Accton Technology EtherDuo-PS EN2024-6, User Manual

Page 1: ...P N 9570220006 Ethernet Print Server User s Guide EtherDuo PS EN2024 6 CheetahPrint Power 3003 EP3003...

Page 2: ...d This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation CE Marking Warning This is a Class A product In a domestic environment this product may ca...

Page 3: ...e power cord If exposed to foot traffic ensure that the cable is properly shielded and does not pose a tripping hazard 6 If using an extension cord make sure the total ampere rating of the products us...

Page 4: ...Operating Modes 10 Configuration Method 10 Preparation 11 Configuration Using Quickset 11 NetWare Print Server Mode 11 Novell Remote Printer Mode 12 Using PCONSOLE PSCONFIG 14 Novell Print Server Mod...

Page 5: ...P 47 Telnet 49 Chapter 7 Windows Peer to Peer 50 Software Requirements 50 TCP IP 50 Software Installation 50 Device Configuration 51 Software Configuration 52 Configuration Windows NT 3 51 55 Printing...

Page 6: ...are 90 Printing General 91 Printing AppleTalk 92 Printing NetWare 95 Printing Unix 100 Printing Windows 102 Internet Printing 103 WebAdmin 104 Appendix A Specifications 105 Appendix B Configuration Fi...

Page 7: ...twork interface used Compact Size This allows the Print Server to be used even where space is limited Remote Management Tools A variety of software tools are provided In most environments both the Pri...

Page 8: ...s all ports can be used simultaneously Two Ethernet interface ports BNC and UTP are also provided Figure 1 EN2024 6 EtherDuo PS Item Description Parallel Port 1 Parallel Port 2 Serial Port Reset Push...

Page 9: ...e 3 bi directional parallel ports support simultaneous printing Figure 2 EP3003 CheetahPrint Power 3003 Item Description Parallel Port 1 Parallel Port 2 Parallel Port 3 12V Power port 10 100BASE T Con...

Page 10: ...Table 1 LED Indicators 10 100BaseT Switches Models supporting 10BaseT and 100BaseT have 2 DIP switches See the previous diagrams to locate these switches Operation of these switches is described below...

Page 11: ...network cable BNC or UTP to the proper connector on the Print Server The Print Server will automatically recognize whichever connector is used Set the 10 100BaseT Switches as described in Chapter 1 if...

Page 12: ...open 5 Click on either the LaserWriter 8 icon recommended or the LaserWriter 7 icon LaserWriter 8 makes use of the fonts installed in the printer itself so the printing response time is quicker Laser...

Page 13: ...iles from the Utility Apple folder on the CD ROM to an appropriate folder on your hard disk PSTool CONFIG xxx Select the appropriate CONFIG file for your model as follows config 1p Single parallel por...

Page 14: ...r Type P2 LaserWriter 3003 Printer Type SP LaserWriter 3004 Printer Type P3 LaserWriter These are text fields used to describe the printer driver used for each port P1 P2 P3 refer to the parallel port...

Page 15: ...what settings should be used The following options are available Setting Options 0030 Baud Rate 300 600 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 bps 0031 Stop Bits 1 or 2 0032 Parity None Odd Even 0033 Data Bi...

Page 16: ...inter mode does not use a login slot Print Server mode should be used if possible Print Server Mode The Print Server emulates NetWare PSERVER When activated the device will perform the following opera...

Page 17: ...n In the Syntax sections brackets indicate optional parameters Ignore references to ports which do not exist on your model To use more than one bindery file server see Service Additional NetWare Binde...

Page 18: ...nment Quickset SC123456 UN Marketing FS Net311 In this example unit SC123456 has been setup as a Novell Print Server Its new name is Marketing and its Master File Server is Net311 Example 2 NDS Enviro...

Page 19: ...to 3 and the serial port respectively If you do not enter W X Y or Z then P1 P2 P3 and SP are the default names of queues for parallel ports 1 to 3 and the serial port respectively F F is the name of...

