing method Neces
130. iguration Utility Location Enter the location of the print server Return to Default Resets all configuration settings of the print server to their button defaults Search Path Protocol used to search for the print server OK Updates the settings Cancel Cancels any changes TCP IP To use the printer in the TCP IP environment configure the print server using the following screen Oo Network Card Properties B Antormation TcP 1P AppleTalk IPP Set using PING M Set using Automatic Private IP Addressing APIPA IP Address Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 255 255 255 255 Extended Settings B Items Explanations EpsonNet MacAssist Configuration Utility 89 Method for specifying the IP address Select a method for specifying an IP address When you select Automatic an IP address subnet mask and default gateway are automatically assigned by the DHCP server Note If the Dynamic DNS function is not supported we recommend that you select Manual and then enter an IP address This is because if you select Automatic the IP address of the print server changes every time you turn on the printer so that you need to change the printer port setting accordingly Set using PING Select this check box when setting the IP address using the ping command When not using the ping command cl
131. inAssist Configuration Utility Note When you save the settings the Printer Objects named PRO for the Bindery mode or print server name_PO for the NDS mode are automatically created To change the printer name use PCONSOLE or NWADMIN Network Interface Card Properties x Infomation TCP IP NetWare MS Network AppleTalk IPP SNMP M Use Netware Basic Settings Print Server Mode Tree Name Frame Type Context Auto Baie Print Server Name Print Server Password Print Server Password again Polling Interval A Cancel Help Items Explanations Use NetWare Select this check box when using NetWare When you use the printer only in the NetWare environment it turns on automatically Mode Select a mode Print Server Bindery or Print Server NDS Frame Type Leave the default frame type as it is EpsonNet WinAssist Configuration Utility 65 Tree Name For the NDS mode only Click the Browse button and select the NDS context so the Tree name is also selected Context For the NDS mode only Click the Browse button and select the NDS context Browse button Browse the NDS context Primary File Server Name For the Bindery mode only Select the server where the print server logs in Print Server Name Select or enter the print server name up to 47 characters Print Server Password Enter the password to log in to the print server up
132. ine help for detailed instructions How to Set Up the Print Server 47 d Ifthe Dynamic DNS function is not supported we recommend that you select Manual and enter an IP address This is because if you select Automatic the IP address of the print server changes every time you turn on the printer so that you need to change the printer port setting accordingly When setting an IP address using the ping command select the Set using PING check box Do not select it when setting an IP address with EpsonNet WinAssist MacAssist WebAssist this prevents any unexpected changes of the IP address Note Be sure not to select the check box when not using ping this prevents an unexpected change of the IP address by EpsonNet WebManager If you want to get a private address between 169 254 1 1 and 169 254 254 254 automatically when an IP address cannot be obtained by the DHCP server leave the Set using Automatic Private IP Addressing APIPA check box selected otherwise clear the check box To assign an IP address manually enter the IP address the subnet mask and the default gateway Be sure the IP address does not conflict with any other devices on the network Note If there is a server or a router functioning as a gateway enter the IP address of the server or the router for the gateway address If there is no gateway leave the default values there Click the Extended Settings button if you want to make extended settings such as
133. ing Click the a queue queue and click OK to select it d Creating a queue For Bindery mode Click the file server where you want to create a queue Right click it and then select Create Queue Enter the queue name up to 47 characters EpsonNet WinAssist Configuration Utility 67 For NDS mode Select the context where you want to create a queue Right click it and then select Create Queue Type a queue name up to 47 characters Browse the context and then select the volume name from the drop down list The queue will be created under the SYS volume of the file server If you want to create a queue in another volume use PCONSOLE or NWAdmin Create Queue Queue Name Volume Context EPSON Browse Queue Volume 1 Deleting a queue Select the print queue you want to delete Right click it and then select Delete Queue 68 EpsonNet WinAssist Configuration Utility Remote Printer mode To use the printer in the Remote Printer mode configure the print server using the following screen Network Interface Card Properties x Information TCP IP NetWare MS Network AppleTalk IPP SNMP M Use Netware Basic Settings Remote Printer Mode Primary Print Server Name Remote Printer bai AL COS ReKRRR Frame Type Printer Port Number Auto bd 0 Cancel Help Items Explanations Use NetWare Select this check box when using NetWare When you use the printer only in the NetWare
134. ion by selecting Refresh from the View menu Caution Since it takes 2 or 3 minutes to send new settings to the print server wait until an on screen message appears to indicate that you can turn off the printer 44 How to Set Up the Print Server Setting an IP Address Using EpsonNet MacAssist This section explains how to use EpsonNet MacAssist to configure the print server Note I Make sure the printer is turned on I The computer to use for the following steps must be in the same segment as the print server I Make sure that Ethernet is selected for Connect via in the AppleTalk and TCP IP control panels according to your network environment 1 Mac OS 8 x to 9 x Double click the EpsonNet MacAssist icon in the MacAssistxxx folder Mac OS X Double click the EpsonNet MacAssist for OSX icon in the EpsonNet MacAssistOS X x xx folder How to Set Up the Print Server 45 2 Select the printer you want to configure from the list and click Configure Oz EpsonNet MacAssist Ver 4 1a a Printer Name H ALOK AAAA AAAA AA A DOOLIO ALOR ERE ik Stylus COLOR XX PA AAAA A AAAA A Ad DOKO Stylus COLOR 2O X xxxxny GTX ROO PORK OOK RK FEGEPSON Devices D Printer scanner Searching the following network paths USB AppleTalk IP Launch Browser I Configure Note d Ifthe same printer model name appears several times in the
135. ion is similar to the GL 2 or the HP LaserJet 4 emulation of the GL 2 Scale Select whether the output from the software is scaled and if so how the scale factor is calculated based on the output paper size of the software application Origin Select whether the logical origin of the plotter is from the corner or the center of the paper Pen Select the logical pen which plots the drawing End Select the way in which lines end Join Select the way in which lines are joined Pen 0 to 6 Select the thickness of the seven pens used to make the printout Set button Saves any changes Refresh button Clears any changes and reloads the previous settings ESCP2 and FX Emulation Items Explanations Emulation Select ESCP2 or FX Font Select a font which is used for printing Pitch Select a character pitch Condensed Use this option to change the character spacing T Margin Use this option to specify the distance from the top of the sheet to the baseline of the first printable line 218 EpsonNet WebAssist Text Use this option to set the page length in lines CG Table Use the character generator table option to select the graphics character table or the italics table Country Use this option to select one of the international symbol sets Auto CR Use the automatic carriage return option to perform a carriage return line feed
136. isabling the Sleep Modes Gseeyny ioc 28 a Oe eS 252 Chapter 13 Tips for Administrator Selecting a Printing Method 2445s ae as 255 Printing from Windows x ceoster snes veer wes ee ele se set5 255 Printing from Macintosh 0 0 e cece eee eee 256 Features of the Printing Methods 00 eee aee 256 LPR TCP IP printing Woes aetna Ree ys ate we ae De RE 256 Internet PING i rrer eae aden eM aw as ew ee vals AeA 257 Microsoft Network Shared printing 257 Setting an IP Address on the Printer s Control Panel 258 Network Menu cremara 0 000 e cece cee eee e cence 260 AUX MEU oie sete ee tousle Be aed 4 Ales ale ee ATA e OR AS 261 Setting an IP Address Using the arp ping Command 262 Checking the LAN ceense ion ti eaed Rhee nen ketenes 263 Setting and checking the new IP address 264 Using HDD Form Overlay Windows 0000005 265 Register the form overlay data on the hard disk drive 266 Printing with HDD form overlay data 267 Delete the form overlay data in the hard disk drive 269 Distributing the Printer Driver Automatically 270 EpsonNet WebManager n cei vee SE Ee 271 EpsonNet NDPS Gateway 0 cece c cence eee n ces 271 Instructions on Using a Dial Up Router 4 271 Function of Universal Plug and Play 005 272 Uninstalling Softwate lt 64 0i axons aig end e
137. list you can identify the printers by checking their MAC addresses which are found on the status sheet d You can search printers in other zones just like computers by changing the zone setting See Search options on page 85 for more information LY The Launch Browser button can be used only if a valid IP address is assigned to the printer I The print server does not have a default IP address Be sure to assign a valid IP address manually or by using the DHCP server 3 Click the TCP IP tab 46 How to Set Up the Print Server Note For information on other menus see Details of the Configuration Dialog Box on page 88 A Network Card Properties J mtormation TcP 1P AppteTaik 1PP O Set using PING M Set using Automatic Private IP Addressing APIPA IP Address 168 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 255 255 255 255 Extended Settings l Select a method for specifying the IP address If you select Automatic DHCP becomes available and assigns an IP address automatically If you want to set the IP address manually select Manual instead Note 2 The network administrator must confirm any changes made to the IP address settings L When Automatic is selected DHCP becomes available To use the DHCP server make sure it is installed on your computer and correctly configured See your operating system s onl
