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Kong evej en 19 4A Peas e Int ern ati on al Tradepo rt 346 0 Bir ker oed 222 Inte rna tiona l Driv e, Su ite # 195 Den mark Port smo uth, N H 0 3801 E-ma il: support@intermate. com E-mai l: support@intermat e-us.com Document gs- 100-07. 25 June 2002. Separate "Pri nting Environment Guides" are pr ovided for IBM Mainframes and I BM OS/400 [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 2 N OTIC ES Disclaimer LCI Interm ate A/S ma kes no wa rranty of a ny kind with rega rd to the con tents or u se of t his guid e, and s peci fically discl aims any expres s or im plied warranti es on mer chant abi lity or fitnes s for any particular purp ose. LCI Interm ate A/S s[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 3 I NTRODU CTI ON[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 4 Intr oductio n: T a r get Audi ence and Pr oducts 1. Intr od uction 1.1. T arget Audience and Products 1.1.1. T arget Audience Y ou ar e a “ printer adminis t r a tor ” w it h re sp on s ib i l it y fo r co nf i gu r- ing an d admini strat ing prin ters and prin t serve rs.[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 5 Intr oductio n: T a r get Audi ence and Pr oducts Summary overview of major changes 1071-1 143 (spring 2001): • These re leases i ntroduc ed the Networ k Destinat ion Option (NDO) and quite a n umber of cha nges made necessar y by thi s new func tion, e specially chan ges to [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 6 Intr oductio n: T a r get Audi ence and Pr oducts • NDO function s wer e changed to all ow direc t choic e of a target printe r with out havin g to us e a log ical prin ter . • The possibi li tie s for bi-directional communication with the l ocal targ et printe r wer e sign[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 7 Intr oduction: T ypes o f Docu mentati on 1.2 . T ypes of Do cumentati on 1.2.1. Manual and Guides The CD in clud es the Print S erver A dminis tratio n Manu al (this book) a nd the P rint ing En vironm ent Gu ides, all of which ar e also fou nd on ou r web si te wher e you wil[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 8 Intr oduction: T ypes o f Docu mentati on A separate “IDB T ec hnical Refere nce” is pr ovided for advance d users of SCS TN3260E and S CS TN5 250E. HPOs Plea se note the follo wing r estric tions on the H POs: • “IPDS O ption”. If y ou enab le and u se this op tion w[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 9 Intr oducti on: Conve ntio ns Used i n the Manual an d Guides 1.3. Convention s Us ed in the M anua l and G uides The notation used is based on what you s ee in the HTTP - based di alog for manage ment an d configur ation . This dialo g has a le ft menu divid ed into grou p, su[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 10 Intr oductio n: T op ics in Thi s Manua l 1.4. T o p ic s in Th is M anual The re st of th is manua l is d ivided i nto the follow ing ma in se c- tions: • Printing En vironm ents: How to set up pri nter defini tions in Wind ows 200 0 (and X P), Win dows NT 4 .0, Windo ws 95[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 1 1 Intr oductio n: T op ics in Thi s Manua l 1.4.1. About the Supported Print ing Environments Note: Thes e descr iption s assu me that y ou hav e alrea dy establis hed contact with the prin t server and set the IP addr ess, subn et mask and defa ult gatew ay . If you need hel p[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 12 Intr oductio n: T op ics in Thi s Manua l • “OS/2 2.x and OS/2 W arp” [ page 59] • “LPR (ASCII data, e.g. PCL and Postscript)” [page 60] • “IPDS from PSF/2” [page 64] This sectio n only covers defin ing an IPDS p rinter . Use the Printing Env ironment Guide f[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 13 Intr oductio n: T opics in Thi s Manua l • Chapter 1 1 “The Intermat e Managem ent and Configuration Uti li ty (I MCU)” [page 78] Powerful Multi- Purpose Utility This chapter cov ers how to i nstall and u se this powerfu l Windows -based u tilit y whic h is in clude d on[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 14 Intr oductio n: T opics in Thi s Manua l 1.4.4. About Configuring the “Basic” and “ Permission” Sub- Group s The cha pters i n this main sec tion a re orga nized accor ding to configurat ion pages in the HTTP-bas ed me nu. The HTTP-bas ed menu is divid ed int o four gr[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 15 Intr oductio n: T opics in Thi s Manua l • “[Network]” [page 1 10] This con figur ation page all ows you to adju st “Speed / Duplex” ( needed very r arely). I n addi tion, i t give s you the possib ility of settin g a “Local MA C address ” . The “Permissions”[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 16 Intr oductio n: T opics in Thi s Manua l tion node s defi ned in the Prin ter MI B (RFC17 59) a nd som e host info rmation n odes o f the Hos t Resou rces M IB (RFC1 518). NDO is inc luded sta ndard in G32-ba sed pr oducts. Use rs of G22-ba sed prod ucts may pu rcha se a key f[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 17 Intr oductio n: T opics in Thi s Manua l • “Network Destinati on Option” [page 144] Skip thi s chapte r if you o nly i ntend to use a loc al prin ter . This chapter te lls you ho w to con figure up to four network destinati ons. If yo u defi ne and u se a networ k destin[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 18 Intr oductio n: T opics in Thi s Manua l Socket by d efinin g different T CP po rts, and you ca n defin e up to eigh t LPR qu eues. So in all, you can c onfigu re 15 service s on thes e five configurat ion pages . Y ou must, of cou rse, al so es tablish pr inter de finiti ons [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 19 Intr oductio n: T opics in Thi s Manua l 1.4.7. About Information and Monitoring Possibilities • “Printed I nformation Available” [ page 170] . “Print Ma in S t a tus Pa ges” is the mo st im portant ite m. • “S tandard Monitori ng Infor mation” [page 173] cover[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 20 Intr oductio n: T opics in Thi s Manua l 1.4.8. About Upgrades and Maintenance Chapters on u pgrades and main tenance S tarting on page 19 7 , this m ain sec tion te lls you what ki nds of things you can up grade , explai ns the fil e-versi on nami ng- and numberi ng-system , [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 21 Intr oductio n: T opics in Thi s Manua l 1.4.9. About the Appendices The App endic es incl ude r eference infor matio n which c an be usef ul in se vera l dif ferent conte xts : • “Customer Support” [page 227] . • “T echnical Informati on” [page 229] , includi ng e[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 22 P RINT ING E NVIRONMENT S[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 23 W indows 200 0 and W indows XP: Int r oduc tion 2. Windows 2000 an d Window s XP 2.1. Introduc tion The foll owing pr otocols are sup ported • “S tandard TCP/IP P ort” = Raw Sock et (Port 9100, Reverse T elnet) u sing t he native Port 9100 prot ocol. See page 24 . • LP[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 24 W indows 200 0 and W indows XP: Raw Socket Printing (S tandar d TCP/IP Port ) 2.2. Raw So cket Printing (S ta ndard T CP/IP Port) Impo rt ant! As explai ned in “Raw Socket (= “Port 9100" = Reverse T elnet )” [page 160] , you can configur e up to four differen t Raw [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 25 W indows 200 0 and W indows XP: Raw Socket Printing (S tandar d TCP/IP Port ) so you can easi ly see h ow you hav e conf igured t he printe r definiti on. The na me has no effect on wha t the s ystem does, but ca n be a g reat help in y our admi nistr ation. 4 Windows has no s[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 26 W indows 200 0 and W indows XP: Raw Socket Printing (S tandar d TCP/IP Port ) 10 The fina l wind ow will be present ed. Click “F inish” . 