HP (Hewlett-Packard) LQH-HW 3ULQWHUV manual

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    /LQH-HW3ULQWHUV User’s M a n u a l[...]

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    /LQH-HW3ULQWHUV User’s M a n u a l[...]

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    READ THIS SOFTW ARE LI CENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE US IN G T H IS P R I N T E R Software License Agree ment CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS A ND CONDITIONS BEFORE U SING THIS PRINTER. USING THIS PRINTER INDICATES YOUR ACCEP T ANCE OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS A ND CONDITIONS, PROMPTLY RETURN THE PRINTER AND ALL AC[...]

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    Limited Software Produc t W arranty Hewlett-P ackard warrants that for ni nety (90) days af ter delivery, the Sof tware will per form in acco rdance with specifica tions publi shed by H ewlett-Packar d. Hewlett-P ackard does not warrant that the Software is free from all b ugs, errors a nd omissio ns. Reme dy Your exclu sive remedy and the so le li[...]

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    U.S. Governm ent Restricted Rights Use, dupl ication or dis closure by the Government i s subject to res trictions as set forth in the Rights in Technical D ata and Comp uter Software cla use at FAR 242.227 -7013, subdi vision (b) (3) (ii) or subpa ragraph (c) ( 1) (ii), as appropria te. Further use, duplication or disclosur e is subject t o restri[...]

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    4. HP produ cts may contai n manufactured parts equi valent to new i n performanc e or may have been subjec t to incide ntal use. 5. The warra nty period beg ins on the dat e of delivery or on the date of install ation if instal led by HP. If cus tomer schedu les or delay s HP install ation more than 30 days after d elivery, w arranty begin s on th[...]

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    T rademark Acknowledgment s Hewlett-Packa rd, HP, HP-UX, Bi -Tronics, HP in a c ircle, Hewlett Packa rd, PCL and HP rounded recta ngle are regi stered tradem arks, and L ineJet is a trademark of Hewlett-Pa ckard Company . AIX, AS/ 400, IBM, NetVi ew, Proprinte r and OS/2 are registered trademarks, and AFP, In telligent Printer Da ta Stream, IPDS, P[...]

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    Novell a nd NetWare are registered trad emarks of N ovell, Inc. PostSc ript is a reg istered trademar k of Adobe Sy stems Inc. Solari s is a regist ered trademark of Sun Micros ystems, Inc. Ultrix is a registered trademark of Digital Equipme nt Corporation. Unix is a r egistered tr ademark of X/O pen Company Limited. This produc t uses Intelli font[...]

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    Table of Contents 1 Introduction ....... . ....... ....... .. ....... ...... ....... ....... .. .... 19 About This Manua l .............. ...... ...... ....... ...... .................... ...... ....... ...... . 19 Warnin gs, Cautions, An d Notes ................... ................... .............. 19 Printing Co nventions Use d In This Manual ..[...]

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    Table of Contents Changing P arameters .. .......................... .......................... .................... 48 Exampl e ... .......................... .......................... .......................... ....... 48 Saving Your New Configurat ion ...... .......................... ................... . 50 Printing Th e Current Configuration[...]

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    Table of Contents 5 A pproaches To Network Printing ..... ............ ..... 129 Overview ... .......................... ................... .......................... .................. 129 Peer To Peer Ne tworks ............ .......................... ......................... 129 Print Job Servers ................ ................... ...........[...]

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    Table of Contents Windows Tr oubles hooting Tips .................... .......................... ............ 163 LineJet Print Server Ca rd Cannot Be Found O n The Network ... 163 HTML Configu ration Forms Will Not Display ...... ......................... 163 Errors Occur When Defining A n L PR Printer ..... ......................... 164 Cannot Br[...]

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    Table of Contents Novell Trouble shooting Tips .................. .......................... .................. 19 3 NetWare 3.x - No PSERVER Conn ection .......... ......................... 19 3 NetWare 4.x - No PSERVER Conn ection ......... ......................... 19 4 11 Novell Configuration For 10/100Ba se- T Interf aces ... ......... .......[...]

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    Table of Contents 13 Extra Fea tures . .......... ......... .......... .......... ........ 235 LineJet Pr int Server Securit y .... ................... .......................... ............ 235 Users And Passwords .. ...... ....... ................... ...... ....... ...... ....... ..... 235 TCP Access Lis ts ......... ...... ....... ...... ......[...]

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    Table of Contents B Paper Specification s And Forms Design .......... 275 Introductio n ..... .......................... .......................... .......................... ..... 275 General P aper Specifica tions ... .......................... .......................... ..... 276 Paper Guidel ines ... ......................... ..................[...]

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    19 1 Intr oduction About This Manual This manual explains how to confi gure and perform routine service on the HP LineJet printer for ma ximum efficie ncy. W arnings, Cautions, And Not es Read and c omply with a ll information highlighted under specia l headings: Printing Convention s Used In This Manual • UPPERCAS E print in dicates co ntrol pan[...]

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    20 Chapter 1 About This Manual • Command s yntax and exam ples are fo rmatted as foll ows: • The Courie r font in boldface i ndicates com mands that yo u type: Example: $ ping ftp.HP.com • Regula r Courier fon t indicates displayed results: Example: ftp.HP.com is alive • V ari able values are shown in italics in comma nd syntax, outpu t, an[...]

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    The LineJet Printer Family 21 Printer O verview The Lin eJet Prin ter Family The LineJet series of lin e matrix printer s consists of 500, 1000, and 15 00 lines per minu te (lpm) models packaged i n various co nfigurati ons. All of the models offer so ftware versatili ty and the lates t refinements i n line matrix prin ting technolo gy. The model n[...]

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    22 Chapter 1 Print er Overview Figure 1. The LineJe t Printers 55flcab2 April 3, 2000 C3202D C3204D C3205D C5640D C3201D[...]

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    Taking Care Of Y our Prin ter 23 T aking Care Of Y our Printer Your prin ter will prod uce high qual ity print job s if it is well taken care of. Period ic cleanin g, handling th e printer p roperly, and using the co rrect print er supplie s, such as paper and r ibbons, wil l ensure op timum perfor mance. Chapter 15 explains h ow to clean the print[...]

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    24 Chapter 1 Print er Overview Output Control Depending on the activ e emulation, the p rinters hav e the followin g output control features: • Four mode s for printing text: 1. Correspon dence (H igh Density) 2. Data Proc essing (DP) ( Standard Dens ity) 3. Sparse (high spee d) (Sparse Density) 4. OCR A and OCR B • Selecta ble forms leng th an[...]

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    Graphics Options 25 Graphics Options The PGL an d QMS emulatio ns allow you to create and sto re forms; ge nerate logos, b ar codes, and e xpanded cha racters; and cr eate other grap hics. Alphanum erics and bar code data a r e added as the form is print ed. These emul ations are av ailable as a c ustomer-instal led option. For m ore informa tion, [...]

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    26 Chapter 1 Print er Overview Line Matrix Printing Your prin ter is an impa ct printer ; it creates c haracters by pri nting ink do ts on paper. The dots are prin ted on an inv isible matrix m apped in printe r memory (see Figure 2). Dot i mpressions are m ade by an ar ray of steel ha mmers mounted on a rapidly os cillating shu ttle. The hamme rs [...]

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    Printi ng Sp eed 27 After a lin e of characters is pri nted, the paper ad vances to the fi rst dot row of the next p rint line. This creates a num ber of blank rows between line s of charac ters, depend ing on the pr int mode and l ine spacing y ou sele cted. Figure 3. Dot Matrix Line Printing Printing Speed The speed at which text prints is mea su[...]

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    28 Chapter 1 LineJet Pr int Server LineJet Print Server The LineJet Prin t Server allows yo u to attach printe rs on a local area network (LAN) rat her than attac hing them dire ctly to a host s ystem. Foll owing simple configur ation steps , these periph erals can be si multaneousl y shared with users on t he network whethe r you are using TCP/IP,[...]

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    Print S erver Interfac e 29 Print Serve r Interface The LineJ et Print Server interface ca rd at the rear of the printer h as two indicat or lights and t wo dipswitch es, as shown in Figure 4. Figure 4. Status Indic ator Lights an d Dipswitches Run and Auto Reset Modes Run Mode i s the normal op erating sta te of the LineJ et Print Server . Auto Re[...]

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    30 Chapter 1 LineJet Pr int Server Network Indicator The NET LED d isplays the stat us of the network li nk. When the NE T LED is on, link inte grity is confi rmed. The NET LED fl ashes off for 1/3 s econd when a data pack et is being trans ferred. When the N ET LED is off, the n etwork conne ction has be en severe d. Dip s witches On the ba ck of [...]

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    31 2 Downloading Function Code In LineJet Printers Introduction Downloadi ng the functio n code is eq uivalent to updating firmwar e in the printer. Thi s chapter explains how to load functio n code into L ineJet printers . You must download f unction cod e when: • you req uire upgraded firmware fo r maintenance o r other reasons ; • the CMX c [...]

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    32 Chapter 2 Introduction Prep ara tion For Downloading There are s everal functi on code file s available f or the LineJet printers. Th e file you use depends on the model n umber of the printer and the printer e mulation in use. The latest version of fun ction code includes softw are trouble r eport fixes an d may con tain addition al features. T[...]

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    Preparation For Dow nloading 33 Copying Functi on Code T o Y our Computer In order to download fun ction code to a printer if using a serial or par allel port, the fun ction code file must resi de in a PC or laptop c omputer runnin g any of the follo wing operati ng systems: MS- DOS ® , PC-DOS ™, or DOS session o n Windows 95/98, Windo ws NT or [...]

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    34 Chapter 2 Loading Function Code To Flash Memory In The Print er Loading Functi on Code T o Flash Memory In The Printer This sec tion contai ns two loadin g techniq ues: • How to load function co de through the par allel or serial port of th e printer. • How to load function cod e through the Ethe rnet port usin g the file tra nsfer protocol [...]

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    Loading Code Through The Parallel Or Serial Port 35 RS232-38 .4K (RS-232 s erial, 38400 b aud) RS232-11 5K (RS-232 s erial, 115000 b aud) RS422-96 00 (RS-422 se rial, 9600 baud ) RS422-19 .2 (RS-422 se rial, 19200 bau d) RS422-38 .4K (RS-422 s erial, 38400 b aud) RS422-11 5K (RS-422 s erial, 115000 b aud) 12. When the pr inter download p ort you wa[...]

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    36 Chapter 2 Loading Function Code To Flash Memory In The Print er 15. If you had to install a data cable to the computer a nd printer in ste p 5, discon nect it from the computer and printer. 16. Using the configurat ion printout(s ) you made in step 1, rec onfigure the printer. B e sure to de signate the cor rect Power-up c onfiguration ( see Cha[...]

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    Loading Code Through The Ethernet Port Using ftp 37 8. Log in to t he printer and at the user p rompt type: root <Return> Default is no password. If the ftp progra m prompts you f or a passwo r d, contact the system admi nistrator. 9. When you are logged in, type the fo llowing sequen ce at the DOS prompt to do wnload filename .prg to the pri[...]

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    38 Chapter 2 Loading Function Code To Flash Memory In The Print er[...]

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    39 3 Configuring The Printer Overview This chapt er is a tutorial tha t explains how to con figure the LineJet printer and LineJet Print Ser ver. Configuring Th e Printer In order to print data, th e printer mus t respond corre ctly to signa ls and commands received from the host com puter. Config uration is the process of matching the printer’s [...]

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    40 Chapter 3 Configuring The Printer Figure 5. The Control Panels 55ops pnl April 3, 2000 DOWN PREV UP SET TOF ENTER FF VIEW CLEAR ON LI N E NEXT SHIFT LF Messa ge Display S tatus Indicato r Secondary Keys (Raise the printer cov er to ac cess the se keys.) Cabinet Mode l Mess age Dis play S tatus In dicato r Pedestal Mo del Set TOF L.P.I. Adj Up Do[...]

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    41 Figure 6. Configuration Menu Overview OFFLINE CONFIG. CONTROL page 71 ACTIVE EMULATION 1 page 73 EMULATION page 74 MAINT/ MISC page 109 HOST INTERFACE page 110 Load Config. Save Config. Print Config. Delete Config. Power-Up Config. Protect Configs. PCL-II* LP PLUS IGP/PGL & LP+ IGP/VGL & LP+ PCL-II* LP PLUS 2 IGP/PGL & LP+ 3 IGP/VGL [...]

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    42 Chapter 3 Configuring The Printer Operating Mode s The printe r has two oper ating modes: online and off line. When th e printer is online, i t is controll ed by the host c omputer and pr ints data se nt by the hos t computer. W hen the printer i s offline, c ommunication wi th the host is interrupte d so you ca n load paper, c hange ribbons, or[...]

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    Changing And Saving Parameter Settings 43 Chang ing And S aving Paramet er Sett ings You can change a p arameter setti ng, such as line spacing or forms l ength, by pressi ng keys on the control panel or by s ending emula tion cont rol codes in the host d ata stream. When yo u change a pa rameter, it is active as l ong as the p r inter is on . This[...]

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    44 Chapter 3 Configuring The Printer Factory Defa ult Configuration V alues The fact ory default values ar e permanently stored in m emory as a configur ation and c annot be modifi ed or erased. The configurati on values f or the Bi- T ronics paralle l interface and Print Serv er (Ethernet) i nterface are display ed on the followi ng pag es. Bi-T r[...]

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    Factory Default Configuration Values 45 Font Attributes Typeface Data Processing Prop. Spacing Disable Bold Print Disable Italic Print Disable Slashed Zero Disable Page Format Form Length Abs. Length IN 11.0 inches Abs. Length MM 279.4 mm Funct. of lines 66 lines Form Width Abs. Width IN 13.6 inches Abs. Width MM 345.4 mm Function of CPI 136 charac[...]

