Setting up the network printer 1 Printing Paper handling Maintenance Print servers connect printers to networks. This lets many users access printers from their own workstations, a very cost effective way to share powerful and expensive printers. It is not necessary to buy an extra personal computer to attach each printer to the network. You use the print server instead. Environments we support Print servers support an extraordinarily wide range of network environments.
Setting up the network printer 2 Printing Print a network setup page Paper handling Push the operator panel button with a brief button press to print a network setup page showing the physical address of the network printer. A printer settings page prints first and after a few moments a network setup page prints. Save the network setup page because you will use it later.
Setting up the network printer 3 Printing DHCP Paper handling Maintenance Troubleshooting Administration This method automatically sets the IP address, netmask, gateway, host name, and WINS server using a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server. The DHCP server or a forwarding agent must be attached to the same IP subnet as the print server. Make sure the DHCP server has scope defined for the subnet.
Setting up the network printer 4 Printing Requirements Paper handling You must run the Print Server TCP/IP Setup Utility on a Windows 95/98/Me, Windows NT 4.0, or Windows 2000 workstation. The print server must be on the same physical subnet as your workstation. In other words, the Print Server Setup Utility cannot cross routers, bridges, and so forth. Maintenance Installation 1 Launch the drivers CD. Troubleshooting 2 Click Install Software, Printer Software.
Setting up the network printer 5 Printing 1 Determine the hardware address of the print server. See the item labeled UAA on the Paper handling network setup page. For Ethernet networks, use the number in the right column (canonical). 2 Add a static ARP entry for the IP address. Use the hardware address from step 1. Use Maintenance the dotted decimal form of the IP address, such as 157.184.8.231. Use the commands appropriate to the host operating system.
Setting up the network printer 6 Printing 1 Press the operator panel button with a brief button press to print a network settings page. Paper handling Look under the TCP/IP heading on the network setup page to see if there is an IP address listed for the print server and that the TCP/IP protocol is turned on (activated). Maintenance If TCP/IP is turned off, use the IPX protocol to activate it. Select the printer and then select the TCP/IP task. Check the Enable box to activate TCP/IP.
Setting up the network printer 7 Printing 5 Check the port settings on the printer object. For example, in Windows 95 do the following: a Click Start, Settings, Printers, select the printer object; click File, Properties, Paper handling Details tab, Port Settings button. b Check all parameters on the Print Server Settings tab and the TCP/IP Settings tab. You can change some of the values from this tab. Others, like TCP/IP address, you cannot change from this tab.
Setting up the network printer 8 Printing Step 2: Set up to print Paper handling There are many ways to send a network print job including FTP, TFTP, LPR/LPD, point-andprint (LexIP) and various queue-based methods. Print to a queue on a Windows NT server Maintenance Troubleshooting Administration Index To use this method, you must have at least one server running Windows NT Server software and TCP/IP. Use direct IP printing if all you want to do is print directly to a network printer.
Setting up the network printer 9 Printing Part 1: Install printer drivers and TCP/IP network support 1 Launch the drivers CD. If you still have the CD running, click Back to return to the first Paper handling screen. 2 Click Printer Software. Maintenance 3 Click the icon to install the version of software on the CD. 4 Agree to the license agreement. 5 Select Custom Install, and then click Next. Troubleshooting 6 When asked where you want the software installed, click Local Computer.
Setting up the network printer 10 Printing 10 On the Drivers and Bi-Di support tabs, modify any settings you want. On the Bi-Di Paper handling Maintenance support tab, remove the check mark from the status window if you do not want this function. Note: The status window opens up with every print job you send and gives you real-time job status information and sends you alerts if there are problems printing. 11 On the Network Support tab, select TCP/IP.
Setting up the network printer 11 Printing 4 Click Ports, and then Add Port. 5 Click Network Port, and then New Port. Paper handling 6 Enter the information to create the port. a Assign a logical port name. This can be any name that reminds you of the printer Maintenance such as “E322_lab4”. This name eventually appears in the list of available ports. b Select the IP address of your printer from the list.
