Canon NDPS Gateway, User Manual

Page 1: ...Canon NDPS Gateway Canon NDPS Gateway User s Guide ...

Page 2: ...ction of the contents of this manual is prohibited NOTICE Considerable effort has been made to make sure that this manual is free of inaccuracies and omissions However as we are constantly improving our products some of the data contained herein may not exactly reflect the current model of the particular product with which this manual has been included If you have a need for an exact specification...

Page 3: ...above are trade marks of those companies and may be registered in certain jurisdictions Abbreviations Used in This Manual The following abbreviations are used in this document Microsoft Windows 95 is shown as Windows 95 Microsoft Windows 98 is shown as Windows 98 Microsoft Windows NT is shown as Windows NT Microsoft Windows 2000 is shown as Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows XP is shown as Windows XP ...

Page 4: ...run NetWare Administrator 1 5 Supported Protocol 1 5 Support Service 1 6 Chapter 2 Using Canon NDPS Gateway Installing Canon NDPS Gateway 2 2 Configuring Canon NDPS Gateway 2 3 Creating NDPS Manager and Loading NDPSM NLM 2 3 Controlled Access Printers and Public Access Printers 2 4 Configuring Canon NDPS Gateway 2 5 Monitoring Printer and Job Status 2 9 NetWare Administrator 2 9 NetWare Server Con...

Page 5: ... in for NetWare Administrator running on client computers 1 2 NetWare Loadable Module NLM running on the NetWare server console 1 3 System Requirements 1 5 For a NetWare server 1 5 For a client computer to run NetWare Administrator 1 5 Supported Protocol 1 5 Support Service 1 6 ...

Page 6: ...etWare configuration utility provided by Novell runs on Net Ware Administrator When the user creates a Printer Agent or views NDPS Gateway status using NetWare Administrator the following screens appear on NetWare Administrator Configuration for creating a Printer Agent screen The configuration for creating printer agent screen allows the user to create a Printer Agent on Net Ware Administrator th...

Page 7: ...ement and set ting the default configuration NetWare Loadable Module NLM running on the NetWare server console Canon NDPS Gateway NLM When the user creates a Printer Agent for Canon NDPS Gateway Canon NDPS Gateway NLM CANGATE NLM is automatically loaded and the following screen appears on the server console The Canon NDPS Gateway NLM screen allows the user to create a Printer Agent customize the d...

Page 8: ...rver console when you load Canon Printer Agent Creator NLM CANPAUTL NLM at the server console By using Canon Printer Agent Creator you can discover Canon printers newly connected to your network and then automatically assign IP addresses to and create printer agents public access printers for new printers discovered ...

Page 9: ...e Windows 95 98 with Novell Client Version 3 3 or later for Windows 95 98 Windows NT 2000 with Novell Client Version 4 8 or later for Windows NT 2000 Windows XP with Novell Client Version 4 82 or later for Windows XP NOTE If the font size is configured for large fonts some Canon NDPS Gateway screens may not display cor rectly Supported Protocol TCP IP LPD IMPORTANT Canon NDPS Gateway uses TCP IP a...

Page 10: ...Support Service 1 6 1 Overview Support Service If you have any questions regarding the operation of this software please contact one of the Canon authorized dealers listed in the device manual ...

Page 11: ...Printers and Public Access Printers 2 4 Configuring Canon NDPS Gateway 2 5 Monitoring Printer and Job Status 2 9 NetWare Administrator 2 9 NetWare Server Console 2 10 Using Canon Printer Agent Creator 2 11 Operation Modes of Canon Printer Agent Creator 2 11 Using Canon Printer Agent Creator in Automatic Mode 2 12 Using Canon Printer Agent Creator in Manual Mode 2 14 Exiting Canon Printer Agent Cre...

Page 12: ...mmand and press the Enter key nwconfig The NetWare Configuration program starts and the Configuration Options menu appears 2 Select Product Options then press the Enter key The Other Installation Actions menu is displayed 3 Select View Configure Remove installed products then press the Enter key The Currently Installed Products menu is displayed 4 Confirm NDPS is displayed in the list If NDPS is n...

Page 13: ... NDPSM NLM IMPORTANT If you have already created the NDPS Manager and loaded NDPSM NLM this procedure is not required The procedure below may differ depending on the NetWare version and the network environment It is recommended that you also refer to the NetWare instructions 1 Start NetWare Administrator and then select the object where you want to create an NDPS Manager 2 From the Object menu sel...

Page 14: ...and context For example load ndpsm ndps_manager sales_dept xyz_company Controlled Access Printers and Public Access Printers The user has two options for using the Canon NDPS Gateway configured printer for printing As a controlled access printer Controlled access printers are printers added to NDS that appear as objects in the directory tree These printers are accessible only through their printer...

Page 15: ...ator 2 Select one of the following procedures For a controlled access printer select the object for which you want to create a Printer Agent select Create from the Object menu select NDPS Printer and then click OK In the Create NDPS Printer dialog box enter the name you want to assign to the new NDPS Printer in NDPS Printer Name select Create a New Printer Agent from Printer Agent Source and then ...