138. mount of memory to be used for receiving and printing data Available only when an optional print server is installed USB Interface Items Explanations USB I F Allows you to activate or deactivate the USB interface USB Speed Select the mode either HS or FS Buffer Size Select the amount of memory to be used for receiving and printing data Set button Saves any changes EpsonNet WebAssist 221 Refresh button Clears any changes and reloads the previous settings Information Network Screens General information Items Explanations Administrator Name Administrator name of the printer Location Location of the printer Interface Card Model Name Model of the print server MAC Address Unique hardware address of the print server You can distinguish the print server by its MAC address Hardware Version Hardware version of the print server Software Version Software version of the print server Model Name Product name of the printer attached to the print server Network Status Displays the current Ethernet speed and duplex setting Printer Status The background color of the text box indicates the printer s status Green indicates that the printer is idle or printing Yellow indicates that either the paper or toner is low Red indicates that either the paper or toner is completely out the printer is
139. mple aux in Name of QUEUE on remote printer To print use the lpr command For example lpr PRPrinter Print File Name Settings for UNIX 167 Setting up for HP UX 9 05 or later In the following steps substitute the name that your printer will be known by for HOSTNAME and the name by which you want your printer to be known for Rprinter 1 Add the IP address and host name to the etc hosts file For example 22 33 44 55 HOSTNAME Terminate the printer service For example lpshut Create a printer For example lpadmin pRPrinter v dev null mrmodel ormHOSTNAME orpaux Restart the print service For example lpshed Enable the printer for use For example accept Rprinter enable Rprinter To print use the lp command For example lp DRPrinter Print File Name 168 Settings for UNIX Setting up for SCO UNIX 4 2 or later Open Server In the following steps substitute the name that your printer will be known by for HOSTNAME and the name by which you want your printer to be known for Rprinter 1 Add the IP address and host name to the etc hosts file For example 22 33 44 55 HOSTNAME Execute rlpconf to register the printer For example rlpconf Enter the name of the printer For example Please enter the printer name q to quit RPrinter Specify the remote printer as the printer type For example Is Rprinter a remote printer or a local printer r l r
140. mulation and interface information Device information Items Explanations Panel canvas Displays the same information that is displayed on the printer s control panel EpsonNet WebAssist Signal A signal shows the status level The green light is on when the printer is idle or printing The yellow light is on when the toner or oil roll is low The red light is on when the printer is out of paper or toner if paper is jammed the cover is open or an error has occurred LEDs The LEDs indicates the current operating printer status when you first turn on the printer during normal operation and when errors occur Remote Control Panel Start Stop FormFeed Continue Reset and Warmup buttons You can control the printer with this Remote Control Panel functions You can get the same result when you click these buttons as pressing the buttons on your printer The warnings cannot be cleared by the Continue button Printer image Displays the printer image Error information box Displays error warning information for the printer Printer Model Name The model name of the printer IP Host Name The IP host name of the printer IP Address The IP address of the printer MAC Address The MAC address of the printer Memory The installed memory size of the printer HDD Capacity of the hard disk installed in the printer Consumable information
141. n whenusing Run Command Prompt from the a dial up router computer on which EpsonNet WinAssist MacAssist is installed and then enter the following command Format gt ROUTE_ADD the IP address of the print server_ the IP address of the computer the under bar represents one space Example gt ROUTE ADD 192 168 192 168 22 33 44 55 244 Troubleshooting Unable to start EpsonNet WebAssist Cause What to do You have not set the IP address for the print server Set the IP address for the print server using EpsonNet WinAssist MacAssist the printer s control panel or the arp ping commands You can check the IP address on a status sheet See TCP IP on page 60 TCP IP on page 89 or Setting an IP Address Using the arp ping Command on page 262 Unable to set the IP address using the arp ping commands Cause What to do The print server is not connected to the network Connect the print server to the network and check the network environment The printer is located beyond the router The printer and the computer must be in the same segment The Model Name and IP Address do not appear in the EpsonNet WinAssist dialog box Cause What to do If the valid IP address is not Seta valid IP address set the items indicated in the dialog box mentioned above may not appear Refresh the status by selecting Refresh from the View menu Increase the
142. nNet MacAssist EasySetup 1 Mac OS 8 x to 9 x Double click the EpsonNet MacAssist EasySetup icon in the MacAssistxxx folder Mac OS X Double click the EosonNetMacAssistOS XEasySet icon in the EpsonNet MacAssistOS X x xx folder 2 Click Next 96 EpsonNet MacAssist Configuration Utility 3 Read the License Agreement and then click Next 4 Select the target printer and then click Next Note If the same printer model name appears several times on the list you can identify the printers by checking their MAC addresses which are found on the status sheet EpsonNet MacAssist Easy Setup Step1 Network Interface Selection Select the appropriate network interface then click Next It takes a moment for network interfaces to appear in the list If the network interface you want to configure is not displayed after about one minute make sure it is turned on and properly connected to the network Then select Refresh from the Yiew menu If you want to configure more than one network interface use their MAC addresses to tell them apart You can confirm the MAC address by printing and viewing a status sheet See your user documentation for information about printing a status sheet EpsonNet MacAssist Configuration Utility 97 5 Change the printer name if necessary Click Next o EpsonNet MacAssist Easy Setup B
143. nd follow the steps below 7 Click the Local printer radio button and click Next 8 Select the printer driver and click Next If the following dialog box appears select Replace existing driver and click Next Add Printer Wizard EPSON AL Ox driver is already installed for this printer Would you like to keep the existing driver or use the new one Your programs may print differently if you use the new driver C Keep existing driver recommended e ne lt Back Cancel 192 EpsonNet Internet Print 9 Select the port added by EpsonNet Internet Print in the previous section Click Next Add Printer Wizard Click the port you want to use with this printer and then click Next Available ports Configure Port lt Back Cancel 10 Follow the on screen instructions to install the printer driver 11 If a dialog box instructing you to install EPSON Status Monitor 2 or EPSON Status Monitor 3 appears click Cancel and terminate the installation Note d Ifyou delete the port which you set above from the Details tab of the printer properties you cannot reuse the deleted port name as a new port name the printer URI until you restart the computer T Ifyou are using EPSON Status Monitor 3 and printing with EpsonNet Internet Print the message A communication error has occurred appears You can get rid of this message by clearing the Monitor the Printing Status check
144. nformation and press Enter Available Options Change Current File Server Print Queue Information Print Server Information 136 Settings for NetWare Server 2 Press the Insert key on your keyboard and type the print server name Press Enter It is a good idea to write down the print server name for later use 3 From the Print Server list select the print server name that you just typed and press Enter From the Print Server Information list select Print Server Configuration and press Enter Print Server Information Change Password Full Name Print Server ID Print Server Operators Print Server Users 4 Select Printer Configuration from the Print Server Configuration Menu and press Enter Print Server Configuration Menu File Servers To Be Serviced Notify List for Printer Printer Configuration Queues Serviced by Printer Settings for NetWare Server 137 5 From the Configured Printers list select Not Installed port number 0 and press Enter Configured Printers ot Installed Not Installed Not Installed Not Installed Not Installed Not Installed Not Installed Not Installed Not Installed Not Installed Not Installed Not Installed Not Installed Not Installed Not Installed Not Installed vouara wnei 6 From the Printer configuration screen type the printer name Highlight Type and press Enter Select Remote Parallel LPT1 for Remote Printer mode Printer
145. nhanced printing Select the LPR Printing check box and then the Enhanced Printing radio button LPR enhanced printing sends the print job to the target network printer without spooling all of the print data LPR enhanced printing is faster than LPR standard printing EpsonNet Direct Print 185 High speed printing Select the High Speed Printing radio button High speed printing sends the print job to the target network printer without spooling all of the print data High speed printing is faster than the other two printing methods If the printer does not support this function this check box is unavailable 5 Select the Notify when printing completed check box if you want to receive an on screen notification when printing is complete 6 Click OK 186 EpsonNet Direct Print Chapter 9 EpsonNet Internet Print About EpsonNet Internet Print EpsonNet Internet Print is a utility program that supports printing across the Internet using Internet Printing Protocol IPP Since the print server supports IPP Internet printing is possible using this utility You can print or make printer settings from Windows 98 95 NT 4 0 systems that can access the Internet You can also print via a proxy server using this utility Before using the EpsonNet Internet Print utility be sure to read the README file found in the EpsonNet Internet Print folder This file contains the latest information on the EpsonNet Internet Print Note
146. not change the entity type unless epson appears If epson appears select the entity type by clicking the Entity Setting button to match your printer Entity Setting button Click this button and select the appropriate entity type 72 EpsonNet WinAssist Configuration Utility Method of specifying the network number Select a method for acquiring the network number Automatic is usually preferred Network Number for Manual Mode Enter a value between 0 and 65534 to specify the network number if you have selected Manual IPP To use the printer in the IPP environment configure the print server using the following screen If the print server does not support the SNMP all of the items are dimmed Network Interface Card Properties x Information TCP IP NetWare MS Network AppleTalk IPP SNMP Basic Information IPP URL Printer Name Location hittp 300 200 200 200 631 EPSON_IPP_Printer JEPSON_IPP_Printer Cancel Help EpsonNet WinAssist Configuration Utility 73 Items Explanations IPP URL Displays the printer s URL for Internet Printing Format http IP address of print server 631 printer name set below Example http 192 168 100 201 631 EPSON_IPP_Printer Printer Name Enter the name of a printer to use for Internet Printing up to 127 characters Example EPSON_IPP_Printer Location Ent