Page 20: ...t Server Mode in NetWare 2 x 3 x Follow the steps listed below to configure the Print Server in NetWare print server mode 1 Create Queues If you are setting up the Print Server for use with existing q...

Page 21: ...program b Select your Print Server c Select Set to NetWare Print Server Mode d Enter the file server you are logged onto to be the master file server to the Print Server e Replace Print Server name wi...

Page 22: ...up d Enter your desired print server name in the Print Server field Record the context e Enter the desired names in the following fields New printer New print queue Print Queue Volume f Press F10 to s...

Page 23: ...step 2 a if you do not need to add new queues c Press INS key to add a new queue d Type a queue name and press ENTER e Repeat Steps c and d until you have the desired number of queues 2 Assign printe...

Page 24: ...Repeat Step c to e until you have the desired number of queues 2 Create printer objects a From the PCONSOLE Main Menu select Print servers b Select a NetWare Print Server c Select Printers d Press INS...

Page 25: ...een loaded you must load it If unloading and reloading the NetWare Pserver go to step a If loading for the first time go to step d a Go to the file server console where the NLM is running b Press Alt...

Page 26: ...serviced by Print Server SCxxxxxx To print the file is sent to print queue P1 Example 1 To use NPRINT to print the file c config sys to SCxxxxxx use the command NPRINT c config sys Q P1 NOTI T 4 NFF...

Page 27: ...you are prompted to enter a character string enter a string 6 Change any other items you wish The ESC key will return you to main menu to select another category if you wish 7 Select Execute Change a...

Page 28: ...root name Print Server NDS Context NetWare 4 X NDS mode only Enter the Print Server NDS Context The entry should contain the path to the context but not the context itself and each OU should be separa...

Page 29: ...formation then select your Print Server in the print server list 6 Select Printer Server Configuration then select File Server To Be Serviced 7 Insert the file server names of the other file servers t...

Page 30: ...s greater than 7 are logical printers Remember that selecting printer 8 corresponds to Logical printer L1 selecting printer 9 corresponds to Logical printer L2 and so on up to printer 15 which corresp...

Page 31: ...ser See Chapter 8 Management Tools for details FTP File Transfer Protocol With FTP you copy the configuration file from the device edit it and send it back Further information on using FTP is on pages...

Page 32: ...e will be in the form SCxxxxxx SC followed by 6 numbers This can be changed The new name MUST NOT exceed 19 characters nor include any spaces TCP Session Retry Interval 4010 TCP_INT Sets how long the...

Page 33: ...03 L1_CHGLF If ON LF line feed characters are changed to CR LF carriage return line feed If OFF no conversion is done The maximum size of a printer control string is 15 characters Logical Printers Pri...

Page 34: ...he device NAME is the Print Server s name This must match the name stored in the device comment Add the Default Name as a comment Example 192 10 2 54 PS_Rm203 Default name SC123456 In the example abov...

Page 35: ...f it is not running start the bootp daemon the usual command is bootpd and then reset the Print Server It should then acquire an IP Address using bootp 4 If the Print Server is not configured yet you...

Page 36: ...rint options such as banner print copies and so on To use PSfilter a C compiler must be installed on every UNIX host so that the PSfilter source code can be compiled into executable code and installed...

Page 37: ...equired number of queues one for each logical printer by selecting Add a Print Queue Remote Printer attached to Remote Host Standard Processing 5 Use the following information Field Entry Name of queu...

Page 38: ...and Stop Print Services usr lib lpshut Add a System Printer usr lib lpadmin p printer_name v dev null Restart the Print Services usr lib lpsched Enable printing to the new printer device enable printe...

Page 39: ...er Remember the following The remote host name is the name of the Print Server The remote printer name is the logical printer L1 L3 or L1 L8 on the Print Server If asked for the LPD type enter the ser...

Page 40: ...ftp Name ftp put FileName Ln Where Name is the name of the Print Server FileName is the file to be printed n is the number of the logical printer Example ftp Marketing ftp put etc hosts L2 This exampl...

