Datamax MP-Compact4, Network Manual

Page 1: ...N e t w o r k C o m m u n i c a t i o n G u i d e English N e t w o r k Software solution Thermal Printers Compact Nova...

Page 2: ...ied either wholly or in part without the consent of Datamax In no event will Datamax be liable for direct indirect special incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect in the software...

Page 3: ...ghtforward It contains high level calls like SendLayout SendVariable PrintLabel etc Network Printer The printer supports the following protocols Telnet Ftp Http and LPD Line Printer Daemon The web ser...

Page 4: ...the printer and press OK If everything is correct Telnet will find the printer The Telnet port can also be used with the Communication API ComAPI an Datamax programming tool in order to make the comm...

Page 5: ...An FTP program is required to connect to the FTP server When connecting type in the printers IP address and select Host Type Unix Standard The FTP server can be used by the administrator to load Graph...

Page 6: ...unication WEB The web server is used to configure the printer It requires Labelpoint version 4 70 or higher Type the printers IP address in the address field of the browser and the settings are displa...

Page 7: ...se an LPR port the Microsoft TCP IP Printing Service has to be added to the Network properties To install TCP IP printing 1 Start Help and look for TCP IP printing 2 Select the topic To configure a co...

Page 8: ...f the printer rp mp specifies the queue name of the printer sd var spool lpd mp is the spool directory System V 1 Create a queue name in the host file etc host Ex 192 168 1 70 markp 2 Activate markp E...

Page 9: ...d here 6 Type remote printer name This must always be mp 7 Mark the box that says Remote printer is on a BSD System 8 Click OK The other way to do it is to set up the printer manually 1 First turn off...

Page 10: ...SYS MARKP RMTSYS INTERNETADR RMTPRTQ MP CNNTYPE IP DE STTYPE OTHER INTERNETADR 192 168 1 70 Internetadr is the ip address of the printer Also check these parameters TRANSFORM YES MFRTYPMDL WSCST WSCST...

Page 11: ...e must be a server or a workstation connected to the network TCP IP services printing must be installed Example of How To Set Up an NT Workstation Server for LPD Printing 1 The workstation must suppor...

Page 12: ...o drivers to use the Datamax driver or a generic text driver The generic text driver should be used if a text file containing Labelpoint commands the printer command language is going to be sent to th...

Page 13: ...Network Communication 1 Select LPR Port and click New Port 2 Type the IP address for the printer and name it MP always 3 Click OK...

Page 14: ...dows application and choose to print with the Datamax driver the printout will be sent to the Datamax printer on the network If other users want to print to the same printer make sure the printer is s...

Page 15: ...dle the communication The default TCP port for COM1 is 2001 and the default port for COM2 is 2002 Print Mode The printer scans all print mode ports for data until characters are received for one of th...

Page 16: ...or a host name When the user has entered the host data the printer will try to connect to the Telnet port TCP port 23 on the host Example COM1 is set up in terminal server mode It uses the TCP port 20...

Page 17: ...that the command Y93 is used When connecting to another device than an Datamax printer always use the Y93 command That is because the Y92 n command is converted to Y92 n 1 when forwarded to the next p...

Page 18: ...n xoff 3 none 4 disabled 156 flowctrl 157 flowctrl Communication mode 0 Print mode Labelpoint 1 Terminal server mode 2 Terminal client mode Y150 com mode Y152 com mode TCP port Valid when communicatio...

Page 19: ...ion ports NET for more information Example V102 255 255 255 0 V103 Get the network IP mask V104 host Set network host name See section Communication ports NET for more information Example V104 MPTEST...