Setting up the network printer 12 Printing b Click File Properties. c On the General tab, click Print Test Page. Paper handling When a test page prints successfully, client setup is complete. Set up LexIP printing on Windows 95/98/Me Maintenance Troubleshooting This is the method you must use if you want to set up direct printing on Windows/95/98/Me clients. You can view this file online before you begin installing, or print the file to an alternate network printer that is already set up.
Setting up the network printer 13 Printing 6 When the list of software components is offered, select all the options you want to install. You need to at least select the following: Paper handling – Printer Drivers (to obtain a custom driver for your printer) – Network Support (TCP/IP) 7 When the list of printer choices is offered, select the model of the printer you want to Maintenance install, and then click Add. 8 Click Next. 9 On the Drivers and Bi-Di support tabs, modify any settings you want.
Setting up the network printer 14 Printing 11 Click Finish Installation. When prompted for a reboot, answer Yes. Exit the CD if necessary. Paper handling Files are copied to the computer and printer objects are created in the Windows printers folder. A message appears when installation is complete. Part 2: Create a Network Port Maintenance 1 Click Start Settings Printers. 2 Select the printer you just created. Troubleshooting 3 Click File Properties. 4 Click Details, and then Add Port.
Setting up the network printer 15 Printing b Select the IP address of your printer from the list. If the address is not listed, then Paper handling click Enter TCP/IP address or Name of Print Server, and then type the address in the IP address text box. If you don’t know the IP address, press the operator panel button with a brief button press to print a network setup page and look under the TCP/IP heading. Maintenance c Check the option to Set this protocol to be the default protocol. d Click OK.
Setting up the network printer 16 Printing Paper handling Use shared printing if your organization needs to centrally manage network printers. To set up this type of printing, you must install the printer on a server and set it up to be shared with network clients. Note: If your organization has no need to centrally manage network printers from a single location, see direct IP printing. Maintenance Troubleshooting Install a shared printer on a Windows NT 4.
Setting up the network printer 17 Printing 7 When the list of software components is offered, select all the options you want to install.You need to at least select the following: Paper handling – Printer Drivers (to obtain a custom driver for your printer) – Network Support (TCP/IP) 8 When the list of printers is offered, select the model of the printer you want to install, Maintenance and then click Add. 9 When the printer appears in the Selected Printers list, click Next.
Setting up the network printer 18 Printing 12 Click Finish Installation. When prompted for a reboot, answer Yes. Exit the CD if necessary. Paper handling Files are copied to the computer and printer objects are created in the Windows printers folder. A message appears when installation is complete. Part 2: Creating a Network Port Maintenance 1 Click Start Settings Printers. 2 Select the printer you just created. Troubleshooting 3 Click File Properties. 4 Click Ports, and then Add Port.
Setting up the network printer 19 Printing b Select the IP address of your printer from the list. If the address is not listed, then Paper handling click Enter TCP/IP address or Name of Print Server, and then type the address in the IP address text box. If you don’t know the IP address, press the operator panel button to print a network setup page and look under the TCP/IP heading. Maintenance c Check the option to Set this protocol to be the default protocol. d Click OK.
Setting up the network printer 20 Printing 3 Click File Sharing. 4 Check Shared, and then type a name in Shared Name text box. Paper handling 5 In the Alternate Drivers section, select the operating systems of all the network clients that will print to the printer. Maintenance 6 Click OK. Note: If you are missing files, you may be prompted to provide the operating system CD of the server. Troubleshooting 7 Check the following to make sure the printer was successfully shared.
Setting up the network printer Printing Install a shared printer on network clients Select one of the following ways to install a shared printer on network clients: Paper handling Setting up clients (point and print) • A sub-set of driver information is copied from the server to the Maintenance Troubleshooting Administration client computer. This is just enough information to send a print job to the printer. • Best use of system resources.
Setting up the network printer 22 Printing Setting up clients (point and print) 1 On the Windows desktop of the client computer, double-click Network Neighborhood. Paper handling 2 Locate the host name of the server computer, and then double-click the host name. 3 Right-click the shared printer name, and then click Install.