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    46 Chapter 3 Configuring The Printer Print Server (Ethernet) Interface ACTIVE EMULATION PCL-II PCL-II Primar y Char. set ID 0 Symbol Set Roman-8 [8U] Pitch 10.00 Density Data Processing Second Char. set ID 0 Symbol Set Roman-8 [8U] Pitch 10.00 Density Data Processing Page Length Rep. Inches/Page Max. Line Width 13.2 inches Face, CPI Delay Enable Gr[...]

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    Factory Default Configuration Values 47 Page Format Form Length Abs. Length IN 11.0 inches Abs. Length MM 279.4 mm Funct. of lines 66 lines Form Width Abs. Width IN 13.6 inches Abs. Width MM 345.4 mm Function of CPI 136 characters Margins Left Margin 0 columns Right Margin 0 columns Bottom Margin 0 lines Perforation Skip Disable MAINT / MISC Hex Du[...]

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    48 Chapter 3 Changing Parameters Changing Parameters A config uration con sists of sev eral parameters . The factory c onfiguration i s PCL-II em ulation usi ng the Bi-Troni cs interface. You can ke ep this configur ation to pri nt your jo bs, or if yo ur print job r equires a different setti ng such as a serial interface, foll ow the procedure o u[...]

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    Example 49 3. Allows yo u to make configuration changes . 4. 5. 6. 7. Cycle t hrough the c hoices. 8. An asterisk (*) indicates this choice is active . TO SA VE YOUR CHANGES AS A CONFIGURA TION THA T IS STORED IN ME MOR Y : 1. 2. 3. Go to th e CONFIG . CONTROL submenu Save C onfig. option, as described on page 51. TO USE THE CURRENT CONFIGURA TION [...]

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    50 Chapter 3 Changing Parameters Saving Y our New Configuration A config uration mus t be saved in o rder to load i t later. You can save up to eight con figurations to meet differe nt print job requi rements. For ex ample: Config 1: Selects Standard dens ity, 10 CPI, 6 LPI, 11-inch f orms Config 2: Selects Sparse dens ity, 10 CPI, 8 LP I, 8-inch f[...]

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    Saving Your New Configuration 51 T able 6. Savi ng Configurations Step Key Result Notes 1. Make s ure the printe r is on. Raise the printer cov er (on cabine t models). 2. 3. Allows yo u to make configuration changes . 4. 5. 6. 7. Press until the de sired numbe r (1-8) displ ays. NOTE: Do not tur n off the prin ter while save is in progress because[...]

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    52 Chapter 3 Changing Parameters Printing Th e Cur rent Configurat ion The configura tion printout li sts the stored par ameters. You can prin t any or all of the con figurations s hown above. Co nfigurations 1- 8 are the cus tomized configur ations. To print a configuration , follow the pr ocedure in Tab le 7. CONFIG. CONTROL Load Config. Save Con[...]

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    Printing The Current Configuration 53 T able 7. Printing Configurat ions Step Key Result Notes 1. Make s ure the printe r is on. Raise the printer cov er (on cabine t models). 2. 3. Allows yo u to make configuration changes . 4. 5. 6. 7. Press until the de sired optio n disp lays. 8. The co nfiguration li sting begins printing. 9. Careful ly tear o[...]

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    54 Chapter 3 Changing Parameters Loading Co nfiguration V alues You ca n load a ny of the eight cust omized co nfiguration s or the factory defau lt configur ation, Config uration 0. Its l ist of paramete rs begins on p age 44. The loaded configuration remains acti ve as long a s the printer is on. If you power off the printer, the power-up c onfig[...]

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    Loading Configuration Values 55 T able 8. Loading Configurations Step Key Result Notes 1. Make s ure the printe r is on. Raise the printer cov er (on cabine t models). 2. 3. Allows yo u to make configuration changes . 4. 5. 6. Press until the de sired numbe r (1-8) displ ays. 7. Display s for about a s econd. The prin ter has loaded the configu rat[...]

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    56 Chapter 3 Changing Parameters The Power -Up Configuration When you powe r on the printer for the first tim e, it loads config uration 0 which is the fac tory default c onfiguration. If you sa ve a configu ration, such a s configurati on 1, and turn the power off and then bac k on, the print er will load the des ignated power- up configuratio n, [...]

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    The Power-Up Configuration 57 T able 9. Setting The Power-Up Configuration Step Key Result Notes 1. Make s ure the printe r is on. Raise the printer cov er (on cabine t models). 2. 3. Allows yo u to make configuration changes . 4. 5. 6. 7. Press until the de sired numbe r (1-8) displ ays. 8. The prin ter has selec ted the desir ed configur ation. 9[...]

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    58 Chapter 3 Changing Parameters Deleting Configuratio ns You can d elete any o f your cust omized confi gurations . You cannot, ho wever, delete the configurat ion 0, which i s the factory pr eset configur ation. The Protect Co nfigs. param eter must be set to disable befo re you may delet e a configu ration (see p age 60). CONFIG. CONT ROL Load C[...]

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    Deleting Configurations 59 T able 10. Deleting Configurations Step Key Result Notes 1. Make s ure the printe r is on. Raise the printer cov er (on cabine t models). 2. 3. Allows yo u to make configuration changes . 4. 5. 6. 7. Press until the de sired numbe r (1-8) displ ays. 8. T he print er has de leted t he select ed config uration. 9. L ocks th[...]

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    60 Chapter 3 Changing Parameters Protecting Y our Configurations In order to save or del ete a config uration you mus t set the Prote ct Configs. opti on to disa ble. CONFIG. CONTROL Load Config. Save Config. Print Config. Delete Config. Power-Up Config. Protect Configs. Disable* Enable * = Factory Default[...]

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    Connecting To The Network 61 Configuring The Prin t Server Connecting T o The Network To attach th e LineJet Pr int Server ca rd to a network , plug the netwo rk cable into the Li neJet Pri nt Server conne ctor (see Figu re 7). Watch the LEDs in the rear of the printe r as they cy cle through the power on self-te st. When the t est is comp lete, th[...]

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    62 Chapter 3 Configuring The Print Server 2. Configuring a host wit h a new printer so it knows how to send data to the LineJet P rint Server. J ust being able to see the pr inter on the net work does not m ean you can automatical ly print to it. A host has t o be told where to sen d the data. Configurat ion Using The Printer Control Pane l The Lin[...]

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    Configuration Using The Printer Control Panel 63 8. Press the LEFT or RIGHT ar row key to se lect the portio n of the IP Addres s to be chang ed. 9. P r ess the DOW N ar r ow key. 10. Press the LEFT or RIGHT ar row key to se lect the desir ed value. 11. Press the ENTER key to make the selec tion. An asteri sk appears to the right of the value. 12. [...]

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    64 Chapter 3 Configuring The Print Server Config uratio n Alter nativ es Besides the HTML form s and software p rovided, the Li neJet Print S erver internal command shel l, npsh, can al so be reach ed using the following method s. Th e P r in t Se rv e r Ma na g er U tility The Pr int Server printer manager utility is a versatile an d dynamic progr[...]

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    Configuration Alternatives 65 2. Make sure your ne twork statio n can succ essfully ping the LineJ et Print Ser ver ov er the ne twor k. 3. Direct you r Web browser to the Uniform Resource Loca tor (URL) http:// IPaddress (e.g., http://192.75.11.9 ). You will be able to de termine the e xact state of the printer from the printer s tatus screen , as[...]

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    66 Chapter 3 Configuring The Print Server[...]

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    67 4 The Configuration Menus Overview Once you h ave famili arized yoursel f with the config uration proce ss using the tutorial info rmation in Chapter 3, you are ready to c omplete your con figuration of the pri nter. This chapter provides de scriptions for each param eter provide d by the configur ation menus . Figure 9 sho ws the confi guration[...]

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    68 Chapter 4 Configuration Main Menu Configuration Main Menu Figure 9. Configuration Main Menu OFFLINE CONFIG. CONTROL (see page 71) ACTIVE EMULATION 1 (see page 73) EMULATION (see page 74) MAINT/ MISC (see page 109) Load Config. 0* - 8 Save Config. 1* - 8 Print Config. Current* Factor y Power-Up All 1 - 8 Delete Config. 1* - 8 Power-Up Config. 0* [...]

  • Page 69

    69 Figure 9. Configuration Main Menu (continued) HOST INTERFACE (see page 110) ETHERNET PARAMS (see page 120) Bi-T ronics * Pr i me Si gnal Disable* Enable TOF Action Reset* Do Nothing Buffer Size in K 1* (1-16) Centronics Data Bit 8 Enable* Disable PI Ignored Enable* Disable Data Polarity Standard* Inve rted Resp. Polarity Standard* Inve rted Busy[...]

  • Page 70

    70 Chapter 4 Configuration Main Menu The first-l evel configur ation menu o ptions are briefl y described be low: • CONFIG. CONTROL . Allows y ou to save, print, loa d, and delete e ntire sets of c onfiguration p arameters. Thes e options are described brie fly in this ch apter and co vered in detai l in Chapter 3. • ACTIVE EMULATION . Allows y[...]

  • Page 71

    71 Config. Control Menu The CONFI G. CONTROL menu manages con figurations, wh ich are groupin gs of parameter values that c an be stored in printer me mory. Brief descripti ons follow f or each option. Load Config. The printe r can store u p to eight uni que configurati ons in memory . This paramete r allows you t o select and lo ad a specific conf[...]

  • Page 72

    72 Chapter 4 Config. Control Menu Save Config. This opti on allows you to save up to eigh t unique con figurations to meet differen t print job req uirements, whi ch eliminat es the need to ch ange the paramete r settings for each new job. The config urations are stored in memo ry. They will n ot be lost if you turn off the prin ter. Configurati on[...]

  • Page 73

    73 Act ive Emula tion Menu The ACTIVE E MULATION menu de termines what e mulations are av ailable. • PCL- II . The default. The PCL-II emu lation is acti ve. • LP PLUS . Allows you to select LinePr inter Plus as the ac tive emulatio n. If LP PLUS i s the active emul ation, you can sel ect Epson, P roprinter III XL, or P-Ser ies as the pr inter [...]

  • Page 74

    74 Chapter 4 Emulation Menu Emulation Menu The EMULATIO N menu is th e gateway to c onfigure the em ulations av ailable with the Li neJet prin ter. The control codes for eac h of these emu lations are described i n their respective Technica l Reference Manuals . PCL-II Em ulation Hewlett-Pac kard’ s Printer Contr ol Language th at is compat ible [...]

  • Page 75

    PCL-II Emulation 75 PCL-II Emulation EMULATI ON (from page 74) Primary Char. Set Secondary Char. Set Graphics Density Display Functns LPI Adjust Page L. / Lines Page L. / Inches Config. Print ID 0* - 109, xx Symbol Set (see next page) Pitc h 10*, 12, 13.3 15, 16.67, 20 Density Data Processing* NLQ OCR-A OCR-B High Speed ID 0* - 109, xx Symbol Set ([...]

  • Page 76

    76 Chapter 4 Emulation Menu Pri mar y Char. set (from previous page) Symbol Set Roman-8[8U]* Turkish-8[8T] Arab-8[8V] Cyrillic[8R] PC858 MtLi[13U] MC Te xt[12 J] Roman-9[4U] Latin-9[9N] Win3.0Lat-1[9U] Japan Postnet Katakana Post ASCII[0U] Math Sym[0A/0M] LineDraw[0B/0L] IS0 Den/Nor[0D] Roma n Ex t.[0E] IS0 UK[1E] IS0 France[0F] IS0 German[0G] Hebr[...]

  • Page 77

    PCL-II Emulation 77 Primary Char . set You can select o ne of 92 pre-de fined chara cter sets by ID (althou gh character sets ra nge from 0 - 10 9, not all se ts are availa ble on the Lin eJet printer), o r you ca n select pitch , symbo l set, and typefac e individua lly. If the combin ation you cho ose matches one of the 92 p redefined sets , the [...]

  • Page 78

    78 Chapter 4 Emulation Menu Display Functns • Disable . The de fault. Control c haracters are not p rinted. • Enabl e . Control charac ters are printed b efore they get exec uted. This is a useful de bugging tool . Line T erm inator You can specify wha t will be use d to indicate th e end of a l ine. Four options are availa ble: LF after CR, CR[...]

  • Page 79

    PCL-II Emulation 79 Page L. /Inches This parame ter allows you to set phy sical page leng th from 2 to 16 inches, in increm ents of half a n inch. The def ault is 11 inc hes. Config. Print This opti on prints the em ulation’ s para meters and the c urrently selec ted valu es. Symbol Set Print This opti on prints a list of all the av ailable sets.[...]

  • Page 80

    80 Chapter 4 Emulation Menu LP Plus Emul ation EMULATION (from page 74) Printer Protocol Print Char. Set Font Attributes Page Form at Typeface Data Processing* NLQ OCR-A OCR-B High Speed NLQ Sans Serif Prop. Spacing Disable* Enable Bold Print Disable* Enable Italic Print Disable* Forward Slant Backward Slant Slashed Zero Disable* Enable LP PLUS P-S[...]

  • Page 81

    LP Plus Emulation 81 Printer Protocol Select t he LinePrinter + protocol you wish to use. Refer to the PCL-II/ LinePr inter Plus T echn ical Reference Ma nual for more informati on . Print Char . Set When this selection i s displayed a nd the ENTER ke y is press ed, the current charac ter set is prin ted. CPI/LPI Selec t This parameter lets you spe[...]

  • Page 82

    82 Chapter 4 Emulation Menu Bold Print • Disable . T ext is print ed normally . • Enabl e . T ext is p rinted with a he avy line th ickness. Italic Print • Disable . T ext is print ed normally . • Forward Slant . T ext is printed with a fo rward slant. • Backward Slant . T ext is printed with a backward sl ant. Slashed Zero This paramet e[...]