147. nsfer complete ftp gt bye Settings for UNIX 171 172 Settings for UNIX Chapter 8 EpsonNet Direct Print About EpsonNet Direct Print EpsonNet Direct Print is a utility program that supports TCP IP LPR printing for Windows Me 98 95 XP 2000 NT 4 0 By using EpsonNet Direct Print you can search both a printer located in the same segment and one located beyond a router You can select from LPR standard printing LPR extension printing or High speed printing Note Since Windows XP 2000 NT support standard LPR printing EpsonNet Direct Print is not necessary on these operating systems We recommend that you use the LPR printing system provided by the operating system rather than using EpsonNet Direct Print System Requirements Operating systems Windows Me 98 95 Windows XP Professional Home Edition Windows 2000 Server Professional Windows NT 4 0 Server Workstation with Service Pack 3 0 or higher CPU Pentium 200 MHz Pentium II or better recommended Memory 32 MB or more EpsonNet Direct Print 173 Hard disk space 20 MB or more Installing EpsonNet Direct Print Follow the steps below to install EpsonNet Direct Print Be sure to install EpsonNet Direct Print on a computer connected to the network Note If EpsonNet Direct Print version 1 is installed on your computer you need to uninstall it before installing EpsonNet Direct Print version 2 x the installa
148. nt server name that is used when PSERVER NLM is loaded Printer Name Printer name that is already defined in NDS or Bindery NDS Volume for Print Queue The format is as follows Format NDS Volume and context For example NDPS_SERVER_SYS EPSON File Server for Print Queue Enter the file server name for the print queue IPX Network Number Enter the IPX network number of the print server IPX Node Number Enter the IPX node number of the print server 6 When you finish filling in the boxes press Finish Follow the on screen instructions 7 The Select Printer Drivers dialog box appears Select an appropriate printer driver for Windows Me 98 95 and Windows 2000 NT 4 0 Be sure to select the correct printer driver for your printer from the appropriate menus Windows 3 1 is not supported 8 Click Continue 9 Confirm the Printer Agent that you have just created In NetWare Administrator double click the NDPS Manager object and click Printer Agent List Check that the status of the Printer Agent you have just created is Idle 156 Settings for NetWare Server Configuring for NetWare using EpsonNet WinAssist Follow the steps below if you want to use the printer in IPX network Note Be sure that the one of the following clients is installed on your computer Novell Client 32 Novell IntranetWare Client or Novell Client 1 Turn on your printer 2 From any NetWare client log in to the target NetWare server as an
149. nter 5 To print use the lp command For example lp d RPrinter Print File Name Settings for UNIX 165 Setting up for SunOS 4 1 4 or later In the following steps substitute the name that your printer will be known by for HOSTNAME and the name by which you want your printer to be known for Rprinter 1 Add the IP address and printer host name to the etc hosts file For example 22 33 44 55 HOSTNAME 2 Create a spool directory For example mkdir var spool lpd PRIFx 3 Add the printer entry to the etc printcap file For example Rprinter ALCXXXX Ip rm HOS TNAME rp aux sd var spool lpd P RIFx 4 To print use the lpr command For example lpt s PRPrinter Print File Name Y Caution Files that exceed 1 MB may not be printed unless the s option is used 166 Settings for UNIX Setting up for IBM AIX 3 2 5 or later and 4 1 3 or later In the following steps substitute the name that your printer will be known by for HOSTNAME and the name by which you want your printer to be known for Rprinter 1 Add the IP address and printer host name to the etc hosts file For example 22 33 44 55 HOSTNAME Run smit For example smit printer Set the printer name for example Rprinter in Manage Remote Printer Client Services Remote Printer Queues NAME of queue to add Set the host name for example HOSTNAME in DESTINATION HOST for remote jobs Set the port name for exa
150. o be sure to install IPX See the Novell Web site for detailed information Installing Components on Your Computer 29 5 For LPR Internet Microsoft Network Shared printing Double click Internet Protocol TCP IP on the Configuration menu to open the TCP IP Properties dialog box Set the IP address the subnet mask etc and then click OK 6 Restart the computer The necessary components are now installed Go to the next chapter Connecting the Print Server to the Network on page 35 Windows NT 4 0 For Windows NT 4 0 use the following procedure to install the necessary components Note a The Windows NT 4 0 CD ROM may be required during the installation A When using TCP IP or IPP for printing you need to set the IP address the subnet mask and the default gateway of the computer 1 Click Start point to Settings and then select Control Panel 2 Double click the Network icon in the Control Panel 30 Installing Components on Your Computer 3 Check if the following necessary components are in the list If they are already installed go to the next chapter Network 2 x Identification Services Protocols Adapters Bindings Network Protocols HF NetBEUI Protocol Y NWLink IPX SPX Compatible Transport Y NWLink NetBIOS Add Remove Properties Description Transport Control Protocol Internet Protocol The default wide area network protocol that provides communication acro
151. on screen instructions to set up the printer See Installing a printer driver on page 116 if necessary Microsoft Network Shared printing 1 2 Click Start point to Settings and then select Printers Double click Add Printer to start the Add Printer wizard and then click Next Select the Network printer radio button and then click Next Installing the Printer Driver 115 Select the Type the printer name or click Next to browse for a printer radio button Enter the following in the Name box or click Next to browse for a printer NetBIOS name of print server Device name of print server Follow the on screen instructions to set up the printer See Installing a printer driver on page 116 if necessary Installing a printer driver 1 Insert the Software CD ROM shipped with the printer 2 Close the EPSON Installation Program screen if it appears 3 Click the Have Disk button The Install From Disk dialog box appears 4 Click Browse 5 Select the CD ROM drive for Drives and double click the WIN2000 folder Click Open 6 Click OK in the Install From Disk dialog box 7 Select the model name of the printer and then click Next Note If the Add Printer wizard prompts you to select either Keep existing driver or Replace existing driver be sure to select the Replace existing driver radio button 8 Click Finish and follow the on screen instructions to complete the setup 116 Installing the
152. or which device do you want to add a port Enter the Printer Name or IP address and a port name for the desired device Printer Name or IP Address Port Name Installing the Printer Driver 107 6 Ifanerror occurs the following dialog box appears Select the Standard radio button and then select EPSON Network Printer Click Next Add Standard TCP IP Printer Port Wizard Additional Port Information Required RS The device could not be identified gt a The device is not found on the network Be sure that 1 The device is tumed on 2 The network is connected 3 The device is properly configured 4 The address on the previous page is correct If you think the address is not correct click Back to return to the previous page Then correct the address and perform another search on the network If you are sure the address is correct select the device type below Device Type Standard ERIE ar v O Custom lt Back Next gt Cancel 7 Click Finish 8 See Installing a printer driver on page 110 to install the printer driver Internet printing 1 Click Start click Control Panel click Printers and Other Hardware and then click Printers and Faxes 2 Under Printer Tasks click Add a printer to start the Add Printer wizard and then click Next 3 Click A network printer or a printer attached to another computer and then click Next 108 Installing the Printer Driver 4
153. ouble click the Epson_lIpricon to view the available printers S53 Network Neighborhood oy x File Edit View Help Entire Network m Ocean01 C Ocean02 m Holubec 1m Robin J Smith 1 object s selected 5 Double click the target printer Epson_Ipr Of x wun xx xxx xx EPL N1200 1 object s 6 Follow the on screen instructions provided by the Add Printer wizard If you are required to install the printer driver see Installing the printer driver on page 181 Adding a printer from the Printers folder Follow the steps below to add a printer from the Printers folder 1 Windows Me Double click the My Network Places icon Windows 98 95 NT 4 0 Double click the Network Neighborhood icon EpsonNet Direct Print 179 Windows XP Click Start and then My Network Places Under Network Tasks click View workgroup computers Under Other Places click Microsoft Windows Network and then Entire Network Then double click the EpsonPeripheralNetwork icon Windows 2000 Double click the My Network Places icon and then double click the Entire Network icon Click entire contents and then double click the EpsonPeripheralNetwork icon Right click the Epson_Ipr icon and select Properties The Epson_lIpr Properties dialog box appears Select Local Segment to search a printer in the same segment or select Specific Network Segment and enter the IP address and subnet mask of the printer to find a printe
154. oup name or domain name used for the Name Windows network environment up to 15 characters Share Name Enter the printer s shared name on the network up to 12 characters Do not use LPT1 LPT2 LPT3 or COM AppleTalk To use the printer in the AppleTalk environment configure the print server using the following screen Note To configure AppleTalk settings using EpsonNet WinAssist the following conditions must be maintained The print server must be assigned a valid IP address d You have logged in to the NetWare server or the NDS context with supervisor privileges EpsonNet WinAssist Configuration Utility 71 The shared service is installed on the computer Network Interface Card Properties x Information TCP IP Netware MS Network AppleTalk IPP SNMP IV Use AppleTalk Basic Information Printer Name 1 JAL OOO KRKERK Zone Name Entity Type JEPSONPAGE4 Method of specifying the network number gt Automatic Manual Network Number for Manual Mode OK Cancel Help Items Explanations Use AppleTalk Select this check box when using AppleTalk Printer Name Enter the name of the printer up to 32 characters Zone Name Enter the network zone name up to 32 characters To have the zone selected automatically select Automatic to specify the network number and enter an asterisk in this text box Entity Type Displays the printer s entity type Do