Page 41: ...ong with PSfilter c are stored on the CD ROM in the following directories driver lpti lpsource text format driver lpti tar tar format Operating System File SCO UNIX System V Release 3 SCO TXT HP UXIX...

Page 42: ...addressing Preparing for TCP IP Printing To create a TCP IP remote printer Microsoft TCP IP printing support must be installed The procedure is as follows Windows NT 3 51 1 Start the Network option i...

Page 43: ...iption for other network users to reference Print To Select Other 3 A Print Destinations dialog box will appear after selecting Other In the Available Print Monitor list select LPR Port then OK 4 An A...

Page 44: ...install your printer driver as usual 7 When prompted whether or not the printer will be shared select the Sharing radio button 8 In the Shared dialog box enter the shared printer name The shared name...

Page 45: ...rted and connect to the Print Server using its IP Address e g ftp 203 70 212 155 If your system has been configured as described in Unix Host Configuration on page 28 you can connect using the Print S...

Page 46: ...ill cause an Address conflict put CONFIG Copy the file CONFIG to the device overwriting the existing CONFIG file Details of the format of CONFIG files are contained in Appendix B Configuration File Fo...

Page 47: ...Copy the configuration file CONFIG to your system then quit ftp get CONFIG ftp quit 4 Edit the CONFIG file to set parameters in the following four lines in the file 0001 BOX_NAME Name 4000 IP_ADDR x x...

Page 48: ...attachments EP3003 CheetahPrint Power 3003 TCIP IP Protocol The LAN on which the EP3003 CheetahPrint Power 3003 is installed must use the TCP IP protocol Mail Server Access The EP3003 Print Server mus...

Page 49: ...r number for all Internet print jobs Only one port can be selected Users on the LAN can also use this port Print every E Mail 4107 MAIL_EVR If ON then all E Mail received is printed Otherwise only E M...

Page 50: ...shown in the following screenshot Figure 3 InterNet Printer Port 4 The following data must be provided Port Name Enter a descriptive name e g WAN for the new printer port Remote Printer E mail Address...

Page 51: ...t Printer Properties 2 Select the new port WAN InterNet Printer in the example as the port for this printer If you do not have the correct printer driver or you wish to create another printer using an...

Page 52: ...a connection now Note The InterNet Printing Port will NOT establish a dial up connection but it will send the E Mail the next time you are connected 4 Print the document 5 The InterNet Printing Port...

Page 53: ...older on the CD ROM The appropriate MIB file must be imported into your SNMP management program Mib1p mib Single port models Mib2p1s mib Two parallel ports 1 serial port model Mib3p mib Three parallel...

Page 54: ...y this station Trap Severity 6112 T1_S 6122 T2 6132 T3 6142 T4 In this version all traps are level 1 Levels 2 and 3 will be implemented in future versions Print Server MIB The Print Server MIB contain...

Page 55: ...h Welcome to Print Server From the resulting prompt 3 commands are possible Help Show brief help Monitor show printer status Exit leave telnet Monitoring The Monitor command will show the status of th...

Page 56: ...iguration Software Installation Software installation must be carried out on every Windows 95 or Windows NT workstation intended to use the Print Server s printers 1 Run the SETUP program in the Drive...

Page 57: ...ce in the form SCxxxxxx SC and 6 digits Device IP Address 192 168 0 1 if not already assigned Gateway IP Address 0 0 0 0 Subnet Mask 0 0 0 0 These values are appropriate in the Peer to Peer environmen...

Page 58: ...and using the appropriate protocol either TCP IP or NetBEUI First Port Configuration 1 Go to Start Settings Printers Invoke the Add Printer Wizard 2 Select the Local printer My Computer on NT option...

Page 59: ...er page Retry Interval Sets how often Windows will poll the Print Server to establish a connection when the printer is busy Values range from 40 110 seconds 7 Follow the on screen instructions to fini...

Page 60: ...port Ensure that you select a different Print Server port each time and assign a unique name to that port e g pserv_2 for parallel port 2 5 Repeat steps 3 4 and 5 until all Print Server ports have bee...

