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1. No Back Cancel 4 The printer wizard will display a message stating that The Network Printer is off line This is OK Continue the Add Printer Wizard until finished 5 Go to the Printers folder Control Panel Printers The printer icon will be grayed out indicating the printer is not ready 6 Right click the Printer and select Properties Then select the 88 Troubleshooting Details tab as shown below E Printers File Edit View Help kl HP LaserJet 5P 5MP PostScript Properties El Ea Add Frinter Fonts Device Options PostScript General Details Paper Graphics j ab HF Laserjet 5PYSMP PostScript HP Lasenlet E ali BP YoMP Add Pott Delete Port Print using the following driver _Delete Pot HP Lasenlet 5P SMP PostScript Mew Driver Capture Printer Port End Capture Timeout settings Hot selected fi Si seconds 1 object s selec Transmission retry E seconds Spool Settings Port Settings 7 Click the Add Port button On the resulting screen select Other then Printer Server as the port to add as shown below Add Port E ES Select the type of port you want to add Network Specify the network path to the printer Browse Other Click the type of port you want to add Local Port POF Port 8 Click OK to see the Print Port Configuration screen as shown below 89 Level One Printer
2. Special Features This chapter covers the special features of the LevelOne Printer Server When using the TCP IP protocol the LevelOne Printer Server supports 2 special features e Internet Printing e SNMP Internet Printing Overview The Internet Printing System allows users employees colleagues suppliers customers to print data to your printer across the Internet Users send the Internet LevelOne Printer Server an E Mail with the print job normally sent as an attachment to the E Mail The LevelOne Printer Server will retrieve the E Mail and print it using the printer attached to port 1 System Requirements Mail Server e Accessibility The Mail Server must be accessible by the intended clients or users Normally this means a permanent connection to the Internet e Protocols The Mail Server must support the POP3 and SMTP protocols The Internet Printing System uses these protocols and the most common E Mail formatting standards e MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions e Base64 Encoding for mail attachments 69 Level One Printer Servers Internet Printer Server TCIP IP Protocol The LAN must use the TCP IP protocol Mail Server Access The LevelOne Printer Server must be able to access the Mail Server using a single IP address Mail Account The LevelOne Printer Server must have a Mail Account Users print by sending an E Mail to this mail account User Client Requirements In
3. USER GROUP Figure 25 Assign Users to Queue NDS PS mode The screen allows you to assign users to the current queue The current queue is displayed on the top of the screen e Use the Change Context button to change the current context The Available Users list on the right will then change to show the users available in that context e Assign a user or group by selecting them on the right and clicking the lt lt button e Remove an assignment by selecting the user or group from the list on the left and clicking the gt gt button Note If you select User from Figure 22 NetWare Configuration NDS PS mode you will see a similar screen which allows you to assign users to the Printer Object rather than the Printer Queue To assign operators to the Print Queue Optional To assign Operators to the selected queue select Operators from Figure 24 Assign Queues NDS PS mode This step is optional operator assignment has no effect on operation of the LevelOne Printer Server Cueve Operators Assion Queve PASO Backup Queue Change Context i USER es ul Figure 26 Assign Operators to Queue NDS PS mode 40 NetWare The current Queue and Context are displayed at the top of the screen e Use the Change Context button to change the current context The Available Operators list on the right will then change to show the queues available in that context e Assign an operator by selec
4. Configuring the LevelOne Printer Server for SNMP Before using a SNMP Management station to manage the LevelOne Printer Server the following settings should be assigned to it in addition to standard TCP IP settings covered in Chapter 7 TCP IP SNMP Settings SysContact Text Field Name of the contact person SysLocation Text Field Location of the contact person Management Station Up to 4 Management Stations can be entered IP Address s Trap Receiving Up to 4 Trap Receiving Stations can be entered IP Address s Management Station Settings For each Management Station the following fields are available Access Permission Options are Read Only Read Write Not Accessible Community String Leaving this blank will disable management by this station Trap Receiving Station Settings For each Trap Receiving Station the following fields are available Community String Leaving this blank will disable management by this station Trap Enable Use this option to Enable Disable Trap Receiving by this station 75 Level One Printer Servers Trap Severity In this version all traps are level 1 Levels 2 and 3 will be implemented in future versions TO Troubleshooting This chapter describes some problem situations which may arise and the solutions to them Overview If you encounter printing difficulties please refer to the Hardware section first then the Printing section then the section for your specific situa
5. Operation is subject to the following two conditions e This device may not cause harmful interference and e This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation CE Marking Warning This is a Class B product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures 94 Specifications Environmental Specifications Operating Temperature Storage Temperature Shipping Temperature Operating Humidity Storage Humidity Shipping Humidity Parallel Port Pin Assignments Signal Name Strobe Data 3 Data 6 Data ACK p lt Paper Error _ 09 Select Auto Feed Not Defined LogicGND h Chassis GND Peripheral Logic High MI GND Tni UY U NO Fault Not Defined Select Data signals will be driven by some but not all peripheral devices Uo Oo Ns 12 PaperError 95 Level One Printer Servers Other Models FPS 2111TXU Sw max 12V DC Power Consumption External Power Adapter LEDs Parallel Port Ethernet cables 1 Centronic female DB 25 connector 10BASE T 100BASE T FPS 2101TXU 10w max 12V DC Power Consumption External Power Adapter LEDs Parallel Port 1 Centronic female DB 25 connector ECP compatible l0Base2 10Base T 100Base T FPS 2013TXU Sw max 12V DC
6. PSConfig shows No Response This may be due to the following The network traffic is busy now Wait for a minute and then try it again The LevelOne Printer Server is not powered on Power it on The network cable is disconnected Check the cable The node address of the LevelOne Printer Server may be the same as the node address of another device on the network QUICKSET timed out when checking if the device had logged in to the file servers 84 Solution No 8 Problem No 9 Solution No 9 Problem No 10 Solution No 10 Problem No 11 Solution No 11 Troubleshooting This means that the LevelOne Printer Server did not log in the master file server It might be that the Ethernet frame types do not match 1 Try to find a workstation that use the same frame type as the LevelOne Printer Server so that PSConfig can see the device Or load the NetBEUI protocol on your PC and use WPConfig to connect to the device 2 Enable the LevelOne Printer Server s frame type to the frame type that the master file server uses and disable all other frame types I cannot receive Notify message in NetWare 4 x environment e Make sure you are a Notify member of the Print Server e Run NetAdmin and set the name of the Default Server to receive notification I cannot use PCONSOLE E to see Printer Status or the current server status in Print Server Information is showing Down in the NetWare 4 x environment It
7. Where printer_name is the name of the Print Queue defined on the Unix host filename is the name of the file you wish to print Example lpr P Marketing etc hosts In the above example the etc hosts file is sent to the printer queue Marketing It will then be sent to the logical printer associated with this queue 58 Unix Other Printing Methods Your LevelOne Printer Server supports 2 other printing methods e DSI Direct Socket Interface e PSfilter Proprietary print method Printing Using DSI Logical printers must be configured on the LevelOne Printer Server as explained in Chapter 7 TCP IP DSI supports only 3 Logical Printers Socket numbers are defined as follows Logical Printer No Socket No l 4010 2 4020 3 4030 Printing Using PSfilter PSfilter is a proprietary print method provided with the LevelOne Printer Server as C source code It provides many print options To use PSfilter a C compiler and Socket Library must exist on the host so that psfilter c can be compiled to an executable file The PSfilter program is shipped in source code as psfilter c Detailed instructions for installing configuring and using PSfilter are provided in the following files These files along with PSfilter c are stored on the CD ROM in the following directories PS driver Ipti lpsource text format PS driver Ipti tar tar format Operating System Filename SCO UNIX System V Release 3 SCO TXT HP UX
8. 12 13 MA Configure Port Handler for Printer Agent serPrinter C Host Name e o Printer Hame mea Cancel Help WER gt Figure 32 Configure Port Handler In the Host address IP field enter the IP Address previously assigned to the LevelOne Printer Server device In the Printer Name field enter the Logical Port name on the LevelOne Printer Server e g Ll Note For LevelOne Printer Servers with one parallel port the logical ports are named L1 L2 and L3 For devices with three parallel ports the logical ports are named L1 to L8 Click Finish then select appropriate drivers for Windows 3 1 Windows 95 98 and Windows NT 4 The new Printer Agent will now appear in the Printer Agent List window Repeat this procedure for any other ports on the LevelOne Printer Server or for any other logical printers you wish to use Workstation Configuration Before attempting to install and configure Public Access Printers on your workstation ensure that Novell IntranetWare Client v2 2 or later is installed on your PC You have access to the Novell Printer Manager utility e g Nwpmw32 exe Procedure l Za 3 Start the Novell Printer Manager utility Select Printer New from the menu then click 4dd Select the required printer and click Install then Close 46 NetWare EA NWOPS Manager term GR Printer Agent List Identification SerPrinter Figure 33 NDPS Ma
9. 3004 Printer Type LaserWriter 3101 AP PCOMM1 No 3102 AP PCOMM2 No 3104 AP PCOMM4 No 9002 The appropriate values for each line are described in the following section Note Do NOT modify the following lines CS begin CMD 9002 4 Save the file 5 Double click the icon for PSTool 6 Click the Printer submenu and choose Download Postscript File A panel will appear with a list of files 7 Click the CONFIG file Then click Download 75 Level One Printer Servers AppleTalk Settings When editing the CONFIG file only the parameter should be changed The parameter is the last part of the line after the colon Ensure that you use only valid parameters 0001 Device Name xxxxxxxx The Device Name will initially be the Default Server Name The Default Server Name 1s shown on a sticker on the base of the device The Device Name can be changed but the new name MUST NOT exceed 19 characters in length 3000 Apple Zone The default value allows all AppleTalk zones to access the LevelOne Printer Server s printers To restrict access to a particular zone enter the zone name here 3001 Printer Type P1 LaserWriter 3002 Printer Type P2 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 parallel ports 1 to 3 respectively The name can be up to 19 characters long 3101 AP_PCOMM1 No 3102 AP_PCOMM2
10. Level One Printer Servers WebAdmin Windows NT Server WebAdmin is installed on the NT TCP IP Server and then accessed using a Web Web Browser Browser WPConfig Windows 3 1 Not all LevelOne Printer Server IPX SPX features are available SAGs BiAdmin Utility Program This chapter covers the installation and operation of the BiAdmin utility This program requires e Windows 95 Windows 98 or ME e Windows NT 3 51 Windows NT 4 0 Windows 2000 or XP Additional Recommendations e Screen resolution of 800 600 or greater e Ifusing Novell NetWare installation of Novell s Client 32 for Windows is strongly recommended This will greatly enhance the ability to BLAdmin to work with NetWare servers Installation 1 Run the SETUP program in the PS Utility Biadmin disk1 directory on the CD ROM 2 Follow the on screen prompts to complete the installation 17 Level One Printer Servers Start the program by using the icon created by the setup program When run the program searches the network for all active LevelOne Printer Servers then lists them on screen as shown by the example screen below Print Server Management Utility BuAdmin Status Refresh InitDevice Configuration Diagnostics Control Help eZNXSAbs Ee 8 Fieri ee Fa PS001 723 PS001 723 PS428538 PS428538 PS7800B5 PS7800B5 PS001500 PS001500 Figure 8 BiAdmin Main Screen 18 BiAdmin Utility Program Groups On the le
11. save to Device Cancel Help Figure 28 Bindery Remote Printer Device Name Change the name of the selected LevelOne Printer Server 1f you wish This field is also on the Configuration System menu File Server Select the NetWare File Server to service each port Novell Printer Select the NetWare print server to service the LevelOne Printer Server for P1 Server s parallel port 1 Parallel port 1 Novell Printer Select the NetWare print server to service the LevelOne Printer Server for P2 P3 Server s parallel port 2 P2 parallel port 3 P3 Set to Default Replace the on screen values with the default values These are NOT saved until you click Save to Device No changes are made to the NetWare server Save any changes you have made to the LevelOne Printer Server Cancel Ignore any changes made since the last Save operation close the window Help View context sensitive help 5 AD NetWare Remote Printer Mode NDS If on the original screen Remote Printer Mode NDS was selected the following screen will be shown Netware NDS Remote Printer Configuration Tree PALAB Current Contexto PALAB Browse Selected Device Admin Ps Device Name Admin PS Novell Printer Server for Fl NeptunePS01 Novell Printer Server for F2 NeptuneP301 y Novell Printer Server for P3 IJl Novell Printer Server for 56 Jays ka ave to Device Cancel Help Figure 29 NDS Remote P
12. Ethernet connectors Power Consumption External Power Adapter LEDs Parallel Port Three Centronic female DB 25 connectors 10BaseT 100BaseT FPS 2003TXU 20w max 12V DC Ethernet cables Power Consumption External Power Adapter LEDs Parallel Port 3 Centronic female DB 25 connector ECP compatible 10Base2 10Base T 100Base T FPS 3w max 12V DC Ethernet connector N aN o bh E YN WwW Power Consumption External Power Adapter LEDs USB Port 1 1 Ethernet Connector 10 100BaseT 96 FCC Statement Specifications This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy It has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a domestic environment Operation is subject to the following two conditions e This device may not cause harmful interference and e This device must accept any interference received including interference that may Cause undesired operation CE Marking Warning This is a Class B product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures Environmental Specifications Operating Temperature Storage Temperature Shipping Temperature Operating H umidity Storage Humidity Shippi