Setting up the network printer 23 Printing Setting up clients (peer-to-peer) 1 Click Start Paper handling Settings Printers. 2 Click Add Printer to launch the Add Printer wizard. 3 Click Network Print Server. Maintenance 4 Select the network printer from the Shared printers list. If the printer is not listed, type the path of the printer in the text box.
Setting up the network printer 24 Printing 7 Print a test page to verify printer installation. Paper handling a Click Start Settings b Click File Properties. Printers. c On the General tab, click Print Test Page. Maintenance When a test page prints successfully, printer installation is complete. Troubleshooting Troubleshooting At the server, do these steps in the order shown before you call the Customer Support Center.
Setting up the network printer 25 Printing 3 Verify that the protocol that you are trying to use is installed properly on the server. (Hint: Start, Settings, Control Panel, Network, Protocols). Look for TCP/IP or DLC (LexLink). Paper handling 4 Issue a ping command to the print server. ping 157.184.8.231 Maintenance 5 Establish an FTP session with the print server. ftp 157.184.8.231 6 Using the FTP “put” command, print a file.
Setting up the network printer 26 Printing Novell NetWare Paper handling Queue-based printing Set up the printer using the Network Printer Utility Maintenance Troubleshooting Administration The easiest way to configure the print server for NetWare jobs in non-NDPS and non-NEPS environments is to use the Network Printer Utility for NetWare. The Network Printer Utility automatically creates all the necessary NetWare objects (print queue objects, print server objects, and printer objects).
Setting up the network printer 27 Printing c Select to use Existing Program Group, and then click OK. Paper handling The Network Printer Utility is installed on the workstation in a directory called netprint. 2 On the Windows desktop, click Start Maintenance Lexmark Network Printer Utility. This program finds all the network printers containing on-board network functionality or MarkNet internal printer servers that are on the same sub-net.
Setting up the network printer 28 Printing 6 If prompted to reset the print server, select Yes to immediately begin servicing the queues. Paper handling Maintenance Choosing NPRINTER/RPRINTER or PSERVER When configuring your print server, you’ll have to set it up in either NPRINTER/RPRINTER or in PSERVER. How NPRINTER/RPRINTER works Troubleshooting Administration Index A MarkNet print server configured in NPRINTER/RPRINTER acts as a remote printer.
Setting up the network printer 29 Printing NPRINTER vs. PSERVER in IntraNetWare NetWare Directory Services (NDS) Paper handling Print servers are fully supported in IntraNetWare NDS, using either NetWare NPRINTER or PSERVER. If you use bindery emulation, you cannot use NPRINTER.
Setting up the network printer 30 Printing Paper handling This performance difference is less for IntraNetWare. Actual print job throughput is affected by many other factors such as topology, job size and content, and print server settings. Under many circumstances, NPRINTER provides an excellent IntraNetWare NDS solution. PSERVER in IntraNetWare NDS Maintenance Advantages of using PSERVER in NDS: • Does not require that PSERVER.NLM be installed on the NetWare server • Increases performance.
Setting up the network printer 31 Printing Disadvantage of using PSERVER in NDS: Requires a NetWare server user license for each PSERVER device Paper handling Maintenance Also, in IntraNetWare you can “pool” printers by assigning a single print queue to multiple printers, or “share” printers by assigning multiple print queues to a single printer.
Setting up the network printer 32 Printing Disadvantages of using RPRINTER in NetWare 3.x: Paper handling Maintenance Little information is available about the print job. After a job leaves a print server queue, it is removed from the queue, regardless of whether it actually prints. This could cause a print job to be lost, if the printer is turned off in the middle of the print job. This is inherent in the NetWare design. PSERVER in NetWare 3.x Advantages of using PSERVER in NetWare 3.