  • Page 83

    LP Plus Emulation 83 Reset Cmd CFG Ld When the p rinter rece ives a host da ta stream reset c ommand in add ition to resetting p rinter vari ables, the sel ected config uration will be loaded. • Disable . The printer igno res the reset comm and when it is received and c ontinues to use the currently loaded con figuration. • Power-Up Config . Th[...]

  • Page 84

    84 Chapter 4 Emulation Menu P-Seri es Emulation Printer Protocol (from page 80) Control Code 06 Control Code 08 Define CR Code Auto LF Overstrike Define LF Code Select SFCC E VFU Sel ect A lt. S et 80-9 F Character Set SFCC d Command 8.0 LPI* 10.3 LPI 6.0 LPI Elongated* Backspace CR = CR* CR = CR + LF Disable* Enable Enable* Disable LF = CR + LF * [...]

  • Page 85

    P-Series E mulation 85 Control Code 06 Control C ode 06 defines the function of ASCII code he x 06 (ACK). Y ou ca n select an alternate line spacing of 6, 8, or 10.3 LPI . Control Code 08 Control C ode 08 defines the function of ASCII code he x 08 (BS). Y ou can define the code to ou tput an elo ngated char acter or a backs pace. Define CR Code Thi[...]

  • Page 86

    86 Chapter 4 Emulation Menu • ETX (hex 03 ) • CIRCUMFLEX (hex 5E)—also call ed caret (^) • TILDE (hex 7E )—(~) EVFU Select Controls how the printer handles ver tical formatti ng. • Enabl e . Enable s the VFU and s elects P-Seri es compatible E lectronic V ertical Format Unit (EVFU). • Disable . Dis ables VFU proc essing. Alt. Set 80-9[...]

  • Page 87

    Proprinter XL Emulation 87 Proprin ter XL Emulation Define CR Code This opti on controls th e action of the pr inter when it r eceives a Carr iage Return co de (hex 0D) fr om the host co mputer . If this fe ature is enabl ed, each time the p rinter receiv es a Carriage Return, it inser t s an add itional Lin e Feed code (h ex 0A) into the dat a str[...]

  • Page 88

    88 Chapter 4 Emulation Menu Auto LF This opti on defines the pr inter actions when print data is received past th e forms width se tting. • Enabl e . Perform s an automati c carriage return and line feed whe n data is received p ast the fo rms width. • Disable . Disc ards any dat a past th e forms wi dth. Define LF Code • LF = LF . Does not p[...]

  • Page 89

    Epson FX Emulation 89 Ep son FX Emulation Printer Prot ocol (from page 80) Define CR Code Auto LF Define LF Code Printer Select Character Set 20 CPI Condensed A lt. Se t 80-9F CR = CR* CR = CR + LF Enable* Disable LF = LF* LF = CR + LF Disable* Enable Epson Set* ASCII (US A)* French German English Danish I Swedish Italian Spanish I Japanese Norwegi[...]

  • Page 90

    90 Chapter 4 Emulation Menu Define CR Code The Define CR Code optio n controls th e action of the printe r when it receives a Carriage Return code (hex 0D) from the host c omputer . If this f eature is enabled, e ach time the printer receiv es a Carriage Ret urn, it ins ert s an additiona l Line Feed c ode (hex 0A) int o the data stream . Do not us[...]

  • Page 91

    Epson FX Emulation 91 20 CPI C o ndensed Condensed print char acters are narrow er than the nor mal characte r set. This is helpf ul for app lications f or which yo u need to prin t the maximum amount of informa tion on a page. • Enabl e . Prints about 60 percent of the width of normal characters when condens ed print is c hosen by the hos t comp[...]

  • Page 92

    92 Chapter 4 Emulation Menu Serial Matrix Emulat ion Control Code 06 Control C ode 06 defines the function of ASCII code he x 06 (ACK). Y ou ca n select an alternate line spacing of 6, 8, or 10.3 LPI . Define CR Code This opti on controls th e action of the printer when i t receives a Car riage Return co de (hex 0D) fr om the host com puter . If th[...]

  • Page 93

    Serial Ma trix Emulation 93 Overstrike This opti on enables you to print bold characters. • Enabl e . T urns on bold print . When ena bled, overstrik e printing sl ows down th e printer . • Disable . Turns off bold print. Define LF Code • LF = LF . Does not perform an automatic c arriage return when a line feed command is received . The next [...]

  • Page 94

    94 Chapter 4 Emulation Menu Serial Matrix Character Set Menu * = Factory Default IBM PC* Multinational ECMA Latin 1 DE C Mult. Primary S ubset ASCII ( USA)* French German English Danish Swedish Italian Spanish Japanese French Canadian Latin American Danish II Spanish II Latin Am II Extended Subset Code Page 437* Code Page 850 ASCII (US A)* EBCDIC P[...]

  • Page 95

    P-Ser ies XQ Emulat ion 95 P-Series XQ Emulation Control Code 06 Control C ode 06 defines the function of ASCII code he x 06 (ACK). Y ou ca n select an alternate line spacing of 6, 8, or 10.3 LPI . Define CR Code This opti on controls th e action of the pr inter when it r eceives a Carr iage Return co de (hex 0D) fr om the host co mputer . If this [...]

  • Page 96

    96 Chapter 4 Emulation Menu • LF = LF . Does not perform an automatic c arriage return when a line feed command is received . The next print p osition will b e the current p rint positio n of the next l ine. Compressed Print Controls which host command sets c ompresse d printing. • CHAR 01 SOH • CHAR 03 ETX • CHAR 09 HT Elong/Alt. Font Cont[...]

  • Page 97

    IGP/PGL Emulation 97 IGP/PGL Emulation The IGP/P GL emulatio n can be config ured either thr ough the printe r’s front panel or from the host computer wi th control co des. For a de tailed descript ion of config uration with control codes , see the PGL Pr ogrammer’s Reference Manual. For info rmation on conf iguring the emu lation throu gh the [...]

  • Page 98

    98 Chapter 4 Emulation Menu Define LF Code (Line Feed) This param eter forces the printe r to insert an automatic Carriage Return code into the da ta stream wh enever a Line Fe ed code occur s. This can be u sed in most inst allations, but it is requ ired if the hos t computer do es not send Carriage Re turns to the print er. • LF = LF . Does not[...]

  • Page 99

    IGP/PGL Emulation 99 Select Font This parameter allows you to s elect a font for the IGP/PG L feature. The default i s 0, which is U. S. ASCII. The fol lowing val ues are valid choi ces: 0 U.S. ASCII 1 German 2 Swedi sh 3D a n i s h 4 Nor wegi an 5F i n n i s h 6E n g l i s h 7D u t c h 8F r e n c h 9 Spanish 10 Italian 11 Turkish Values 12- 23 are[...]

  • Page 100

    100 Chapter 4 Emulation Menu Ext Execute Copy • Disable . Dyna mic data, overlay data, etc. are n ot allowed if the optional Form Count parameter (nu mber of forms t o print) is specified as p art of the Exec ute command. (This setting is IGP-100 c ompatible.) • Enabl e . Dynamic d at a, over lay data, etc. are a llowed within a form in which t[...]

  • Page 101

    IGP/PGL Emulation 101 IGP100 Comp atbl. This opti on instructs the IGP/PGL to behave simila rly to the IGP -100 with respect to certain co mmands. All ne w users with ne w applicatio ns should select the Disable o ption. Selectin g this mode i nsures the pri nter will behav e as desc ribed in this manual. • Disable . The IG P does not e mulate th[...]

  • Page 102

    102 Chapter 4 Emulation Menu IGP/VGL (Code V) Emulation The IGP/V GL (Code V) e mulation ca n be configured either through the printer’s front panel or from the host c omputer with co ntrol code s. For a detailed de scriptio n of configurati on with control codes , see the QMS Cod e V Technica l Reference Man ual. For info rmation on conf iguring[...]

  • Page 103

    IGP/VGL (Code V) Emulation 103 SFCC & Pwrup This opti on has severa l suboption s which define t he SFCC and power -up configur ation used with Code V . SFCC This option s elects the Special Func tion Control Cod e. The default value i s the care t ^ (decimal 94 ). V alid v alues are 17 th rough 255. Throug hout this section , the ^ is used as [...]

  • Page 104

    104 Chapter 4 Emulation Menu Free Format • Disable . The de fault. • Enabl e . Selects free for mat mode as the power-up de fault, and selec t s the graph ics mode ^P Y as the power-up default. Free format causes the Code V to i gnore carriag e returns, lin e feeds, and a ll characters below hex 20 sent from the host. Mgnum Conversion • Disab[...]

  • Page 105

    IGP/VGL (Code V) Emulation 105 T runcate Alpha When enab led, this param eter prevents the printing of Er ror 48 (Ele ment Off Page Er ror) if alphanu meric data, inclu ding spaces, extends beyond the r ight side of t he form. Tr u e Ve r t 1 / 1 0 • Disable . A v ertical 1/10 o f an inch parameter is used as 7 /72 of an inch . The absol ute move[...]

  • Page 106

    106 Chapter 4 Emulation Menu Midline PY (includes ^PN) • Disable . The G raphics mode Enable com mand, ^PY , must be the first three ch aracters of a li ne. • Enabl e . T he ^PY or ^PN can o ccur anyw here in a lin e. Convert to U/C • Disable . Lowe rcas e charact ers are pr int e d normal ly . • Enabl e . All lowerc ase alphabetic characte[...]

  • Page 107

    IGP/VGL (Code V) Emulation 107 Offp age Errors • Disable . Does not report error s for elements that st art or end beyond the right ed ge of the page. • Enabl e . Reports errors f or elements that start or end beyo nd the right edge of the p age. Barcode Errors • Enabl e . An error m essage will pri nt when invalid bar code da t a is encounte[...]

  • Page 108

    108 Chapter 4 Emulation Menu ISO Char Set This paramet er allows you to select a font for the IGP/VG L (Code V) fea ture. The default is 0, which is U.S. ASCII. The following va lues are val id choices: 0 U.S. ASCII 1 United Kingd om 2 Swedish /Finnish 3 Nor wegi an/Dani sh 4 Japanes e 5 German 6F r e n c h 7 Italian 8 Spanish 9P C S u b s e t 10 C[...]

  • Page 109

    Maint/Misc Menu 109 Maint/Misc Menu Maint/Misc Me nu Hex Dump Mode A hex code pr intout (or hex du mp) translates al l incoming data to hexadecim al equival ents. A hex dump lists each ASCII da ta characte r received f rom the host com puter togethe r with its corr esponding two - digit hexadeci mal code. Hex dumps can be used to troublesho ot some[...]

  • Page 110

    110 Chapter 4 Host Interface M enu Host Interface Menu The Host Inte rface Menu Diagram enab les you to selec t and configu re an interfac e between the p rinter and yo ur host compute r: • Bi-Tronics (fa cto ry default) • Seri al • Centronics • Ethernet • Auto S witching The curren tly select ed interface is indicated with an asterisk on[...]

  • Page 111

    Bi-Tronics Submenu 111 Bi-T ronics Submen u Prime S ignal • Disable . The pa rallel port d oes not perfor m a warm start (r eboot) if the host asser ts the prime s ignal. • Enabl e . The parall el port performs a warm start ( reboot) if the host assert s the pri me signal. TOF A ct io n • Reset . A form feed is pe rformed before a warm start [...]

  • Page 112

    112 Chapter 4 Host Interface M enu Centronics ( Para llel) Submenu The Centron ics submenu p rovides the o ptions and setti ngs availa ble to configur e the interfac e as required for your applic ation. These o ptions and availab le settings ar e outlined i n the followin g paragraphs. Dat a Bit 8 • Enabl e . Allows acces s to the extended ASCII [...]

  • Page 113

    Centronics (Parallel) Submenu 113 Dat a Polarity The Data Polarity parame ter must be set to match t he data polarity of your host com puter. • Standard . Does not expect the ho st computer to invert the d ata. • Inverted . E xpects the d ata received on the data li nes from the hos t compu ter to be inver ted. Ones b ecome zero s, and vic e-ve[...]

  • Page 114

    114 Chapter 4 Host Interface M enu Serial Submenu The serial submenu a llows you to choos e the config uration of th e Serial host interfac e type, as shown above . Several other se rial parameters are includ ed on this m enu, as descr ibed below. Interface T ype Allows you to selec t either the RS-232 (the de fault) or RS-422 serial port interfac [...]

  • Page 115

    Serial Submenu 115 Dat a Protoc ol You can se lect one of the foll owing serial int erface protocols to meet the hos t interfac e require ments. • XON / XOFF . The defau lt. The printer controls the flow of communic ation from the hos t by turning the transmission on a nd off. In some s ituations, suc h as when the buff er is full or the timing o[...]

  • Page 116

    116 Chapter 4 Host Interface M enu S top Bit s Sets the num ber of stop bits in the serial data wor d. Either one or two stop bits can be sele cted. The setting must matc h the correspondin g stop bit setting in the host c omputer. The d efault is 1 bit. Pari ty Set for odd p arity, even pa rity, mark, sen se, or no parity . The setting mu st match[...]

  • Page 117

    Ethernet Submenu 117 Ethernet Submen u The Ether net interface al lows you to locate the prin ter on a LAN rather than attach the hos t directly i nto the printer . Buffer Size in K This opti on configures the amount of m emory alloca ted for the Et hernet buffer . The default is 16 Kbytes. Y ou can s pecify between 1 and 16 Kbytes, in 1-Kbyt e inc[...]