13. If you have a PostScript printer on port 1 the test page will not be printed ee LAN Installation This chapter describes how to install the LevelOne Printer Server in your Local Area Network Procedure 1 Find the Default LevelOne Printer Server Name e The Default Server Name is shown on a sticker on the base of the device It consists of 8 letters and or digits e Record this name it will be needed during configuration Note During configuration you will be able to change the CS device name The new name MUST NOT contain any spaces or blanks 2 Connect the Printer s Connect the printer or plotter to the LevelOne Printer Server s printer port s as appropriate e Direct Attach Models Plug the LevelOne Printer Server directly into the parallel port on the printer e USB Ports Use the USB cable supplied with your printer to connect the printer to the LevelOne Printer Server s USB port e Parallel Ports Use standard Parallel port cables to connect the printer to the parallel port on the LevelOne Printer Server Parallel printer cables should be less than 3 meters long e Serial Port Use a standard Serial port cable to connect the printer to the serial port on the LevelOne Printer Server Note Leave the LevelOne Printer Server powered OFF while connecting it to the Printer s and the LAN 3 Connect the Network Cable e Connect the LevelOne Printer Server to your LAN For 10 100BaseT interfaces the LevelOne Pri
14. L1 to L8 on multi port models The names can not be changed Configuring NetWare PCONSOLE or NWAdmin must be used to create new logical printers and assign print queues to the printers When creating logical printers NetWare Printer 8 corresponds to Logical printer L1 on the LevelOne Printer Server printer 9 to Logical printer L2 and so on up to printer 15 logical printer L8 Configuring the LevelOne Printer Server The LevelOne Printer Server requires the following data 1f logical printers are going to be used Physical Port Select the parallel port P1 to P3 for this Logical Printer String Before The printer control string in Hex to be sent to the printer Job before each print job String After Job The printer control string in Hex to be sent to the printer after each print job Convert LF to If ON LF line feed characters are changed to CR LF CR LF carriage return line feed If OFF no conversion is done yy ae Level One Printer Servers Configuration Methods To support the widest possible range of users the LevelOne Printer Server is supplied with the utilities listed in the following table Note that this document covers only BiAdmin with Novell s Client 32 software installed on your PC For more details about the other methods refer to the full User Manual on the CD ROM BiAdmin Quickset PSConfig If possible you should use the supplied BiAdmin utility for configuration BiAdmin is a
15. Mask bss 255 ss Jo TCP IP Reconnection Settings Delay before reconnection attempt secs p aa Number of reconnection attempts 254 0 255 Get Defaults Save Cancel Figure 34 TCP IP Screen Data TCP IP Screen IP Address Router Gateway IP Address Network Mask Delay before reconnection attempts Number of reconnection attempts The LevelOne Printer Server is able to obtain an IP Address dynamically using DHCP Bootp or rarp Normally it will check these methods in sequence but each method can be individually disabled using BiAdmin See Chapter 4 For more details on using Boop or rarp refer to Chapter 8 Unix e To use a dynamic IP Address leave the IP Address here at 0 0 0 0 e To use a fixed static IP Address enter an unused IP Address from the IP Address range used your LAN or LAN segment if routers are installed If your network segment has a router enter the router address here If there is no router leave the address as 0 0 0 0 If the Router is 0 0 0 0 the Network Mask should also be left at 0 0 0 0 If you have a router enter the Network mask Subnet mask for the segment to which the LevelOne Printer Server is attached Sets how long the LevelOne Printer Server should wait before retrying a TCP IP connection which is lost Allowable values are from 0 to 255 seconds with 2 as the default Sets how many attempts at reconnection will be made After that the TCP IP s
16. PS123456 In the example above PS123456 is assigned the IP address 192 10 2 54 and the name PS Rm203 4 Check the IP Address using the ping command ping NAME You should receive a response If you get a Timeout message the above procedure has failed cee Level One Printer Servers Using BOOTP If using bootp no arp table entry 1s necessary but the following configuration is required 1 Add the following entry to the Boot Table etc bootptab NAME ht ether vm rfc1024 ha PA ip IP sm SM gw GW Where NAME is the LevelOne Printer Server s name PA is the hardware address of the LevelOne Printer Server IP is the LevelOne Printer Server s IP Address SM is the Subnet Mask GW is the Gateway IP Address 2 Ifitis not running start the bootp daemon the usual command is bootpd and reset the LevelOne Printer Server It will then acquire an IP Address using bootp Using RARP If using rarp no arp table entry is necessary but the following configuration 1s required 1 Ifthe rarp daemon is not running start it with the command arpa a 2 Add a line to the Ethernet Address table etc ethers 00 c0 02 xx yy Zz NAME Where 00 c0 02 xx yy zz is the hardware address of the LevelOne Printer Server NAME is the name of the LevelOne Printer Server 3 Reset the LevelOne Printer Server When it reboots it should acquire an IP Address from rarp Printing Methods Overview There are 4 printing methods to choose
17. Servers Problem No 3 Solution No 3 Problem No 4 Solution No 4 Configure PrintSerwer Part Device Name 52300014 Select Device Port gt gt Parallel 1 Port Marne sc30001 4 Pl Driver Werzlon HetBEUI 200 Banner Enable Barner T PostScript OK User Mame Cancel 9 Click the Browse Device button select the desired LevelOne Printer Server and click OK 10 Click OK to return to the Printers folders and right click on the Printer Ensure that the Work off line option is NOT checked FI Printers File Edit View Help Add Printer Pause Printing Purge Print Jobs Work Offline w Set Os Default BP SMP PostScript Create Shortcut Delete Rename Opens the sele Properties The Printer should no longer be grayed out and is ready for use I connected and configured a WPS Windows Printing System printer as described but I can t get the print job to print Printer drivers for WPS printers poll the printer before sending print data Since the printer is networked the printer is not found and no data is sent The solution is to add your printer as a network printer as described in Solution 1 above Note The screens shown in Solution 1 are from Windows 95 Other versions of Windows may look slightly different but the process is identical If using Window NT or 2000 do NOT enable Sharing for the printer When printing from some software applications such
18. also supported in Windows NT 3 5 or later LPD on IBM AIX 4 15 Before proceeding ensure that the LevelOne Printer Server has been assigned an IP Address To setup your AIX system for LPD printing perform the following steps l Add the LevelOne Printer Server to etc hosts Ipd using the name you assigned to the LevelOne Printer Server Start the LPD daemon 1f it is not running using the following command start src s qdaemon Start the system administration tool smit and select Print Spooling Create the required number of queues one for each logical printer by selecting e Add a Print Queue e Remote Printer attached to Remote Host e Standard Processing Use the following information Name of queue to add Use a single word queue name which indicates which printer is attached Hostname for remote LevelOne Printer Server name as used in server etc hosts Ipd Name of queue on Logical printer number L1 L8 to service this remote server queue Type of print spooler Use default value AIX Version xxx on remote server Ensure that the logical printers are configured in the LevelOne Printer Server Refer to Chapter 7 TCP IP for details Print using the following command lp d printer queue file name Where printer_queue 1s one of the entries used in Name of queue to add file name is the file you wish to print 55 Level One Printer Servers LPD on System V Before beginning LPD Setup ensure t
19. as Power Point it takes a long time and the print out is incorrect The problem is due to the printer which is being configured to Start printing after the first page is spooled To change this setting e Go to Control Panel Printers and click on your printer e Then select File Properties Details 90 Problem No 5 Solution No 5 Problem No 6 Solution No 6 Troubleshooting e When the Details screen appears click the Spool Settings button e When the Spool Settings dialogue box appears choose Start printing after last page is spooled and click OK A printing device connected to the LevelOne Printer Server port cannot print or prints garbage Check the following e Cable connection between LevelOne Printer Server and printer e Serial port configuration if a serial device e Printer driver in the application program or Windows matches the printer The Configuration button on the Printer Status screen in BiAdmin is grayed out even though my printer is bi directional The button is unavailable if the printer is busy You must wait until the printer is idle Internet Printing Problem No 1 Solution No 1 Problem No 2 Solution No 2 Problem No 3 Solution No 3 Problem No 4 Solution No 4 Problem No 5 Solution No 5 I don t know my Mail Server s IP Address Use the PING command to connect to the Mail Server by name Example e ping ms hinet net The r
20. define the Logical Printer and set the port used for Internet Printing to this Logical Printer 0 Specifications Direct Attach Models EPS 3001TU External Power Adapter 9V DC Parallel Port 1 Male DB 36 connector Ethernet cables 10Base T FCC Statement This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy It has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a domestic environment Operation is subject to the following two conditions e This device may not cause harmful interference and e This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation CE Marking Warning This is a Class B product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures 93 2 Level One Printer Servers FPS 3001TXU External Power Adapter 5V DC Parallel Port 1 Male DB 36 connector Ethernet cables 10 100Base T FCC Statement This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy It has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a commercial environment
21. have been created 72 Special Features Using the new Port The Windows Control Panel is used to connect the correct printer to the InterNet Printing Port In Windows 95 98 NT the procedure is 1 Select the Printer which matches the remote printer then choose Properties as shown in the example below HP LaserJet 4 Properties lx General Details Paper Graphics Fonts Device Options HP LaserJet 4 Print to the following port WAN interet Printer Add Fort Delete Port Print using the following driver HF LaserJet 4 Flus y New Driver Capture Printer Port End Capture Figure 39 InterNet Printer Properties 2 Select the new port WAN InterNet Printer in the example as the port for this printer e Ifyou do not have the correct printer driver or you wish to create another printer using an existing driver use the Windows Add Printer facility e Using the Windows Port Settings or Configure Port facility will reveal the same Configure Port screen shown in Figure 38 InterNet Printer Port e If you wish to print to multiple Internet Printers use the Windows Add Port facility to add a new InterNet Printer port Ensure that the correct data is entered in each port and that each port has a unique name Checking the Printer Driver To make sure that the correct printer driver for the remote printer is installed on your system you can use the InterNet Printing Port to s
22. it own MIB This allows TCP IP users to monitor configure and troubleshoot the LevelOne Printer Server using their existing SNMP management tools JetAdmin Support 100BaseT models support HP s JetAdmin utility If you are already using this program you can also use it to manage your LevelOne Printer Server Internet Printing Using TCP IP the LevelOne Printer Server can be configured to allow clients suppliers colleagues and others to print to one of your printers from anywhere on the Internet Year 2000 Compliance The LevelOne Printer Server does not store the date nor does it perform date calculations When necessary it obtains the current date from the network or client operating system We recommend the use of network and client operating systems which are year 2000 compliant Level One Printer Servers Safety Instructions For your own safety and to protect your LevelOne Printer Server please observe the following safety advice e Unplug this device from its power source before cleaning Use only a slightly dampened cloth for cleaning Do not use liquid or aerosol cleaners Avoid using this product near water Exposure to water poses an electric shock hazard Do not place this device on an unstable surface The device may fall causing serious damage to the device This device should only be used with the power supply type specified on the marking label If you are not sure of type of your local power supply consu
23. line in the etc printcap file Note S7 The entry is really one line but can be entered as shown Use a TAB character where shown printer name Remote Printer Alias lp rm PS_NAME rp Logical Printer name sd Spooler directory mx 0 56 Where Unix printer_name is the Print Queue name used to store jobs for the corresponding logical printer PS NAME is the LevelOne Printer Server name defined in etc hosts Logical Printer name is the logical printer name on the LevelOne Printer Server L1 L3 or L1 L8 depending on your model Spooler directory is the directory you created in Step 6 Example Marketing RP1 PS123456 gt lp rm PS Rm203 rp L1 sd usr spool Marketing mx 0 Repeat this process for each Logical Printer Print Queue combination that you wish to create LPD on BSD Before continuing ensure that an IP Address has been assigned to the LevelOne Printer Server Remember the following e The remote host name is the name of the LevelOne Printer Server e The remote printer name is the logical printer L1 L3 or L1 L8 on the LevelOne Printer Server e Ifasked for the LPD type enter the service type as BSD e Inthe sample commands shown printer_name is the Print Queue serviced by the logical printer on the LevelOne Printer Server and Spooler_ dir is the name of the directory used to spool the print jobs Procedure Action Creat
24. local printer using the COPY command with the b option Example Goo resis TEEI 6 Compare the printouts from the PC and the LevelOne Printer Server 81 Level One Printer Servers Problem No 2 Solution No 2 Problem No 3 Solution No 3 ie e Ifthe printouts are the same then the problem is NOT the LevelOne Printer Server The problem might be that an incorrect printer driver was chosen or the timeout setting in the CAPTURE command is too short e Ifthe printouts are NOT the same there may be a problem with the LevelOne Printer Server Call your dealer Re enable queue service e Disconnect the printer attached to LPT1 of your PC and connect it to your LevelOne Printer Server e For NetWare 2 x or 3 x run PCONSOLE and Select Print Queue Information Then select the LevelOne Printer Server s print queue and select Current Queue Status Set Servers can service entries in queue to YES e For NetWare 4 x bindery and NDS modes run PCONSOLE and select Print Queues Then select the print queue and select Status Set Allow service by current print servers to YES My LevelOne Printer Server does not appear in the Active Device List of the PSConfig program Ensure that the LevelOne Printer Server is on the same network segment as your PC Load 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 E