Setting up the network printer 33 Printing Paper handling Maintenance Troubleshooting Because of this difference in packet size, PSERVER may be faster than NPRINTER/ RPRINTER. Please note, however, that actual IPX packet size is negotiated by the client application. This actual IPX packet size is often less than the maximum because of packet size limitations of gateways and routers.
Setting up the network printer 34 Printing Look under the NetWare heading on the network setup page to see if the NetWare protocol is turned on (activated) in the print server. Paper handling If NetWare is turned off, use the IPX protocol to activate it. Select the printer and then select the NetWare task. Check the Enable box to activate NetWare. 2 Find out if the print server is servicing your NetWare queue.
Setting up the network printer 35 Printing AppleTalk Paper handling Finding the default AppleTalk name Maintenance Your printer ships with a default AppleTalk name that appears in the Chooser. To find the default AppleTalk name, press the operator panel button to print a network setup page. Look under the AppleTalk heading for the printer name. Creating a desktop printer icon Troubleshooting Each Macintosh user on the AppleTalk network who wants to use the printer should do the following steps.
Setting up the network printer 36 Printing 5 If prompted to select a PPD (PostScript Printer Description), you need to install the Paper handling Maintenance proper PPD from the drivers CD. To do this, launch the CD, click Installer, select the appropriate PPD for your printer, and then click Install. Go back to the Chooser and try to create the new printer again. Note: A PPD describes the printer or printer family. For example, the PPD lists which options are valid for the printer.
Setting up the network printer Printing 5 Find the new printer in the list and highlight it. 6 To specify the printer zone, click Adapter Settings. Paper handling 7 Select Parallel from the settings pop-up list. 8 Change the adapter name. Maintenance Changing the printer name If you are in a LaserWriter 8 environment and want to change the printer name: Troubleshooting 1 If you haven’t already done so, install MarkVision. On the drivers CD, click Install printer software.
Setting up the network printer 38 Printing Updating printer hardware Paper handling Maintenance If you add or remove the paper tray 2 option, or if you load new paper sizes or types, each user should update his desktop printer object. Follow these steps to update the desktop printer object: LaserWriter 8 environment (prior to LaserWriter 8.4.1): 1 In the Chooser, select the printer to be updated. 2 Click the Setup button.
Setting up the network printer 39 Printing 2 Select the Printing menu, and then select Configuration. 3 Select the options that match what is installed on the printer. Paper handling Troubleshooting Maintenance If you are having trouble with your print server on an AppleTalk network (EtherTalk, TokenTalk, or LocalTalk), do these steps in the order shown before you call the Customer Support Center. 1 Make sure the AppleTalk protocol is turned on (activated) in the print server.
Setting up the network printer 40 Printing 5 If the job prints but the print quality is poor, refer to the printing tips provided on the Paper handling drivers CD. These tips can save you a lot of time. To download the document to your workstation, launch the drivers CD, click Installer, select Documentation, and then click Install. Look in the Extras folder for the document titled Optimize Printer Output. Maintenance Troubleshooting Administration Index www.lexmark.
Setting up the network printer 41 Printing Print server light patterns Paper handling Maintenance The four indicator lights on the print server indicate activity, status, and errors, depending on the light pattern. Menu Test Troubleshooting Administration Index www.lexmark.
Setting up the network printer 42 Printing Normal conditions Paper handling Maintenance Indicator lights Ready Processing Testing Updating flash code The print server is waiting for data. A print job is active. When the Test button is pressed, a network setup page is sent from the print server to the printer. A flash file is being downloaded over the network. The print server is processing a Flash file.
Setting up the network printer Printing In the following illustration, each binary number corresponds to an error light sequence: Paper handling Menu Maintenance Test Troubleshooting Administration Index www.lexmark.
Setting up the network printer Printing Error conditions Paper handling Maintenance What shows on the four indicator lights Description Cause and solution binary 12 (for 0.25 sec), Serious failure. binary 3 (for 0.25 sec), The print server is unable to recover. Unrecoverable software error. Call Customer Support. repeat continuously. binary 15 (for 0.25 sec), Troubleshooting POST error binary x (for 0.25 sec), Power-on self test error.