155. owever if the printer has already started printing a document the print job may not be cancelled completely Adding a printer located in the same segment Follow the steps below to add a printer located in the same segment 1 Windows Me Double click the My Network Places icon Windows 98 95 NT 4 0 Double click the Network Neighborhood icon EpsonNet Direct Print 175 Windows XP Click Start and then My Network Places Under Network Tasks click View workgroup computers Under Other Places click Microsoft Windows Network and then Entire Network Then double click the EpsonPeripheralNetwork icon Windows 2000 Double click the My Network Places icon and then double click the Entire Network icon Click entire contents and then double click the EpsonPeripheralNetwork icon 2 Right click the Epson_Ipr icon and select Properties 3 Select the Local Segment check box and click OK Epson_Ipr Properties BE General aH Searches for available printers on the network and displays them in a Fit M Local Segment I Specific Network Segment IP Address SubNet Mask ml ml SA 176 EpsonNet Direct Print 4 Double click the Epson_lpr icon to display available printers in the same segment as your computer on the screen Eh Network Neighborhood _ oy x File Edit View Help DP Entire Network Ocean Ocean02 13 Robin E Smith i 1 object s selected Mi 5 Double click the target printer
156. panel 258 Tips for Administrator 0 Choose uto when getting the IP address from a DHCP server The IP address is automatically obtained from the DHCP server whenever the printer is reset or turned on m Choose FIG when setting the IP address using the arp ping command The print server uses the IP address set by the arp ping command The settings become available when the printer is reset or turned off and then back on Note d To use Auto a DHCP server must be installed and correctly configured on your computer See the online help of your operating system for detailed instructions m Choose PING only when setting the IP address using the arp ping command Press the Up or Down button until IF 8 8 8 8 appears Press the Enter button Press the Up or Down button until the desired value appears Then press the Enter button to set the value Note Repeat steps 7 and 8 to set the IP address subnet mask and default gateway Turn off your printer and then turn it back on Be sure to wait until the initialization is complete Print a network status sheet to confirm the new IP address Note LY You must first set the IP address before using EpsonNet WebAssist LI See the Reference Guide for more information about settings on the printer s control panel Tips for Administrator 259 Network Menu These items are used to make network settings on the printer s control panel
157. pecified as the Bindery context and select Create from the Object menu then Printer Type the printer name and click Create To assign the print queue double click the Printer object icon created in step 8 The Printer dialog box appears Click Assignments and then click Add From the print queue list select the queue created in step 2 and click OK Click Configuration in the Printer dialog box and select Parallel from the Printer type pull down menu Click Communication The Parallel Communication dialog box appears Select LPT1 for Port check Polled for Interrupts and check Manual load Remote from Print Server for Connection type then click OK Click OK in the Printer dialog box Toassign the printer double click the Print Server object icon created in step 4 The Print Server dialog box appears Click Assignments and then click Add From the printer object list select the printer object created in step 8 and click OK Settings for NetWare Server 141 17 Inthe Print Server dialog box select the assigned printer from the printer object list and click the Printer Number button to set the printer number from 0 to 15 then click OK 18 To confirm the objects you have assigned double click the Print Server object icon Click Print Layout and check that the print server printer and print queue are connected Configuring for NetWare using EpsonNet WinAssist 1 Turn on your printer 2 Load the prin
158. perties and then click the Utility tab Clear the Monitor the Printing Status check box Windows 2000 NT environment A dial up connection dialog box appears when printing with TCP IP via EpsonNet Direct Print Cause What to do You have selected a phone line or modem for Internet Explorer 4 0x for the Internet connection Printing ends normally after you cancel this dialog box but the message appears every time you print Connect to the Internet using a local area network or start a dial up network manually A communication error message appears when you start printing or when you open the printer s properties Cause What to do Troubleshooting 247 When you print with Open the printer s properties and then NetBEUI or IPP EPSON click the Optional Settings tab Select the Status Monitor cannot be Update the Printer Option Information used manually radio button Open the printer s properties and then click the Utility tab Clear the Monitor the Printing Status check box No clients except an administrator can print via Windows NT Server 4 0 Cause What to do CREATOROWNERhasbeen Add CREATOR OWNER by clicking the deleted from the Printer Add button in the Printer Permissions Permissions list or dialog box or set CREATOR OWNER to CREATOR OWNER is set to Manage Documents default setting Print or No Access Macintosh environment Printers do not a
159. ppear in Chooser Cause What to do You may have selected a Makesure toselect Ethernetin AppleTalk wrong one for Connect via Control Panel and make sure AppleTalk in the AppleTalk Control is active in Chooser Also check the Panel network equipment including the hub cable 248 Troubleshooting The Rendezvous printer setting is overwritten by the AppleTalk printer setting when the same printer is set up with AppleTalk after the printer is set up with Rendezvous Change the AppleTalk printer name so that it does not conflict with the Rendezvous printer name NetWare environment Nothing prints even though clients have sent data to the printer Cause What to do Clients may notberegistered Make sure clients are registered as users or the print server may notbe_ of the print queue and the print server logged in to the NetWare Also make sure the print server is server logged in to the NetWare server EpsonNet WinAssist WebAssist will not start correctly Cause What to do Microsoft NetWare Directory If you are using the NDS service install Service is installed on your the Novell NetWare Client service computer It takes a long time to start EpsonNet WinAssist Cause What to do Troubleshooting 249 The Novell Client service is installed Double click Network in Control Panel and then double click the network adapter that does not use the I
160. psonNet WebAssist LJ4 Emulation Items Explanations Emulation Select LJ4 Font Source Select the default font source Font Number Type the default font number from the default font source Pitch Type the default font pitch if the font is scalable and fixed pitch Height Type the default font height if the font is scalable and proportional Symbol Set Select the default symbol set Form Type the number of lines for the selected paper size and orientation Source Symbol Set Available only when an optional font ROM is installed Dest Symbol Set Available only when an optional font ROM is installed CR Function Select CR carriage return or CR LF carriage return line feed operation whenever the print position exceeds the right margin LF Function Select LF line feed or CR LF carriage return line feed operation to add a line feed to each carriage return it receives Tray Assign Select the tray assigning from 4 4K or 5S When 4 4K and 5S are selected LaserJet 4 Compatible LaserJet 4000 5000 8000 Compatible and LaserJet 5 Si Compatible are available respectively Set button Saves any changes Refresh button Clears any changes and reloads the previous settings EpsonNet WebAssist 217 GL2 Emulation Items Explanations Emulation Select GL2 GL Mode Select whether the emulat
161. put Port tab 3 Select the port 4 Connect to the printer from the command line Example Connect the printer to LPT1 net use LPT1 NetBIOS name of print server Device name of print server 128 Installing the Printer Driver Note To change the NetBIOS name and device name use EpsonNet WinAssist or WebAssist running on Windows Me 98 95 2000 NT Installing the Printer Driver 129 130 Installing the Printer Driver Chapter 6 Settings for NetWare Server Introduction to NetWare Settings This chapter explains how to configure the print server for NetWare First you need to set up the printer ina NetWare environment and then configure the print server using EpsonNet WinAssist Supported systems D Server environment NetWare 3 1 3 11 3 12 3 2 Bindery NetWare 4 1 4 11 4 2 NDS Bindery emulation IntranetWare NDS Bindery emulation NetWare 5 0 5 1 NDS NDPS NetWare 6 0 NDS NDPS Q Client environment The client environment must be supported by NetWare The clients are able to use the printer driver mounted on the print server The following Novell Client is supported J For Windows Me 98 95 Novell Client 3 3 or higher for Windows 95 98 J For Windows XP 2000 NT 4 0 Novell Client 4 8 or higher for Windows NT 2000 XP Settings for NetWare Server 131 About modes Youcanchoose either the Print Server Remote Printer or Standby mode We recommend that you use the Print Server mod
162. r located beyond the router Click OK Windows Me 98 95 2000 NT 4 0 Click Start point to Settings and then select Printers Double click Add Printer in the Printers folder to start the Add Printer Wizard Windows XP Click Start and then Printers and Faxes Under Printer Tasks click Add a printer to start the Add Printer Wizard Select Network printer Windows Me 98 95 2000 A network printer or a printer attached to another computer Windows XP or Network print server Windows NT 4 0 Then click Next Windows Me 98 95 Click Browse and then double click Epson_lpr Windows XP Click Browse for a printer In the Shared Printers list double click EpsonPeripheralNetwork 180 EpsonNet Direct Print 8 Windows 2000 Select the Type the printer name or click Next to browse for a printer radio button and click Next Double click EpsonPeripheralNetwork Windows NT 4 0 In the Shared Printers list double click EpsonPeripheralNetwork Select the target printer listed under Epson_lIpr or EpsonPeripheralNetwork and click OK Add Printer Wizard Type the network path or the queue name of your printer If you don t know its name click Browse to view available network printers Network path or queue name NEpson_lIpr axx xe xxx KKK Browse Do you print from MS DOS based programs C Yes No lt Back Cancel Click Next Follow the on screen instructions to install the printer driver
