Xerox 860N - Phaser Color Solid Ink Printer, Networking Setup Manual

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Page 3: ...Phaser 860 Color Printer Networking Setup Guide June 2001 ...

Page 4: ...vell Inc UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries licensed exclusively through X Open Company Ltd Times Helvetica and Palatino are trademarks of Linotype Hell AG and or its subsidiaries Other marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of the companies with which they are associated PANTONE Colors generated by Phaser Color Printers are four and or three color proce...

Page 5: ...etworks 6 TCP IP Configuration 7 Host Computer Configuration 7 Setting Up the Printer for TCP IP Printing 7 Windows 95 98 ME PhaserPort Software 8 Windows NT 9 Installation on Workstations for Client server Printing 9 Installation on Workstations for Peer to Peer Printing 9 UNIX 10 OS 2 Warp and LAN Servers 10 Macintosh 11 Setting the Printer s IP Address 13 Automatic IP Addressing 13 Other Method...

Page 6: ...nter s URL Network Path 22 Creating an IPP Printer 22 CentreWare Internet Services 23 Accessing the Printer From a Browser 23 Printer Management 24 Job Accounting 24 Intelligent Ready 25 MaiLinX Alerts 26 Usage Profile Reports 27 Printing Usage Profile Reports 28 Sending Reports via E mail 29 Xerox Usage Analysis Tool 30 Network Protocols 31 Determining Enabled Protocols 31 Disabling and Enabling ...

Page 7: ...ipt utility files on the printer s CD ROM can be sent to the printer for network configuration in DOS environments Before you begin network configuration Set up your printer and connect it to the network See your printer s user documentation for information about setting up the printer For information about connecting the printer to the network see page 3 For NetWare environments To speed the setu...

Page 8: ...ll to Exit and press the OK key Printing a Configuration Page Using CentreWare Internet Services With a TCP IP connection and a World Wide Web browser you can use CentreWare Internet Services 1 Connect to the printer via CentreWare IS see page 23 2 On the main CentreWare IS page click the Print button 3 On the left side of the Print page click Print Configuration Page 4 On the Print Configuration ...

Page 9: ...nd the printer 2 Connect one end of an Ethernet cable to the Ethernet port on your computer Connect the other end to the hub 3 Connect the other cable to the hub and the Ethernet port on the printer Note The printer is not a SCSI device Do not connect the printer to your computer through the SCSI ports 4 Turn on your computer and printer 5 After the computer and printer are connected refer to the ...

Page 10: ...requires Category 5 100 Ohm UTP cabling To fully comply with EMI electromagnetic interference specifications the use of shielded or screened cables may be required Shielded describes IBM defined cables used with the DB 9 connector Screened describes cables that are electrically similar to Category 4 UTP Unshielded Twisted Pair but with an added shield or screen Caution Do not use silver satin tele...

Page 11: ... printer drivers and other software The Xerox installer automatically performs printer installation tasks and creates a printer In most cases you are required only to make a few installation choices clicking Next to move from screen to screen Windows 95 98 ME NT 2000 1 Insert the printer s software CD ROM into your CD ROM drive If the Windows autorun feature is enabled the CD ROM launches automati...

Page 12: ...bly indicates a faulty cable connection an incorrect frame type or Reply to Get Nearest Server has not been set to On It must be set to On for at least one file server or router on the same segment as the printer For Windows environments the following software is available CentreWare DP Use this application to configure the printer and the network when using NetWare 3 x 4 x and 5 x Refer to the Pr...

Page 13: ... Up the Printer for TCP IP Printing The Xerox Installer for Windows automatically performs the following functions to set up your printer Locates your printer on the network Suggests an IP address for the printer if one has not already been assigned for example from the front panel or by DHCP You are given the opportunity to accept the automatically assigned address or assign a different one For i...

Page 14: ...environments see your Microsoft Windows documentation Changing a port s IP address If the IP address of the printer is changed change the IP address of the corresponding port 1 From the Start menu select Settings then click Printers 2 In the Printers window right mouse click your printer then click Properties 3 In the Properties dialog click Details 4 Verify that PhaserPort appears in the Print to...

Page 15: ...e installer to the next screen where you can identify the print server queue If the installer does not find the printer printer device or physical printer select Choose the printer myself This advances the installer to the next screen where you can identify the print server queue 4 When the How is your printer connected is displayed select Shared by a network server client server 5 When the Select...

Page 16: ...ion UNIX For TCP IP Unix Host configuration see the CentreWare Services for Unix Systems Quick Install Guide OS 2 Warp and LAN Servers For TCP IP configuration for OS 2 Warp and LAN Server refer to the web at www xerox com officeprinting infoSMART ...