Page 16: ...queue name in Queue Name and then click OK The Select Printer Drivers dialog box appears NOTE If a message appears to confirm the queue name you selected click OK The Queue Name that you can use differs depending on the device and the network board For further reference please refer to the sections concerning LPD settings in your device and or network board man ual 6 Select the correct printer dri...

Page 17: ...e the printer as a controlled access printer it is necessary to create an NDPS Printer using NetWare Adminis trator For more information refer to To create a Printer Agent with NetWare Administrator p 2 5 1 On the NetWare server console press the Ctrl and Escape keys 2 Select NDPS Manager 3 If the Printer Agent List screen does not dis play select Printer Agent List in the Avail able Options menu ...

Page 18: ...inter s power is on and that it is correctly con nected to the network 8 Enter the remote printer name queue name in Queue Name and then press the F10 key NOTE The Queue Name that you can use differs depend ing on the device and the network board For fur ther reference please refer to the sections concerning LPD settings in your device and or net work board manual 9 A message appears asking if you...

Page 19: ...Canon NDPS Gateway statistics NetWare Administrator 1 Start NetWare Administrator 2 For a controlled access printer double click the NDPS Printer object For a public access printer select NDPS Public Access Printers from the Tools menu and then double click the printer name in the list The NDPS Printer screen appears 3 Click the Printer Control button The Printer Control screen appears 4 In the Pr...

Page 20: ...lect the Printer Gateways menu to custom ize basic configurations Select the Printer Gateway Global Statistics menu to view Canon NDPS Gateway statistics Select the Configuration menu to create a new printer agent NOTE Press the F1 key for further reference information Once the Canon NDPS Gateway is unloaded users will no longer be able to print to printers by the Canon NDPS Gateway until the Cano...

Page 21: ...w printers discov ered Manual Mode In this mode you can manually search for new printers connected to your network whenever you like In addition to discovering new printers connected to your network this mode allows you to dis cover printers that are not yet bound to a printer agent The software automatically assigns an IP address to printers that you select from among the print ers discovered and...

Page 22: ...rver console enter the following command and press the Enter key load canpautl The Mode Selection menu appears 2 Select Automatic Mode and then press the Enter key Automatic Mode Main Menu appears NOTE You can also display Automatic Mode Main Menu by typing the following command from the NetWare server console in step 1 load canpautl automatic 3 Select Settings and then press the Enter key The Set...

Page 23: ...inters newly connected to your network will be within the range you set here 5 Press the F10 key The settings you made in step 4 are saved and the screen returns to Automatic Mode Main Menu 6 Press the F3 key on Automatic Mode Main Menu to start polling The software continues to search for printers at the interval you specified in step 4 until you press the F4 key The names of automatically create...

Page 24: ...re server console enter the following command and press the Enter key load canpautl The Mode Selection menu appears 2 Select Manual Mode and then press the Enter key Manual Mode Main Menu appears NOTE You can also display Manual Mode Main Menu by typing the following command on the Netware server console in step 1 load canpautl manual 3 Select Execute and then press the Enter key The Execute menu ...

Page 25: ...o printers newly connected to your network will be within the range you set here 5 Press the F3 key to start searching The list of IP addresses and MAC addresses set for newly discovered printers are displayed in Device List If IP Address Invalid displays for one of the printers in the list this means the printer is newly connected to your network and a valid IP address has not been set yet If No ...

Page 26: ...fter the printer agents are created the screen returns to Manual Mode Main Menu To display the list of IP addresses and MAC addresses set for newly discovered printers in manual mode select IP Addresses Setting Log from Manual Mode Main Menu Exiting Canon Printer Agent Creator To exit Canon Printer Agent Creator do the following procedure 1 Select Exit from Automatic Mode Main Menu or Manual Mode ...

Page 27: ...3 1 Appendix Appendix Uninstalling Canon NDPS Gateway 3 2 Installed File List 3 3 ...

Page 28: ...e configuration settings program starts and the Configuration Options menu appears 2 Select Product Options and then press the Enter key The Other Installation Actions menu is displayed 3 Select View Configure Remove installed products and then press the Enter key The Currently Installed Products menu is displayed 4 Select CNDPSGW and then press the Delete key 5 Follow the instructions on the scre...

Page 29: ...CANCONFG MSG SYS SYSTEM NLS 4 CANPAUTL MSG SYS SYSTEM NLS 4 CANUINST MSG SYS SYSTEM NLS 4 CANGATE HLP SYS SYSTEM NLS 4 CANCONFG HLP SYS SYSTEM NLS 4 CANPAUTL HLP SYS PUBLIC WIN32 CANCFG PD2 SYS PUBLIC WIN32 CANSNAP INI SYS PUBLIC WIN32 CANSNAP PC2 SYS PUBLIC WIN32 NLS ENGLISH CNCFGRES DLL SYS PUBLIC WIN32 NLS ENGLISH CNPCRES DLL SYS PUBLIC WIN32 NLS ENGLISH CANCFG CNT SYS PUBLIC WIN32 NLS ENGLISH ...

Page 30: ...Installed File List 3 4 Appendix ...