163. rint 183 5 Select the Notify when printing completed check box if you want to receive an on screen notification when printing is complete 6 Click OK Windows XP 2000 1 Windows XP Click Start and then click My Network Places Under Network Tasks click View workgroup computers Under Other Places click Microsoft Windows Network and then click Entire Network Then double click the EpsonPeripheralNetwork icon Windows 2000 Double click the My Network Places icon Double click the Entire Network icon click entire contents and then double click the EpsonPeripheralNetwork icon 2 Double click the Epson_lIpr icon 184 EpsonNet Direct Print 3 Right click the icon for the target printer and click Properties The EPSON LPR Port dialog box appears EPSON LPR Port LZ WEpson_Ipr 0020 00 00 AL DOO a Select printing method N LPR Printing Standard Printing Direct Prnt R 4 Use LPD protocol Printing Request 5 cae pool C Enhanced Printing Bins Direct Prnt 4 x EPSON Enhanced LPD Printing Request I bo not spool T High Speed Printing Mem gt amp x EPSON high speed port Printing Request Ido not crea Cancel 4 Make the appropriate settings for the desired port LPR standard printing Select the LPR Printing check box and then the Standard Printing radio button Print data is spooled by the computer before sending the print job to the target network printer LPR e
164. rnet or Built in Ethernet on the AppleTalk Control Panel or the AppleTalk tab Then configure the print server with EpsonNet MacAssist Mac OS 8 x to 9 x 1 From the Apple menu select Control Panel and then TCP IP 2 Set Connect via to Ethernet 3 Assign an IP address and other settings if necessary 4 Close the dialog box to save any changes Go to the next chapter Connecting the Print Server to the Network on page 35 Mac OS X 1 From the Apple menu select System Preferences 2 Open the Network control panel Click the TCP IP tab 3 Select Built in Ethernet from the Show pull down menu 4 Assign an IP address and other settings if necessary 5 Click the Apply Now button to save any changes Go to the next chapter Connecting the Print Server to the Network on page 35 34 Installing Components on Your Computer Chapter 2 How to Set Up the Print Server This chapter explains how to set up the print server This includes connecting the print server to the network installing EpsonNet WinAssist MacAssist and using EpsonNet WinAssist MacAssist to assign an IP address to the print server Connecting the Print Server to the Network Follow the instructions below to connect the print server to the network 1 Make sure that your printer is turned off 2 Connect one end of the network cable to the RJ 45 connector on the print server and the other end to the network K Caution D You must use a
165. s The Printer Agent you have created in the NDS tree See the Novell online documentation for details Instructions for Using a Dial Up Network This section explains about using a dial up network Note The primary server described in this manual indicates a primary time server which offers time to the workstations on the network 158 Settings for NetWare Server Using a dial up network in each mode Print Server mode You must use a dedicated dial up line Since polling is performed on the file server in the print server mode no vicarious response by the router is possible Therefore no dial up connection is possible in this case Remote Printer mode In Remote Printer mode use of a router with a vicarious response function allows the primary server to be installed at the dial up destination However an extra account might be generated when the primary server is down To avoid that it is recommend to use connections via a dedicated dial up line Follow the instructions for using a dial up line When there is a primary server at the dial up destination For local networks with file servers i Dial up Primary file server Filo router primary print server server gt i Dial up ra A oe ee router po pee Printer N AA lt pe Local network Remote network Qon 1 When the power is turned on A dial up is generated because access is made to a local file server first and then to a primary serv
166. s 2000 computer Add Printer Wizard Local or Network Printer Is the printer attached to your computer If the printer is directly attached to your computer click Local printer If itis attached to another computer or directly to the network click Network printer I Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer C Network printer lt Back Cancel 4 Select the Create a new port radio button and then select Standard TCP IP Port from the list Then click Next Add Printer Wizard Select the Printer Port Computers communicate with printers through ports gt Noe Select the port you want your printer to use If the port is not listed you can create a new port C Use the following port Po LPT1 Printer Port EPSON AL OOOX Advance LPT2 Printer Port LPT3 Printer Port COM1 Serial Port COM2 Serial Port PAMI Serial Part E Note Most computers use the LPT1 port to communicate with a local printer Create a new port Type Standard TCP IP Port lt Back Cancel Installing the Printer Driver 113 5 Enter the IP address of the print server and then click Next Add Standard TCP IP Printer Port Wizard x Add Port For which device do you want to add a port gt Noe Enter the Printer Name or IP address and a port name for the desired device Printer Name or IP Address KHH KHH RRK BRK Port Name KKK MRK KKH KHK lt Back Cancel 6 Ifan error
167. s spa na Ea ERA ai Da EES 227 MS Network 0 0 0 cece rururaa eee eeen 228 PE e e a gr a a A A A AE PS 228 SNMP a a oc S E a A a Ea 229 TEA eaa E E E a e E E lates RREA 230 Optional Seen Sapia i a ae a a a wie tee wae tak 231 Administrator 0 0 0 0 0c ccc eee rre ruru re 231 IRESGE i202 te er Oe oth et il tS ot ID Bt he 232 Password Patsy Sair eda ea macnn een amare a TEREA 232 Chapter 11 EpsonNet WebManager About EpsonNet WebManager 0 660 c eee e eae 235 System Requirements 0 cece cece eee eee ees 236 EpsonNet WebManager Functions 000s eee e eens 237 EpsonNet WebManager Operating Structure 238 Installing EpsonNet WebManager 0 00000 eee 239 Starting EpsonNet WebManager 0 00 e cece eens 240 Opening the Online Guide a esyren Ci dehak Mechs Geo ee ES 241 Chapter 12 Troubleshooting General Problems 0 0000 ccc cece cece eee teen eas 243 Problems Specific to Your Network Environment 246 Windows Me 98 95 environment 0000 eee 246 Windows 2000 NT environment 0000 eee 247 Macintosh environment 000 c cece eee eee ee eee 248 NetWare environment 0000 ccc eect eee eens 249 Printing a Network Status Sheet 0 6 0 cece eee aes 250 Initializing Your Printer lt 3 sasWews tay sh es eR Gave eee estes 251 Reformatting the Hard Disk Drive 0 e eee ee 251 D
168. sary components Installing Components on Your Computer 25 LPR or Internet printing Internet Protocol TCP IP Microsoft Network Shared Internet Protocol TCP IP printing Client for Microsoft Networks Printing via NetWare server Latest Novell Client downloaded from the Novell Web site 5 Ifthe necessary components are not in the list click Install to install them as described below For LPR or Internet printing Internet Protocol TCP IP is installed by default You cannot add or delete it For Microsoft Network Shared printing Select Client and then click Add Select Client for Microsoft Networks and then click OK For printing via NetWare server Download the latest Novell Client from the Novell Web site and install it on the computer Also be sure to install IPX See the Novell Web site for detailed information 6 For LPR Internet Microsoft Network Shared printing Double click Internet Protocol TCP IP on the Local Area Connection Properties dialog box to open the Internet Protocols TCP IP Properties dialog box Set the IP address the subnet mask etc and then click OK 7 Restart the computer The necessary components are now installed Go to the next chapter Connecting the Print Server to the Network on page 35 26 Installing Components on Your Computer Windows 2000 For Windows 2000 use the following procedure to install the necessary components
169. select the routing protocol from a NLSP with RIP SAP Compatibility or b RIP SAP Only If you remove the bind of RIP or SAP when NLSP with RIP SAP Compatibility is specified the print server then cannot communicate with the file server and NDS See Protocols and Bindings in NetWare s INETCFG utility Bindery and NDS m You can check the bindery context path from the server console by using the SET BINDERY CONTEXT command 1 Ifthe bindery context path has not been set or if you want to use the printing environment of another context from a non NDS client you need to specify the context for the bindery context Use the SET BINDERY CONTEXT command to set the context in the AUTOEXEC NCF file 1 Youcannot use the bindery print server mode with EpsonNet WinAssist if you are running Novell Client for Windows 95 98 version 3 00 or Novell Client for Windows NT version 4 50 To configure the print server for bindery mode use Novell IntranetWare Client or EpsonNet WebAssist See your NetWare documentation for more information Settings for NetWare Server 133 Time required to recognize the print server It takes up to two minutes for the NetWare server to recognize the print server after the printer is turned on During this start up time the status sheet does not show the correct information Frame type The same frame type should be used for the NetWare server and IPX router on the same network If more than one
170. server information NetWare Displays information about NetWare TCP IP Displays information about TCP IP AppleTalk Displays information about AppleTalk MS Network Displays information about Microsoft Network IPP Displays information about IPP SNMP Displays information about SNMP Configuration Printer Input Change the input settings Print Change the print settings Emulation Change the emulation settings Interface Change the printer interface settings Configuration Network NetWare Configure the applicable settings for NetWare EpsonNet WebAssist 207 TCP IP Configure the desired settings method for TCP IP AppleTalk Configure the desired settings for AppleTalk MS Network Configure the desired settings for Microsoft Network IPP Configure the desired settings for IPP SNMP Configure the desired settings for SNMP Time Configure the desired settings for Time Configuration Optional Administrator Type the name of the administrator and a link to a favorite Web site Reset Resets the printer and returns to the default settings Password Set the password to protect settings Epson logo Links to the EPSON Web site http Wwww epson com Information Printer Screens This section explains about the Device and Consumable information screens See Configuration Printer Screens on page 212 about input print e
171. sional TCP IP Port or EpsonNet Direct Server Print IPP Windows NT 4 0 with TCP IP using LRP or EpsonNet Support Pack 5 or Direct Print higher IPP using EpsonNet Internet Print NetBEUI Macintosh Mac OS X 10 x AppleTalk 9 x 8 x 13 os Version Protocol NetWare 3 x Bindery mode 4 x IntranetWare NDS mode Bindery emulation mode 5 x 6 0 NDS Queue based print system NDPS OS 2 OS 2 Warp V3 TCP IP Iprportd Connect OS 2 Warp V4 NetBEUI Server UNIX Sun OS 4 1 4 or Ipr ftp later SPARC SunSoft Solaris 2 4 or later SPARC and x86 SCO UNIX 4 2 or later SCO UnixWare 2 01 or later HP UX 9 05 or later IBM AIX 3 2 5 or later and 4 1 3 or later Note LY Only the Intel version of Windows NT is supported LY The multi user environment of Mac OS 9 is not supported T Ifyou use the printer in a dial up router environment you must set an IP address for the printer Make sure the IP address is suitable for the segment incorrect IP address may generate unexpected dial up Features of the Print Server m o oO O OU Connects your EPSON printer using a built in Ethernet interface which is called the print server in this manual to the network Supports multiple protocols such as TCP IP NetWare NetBEUI AppleTalk and IPP Supports both 10Base T and 100Base TX Supports DHCP Supports Automatic Private IP Addressing APIPA that assigns an IP address