Page 17: ...k Change In the Printer Address field enter the printer s IP address or domain name In the Queue field enter PS all upper case Click OK 5 Close the dialog box when prompted click Save 6 Under Save desktop printer as type a name for the desktop printer Click Save Two methods are available for printing via LPR Use the new Desktop Printer LPR Use the LaserWriter 8 5 1 driver any printer can be select...

Page 18: ...Extensions Printing Plug Ins 2 Copy the PhaserPort Printer Tool to any folder on the Macintosh Creating a Desktop Printer With PhaserPort for MacOS 1 Launch the PhaserPort Printer Tool 2 In the Printer Internet Address field type the printer s IP address or DNS name 3 In the Desktop Printer Name field type a name for the desktop printer 4 Click Verify to contact the printer over the TCP IP network...

Page 19: ...ally assigned address or assign a different one For small networks the automatically assigned address will work in most cases For large networks see your network administrator to determine if the suggested address will work The Xerox installer for Windows is the recommended method for setting the IP address in a Windows environments for other environments see Other Methods for Setting the Printer ...

Page 20: ...cintosh ReadMe file is in the Network Utilities folder Note When two or more IP address methods are used simultaneously the printer uses the first address that it successfully obtains Information Required for IP Addressing Information Comments Internet IP address for the printer Format is x x x x where x represents a decimal number from 0 255 Network mask If you are unsure leave this blank the pri...

Page 21: ...press the OK key to accept that digit 7 Repeat step 5 for each remaining digit 8 Scroll to TCP IP Network Mask 9 Press the Scroll Down or Scroll Up key to scroll to the correct number for the first digit of the address then press the OK key to accept that digit 10 Repeat step 9 for each remaining digit 11 Scroll to TCP IP Gateway 12 Press the Scroll Down or Scroll Up key to scroll to the correct n...

Page 22: ...page 23 2 On the right side of the printer s main CentreWare IS page click Properties 3 On the left side under Protocols click TCP IP 4 Enter your printer s settings and click Save Changes at the bottom of the page Note The changes will not take effect until the printer is reset Field Description Values gw Gateway address list List of IP addresses separated by spaces ha Hardware address Hexadecima...

Page 23: ...inter s IP address you can set up the printer for DNS using CentreWare IS 1 Connect to the printer via CentreWare IS see page 23 2 On the right side of the main CentreWare IS page click Properties 3 In the Protocols group click TCP IP 4 Under DNS Settings set Domain Name Service Resolver to On 5 Enter the following information Primary Name Server IP Address required Second Name Server IP Address o...

Page 24: ...ft corner of the Chooser click the LaserWriter 8 icon If the LaserWriter 8 icon is not in the Chooser you need to install the printer driver 3 If a list of zones appears in the lower left portion of the Chooser select the proper zone 4 In the right portion of the Chooser find your printer s name in the list of printers If the name does not appear see page 21 Note The printer s default zone is list...

Page 25: ...he correct printer name node number and zone and the printer is still not visible in the Chooser check the following items 1 If there is a Novell NetWare server on the network verify that the NetWare server has been configured for AppleTalk Phase 2 routing and addressing 2 If there is a Windows NT server on the network verify that the printer has not been captured by a Windows NT machine 3 If the ...

Page 26: ... IS page click Properties 3 In the Protocols group on the left side of the screen click EtherTalk 4 In the Printer Name field type the desired printer name 5 Click Save Changes at the bottom of the page Notes Regarding Duplicate Printer Names on a Network If you have more than one printer in the same zone and you choose a name for one printer that is already assigned to another the second printer ...

Page 27: ...sh ReadMe file is in the Network Utilities folder the PC ReadMe file is in the UTILS directory Using CentreWare IS 1 Connect to the printer via CentreWare IS see page 23 2 From the main CentreWare IS page click Properties 3 In the Protocols group on the left side of the screen click EtherTalk 4 In the Zone field type the desired zone then click Save Changes at the bottom of the page ...

Page 28: ...es 3 In the Protocols group on the left side of the screen click IPP Internet Printing Protocol The Network Path field on the CentreWare IS IPP page displays the printer s URL Creating an IPP Printer 1 Select Start Select Settings Select Printers 2 Double click Add Printer to launch the Microsoft Add Printer Wizard 3 When prompted select Network Printer 4 When prompted for Network Path Windows 9x ...

Page 29: ... interface that you can use for most of the configuration tasks described throughout this guide CentreWare IS requires only a World Wide Web browser and a TCP IP connection between the printer and the network TCP IP and HTTP must be enabled in the printer For complete information on using CentreWare IS see the CentreWare IS Online Help Accessing the Printer From a Browser Once a TCP IP connection ...