25. powerful user friendly program which runs under Windows 95 98 NT See Chapter 4 BiAdmin Utility for details on installing this program and general instructions on usage BiAdmin works best if you have Novell NetWare Client 32 for Windows installed QUICKSET is a DOS based command line program It will configure the LevelOne Printer Server and the current Novell server in a single operation However it provides few options PSConfig is a DOS based menu driven program It uses the IPX SPX protocol to connect to the LevelOne Printer Server so your PC must load the IPX SPX drivers before PSConfig can be used PSConfig can only configure the LevelOne Printer Server itself You must use the NetWare s PCONSOLE or NWAdmin to configure the NetWare server 28 NetWare Using BiAdmin with Client 32 With NetWare Client 32 installed on your PC BiAdmin s NetWare capabilities are enhanced As well as configuring the LevelOne Printer Server you can configure the NetWare Server or Servers Preparation 1 Ensure that you are logged into the NetWare server s you wish to use You need to have ADMIN rights so you have permission to create printer objects and queues Start BiAdmin Select a LevelOne Printer Server from the list Select the NetWare icon a oF From the resulting screen shown below select the operating mode to match your NetWare server and click Configure The following sections describe the screens for e
26. values These are NOT saved until you click Save to Device No changes are made to the NetWare server Save any changes you have made to the LevelOne Printer Server Cancel Ignore any changes made since the last Save operation close the window a 37 lt Level One Printer Servers Quickset Button NDS The Quickset button on the screen above will configure the NetWare server with default values based on the default name of the LevelOne Printer Server You will see a screen like the following example NOs Quickset Print server CC42230 P gt Printer 8CC42230_ND3_P3 Queue POCA NDR Os a F E Printer 8CC42230_ND3_P2 Printer eve 800 42230_ND3_02 menes Figure 21 NDS Quickset Change the default values if you wish then click Setup to create these objects on the NetWare server The configuration data will be saved to the NetWare server and the LevelOne Printer Server NetWare Configuration Button NDS Clicking this button will reveal the following screen NDS Print Server Configuration 3 Figure 22 NetWare Configuration NDS PS mode The NetWare Print Server name is shown at the top of the screen The options available are e Printer Create Printer Objects assign Printer Queues and assign users to Queues Required See the following section for details e Operator Assign Operators to the NetWare Print Server object Optional These operators will then have permission t
27. with LevelOne Printer Server Problem No 3 When the interface program detects that the printer device is 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 No 4 If the prefix or and suffix string must contain control words or are too long use headfile or tailfile instead of prefix string or suffix string Problem No 5 The LevelOne Printer Server s IP address is forgotten and it needs to be installed in a new environment Solution No 5 Follow the steps below to set the LevelOne Printer Server back to the factory default configuration 1 Enter the command ZNO E AVA ND SIG SAI WO AO BIZ oR oS Ox Where yyy yyy yyy yyy is the new IP address assigned to the LevelOne Printer Server 00 c0 02 xx xx xx 1s the hardware address as shown on a sticker on the base of the LevelOne Printer Server Note Windows NT uses instead of in the hardware address 2 Enter the commands ftp yyy YYY YYY YYY ftp gt get DEFAULTC Cep g re This will reset the configuration to the factory defaults including setting the IP address back to 0 0 0 0 86 Problem No 6 Solution No 6 Problem No 7 Solution No 7 Problem No 8 Solution No 8 Problem No 9 Solution No 9 Troubleshooting 3 Reconfigure as for a new device Printing by FTP I receive an erro
28. D lt D BEHE EE E T 0 E A E Level One Printer Servers EPS 3001TU FPS 3001TXU FPS 2111TXU FPS 2101TXU FPS 2101USB FPS 2013TXU FPS 2003TXU User Guide Copyright 02002 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Document Version 1 3 January 2002 P N 9590B502A0 All trademark and trade names are the properties of their respective owners Table of Contents I a A E E 1 FOIOS prr A l Safety MSCONS eei a le oh hh ea haha oa Lh Salk Oe oh chia oe lal ait 2 Package COMENS orase act er Salted Sas e 3 INNES esto sae A II ns banat eters 4 Ze LAN AMS CaM A GON cis cascccusseusceussaeaseean E Eea nE aaa Ee 13 Procter ai 13 da COMPMOUMEATION snein aaa a ea S 15 Required CONEA a ES Configuration Methods amp Utilities ooooonnnncccuuuuaaaaaaanaoonooooonnonno nono nononnnnnonononnnnnnnnos 15 4 BiAdmin Utility Program ssecccccssssseecccccsssscceccoossseseeccoosssssececocosssseceesssssoo 17 Regue Mei cee a a ld 17 TAS Ca ALTO i AEE E cs 17 E E a tenn amnsiee 18 ME En 22 A AA EE I O I NOAE TAO E ETIO 24 DOLEW ale URC A des 24 APPS ALK SAUS 24 lle y Dala a OOOO toa O toes Seno Lona 24 Advanced Setup and Management cccccccesseeseeesseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 25 O NeW aia 21 OEI Asa iii 21 Using BiAdmin with Cll tna 29 Print Server Mode BIE til 30 Print Server Modes NDS a 37 Remote Printer Modes Binde N auanei e A 42 Remote Printer Modos ND Sariei cias 43 NDPSA Ne Ware S ad 44 A
29. IX on HP workstation HP TXT Sun 5 x on Sun SPARC workstation SUNS TXT Sun 4 x on Sun SPARC workstation SUN4 TXT AT amp T UNIX SV Release 4 SVR4 TXT DEC OSF1 DECOSF1 TXT IBM AIX AIX TXT UNIX Ware UNIXWARE TXT Note If your system is not listed above do not S7 59 attempt to use the PSfilter method of printing Windows NT Server TCP IP This chapter explains how to configure and use your LevelOne Printer Server in the Windows NT Server TCP IP environment Software Requirements Windows NT3 51 or later e TCP IP network protocol e TCP IP remote printing system provided with Windows NT configuration is described in this document LevelOne Printer Server Configuration Note The LevelOne Printer Server should be configured FIRST Refer to Chapter 7 TCP IP for details on configuring the LevelOne Printer Server It must have a valid IP Address Note that if you have a DHCP server the LevelOne Printer Server is assigned an IP Address of 0 0 0 0 It will then obtain an IP Address from the DHCP server But using DHCP is only feasible if you have DHCP management software which allows you to take advantage of this feature Otherwise the LevelOne Printer Server s IP Address will be unknown and connection to it will be impossible In this case configure the LevelOne Printer Server for a static IP Address 60 Windows NT Server TCP IP Windows NT Host Configuration This section covers configuration of a Wind
30. No 1 Problem No 2 Solution No 2 When I tried to install the Printing software for Peer to Peer printing I received an error message and the installation was aborted This may be caused by an existing installation of the printer port software Before attempting another installation e Remove the existing installation e Restart your PC To remove an existing printer port installation 1 Open Start Settings Control Panel Add Remove Programs 2 Look for an entry with a name like Shared Port Shared Printer Port Print Server Driver or Print Server Port 3 Select this item click Add Remove and confirm the deletion On Windows 95 I installed the Print Port Driver for Peer to Peer Printing but when I selected a port on a Print Server and clicked Add the printer was not installed Try installing the Printer using the standard Windows tools as follows 1 Start the Add Printer Wizard 2 Select Network Printer when prompted How is the printer attached to your Computer and click Next 3 When prompted for the Network Path or Queue enter a dummy value such as shown below Do NOT select Yes for Do you print for MS DOS programs Add Printer Wizard Type the network path or the queue name of your printer IF pou don t know its name click Browse to view available network printers Network path or queue name Browse Do you print from MS D0S based programs Yes
31. No 3104 AP_PCOMMA4 No These settings determine whether the port uses ASCII or Binary Communication Protocol Enter NO for ASCII or YES for Binary The lines refer to the following ports 3101 AP PCOMM1 Parallel Port 1 3102 AP PCOMM2 Parallel Port 2 3104 AP PCOMMA4 Parallel Port 3 In choosing which Protocol to use consider the following points e Binary communication is twice as fast as ASCII e ASCII communication is more reliable e The computer LevelOne Printer Server and printer MUST all be configured to use the SAME protocol Check your printer manual for details of printer configuration and use the Print menu to configure your computer so that they use the same settings as the LevelOne Printer Server 26 NetWare This chapter describes using your LevelOne Printer Server in the NetWare environment Overview This section describes how the LevelOne Printer Server functions in the Novell NetWare environment The LevelOne Printer Server fully supports both Bindery and NDS Novell systems and be configured as either a NetWare Printer Server or NetWare Remote Printer Novell Distributed Printing Services NDPS using TCP IP under NetWare 5 is also supported See page 44 for details Logical Printers Ports Logical Printers can be used to create a Virtual printer Single port models support 3 logical printers while multi port models support 8 logical printers The Logical Printers are named L1 L2 and L3 or
32. Overview In a peer to peer environment each PC communicates directly with the LevelOne Printer Server The LevelOne Printer Server supports both NetBEUI and TCP IP Both protocols can be used simultaneously The following Windows versions are supported e Windows 95 98 or ME e Windows NT 4 0 Windows 2000 or XP Before performing the following procedure the LevelOne Printer Server must be installed on your LAN Both the LevelOne Printer Server and the attached printer should be powered ON 1 Run the SETUP program in the PS Driver ptp 95nt folder on the CD ROM 2 Choose the User option in the Setup Type screen This will install the Peer to peer Print Driver 3 Follow the prompts to complete the installation 4 The Print Driver Setup will then run 5 The LAN will be searched for LevelOne Printer Servers and a screen like the following will be displayed e If desired change the Workgroup name and click Refresh e Select List all Print Servers to list all LevelOne Printer Servers regardless of Workgroup e The name of the attached printer will be displayed if possible If No printer is displayed check that the printer is properly connected and powered on 65 Level One Printer Servers g Printer Port Setup C Lis only Print Servers in Workeroup RD te List all Print Servers Refresh Indicates Port is already installed Select Next to change connected che Figure 35 Add Port Peer to peer
33. PS 2101TXU amp FPS 2003TXU The DIP switches are used to set the LAN connection Operation is as follows swi sw o Auto select LAN connection Default The other possibilities are reserved and should not be used DIP Switches FPS 2111TXU amp FPS 2013TXU The DIP switches are used to set the LAN connection Operation is as follows swi sw o UP Auto select LAN connection Default Switches 2 and 3 have no effect The other possibilities are reserved and should not be used at Level One Printer Servers Diagnostic Push Button Models FPS 2101TXU and FPS 2003TXU are fitted with a Diagnostic Push Button This button is used to restore the factory default settings or to print a test page The test page will contain all the current settings and will be output to the printer attached to port 1 To restore the factory default settings 1 Turn the LevelOne Printer Server OFF 2 Press and hold the diagnostic button While pressing the button switch the LevelOne Printer Server ON 3 If you continue pressing the button for 10 seconds a diagnostic page will be printed showing the new settings To generate a Diagnostic print out 1 Ensure that both the LevelOne Printer Server and the printer attached to port 1 are ON 2 Press the diagnostic button and hold it in for 2 seconds 3 The test page containing the current settings will be printed Note PostScript printers are unable to print this page
34. Print Driver If your LevelOne Printer Server is not listed Select List all Print Servers and click the Refresh button Check that both the LevelOne Printer Server and the printer are properly connected and powered on Make sure the LevelOne Printer Server has been configured If using TCP IP try installing the NetBEUI protocol Then uninstall and re install the Peer to peer Print Driver 6 Select the desired printer port and then click the Next button A pop up message will inform you if the port has been created successfully If you see the following error message you need to install Internet Explorer 4 or later Note Error Starting Program AN A required OLL file SETUPRAPLOLL was not found 7 Then a screen like the following will be displayed 66 Windows Peer to peer Configure Printer Fort Port c001500_P1 Attached Printer HF LASERJET 5000 SERIES Figure 36 Configure Printer Port 8 Select the correct Windows printer in the Existing Printers list and click the Connect button If the correct printer type is not listed click Add New Printer to run the Windows Add Printer wizard Step through the Wizard and install the required printer e Select the correct Printer Manufacturer and Model or use the Have Disk option if appropriate e We recommend changing the Printer name to indicate which device is on e g HP2100 on SCA43600 P1 e If prompted about Sharing the prin
35. Server Change the LevelOne Printer Server name password and disable network protocols not used on your LAN e SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol Configure the LevelOne Printer Server for use with SNMP Programs See Chapter 11 Special Features for details e Server Status Check the current settings of the LevelOne Printer Server e Printer Port Check the status of the printers attached to the LevelOne Printer Server e ee Level One Printer Servers Telnet can be used to monitor the status of the printers attached to the LevelOne Printer Server Operation Establish a connection to the LevelOne Printer Server by starting your Telnet program and providing the IP Address of the LevelOne Printer Server No port number is required e g telnet 192 166 0 21 The LevelOne Printer Server will respond with Welcome to Print Server From the resulting prompt 3 commands are possible e Help Show brief help e Monitor show printer status e Exit leave telnet The Monitor command will show the status of the printer on each port as shown below The display is updated once per second Peso AE Idle TYPE Parallel PRINTER STATUS Out OF Paper Po TAE Er TETA TYPE Parallel PRINTER STATUS On Line PRODE SOERVICHDE 75264 OCCUPIED BY LPD P3 STATE Idle TYPE Parallel PRINTER STATUS Idle de Unix This chapter describes using your LevelOne Printer Server in the Unix environment Overview Sof
36. The new password will be saved both on the NetWare server and the LevelOne Printer Server 3G NetWare Print Server Mode NDS If Print Server NDS Mode was chosen the following screen will appear Netware NDS Print Server Configuration Selected Device ADMIN Netware Print Server Name ADMIN NDS Tree Mame MAHILA Print Server NDS Context MANILA Browse Job Notificati hy C ti ID Folling Quene Interval 1 255 po at a ae ae lo as Netware Configuration Cancel Figure 20 NDS Print Server Mode Print Server Change the name of the selected LevelOne Printer Server if you Name wish This field is also on the Configuration System menu NDS Tree Name Select the File Server s NDS tree name root name Print Server Select Browse to view the NDS tree and select the appropriate NDS Context Context Polling Queue Defines how often the LevelOne Printer Server will poll the queues Interval to be serviced Job Notification Set to Yes to receive a job notification at only the workstation by Connection ID where the print job originated No to receive a job notification at all workstations that you have logged on NetWare Use this to configure the NetWare server See the following section Configuration for details Quickset This option will configure the NetWare server using default values See below for details Hep View context sensitive help Set to Default Replace the on screen values with the default