172. ss diverse interconnected networks The following table lists the components required for configuring the print server with EpsonNet WinAssist EpsonNet WinAssist s setting Necessary components screens TCP IP AppleTalk IPP SNMP IP trap TCP IP MS Network NetBEUI or TCP IP NetWare SNMP IPX trap Latest Novell Client downloaded from the Novell Web site Installing Components on Your Computer 31 Note Do not use Novell Client for Windows 95 98 version 3 00 and Novell Client for Windows NT version 4 50 when using the following modes NetWare 3 x 4 x Bindery Print Server mode NetWare 3 x Remote Printer mode NetWare 4 x Bindery Remote Printer mode and NetWare 4 x 5 x NDS Remote Printer mode The following table lists the components required for network printing Printing method Necessary components LPR or Internet printing Protocols menu TCP IP Services menu Microsoft TCP IP Printing Microsoft Network Protocols menu TCP IP or NetBEUI Shared printing Services menu Workstation Printing via NetWare Latest Novell Client downloaded from the Novell server Web site 4 Ifthe necessary components are not in the list click Add to install them as described below For LPR or Internet printing Select the Protocols tab and then click Add Select TCP IP from the list and then click OK Set the IP address the subnet mask etc and then click OK Select the Servic
173. ssing APIPA Cf C Manual I Set using PING IP Address Setting IP Address 16 Subnet Mask 255 M 255 0 Default Gateway 255 255 255 255 Extended Settings Cancel Help Select a method for specifying the IP address If you select Automatic DHCP becomes available and assigns an IP address automatically If you want to set the IP address manually select Manual instead Note 2 The network administrator must confirm any changes made to the IP address settings d When Automatic is selected DHCP becomes available To use the DHCP server make sure it is installed on your computer and correctly configured See your operating system s online help for detailed instructions How to Set Up the Print Server 41 d Ifthe Dynamic DNS function is not supported we recommend that you select Manual and enter an IP address This is because if you select Automatic the IP address of the print server changes every time you turn on the printer so that you need to change the printer port setting accordingly If you want to get a private address between 169 254 1 1 and 169 254 254 254 automatically when an IP address cannot be obtained by the DHCP server leave the Set using Automatic Private IP Addressing APIPA check box selected otherwise clear the check box When setting an IP address using the ping command select the Set using PING check box Do not select it when setting an IP address with EpsonNet WinAssist MacAssis
174. st View menu d Refresh Updates to the latest information by searching for the available printers again Tool menu a Timeout Set the timeout value between 2 and 120 seconds See Timeout option on page 53 for more information QO Search Method Select the connections and protocols to use to search fora print server See Search method on page 53 for more information 1 Search Options Configures the options for a search with IP or IPX See Search options on page 54 for more information 52 EpsonNet WinAssist Configuration Utility 0 Firmware Update You can update the firmware and EpsonNet WebAssist See the EpsonNet WinAssist online help for detailed information Help menu 0 Help Topic Opens EpsonNet WinAssist help 1 About EpsonNet WinAssist Displays the copyright and version information for EpsonNet WinAssist Timeout option Set the length of time before a timeout occurs between 2 and 120 seconds The default value is 6 seconds A communication error occurs if this time is exceeded If you set a larger value it takes more time to search for the network printers Therefore change this value only if you prefer Select Refresh from the View menu or restart EpsonNet WinAssist for the settings to take effect Timeout x Timeout Setting For communication error seconds fe Cancel Search method You can select the connections and protocols to search for a print server You
175. t WebAssist this prevents any unexpected changes of the IP address Note Be sure not to select the check box when not using ping this prevents an unexpected change of the IP address by EpsonNet WebManager To assign an IP address manually enter the IP address the subnet mask and the default gateway Be sure the IP address does not conflict with any other devices on the network Note If there is a server or a router functioning as a gateway enter the IP address of the server or the router for the gateway address If there is no gateway leave the default values there Click the Extended Settings button if you want to make extended settings such as Dynamic DNS and Universal Plug and Play functions 42 How to Set Up the Print Server Note The check boxes are dimmed if the print server does not support the function Extended Settings x DNS Server Address Settings I Acquire DNS server address automatically DNS Server Addresses j z e e f_o _ Host Name and Domain Name Setting T Acquire host name and domain name automatically Host Name ELO Domain Name x e I Register tt j To Rer r Universal Plug and Play Settings IF Use Universal Plug and Play Device Name J poxa 9 Select the Acquire DNS server address automatically check box if you want to acquire the DNS server address using the DHCP server If you want to enter the DNS server address manually click the Add button
176. t gateway Follow the steps below to configure the print server using EpsonNet WinAssist EasySetup 1 Click Start point to Programs or All Programs Windows XP and then select EpsonNet WinAssist V4 Click EpsonNet EasySetup to start it The EpsonNet WinAssist Easy Setup dialog box appears Click Next Read the License Agreement and then click Next Select the target printer and then click Next EpsonNet WinAssist Configuration Utility 77 Note If the same printer model name appears several times on the list you can identify the printers by checking their MAC addresses which are found on the status sheet EpsonNet Windssist Easy Setup Network Interface Selection Select the appropriate network interface then click Next It takes a moment for network interfaces to appear in the list If the network interface you want to configure is not displayed after about one minute make sure it is turned on and properly connected to the network Then select Refresh from the View menu If you want to configure more than one network interface use their MAC addresses to tell them apart You can confirm the MAC address by printing and viewing a status sheet See your user documentation for information about printing a status sheet heit Name a Address IP Address 5 Specify whether to use the Microsoft network sharing service and then click Next If you select No proceed to step 8 EpsonNet WinAssist
177. t server from the file server s system console which the print queue volume is set gt LOAD PSERVER print server name you set using PCONSOLE 3 Configure the print server using EpsonNet WinAssist See NetWare on page 63 for details If NetWare objects are already created you can also use EpsonNet WebAssist See NetWare on page 223 for details Using NDS Remote Printer Mode NetWare 4 x 5 x 6 0 Follow the steps below to make the printer environment using NWAdmin under NetWare 4 x IntranetWare NetWare 5 x or NetWare 6 0 with NDS mode Creating objects 1 From any NetWare client log in to the target context of the NDS tree as an ADMIN 2 Runthe Administrator tool NWAdmin 142 Settings for NetWare Server 3 Create a printer Click the directory context icon and select Create from the Object menu then Printer Type the Printer name and click Create Create Printer Printer name Create JEPL Ce200 EEEN Cancel I Define additional properties Help I Create another Printer 4 Create a print server Click the directory context icon and select Create from the Object menu then Print Server Type the Print Server name and click Create Create Print Server Print Server name Create EPL C8200 PS aoe Cancel I Define additional properties Help I Create another Print Server 5 Create a print queue Click the directory context icon and select Create from t
178. ta is received When this time is up the printer searches for new print data on other channels Language Select the displayed language Panel Lock Select locking of the printer s control panel If you select on the printer s control panel is locked Toner Out Select whether to continue printing when the toner is out LCD Contrast Adjust the contrast of the LCD display Set button Saves any changes Refresh button Clears any changes and reloads the previous settings Printing Menu Items Explanations EpsonNet WebAssist 213 Menu Selection Select Printing Paper Source Select the paper source Paper Size Select the paper size for printing Wide A4 Select whether the printer accepts wide A4 paper for printing Orientation Select whether the page is printed in portrait or landscape orientation Copies Enter the number of copies to be printed Manual Feed This item selects manual feed mode Resolution Select the resolution Skip Blank Page Select whether to skip a blank page Auto Eject Page Select whether to eject pages automatically Duplex Select whether to print on both sides of paper This setting is available only when the Duplex Unit is installed Binding Specify the binding direction of the printout This setting is available only when the Duplex Unit is installed Start Page Spe
179. taken from Windows 98 using EpsonNet WinAssist Other systems may differ in appearance but the instructions are the same except as noted Click Start point to Programs or All Programs Windows XP and then select EpsonNet WinAssist V4 Click EpsonNet WinAssist to start it How to Set Up the Print Server 39 2 Select the printer you want to configure and then click Configuration or double click the printer icon EpsonNet Win ssist B x Device View Tool Help EPSON Devices Network Address aA Printer gt Scanner Note d Ifthe same printer model name appears several times in the list you can identify the printers by checking their MAC address which are found on the status sheet You can search printers in other segments by using Search Options from the Tool menu See Search options on page 54 for more information LY The Launch Browser button can be used only if a valid IP address is assigned to the printer I The print server does not have a default IP address Be sure to assign a valid IP address manually or by using the DHCP server 3 Click the TCP IP tab 40 How to Set Up the Print Server Note For information on other menus see Details of the Configuration Dialog Box on page 58 Network Interface Card Properties x Information TCP IP Netware MS Network AppleTalk iPP SNMP Method for specifying the IP address IV Set using Automatic Private IP Addre