11 If you hav e ch osen to pr int a tes t page in S tep 9 , you wil l be present ed with a win dow ex plaining what is going o n. If th[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 27 W indows 200 0 and W indows XP: LPR 2.3 . LP R 2.3.1. Native LPR Windows 2000 a nd Window s XP have a nat ive LP R, but i t requires that y ou have installed Print S ervice s for Unix. If you choose this alte rnative , use the i nstruct ions provide d in the “Settin gs > [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 28 W indows 200 0 and W indows XP: LPR 3 A little win dow will pop up pres ent you with a choice of two protocols . Choose “ Intermat e LPR” and click O K. 4 The litt le window wi ll the n presen t you wi th three fi elds to fil l out. a IP-addres s. T yp e in the IP-add ress[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 29 W indows 200 0 and W indows XP: LPR keep tr ack of t hem. O n the same w indow you will be ask ed whether or not you wan t the printer to be defa ult for your PC/work statio n. 9 Decide wh ether or not to sha re the pr inter . Click Ne xt. The rest of the i nstruct ions h ere [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 30 W indows 2000 and W indows X P: Interne t Print Pr otocol 2.4. Inte rnet P rint P roto c o l 1 S tart the Ad d Printe r Wizard (S tart >Settings > Pri nters > Add Printe r). Click Ne xt. 2 When as ked whe ther t he new pri nter sho uld be a local printer or a networ k[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 31 W indows 2000 and W indows X P: Interne t Print Pr otocol 10 If you hav e ch osen to pr int a tes t page in S tep 8 , you wil l be present ed with a win dow ex plaining what is going o n. If the printout is ok , clic k OK. If you s hould need to choose T roubleshoo t, foll ow [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 32 W indows NT 4 .0: I ntr oduc tion 3. Windows NT 4.0 3.1. Introduc tion The foll owing pr otocols are sup ported • “S tandard TCP/IP P ort” = Raw Sock et (Port 9100, Reverse T elnet) u sing the Interma te Port 9100 Prin t Port . • LPR (for s tandard ASCII data , e.g. P [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 33 W indows NT 4.0 : Using an Int ermate Print Port for Ra w Socket or LPR PC/ work s tation. 3.2. Usin g an In termate Print Port for Ra w Socket or LPR 3.2.1. Inst all the Print Port Pr ogram The Print Port is a nat ive 32 bit appl ication i ncluded on the Inter- mate Documenta[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 34 W indows NT 4.0 : Using an Int ermate Print Port for Ra w Socket or LPR 4 Choose “My Comput er” ( not “Network printer ser ve r”) a nd then “Next”. 5 This w ill bri ng up a window promptin g you f or a p ort. Clic k the “Add Po rt” butto n. 6 The Prin ter P ort[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 35 W indows NT 4.0 : Using an Int ermate Print Port for Ra w Socket or LPR 10 Config ure the details for the protoc ol you sel ected in step 7 . Setting up a Raw Socket Port (“Port 9100" ) As expl ained in “Raw Socket (= “Port 9100" = Reverse T elnet )” [page 16[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 36 W indows NT 4.0 : Using an Int ermate Print Port for Ra w Socket or LPR Print Que ue: A d efault name PAR_B i s shown. Th is is a “binar y” queue type whi ch wil l print t o Logic al Prin ter 0. See “LPR Print Queues (LPD Protocol)” [page 163] if you need informa tion [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 37 W indows NT 4.0 : Using an Int ermate Print Port for Ra w Socket or LPR 14 If you alre ady have a printer d efinition for this pri nter type, you will be aske d whethe r or not you wa nt to keep the existi ng driv er . We advi se yo ur do ing so . Note: Should you wa nt to use[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 38 W indows NT 4.0: Native LPR 3.3. Native LPR Prerequisite Using the Native LP R for Windo ws NT requi res that yo u have ins tal led the Microsoft TCP/IP Prin ting networ k service . Th is i s done b y clicki ng "St art > Se ttings > Cont rol Pane l > Ne twork&quo[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 39 W indows NT 4.0: Native LPR 4 Choose “My Comput er” ( not “Network printer ser ve r”) a nd then “Next”. 5 This w ill bri ng up a window promptin g you f or a p ort. Clic k the “Add Po rt” butto n. 6 In the Pr inter Po rts dialog box s elect the "L PR Port&[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 40 W indows NT 4.0: Native LPR T ype in the IP addr ess or host name of the Inter mate10 0 in the “Name or address of... ” field. If you use the hos t name, a mapping o f the name and IP add ress mus t be ente red in the hosts file. This i s found in the directo ry <syste[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 41 W indows NT 4.0: Native LPR 10 After a bit of a w ait, yo u will be returned to the Add P rinter Wizard, wh ere you wi ll indic ate the manufactur er and ty pe of printer . Y o u may have to take a det our to fetch a ty pe not already av ailab le on the lis t. Contin ue as sho[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 42 W indows 95/ 98: I ntr oduction 4. Windows 95/98 4.1. Introduc tion The fol lowing pr otocols ar e sup ported, p rovided that y ou ins tall the Interm ate Print Port ( page 43 ). • Raw Socket ( Port 91 00, Rev erse T eln et) . • LPR (for s tandard AS CII data, e.g . PCL a [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 43 W indows 95/ 98: Instal l the Prin t Port Pr ogram choose from whe never y ou us e a Win dows applicat ion on your PC/ work s tation. 4.2. Install t he Pr int Po rt Pro gram The Print Port is a nat ive 32 bit appl ication i ncluded on the Inter- mate Documentation and Uti liti[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 44 W indows 95/ 98: New “Printe r” 4.3. New “ P rinter” 1 Open the Contro l Pane l by cho osin g S tart > Settin gs > Contr ol Pan el. Double -cl ick t he Print ers i con. 2 Double -click the Add Printer icon. T his la unche s the A dd Printer Wizard. Click the &quo[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 45 W indows 95/ 98: New “Printe r” 4 Choose th e manufa cturer of your printer and sele ct the printer type . If your p rinter is not in the list , click the “Have Disk...” button and in sert the media (e .g. the p rinter driv er CD, a flopp y disk, a direc tory path etc.[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 46 W indows 95/ 98: Add t he Intermate Port 9100 o r LPR pri nter port 8 If a printer driver is no t installed on yo ur PC, yo u are aske d to insert the W indows 9 5/98 CD-ROM. 9 W ait for the print er driv er to b e copied to your P C. The new printer i s creat ed in the P rint[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 47 W indows 95/ 98: Add t he Intermate Port 9100 o r LPR pri nter port 4 Choose " Other" and highl ight th e "Interm ate Prin t Port" i n the "Add Port" di alog box. Clic k the “O K” butt on. 5 A small windo w will app ear fo r config uring an In[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 48 W indows 95/ 98: Add t he Intermate Port 9100 o r LPR pri nter port valid p ort numbe r in the “ TCP/IP Port” fiel d. The “Por t Name” g enerated w ill look somethi ng like this: IMA_192.1 68.0.22 7:9100 and if you, for examp le, desi gnate po rt 29100, the nam e gen- [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 49 W indows 95/ 98: Add t he Intermate Port 9100 o r LPR pri nter port 12 Make a te st pr int-o ut from a W indow s appl ication . Check the p age is ok ay . This compl etes the s etup of the p rinter .[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 50 Novell Netwar e (LPR via pur e IP): 5. Novell Netware (LPR vi a pure I P ) The comb ination of s tandard LPD and S NMP imp lemen tations in the pr int s erver wil l suppor t the stand ard NDPS Gatewa y delivered with Ne tW are 5, t hus provi ding a contr olled bi -direc- tiona[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 51 Apple Las erW rite r (LPR only): Introd uction 6. Apple Laser W riter (LPR on ly) 6.1. Introduc tion The LPR prin ting proto col is based on TCP/IP , w hich re quires the Laser Writer 8.5. 