37. Use this screen to assign queue s to the printer object associated with the selected port Assigning Printer Queues Required Print Quenes Assion Printer 230_NDS_P1 Context MANILA Change Context Available Queues lt 500 Backup Queve MANILA Dpm745 Ql 2 pDrm698_Q1 E Augr07 QI gt oa Users Operators Information Hew Queue Figure 24 Assign Queues NDS PS mode This screen displays the current NetWare Printer Object at the top of the screen Queues serviced by the current Printer Object are listed on the left and other queues in the current context on the right e Use the Change Context button to change the current context The Available Queues list on the right will then change to show the queues available in that context e Create a new queue by clicking New Queue Enter the new name and select the desired context e Assign an existing queue by selecting a queue on the right and clicking the lt lt button 30 2 Level One Printer Servers e Stop servicing a queue by selecting it from the list on the left and clicking the gt gt button e When a Queue on the left is selected the Users Operators and Information buttons become available To Assign Users to Queues Required Select on queue on the screen above then click Users to see the following screen Queue Users Assen Queue PASOO Backup Queue Context FALAH Change Context Available Users
38. a E dees ticocastewe eheeeteeees 48 OVT W ds 48 Web Browser Cone urato henio is 48 Tene Uitte A rg iG ate iA cenit trae camcits ac dar ed Aca aineas Sie ahaannn alent eamaes 52 S UNa io 53 OVET W oa nE E N 53 IP Address CONSUMO fcc aa A E A OA A 53 Printine Methods DVM Wa 54 LPD Printing Configuration iio 55 Oiber PA MS ale dead 59 9 Windows NT Server TCP IP scissiccccsssccecssatscccateccsuavissasccassseadsaicceveceteccssasestas 60 DOL Wale Redurre me MS ias 60 LevelOne Printer Server CONTIBULAtION ooooooooonoooooooooononoononononnnnnonononon ono nono nono nnnnnnos 60 Windows NT Host Configuration cccccceseeeseeeeeeeeeseeeseeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 61 PAGS yin Wmdows NES oasis 64 10 Windows Peer lo Peer sensisse assores nea oases na ta saeia 65 OGIE Weee NEEE NEE ONE T NEET 65 lacra E T 65 Thc Special Festes 69 A O eee eee 69 SNMP E cathecnee Naseee 75 12 TroubleshO0tMO scievesscerecdstowssuesdaescetedacia eeose aaa anaana oe 77 A A O A ai E dd Hard wate Pr ee eee eae TI PAM Gli e Genre ionoia 78 Apple Tal e NE 79 A E E E a A E E 81 TEPIP UNKA Wn OWS ADE 86 Windows Pest PET 88 Tan Sra UP iti PON o sack deseo A Ay Sete ahah Sess Slice 91 RA A e E N E 93 DIETA MM e os ed ts 93 Qiber A A O hana Aeneas 96 Introduction This chapter provides details of your LevelOne Printer Server s features and components Congratulations on the purchase of your new LevelOne Printer Server This device was de
39. ach of these selections Netware Configuration eelected Device ADMIN Pa Mode Frame Type Print Server Mode m 802 2 Bindery e 8022 C NDS e ENAP Remote Printer Mode e Ethemet II Bindery C NDS Figure 10 NetWare Mode L 90 Level One Printer Servers Print Server Mode Bindery If Bindery Print Server Mode is selected the following screen will appear Netware Bindery Print Server Configuration Selected Device Admin Ps Netware Print Server Name Admin PS Master file server Bindery Mode Only Padi Job Notification by C ti ID E es Netware Configuration Help Set to Default eave to Device Cancel Figure 11 Bindery Print Server Mode Print Server Name Change the name of the selected LevelOne Printer Server 1f you wish This field is also on the Configuration System menu Master File Server Name of the LevelOne Printer Server s master file server NetWare server Select from the drop down list Polling Queue Defines how often the LevelOne Printer Server will poll the Interval queues to be serviced The default is 1 second Job Notification Set to Yes to receive a job notification at only the workstation by where the print job originated No to receive a job notification at Connection ID all workstations that you have logged on Quickset This option will configure the NetWare server using default values See below for details NetWare Use this to configure the NetWare serve
40. assword This drop down list will be operational only if you have assigned more than 1 file server to be serviced by the LevelOne Printer Server Create Printer Objects assign Print Queues and assign users to Print Queues Required See the following section for details Assign Operators to the NetWare Print Server object Optional These operators will then have permission to manage the NetWare Print Server object The screen is identical to Figure 18 Assign Operator to Queue Bindery Assign Users to the NetWare Print Server object Optional These users will then be able to view the status of the NetWare Print Server object The screen is identical to Figure 17 Assign Users to Queue Bindery Change the login password used by the LevelOne Printer Server when it connects to the NetWare server By default there is no password See Password for details 23 NetWare Printer Button 1 After selecting the Printer button on the screen above the NetWare printer objects 1 for each port on the LevelOne Printer Server will be created if they do not yet exist 2 The next screen shown below allows you to select the desired port on the LevelOne Printer Server This also selects the printer object You can NOT change the printer object associated with the port Bindery Print Queue Assened ADMIN Pr Parallel Porta Parallel Port senal Port Figure 15 Select Printer Port Bindery 3 After selecting the des
41. could be caused by using the wrong encoding method Ask the user to use the InterNet Printing Port Also some printer drivers when configured as Local Printer will poll the printer to see if it is connected Since the printer is networked the printer can not be detected To fix this perform the following e Select Network printer when asked How is the printer attached to your computer e Then when prompted for Network Path or Queue name enter a dummy value such as 123 and select Next e The printer wizard will display a message stating that The Network Printer is off line Continue to install the printer as normal e When finished go to Control Panel Printers and select your printer The printer icon will be grayed out indicating the printer is not ready e Select Properties Details In the Print to the following port box select Print Server PrintServer e Click Apply then OK then close the Properties window e Select the printer and go to the File menu Check the Work off line option is OFF If the printer is connected and powered On the printer icon should no longer be grayed out and you should be able to print The Banner page is not correct the first row has disappeared This may be caused by the previous print job not sending a form feed after finishing printing Try sending print jobs to a logical printer which is defined with a Post String of FF Form Feed OC in Hex To do this
42. d determine the IP Address allocated to the LevelOne Printer Server e Use BiAdmin or another LevelOne Printer Server utility to allocate a valid IP Address to the LevelOne Printer Server e Add an entry to the arp table to associate the hardware address of the LevelOne Printer Server with the desired IP address as follows arp s IP Address 00 c0 02 xx xx xx Unix arp s IP Address 00 c0 02 xx xx xx Windows Where IP Address is the IP Address you wish to assign to the LevelOne Printer Server 00 c0 02 xx xx xx is the hardware address of the LevelOne Printer Server Example Unix arp e Lil LoS DeszLl OUTreOsOZ 312754256 Example Windows arp e LozoLo08 Dazl 00 120 02 12 gt 1 56 Note The Default Server Name and the Hardware Address of the S LevelOne Printer Server are shown on a sticker on the base of the device 48 TCP IP Connecting to the LevelOne Printer Server 1 Start your Web Browser 2 Inthe Address box enter HTTP followed by the IP Address of the LevelOne Printer Server e g http 192 168 0 21 3 You will then be prompted for the password If no password has been set just press ENTER 4 Use the top menu bar to move about Remember to save each screen before changing to a different screen 49 Level One Printer Servers TCP IP Configuration Selecting TCP IP will display the screen below LAN Settings Device IP Address fica fies fo ft Router IP Address b b pb fb Network
43. d type of ports is shown in the right column 10 Level One Printer Servers If the desired device is not listed try the following Check that the device is installed and ON then Refresh the list Use the InitDevice Find menu option to search for the LevelOne Printer Server You need to know the Default Name of the LevelOne Printer Server The Default Server Name 1s shown on a sticker on the base of the device If the LevelOne Printer Server is on another LAN segment use the nitDevice Attach Remote menu option to locate and display the LevelOne Printer Server For networks using ONLY TCP IP LevelOne Printer Servers without an IP Address will not appear Use the InitDevice Set IP Address menu option to assign an IP Address then Refresh the list You need to know the Default Name of the unlisted device in order to assign an IP Address The Default Server Name is shown on a sticker on the base of the device Status Icons Once a LevelOne Printer Server has been selected the Icons become active BS The icons provide status information as well as access to the selected LevelOne Printer Server settings If an icon is grayed Note out that option or protocol is unavailable Device Information Menu equivalent Status Backup Restore Device Information All of the settings for the current device are displayed in a read only scrollable list in the left panel You can use the Save to File and Restore to Device bu
44. e a spooling directory Set spooling daemon as owner of this directory Create read write permissions Give permissions to LPD processes Add remote printer s Start Ipc print mechanism Sample Command mkdir usr spool Spooler_dir chown daemon usr spool Spooler_dir chmod 775 usr spool Spooler_dir chgrp daemon usr spool Spooler_dir See below Ipc start printer_name 57 lt Level One Printer Servers Adding Remote Printers A remote printer is added by inserting the following line in the etc printcap file Note The entry is really one line but can be entered as shown Use a TAB character where shown printer name Remote Printer Alias lp rm PS NAME rp Logical Printer name sd Spooler directory mx 0 Where printer_name is the Print Queue name used to store jobs for the corresponding logical printer PS NAME is the LevelOne Printer Server name defined in etc hosts Logical Printer_name is the logical printer name on the LevelOne Printer Server L1 L3 or L1 L8 Spooler directory is the directory you created in Step 6 Example Marketing RP1 PS123456 lp rm PS Rm203 rp L1 sd usr spool Marketing mx 0 Repeat this process for each Logical Printer Print Queue combination that you wish to create Printing using LPD For LPD printing instructions refer to your UNIX manual The following example is for a BSD system ipr P printer mame filename
45. end an E Mail to the Internet Printer The procedure is as follows 1 Connect your default printer to the InterNet Printing Port 2 Check that Reply Notification Mail in the InterNet Printing Port is ON 3 From Notepad or another text editor print a short message e g This is a test print to the Internet Printer You will receive a reply E Mail containing the Printer ID which will identify the printer attached to the LevelOne Printer Server If this does not match the printer driver you are using install the correct printer driver way ice Level One Printer Servers Printing through the Internet 1 Create or open the document you wish to print 2 Select the Printer connected to the InterNet Printing Port 3 Ifyou do not have a permanent Internet connection establish 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 will generate an E Mail and send it to the remote printer The document will be encoded and sent as an attachment to the E Mail You will see a progress screen similar to the example below From port WAN Sending To Printserver Date 09 32 22 09 22 97 status Sending Fromm yourname supplier cam To PrintServer customer com 3l Figure 40 InterNet Printing Progress 6 Close the Internet connection if you opened it
46. eply will say e Reply from xxx xxx xxx XXX where Xxx XXx Xxx xxx is the IP Address of the Mail Server Plain text E Mails are not printed Text E Mail messages are printed only if the LevelOne Printer Server is configured with Print every E Mail ON Plain text E Mails print OK but if I include an attachment I get an E Mail reply Wrong Encoding Method The Internet Printer system supports only Base64 encoding Using the Internet Printing Port driver will ensure a correctly encoded attachment A print job is printing garbage Users must use the correct printer driver The print job can be canceled using the Control Abort Mail Print Job menu option in the BiAdmin program Two print jobs are printing on the same page Change the port used for Internet Printing from a physical port to a Logical Port Printer Configure the Logical Printer so that the String Gj Level One Printer Servers Problem No 6 Solution No 6 Problem No 7 Solution No 7 Problem No 8 Solution No 8 after Job contains a FF Form Feed decimal 12 or OC in Hex See the section on Logical Printers in the Unix or NT Server sections for details of Logical Printers The Print job seemed to go through OK but it was never received Check the E Mail address If you use more than one Internet Printer with the same printer driver ensure that you use the correct port each time you print Only the banner page was printed This
47. ers If you have multiple File Servers serviced File server Printserver ADMIN Ps Master Fileserver P 4500 serviced Fileserver Figure 13 Assigning Additional File Servers e This screen allows you to set the LevelOne Printer Server to service additional file servers Normally the LevelOne Printer Server will service only the Master File Server sais Level One Printer Servers e The right column lists any available servers Note that to be available you must be logged into the Server with Supervisor rights e Use the lt lt and gt gt buttons to move file servers to and from the Serviced Fileserver list on the left e When completed click Next This will create a NetWare Print Server object on the Serviced Fileserver if it does not yet exist The NetWare Print Server will have the same name as the NetWare Print Server on the Master File Server e After clicking Next you will see the screen below If you have a single File Server Clicking the NetWare Configuration button will reveal the following screen Bindery Print Server Configuration ADMIN Fileserver Printer Operator User Password Figure 14 Configure NetWare Server Bindery PS mode e The NetWare Print Server name is shown at the top of the screen If more than 1 NetWare server is used this name is the same on every NetWare server e The options available are File Server Printer Operator User P
48. esigned for Windows 3 1 only For Windows 95 NT you should use BiAdmin ry Level One Printer Servers Printing General Problem No 1 When using 10BaseT cabling the LevelOne Printer Server unit does not work Solution No 1 Check the Hub s link LED for the port to which the LevelOne Printer Server is connected If it is off there is a problem in the network cable If using 10BaseT or 100BaseT check the LED next to the connector It should be on if the network connection is OK Problem No 2 A printing device connected to the a LevelOne Printer Server port cannot print or prints garbage Solution No 2 Check the following e Cable connection between LevelOne Printer Server and printer e Printer driver in the application program or Windows matches the printer Problem No 3 The Configuration button on the Printer Status screen in BiAdmin is grayed out even though my printer in bi directional Solution No 3 The button is unavailable if the printer is busy You must wait until the printer is idle poe Troubleshooting AppleTalk Problem No 1 Solution No 1 Problem No 2 Solution No 2 Problem No 3 Solution No 3 Problem No 4 Solution No 4 Problem No 5 Solution No 5 Problem No 6 Solution No 6 Problem No 7 Solution No 7 Why do I get an incorrect printout Some possible reasons are e You may have chosen Binary encoding to print the file Try to use ASCII encodin