  • Page 118

    118 Chapter 4 Host Interface M enu Auto Swit ching Submenu Auto Switching Gives the printe r the ability to handle multiple data streams se quentially . With Auto Sw itching, the printer c an service h osts attached to the serial and parallel por t s as if th ey were the onl y interface c onnected. For exam ple, if the hos t computer se nds one pri[...]

  • Page 119

    Auto Switching Submenu 119 T ric kle T ime When the p rinter is printing d ata from a host an d a seco nd job is rec eived by the prin ter from a different host, T ri ckle T ime prevents the second host from timing ou t while it is waiting for its data to be p rinted. In orde r to support this feature, t he port has t o be able to ac cept data from[...]

  • Page 120

    120 Chapter 4 Ether net Params Menu Ethernet Params Menu The ETHERNET P AR AMS menu hel p s your printer communicate o n a network. For informa tion on assi gning the IP Address, Gat eway Address, S ubnet Mask, an d MAC Addre ss, refer to “ Methods Of Adjusti ng Paper Po sition” on page 145. You m ay also enab le or disa ble the Novel l or NetB[...]

  • Page 121

    Printe r Control 121 Printer Control Menu The Prin ter Control Men u allows yo u to choose th e printer’s behavior. O ptions on this m enu, as shown be low, are des cribed in the f ollowing pag es. Printer Co ntrol Un idire ctio nal The Unid irectional fe ature affects bo th print qualit y and printing speed. By setting t his feature, you can con[...]

  • Page 122

    122 Chapter 4 Printe r Control Men u • Enabl e . The printer wi ll print all d ata in only one direction of the shuttle sweep (unidirecti onal printi ng). This choi ce produce s higher pri nt quality. PMD (Paper M otion Detection) Fault • Enabl e . If a paper jam occurs , an audible alarm beep s, the LCD displays the mess age, “CLEAR PAPER JA[...]

  • Page 123

    Diagnostics 123 Diagnostics Menu The diagno stics menu al lows you to cho ose the diagn ostics tests to be run and prov ides you with im portant system information. Options on this menu, as shown bel ow, are desc ribed in the fo llowing pages. Diagnostics Printer T ests The printe r tests are u sed to check th e print quality and printer operation.[...]

  • Page 124

    124 Chapter 4 Diagnostics Menu • All E’ s . A patter n of all upp ercase E’s that i dentifies mi ssing cha racters, misplac ed dots, sm eared charac ters, impr oper phasing problems , or light/ dark char acter variatio ns. • E’ s + TO F . A pattern of all E’ s followed by a fo rm feed to the next page top of for m, that identif ies pape[...]

  • Page 125

    Diagnostics 125 T est Wid th This parame ter permits y ou to run the self-tests at full width or 80 columns. Paper Out Dot s It is reco mmended th at only a Hewlett- Packard Cus tomer Servic e Engineer set th is parameter. Paper Out Dots allows the Customer Service Eng ineer to speci fy where the last lin e on the page will print when there i s a p[...]

  • Page 126

    126 Chapter 4 RibbonMinder RibbonMinder RibbonMi nder is a user- definable s oftware feature wh ich notifie s the user when a r ibbon sho uld be chang ed. It doe s this by monitoring i nk consumpti on and aler t s you when the print q uality falls below a l evel you designate. Th is is especi ally impor t ant if yo u are printi ng bar code s to be [...]

  • Page 127

    RibbonMinder Menu 127 RibbonMind er Menu Ribbon Size The standa rd ribbon size is 60 yard s. You can use the Ribbon Si ze option to specify the ribbon le ngth in one-y ard increments , with a maxi mum of 255 yar ds. Ribbon Adjust Adjusts the number of pages printed before the dis play reaches 0%. If the ribbon n ormally prints 1000 pages before rea[...]

  • Page 128

    128 Chapter 4 RibbonMinder[...]

  • Page 129

    129 5 Appr oaches T o Network Printing Overview Configur ing your net work printing is based on the networ k protocols and h ost environme nts you alread y use or plan to use. It is common to fin d multiple network protocols co -existing in the sa me network. The LineJet P rint Server is a mul ti-protocol devi ce that is able to accommo date many p[...]

  • Page 130

    130 Chapter 5 Overview Print Job Serve rs In most l arger networks, print jobs us ually are man aged by desi gnating one protoco l and method fo r print ing and then de signating spe cific compute rs as print job se rvers, rather than by direct ing any host running any protocol to the networke d printer resou rce. Computers de signated as print job[...]

  • Page 131

    131 6 TCP/IP Configuration TCP/IP LineJet Print Server Configuration This conf iguration pro cedure assumes you have an existing networ k and TCP/IP attac hed to a Windows 95/98/NT, Unix, or ot her machine. You will conf igure network printin g by adding the nec essary TCP/IP values to the LineJ et Print Server and associati ng the Print Server as [...]

  • Page 132

    132 Chapter 6 TCP/IP LineJet P rint Server Configuration Creating Alia ses All TCP/IP systems ar e designed t o make mul tiple operatio ns easy by usi ng an alias , which is a lo gical name to IP/MAC addres s associati on. This step is importan t in the Unix wor ld if DNS (Doma in Name Se rvices) is b eing used; it can also s implify the other envi[...]

  • Page 133

    Methods For Setting TCP/IP Values 133 Methods For Set ting TCP/IP V alues Methods a vailable to set TCP/IP value s vary base d the operati ng environme nt (see Table 11). • arp . Easy to us e but ca nnot be routed, so printer and ho st computer mus t be on sam e network segm ent. Requires the use of pri nt server MAC. • bootp . Workhors e metho[...]

  • Page 134

    134 Chapter 6 TCP/IP LineJet P rint Server Configuration Assign TCP/IP V alues Method 1: Using the Prin ter Control Panel All of the basi c TCP/IP value s can easily be set and s tored in the LineJe t Print Server via the printer front panel under the ETHERNET PARAMS menu. Refer to “C onfiguration U sing The Printe r Control Pane l” on page 6 2[...]

  • Page 135

    Assign TCP/IP Values 135 For Window s 95/98/NT or OS/2, ope n a DOS window. For AS/40 0, start from a comman d prompt. For Unix, start from a terminal ses sion prompt: telne t xxx. xxx.xxx.xxx > login > use r ‘root’ (default us er name for c onfiguration) > anythi ng (defau lt is no passwo rd) > wel come root u ser (sample r esponse[...]

  • Page 136

    136 Chapter 6 TCP/IP LineJet P rint Server Configuration Now power t he printer up, and wait a min ute or more for the LineJet Pr int Server to obtain the add ress above. Test by i ssuing the com mand ping IP_ad dress . If yo u do not ge t a po sitive ping respon se, check yo ur arp table en try, and check that the print er is on the same “wir e?[...]

  • Page 137

    Using BOOTP 137 Web Browser Initiate t he Web brows er and enter th e IP Address or host s table nam e in the URL line. Click on “Con figuration.” Log in as root , no passw ord. Enter th e values you n eed for subn et mask and gate way and clic k “Submit.” Delete the static arp entry: at a DOS pr ompt, type the command arp - d 192.1 68.20.2[...]

  • Page 138

    138 Chapter 6 TCP/IP LineJet P rint Server Configuration 2. Turn the Li neJet Print S erver on so that it immediate ly sends out a BOOTP request. Wa it one minute to allow the IP address assig nment process to complete. You should se e the STAT LED (on the LineJet Print Server i nterface) s l ow down indic ating it know s about an IP address to use[...]

  • Page 139

    139 7 HP e3000/LineJet Print Server Configuration Overview This chapter details the HP e3000 Host Con figuration set up and the HP e3000 L ineJet Print S erver Config uration setup. HP e3000 / MPE-XL / MP E / iX: Host Configuration Follow th e instructio ns below t o configur e printing t o a LineJ et Print Ser ver by using TCP /IP print to sock et[...]

  • Page 140

    140 Chapter 7 HP e3000 / MPE-XL / MPE / iX: Host Configuration g. at the SYSGEN prompt , enter the co mmands: SYSGE N> keep SYSGE N> exit h. to have th e new configu ration take effe ct, reboot the system wit h the comm and, start norecovery . It is also possibl e to configure the device onl ine by usi ng the command, ioconfig . 2. Identify t[...]

  • Page 141

    141 c. set d est d1prn b ackchann el prn save list des t (this wi ll allow yo u to see your c hange) exit 5. The npconf ig file is rea d each time t he printer co mmands spool er nn ;start or start spool nn are used , meaning if cor rections are needed to t he file it is not necess ary to restart the HP e3000, on ly the spooler . Stop the spool er [...]

  • Page 142

    142 Chapter 7 LineJet Print Server Configuration Verification LineJet Print Server Configuration V erifi cation 1. Print th e Current Config uration in the p rinter and ve rify the insta lled Function C ode (minimu m version 356 351, Version 2.07P or later ). Install the lates t version vi a ftp if not pr esent and reent er all printer configur ati[...]

  • Page 143

    143 c. Place th e printer onl ine and wait for t he front panel to display “E- Net Ready.” T his will write the Gateway add ress to the network I/F NvRam. d. Take the pr inter offline and enter the desired Gatew ay address. e. Place th e printer onl ine and wait for t he front panel to display “E- Net Ready.” T his will write the Gateway ad[...]

  • Page 144

    144 Chapter 7 LineJet Print Server Configuration Verification The line setup_file = filename is th e file that c ontains cust omized setu p strings to specify the p rinter ope rating mode f or this logical device. This file must be an unnumbered fi le. When n o setup file is specifi ed, the defaul t MPE/iX env ironment or t he global setup file is [...]

  • Page 145

    Method 1 145 Methods Of Adjusting Paper Position When the HP e3000 s pooler is ac tive and th e paper need s to be ad justed (the print is too far up or too far down on the page) or repl aced, use o ne of the methods b elow to set the paper posi tion. You ca n also defer pri nting or temporar ily stop t he spooler ( stopspool nn ) to ensu re no pri[...]

  • Page 146

    146 Chapter 7 Using Page Level Recovery On LineJet Pri n ters Using Page Level Recovery On LineJet Printers The native mode spo oler on MPE /iX 5.5 (and later) suppo rts Page Le vel Recovery (PLR). PLR prov ides the abi lity to restart p rinting at any page of a document due to device p roblems or a suspended s pooler. (Re fer to the HP e3000 MPE/i[...]

  • Page 147

    Method 2 147 Becaus e LineJet prin ters are typi cally connec ted to the netwo rk with a Print Server i nternal netwo r k card o r JetDirect E X interface, m any of the sp ooler commands (e.g., those de scribed a bove) should be avoided for mid-file suspens ion. This is because of two reasons: 1) a great deal o f data is buffered in the network p r[...]

  • Page 148

    148 Chapter 7 HP e3000 / MPE-XL / MPE / iX: DTC Configuration HP e3000 / MPE-XL / MP E / iX: DTC Configuration MPE-XL / MPE / iX T ypical Configuration Within NM MGR follow t he menu: Open Conf ig DTS Go to Profile s Add or Modify Printer Ty pe [22] (21, 22, o r 26) or Printer Type File Name ____ ___ Line Spe ed [9600] (300 throu gh 38400) Record W[...]

  • Page 149

    149 8 W indows Configuration Overview This chapter details a co mplete Windo ws configurati on setup inc luding: 1. Identifyi ng the LineJ et Print Server on the networ k using TCP/IP a s the underly ing protoc ol 2. Configur ing the LineJ et Print Server with its manda tory TCP/IP setti ngs (IP addr ess and subn et mask) 3. Configur ing a new prin[...]

  • Page 150

    150 Chapter 8 Windows LineJet Print Server Configuration Figure 10. Windows Integration Windows LineJet Print Server Configuration The IP addr ess and subne t mask are mandatory TCP/IP settings and ar e needed bef ore the print s erver can be detected on t he network. There are also add itional o ptional setting s. This section of fers alter native[...]

  • Page 151

    Communicating Across Routers 151 Communicating Across Ro uters Since W indows en vironments rely on TCP/ IP to commun icate with th e LineJe t Prin t Server, c rossing ro uters beco mes an issu e. After fol lowing on e of the LineJ et Print Se rver configu ration metho ds mentioned , you shou ld be a ble to com municate only with the p rint server [...]

  • Page 152

    152 Chapter 8 Windows LineJet Print Server Configuration Changin g Destination Names When d efining some printers with in Windows e nvironments , the LineJet Print Server r equires that y ou specify a pre-defined de stination r ather than any name you would like. For example, whe n creating a ne w printer under Windows NT, you are presen ted with a[...]

  • Page 153

    Windows NT 3.51 Host Setup 153 Windows Host Configuration This section c overs Windows NT and Windows 95 , Windows 3.1 and Prin t ronix Pri n t ing Sy stem (PPS ) new pr inter se tups. Wi ndows NT 3.51 Host Setup To configu re a new printer on a Windows NT 3.5 1 station: 1. Open the “Control Panel .” 2. Double click on “P rinters.” 3. Selec[...]

  • Page 154

    154 Chapter 8 Windows Host Configuration 8. Type in th e name of a pr e-defined desti nation/queue on the Line Jet Print Server i n the second fie ld. 9. C lick OK when done spec ifying these two fi elds. You now ha ve a new ne twork printer wh ich relies on th e standard TCP /IP print protocol, LPD, to print remotely to a printer with the LineJet [...]

  • Page 155

    Windows NT 4.0 Host Setup 155 4. At the nex t window, click o n “Add Port ...” 5. Double c lick on LPR Port. If LP R Port is not listed, it me ans that Mi crosoft TCP/IP Pr inting service is not install ed.[...]

  • Page 156

    156 Chapter 8 Windows Host Configuration 6. In the “Na me or address of server pro viding lpd:” b ox, enter the IP address of the LineJet P rint Server a dapter. In the “Name of printe r or print qu eue on that ser ver:” box, enter d1prn . 7. Select t he “Gener ic/Text only” printer driv er or instal l the LineJe t printer driver. Th e [...]