1 printing s oftware ins talled on the com- puter fr om which print jo bs are s ent. The[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 52 Appl e L a serWriter (LPR onl y) : M ac O S 8. 1 (and high e r) 6.2. Mac OS 8.1 (and higher) T o set up for pri nting 1 Launch th e Desktop Printer Util ity . 2 Select “ Printe r (LPR) ” and c lick th e “OK” bu tton. 3 Vi ew the PostScript Pri nter Description (PPD) Fi[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 53 Apple LaserW rite r (LPR only): Mac OS 7 .5 or Ea rlier 6.3. M ac OS 7.5 or E arlier On oper ating sy stems ol der t han Mac O S 7.5, the LPR pr oto- col is not su pporte d. For the se systems a LPR clien t has to be installed. LPR cl ients ar e availa ble as freewar e and a s[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 54 AIX : T opic s C ove red 7. AIX 7.1 . T opi cs Cove red Basic services without emulations • “LPR (ASCII)” [page 55] • “FTP” [page 56] IPDS Unless you ha ve a lic ense key for this Host Pri nt Option (HPO), I PDS p rints in “De mo/T e st” mod e with a ban ner pr[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 55 AIX: LPR (ASCII ) 7.2. LP R ( A SCII) The AIX platform in tegrat es the LPD proto col seam less ly into the norm al print spool ing s ystem. S etting up an LPD p rint queue is there fore eas y . Initi aliza tio n Sc ree n On the ho st, ex ecute the comma nd s mit mkqu to get t[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 56 AIX: FTP How to Pri n t LP D Y ou can no w use qprt to place job s in the p rint queu e. lpr and lp comma nds are also sup porte d. 7.3. FTP We do not recommen d using FTP for printing o ver this p rint server because using it can only be done by giv ing a command manually fro[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 57 AIX: IPDS with PSF/6000 7.4. IPD S wi th PS F /600 0 Tip : See th e cha pter Inst alling a TCP / IP- att ached IP DS printe r in the PSF/6000 Print Adm inist ratio n man ual for further information. 7.4.1. Create a new IPDS printer definition T o create a new IP DS pr inter de[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 58 AIX: Ge neral Printi ng Pr oblems fo r AIX 7.4.2. Checking and Using the IPDS Connection Y ou can check the connec tion by using the enq com mand to place j obs in the queue. enq -P'psfqueue' -od atat='AFPDS' /home/afpjobs/afpg uide.afp Y ou can also us e t[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 59 OS/2 2. x and OS/ 2 W arp: T opics Cov er ed 8. OS/2 2.x and OS/2 W arp 8.1 . T opi cs Cove red Basic services without emulations • “LPR (ASCII data, e.g. PCL and Postscript)” [page 60] • FTP . For inf ormation on FTP prin ting, pleas e see “FTP Print” [page 164] .[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 60 OS/2 2.x an d OS/2 W arp: LPR (AS CII da ta, e. g. PCL an d Postscript ) 8.2. LPR (ASCII dat a, e.g. PCL and Post script) 8.2.1. Create a new print er and queue 1 Sele ct the OS /2 T em plate f older . 2 Right-cli ck th e Printer i con and d rag it on to the d eskto p, while h[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 61 OS/2 2.x an d OS/2 W arp: LPR (AS CII da ta, e. g. PCL an d Postscript ) b LPD print er = queue nam e. T ype in one of the queue nam es defi ned in the prin t server. Y ou can use one of t he pre-con figur ed LPR queues, a ll of w hich wil l direct th e output to Logical Print[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 62 OS/2 2.x an d OS/2 W arp: LPR (AS CII da ta, e. g. PCL an d Postscript ) 6 An OS/2 printer devi ce an d queue is now c reated and the print s erver is read y to rec eive print fr om any OS/2 applica tio n. 8.2.2. Print using LPR comma nd from the Com mand Line When prin ting f[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 63 OS/2 2.x an d OS/2 W arp: LPR (AS CII da ta, e. g. PCL an d Postscript ) 8.2.4. T o obt ain status from the TCP/IP LPD conne cted printer The comma nd LPQ c an be used to ob tain the stat us of the printer . LPQ -l -s<server> -p<queue> 8.2.5. T r oubleshooting Send[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 64 OS/2 2.x an d OS/2 W arp: IPDS f ro m PSF/2 8.3. IPD S from P S F/2 This sec tion d eals with how to s et up P SF/2 whi ch ma kes it possible to print IP DS data to a LA N attached printer with an installed Inter mate1 00 using TC P/IP . If you nee d to kn ow how to connect PS[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 65 OS/2 2.x an d OS/2 W arp: IPDS f ro m PSF/2 5 Enter th e "Qu eue nam e" and "D escr iptio n". Se lect the "Devic e". Cli ck o n “Setup ”. An OS/ 2 print queue is no w create d and the prin ter is ready to print IPDS from OS/2 an d a PS F/2 con[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 66 T OOLS FOR M ANAGEM ENT AND C ONFIGURATION[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 67 HTT P (Browser ): Prerequis ites 9. HTTP (Brows er) 9.1 . Prer equi si tes The foll owing des cripti on assum es tha t you h ave alr eady assign ed an IP addres s to th e Intermate 1xx . If the instructio ns in the br oc hure G ettin g St arted or th e on- board Quick Guide ha[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 68 HTTP (Br owser): How T o Connec t 9.2. How T o Connect T ype the IP ad dress f or the Inte rmate1 xx in the addre ss fiel d of the browser . For ex ample: http://192.168.0.227 The brows er ’s Title Bar will show th e print s erver nam e and brand fol lowed by a har dware add[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 69 HTTP (Br owser): Menu I tems and Gr oups Befor e Login 9.3. Menu Item s and G roup s Before Lo gin The men u items are pr esented i n the fo llowing fo ur grou ps: • Actions •S t a t u s •H e l p •L i n k s “ Actions ” In the starti ng menu , the only action l iste[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 70 HTTP (Br owser): Log i n with User Name a nd Passwor d 9.4. Login with Us er Nam e an d Passw o rd Choose “ Actions > Login ”. T ype in va lues for “Use r name” and “Pas sword.” Both are case -sen siti ve. If you are not a partner , t here is only one possi ble [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 71 HTTP (Br owser): Men u Items and Gr oups Afte r Login 9.5. Menu Item s and Group s Af ter Login After a succe ssfu l login, t he “Acti ons” grou p with i ts single “Login” m enu ite m will be repl aced with two main groups of items: •“ A c t i o n s ” • “Conf[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 72 HTTP (B row ser): How to Ch ange Se ttings on Confi gura tion Pag es 9.6. How to Change Settings on Configuration Pag es When yo u choo se a m enu ite m for con figur ation, you will be present ed with a page c ontainin g a number of parameter s. In some ca ses, a confi gurati[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 73 HTTP (B rowser ): A ctiv atin g Ne w V a lu es B y Re bo otin g If you ar e changi ng set tings on m ore th an one config uration page, it is usu ally a go od ide a to wai t until y ou’re don e with everythin g befor e reboo ting. 9.7. Activ ating New V alu es By Rebooti ng [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 74 HTTP (B rows er): Logout 9.8. Logout Log out fr om the Intermate1 xx by clo sing the b rowse r window. Changing to another web address whi le running t he same browser instance does not terminate t he HTTP session.[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 75 Configu ration Using a T elnet Cl ient: Connecting 10. Conf igurat ion U sing a T elnet C lien t 10.1. C onnecting Plat form Prerequisites Any T el net client s upportin g NVT can be us ed to con nect to the Intermate 1xx . This includ es co mmon p latforms li ke Wi ndows , UN[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 76 Config uration Using a T elnet Cli e nt: Menu Ite ms and Settin gs 10. 