49. ession will be terminated Allowable values are from 0 to 255 with 254 as the default 50 TCP IP Logical Printer Configuration Logical Printers can be used to create a Virtual printer For example to create a Landscape printer you could define a Logical Printer as follows Pre string Printer Control codes to switch the printer to Landscape mode Post string Printer Control codes to reset the printer restoring the default settings Another logical printer could be used to print Unix format text files for a DOS printer by converting Unix style LF Line Feeds to DOS style LF CR Line Feed Carriage Return pairs The LevelOne Printer Server supports 8 Logical Printers The names L1 L8 cannot be changed Each Logical Printer has 4 settings as shown below Logical Printer Setup Data Physical Port LevelOne Printer Server parallel port P1 to P3 to which the printer is attached String Before Job The printer control string in hex to be sent to the printer before each print job String After Job The printer control string in hex to be sent to the printer after each print job Convert LF to If ON LF line feed characters are changed to CR LF CR LF carriage return line feed If OFF no conversion 1s done Note The maximum size of printer control strings is 15 characters and CS they must be entered in HEX Other Screens Other screens which may be useful in a TCP IP environment e Configure
50. etary Internet Printing feature printing via E Mail AppleTalk Configuration Menu equivalent Configuration AppleTalk See Chapter 5 for more details NetBEUI Configuration Menu equivalent Configuration NetBEUI SNMP Configuration Menu equivalent Configuration SNMP Configuration is only required if using Simple Network Management Protocol See Chapter 11 for more details Logical Port Configuration Menu equivalent Configuration Logical Port Logical port printers can be used in the NetWare and Unix environments Other Icons Upgrade Menu Equivalent InitDevice Upgrade This option allows you to upgrade the firmware for the selected LevelOne Printer Server Before using this option you need to obtain the BIN file for the firmware upgrade and copy it to the same directory as BiAdmin Refresh Menu Equivalent None Select this icon to update the LevelOne Printer Server device listing after changing the name or IP Address Exit Menu Equivalent Help Exit Exit the BiAdmin program This does not save any changes you have made you must Save to Device on each screen a is Level One Printer Servers Menu Options Status Menu Device Info Port Same as Device button Display all the configuration and status information about the selected LevelOne Printer Server The data is presented in a scrolling read only window Same as Port Status buttons InitDevice Menu Attach Re
51. evelOne Printer Server EPS 3001TU 10BaseT Direct Attach Description Male Parallel Port for direct connection to the printer Orange Error LED See page 11 for details Green Status LED See page 11 for details 9V Power port 10BaseT Connector Introduction FPS 3001TXU 100BaseT Direct Attach Figure 2 FPS 3001TXU Wem Description Male Parallel Port for direct connection to the printer Orange Error LED See page 11 for details SV Power port MEN Green Status LED See page 11 for details 10 100BaseT Connector The FPS 2111TXU offers support for both 10BaseT and 100BaseT environments It features one UTP connector and one bi directional parallel port Level One Printer Servers FPS 2111TXU Figure 3 FPS 2111TXU tem Description IE Parallel Port Red Error LED See page 11 for details Green Link LED See page 11 for details 12V Power port 10 100BaseT STP Connector 10 100BaseT Link LED 10 100BaseT Switches See page 11 for details Introduction FPS 2101TXU e Figure 4 FPS 2101TXU DIP Switches See page 11 for details 10 100BaseT Link LEDs If using 100BaseT the upper LED will light Ifusing 10BaseT the lower LED will light 10 100BaseT Connector 10Base2 connector Level One Printer Servers FPS 2013TXU e 9 Figure 5 FPS 2013TXU tem Description O O a emar OOOO o mmr Ooo o mars oo a Red Enor LED See page 11 fortets en L
52. from All are explained in the following sections Select whichever is the most convenient in your environment LPD LPD is a standard print method for most UNIX systems Using this method eliminates the need to install additional host softwaret However in many cases the LPD protocol sends out the data file before the control file The LevelOne Printer Server will print the data file immediately ignoring any print options set in the control file To solve this problem use PSfilter instead Direct Socket Interface The Direct Socket Interface DSI is a Unix based method of providing a direct connection between a host computer and a printer The host and the LevelOne Printer Server establish a TCP connection using a special socket number All data sent over this connection is treated as print data and sent transparently to a logical printer defined on the LevelOne Printer Server PSfilter Psfilter is a proprietary print method provided with the LevelOne Printer Server as C source code The benefit of this method is that 1t provides many print options such as banner print copies and so on For details see page 59 54 Unix FTP File Transfer Protocol FTP is also a standard print method in most UNIX systems but it is NOT recommended except as a test and back up method of printing because it does not use a print queue LPD Printing Configuration LPD is a built in printing protocol for most UNIX systems and is
53. from item Choose other selections A cover page prints either on the first or the last page of the document Select one of these solutions e Turn the cover page feature off e Insert extra page breaks in vour document to avoid the cover TO Level One Printer Servers Problem No 8 Solution No 8 Problem No 9 Solution No 9 Problem No 10 Solution No 10 Problem No 11 Solution No 11 page printing on the first or last page of your document e Install the Apple LaserWriter 7 driver You are having trouble printing with the Apple LaserWriter 8 driver Why do I have trouble printing with the LaserWriter 8 Your application software may not be compatible with the LaserWriter 8 driver or your system may not meet the requirements of the LaserWriter 8 driver Use the Apple LaserWriter 7 driver instead How come the colors on my printed output do not match the colors on my computer screen When the printer receives a color file 1t tries to match the printed output color to the screen color Sometimes the printer cannot match up the colors as closely as wanted To alleviate this problem perform the following steps e Choose Calibrated Color Grayscale in the Print pop up menu in the Print Options dialog box The printer will make adjustments to match the colors e Check your monitor to make sure all settings for example brightness are adjusted correctly The blue color I chose on my computer screen
54. ft side of the screen is a column for Groups Each LevelOne Printer Server may be placed in a group using the Configuration System Configuration Groups menu option e Ifa group is selected only LevelOne Printer Servers in that group will be listed on the right side of the screen e By default all LevelOne Printer Servers will appear in the ROOT group e A LevelOne Printer Server can only be a member of one 1 group and will always be a member of a group e Use the Configuration System Configuration Groups menu option to select a group for the current LevelOne Printer Server e To create a new Group and add the current LevelOne Printer Server to it just enter a group name in the dialog See example screen below System Configuration Ea Selected Device P5323460 Device Name Ps 323460 Group Name Pl Del Group IFSP Protocol f Disable C Enable TCP IP Protocol O Disable f Enable AppleTalk Protocol Disable Enable NetBEUI Protocol Disable Enable Set to Default Cancel Help Figure 9 System Configuration Groups Device List On the right side of the screen 1s a list of all LevelOne Printer Servers found on the network For each device the following data is shown e Default Name The Default Server Name is shown on a sticker on the base of the device e Device Name If you have not changed the name this will be the same as the Default Server Name e Port information The number an
55. g e Some of the fonts in your print file may not be supported by the printer Try selecting LaserWriter 7 instead of LaserWriter 8 Can t find the LevelOne Printer Server s name in the Chooser Try the following 1 Make sure that AppleTalk is on the button next to Active is highlighted in the Chooser 2 Make sure the printer has been on and in the READY state for a few minutes 3 Make sure the printer has not been renamed since its last appearance in the Chooser 4 Ifthe printer resides on a network with multiple zones make sure the correct zone 1s selected from the AppleTalk Zones box in the Chooser My document didn t print to the right printer Check the following e Another LevelOne Printer Server with the same name may have received your print job Use the PSTOOL to reconfigure your LevelOne Printer Server name and ensure all LevelOne Printer Servers have unique names e Make sure your application output encode is set to ASCII If not change it to ASCII My file doesn t print with the correct fonts Try using the LaserWriter 7 printer driver My EPS file doesn t print with the correct fonts This is a problem that occurs in some application programs Try downloading the fonts contained in the EPS file before printing the saved EPS file I can t select the Remaining from item in the print dialog box If you have selected the Layout value 2 Up or 4 Up you cannot access the Remaining
56. gits and or numbers 7 Click on the Close box Configuration is now complete Printing with the LevelOne Printer Server installed in an AppleTalk network 1s identical to normal printing For example select a document that you want to print and then select File Print Chose the desired printer 24 AppleTalk Advanced Setup and Management This section describes the configuration changes which can be made to your LevelOne Printer Server device Changing the Device Configuration Windows Software In a mixed Windows PC Macintosh environment you can use the BiAdmin utility program to configure the LevelOne Printer Server For details on installing and using BiAdmin refer to Chapter 4 BiAdmin Macintosh Software In AppleTalk you can use SimpleText to edit the LevelOne Printer Server s CONFIG file and the supplied PSTool program to send it to the LevelOne Printer Server The procedure is as follows 1 Copy the following files from the PS Utility Apple folder on the CD ROM to an appropriate folder on your hard disk Poloo CONFIG tile e g cont1g 3p 2 Use Chooser to select the desired LevelOne Printer Server 3 Double click the CONFIG file and edit it The contents of the file will vary depending on your model but will look something like the example below begin CMD 0001 Device Name XXXXXXXX 3000 Apple Zone 3001 Printer Type LaserWriter P1 3002 Printer Type P2 LaserWriter P3
57. haracters This name appears in the title bar of the printer window Driver Select the appropriate driver for the attached printer Description Enter a printer description 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 Add LPR compatible printer window will appear Enter data in the fields as follows Name Or Address Of Host Enter the IP address of the LevelOne Printer 2 6 Windows NT Server TCP IP Providing LPD Server Name Of Printer On That Enter the appropriate logical printer number Machine L1 L8 5 When the Create Printer dialog box reappears check the Share This Printer On The Network option 6 Inthe Share Name box Printer Manager creates a MS DOS compatible resource name which you can change if you wish In the Location box you can enter information concerning the printer location Network users will see this information when browsing to find this printer 7 Complete any other configuration information in the Create Printer dialog box Windows NT 4 0 1 Go to Start Settings Printer and invoke the Add Printer wizard 2 When prompted with This printer will be managed by select My Computer and click Next Select Add Port then select LPR Port and click New Port 4 Inthe Name of Address of server providing Ipd dialog box enter the LevelOne Prin
58. hat an IP Address has been assigned to the LevelOne Printer Server Keep the following points in mind The remote host name is the name of the LevelOne Printer Server The remote printer name is the print queue name for the Logical Printer Logical printers also need to be configured on the LevelOne Printer Server itself See If your UNIX asks for the LPD type be sure to identify the service type as BSD The LevelOne Printer Server s LPD protocol meets BSD system standards In the sample commands shown printer_name is the name of the Print Queue serviced by the LevelOne Printer Server and Spooler directory is the name of the directory used to spool the print jobs Procedure Action Stop Print Services Add a System Printer Restart the Print Services Enable printing to the new printer device Start accepting jobs for the new printer device Create a spooling directory Make spooling daemon the owner of this directory Create read write permissions Give permissions to LPD processes Add remote printer s Adding Remote Printers Sample Command ust lib Ipshut ust lib lpadmin p printer_name v dev null lusr lib lpsched enable printer_name accept printer_name mkdir usr spool Spooler directory chown daemon usr spool Spooler directory chmod 775 usr spool Spooler directory chgrp daemon us spool Spooler directory See following section A remote printer is added by inserting the following
59. hen the Network Settings dialog box appears click the Add Software button to display the Add Network Software dialog box Select TCP IP Protocol And Related Components in the Network Software list box and then click the Continue button In the Windows NT TCP IP Installation Options dialog box check the TCP IP Network Printing Support option Click the OK button Windows NT Setup will display a message asking for the full path to the Windows NT distribution files Provide the appropriate location and click the Continue button All necessary files will be copied to your hard disk If you did not check the Enable Automatic DHCP Configuration option in the Windows NT TCP IP Installation Options dialog box you must complete all the required TCP IP configuration procedures manually After you finish configuring TCP IP the Network Settings dialog box will reappear click the Close button and then restart your computer for the changes to take effect Windows NT 4 0 Go to Start Settings Control Panel Network Click the Service option and ensure that Microsoft TCP IP Printing is enabled If it is not enabled select the Add option and enable it as usual If you added services in step 2 reboot the computer for the changes to take affect Adding a TCP IP Remote Printer Windows 3 51 1 From the Printer menu in Print Manager select Create Printer 2 Inthe resulting dialog box enter data as follows Printer Name Enter a name up to 32 c