  • Page 157

    Windows NT 4.0 Host Setup 157 8. In the “Co py manufactu rer’s files fr om” box, enter the path to the LineJet Utility CD printer drive r folder contain ing the NT driver . Click on “OK .” 9. Click o n the “HP Lin eJet” in the “Pr inters” box, th en click “Ne xt.”[...]

  • Page 158

    158 Chapter 8 Windows Host Configuration 10. In the “P rinter name” box , enter a nam e for this printe r. Click “Next.” 11. Determine i f the printer is sha red with other netwo r k users. If it is sh ared, the shar e name and the operating sys tem must be s elected.[...]

  • Page 159

    Windows NT 4.0 Host Setup 159 12. Print a Windows test pa ge. 13. If there are any prob lems during or after inst allation, s ee “Windows N T 4.0 Host Setu p Problems” on page 167.[...]

  • Page 160

    160 Chapter 8 Windows Host Configuration Wi ndows 95/98 Host Setup To co nfig ure a new prin ter on a Wi ndow s 95 stati on: 1. Select “S ettings:Printers” from the Start menu. 2. Double click on the “Add Prin ter” icon. 3. Select “ Network Pri nter” from the se cond window of the Add Pri nter wizard that loaded. 4. At the nex t window,[...]

  • Page 161

    Windows 3.1 Host Setup 161 5. Once your computer is rebooted, open the Setti ngs:Printer s folder to v iew your ex isting printe rs. 6. Select the printer th at you wa nt to use with P PS and cl ick the right mouse button to br ing up a su b-menu. 7. Select “ Properties ” from this m enu to displa y the curr ent settings for this printer . 8. C[...]

  • Page 162

    162 Chapter 8 Windows Host Configuration The most c ommon print method offered wi th Windows TCP stacks is LPR / LPD, a multi- platform remote printi ng protocol used on ever ything from PCs to mainfram es. The LPR pr int setup is very simp listic, in volving on ly two paramete rs: 1. LineJet Pr int Server IP address . Th e IP address o r host name[...]

  • Page 163

    LineJet Print Server Card Cannot Be Found On The 163 Windows T roubleshooting Tip s This sec tion provides informati on on possi ble solutio ns to some s tandard configur ation erro rs. If you requ ire technic al support, pl ease have as much of the follo wing infor mation as y ou can availa ble when y ou call: 1. What lev el of software a re you r[...]

  • Page 164

    164 Chapter 8 Windows Troubleshooting Tips Errors Occur When Def ining An LPR Printer • Can you ping the LineJ et Print Server from your W indows NT station? If not, refer to the “LineJet Pr int Server Ca rd Cannot Be Found On The Network” sect ion. • Did you s pecify the co rrect IP addres s or host name for the Line Jet Print Server i n t[...]

  • Page 165

    TCP/IP Acc ess Problem 165 TCP/IP Access Problem If you ca n ping the prin ter from a works tation, but yo u cannot Web browse, Telnet, or print t o the printer throug h the LineJet Print Serv er, there may be an inco rrect entry in the TCP a ccess list. In order for th is workst ation to use t he LineJet Print Server i nterface in this case, one o[...]

  • Page 166

    166 Chapter 8 Windows Troubleshooting Tips 9. At the sy stem promp t, enter: store tcpip from default confi g http on save reset 10. Power the printer off an d then back o n. 11. Set the IP address, sub net mask, and default gatewa y parameters to the desired v alues. 12. If Web browser ac cess does not work, Telnet into t he LineJet Print Ser ver [...]

  • Page 167

    Windows NT 4.0 Host Setup Problems 167 Wi ndows NT 4.0 Host Setup Problems The instal lation proced ure covered earlier in this chapter assu mes that the LineJet Prin t Server adapter is confi gured with the correct IP addres s, subnet mask and gateway (if requ ired), and that the administrator can ping and telnet to the Line Jet Print Ser ver adap[...]

  • Page 168

    168 Chapter 8 Windows Troubleshooting Tips[...]

  • Page 169

    169 9 Unix Configuration Overview This chapter details a co mplete Unix setu p includin g: 1. Configur ing the LineJ et Print Server with its manda tory TCP/IP setti ngs (i.e., IP add ress and s ubnet mask). 2. Configur ing the Unix host station with a new printer.[...]

  • Page 170

    170 Chapter 9 Unix Environment Description Unix Environment Descrip tion The LineJ et Print Server supports netwo rk printing und er various TCP /IP environme nts including all variations of Uni x. Printing can come from multipl e hosts dir ectly or thro ugh central s pooling machin es. Figure 14 illustrates this. Figure 14. Unix Integra tion XTerm[...]

  • Page 171

    Mandatory 171 Unix LineJet Print Server Configuratio n There are mand atory settin gs needed before th e print server c an be detected on the netwo rk, as well as some addit ional optional settings. Thi s section offers a lternative met hods for confi guring your Line Jet Print Ser ver and mentions some of the m ore common opti onal settin gs avail[...]

  • Page 172

    172 Chapter 9 Unix Host Configuration 3. At the Netwo rk Configurati on HTML form th at displays, cl ick in the f irst field bel ow the “Gatew ay” heading an d type in the IP address of the default r outer/gateway fo r the LineJe t Print Server subnet. 4. Click o n the SUBMIT bu tton when done a nd physicall y repower the p rint server to ma ke[...]

  • Page 173

    Printing Setup On HP- UX 173 Method 2, Command Line The followi ng procedure requires root p rivilege. 1. Assume a print queue ( aka Unix printer ). Quality is desi red. 2. DNS/IP Ad dress name of L ineJet Print Server is MyLi neJet . 3. The dest d4 prn is to be us ed on the Line Jet Print Ser ver. 4. The default BSD interfa ce file rmod el on the [...]

  • Page 174

    174 Chapter 9 Unix Host Configuration HP-UX Configuration Guidelines Within S AM follow the menu: Printers and Plotters Printers/Plott ers Printer/P lotter Manag er menu ... sele ct Actions Add Lo cal Print er/Plotter Add par allel Printer/P lotter or Add ser ial Printer /Plotter If parallel printer is selected : Printer Na me user’s choice Print[...]

  • Page 175

    Printing Setup On Sys V 175 Printing Setup On Sys V This setup involves any Unix operatin g system using Sys tem V print spooli ng (e.g., SCO, Solaris  , DG/UX  , Sun 2. 5.x, 2.6, 2. 7 and similar, etc .). This means an interface fi le is use d for each de fined print er and in the case of any System V print setup i nvolving a Li neJet Print [...]

  • Page 176

    176 Chapter 9 Unix Host Configuration Example 2: Using the dest d1prn (Sun 2.6, 2.7 and Similar) lpshu t lpadm n -p lobby -v/dev/n ull (gives fi le lockin g) lpadmin -p lobby -i/us r/lib/lp/model/netstandard -o protocol=bsd lpadmin -p lobby -sLJ_ PS1!d1prn lpsched enable lobby accept lobby Example 3: Using the raw tcp socket 9100 (Sun 2.1, 2.7 and [...]

  • Page 177

    LPR/LPD Printing Se t up On BSD Systems (Sun 4.x, 177 LPR/LPD Printing Setup On BSD Systems (Sun 4.x, DEC ‚ Ultrix ‚ , Free BSD , etc. ) The LineJet Pri nt Server also suppo rts Unix operatin g systems which fol low a BSD print s ystem (e.g., S unOS 4.1.x). Th is means a prin tcap file is used to define all printer s availa ble on the host and [...]

  • Page 178

    178 Chapter 9 Unix Host Configuration 5. Start the printer daemo n for this n ew printer. Exampl e: lpc s tart LPQ100 0 You now ha ve a new prin ter which relies on LPR/LPD to p rint to a Line Jet Print Ser ver printer. Us e the followi ng command to test printing: Syntax: lpr -pri ntername fi lename Exampl e: lpr - LPQ1000 /et c/hosts[...]

  • Page 179

    FTP Printing 179 FTP Printing The LineJ et Print Server contains four logical pri nters (destinati ons) labeled as d1prn through d4prn . For FTP printin g, establish an FTP ses sion, followed by a put to th e dest . Si nce t he p rin ter em ulat ion can be P CL  -II, Ep son  , or Proprinte r  , be sure th e file you put to pri nt is both p[...]

  • Page 180

    180 Chapter 9 Unix Troubleshooting Tips Unix T roubleshooting T ip s This sec tion provides informati on on possi ble solution s to some s tandard configur ation errors. If you require technical su pport, please h ave the following informa tion (or as m uch as poss ible) when you call: 1. What lev el of software a re you runnin g? 2. What type of a[...]

  • Page 181

    Stair-stepped Output 181 S t air-s tepped Ou tput Stair-st epped output is print whic h starts at the top left of the page but ever y line ther eafter starts a l ittle furthe r over to the ri ght. It also refer s to Unix jobs that prin t one line of text at the top o f a page follow ed by a serie s of blank pages. This kind of output hap pens only [...]

  • Page 182

    182 Chapter 9 Unix Troubleshooting Tips[...]

  • Page 183

    183 10 Novell Configuration Overview This chapter details a co mplete Novel l setup, includin g: 1. Identifying the LineJet P rint Server card on the network. 2. Configur ing the LineJ et Print Server with its manda tory print se tup settings . 3. Configur ing a new print q ueue on the file server. See Chapte r 11, “Novell C o nfigura tion Fo r 1[...]

  • Page 184

    184 Chapter 10 Novel l Environment Description Novell Environment Description The LineJ et Print Server card supports network printi ng under Novel l environme nts by usin g IPX. It suppor ts all 3.1X ve rsions of NetW are. Figure 15 provi des a Novell setup overvie w. Version 4 .1X is suppo rted under bi ndery emula tion only. Figure 15. Novell In[...]

  • Page 185

    Using HTML Forms 185 Optional Addition al settings are available to fine-tune th e LineJet Prin t Server’s Novell function ality. These opti ons include: • NDS Context . The NDS co ntext in whic h the print server object w as created . This option is required if you create the pri nt server objec t in a different c ontext from the con text the [...]

  • Page 186

    186 Chapter 10 Novel l Host Configuration To use the HTML forms to d efine a print qu eue, do the fol lowing: 1. Load a Web bro wser on a network station tha t can communic ate with the print s erver over TCP/I P. The command to change the print server n ame is: Syntax: store pserver name newname Exampl e to change the name to micro1 : store pserve[...]

  • Page 187

    NetWar e Version 3.x PSERVE R S e tup 187 7. Select “Pri nt Serv er Informat ion ” and pres s ENTE R. 8. Press INSERT when the list of exi sting print se rvers disp lays. 9. Type the na me of the LineJ et Print Ser ver when prom pted for a print server n ame and press ENTER when done . By default, the LineJet Pr int Server i s named M_ xxxxxx w[...]

  • Page 188

    188 Chapter 10 Novel l Host Configuration NetW are V ersion 3.x RPR INTER Set up These ste ps are for Nov ell environm ents with Netware 3.x (or earlier) file serv ers. To configu re a new RPRINTER on a NetWare 3.x n etwork: 1. Log in to t he LineJet P rint Server c ommand shell , npsh, as roo t. If you hav e TCP/IP availa ble and this print server[...]

  • Page 189

    NetWar e Version 4.x PSERVE R S e tup 189 14. Select “ Printer Conf iguration” from the next menu to display a list of configur ed printers . 15. Select an item from the list ( e.g., either an exis ting printer name or a “Not Installe d” one) to dis play the print er configurat ion window. 16. Assign a n ame (if not a n existing print er) t[...]

  • Page 190

    190 Chapter 10 Novel l Host Configuration 5. Press INS ERT to add a que ue. 6. Type in a new queue name and press ENTER. 7. Press ESCAPE. 8. Select “Pr i nt Servers.” 9. Press INS ERT to add the new pr int server. 10. Type the na me of the LineJ et Print Ser ver. By defau lt, it is M_ xxxxxx wher e xxxxxx equals th e last si x digits of the Eth[...]

  • Page 191

    NetWare V ersion 4.x RPRINTER Setup 191 To commun icate with the unit using npsh.exe : a. From a DOS p rompt on a Nov ell workstat ion, begin an npsh session with the un it. npsh unitname Starts a Telnet-like s ession with th e named prin t server with gue st access only. b. To obtain roo t access to the unit, type: supervisor A standa rd login s c[...]

  • Page 192

    192 Chapter 10 Novel l Host Configuration c. create a pr inter object to us e with the print serv er object you ch ose or created , and attach i t to the chosen qu eue; Exampl e: NDS queue name: Financ e NDS prin t server name: Fin_Q NDS prin ter name: Fin_Prt_ 1 NDS prin ter name: Accoun ting_Prt_1 3. At a 4. 1x console session, if a pserver .nlm [...]

  • Page 193

    NetWare 3.x - No PSERVE R Connection 193 Novell T roubl eshooting T ip s This sec tion provides informati on on possi ble solutio ns to some s tandard configur ation erro rs. If you requ ire technic al support, pl ease have as much of the f ollowin g inform ation availab le wh en you call : 1. What lev el of software a re you runnin g? 2. What type[...]

  • Page 194

    194 Chapter 10 Novel l Troubleshooting Tips NetW ar e 4.x - No PSERVER Connecti on • Has the Li neJet Print S erver been po wer cycled once the PCONSO LE steps we re comple ted? This will make the pr int server b oot up and r ealize which prin t queue and file server it needs to serv ice. • Is the Lin eJet Print Server alr eady servic ing a que[...]