2. Menu I t ems and Set t in gs “Main Menu” For the mo st part, e ach it em corr esponds to a c onfigurat ion page in the HTT P inter face. Fo r exampl e: 1. General 2. Network. ... The li st ends wi th[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 77 Conf igur atio n Us ing a T e lne t Clie n t: Ac tiva ting New V alu e s By R ebo otin g The sub-m enu w ill s how that you c an us e p (followe d by <Enter>) to retur n to th e previo us menu, but som etimes e nter- ing p wi thout fir st havin g entered a val ue can r e[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 78 The Intermat e Mana gement and Conf igura tion Ut ility (IMCU) : What the IMCUI M CU is an d how I t works 1 1. The Interm a te Manag em ent an d Config uration Uti lity ( IMCU) 1 1.1. Wh a t th e IMCUIMCU is and h o w I t w orks The Intermat e Manage ment and Co nfigurati on [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 79 The Int ermat e Managemen t and Configur ati on Utili ty (IMCU) : This Chapte r Cove rs Inst allat i on and Basi c Use 1 1.2. This C hapt er C overs Inst allation and B asic Us e This chap ter pres ents only ho w to install the IMCU and l ists the kind of info rmation you c an[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 80 The Interma t e Management and Co nfigur ation Utili ty (I MCU): Ins tallat ion of the V ariou s Element s 1 1.3. Inst allation of th e V arious El ement s The IMCU server installs on Win dow s95/98 /NT4.0/200 0/XP as a service where it det ects, monitor s and upgrad es print [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 81 The Inte rmate Managemen t and Confi guratio n Uti lity ( IMCU): Est ablish i ng an I MCU Server 1 1.4. Est ablishing an IMCU Server Remember that you m ust be logge d on to t he compute r with a Windows NT accoun t with admi nistrati ve rights if y ou will be installing on Wi[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 82 The Intermat e Mana gement an d Conf igura tion Ut ility (IMCU): How to Lo g In a nd Out 1 1.5. How to Log In and Out Log in: T ype the IP addr ess of t he PC r unnin g the ser ver progr am in the addre ss fiel d of the web brows er . Exampl e—when t he IMCU s erver is not o[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 83 The Intermat e Mana gement an d Configura tion Ut ility (IMCU): Device List / A vailable Agents 1 1.6. Dev ice List / A vailable A gen t s The dev ice list is yo ur entry way to using th e IMCU server. The sc reen is selec ted by click ing the “ Devi ce list ” butto n in t[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 84 The Intermat e Mana gement an d Configura tion Ut ility (IMCU): Device List / A vailable Agents Figur e 2. Device List[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 85 The In term a te M ana ge men t an d C onf igur a tion Util ity (IM CU) : Ins talli ng A ge nts 1 1.7. Ins tal ling Age nt s If there is an agent on the segmen t where you r Interma te1xx is placed, you are r eady to use the IMCU. If you do not kno w whethe r someon e in your [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 86 The In term a te M ana ge men t an d C onf igur a tion Util ity (IM CU) : Ins talli ng A ge nts 1 1.7.2. Direct Inst allation of an Agent on a PC If your se tup does not fu lfill the s ystem req uiremen t for remote installati on, you will have to install an IMCU agent direc t[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 87 I NITI AL C ONT ACT[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 88 IP As signmen ts fo r Init i al Contac t: Int roduc tion 12. IP A ssignmen t s fo r In itial Con t act 12.1. Introduc ti on Y ou must change the I P addres s from the f actory default (0.0.0.0). Add itional IP settings that m ay need c onfigu ration are the Subn et Mask (defau[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 89 IP As signm ents fo r Initial Co ntact: I nforma tion N eeded Be fore S tarti ng 12.2 . Informa tio n Needed B efore S t arting If you hav en’t a lready don e so, y ou must h ave th e foll owing informa tion fr om (o r clear ed by) your network administrator : * IP ad dre ss[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 90 IP As signm ents fo r Initial Co ntact: I nforma tion N eeded Be fore S tarti ng • Y ou can ma ke the name DNS qual ified by adding a company doma in name and a top dom ain, for ex ample im00801e .myco mpany . com. • Permiss ible cha racte rs: alp ha (A-Z) , nume ric (d ig[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 91 IP Assig nments for In itial Contac t: Me thod Over view 12.3 . Metho d O verview • Delivery from a B OOTP server. Management environme nts: Novell N etware, AI X, U NIX, AIX , OS/2. Instructio ns for using B OOTP s tart on page 93 . • Delivery from an RA RP se rver . Ma n[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 92 IP Assig nments for In itial Contac t: Me thod Over view an agent on your own se gment), do all or most of your configurat ions, and then move the I nterm ate1xx to the segment c ontaining that IP ad dress. F or infor mation on how to ins tall the IMCU , s ee “The Inter mate[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 93 IP Ass ign men ts for In itia l Co ntac t: As sign men t Usin g BO O TP 12.4 . Assignm ent U sing BOOTP 1 Power Off the Intermate1x x . If the uni t is attached t o a print er , it is best that t he printer i s powered On. 2 Edit t he [ /etc/bo otptab ] fil e on the hos t. If [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 94 IP Ass ign men ts for In itia l Co ntac t: As sign men t Usin g BO O TP 7 Disable RAR P and che ck to be sure that DHCP is still disable d. Note t hat the BOOTP deli vers not o nly the IP ad dress, bu t also the subne t mask and th e default g ateway . 8 Save yo ur work and re[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 95 IP Assi gnment s for I nitial Contact : Assig nment Usi ng RARP 12.5. Assi gnment Usi ng RARP 1 Pow er Off th e Intermate1 xx . If the unit is at tached to a pr inter , it is best that t he printer i s powered On. 2 Add the fo llowi ng lines to the [ /etc/ethers ] file or [ /e[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 96 IP Assi gnment s for I nitial Contact : Assig nment Usi ng RARP 6 Save yo ur work and rebo ot. Y ou c an, of c ourse, wait to reboot u ntil fi nishin g other conf iguratio ns y ou want to mak e.[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 97 IP Assi gnmen ts for I nitial Cont act: As signment Usin g DHCP 12.6. Assi gnment Usi ng DHCP 1 Y ou must fi rst ass ign a n addr ess stat ically using A RP and PING or the IMCU , as descr ibed in one o f the se ction s below . W hen y ou contin ue from there, do the fol lowin[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 98 IP Assi gnmen ts fo r Init ial Cont act: St atic IP Assi gnment Using “AR P and PING” 12.7 . S t atic IP As s ignme n t U sing “A R P and P ING ” 1 Make sure tha t you o wn PC or term inal is on the same network segme nt as plan ned for th e Intermat e1xx . 