Page 61: ...k on Settings The Configure Print Server window will appear It will look like one of the screens below Figure 11 TCP IP Configuration NT 3 51 PtP 5 Enter the configuration information as described bel...

Page 62: ...the steps below 1 Select the newly added printer using Printer Manager Then go to the Printer menu and select Properties The following Printer Properties screen will appear Figure 12 Printer Properti...

Page 63: ...e 14 Create Printer NT 3 51 PtP Configuration is now complete You can now print using the printers connected to the Print Server Printing Once configured printing to the printers attached to the Print...

Page 64: ...nstall the Pserver program This program is required on every Windows for Workgroups system requiring access to the Print Server s printers 1 Run the Setup program in the Driver Ptp_wfw directory on th...

Page 65: ...configuration information as detailed below Device Name Click Browse and select the correct Print Server The name should not be changed it is only visible when configuring the device Select Device Po...

Page 66: ...orts If you are installing a multiple port Print Server you must add additional ports and printers To do so follow the steps below 1 Go to the Printers folder and click on the printer just added Then...

Page 67: ...ort Ensure that you select a different Print Server port each time and assign a unique name to that port e g pserv_2 for parallel port 2 7 Repeat steps 3 to 6 until all Print Server ports have been ad...

Page 68: ...will look like the screen below Figure 19 NetBEUI Configuration NT 3 51 PtP 5 Enter the configuration information as described below Device Name Click Browse and select the correct Print Server The na...

Page 69: ...he steps below 1 Select the newly added printer using Printer Manager Then go to the Printer menu and select Properties The following Printer Properties screen will appear Figure 20 Printer Properties...

Page 70: ...gured Pserver will transfer the print job through the network to the Print Server and then to the printer The process is as follows A print queue is created for each port during configuration When a u...

Page 71: ...nt jobs in the current printer s queue This should only be used if the printer requires attention Resume Print Queue Resume printing the current printer s queue Resume All Print Queues Execute this co...

Page 72: ...which indicates the port used e g Par_1 Location Enter the location of the Print Server Enable Banner Select this option to enable a banner page The Banner page contain the value in the User Name fiel...

Page 73: ...s must be associated with the print queue they will service Click the Connect button and the following Connect dialogue box will appear Figure 26 Printer Connect WfW 4 From the Ports list select the q...

Page 74: ...manage your print queue not the Windows Print Manager Printing Once configured printing to the printers attached to the Print Server is the same as printing with the printer attached directly to your...

Page 75: ...ort you wish to redirect to the Print Server SCXXXXXX is the Print Server s default name found on the bottom of the unit P1 is the port on the Print Server to which the printer is attached This comman...

Page 76: ...h the printer is attached This command will redirect print jobs from the parallel port to the Print Server port Using only port 1 with the SMB protocol is strongly recommended 2 Return to Windows and...

Page 77: ...which you redirected to the Print Server in step 1 8 In the Path field select the print server that was entered in step 1 For example select SC123456 P1 9 Check the Reconnect at Startup box then click...

Page 78: ...WebAdmin AppleTalk Novell TCP IP NetBEUI Win NT Server Browser Yes No Yes I P Internet Printing Configuration C P Configure Printer Please note the following restrictions Internet Printing and SNMP ar...

Page 79: ...of the device settings in a scrollable list The data can not be changed Printer Status Menu equivalent Status Port Status There are 4 icons one for each parallel port and one for the serial port Non...

Page 80: ...tion Mode Print Server or Remote Printer and click Print Server Configuration Depending on the selection one of the following screens will appear Figure 30 NetWare Print Server Configuration Figure 31...

Page 81: ...ear Figure 32 TCP IP Configuration See IP Address Configuration on page 25 for details of the IP Addresses top half of the screen See Internet Mail Printing Configuration on page 43 for details of Int...

Page 82: ...eTalk Configuration Menu equivalent Configuration AppleTalk Selecting this icon will cause the following screen to appear See AppleTalk Settings on page 8 for details of these configuration settings F...