60. in Step 3 7 Ifthe Notify after print job option is set you will receive an E Mail when your job is printed Canceling a Print Job Users cannot cancel a Print Job once it has been sent but Print Jobs can be canceled at the LevelOne Printer Server In BiAdmin the Control Abort Mail Print Job menu option can be used to cancel a print job which has already started printing JA Special Features The LevelOne Printer Server supports SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol The LevelOne Printer Server s SNMP support allows network supervisors to monitor and control the LevelOne Printer Server using network management platforms such as HP OpenView IBM SystemView etc This is accomplished through the SNMP agent and the SNMP MIB The agent device software responds to standard SNMP commands and reports device configuration and conditions When a change in condition occurs the SNMP agent will send a message a Trap to the associated management station The LevelOne Printer Server s SNMP MIB is a collection of objects that are monitored and controlled using SNMP s get and set commands The appropriate MIB file must be imported into your SNMP management program using the Import Compile command Check your management program for details on this procedure The MIB files are in the provided in the PS MIB folder on the CD ROM Use the Import Compile command of your SNMP program to import the Mib file for your model
61. ink LED See page 11 for dewis Reset Button This will Reboot the LevelOne Printer Server 10 100BaseT Switches See page 11 for details 10 100BaseT Link LED 10 100BaseT Connector 10 12V Power port Introduction FPS 2003T XU evel i Figure 6 ae U tem Description o o marn OOOO o mirs OOOO a en ink LED See page orde es Error LED See page 11 rds 6 Diagnostic push button See page 12 for details DIP Switches See page 11 for details 8 100BaseT Link LED lights if using 100BaseT 9 10BaseT Link LED lights if using 10BaseT 40 l0Base2 connector 10 100BaseT Connector 12 12V Power Port Level One Printer Servers FPS 2101USB Figure 7 FPS 2101USB tem Description ooo aferm OO o ero SSS s pwo SS 4 USB Connector 5 10 100BaseT Connector Reset Button This will Reboot the LevelOne Printer Server DW Power Port 10 Introduction LED Indicators All LevelOne Printer Servers are fitted with 2 LED indicators The red LED is the Status Error indicator The green LED is the Power Link indicator The LED indicator modes are described in the following table Green LED Red Orange LED Status Description Flashing Flashing Firmware upgrade in progress Flashing USB only No printer connected to the USB port Off Normal operation idle Flashing Off Normal operation transmitting or receiving packets from the network DIP Switches F
62. ired port you will see a screen like the following example which allows you to assign printer queues to the printer object 33 Level One Printer Servers Assigning Printer Queues Required This screen will be displayed when a port button is clicked on the previous screen Use this screen to assign queue s to the printer object associated with the selected port Available Queues a PA4500_ BACEUF ES Es Dem70S_ 01 DPM734_01 Users Operators Information New Queue Figure 16 Assign Queues Bindery This screen displays the name of the NetWare Printer on the top of the screen Queues serviced by this NetWare printer are listed on the left and other queues on the right e Create a new queue by clicking New Queue Enter the name in the dialog e Assign an existing queue by selecting a queue on the right and clicking the lt lt button e Stop servicing a queue by selecting it from the list on the left and clicking the gt gt button e When a Queue on the left is selected the Users Operators and Information buttons become available 34 NetWare To Assign Users to Queues Required Select the queue then click Users on the screen above to see the following screen The current queue name is shown on the top of the screen Queve AUGTO7_O1 VERYONE GROUP 122 da SUPERVISOR E ADMIN E MORRIS Figure 17 Assign Users to Queue Bindery e Assign a user or gro
63. is printing out purple Choose Calibrated Color Grayscale in the Print pop up menu in the Print Options dialog box When I send a print job I get a PostScript Command error or no print out Check the communication protocols The computer LevelOne Printer Server and printer must all be configured to the same communication protocol either Binary or ASCII To configure your system 1 Choose which protocol you are going to use You should check your printer it may not give you a choice 2 Set your printer to the correct protocol 3 Use the computer s print submenu to configure your computer to use the protocol you have chosen 4 Configure the LevelOne Printer Server to use the same protocol as the printer and computer 80 Troubleshooting Problem No 1 My LevelOne Printer Server prints garbage Solution No 1 Follow the following steps to identify the problem 1 Print a diagnostic file using PSConfig program a Run PSConfig and select your LevelOne Printer Server from the list Then select Print Diagnostic Report b Select each port in turn and print a diagnostic report c Check to see if the diagnostic report printed OK If the diagnostic report printed OK the problem may be caused by incorrect system configuration Go to Step 2 If the diagnostic report printout is not OK check your printer If your printer is OK call your dealer 2 Print a test text file and a test graphic file If the text file
64. llation are os Level One Printer Servers e Directory C Program Files Internet_ Printer e Start Menu folder InterNet Printing Port Driver 3 You will then see the Configure Port screen as shown in the following screenshot InterNet Printing Port Driver Configuration ver 1 0 Port Mame YARN Remote Printer E mail address PrintServer custamer com our E mail information Mail Server Mame ar IF Address pop3serv mycompany com Your Internet E mail address e g usermame company com nyname mycompany cam Retry Interval 30 Sec OK M Reply Notification E mail Cancel Figure 38 InterNet Printer Port 4 The following data must be provided Port Name Enter a descriptive name e g W AN for the new printer port Remote Printer The E Mail address for the Internet printer Your print jobs E mail Address will be sent to this E Mail address Mail Server Name This is the name or IP Address of your Mail Server If you or IP Address are on a LAN ask the LAN Administrator If using a dial up connection use the data provided by your ISP Your Internet The normal address that people use to send you E mail E mail Address Retry Interval If unable to connect to the E Mail server retry after this Seconds time period 1 to 255 seconds 30 is usually OK Reply Notification Check to receive an E Mail when your print job has been Mail processed 5 Oncompletion a new printer port will
65. lt your dealer or local power company Do not pinch crimp or otherwise damage the power cord Ifexposed to foot traffic ensure that the cable 1s properly shielded and does not pose a tripping hazard If using an extension cord make sure the total ampere rating of the products using the cord does not exceed the extension cord s ampere rating Do not attempt to service this device as opening or removing casing may expose you to dangerous voltage points or other risks Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel The device should be serviced by qualified service personnel under the following conditions e The power cord is damaged or frayed e Liquid has been spilled onto the product e The product has been exposed to rain or water e The product does not operate normally in accordance with the operating instructions e The device has been dropped or the casing has been damaged Introduction Package Contents You should find the following items packaged with your LevelOne Printer Server If any items are missing contact your dealer immediately LevelOne Printer Server Power Adapter One CD ROM containing all support programs and the complete User Manual in on line format PDF and HTML This User s Manual Quick Install Guide Level One Printer Servers This section contains details of all LevelOne Printer Server models covered by this manual Please take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with your new L
66. may be that you created the print server object in NetWare 3 x environment and used PCONSOLE in NetWare 4 x to view the status Try the following e Ensure the LevelOne Printer Server is ON e Delete the print server object of the LevelOne Printer Server e Install the LevelOne Printer Server again in NetWare 4 x NDS environment The String Before Job and or String After Job settings in the Logical Printers don t work properly e Check the length of the control strings No string can exceed 15 characters e Check that the control strings are in HEX 85 Level One Printer Servers TCP IP Unix amp Windows NT Problem No 1 LevelOne Printer Server device is not recognized Solution No 1 Check the following e There are no routers between the LevelOne Printer Server and the UNIX host during IP address assignment e There are no NetWare File Servers that do not have TCP IP support between the LevelOne Printer Server and the UNIX host e The network cable to be used by LevelOne Printer Server is intact Connect the cable to another network device and test it e You have used the correct hardware address as shown on a sticker on the base of the device e Use the ping command to see if the LevelOne Printer Server is a valid device on the network Problem No 2 The standard interface program on SUN 5 2 cannot be used with Psfilter Solution No 2 Use dumb_int sh which is the interface program shipped
67. mote Connected Protocol Find Reset Device Restore Factory Default Set IP Address Upgrade This is used to connect to a LevelOne Printer Server device on another LAN segment If your LAN does not have a Router ignore this option This option allows you to designate which LAN protocol will be used for communication between the selected device and this application You should select ONE protocol only Use this option to use the IPX SPX protocol to locate a LevelOne Printer Server on the LAN Simply enter the Default Name of the LevelOne Printer Server you wish to locate The Default Server Name is shown on a sticker on the base of the device This will cause the device to reboot This should be done after making any configuration changes or if the device stops responding after some problems This will restore ALL device values to their factory defaults To restore only the current screen use the Set to Default button on the screen For TCP IP networks only e Ifa LevelOne Printer Server does not appear on the main screen use this option to set a Device IP Address Gateway IP Address and Network Mask to the LevelOne Printer Server e This should only be necessary if your LAN is using ONLY the TCP IP protocol In other cases BiAdmin will use IPX SPX to locate the LevelOne Printer Server even if it doesn t have a valid IP Address e To locate the LevelOne Printer Server enter the Default Name The Default Ser
68. n any of the following may require configuration e LevelOne Printer Server itself e LAN Server e Client PCs on the LAN For each supported platform detailed instructions are contained in the appropriate chapter in this document Configuration Methods amp Utilities Many different methods and utilities can be used to configure the LevelOne Printer Server BiAdmin The recommended method for configuring the LevelOne Printer Server is to use the supplied BiAdmin utility program If using NetWare this program can be used to configure the NetWare Server as well as the LevelOne Printer Server For details about installing and using BiAdmin refer to Chapter 4 BiAdmin Utility Program BiAdmin requires Window 95 98 or Windows NT4 0 or later Web based Interface Most Browsers will work with the Web based interface provided on all models supporting 100BaseT See Chapter 7 TCP IP for details Other Methods The methods listed below can also be used For more details refer to the full user manual supplied on the CD ROM FTP All TCP IP networks Using this method the configuration file is down loaded from the LevelOne Printer Server edited then sent back JetAdmin Windows 95 98 NT 100BaseT models support this program HP PSConfig DOS Menu based DOS program for NetWare IPX SPX users Telnet All TCP IP networks Telnet can be used only to monitor the printers attached to the LevelOne Printer Server A
69. nager Client The printer e g SerPrinter in the example above appears in the main Printer Manager window in the Name list and 1s available for print jobs Printer drivers are automatically downloaded from the server as required The printer will appear in your Windows printer list and may be used from by any Windows application db TCP IP This chapter covers configuration of the LevelOne Printer Server in a TCP IP environment Overview e The following procedure can NOT be used with model EPS 3001TU For this model the BiAdmin utility program should be used for configuration See Chapter 4 for details on installing and using BiAdmin e Ifusing TCP IP in a Peer to peer printing environment refer to Chapter 10 Windows Peer to peer e This chapter covers configuration of the LevelOne Printer Server only For host configuration refer to Chapter 8 Unix or Chapter 9 Windows NT Server Web Browser Configuration 100BaseT LevelOne Printer Server models incorporate a HTTP server This allows you to connect to the LevelOne Printer Server and configure it using your Web Browser Most browsers should work provided they support tables and forms Preparation Because it supports dynamic IP Address allocation using DHCP BOOTP or RARP the LevelOne Printer Server ships with an IP Address of 0 0 0 0 This is NOT a valid IP Address Therefore you must do ONE of the following e Check your DCHP server if you have one an
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71. nter Server will automatically detect the correct speed e If your LevelOne Printer Server has 2 LAN connections only ONE 1 can be used The LevelOne Printer Server will automatically detect which connection 1s used ice Level One Printer Servers 4 Power Up and Check Plug in the power adapter cable If using 10 100BaseT on models FPS 2101TXU or FPS 2003TXU check the LAN connection LEDs next to the 10 100BaseT connector If neither the 10BaseT nor the 100BaseT LED lights when the LevelOne Printer Server is powered up auto negotiation has failed In this case set the DIP switches as described in the document for your model If using 10 100BaseT on models FPS 2111TXU or FPS 2013TXU check the LAN connection LED next to the 10 100BaseT connector If this LED does not light when the LevelOne Printer Server is powered up auto negotiation has failed In this case set the DIP switches as described in the document for your model For models with USB ports the Error LED will be on if the LevelOne Printer Server can t connect to the printer ori Use only the Power Supply unit provided with the ee LevelOne Printer Server 4d lt Configuration This chapter provides an overview of the configuration process Required Configuration The LevelOne Printer Server is designed to support many different platforms and the configuration required will depend upon the environment in which it is installed Depending upon the situatio
72. o 7 Solution No 7 Problem No 8 Try the following l Check if the printer attached to the LevelOne Printer Server is on line Check if your LevelOne Printer Server is logged into the file server See Problem 3 Check the current status of the queue Run PCONSOLE and select Print Queue Information Then select the queue and select Current Queue Status See if there are three YES s If not set them to YES Check if the NetWare printer number is correct 0 parallel port 1 of the LevelOne Printer Server 1 parallel port 2 of the LevelOne Printer Server 2 parallel port 3 Check if the LevelOne Printer Server is a static queue server to the queue Run PCONSOLE and select Print Server Information Then select Print Server Configuration and select Queues Serviced by Printer Select your desired printer and check if the queue is on the list If its not insert the queue into the list by pressing the Insert key and select the queue Then reset the LevelOne Printer Server to service the new queue The total number of queues to be serviced may be over the limit of 56 If so reduce the number of queues I used the Capture command to print a job but the job was separated into two parts The time out setting in the Capture command may be too short You should increase the timeout value of the Capture command Use the option TI n of the Capture command to increase the time out value where n is the value of timeout