  • Page 195

    195 11 Novell Configuration For 10/100Base-T Interfaces Overview This chapter provides addi tional informati on for Novell env ironments u sing the 10/100 Base-T interfa ce, incl uding: 1. LineJet Print Server Configuration . This se ction incl udes info rmation about sett ing the prefe rred file serv er; setting pass word securit y; adjusti ng pol[...]

  • Page 196

    196 Chapter 1 1 Novel l LineJet Print Server Configuration (10/100Base -T) Novell LineJet Print Server Configuration (10/100Base -T) There are no man datory Novel l settings neede d before the print s erver can be detected o n the network . However, there can be some ma ndatory settin gs needed bef ore a Novell print queue c an be serviced b y the [...]

  • Page 197

    Preferred File Server (NDS & Bindery) 197 Preferred Fi le Se rver ( ND S & B indery) In a binde ry setup, the pr eferred file server speci fies the fil e server that the print s erver object was created on. In an NDS setup, i t specifies a file server that the pr int server object resides on. Since NDS is distributed, most admin istrators w[...]

  • Page 198

    198 Chapter 1 1 Novel l LineJet Print Server Configuration (10/100Base -T) 3. At the prompt, enter : store pserver no vell fse rver add fserv ername wher e fser vername is the name o f the Novel l file server y ou want to a dd as a preferr ed file server. This adds the sp ecified file ser ver as a preferred file serv er on the Lin eJet Print Se rve[...]

  • Page 199

    Setting Password Security (NDS & Bindery) 199 Setting Password Secur ity (NDS & Bindery) In additi on to the gener al security me asures, a No vell setup provides fur ther password s ecurity. A p assword can b e set on the Li neJet Print S erver and within y our PCONSOLE or Netware Adm inistrator setu p so that when the LineJet Print Server[...]

  • Page 200

    200 Chapter 1 1 Novel l LineJet Print Server Configuration (10/100Base -T) 3. Look unde r the “Nove ll” section and add the new password to the “Pserver Password” field. 4. Click o n the SUBMIT bu tton when done a nd physicall y re-power the printer to make the new s ettings tak e effect. Print Server Setup - Manu al (T elnet) Me thod 1. Te[...]

  • Page 201

    Changing The Pr int Server Name (NDS & Binder y) 201 4. Change the “Service In terval” to the des ired number (in seconds). 5. Re-power the LineJet Pr int Server by turning the p r inter off and o n to make the ch ange s take ef fect . Net ware 3.x 1. Enter PCONSOLE as superviso r on your Novell host. 2. Select “ Print Server Information?[...]

  • Page 202

    202 Chapter 1 1 Novel l LineJet Print Server Configuration (10/100Base -T) HTML Method 1. Load a Web bro wser on a network station tha t can communic ate with the print s erver over TCP/I P. 2. Direct you r Web browser to URL: http:// LineJetIPaddress /adminConf.html (e.g., http://192.75.11.9/adminConf.html ) 3. Look under the “System Info rmatio[...]

  • Page 203

    Changing The Print Server Mode (NDS & Bindery) 203 2. Direct you r Web browser t o URL: http:// LineJetIPaddress /networkConf.html (e.g., http://192.75.11.9/networkConf.html ) 3. Look un der the “Novell” sec tion and go to the “F rame Type” field to se lect the appro priate frame t ype. 4. Click o n the SUBMIT bu tton when done a nd phy[...]

  • Page 204

    204 Chapter 1 1 Novel l LineJet Print Server Configuration (10/100Base -T) 2. Direct you r Web browser to URL: http:// LineJetIPaddress /networkConf.html (e.g., http://192.75.11.9/networkConf.html ) 3. Look unde r the “Nove ll” section and go to the “Se rvice Type” field to sele ct the approp r iate mo de. 4. Click o n the SUBMIT bu tton wh[...]

  • Page 205

    Setting The Print Serve r Prefer re d NDS Tree (N DS) 205 3. Look under the “Novell ” secti on and enter the new contex t in the “NDS Context” fie ld. 4. Click o n the SUBMIT bu tton when done a nd physicall y re-power the printer to make the new s ettings tak e effect. Manual (T elnet) Method 1. Telnet to th e print serve r. This will brin[...]

  • Page 206

    206 Chapter 1 1 Novel l LineJet Print Server Configuration (10/100Base -T) Manual (T elnet) Method 1. Telnet to th e print serve r. This will bring u p a login sc reen: telne t ipad dress 2. You shou ld now se e a prompt di splayed tha t has the Line Jet Print Server’ s IP address fol lowed by a c olon then root . ipadd ress :roo t> 3. At the [...]

  • Page 207

    NDS PSER VER Setup (Netware 4.x) 207 Novell Host Configuration (10/100Base-T) This section c overs PSERVE R and RPRINTER/NPR INTER setups on th e LineJet Print Server. The LineJe t Print Server ca n handle up to eight RPRINTER/NPP RINTER setups. Although the entire pri nt setup is done through Netwar e Administr ator or PCONSO LE, you may ne ed to [...]

  • Page 208

    208 Chapter 1 1 Novel l Host Configuration (10/100Base- T ) 10. Type in th e name for the printer in the “Printer name” field. In NDS, a printer obje ct can only be attached t o one print ser ver object at a given tim e, as Novell is usi ng the printer obj ect to represent a phy sical printer. A physica l printer can only be attached to one par[...]

  • Page 209

    Bindery PSERVER Setup (Netware 3.x and 4 .x) 209 of the pri nt server’s E thernet addres s found on the bottom of th e device (e.g., M_091C1A ). 20. Select t he “Define ad ditional pr operties” and c lick on the “C reate” button. 21. Click o n “Assignments ” in the dia logue that pops u p, and then on th e “Add...” button . 22. Se[...]

  • Page 210

    210 Chapter 1 1 Novel l Host Configuration (10/100Base- T ) RPRINTER/NPRINTER Setup (Ne tware 3.x an d 4.x) This pro cedure associa tes an existi ng PSERVER with a remote Lin eJet Print Server a cting as a RPRINTER/NP RINTER in a NetW are 3.x or Netwa r e 4.x environme nt. It is the P SERVER’s res ponsibility to get jobs f r om the qu eue and to [...]

  • Page 211

    RPRINTER/NPRINTE R Setup (Netware 3.x and 4.x) 211 5. Click o n “Enabled” a nd enter the name used with the PSERVER.NLM star ted in step 1 in to the “Prin t Server Name” field. 6. Enter th e printer numbe r of the printe r you would li ke serviced into the “Printer Number” field, an d then selec t the destina tion on the LineJet Prin t [...]

  • Page 212

    212 Chapter 1 1 Troubleshooting (10/ 100Base-T) 5. Physic ally re-pow er the printer to make the new s ettings tak e effect. Wait two m inutes and th en check your P SERVER to s ee if the appropr iate printer is being s erviced. Th e printer sho uld displa y a message such as “Waiting f or job.” At this point, t he LineJet P rint Server knows t[...]

  • Page 213

    PSERVE R Se tup 213 • When setti ng the LineJet Print Server up as a PSERVER, di d you specify a destinati on on the LineJet Pri nt Server (e.g., d1prn ) for the printer name, and did y ou remember this name i s case se nsitive? • Does the d estination y ou used in you r PSERVER se tup have the No vell servi ce enabled? See Chapter 12, “Com m[...]

  • Page 214

    214 Chapter 1 1 Troubleshooting (10/ 100Base-T) there is a valid “Des tination =” line, then do uble check th at there is an entry fo r this number under the “ENP INFO ” section . • Try a debug nest logs telnet c ommand (or fi nd the “Genera l Message s” section o n the Novell HTML s tatus page). Lo ok for a va lid entry for t he prin[...]

  • Page 215

    RPRINTER/NPR INTER Setup 215 • Is there an entry when a list rprinter telnet c ommand is d one on the LineJet Print Server ( not found on th e Novell HTML status page)? W hen the LineJ et Print Serv er is config ured as an RPRIN TER, this com mand should p roduce the a ppropriate ent ry. • If the Line Jet Print Server has l ogged in to the file[...]

  • Page 216

    216 Chapter 1 1 Troubleshooting (10/ 100Base-T) Printing Rela ted The job goes to the queue but no thing print s If nothing is printin g, make sure you have a conne ction to the L ineJet Print Server fi rst. See the P SERVER or R PRINTER secti ons above if yo u are having con nection-rela ted problems. O therwise, co nsider thes e points when tryin[...]

  • Page 217

    Printing Related 217 • Did you turn off banner pages an d form feeds if this is already taken care of within a n applicati on or on the Lin eJet Print Ser ver? Doublin g up of these ty pes of print feat ures is easy to do sinc e these options are provid ed both on the LineJet Print S erver (in a model) an d within the print comm and. • Are yo u[...]

  • Page 218

    218 Chapter 1 1 Troubleshooting (10/ 100Base-T)[...]

  • Page 219

    219 12 Commands Command Sh ell Overview The LineJ et Print Server comes with an i n-depth comman d shell whic h allows you to manipulate o bjects l ike destin ations, I/O ports, and model s. Addition ally, it prov ides you wi th monitori ng and troubles hooting capa bilities. Access M eth ods There are ma ny ways this c ommand she ll can be acce ss[...]

  • Page 220

    220 Chapter 12 Complete C ommand List Comman d Prefixes Typing in the first po r tion of a command wil l produce an error messa ge showing t he correct s yntax. For exampl e, typing in store tcpip will produce a list of all c ommands tha t start with this prefix. Complete Command List This secti on outlines t he entire LineJ et Print Ser ver comman[...]

  • Page 221

    Store Commands 221 store pserver tc psocket TCPpor tnumber dest des tination store pserver tc psocket 5000 dest d 1prn Assign a p re-defined TCPpo rtnumber to a particu lar des tination on the LineJ et Print Serv er. Therefore, if you are us ing a print meth od that sends j obs directly to a TCP port num ber, you still ha ve the option to process t[...]

  • Page 222

    222 Chapter 12 Complete C ommand List store tcpip ifnu m addr IPad dress store tcpip 1 ad dr 192.7 5.11.9 Store the IP address fo r the LineJ et Print Server . store tcpip ifnu m mask netm ask store tcpip 1 ma sk 255.2 55.255.0 Store the subnet mask for the LineJ et Print Serv er. store tcpip ifnu m opts [[-]rarp] [[-]boot p] [[-]dhcp ] store tcpip[...]

  • Page 223

    Set Commands 223 not buf fer any data when there is a b locked situa tion with the pri nter. Normally it i s best to have both keepa live and disb ufmgmt enabled. store tcpip tcp access [ root] add|d el IPaddr ess store tcpip tcp access a dd 192.75.1 1.25 Add or rem ove an entry fr om the LineJ et Print Ser ver TCP access list defined by IPad dress[...]

  • Page 224

    224 Chapter 12 Complete C ommand List set d est dest ination ser vice [[-]so cket][[-] lpd] [[-]l psched] [[- ]rprinte r] [[-]pser ver] [[-] netbios] [[-]f tpd] set d est d1prn s ervice - netbios Set the desti nation to han dle only ce rtain print s ervices. To add a servi ce, specify the service nam e. To disable a ser vice, use “ - ” before t[...]

  • Page 225

    Set Commands 225 set l ogpath logp ath port TCPpo rtnumber | emai l|syslog set l ogpath l3 p ort 2000 Determin e where the lo g information sho uld be se nt for a print job o r attached p rinter. The choices are: TCPportnumber TCP port n umber ranging from 1024 to 6 5000. email Part icular user’s email add ress. This add ress is set using th e se[...]

  • Page 226

    226 Chapter 12 Complete C ommand List set m odel mode l traile r traile rstring set m odel m7 tra iler $FF Set a tra iler string to be sent to the pr inter at the en d of any pri nt jobs passing thr ough this mode l . tra ilerstring can co nsist of up to nine elements . An example element is a he xadecimal code (e.g., 0x0 4) or a pre-define d varia[...]

  • Page 227

    Set Commands 227 set s nmp To add a us er named snmp with root privil eges, pl e as e f oll ow the s tep s below: 1. Login to th e LineJet P rint Server as a root user. 2. Add a us er named snmp . set u ser add snm p 3. Set the us er type to root . set u ser type sn mp root 4. Set the pa ssword for the snmp user . set u ser passwd snmp snm ppasswor[...]

  • Page 228

    228 Chapter 12 Complete C ommand List set s ysinfo logi nfo [-]s ys | [-]tcp | [-]ipx | [-]spx set s ysinfo logi nfo -sys ipx Set the LineJet Prin t Server debu gging inf ormation typ e. Usually this informa tion incl udes unexpe cted errors or exception s from the pr int server d ivided into these group s: sys General s ystem messag es. tcp TCP st[...]

  • Page 229

    Set Commands 229 set s ysinfo modu le [[-]n ovell] [[-] netbios] set s ysinfo modu le -nove ll Enable a nd disable cer tain network p rotocol stacks within the Li neJet Print S erver. Somet imes it he lps to disabl e any protoc ols you are not using on your network . set t ime hour s [ minute s [ secon ds ]] set t ime 10 30 Set the c urrent time no[...]

  • Page 230

    230 Chapter 12 Complete C ommand List Defined v ariables a re reference d in string s by placing an $ b efore the variab le name (e.g., set model m1 trailer $FF ). set v ar from def ault Set all v ariable setting s back to fa ctory defaults. set v ar from sto red Set all c urrent va riable set tings to the v alues stored in flash mem ory. List Comm[...]

  • Page 231

    Debug Commands 231 list snm p List Tra p Table contai ning SNMP Ma nagers. list sys info List the current LineJ et Print Ser ver system info rmation (e.g., c ontact name a nd protocol st acks enabl ed). list tcp ip List all current TCP/IP network settings (e.g., IP address and sub net mask) . list tes t List the status of outp ut tests on th e I/O [...]