2 Power th [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 99 IP Assi gnmen ts fo r Init ial Cont act: St atic IP Assi gnment Using “AR P and PING” 5 Ping the new IP a ddress to sto re the add ress. E xample: ping 192.168.0.227 6 Pinging causes the Inte rmate1x x to reboot a utomati cally . W a it for the reboo t to fin ish. 7 Connec[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 100 IP A ssignmen ts f or In itial Contac t: S tatic IP As signment Usin g the IMCU 12.8 . S t atic IP A s s ignme n t Us ing th e IMCU Prerequisit es See “The Intermat e Management and Configurati on Utili ty (IMCU)” [page 78] for infor mation on how to ac quire, ins tall an[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 101 IP A ssignmen ts f or In itial Contac t: S tatic IP As signment Usin g the IMCU • MAC Addr ess • Name (= Hos t Name - not ch angeabl e from wi thin the IMCU ; see instru ctions i n “Host Name” [page 104] ) • Six settable parameters from the “TCP/IP ” sub-group: [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 102 C ONFIGURING THE “B ASIC ” AND “P ERMISSIONS ” S UB -G ROUP S[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 103 [TCP/I P]: Intr oduc tion 13. [TCP/IP] 13.1. Introduc ti on This cha pter tell s you about the ind ividual param eters wi thin the [TCP/IP] Configu rations sub-group. Thi s item i s at the bo t- tom of t he “Confi guration > Basic ” sub-gr oup, b ut should be done befo[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 104 [TCP/I P]: Manda tory IP-i dentif ying info rmation 13.2 . Mandato ry IP-identify i ng info rmation 13 .2 .1. Hos t Name The hos t name ide ntifie s the u nit in the LAN enviro nment. There are so ma ny goo d re asons fo r having a ho st nam e d ef ined (see page 89 ) that yo[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 105 [TCP /IP]: Op tion al Sett i ngs 13.3. Optional Settings 13.3.1. DNS Serv er for Look-Up s There ar e a num ber of co nfigurati ons withi n the p rint serv er where yo u can choose b etween e nteri ng an IP ad dress o r a name. Exa mples ar e a mail server , a TN5250E s erver[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 106 [Gen eral ]: In troducti on to the C hap te r 14. [General] 14.1 . Introduction to the Chap ter Each sect ion in this ch apte r disc usses a sing le parame ter on the [Genera l] con fig ur ati on page in the “Configur at ion s > Basic ” sub-g roup. In o rder to a id un[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 107 [Gen era l]: A dmi nist rativ e Pa ra me ters 14.2 . Admin istrati ve Para m e ters 14 .2.1 . Mo del The [Ge neral] page l eads in by di splay ing the pr int ser ver ’ s model. T his text cannot be edited through t he usu al men u; OEM partners , please contact our suppor t[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 108 [Gen eral]: Syst em T ar get Pri nter 14.3 . System T arget Prin ter The Syst em T arge t Printe r has the following spec ial fu nctions . • When you choose “ Actio ns” > [Pri nt Main S tatus Page s] the out put is di rected to the Sy stem T a rget Pr inter . • L o[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 109 [Gene ral]: Enable Fr ont Panel Mess ages (PJL) 14.4. Enable Front Pa nel M essages (PJL ) This parame ter was i ntroduce d in rel ease lev el 1071. It enables and d isables the PJL comma nds us ed for wr iting message s in the fro nt panel of the Local Pri nter . The mess ag[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 1 10 [Netwo rk]: Media speed and dupl ex 15. [Network] Each sect ion in this ch apte r disc usses a sing le parame ter on the [Net work] co nfigurati on page in the “C onfigura tions > Basi c” sub- group. 15.1. Media speed a nd dup lex Do not cha nge thi s value without co[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 1 1 1 [Netw ork ]: E na ble Loc al MAC Ad dress 15.2. Ena ble Loc al MAC Addre ss This parame ter was i ntroduce d starting wi th G22_1 071. It allow s you to o verri de the f actor y defa ult Gl obal IEEE- assign ed MAC address delive red wi th the In termate1x x for admin istra[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 1 12 [Network ]: Local MAC Addr ess 15.3. Loc al MAC Address If you ena ble the use o f a Loc al MAC Ad dress, choos e the address with care. Connecting devic es with identi cal Local MAC addresses to the net work may result in fault y network behavi our that can affect ot her de[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 1 13 Configur ing Pe rmissi ons: [Passw or d Chang e] 16. Configu ring Permi ssio ns The “Per missi ons” su b-group is loc ated at t he botto m of the “Configu ratio ns” gr oup and contains two confi guration pages. 16. 1. [Pass word Ch ange] Select User Name This fiel d [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 1 14 Confi guri ng P erm issi ons: [Lic ens e Key ] 16. 2. [Li ce nse Ke y] Many of o ur units ar e deli vered wi th pre- confi gured li cens e keys. I f this is the c ase, the l icense key numbe r will be wri tten on the label on the b ack o f the un it and you need n ot use thi[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 1 15 Confi guri ng P erm issi ons: [Lic ens e Key ] About the Global MAC Address: This addr ess is written on the l abel. I f the la bel is d amaged or gone, you can fin d the MA C addres s on the Main S t at us Page s (use the TES T Button or choose “A ction s” > [Print M[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 1 16 C ONFI GURING P RINT S ERVICE S AND H OST - S ESSIONS[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 1 17 Pr ocessing Fa cilit ies: I ntrod uction 17. Processi ng F aciliti es 17.1. Introduc ti on In order to confi gure t he Inter mate1x x optimally , you should familiar ize yoursel f with how i t processes pr int jobs. This chapter covers the follow ing topic s: • “TCP/IP S[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 1 18 Pro cessing Fa ciliti es: TCP/ IP Sessio ns, Se rvices and Hos t-Sess i ons 17.2. TCP/IP Se ssions, Se rvices and Ho s t-Sessions A single In ter ma te1x x can handle up to 32 simultaneous TCP/IP sessions. The foll owing table s list t he ser vices and ho st-ses - sions a va[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 1 19 Pro cessing Fa ciliti es: TCP/ IP Sessio ns, Se rvices and Hos t-Sess i ons Figure 4. HPO: SCS TN525 0E Host Sessions TN5250E for SCS/DCA L2 . This HPO emulates IBM 3812-01 print ers Up to 4 diffe rent host- sessi ons. SCS Features Suppo rte d: - SCS and SCS/DCA L2 data stre[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 120 Pro cessing Fa ciliti es: TCP/ IP Sessio ns, Se rvices and Hos t-Sess i ons Figur e 5. HPO: SCS TN 3270E Ho st S ession TN3270E for SCS. T his HPO emul ates I BM 3287 prin ter s in LU1 mode One h ost-se ssi on on IBM Ma infr ame ho st ( typi cal ly S/ 390 or S/37 0). SCS Feat[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 121 Pro cessing Fa ciliti es: TCP/ IP Sessio ns, Se rvices and Hos t-Sess i ons Figur e 6. HPO: IPDS Host Session IPDS e mul ation (usi ng the PPD/ PPR prot ocol) - one host- ses sion IBM pr in te r s em u l at ed - 3812-x, - 3816 - 39 12/1 6, - 31 12/16 - 4028 IPDS Featu res Sup[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 122 Processin g Fa cilit ies: Phys ical Prin te rs = T arget Prin ters 17.3 . Physical Printers = T a rg et Printers 17.3.1. Local Printer When the Interm ate1 xx is attached to a print er , t his pri nter i s known as the “local ” printer. Because the Intermate1 xx attaches [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 123 Pr ocessing Facili ties: Pr oce ssing La yers 17.4 . Process ing Layers Print j obs sen t to the prin ter are proces sed i n sever al la yers b y the Interm ate1xx before the actual printing o ccurs. Figure 7. Pro cessing layers. Read f rom left to right. When the job s tarts[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 124 Pr ocessing F acilit ies: Us e Logi cal P rinter/Ou tput T o 17.5. Use Logical Printer/Output T o Becaus e the ne wer pri nt serve rs can send o utput d irectly to a target prin ter inst ead of h aving to go th rough a l ogical print er , the termi nology f or di recting outp[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 125 Processin g Fa cilit ies: Logi cal P rin ters 17.6 . Logical Pr i nters 17.6.1. PR0 / Logical Printer 0 Logical printer zero ( PR0) has three s pecial prope rties: • It has no data-m anipulati on capacity . That is, it can not do any pr e- or pos t-job process ing and canno[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 126 Processin g Fa cilit ies: Logi cal P rin ters combine d printi ng and cop ying facilities . “S tri ng before” could, for exam ple, sel ect a paper cas sette, select an outpu t bin, s et the page orientation , and s o on. “S tri ng after” woul d typ ically revoke the e[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 127 Pro cessing Faci lities: Dat a Mani pulatio n in t he Logi cal Pr inte r Layer 17.7 . Dat a Manipul ation in the Lo g ic al Printe r L a yer Note: Skip Se ction 17.7 if you will not be working with data manipu lation in the logic al prin ter lay er . 