73. o manage the NetWare Print Server object The screen is identical to Figure 26 Assign Operators to Queue NDS PS mode Note Operator assignment has no effect on the LevelOne Printer Server This facility is provided only for the convenience of NetWare administrators e User Assign Users to the NetWare Print Server object Optional These users will then be able to view the status of the NetWare Print Server object This is optional printing requires only that users be assigned to queues not to the NetWare Print Server The screen for assigning users to a NetWare Print Server is identical to Figure 25 Assign Users to Queue NDS PS mode 38 NetWare e Password Change the login password used by the LevelOne Printer Server when it connects to the NetWare server By default there is no password See Password NDS for details Printer button 1 After selecting Printer above the NetWare printer objects 1 for each port on the LevelOne Printer Server will be created if they do not yet exist 2 The next screen shown below allows you to select the desired port on the LevelOne Printer Server This also selects the printer object You can NOT change the printer object associated with the port NDS Print Quevue Assiened 220_ND8 Parallel Eoria Parallel Ports Penial Port Figure 23 Select Printer Port NDS 3 After clicking on the button for the desired port you will see a screen like the following example
74. ocol print jobs Note alee Apple Talk This chapter details using the LevelOne Printer Server in the AppleTalk environment The LevelOne Printer Server supports AppleTalk EtherTalk PAP ATP NBP ZIP and DDP protocols enabling Macintosh computers on the network to view and use the LevelOne Printer Server as a regular AppleTalk printer Configuring and printing in the EtherTalk environment operates completely as usual The PSTool program has been provided specifically for the Macintosh environment to allow easy configuration of your LevelOne Printer Server However it is not necessary to install and use this program for basic operation Software Requirements System 7 x OS or newer AppleTalk Setup 1 Click the apple icon and choose Control Panel Click Network Ensure that EtherTalk is selected under AppleTalk Connection Click Chooser The Chooser panel will open ae A O 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 LaserWriter 7 uses the fonts installed in the computer which increases network traffic and takes more printing time 6 Select a LevelOne Printer Server from the printer list by clicking on the appropriate name The LevelOne Printer Server s name is recorded on a label on the bottom of the LevelOne Printer Server as Server Name This name consists of 8 di
75. ows NT host The LevelOne should be configured first For Windows NT configuration in a Peer to Peer environment see Chapter 10 Windows Peer to Peer Host File Entry Optional If you wish to refer to the newly installed LevelOne Printer Server by 1ts name rather than by 1ts IP Address you must add an entry for 1t to the hosts file SYSTEM32 DRIVERS ETC HOSTS The entry consists of the following line XXX XXX XXX XXX Name Where xxx xxx xxx xxx is the IP Address you assigned to the LevelOne Printer Server and Name is the LevelOne Printer Server s name This should match the name stored in the LevelOne Printer Server itself If you have not changed the name use the Default Server Name shown on a sticker on the base of the device You can check that this has worked using the ping command as follows ping Name Where Name is the value used in the host file You should receive a response If you get a Timeout message there is a problem If you repeat the command using the JP Address instead of Name and get a response then the problem is the entry in the host file Ol Level One Printer Servers Preparing for TCP IP Printing To create a TCP IP remote printer Microsoft TCP IP Printing Support must be installed If it is already installed proceed to Adding a TCP IP Remote Printer Otherwise the procedure to install TCP IP printing support is as follows Windows NT 3 51 l Start the Network option in Control Panel W
76. prints correctly but the graphic file prints garbage then specify NT no tabs option for NPRINT or CAPTURE commands and print again If both print incorrectly go to step 3 3 Temporarily disable the LevelOne Printer Server servicing the print queue by following the instructions below NetWare 2 x and 3 x a Run PCONSOLE Select Print Queue Information select the print queue that the LevelOne Printer 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 your test files to the print queue using normal print commands NetWare 4 x bindery and NDS modes a Run PCONSOLE select Print Queues select the print queue that your LevelOne Printer Server services select Status b Set Allow service by current print servers to NO c Press Esc and select Information and record its queue ID d Send your test files to the print queue using normal print commands 4 Re route network printing to local printing a Disconnect the printer attached to your LevelOne Printer Server and connect it to LPT1 of your PC b Change to the drive and then the directory on the file server that contains the print queue The directory will have the name of the queue ID e g queues Q ID for NDS mode or system Q ID for Bindery mode 5 The test files you printed in step 2 should be in the queue directory Print these files to the
77. r See below for details Configuration See the following section for details Hep View context sensitive help Set to Default Replace the on screen values with the default values These are NOT saved until you click Save to Device No changes are made to the NetWare server Save to Device Save any changes you have made to the LevelOne Printer Server Cancel Ignore any changes made since the last Save operation close the window x 30 NetWare Quickset Button Bindery The Quickset button on the previous screen will configure the NetWare server using default values derived from the default name as shown on the following example Bindery Quick t Print server gt SCL422 30 8CC42230_BIN_P2 800 42230_BIN_Q1 sCC42230_BIN_O3 scc42230_BIN_P2 scc42230_BIN_02 Figure 12 Bindery Quickset This screen displays the name the selected LevelOne Printer Server and the following information for each port Printer the NetWare printer object which will be created on the current server Queue the NetWare queue associated with the Printer Object This queue will be serviced by the current LevelOne Printer Server with print jobs being sent to the port shown Change the default values if you wish then click Setup to create these objects on the NetWare server NetWare Configuration Button Bindery Clicking the NetWare Configuration button will reveal one of the following screens depending on the number of serv
78. r message Invalid print queue Print queue not ready e Check that the printer is ready e Check that Logical printer s are defined on the LevelOne Printer Server With FTP you can print ONLY to a logical printer e Reset the LevelOne Printer Server I can t print using LPD Try printing with FTP If this works the problem is the LPD daemon on your UNIX host Reconfigure the remote printer and the LPD daemon Check the following points e The remote host name is the name of the LevelOne Printer Server e The remote printer name is the logical printer name on the LevelOne Printer Server e g L1 e If your UNIX asks for the LPD type be sure to identify the service type as BSD I can t print using PSfilter Run PSfilter directly with the command PSfilter D Ponies E mame s Where P_ name is the LevelOne Printer Server s name file name is the file you wish to print If this fails check for an error log file e g PSErrLog XX XXX in the tmp directory If there is not an error log file recompile PSfilter Also check the Troubleshooting section of the Psfilter TXT file for your system The String Before Job and or String After Job settings in the Logical Printers don t work properly e Check the length of the control strings No string can exceed 15 characters e Check that the control strings are in HEX y Level One Printer Servers Windows Peer to peer Problem No 1 Solution
79. re enter the following command at the console LOAD NDPSM then select the NDPS Manager object e To start the NDPS Manager whenever you bring up the server add a command like the following to your server s AUTOEXEC NCF file LOAD NDPSM SerMGR TeSupp The last item is the name of the NDPS Manager object you wish to load 9 After creating an NDPS Manager you can create NDPS printers by using NetWare Administrator as explained below Creating an NDPS Printer Agent To create Public Access Printers using the NDPS Manager Object in NetWare Administrator follow this procedure 1 Start the NDPS Manager object you will be using to control the Printer Agent 2 At the Identification page click the Printer Agent List 3 Click New to see the Create Printer Agent window as shown below Printer Agent FA Name Cancel MOPS Manager Mame He SerGR TeSupp EN Help Gateway Types Hewlett Packard IPVIFS Printer Gatewa Novell Printer Gateway eros Printer Gateway Figure 31 Create Printer Agent Enter the desired name for the Printer Agent PA Name Normally the DNPS Manager will be the NDPS Manger object you are using Select Novell Printer Gateway in the Gateway Type see figure2 above Click OK and then select the available printer Select Remote LPR on IP in the Connection Type oS a Oe SS Click Next to see the following Configure Port Handler screen 45 Level One Printer Servers 10 IT
80. rinter Device Name Change the name of the selected LevelOne Printer Server 1f you wish This field is also on the Configuration System menu NDS Tree Name Select the NDS tree Current Context Select Browse to view the NDS tree and select the appropriate Context Novell Printer Select the NetWare print server to service the LevelOne Printer Server for P1 Server s parallel port 1 Parallel port 1 Novell Printer Select the NetWare print server to service the LevelOne Printer Server for P2 P3 Server s parallel port 2 P2 parallel port 3 P3 Set to Default Replace the on screen values with the default values These are NOT saved until you click Save to Device No changes are made to the NetWare server Save any changes you have made to the LevelOne Printer Server Cancel Ignore any changes made since the last Save operation close the window Hep View context sensitive help oe ae Level One Printer Servers NDPS NetWare 5 Overview e The LevelOne Printer Server must first be configured as a valid device on your TCP IP network See Chapter 7 TCP IP for details e To use DNPS Novell Distributed Printing Services the Novell server must be running Novell NetWare 5 and the PCs clients must be running IntranetWare Client V2 2 or later The following procedure is designed to enable Public Access Printing under DNPS using TCP IP Public Access Printing allows anybody on the network to access the p
81. rinter The procedure has 3 parts 1 Create a NDPS Manager Object on the server 2 Create a NDPS Printer Agent on the server 3 Configure each workstations requiring access to the NDPS printers Creating an NDPS Manager Object 1 Login to NetWare 5 0 Server as Admin and start the NetWare Administrator program Nwadmn32 exe 2 Select the container on NetWare Administrator where you want the NDPS Manager object to reside e g TeSupp 3 Select Create Object from the menu bar to view the New Object dialog 4 Select NDPS Manager as the object to create The Create NDPS Manager Object window shown below will appear EA Create NOP Manager Object HOPS Manager Mame Create SeriGA Resident Server TECH_50 TeSupp E Database Volume TECH 50 54 S TeSupp al After Creating the WOPS Manager Object Define Additional Properties Cancel ddi Help T Create Another NDPS Manager Object Figure 30 Create DNPS Manager Object 5 Type a name in the NDPS Manager Name e g SerMGR in Figure above 6 Browse the Resident Server and select where you want the DNPS Manager object to be assigned e g TECH 50 TeSupp in figure 1 above 7 Browse the Database Volume and select where you want the NDPS Manager database to be assigned e g TECH 50 SYS TeSupp in figure 1 above 44 NetWare 8 Click Create The new NDPS Manager will appear in the main browser window e To start the NDPS Manager in futu
82. rs If the file server is not in the status list and the LevelOne Printer Server has logged into the master file server 1t means that the file server has not been serviced by the LevelOne Printer Server Check to see if the file server is in the list of File Servers To Be Serviced item of PCONSOLE If not insert the file server name to the list My LevelOne Printer Server is configured as a Novell Remote Printer and can t log in to the Novell Print Server Try the following steps it Get the LevelOne Printer Server information as described in Problem 3 above Check the fields after the Remote Printer Mode Status For each logical printer there will be a status entry The status will be one of the following e Connected No action required e Unable to find server Load NetWare Print Server e Connecting to Server Wait and check if the NetWare Print server is loaded e Printer not Defined Install the LevelOne Printer Server as a remote printer of a NetWare print server Check NetWare to see if the Print Server is ready If it is not check the error message and perform the required corrective action Check the NetWare print server s name If it is over 20 characters rename the NetWare Print Server name using no more than 20 characters My LevelOne Printer Server cannot print the jobs sent to the print queue 83 Level One Printer Servers Solution No 5 Problem No 6 Solution No 6 Problem N
83. signed to provide a simple and efficient network printing solution gt Versatility The LevelOne Printer Server supports up to five protocols NetWare TCP IP SMB Service Message Block AppleTalk EtherTalk and NetBEUI Most models feature an auto sensing 10 100BaseT Ethernet interface port Operating system support includes Unix Novell and Microsoft Windows Easy Installation The LevelOne Printer Server makes adding printers or plotters to your network simple The auto sensing feature on the LAN interface means that there is no need to set jumpers or perform software configuration to select the network speed or duplex setting Easy Setup A number of utility programs are supplied to simplify setup For Windows 95 98 NT users the BiAdmin program makes it easy to configure the LevelOne Printer Server for a variety of network and server configurations Web based interface On models supporting 100BaseT the LevelOne Printer Server incorporates a Web based interface to provide an easy method of configuration in TCP IP networks When using this method no software needs to be installed Compact Size This allows the LevelOne Printer Server to be used even where space is limited Remote Management Tools A variety of software tools are provided In most environments both the LevelOne Printer Server and attached bi directional printers can be configured remotely SNMP Support The LevelOne Printer Server can act as a SNMP agent with