  • Page 232

    232 Chapter 12 Complete C ommand List debug nest logs View mis cellaneous Novell lo g messages . debug nest odi Determin e what frame type is bonded to which board nu mber under Novell. debug nest pserv er View the N ovell PSE RVER log mes sages including queues attac hed to. debug nest rprin ter View the N ovell PSE RVER and RPRINTE R log messa ge[...]

  • Page 233

    Miscellaneous C ommands 233 cance l jobI D cance l d1prn-10 Remove a job from an I/ O port queue . Use lpstat to find a particular job ID firs t. start fox|tts|lo opb prn start fox prn Begin a d ebugging tes t on one of the I /O ports on the LineJet P rint Server. Th e tests availa ble are: fox A continuou s stream o f text sent to the a ttached pr[...]

  • Page 234

    234 Chapter 12 Complete C ommand List telne t host IPaddress [ escap echaracter ] telne t 192.75.11 .35 Start a Te lnet session with another TCP/IP ho st specified by hostI Paddress on the Lin eJet Print Ser ver network. If escap echaracter is used, it resets t he key sequenc e used to exit t he Telnet sess ion. It will ret urn you to th e telnet&g[...]

  • Page 235

    235 13 Extra Featur es LineJet Print Server Security There are TCP access l ists available to restrict host connecti ons with the device. Users And Passwords By defau lt, the LineJet P rint Server s upports two logi cal user types: root Access t o everything w ithin the print server includ ing all configur able settin gs. guest Ability to list se t[...]

  • Page 236

    236 Chapter 13 LineJe t Print Server Se curity W eb Browser 1. Using a W eb browser, direct the browser to URL http:// LineJetIPaddress /adminConf.html (e.g., http://192.75.11.9/adminConf.html ) 2. At the “A dministratio n Configuration” HTML form tha t displays, s croll down to the “Passwor ds” section. 3. Click with in the “Old” field[...]

  • Page 237

    TCP Access Lists 237 TCP Acces s List s Within TCP/IP environ ments, the LineJet Prin t Server c an restrict h ost access to destin ations/queue s and remote co mmand (i.e., rsh , rcmd , remsh and telnet ) exec utio n services . This is do ne using a n acc es s list simi lar i n function to the Unix .rhos t s file. To view the current access li st [...]

  • Page 238

    238 Chapter 13 Printer Monitoring And Logging Printer Monitoring And Logging One of the key aspe cts of mai ntaining a computing e nvironment i s monitoring printer s tatus and log ging this in formation to us eful places. The LineJet Print Server a llows this throug h its built- in HTML forms, com mand set, and logpa ths. Printer And Print Job Mon[...]

  • Page 239

    Printer Logging Through Logpaths 239 Printer Logging Through Log p aths Destinati ons are l ogical qu eues with as sociated m odels and l ogpaths. Mode ls allow ex tra processing needed with th e print jobs. L ogpaths are us ed if logging is desired fo r each job. Each lo gpath on the LineJet Prin t Server consi sts of two parts : Type The type of [...]

  • Page 240

    240 Chapter 13 LineJe t Print Server Nami ng Schemes W eb Browser 1. Using a W eb browser, direct the browser to URL http:// LineJetIPaddress /destConf.html (e.g., http://192.75.11.9/destConf.html ) 2. At the “P rint Path Confi guration” HTM L form that dis plays, selec t a destinati on link (e.g. , d1prn) from t he top of the pag e to bring up[...]

  • Page 241

    241 14 Interfaces Overview The printe r interface i s the point wher e the data line fr om the host c omputer plugs into the pr inter. The interfac e processes all c ommunications signa ls and data to and from the hos t computer. It consists of a pr inted circu it board assembl y (PCBA) and a connec tor for the data cable from the host comp uter. C[...]

  • Page 242

    242 Chapter 14 Centronic s Parallel Interface Centronics Parallel Interface The Centron ics interfac e enables the pr inter to oper ate with contr ollers designed for buffered Ce ntronics printe rs. The lengt h of the data ca ble from the host c omputer to the pr inter must no t exceed 15 f eet (5 meters) . Centronics Int erface Signals The Centron[...]

  • Page 243

    Centronics Parallel Interface Configuration 243 Data Strobe . Carries a low true, 100 ns min. puls e from the ho st that clocks data into t he printer. Paper Instruction (PI) . C arries a VFU cont rol signal fr om the host with t he same tim ing as the data lines. Acknowledge . A lo w true pulse fr om the printer indicating the c haracter or functi[...]

  • Page 244

    244 Chapter 14 Bi-T ronics Parallel Inter face Bi-T ronics Parallel Interface Bi-Tro nics is a par allel interf ace with bi directional c apabilitie s. Features inc lud e t he follow ing: • Timing of t he signals has been reduced, thereby sp eeding dat a transmi ssion. • Bidire ctional comm unication. B oth the host and the pr inter can se nd d[...]

  • Page 245

    The Negotiation Phase 245 The Ne gotiation Phase The negotiati on phase determin es which operatin g mode will be used. At thi s time, the h ost and the pr inter will s ense what devices are attache d, the support ed signals av ailable, and whi ch mode to us e. The selected m ode, in turn, defi nes the pins on the Bi-Tronic s interface c onnector. [...]

  • Page 246

    246 Chapter 14 Bi-T ronics Parallel Inter face Note The length of the data cable from the host compute r to the printer s hould not exc eed 10 meters ( 32 feet). T able 16. Bi-T r onics Signals Pin Source of Dat a T ype of Mode Compatible Nibble Byte 1 Host nS trobe Host Clk Host/ Clk 2 Host/Prin ter Data 1 (LSB ) 3 Host/Prin ter Data 2 4 Host/Prin[...]

  • Page 247

    Signals 247 24 Signal Ground (Data 5) 25 Signal Ground (Data 6) 26 Signal Ground (Data 7) 27 Signal Ground (Data 8) 28 Signal Ground (PE rror , Sele ct, nAck) 29 Signal Ground (Busy , nFa ult) 30 Signal Ground (nAutoFd , nSelectIn, n Init) 31 Host nInit 32 Printe r NFa ult nDataAvail aDataAvail 33 Not Defin ed 34 Not Defin ed 35 Not Defin ed 36 Hos[...]

  • Page 248

    248 Chapter 14 RS-2 32 And RS-422 Se rial Interfaces RS-232 And RS-422 Seria l Interfaces The RS-2 32 and RS-422 serial inte rfaces enabl e the print er to operate with bit serial devices t hat are comp atible with an RS-232 con troller. The in put serial data trans fer rate (in bau d) is sele ctable from th e printer opera tor panel. Bau d rates o[...]

  • Page 249

    RS-232 And RS- 422 Serial I n terface Signals 249 RS-232 And RS-42 2 Serial Interface Signals The RS-23 2/RS-422 con nector mounted on the printer is a 25-pin DB -25S type. The m ating connec tor is a DB-25P . RS-232 and R S-422 compati ble serial interface signals are d efined as fol lows: RS-232 Transmitted Data (TD) . Serial da ta stream from th[...]

  • Page 250

    250 Chapter 14 RS-2 32 And RS-422 Se rial Interfaces RS-232 And RS-42 2 Serial Interface Error Handling Parity E rror Handlin g . Parity error checking is a configurati on option selecte d from the ope rator panel. With odd or even parit y checking s elected, a char acter with a pa rity error is replaced w ith a questio n mark (?) cha racter. When [...]

  • Page 251

    251 15 Routine Service And Diagnostics Routine Service Period ic cleanin g ensures efficient ope ration and c lear print qu ality, an d it is the only maintenance your prin ter requires . If the print er is located in a dust y area or is used for heav y duty printi ng, clean it more often. If print q uality does no t improve e ven after clea ning, [...]

  • Page 252

    252 Chapter 15 Routine Serv ice 3. Unlatch b oth ribbon spoo ls and carefu lly lift the m off the hubs. Raise the ribbon o ut of the ribbon path. 4. Using a s oft-bristled , non-metallic brush (such a s a toothbrush ), brush paper du st and ribbon l int off the tra ctors, shuttle c over assembl y, base cast ing, and rib bon guides. Va cuum up the r[...]

  • Page 253

    Interior Cleaning 253 Figure 18. Cleaning th e Print Mechanism (Cabinet M odels) Ribbon S pool Base Casting Pla ten (hid den) Splined Shaft Paper Support Tract or Forms Thicknes s Lever Hammer Bank Cover Ribbon Guide (2) Shuttle Cove r Assembly Hammer Bank (hid den) Locking Latch Ribbo n Mask[...]

  • Page 254

    254 Chapter 15 Routine Serv ice Figure 19. Cleaning the Print Mechanism (Pedestal Models) phpcl en August 15 2000 Ribbo n Spool Lockin g Latch Ribbon Hub Forms Thicknes s Lever Ribb on Guide (2) Ribb on Mask Lockin g Latch Printer Cover Splined Shaft Ribb on Guide (2)[...]

  • Page 255

    Printer Self-Tests 255 Diagnosing Problems This secti on is designed to help you r ecover from an y problems whi ch may arise w ith normal pri nter operatio n. Printe r Self-T est s The printer sel f-tests are used to check th e print quality and operation of yo ur printer. Y our Hewlett- Packard Cust omer Service E ngineer will typically run these[...]

  • Page 256

    256 Chapter 15 Diagnosi n g Problems 8. Cycle t hrough the c hoices. X = Full Width or 80 columns . 9. The width yo u have chos en will be used for th e printer test. 10. 11 . 12. 13. 14. S tarts t he test. 15. S tops the test. 16. Locks t he ENTER ke y . 17. 18. Examine the print qua lity . The c haracters shou ld be fully formed and of uniform de[...]

  • Page 257

    Printing A Hex Dump 257 Printing A Hex Dump Figure 20. Hex Dump Sample A hex c ode printout (o r hex dump) i s a translation o f all host in terface data to its hex adecimal or s ymbolic e quivalent. A hex dump li sts all AS CII characte r data rec eived from the host computer with their corre sponding two-di git hexadec imal codes. Hex dumps are u[...]

  • Page 258

    258 Chapter 15 Diagnosi n g Problems T able 20. Printing a H ex Dump Step Key Result Notes 1. Ma ke sure the prin ter i s on. Ra ise the pri nter cover . 2. The prin ter must be o f flin e for testing. 3. Allows yo u to make configuration changes . 4. 5. 7. 8. Cycle t hrough the c hoices. 9. An asterisk (*) indicates this choice is active . 16. Loc[...]

  • Page 259

    Fault Messages 259 Fault Mes sages If a fault c ondition oc curs in the pri nter, the sta tus indicator on the control panel flas hes on and off, and the mess age display indic ates the specifi c fault. Fault mess ages are sum marized in Table 2 1. Displayed faults fall into one of two categori es: • Operato r corr ectab le • Fiel d service req[...]

  • Page 260

    260 Chapter 15 Diagnosi n g Problems T able 21. LCD Messa ge T roubleshooting T able Displayed Mess age Explanation Action Required 8.5V PWR F A IL* Internal p ower failure. Con tact your Hewlett- Packard Customer Service Engi neer . 1 15V PWR F AI L* Control ler voltage failure . Contact your He wlett-Packar d Customer Service Engi neer . 1 23.5V [...]

  • Page 261

    Fault Messages 261 ER ROR: DC PROGRAM NOT V ALID Print er cannot find t he data contro ller program o r the valid ation checksum i s corrupt. Downlo ad the progr am aga in. If the mes sage occurs again, call your Hewlett-Pa ckard Customer Service Engi neer . 1 ER ROR: DRAM A T ADDRES S XX XX XX XX The printer found a defecti ve memory location. Cal[...]

  • Page 262

    262 Chapter 15 Diagnosi n g Problems ERROR: WR ITING TO FLA SH Hardware o r software f ault in flash memory . Downlo ad the program again. If the mes sage occurs again, call your Hewlett-Pa ckard Customer Service Engi neer . 1 ER ROR: WRONG CHECKSUM Th e printer received th e complete prog ram but the c hec ksum did not match. Th e data was corrupt[...]

  • Page 263

    Fault Messages 263 HMR BANK F AN FL T Sensors cannot detect c urrent in fan circ uit. Power o f f p rinter and remo ve paper path. Chec k that fan cable i s connected. Ch eck for obstruc tion of vents and fa n airway ; remove any obstruc tions. Check for items beneath th e printer bloc king cabinet vents. Power ba ck on the printer . If this messag[...]

  • Page 264

    264 Chapter 15 Diagnosi n g Problems P AP I LLGL ST* Fatal firmware err or on control ler board. Con t act your He wlett-Packard Customer Service Engi neer . 1 P AP I NCMPL ENER* Fatal firmwa re error on co ntroller board. Con t act your He wlett-Packard Customer Service Engi neer . 1 P AP INVLD CMD* Fata l f irm ware error on controll er board. Co[...]

  • Page 265

    Fault Messages 265 RESETTING . . . PLEASE W AIT Th e printer fini shed loadin g the program into flash me mory and is autom atically r esettin g itself. None RESTORING BOOT CODE Normal dow nload ini tializatio n messag e. None RIB INVLD CMD* Fa t al firmwa r e error on control ler board. Con t act your He wlett-Packard Customer Service Engi neer . [...]

  • Page 266

    266 Chapter 15 Diagnosi n g Problems ST ACK UNDERFLOW* Fata l firmware error o n controller board. Con t act your He wlett-Packard Customer Service Engi neer . 1 ST AC KER F AUL T Fa iled motor circuit. Contact your Hewlett-Packard Customer Service Engi neer . 1 ST A CKER FULL Reached full capacity . Remove paper stack. ST A CKER JAM Jammed p aper [...]