17.7.1. Examples of Logic[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 128 Pro cessing Faci lities: Dat a Mani pulatio n in t he Logi cal Pr inte r Layer Figur e 8. Mixed, comp lex envir onment but o nly one p rinter Logi cal Printer Pre-Pro cessin g (String Before) Post-Proc essing (Stri ng After) Su bstitu tion Str in gs 0 (zero) not pos sible not[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 129 Pro cessing Faci lities: Dat a Mani pulatio n in t he Logi cal Pr inte r Layer 17.7.2. Processing Flows—Exa mples By knowing the order in whi ch processing occur, you can prevent and troubleshoot problems which might ari se fr om combining dif- ferent ki nds of processi ng.[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 130 Pro cessing Faci lities: Dat a Mani pulatio n in t he Logi cal Pr inte r Layer Figur e 10. SCS TN3270 th ro ugh “PR 0” (Logi cal Printer 0) As soon as a log ical pr inter oth er tha n PR0 i s invol ved, the request er must n ow kee p track of three s teps, even th ough i [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 131 Pro cessing Faci lities: Dat a Mani pulatio n in t he Logi cal Pr inte r Layer Figure 1 1 . “PR5” config ured for string before and string a fter Finall y , le t us imagine an example using an HP O emula tion (in this ca se SCS TN5250E ) and PR2 as exempl ified in Figure [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 132 Pr ocessing Faci lities: “ Load Ba lancing Pools ” (NDO on ly) 17.8 . “Load Balanc in g Pools” (N DO on ly ) When yo u impl ement ND O, yo u ha ve the possibili ty of placing sever al of th e phys ical, targ et printer s into a comm on load bal- ancing po ol. Load b a[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 133 Pr ocessing Facili ties: W orking wit h NDO Load Ba lancing Poo ls and Da ta Mani pulati on 17.9. W orking with NDO Load Balancing Po ols an d Dat a M an ipulation Note: Skip Section 17.9 if yo u do not use da ta manipu lation in lo gical prin ters. Y ou need to reme mber the[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 134 Pr ocessing Facili ties: W orking wit h NDO Load Ba lancing Poo ls and Da ta Mani pulati on This is a pret ty compl ex ex ample to i llust rate what is po ssib le. Don’t try to f ully under stand the de tails shown. When y ou start configuri ng your own syst ems, the de tai[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 135 [Local Pr inter Paral l el Port] : Intr oduction —Messa ges and Status Reporting 18. [Local Prin ter Parallel Po rt] 18.1. Introduction— M essages an d S t a tus Rep orting With the e xceptio n of “E nable Power Dete ction” ( page 143 ), the parameters for [Loc al Pri[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 136 [Local Pr inter Paral l el Port] : Intr oduction —Messa ges and Status Reporting Nibble mo de was add ed in r elease level 21 1 1. (*4) See “About Error Reporti ng in ECP Mode” [page 142] . Some pr inter s can be program med to u se EC P mode or Com- patible eve n if th[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 137 [Loca l Print er Paral lel Por t]: Par allel Port IEEE P1284 Negotiat ion Mo de 18.2. Parallel Port IEEE P1284 Negotiation Mode V alues for print servers using rele ases 21 1 1 and higher V alues for print servers using rele ases older than 21 1 1 Va l ue Com ments Compatibl [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 138 [Loca l Print er Paral lel Port]: IEEE T iming Log (for ECP and Nibble Mo des) 18.3. IEEE T iming Log (for ECP and Nibble Modes) This parame ter was i ntroduce d with rel ease level 21 1 1. V ery sm all ti ming var iations can cau se failu re to print when using bi -direc tio[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 139 [Loc al Pr inte r Pa rall el Po rt]: PJL Supp o rt 18.4 . PJL Sup port Enablin g PJL suppo rt mea ns that PJ L co mmands can b e sent to and fro m the loc al print er . Default is Y es, that i s ena bled. The “enab led” settin g can b e use d in two ways: 1 If you ha ve a[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 140 [Loc al Prin ter P arall el Port ]: Co mpatib le Mode, Report Proble ms As... 18.5. Comp atibl e Mode, Re port Problems As... 18.5.1. Report Com p atible Mode PE as: This parame ter contr ols how a Pape r Empty or Paper Erro r condition is repor te d to whateve r monitori ng [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 141 [Loc al Prin ter P arall el Port ]: Specia l PJL Set ting s for ECP and Nibble 18.6. S pecial PJL Set tings for ECP and Nibble These tw o settings are rel evant to the b idirec tional modes, that is ECP and Nib ble, pr ovid ed that the print er su pports PJL and PJL is enabl [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 142 [Loc al Pr inte r Pa rall el Po rt]: Abo ut Er ror Repo rtin g in E CP M ode 18.7. About Error Reporting in ECP M ode 18.7.1. ECP Mode on a printer that underst ands PJL Somet imes an o ut-of-paper or paper j am occur s in the middl e of a pr inting job. B efore releas e leve[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 143 [Local Pr inter Paral lel P ort]: E nable Power Det ection 18.8. Enable Power Dete ction With thi s parameter , y ou can s pecify whether or not you want the print se rver to rebo ot autom atica lly if th e loc al pr inter is powered O n. Tip : Disable this if you a re using [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 144 Netw ork Des tina tion Opti on: Re quireme nts 19. Network Des tinatio n Option “Brushed-up” Functiona lity and T ermino logy On serve rs run ning r elease level s 21 1 1 and hi gher , the main path is “Confi gurations > Outp ut Contr ol > Net work Destinati on Op[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 145 Network Des tination Optio n: Conf i gur ations for Each “Netwo rk Desti na t ion #” 19.2. Configurations for Each “Network De stination #” Each se t of parameters is labe lled N etwork Des tination # and lines a re used on the c onfigu ration page t o separa te the s[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 146 Netw ork Dest inat ion Op tion: Ho stnam e (Mand atory) 19.3. Hostnam e (Ma nd atory ) This paramete r speci fies th e address of the of a n etwork target printer (or rath er , th e addres s of i ts LAN co nnecti on). Default is blank. If the fi eld is left blank, the particu[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 147 Network De stination Op tion : Print Metho d (Mand atory) 19.4 . Print Method (Man da tory) “Network De stina tion# P rint Met hod” con cerns o utput, a nd brings the job f rom the lo gical printer (or aroun d it) to a network target printer . The fi gure bel ow is bas ed[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 148 Network De stination Op tion : Raw Sock et TCP Port 19.5. Raw So ck et TCP Port This parame ter spec ifies th e Raw So cket TCP p ort numbe r used on t he target p rinter a t dest inatio n #. It wi ll be ign ored if you choos e LPR as “ Netw# P rint Method” . Va l u e Com[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 149 Netw ork De stin ation Op tion : L PR setti ngs 19. 6. LPR set tin gs 19.6.1. Printer LPR Queue N ame This parame ter contains th e name o f the LP R queue nam e used on t he target p rinter a t dest inatio n #. It wi ll be ign ored if you cho ose Raw Socket a s “Ne tw# Pri[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 150 Network Destinatio n Opti on: Chang es Nee ded on Ot her Con figura tion Pages 19.7. Changes Needed o n Other Con figuration Pa ges 19.7.1. Local Printer— Do N ot En able Power D etection When yo u enabl e NDO, you shou ld als o set “Enable Power Detect ion ” on the Loc[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 151 [Logi cal Pri nter s 1-8 ]: Int r oduc tion 20. [Logic al Pri nte rs 1-8] 20.1. Introduc ti on All eig ht con figur able logi cal p rinte rs are set up on a sing le configurat ion page i n the HTTP inter face. Eac h set of para me- ters is l abell ed “Logic al P rinter #”[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 152 [Logi cal Prin ters 1-8] : T ar get Pri nter 20. 