Page 30: ...ounting values reported vary depending on the protocol and print command used when each job was printed For example using NPRINT over NetWare provides the printer with the most information about the job being printed When using Windows and NetWare the job name is often LST or LST BANNER Other jobs from other ports may provide even less information about the job Job accounting is available through ...

Page 31: ...ode on or off on the front panel 1 With Menus highlighted press the OK key 2 Scroll to Printer Setup Menu by pressing the Scroll Up or Scroll Down key 3 Press the OK key 4 Scroll to Intelligent Ready 5 Press the OK key 6 Scroll to display either On or Off 7 Press the OK key 8 To exit the menu system scroll to Exit and press the OK key Setting up Intelligent Ready Using CentreWare IS 1 Connect to t...

Page 32: ...ceive messages SysAdmin Service and Key User Printer messages reporting errors alerts and warnings can be individually assigned to any of these users You can customize the message text and the subject line in the Status Notification messages Status Notification is supplied by the printer s SMTP Simple Mail Transport Protocol client Setting up CentreWare IS Status Notification 1 Connect to the prin...

Page 33: ...nformation for all jobs printed during the life of the printer The full report is available in several formats See the following table for details Setting up Usage Profile Reporting 1 Connect to the printer via CentreWare IS see page 23 2 On the right side of the page click Jobs 3 Select Usage Profile on the left then choose Usage Profile Properties 4 Follow the instructions on the page for settin...

Page 34: ... OK key 4 Scroll to Usage Profile Menu 5 Press the OK key 6 Scroll to Print Usage Profile 7 Press the OK key 8 To exit the menu system scroll to Exit and press the OK key Using CentreWare IS 1 Connect to the printer via CentreWare IS see page 23 2 On the right side of the page click Jobs 3 On the left side of the page click Usage Profile 4 Click Print Usage Profile Report to print a full report wi...

Page 35: ...Profile Menu 5 Press the OK key 6 Scroll to Email Full Report or Email Job Report 7 Press the OK key 8 To exit the menu system scroll to Exit and press the OK key Using CentreWare IS Note To send Usage Profile reports via e mail the MaiLinX must be properly set up via CentreWare IS For more information see Setting up Usage Profile Reporting on page 27 1 Connect to the printer via CentreWare IS see...

Page 36: ... PC with at least 32 MB of RAM At least 1 GB of hard disk space is recommended for the server Supported operating systems Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows MD Windows NT 4 0 Windows 2000 For export to spreadsheet for graphing billing data analysis Microsoft Excel 97 or Excel 2000 Installation The Usage Analysis Tool is on the printer s CD ROM A single integrated installer is used to install printer dr...

Page 37: ...o avoid unnecessary network traffic There are four ways to disable protocols Use the printer s front panel see page 32 Using CentreWare DP In NetWare environments you can use CentreWare DP See the CentreWare DP Setup and User Guide Using CentreWare IS see page 32 With a TCP IP connection and a World Wide Web browser you can use CentreWare IS Using PostScript Utility Files Send the appropriate Post...

Page 38: ... either On or Off 7 Press the OK key 8 To exit the menu system scroll to Exit and press the OK key Disabling Protocols Using CentreWare IS 1 Connect to the printer via CentreWare IS see page 23 2 On the main CentreWare IS page click Properties 3 On the left side of the page in the Protocols group select the protocol to be disabled This displays the page for that protocol 4 On the page are fields l...

Page 39: ... officeprinting support Technical support www xerox com officeprinting 860support Color use tips for novices and experts www colorconnection xerox com CentreWare IS http www officeprinting xerox com phaserlink infoSMART Knowledge Base www xerox com officeprinting infoSMART Anonymous FTP server ftp ftp tekcolor com E mail update notices www colorconnection xerox com ...

Page 40: ...ing protocols 31 Ethernet adapters 4 cables 4 direct connection to Macintosh or PC 3 terminators 4 EtherTalk printer zone changing 21 F front panel printing a Configuration Page 2 sending Usage Profile reports by e mail 29 setting Intelligent Ready 25 setting printer s IP address 15 G gateway IP address 14 I Installer Macintosh 5 Windows 5 Intelligent Ready setting from CentreWare IS 25 setting fr...

Page 41: ... the Chooser 18 S Status Notification 26 T TCP IP configuration 7 Macintosh 11 PC configuration 8 Windows NT 9 technical support 33 terminators Ethernet 4 U UNIX 1 URL CentreWare IS 23 IPP Network Path 22 Usage Analysis 30 Usage Profile reports full report 27 job report 27 overview 27 printing from CentreWare IS 28 sending by e mail from the front panel 29 sending via e mail from CentreWare IS 29 ...

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