  • Page 267

    267 A Printer Specifications And Regulatory Information Ribbon Specifications Use only the se Hewlett-Packa rd ribbons in LP S eries and LineJ et printers: For more infor mation pleas e contact any of our worl dwide sales off ices of HP Channel Partn ers, or check out http://www. hp.com/go/linejet. For the location of the near est office in the Uni[...]

  • Page 268

    268 Appendix A Ribbon Spe cifications Ribbon Life Product Number Description Use On Product Lifetime C3207A B ox of six 60 yard black tex t ribbons Any LineJet Prin ter Any HP LP Series Pr inter 30 Mi llion Character s C3208A Box of six 100 yard black tex t ribbons LineJet 500Q LineJet 1000Q LineJet 1500Q LPQ475 LPQ500 LPQ800 LPQ100 0 LPQ120 0 LPQ1[...]

  • Page 269

    269 Printer Dimen sions Envi ronment al Ch aracter istics T emperature Operating : 41 ° to 1 04 ° F (5 ° to 4 0 ° C) up to 5000 feet (1 524 meters) 41 ° to 9 0 ° F (5 ° to 32 ° C) up to 8000 feet (2438 meters) Storage : - 40 ° to 1 58 ° F (- 40 ° to 7 0 ° C) Relative Humidity Operating : 15% to 80% (non -condensi ng) Storage : 10% to 90[...]

  • Page 270

    270 Appendix A Electr ical Ch ar acteri stics E NERGY S TAR® LineJet p rinters comply with the requirem ents of the E NERGY S TAR® Off ice Equipmen t Program of th e U.S. Environ mental Prot ection Agenc y. When in the reduc ed power st ate, the print er display s “Power Sa ver Mode,” and is activat ed at the contr ol panel. Electrical Charac[...]

  • Page 271

    271 Material Safety Dat a Sheet s If the c ustomer site needs a Material Safety Data Sheet, provi de the foll owing informa tion: • HP part o r product numb er • Chemical substance des cription • Customer name • Customer address • Customer telephone nu mber • Customer FAX number[...]

  • Page 272

    272 Appendix A Communication Notic es Communication Notices Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statem ent : This equ ipment has been tested and fou nd to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pur suant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Th ese limits are d esigned to provid ed reasonable protection agai nst harmful in terference whe n[...]

  • Page 273

    273 EN 550 22 Klasse A Ger äte bedürfen fol gender Hinweise: Nach dem EMVG: “Geräte dürfen an O r ten, für die s ie nicht asreic hend entst ör t sind, nur m it besonderer G enehmigung d es Bundesmine sters für Post und Telekommu nikation od er des Bund esamtes für Po st und Telekomm unikation be trieben wer den. Die Genehmi gung wird erte[...]

  • Page 274

    274 Appendix A Communication Notic es[...]

  • Page 275

    275 B Paper Specifications And Forms Design Introduction LP Series and LineJet printers us e dot matrix li ne printing tec hnology, whi ch permits a high degree of printing flexibility. Do t matrix techn ology enabl es the user to print graphic images, line drawn charact ers, special characters, an d multiple alphabets. The firs t section of t his [...]

  • Page 276

    276 Appendix B Gener al Paper Specifications General Paper Specifications This secti on describes the minimum paper specifi cations that mu st be met t o ensure the best printer p erformance. Always tes t paper and f orms before bu ying large qu antities. Make all measu rements at 20 ° to 26 ° Celsius (68 ° to 78 ° Fahre nheit) and 45% to 55% r[...]

  • Page 277

    Terms And Definitions 277 Test the pa per first if you plan to use i t in envi ronments with humi dity of less than 20% or greater th an 80%. Also tes t paper that you plan to use a t high humidity to ensure sat isfactory fee ding and handl ing, and tes t paper to be used at l ow humidity to determine if s tatic buildup must be elim inated for prop[...]

  • Page 278

    278 Appendix B Pa per Guidelines The figure s below illus trate the terms used in this a ppendix. Figure 21. Basic Forms Terminology Figure 22. Inward and Out ward Perforations Figure 23. Cut Points a nd Tie Points Side Perforat ion Margin Area Major Perfora tion Form Span Print Area Tractor Pin Hole Side View of Form Printed Side of Form Outward P[...]

  • Page 279

    Environmental Considerations 279 Environment al Considerations Before t hey are used, fo rms should b e stored for at least 24 hour s— preferably 48 hours— in the environ ment in whic h they will be us ed. This stabili zes the moi sture content o f the paper, res ulting in be tter feeding and stacki ng. Forms shoul d never be stored in en viron[...]

  • Page 280

    280 Appendix B Pa per Guidelines Metho ds Of Forms At t achme nt Any meth od of attachme nt (staples, c rimps, gluin g, etc.) must be designed in a way that does not permit air to be trapped between cop ies of a form. Hard or wire brads and staples must not be used. Any attac hment must no t coincide with the major pe rforation or a ny horizontal p[...]

  • Page 281

    Chaff Content 281 Cut-T o-Tie R atio A commo n cut-to-tie ratio for bon d forms is 4:1 (t hat is, 80% cut to 20% ties). This value i s dictated chie fly by the app lication program under which the form runs. Lo wer cut-to-tie rati os will yiel d better form ha ndling, but s tacking may suffer d ue to increa sed stif fness of the p erforations. Some[...]

  • Page 282

    282 Appendix B Form De sign Checklist Form Design Checklist Use this checklist to help you reme mber key a reas of consider ation when designi ng and orderin g forms and paper stoc ks. Environm ent ________ Befor e they are use d, forms are g iven at least 24 hours of condens ing time in t he environment in which the y will be used. ________ Forms [...]

  • Page 283

    Chaff Content 283 T ractor Pin H o les The holes which engage the tractor pins must conform t o the followin g specifi cations: Methods Of For ms Att ach ment ________ Must n ot allow air en trapment betwe en copies of the form ________ Must n ot use hard brads or staple s ________ Must n ot coincide wi th major perfo ration or any horizontal perfo[...]

  • Page 284

    284 Appendix B Form De sign Checklist Perforation Intersection s ________ Horizon tal-vertica l perforation s are tie point s. Cut points at such interse ctions ar e unacceptab le. Chaff Content ________ Tract or holes are cl ear of chaff. ______ __ There is no loose ch aff in the box the paper is packed in . Note A cut-to-tie rati o that causes a [...]

  • Page 285

    Storage And Handling 285 Summ ary Beca use it is impo ssible to te st all po ssible forms availabl e for use in the printer, He wlett-Pack ard recommends that paper confo rm to the specifi cations outli ned in this a ppendix for the best printer performance. But the gu idelines i n this appendix are not a subs titute for actua l testing. Always tes[...]

  • Page 286

    286 Appendix B Summary[...]

  • Page 287

    287 C Standar d ASCII Character Set KEY ASCII CHARACTER ESC 33 27 1B OCTAL DECIMAL HEX B 7 0 0 00 11 1 1 B6 0 B5 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 COLUMN 0 1 2 3 45 67 BITS ROW B4 B2 B3 B1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 0 0 0 0 00 1 0 00 1 0 00 1 1 01 0 0 01 0 1 01 1 0 01 1 1 10 0 0 10 0 1 10 1 0 10 1 1 11 0 0 11 0 1 11 1 0 11 1 1 NUL SOH STX ET[...]

  • Page 288

    288 Appendix C[...]

  • Page 289

    289 D Monitoring Printers Implementing Printer M a nagement Printer m anagement inc ludes the fo llowing tasks : • Monitor ing the status of network pr inters • Respondi ng to alarms • Gatheri ng statisti cs on printer operations The three e lements of ne twork printer mo nitoring and m anagement a re: • Agent/man ager model • MIB, the m [...]

  • Page 290

    290 Appendix D Impleme nti ng Pr inter Management Compon ent s of the Printer MIB The printe r MIB gives the network manager ac cess to mos t of the informatio n that is no rmally acc essible through the NIC command set for config uring the server wi th SNMP. Som e objects iden tified by thi s MIB are not a pplicable to the NIC. The compl ete defin[...]

  • Page 291

    Monitoring With AIX NetView/6000 291 Monitoring T ools Many tool s can be us ed to monitor pr inters with SN MP agents. One of these tools is NetVi ew. There are also othe r MIB browsers , which are not desc ribed here. Monitoring W ith AIX Net V iew/6000 The AIX NetView/60 00 program can manage any IP-address able devi ce with an SNMP a gent. NetV[...]

  • Page 292

    292 Appendix D Monitoring Tools Reference For further informat ion on SNMP a nd MIB, refer to the following: • RFC 1155 — S tructure an d Identification of Managem ent Information for TCP/IP-based Int ernets (SMI) • RFC 1156 — Ma nagement In formation Base for Managem ent of TCP/IP Internets (MIB ) • RFC 1157 — A Simple Network Manageme[...]

  • Page 293

    293 Index Symbols ? Command, 219 Num erics 15V PWR F AIL * m essage, 260 20 CPI Cond ensed, 88, 91 23.5V PW R FAIL * mess age, 260 48V PWR F AIL * m essage, 260 8.5V PWR FAIL * messa ge, 260 A A TO D OVERUN * message, 260 Absorb after ^PY, 10 5 Access Lists TCP, 237 Access Methods, 2 19 ACCESS N ULL PTR * message , 260 Acknowledg e signal, 24 3 Act[...]

  • Page 294

    294 Latch Data On, 113 Prime Sig nal, 113 Response Polarity , 113 Centroni cs para llel int erface configur ation menu, 1 12 configur ing, 112 Changing LineJet P rint Server n ame, 185 paramete rs, 48 Char acter attr ibu tes , 24 Characte r Set, 86, 88, 90, 93 ASCII, 287 CLEAR PA PER JAM mess age, 260 Clea r to send (CTS) signal RS-232 s erial inte[...]

  • Page 295

    295 Data Bits parameter, 115 Data carrier detect (DCD) signal RS-232 s erial interfac e, 249 Data lines 1 through 8 signal, 242 Data Pola rity paramete r Centroni cs, 113 Data proto col, 114, 115 Data set r eady (DSR) s ignal RS-232 s erial interfac e, 249 Data stro be signal, 2 43 Data Terminal Rea dy (DTR) sig nal , RS -232 seri al inter fac e, 2[...]

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    296 F Factory default paramete rs, 44 Fault Action , 127 Fault mess ages, 259 15V PWR F AIL *, 2 60 23.5V PW R FAIL *, 260 48V PWR F AIL *, 2 60 8.5V PWR FAIL *, 260 A TO D OVERUN * , 260 ACCESS N ULL PTR *, 260 BUFFER OVERRUN , 260 CLEAR PA PER JAM, 260 CLOSE PL ATEN, 260 COIL HOT, 260 CTL VOLT FAI L *, 260 DRVR CIR BAD *, 260 ETHER N E T A DAPT E[...]

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    297 ERRO R PROGRAM N OT COMP ATIBLE, 261 ERRO R PROGR AM NOT VALI D, 26 1 ERROR SE CURITY PAL NOT DETECTED, 261 ERROR SHORT A T ADDRESS XX XX, 261 ERROR WRI TING TO FL ASH, 261, 262 ERROR WRO NG CHECKSUM, 2 62 LOADING PROGRAM FRO M PORT XX %, 263 RESETTING . . . / PLEASE W AIT, 265 RESTORING BO OT CODE, 265 SENDING PR OGRAM TO EC PROCESSOR, 265 TAB[...]

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    298 LineJet P rint Server Na ming Scheme, 2 40 LineJet P rint Server S ecurity, 235 LinePrinte r Pl us menu, 80 Lines P er Minute (lpm) , 27 List Command s, 230 LO DRV. SH ORT * message, 263 Load Confi guration param eter, 71 LOAD PA PER message, 2 63 Loading c onfiguratio n values, 54 Loading e mulations, 7 4 LOADING PROGRAM FROM PORT XX%, 263 Loc[...]

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    299 PAP FIFO U NDRFL * message, 26 3 PAP ILLG L ST * message , 264 PAP INCMP L ENER * mes sage, 264 PAP INVL D CMD * messa ge, 264 PAP INVL D PARM * mes sage, 264 PAP NOT SCHE D * message, 264 PAP NT AT SPEED * m essage, 264 PAP UNEX P INT * message, 264 Paper j ams, 260 Paper em pty (PE) si gnal, 243 Paper i nstruction ( PI) signal, 243 Paper m ot[...]

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    300 Printing s peed, 27 Printou t, generating hex dump, 109 Printou ts configur ation, 52 hex code , 257 Printronix Printing System PPS, 160 Proprinte r XL Emulatio n, 87 Protect Configs., 72 Protect parameters, 6 0 PROTECTED INSTR * messag e, 264 Protect ing a config uration, 60 Protoco ls, 25 RS-232 s erial interfac e, 249 RS-422 s erial interfac[...]

  • Page 301

    301 pin assign ments, 248 pro toc ol, 249 X-ON/X-OFF s ignal, 249 RS-422 s erial interfac e signals, 249 receiv ed data (RD), 24 9 transmitted data (TD), 249 Run Mode, 2 9 Running s elf-tests, 255 S Save Configuratio n parameter, 72 Saving a configura tion, 50 Saving parameters, 43 , 50 Seconda ry Character Se t, 77 Secu rity LineJet P rint Server,[...]

  • Page 302

    302 Timeout, 11 9 TOF action at prime s ignal parameter , 111, 113 Transmitted data (TD) si gnal RS-232 s erial interfac e, 249 RS-422 s erial interfac e, 249 Trickle Time, 119 Troubleshoo ting diagnost ic tools, 24 Novell 4 .x, 194 Truncate Al pha, 105 U UNDEF INTERRUPT * message, 266 UNDFNED OPCODE * message, 266 Unidirecti onal parame ter, 121 U[...]

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