2. T arg et Pri nt er This parame ter spec ifies th e desti nation of the pr inted o utput to be use d in c onnect ion with th e logi cal p rinter you are con fig- uring. If you ar e not u sing ND O, the only pos sibili ty is t[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 153 [Log ical Prin ters 1- 8 ]: Lo ad B alan c ing P ool 20.3. Load Ba lancing Pool This parameter is only used when the target printer for a logical printer definitio n is set to “pool”. It sp ecifies the already define d network target p rinters whi ch are to be inclu ded i[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 154 [Log ical Prin ters 1- 8 ]: Lo ad B alan c ing P ool See ““Load Balancing Pools ” (NDO only)” [page 132] and “W o rk- ing with NDO Load Balancing Pools and Data Manipulati on” [page 133] for exam ples of wh at you need to thi nk abo ut when you plan pools . Exampl[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 155 [Logical Printers 1-8]: S trin g Befor e and S tring Af ter 20.4 . S trin g B efore a nd S trin g Af ter The data man ipula tion prov ided in “str ing be fore” an d “string after” for a give n logi cal pr inter m ake i t pos sible t o sen d printer control commands be[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 156 [Logi cal Prin ters 1-8] : S tring Subs titut ions 20.5 . String Sub stitu tio ns As menti oned i n “The Configurable Logi cal Print ers 1- 8” page 125 , it is po ssible to set up a lo gical pri nter to do stri ng substit ution. Th e string s are de fined i n the n ext c [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 157 [Subst itution S trings]: “Input String #” and “Output St rin g#” 21. [Substituti on Strings] 21.1. “Input Strin g #” a nd “O utp ut String#” The [Su bstitu tion Strings] config urati on page is di vide d into 16 “string s ets”, each cons isting o f an inp[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 158 [Subs tituti on S trings] : Planni ng 21.2 . Pla nnin g As sho wn in “[Logical Pr inters 1-8] ” [ page 151] , i t i s e a s y t o t e ll a logical printer to use o ne or more (e ven al l) of the string pair s defined i n [Sub stitution S tri ngs]. What is difficult is the[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 159 Servic es in “I nput C ontr ol” : Common Fea tur e: How t o Dir ect Output 22. Services i n “Input Con t rol” This ch apter co vers c on figu r ations f or Raw So cket, LPR, FTP Print, IPP, an d ThinPrin t . 22.1 . Comm on Fe ature: H ow to Direct Outpu t Each servi c[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 160 Servi ces in “Input Contr ol”: Raw Socke t (= “Po rt 9100" = Rever se T elnet ) 22.2 . Raw So cket (= “Port 9 100" = Re vers e T elnet) Y ou can co nfigur e up to four Raw So cket s ervic es. All four are configured on the same c onfig uration page. In the c[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 161 Servi ces in “Input Contr ol”: Raw Socke t (= “Po rt 9100" = Rever se T elnet ) and 49100 . Figur e 17. Ex ample: Four different Raw Socket Services Note about the individual examples in Figure 17. Example: TCP Port # 1 set to 9100. Raw Sock et is an i ncreasin gly[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 162 Servi ces in “Input Contr ol”: Raw Socke t (= “Po rt 9100" = Rever se T elnet ) Example: TCP Port # 4 set to 49100 This exa mple a ssumes that the print is to be directed to a logi - cal pr inter (h ere cal led numbe r 1) which perfo rms p re-pr ocess- ing, p ost-p[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 163 Servic es in “Input Contr ol”: LPR P rint Que ues ( LPD Pr otocol) 22.3 . LPR P rint Qu eu es (L PD Pro toco l) The print serv er supp orts up to 12 LPR qu eues. Eight of t hem ar e conf igurabl e while fou r are p re-con figur ed. Each que ue is identi fied b y the f oll[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 164 Serv ices in “Input Cont ro l”: FTP Prin t 22.4 . FTP Print FTP pri nt is pr imaril y mea nt for use in UNIX en vironm ents. It requir es giving a command manually from the co mmand line. Y ou can us e this method to print any file which is “applica tion- independ ent-p[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 165 Servic es in “Inpu t Contr ol”: I PP Print (In ternet Print ing Pr otocol) 22.5 . I PP P rint (Internet P rinting P rotoc ol) 22.5.1. Included Features IPP pri nt, ve rsion 1 .0 and 1 .1, is su pporte d with a ll mandat ory features and ser vices plus some o ptional on es[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 166 Servic es in “Input Contr ol”: Thi nPrin t 22.6. ThinPrint Introduct ion S tarting wi th releas e level 217 1, T hinP rint is av aila ble in all print server s. For a numb er of printer s that ar e popular with ThinPrin t users, a Centron ics ext ensio n cable o r a Mini [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 167 Servic es in “Input Contr ol”: Thi nPrin t c “Bandwidth (bit/sec .)”. The Intermate1 xx can perfor m “cl ien t-si de” reducti on of b andwidth s o that even less bandwidth is used than specifi ed by the Thin- Print server . D efault is 0 (= disabled). Chec k wit h[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 168 Servic es in “Input Contr ol”: Thi nPrin t to use an extensi ons desc ribing a printer ID, for e xampl e: 192.168 .51.100 :2#HP3 Si The Th inPrin t serve r sen ds the va lue be tween the colo n and the # mark to the Inte rmate1xx. P rovide d that th is is on e of the valu[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 169 M ANAG EMEN T — I NFORMATI ON AND M ONITORIN G P OSSIBILITIES[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 170 Prin ted I nfor mat ion A vaila ble: Mai n Status Page s 23. Printed Inform ation A vailable 23.1 . Main S t atus Page s The Mai n S tatu s Pages make it possi ble for y ou to s ee all of the setti ngs you h ave c onfigu red and c an be inv aluab le as a reference . The str u[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 171 Prin ted Inf ormat ion A vaila ble: .Othe r Prin touts i n the “Act ions” Gro up 23. 2. . Other P rintout s in the “ Ac tio n s” Group Users of TN5250E are pr ovided wi th thr ee extra kinds o f printed co nfi gur ation inf ormati on . • SCS5250 IDB S tatus • SCS5[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 172 Prin ted In for mat ion Availa bl e: “H elp ” > [Q uick Gui de ] 23.3 . “Help ” > [Quic k G uide] This is the sa me mini- manual th at you can ge t printed out by using th e TEST Button ( as expl ained in the Gett ing Started brochure and in this gui de, “TE S[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 173 S tandar d Monitor ing Inf ormatio n: The “St a tus” Gr oup on the H TTP Menu 24. St andard Monitori ng Infor mation 24.1. The “St atus” Group on the HTTP M e nu Items on t he “St atus” grou p always result in inf ormati on dis- played t o the scree n. If you wa n[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 174 S tandar d Moni tori ng In forma tion : “S tatus > T arget Prin ter I nfo” 24.2 . “St atus > Targ et P rin ter In fo” Here is an examp le of T arget Pr inter In fo where o ne local and two netw ork p rinters h ave been d efined and activat ed. T arget N ame : Lo[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 175 S tandar d Moni tori ng In forma tion : “S tatus > T arget Prin ter I nfo” About the Page Counter s Job Boun dary Pa ge Coun ter show s t he number of pages in the job. T otal Page Counter s hows t he total num ber of pages printed by the printer provid ed that this in[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 176 S tandar d Monitor ing Inf ormation: “S tatus > System L og” 24. 