Page 83: ...Using only UPPER CASE is recommended Response Time Sets how fast jobs are sent to the printer The default value of zero 0 delay should be increased only if your printer cannot cope with no delay Abort...

Page 84: ...r details of these configuration settings After clicking this icon the top section of the screen will look like the following Figure 35 SNMP Configuration If a Management Station M1 M4 is selected the...

Page 85: ...printer Serial Port Configuration Menu equivalent Configuration Serial Port Check your serial printer to see what settings should be used Selecting this option will show the following screen Figure 38...

Page 86: ...e InitDevice menu option to Reset the device Printer Configuration Clicking the Configuration button in the Printer Status window will reveal a window like the following example This button will be gr...

Page 87: ...ddress of the remote device The Gateway router address must be set correctly Connected Protocol This option allows you to designate which LAN protocol will be used for communication between the select...

Page 88: ...e installed to the following CGI directory C Program Files PrintServer WebAdmin 4 The alias webadmn for the CGI directory will be created and added to the system registry If you wish to change the ali...

Page 89: ...om any other screen will return you the Home screen shown above Browse Button The Browse button will generate a list of Print Servers as shown in the following example Figure 41 WebAdmin Listing To co...

Page 90: ...e current device settings will be displayed Printer Port Status Serial Port Status Click the button for any port to check the status of the attached printer as shown by the sample screen below Figure...

Page 91: ...ows NetBEUI Windows SMB changes to be made For details see NetBEUI Settings on page 77 Serial Port Configure the serial port if one is fitted Check your serial printer to see what settings should be u...

Page 92: ...e IP Address Configuration on page 25 for details of the IP Addresses You need to know the device s default name With the TCP IP protocol you must set an IP address before anything else Attach Remote...

Page 93: ...inter Configuration SNMP Configuration Internet Printing Installation 1 Run the SETUP program in the Utility Wpconfig directory on the CD ROM 2 Follow the on screen instructions The Setup program will...

Page 94: ...X later changes can be made here See IP Address Configuration on page 25 for details AppleTalk See AppleTalk Settings on page 8 for details of these configuration settings NetBEUI NetBEUI Windows SMB...

Page 95: ...default all protocols are enabled This allows operation in any environment but degrades performance Reset Device This should be done after making any configuration changes or if the device stops respo...

Page 96: ...d power light stays on continuously and do not turn off Solution No 3 Reset Print Server by unplugging the power supply or by pushing the reset push button Problem No 4 I am using DHCP and getting an...

Page 97: ...onnection is OK Problem No 2 A printing device connected to the a Print Server port cannot print or prints garbage Solution No 2 Check the following Cable connection between Print Server and printer S...

Page 98: ...printer Solution No 3 Check the following Another Print Server with the same name may have received your print job Use the PSTOOL to reconfigure your Print Server name and ensure all Print Servers hav...

Page 99: ...purple Solution No 10 Choose Calibrated Color Grayscale in the Print pop up menu in the Print Options dialog box Problem No 11 When I send a print job I get a PostScript Command error or no print out...

Page 100: ...print using the Cut Marks option a PostScript error results Microsoft PowerPoint In PowerPoint version 2 01f you cannot import an EPS file created with the Apple LaserWriter 8 1 1 driver that has bee...

Page 101: ...select the print queue that the Print Server services select Current Queue Status b Set Servers can service entries in queue to NO c Press Esc and select Print Queue ID Record its queue ID d Send you...

Page 102: ...oad the NetBEUI protocol on your PC so that PSCONFIG can try connecting using NetBEUI Once connected check the following The NetWare protocol is enabled The Ethernet frame type of your PC may be diffe...

Page 103: ...ng Remote Printer Mode Status For each logical printer there will be a status entry The status will be one of the following Connected No action required Unable to find server Load NetWare Print Server...

Page 104: ...r is not powered on Power it on The network cable is disconnected Check the cable The node address of the Print Server may be the same as the node address of another device on the network Problem No 8...