84. tab depending on your version of Windows An example screen is shown below is E HP LaserJet 4 Plus nik General Details Paper Graphics Fonts Device Options Confiqure PrintServer Printto the following port sC300014_F1 Printserver secs Print using the following driver Select Device Port gt gt Parallel 1 HP LaserJet 4 Plus Port Marne 5C300014_P Capture Printer Port MetBEDWI 2 00 Timeout settings Mot selected Transmission retry 45 OK Cancel Figure 37 Port Settings Peer to peer Driver Fort Retry Interval Device Mame 50300014 l Driver Version Banner l Enable Banner Postscript OK E User Name Cancel spool Settings Items shown on this screen are as follows Port Banner Retry Interval If desired click Browse to select a different LevelOne Printer Server If the selected device has multiple ports the Select Device Port button can be used to select the port The Port Name can not be changed after installation This name is shown in the Printer s Properties Check this option to print a banner page before each print job e Ifusing a PostScript Printer check the PostScript box e The User Name will be printed on the banner page Sets how often Windows will poll the LevelOne Printer Server to establish a connection when the printer is busy Increase this value if you get too many warning messages 68
85. ter Server s IP address 5 Inthe Name of printer or print queue on that server dialog box enter the appropriate logical printer number L1 L8 as previously configured on the LevelOne Printer Server 6 Click OK When returned to the Printer Ports window select Close and then install your printer driver as usual 7 When prompted whether or not the printer will be shared select the Sharing radio button 8 Inthe Shared dialog box enter the shared printer name The shared name is how other users will see this printer s63 Level One Printer Servers Printing with Windows NT Windows Applications The LevelOne Printer Server s printers will appear as Network Printers to users on the LAN e To install the printer on each PC use the Add Printer wizard Select Network Printer when prompted and then select the appropriate destination e To print a file from a application select the remote printer as the destination and print the file as usual Command Line To print a file from the command prompt type lpr S NT Host P printer name file name Where NT Host is the name of the NT host on which the remote printer is configured printer_name is the name assigned to the remote printer file name is the name of the file you wish to print To check the print status type lpq S NI Host P printer name 64 Windows Peer to Peer This chapter describes operation in a Windows Peer to Peer Networking environment
86. ter do NOT enable Sharing e When the Printer installation is finished it will be listed in the Configure Printer Port screen above Select it and click Connect 9 Installation is now complete You can now print using this printer e To install additional Printers repeat steps 6 to 8 e Use the Start menu to run this program in future The default installation is Start Programs Print Server Utility Print Server Setup Management Print jobs can be managed like any Windows printer Open the Printers folder Start Settings Printers and double click any printer to see the current print jobs If the printer attached to the LevelOne Printer Server is changed just run this program again and select the correct printer To delete a port created by this setup program use the Windows Delete Port facility e Right click any printer in the Printers folder and select Properties e Locate the Delete Port button This button is on the Details or Ports tab depending on your version or Windows If the LevelOne Printer Server s IP Address is changed and you can no longer print delete the port see procedure above and re install it 67 Level One Printer Servers Port Options The options for the Peer to peer Print Driver are accessed via the Port Settings button Use Start Settings Printers to open the Printers folder then right click the Printer and select Properties The Port Settings button 1s on the Details or Ports
87. ternet Connection Either through a LAN or dial up E Mail address This is used to notify the user that their print job has been done or if there any problems Printer Driver Users must have a printer driver which matches the printer connected to the remote Internet Printer Server Print Capture Software To print more than plain text users require InterNet Printing Port software to capture the print job and convert it into an E Mail attachment The InterNet Printing Port software is available for the following operating systems e Microsoft Windows 95 98 e Microsoft Windows NT 3 51 or later 70 Special Features Internet Mail Printing Configuration The LevelOne Printer Server must be configured with the data in the following table This can be done with either the supplied BiAdmin utility program see Chapter 4 or your Web Browser see Chapter 7 Mail Server The IP Address of the E Mail Server used by the IP Address LevelOne Printer Server Mail Account The name of the E Mail Account used by the LevelOne Printer Server Mail Account Password Enter the password for the above Mail Account here Check Mail Interval Sets how often to check for mail Values range from 0 to 65 535 minutes with 0 meaning a continuous connection and 1 as the default Print Banner If YES default a banner page is printed to identify the owner of the print job Redirect Mail Account Jobs which can not be printed will be sent to this acco
88. thernet frame type of your PC may be different than the one with your LevelOne Printer Server Enable all Ethernet frame types My LevelOne Printer Server is configured as a Novell Print Server and cannot log in to a file server The following steps may solve this problem l Get the LevelOne Printer Server information using PSConfig If the device is configured as a Novell Print Server the information will look like the following Server Name PS110049 NetWare Information Master File Server ICE Print Server Mode Status Your File Server Current Status Remote Printer Mode Status N A Make sure the master file server name is assigned correctly Check the Current Status of Your File Server e Connected No action required e No file server Assign a master file server using PSConfig e Connecting to Server Wait and check if the file server exists 82 Troubleshooting Problem No 4 Solution No 4 Problem No 5 e Password Mismatch Clear the NetWare password with PCONSOLE or set the correct password for the LevelOne Printer Server using WPConfig or BiAdmin e Print Server Not Defined Install LevelOne Printer Server again Check NetWare to see if the login status of the Print Server to the file servers is Ready If it is not check the error message and perform the required corrective action Check the Novell file server s name If it is over 20 characters long Rename it using no more than 20 characte
89. ting them on the right and clicking the lt lt button e Remove an assignment by selecting the operator from the list on the left and clicking the gt gt button Password NDS Clicking the Password button on the screen shown in Figure 22 NetWare Configuration NDS PS mode allows you to simultaneously change the NetWare password for the Master File Server and the NetWare login password stored in the LevelOne Printer Server The LevelOne Printer Server must be able to login to the NetWare server You will see a screen like the example below Change pasword Old password New password fama Retype password pericias Figure 27 NetWare Password NDS PS Mode e Enter the old NetWare password and enter the new password in both fields provided e Ifthe printer object has been created by BiAdmin the Old Password will be blank In that case leave this field empty e The new password will be saved both on the NetWare server and the LevelOne Printer Server sA Level One Printer Servers Remote Printer Mode Bindery If on the original screen Remote Printer Mode Bindery was selected the following screen will be shown Netware Bindery Remote Printer Configuration Selected Device AC Ps Device Hane AC PS FileServer Padi Novell Printer server for Pl ac PS y Novell Printer Server for P2 Ac PS y Novell Printer Server for P3 Ac Ps Novell Printer Server for SP WA e
90. tion If after following the advice in these documents the LevelOne Printer Server still does not function properly please contact your dealer for further advice Hardware Problems Problem No 1 Solution No 1 Problem No 2 Solution No 2 Problem No 3 Solution No 3 Problem No 4 Solution No 4 Problem No 5 Solution No 5 All the LevelOne Printer Server s LEDs are off Check the power supply or power connection LevelOne Printer Server s status light continuously stays lit Reset LevelOne Printer Server by unplugging the power supply and plugging it back in LevelOne Printer Server status light and power light stays on continuously and do not turn off Reset LevelOne Printer Server by unplugging the power supply or by pushing the reset push button I am using DHCP and getting an IP Address conflict involving the LevelOne Printer Server If the LevelOne Printer Server is left on but the DHCP server is turned off then the LevelOne Printer Server will retain its IP Address without the DHCP Server being aware of it Simply reset the LevelOne Printer Server so it will obtain a new IP Address This problem would also arise if you assigned a static IP Address which is within the range used by the DHCP server If so use another address which is NOT within the range used by the DHCP server I am using WPConfig on Windows 95 and having problems configuring the LevelOne Printer Server WP Config is d
91. ttons on this screen to save a copy of the selected device s CONFIG file to your PC or restore a previously saved file to the selected LevelOne Printer Server Port Status Menu equivalent Status Port Status After selecting this icon a Detail button will be available to show more information about the printer Configuration Icons The following icons are available Refer to the on line help for details of the data on each screen NY NetWare Menu equivalent Configuration NetWare BiAdmin supports configuration of both the LevelOne Printer Server and Novell NetWare servers e You need to be logged into the NetWare server s with ADMIN rights e The screens you will see and the operations which can be performed depend on whether or not you have Novell NetWare Client 32 installed e If Novell NetWare Client 32 is installed on your PC BiAdmin 90 BiAdmin Utility Program allows you to configure both the LevelOne Printer Server and the NetWare server from within BiAdmin e If this Novell NetWare Client 32 is NOT installed you can configure only the LevelOne Printer Server itself not the NetWare server See Chapter 6 for more details on using BiAdmin with NetWare Servers TCP IP Configuration Menu equivalent Configuration TCP IP Selecting this icon will allow configuration for TCP IP Some models may have checkboxes for DHCP Bootp and Rarp Some models may also display the setup data for the propri
92. tware Requirements e TCP IP protocol FTP Optional BOOTP Rarp Telnet e LPD printing system for LPD printing e C Compiler for PSfilter proprietary printing system only IP Address Configuration The LevelOne Printer Server must be provided with a IP Address so that 1t will be a valid device on the LAN This can be done using either Static or Dynamic IP Address configuration Procedure 1 Login to the UNIX host as root 2 Connect to the LevelOne Printer Server and configure it with your Web browser as explained in Chapter 7 TCP IP Note the following points e fusing static IP Addresses you will need to add an entry to your arp table as described in Chapter 7 e fusing bootp or rarp the Unix host must be configured as explained in the following section before you can connect to it 3 Add an entry for the LevelOne Printer Server to the etc hosts file This will allow you to address the LevelOne Printer Server by name rather than by IP Address The line in the hosts file looks like the following IP Address NAME comment Where IP Address is the IP address for the LevelOne Printer Server This address must match the address stored in the device NAME is the LevelOne Printer Server s name This must match the name stored in the device comment Add the Default Server Name as a comment The Default Server Name is shown on a sticker on the base of the device Example 192 10 2 54 PS Rm203 Default name
93. unt If blank unprintable jobs will be discarded Default Printer Number Printer 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 If ON then all E Mail received is printed Otherwise only E Mail from the InterNet Printing Port will be printed Activate Response Mail If YES all print jobs receive an E mail response If NO only users who set this option in their InterNet Printing Port software receive an E Mail Printer Model ID String This text field identifies the printer used for Internet printing This value is sent to remote users upon request User Software The software provided for remote users InterNet Printing Port should be installed by everyone intending to use Internet printing Otherwise remote users can print correctly only if e They send an E Mail directly to the LevelOne Printer Server Mail Account using their normal E Mail application e The E Mail contains plain text only e The Internet LevelOne Printer Server is configured with Print every E Mail ON Installation of the InterNet Printing Port software will create a new printer port After attaching the correct printer to this port users can print to the Internet Printer using any Windows application Installation User Software 1 Run the InterNet Printing Port installation program SETUP EXE in the PS Driver IPD folder on the CD ROM 2 Default values for the insta
94. up by selecting them on the right and clicking the lt lt button e Remove an assignment by selecting the user or group from the list on the left and clicking the gt gt button To assign operators to Queues Optional Select Operators from Figure 16 Assign Queues to view the following screen Queue Operators Assien Queve 406707 _Q1 Available Operator at USER z oe ADMIN as E LEVEN E AUGUST Figure 18 Assign Operator to Queue Bindery e Assign an operator by selecting them on the right and clicking the lt lt button e Remove an assignment by selecting the operator from the list on the left and clicking the gt gt button s 35 Level One Printer Servers Password Clicking the Password button on the screen shown in Figure 14 Configure NetWare Server Bindery PS mode allows you to simultaneously change the NetWare password for the Master File Server and the NetWare login password stored in the LevelOne Printer Server The LevelOne Printer Server must be able to login to the NetWare server You will see a screen like the example below Change password Old password New pasword pekk Retype pasword ekk Figure 19 NetWare Password Bindery PS Mode e Enter the old NetWare password and enter the new password in both fields provided e Ifthe printer object has been created by BiAdmin the Old Password will be blank In that case leave this field empty e
95. ver Name is shown on a sticker on the base of the device e Enter the required IP Address Network Mask and Gateway IP Address e After saving the data to the device refresh the listing The LevelOne Printer Server should then appear in the device list on the main screen Upgrade the firmware in a LevelOne Printer Server See Upgrade Icon for details e BiAdmin Utility Program Configuration Menu The System option allows you to e Change the name of the selected LevelOne Printer Server e Change the Group for the selected LevelOne Printer Server e Set the Network Protocols used the selected LevelOne Printer Server Any protocols not used on your LAN may be disabled This may improve performance The Configuration Menu also contains selections for each of the following These have the same effect as the corresponding Icon e NetWare e TCP IP e AppleTalk e NetBEUI e Logical Port e SNMP Diagnostics menu Print Test Page Use this option to print a test sheet from the selected LevelOne Printer Server port The test print out will include status information Control Menu Abort Mail Print This menu option refers to print jobs which has been Job received through the proprietary Internet Printing feature printing via E Mail This menu option can be used to terminate a print job which is not printing correctly BS The Abort Mail Print Job menu option can NOT be used to cancel IPP Internet Printing Prot

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