180. ter driver Install the printer driver from the CD ROM that comes with the printer See About Installing the Printer Driver for details 20 Chapter 1 Installing Components on Your Computer About Installing Components on Your Computer Before configuring the print server and printing from the computer you need to install the necessary components such as TCP IP NetBEUL etc and assign an IP address and subnet mask for your computer depending on the printing method you want to use See the section in this chapter appropriate for your operating system Windows Me 98 95 For Windows Me 98 95 use the following procedure to install the necessary components Note LY The Windows Me 98 95 CD ROM may be required during the installation D When using TCP IP or IPP for printing you need to set the IP address the subnet mask and the default gateway of the computer 1 Click Start point to Settings and then select Control Panel Installing Components on Your Computer 21 2 Double click the Network icon Check if the following necessary components are in the list of installed network components on the Configuration menu If they are already installed go to the next chapter Network Configuration Identification Access Control The following network components are installed E Client for Microsoft Networks E Client for NetWare Networks ATKK RE2000 Y IPX SPX compatible Protocol
181. ter you want to use from the Shared printers list box and then click Next NetBIOS name of print server Device name of print server Follow the on screen instructions to set up the printer See Installing a printer driver on page 110 if necessary Installing a printer driver 1 Insert the Software CD ROM shipped with the printer 2 Close the EPSON Installation Program screen if it appears 3 Click the Have Disk button The Install From Disk dialog box appears 4 Click Browse 5 Select the CD ROM drive for Drives and double click the WIN2000 folder Click Open 6 Click OK in the Install From Disk dialog box 7 Select the model name of the printer and then click Next Note If the Add Printer wizard prompts you to select either Keep existing driver or Replace existing driver be sure to select the Replace existing driver radio button 110 Installing the Printer Driver 8 Click Finish and follow the on screen instructions to complete the setup When you print using Microsoft Network Shared printing in the Windows 2000 NT XP environment see Using the NET USE command on page 111 for more details Using the NET USE command If you are running Windows 2000 NT XP and using NetBIOS to connect to the printer we recommend that you use the NET USE command as follows 1 Click Start click Control Panel click Network and Internet Connections and then select Network Connections Under LAN or High
182. th Bindery emulation Note I Assign Trusteeships for users if necessary 1 Be sure to use PCONSOLE to set the print queue and print server instead of using NWAdmin Creating objects 1 From any NetWare client log in to the server as an ADMIN Make sure to log in with Bindery connection Note If the client using for this setting has been logged in with NDS mode press F4 key while PCONSOLE is starting to switch to the bindery mode Run PCONSOLE From the Available Options screen select Print Queues and press Enter Press Insert and type the print queue name Press Enter Note Since your clients need the print queue name you set here when they use the printer announce the print queue name to your clients From the Print Queue list select the print queue name that you just entered and press Enter From the Print Queue Information list select Queue Users and press Enter Next select EVERYONE from the list If EVERYONE is not in the list press Insert and select EVERYONE from the queue user list 140 Settings for NetWare Server 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 From the Available Options screen select Print Servers and press Enter Press Insert and type the print server name Press Enter Press Esc to exit PCONSOLE and log out from the server Log in to the server as an ADMIN Be sure to log in with NDS connection Start NWAdmin To create the Printer Object click the container s
183. that you select Manual and enter an IP address This is because if you select Automatic the IP address of the print server changes every time you turn on the printer so that you need to change the printer port setting accordingly d To use the DHCP server make sure it is installed on your computer and configured correctly See your operating system s online help for detailed instructions EpsonNet MacAssist Configuration Utility 99 8 Check the settings and then click Send If you have set a password for the print server the Password dialog box appears Enter your password up to 20 characters and then click OK Follow the on screen instructions u Caution It takes two or three minutes to send new settings to the print server Do not turn off the printer until an on screen message prompts you to do so 100 EpsonNet MacAssist Configuration Utility Chapter 5 Installing the Printer Driver About Installing the Printer Driver To print to the network printer you need to install the printer driver on the computer See the section in this chapter appropriate for your operating system Windows Me 98 95 For Windows Me 98 95 the printer driver installation procedure differs depending on the printing method you prefer LPR printing Since Windows Me 98 95 does not support LPR standard TCP IP printing cannot be used However you can print via TCP IP using the EpsonNet Direct Print utility included on the Softwar
184. tic ead eRe eee 273 Windows Me 98 95 2000 NT 4 0 0 0 c eee eee 273 Windows XP 5 22 2 E wena Pade ie Pee Se OSs 273 Macintosh 25222 soho oe od eee eh SY Re ee EN 273 Index 10 Introduction About Your Printer Your printer has a built in Ethernet interface and can connect anywhere on your network using 10Base T or 100Base TX The interface which is called the print server in this manual automatically selects the correct standard when it connects to a network In addition it supports and automatically selects the IEEE 802 2 IEEE 802 3 Ethernet II and Ethernet SNAP network protocols Because the print server supports multiple protocols and automatically detects protocols on your network you can print from Microsoft Windows Apple Macintosh UNIX and IBM OS 2 applications Use EpsonNet WinAssist MacAssist WebAssist the configuration utilities provided with your product to quickly and easily configure the print server to use protocols such as TCP IP NetWare NetBEUI AppleTalk IPP and SNMP Note The EpsonNet WinAssist MacAssist WebAssist utility configures the print server to work only with protocols that exist on your network This does not imply that you can use all of the above mentioned protocols on your network or operating system The protocols that the print server can use may vary depending on the operating system and the network configuration 11 About This Guide
185. tility 93 Items Explanations Entity Type Displays the printer s entity type Do not change the entity type unless epson appears If epson appears select the entity type by clicking the Entity Setting button to match your printer Method of specifying the network number Select the method for acquiring the network number Automatic is usually preferred Network number for manual mode IPP Enter a value between 0 and 65534 to specify the network number if you have selected Manual To use the printer in the IPP environment configure the print server using the following screen m Network Card Properties B Anformation TcP 1P AppteTaik 1PP Basic Information IPPURL http 192 168 192 168 631 EPSON_IPP_Printer Printer Name EPSON_IPP_Printer Location 94 EpsonNet MacAssist Configuration Utility Items Explanations IPP URL Displays the printer s URL for Internet Printing Format http IP address of print server 631 printer name set below Example http 192 168 100 201 631 EPSON_IPP_Printer Printer Name Enter the name of a printer to use for Internet Printing up to 127 characters Example EPSON_IPP_Printer Location Enter the name of the printer s physical location up to 64 characters About Password A password is required to config
186. tion program will lead you through uninstalling the older version of EpsonNet Direct Print 1 Insert the Software CD ROM in the CD ROM drive 2 The EPSON Installation Program screen opens automatically If the Installer dialog box does not appear double click SETUP EXE on the CD ROM 3 Select Install EpsonNet Direct Print and then click 4 Follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation 5 Restart the computer after installation is complete Your computer is now set up to print with LPR via EpsonNet Direct Print See the next section to set up your printer 174 EpsonNet Direct Print Setting Up Your Printer Using EpsonNet Direct Print When setting up a printer to print with LPR you can add botha printer located in the same segment and one located beyond a router Note I Be sure that the computer is connected to the network and TCP IP is correctly set I The valid IP address must be set otherwise the printer does not appear under the Epson_Ipr group icon LY The EPSON Status Monitor 2 utility shipped with the interface card models C82362 C82363 C82364 with software version 1 x and EPL N2700 N4000 printers enables EPSON TCP IP printers These EPSON TCP IP printers can coexist with lpr printers added by EpsonNet Direct Print I The job control functions such as Cancel Printing and Purge Print Jobs are available when you double click the target printer icon in the Printers folder H
187. to 20 characters See the NetWare documentation for more details Usually you do not need to set it Print Server Password again Enter the password again Polling Interval Set the polling interval between 5 to 90 seconds See the NetWare documentation for more details Usually you do not need to set it Print Queue Configuration button Configure the print queue settings If you have assigned the queue with PCONSOLE NWAdmin or EpsonNet 2 for Windows an older version of the configuration utility reassign the print queue here Print Queue Configuration dialog box When you click the Print Queue Configuration button on the Print server menu the following dialog box appears 66 EpsonNet WinAssist Configuration Utility Note You can configure queue settings for a higher context than the one you specified in the NDS context box In this case you must have the supervisor privileges for the context in which you set the queue Queue Configuration Queue Name Queue SALES EPSON Browse Queue02 EPSON Items Explanations Queue Name Displays the queue name that is assigned to the print server by browsing the queue Browse button Click the Browse button to select a queue You can also create or delete a queue Queue list box Lists the print queues Add button Adds a print queue Remove button Removes a print queue QO Select