Page 105: ...Install the Print Server again in NetWare 4 x NDS environment Problem No 11 The String Before Job and or String After Job settings in the Logical Printers don t work properly Solution No 11 Check the...

Page 106: ...not a printer a printer error message appears on the screen Solution No 3 Mark out all stty commands in the interface script Problem No 4 The psopts file format is not accepted by BSD UNIX Solution N...

Page 107: ...e logical printer name on the Print Server e g L1 If your UNIX asks for the LPD type be sure to identify the service type as BSD Problem No 8 I can t print using PSfilter Solution No 8 Run PSfilter di...

Page 108: ...e enter a dummy value such as 54321 and select Next 3 The printer wizard will display a message stating the Network Printer is off line Continue to install the printer as normal 4 When finished go to...

Page 109: ...ct printer driver The print job can be canceled using the Control Abort Mail Print Job menu option in the BiAdmin program Problem No 5 Two print jobs are printing on the same page Solution No 5 Change...

Page 110: ...1 This occurs only with IPX SPX The solution is to manually enable all 4 Ethernet frame types Ethernet II SNAP 802 3 and 802 2 Problem No 2 WebAdmin won t run on my browser Solution No 2 Check the fol...

Page 111: ...rs Ethernet cables 10BASE 2 10BaseT EP3003 CheetahPrint Power 3003 Power Consumption 5w max External Power Adapter 12V DC LEDs 3 Parallel Port Three Centronic female DB 25 connectors Ethernet cables 1...

Page 112: ...er 3 Data 1 To printer 4 Data 2 To printer 5 Data 3 To printer 6 Data 4 To printer 7 Data 5 To printer 8 Data 6 To printer 9 Data 7 To printer 10 ACK To Server 11 Busy To Server 12 Paper End To Server...

Page 113: ...ts 7 or 8 Stop Bits 1 or 2 Connector Male DB 9 Cable 15 meters Pin Purpose Direction 1 Carrier Detect CD To server 2 Receive Rx To server 3 Transmit Tx To printer 4 Data Terminal Ready To printer 5 Si...

Page 114: ...allowable values are Read Only Read Write Not Accessible Description Explanation of the purpose of the parameter Shaded rows indicate lines which do not exist in all models Default Line Allowable Valu...

Page 115: ...15 hex Post string LP 6 0203 L6_CHGLF No Yes No Convert LF to LF CR 0220 L7_PROUT P1 P1 P2 P3 if exist Port used by Logical Printer 7 0221 L7_PREST Text 15 hex Pre string LP 7 0222 L7_POSTR Text 15 he...

Page 116: ...ric 0 255 Delay before reconnection attempt 4011 TCP_CNT 254 Numeric 0 255 No of reconnection attempts 4100 MAIL_IP 0 0 0 0 IP Address Mail A C IP Address 4101 MAIL_ACC Text 19 Mail A C Name 4102 MAIL...

Page 117: ...evel 6113 T1_CSTR Text 7 Community String 6114 T1_ENAB Disable Enable Disable Trap receive station 1 6121 T2_IP 0 0 0 0 IP Address Trap 2 Address 6122 T2_S 0 Numeric 0 2 Severity Level 6123 T2_CSTR Te...

Page 118: ...ends LP3LFChange Convert LF to LF CR Status LP4PhysicalPort The Physical port of Logical printer 4 LP4PreString The String sent to logical printer 4 whenever a job begins LP4PostString The string sen...

Page 119: ...for parallel port 2 when the device is operating as a remote printer NetwarePrintServerP3 The Netware Print Server to connect to for parallel port 2 when the device is operating as a remote printer Ne...

Page 120: ...SNAP frame type IPXEtherIIPacketSend Number of IPX packets sent of EthernetII frame type IPX8022PacketSend Number of IPX packets sent of Ethernet 802 2 frame type IPX8023PacketSend Number of IPX packe...

Page 121: ...pendix C SNMP MIB 115 SerialParity Serial port parity SerialDataBits Serial port data bits SerialProtocol Serial port flow control protocol Traps Trap Description printserverTrap Printer status change...