188. tomatically If you select Manual enter the IP address Click Next EpsonNet WinAssist Easy Setup IP Address Setting Select Automatic to automatically acquire the IP address using a DHCP server If you do not use automatic acquisition you must set the IP address of the printer scanner manually After making the appropriate settings click Next Basic Information Select a method for specifying the IP address Butomatic Manual lt Back Cancel Note m The print server does not have a default IP address Be sure to assign a valid IP address manually or by using the DHCP server Ifthe Dynamic DNS function is not supported we recommend that you select Manual and enter an IP address This is because if you select Automatic the IP address of the print server changes every time you turn on the printer so that you need to change the printer port setting accordingly To use the DHOP server make sure it is installed on your computer and configured correctly See your operating system s online help for detailed instructions Check the settings and then click Send If you have set a password for the print server the Password dialog box appears Enter your password up to 20 characters and then click OK Follow the on screen instructions 80 EpsonNet WinAssist Configuration Utility u Caution It takes two or three minutes to send new settings to the print server Do not turn off the printer until an on
189. ugh the DHCP server that supports Dynamic DNS If you want to register the host name and the domain name directly to the DNS server select the Register directly to DNS server check box Select the Use Universal Plug and Play check box if you want to use the Universal Plug and Play function in Windows Me or future operating systems Change the default Universal Plug and Play device name if desired This device name is used for Windows that supports the Universal Plug and Play function After changing the settings click OK In the TCP IP dialog box click OK The Password dialog box appears Enter your password up to 20 characters and then click OK to save the settings If you are entering a password for the first time click Change Password and then set the password For more information on passwords see About Password on page 95 Follow the on screen instructions After the update is complete refresh the configuration by selecting Refresh from the Device menu Caution Since it takes 2 or 3 minutes to send new settings to the print server wait until an on screen message appears to indicate that you can turn off the printer 50 How to Set Up the Print Server Chapter 3 EpsonNet WinAssist Configuration Utility About EpsonNet WinAssist EpsonNet WinAssist is a Windows based configuration software for administrators to configure the print server for TCP IP NetWare MS Network AppleTalk IPP and
190. umber button to set the printer number from 0 to 254 Change Printer Number x Printer number Eo Cancel Help 14 To confirm the objects you have assigned double click the Print Server object icon Click Print Layout and check that the print server printer and print queue are connected Configuring for NetWare using EpsonNet WinAssist 1 Turn on your printer 2 Load the print server from the file server s system console which the print queue volume is set gt LOAD PSERVER print server name you set using NWAdmin 3 Configure the print server using EpsonNet WinAssist See NetWare on page 63 for details If you use the NetWare objects that are already created you can use EpsonNet WebAssist too See NetWare on page 223 for details Settings for NetWare Server 147 Using the EpsonNet NDPS Gateway This section contains instructions on printing ee Novell Distributed Print Services NDPS with Novell NetWare 5 x 6 0 Novell Distributed Print Services NDPS is the new generation print services of NetWare Note D Banners cannot be printed with NDPS D The Status Monitor 3 utility cannot be used with NDPS D Bind the IP or both IP or IPX protocols on the NetWare server that runs NDPSM NLM and EPSONGW NLM Check the following points before starting Install the appropriate client software such as Novell Client for Windows 95 98 Me version 3 3 or Novell Client for Windows NT
191. ure the print server When you click OK in the setting dialog box or click Return to Default the Password dialog box appears 1 To set the password or to change the current password click Change Password The Change Password dialog box appears 2 When you set a password for the first time leave the Current Password box blank and enter a password in the New Password box and in the New Password again box up to 20 characters Then click OK Passwords are case sensitive Note d The same password is used for EpsonNet WinAssist MacAssist and WebAssist EpsonNet MacAssist Configuration Utility 95 A Since the new password takes effect after the data is sent to the print server enter the old password immediately after changing the password QO If you forget your password you need to initialize the print server See Initializing Your Printer on page 251 for instructions Configuring the Print Server Using EpsonNet MacAssist EasySetup You can also use EpsonNet MacAssist EasySetup to easily configure the print server ready for TCP IP and AppleTalk printing within a short time Note Q Make sure the printer is turned on A The computer to use for the following steps must be in the same segment as the print server A When you assign an IP address manually we recommend you use EpsonNet MacAssist to set the subnet mask and default gateway Follow the steps below to configure the print server using Epso
192. uter Make sure the necessary components such as TCP IP NetBEUI etc are installed on the computer and network settings such as the IP address subnet mask etc of the computer is set See About Installing Components on Your Computer for details Connect the print server to the network Connect the print server to the network See Connecting the Print Server to the Network for details Install EpsonNet WinAssist MacAssist on the computer Install EpsonNet WinAssist or MacAssist on the computer to configure the print server See Installing EpsonNet WinAssist MacAssist for details Setting an IP address for the print server using EpsonNet Win MacAssist 19 Assign an IP address to the print server using EpsonNet WinAssist or MacAssist For Windows users see Setting an IP Address Using EpsonNet WinAssist For Macintosh users see Setting an IP Address Using EpsonNet MacAssist for details Configure the network settings of the print server using EpsonNet Win MacAssist Configure the print server for TCP IP AppleTalk MS Network etc using EpsonNet WinAssist or MacAssist For Windows users see About EpsonNet WinAssist For Macintosh users see About EpsonNet MacAssist Select a printing method Select a printing method appropriate for your network environment and operating system If you are not sure see Selecting a Printing Method for details Install the prin
193. uter is set to pass SAP packets Find Nearest Server an unnecessary dial up might be generated To avoid this turn off the printer once or do not allow the router to pass SAP packets Find Nearest Server 162 Settings for NetWare Server Chapter 7 Settings for UNIX Introduction to UNIX Settings This chapter explains how to set up the printer for different UNIX systems using the lpr command Your printer supports many standard UNIX commands and can be configured from a host computer without using a special setup utility Your printer is able to function as a remote printer on systems using TCP IP Ethernet transfer with lpr remote printing protocol or standard ftp file transfer protocol Note Because this printer does not convert data into the printer control language a printer driver and filter are necessary for each system Ipr filters Filters for lpr are controlled by the name given to the remote printer When setting up an lpr printer entry a name is entered for the local printer name to be redirected I the host name of the station to which the print is sent I the remote printer name name of the printer port on the remote station Settings for UNIX 163 Many different remote printer names may be set up all directed to the same Ethernet remote host and each is given a different local printer name to be redirected Different types of print jobs may be sent to different printer nam
194. y NetWare Administrator They are only available to the workstation user through the NDS object list These printers can take full advantage of the security and management features provided by NDS Note on using the Adobe PostScript 3 Kit If you want to use a printer as a PostScript and ESC Page printer and want to install the printer driver automatically to the client computer you must create two Printer Agents one for the PostScript printer driver and the other for the ESC Page printer driver If you create one with Remote rprinter on IPX create the other with Remote LPR on IP You can create two Printer Agents with the LPR protocol called LPR Printer Agent but cannot create two Printer Agents with the IPX protocol called IPX Printer Agent for the same printer Creating a Printer Agent automatically You can create a Printer Agent automatically Only public access printers can be created in this way See Creating Public Access Printers Automatically in the EpsonNet NDPS Gateway manual for detailed information 152 Settings for NetWare Server Note on using the Adobe PostScript 3 Kit d If the NetWare server is bound with both IP and IPX protocols two Printer Agents one being LPR Printer Agent and the other IPX Printer Agent are created automatically When you select one of the Printer Agents for the PostScript printer driver select the other for the ESC Page printer driver The Printer Agent name cannot be change
195. y is required Disadvantages J EPSON Status Monitor 2 or 3 cannot be used I You cannot print via a router I It takes a longer time to start printing because more time is required to search for a network printer Tips for Administrator 257 Setting an IP Address on the Printer s Control Panel After connecting the printer to the network you need to set the IP address for the print server To set the IP address subnet mask and default gateway from the control panel follow the steps below 1 Turn on your printer 2 Press the Enter Up Down or Back buttons on the printer s control panel once to enter ate ee ones mode The LCD panel displays Ir tion Menu 3 Press the Up or Down button until H Then press the Enter button 4 Check that He F On appears Ift k I F Of appears instead press the ents Button and then he Up or Down button to change toH F i Then press the Enter button 5 Press the Up or Down button until H a Mr appears Press the Enter ator and sen the Up or Down button to change to H rk is Yes Press the Enter button 6 Press the Up or Down button until Get IF zs Auto appears Press the Fater button and then the o or Down button to change to amp s ss F Then press the Enter button You can use the iiai methods to get an IP address dc Choose F when setting the IP address subnet mask and default gateway using the printer s control

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