3. “St a tus > Syst em L og” The Sy stem L og l ives from reboot to rebo ot. When yo u choo se “St atus >S ystem Log”, the curre nt info rma- tion is display ed on sc reen, lab elled S tatus[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 177 S tandar d Monito ring Inform ation: W arnings an d Err or Messag es 24. 4. W ar ni ngs and Er ror Mess age s Here are the kinds of warning s and er ror mess age s that can appear , mostly in the Syst em Log, but someti mes f lashe d real- time and d irectly on th e screen. 2[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 178 Configur able Monitori ng T ools: [IMCU Agent ] 25. Config urable M onitoring T ools 25. 1. [IMCU Age nt ] If you al ready ha ve gi ven an Intermate 1xx an IP addres s, you can activ ate the e mbedde d agent on it. Log in to the I nterm ate1xx. Browse r users : choose the [IM[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 179 Config urable Monito ring T ools: [E-M ail Noti fic ation] 25.2 . [E-Mail No ti fication ] Choose [E -Mail No tificati on] in the “S tatus Monitor ing” s ub- group. Some of the identifying information on t he mail com es f ro m mandat ory set tings , such as IP add ress a[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 180 Configu re [S NMP]: Int r oducti on and Pr e-Requisit es 26. Configure [SNMP] 26.1. Introduction and Pre -Requisites The Interm ate1xx can be config ured s o that you can u se SNMP-b ased networ k too ls to man age man y print ers and monit or their activi ty in detail. Seve [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 181 Configur e [SN MP]: Se t Up a Connecti on W ith Y our SN MP T ool 26.2 . Set Up a Connec tion W ith Y our SNM P T ool T o set up a connection 1 St a r t HP OpenView . 2 Create an icon for the pr inter to be co nfigur ed. Open the Add m enu by ch oosin g “Edit > Add ..”[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 182 Configur e [SN MP]: Se t Up a Connecti on W ith Y our SN MP T ool 3 T ype in a suitabl e printer “Name” , the “Netw ork Add ress” (IP addr ess) and MAC A ddress of the In termate1x x. The MAC address mus t be ente red witho ut spaces or points. Y ou c an find the IP- [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 183 Configur e [SN MP]: Se t Up a Connecti on W ith Y our SN MP T ool okay , a messa ge starting with the words “Rep ly from. ..” appears . If no m essage a ppears check the conn ectio n, Intermate 1xx a nd pr inter . 5 Once the connect ion has been set up you must sav e it. [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 184 Conf igure [SN MP ] : Edi t “V ar ia bles ” 26.3 . Edit “V ariable s ” With HP OpenView q ueries are used to sho w the c ontents of variables (cor respond ing to our paramete rs). T o define a query an d edit variabl es 1 St a r t HP Ope nView and choo se the c onnect[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 185 Config ure [SNMP] : Load and Ed it “Opti ons” (Pa rameters) 26.4. Load and Edit “Options” (Param eters ) Intermate 1xx par ameters can be edited with SNMP manag e- ment progra m after the Priv ate MIB has been adde d to th e MIB database. T o add the Private MIB 1 St [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 186 Config ure [SNMP] : Load and Ed it “Opti ons” (Pa rameters) T o edit t he Intermate1 xx p arameters 7 On the HP O penView main s creen choos e “Contr ol > SNMP M anager ... > Def ine Qu ery ...”. This open s the dialog box for defi ning q ueries. Not e that th e[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 187 Config ure [SNMP] : Load and Ed it “Opti ons” (Pa rameters) 11 If you ha ve Pr ivate M IB ve rsion 1.1 or later , you can rebo ot the Inter mate1x x by settin g the “Imme diate” or “ Contro lled” variable to the l og-in us er name, e.g. admin . Alternativ ely , po[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 188 Config ure [ SNMP]: T raps 26. 5. T raps T raps are used to monitor t he pri nter and to repor t errors and attempts of un author ized us er acce ss. The ki nds of tr aps which are g enera ted are c ontroll ed on th e Intermate 1xx’s [SNMP ] configu ratio n page using the p[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 189 Config ure [ SNMP]: T raps 3 In the b ox just opened, sele ct the “ Devi ce Class Name” called 1.3.6.1.4.1.1527 with the enterprise numbe r 1.3.6.1.4.1.1527 . Note: It is NO T neces sary t o add an y ext ra dev ice cl asse s in order t o receive traps from the Inter mate1[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 190 Config ure [ SNMP]: T raps 6 Clos e the “Cust omi ze T rap Al arms” box. 7 Log on to t he In terma te1xx. 8 Choose “Con figurations > S tatus Monito ring” > [S NMP] t o set the paramete rs you want . Parameter Default Setting Com ments Monitor Community public C[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 191 Config ure [ SNMP]: T raps 9 Reboot the I nterm ate1 xx. T rap on ’Printer Error ’ Ye s - Parameter Default Setting Com ments[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 192 Config ure [SNMP] : Usi ng and V iewing T raps 26.6 . Using a nd View ing T rap s Now that ever ything is set up, whene ver a p rinter error occurs, a trap is sent and the ic on for th e establish ed connec tion o n the main sc reen tur ns red. The traps can b e tested by g e[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 193 Config ure [SNMP] : Usi ng and V iewing T raps [page 188] . The num ber (128 ) of the r eceive d trap in dicate s that the c over of the p rinter is ope n.[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 194 Print er and Job S tatus v ia “Finge r” (E xter nal T ool): Pu rposes and Limi tations 27. Printe r and Job S t atus via “F inge r” (Externa l T ool) 27.1. Purposes and Li mit ations With the TCP/UP F inger c omman d you ca n get the follow ing informatio n for the s [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 195 Printer and J ob S tatus via “Fi nger” (Exter nal T ool): How to Us e It 27.2 . How to Use It Synt ax finger @<IP address> Exampl e (whe re the sy stem target print er is on 192.16 8.1.188) Command: finger @192.168.0.227 Reply: [192.168.0. 227] Interf ace T ype: In [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 196 U PGRA DES AND M AIN TENAN CE[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 197 Upgrade Co mponents: What and How 28. Upgr ade C ompon ent s 28. 1. What and How 28 .1.1 . Ho w to Ge t Up grad es Regular firmw are rel eases are m ade in cludi ng new featur es and corre ction of e rrors. New fi rmware rel eases a re made availab le on ou r web site. Par tn[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 198 Upgrade Components: What the Fi rmwar e File Names Me an 28.2 . What th e Firmwa re F ile Names Mean 28.2.1. T wo Part V ersion-Naming System Examp le : Firmware componen t G22_1491. The firs t 3 positi ons indi cate th e firmware Compone nt ID. In this c ase it i s a Main Co[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 199 Upgrade Components: What the Fi rmwar e File Names Me an 28.2.3. Overview of Component T ypes and File Names We provide the follow ing co mponen t types: •B o o t F i r m w a r e Boo t Code enabl es the rece ption of fi rmware. The Boot Code is rar ely upgraded . A fau lty [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 200 Upgrade Components: “F SS-Files” 28.3 . “FSS-Fi les” Boot Code and M ain Code are upgrade d via FTP di rect ly , via FTP ini tiated and co ntrolled by the IMC U, or via th e Inte rmate Download Ut ility in conj unction w ith a s erial upgr ade cabl e. Note that the IM[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 201 Upgrad e Componen ts: Config uratio n Files 28.4. Configuration Files Factory default sett ings a re writte n into a da tabase wher e they cannot be affected by wha t you d o as a us er . The FTP direc tory in t he p rint se rver ho lds a t leas t one, a nd sometim es up to 1[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 202 Upgrad e Componen ts: Config uratio n Files 28 .4.2 . .ID B The IBM Host P rint Op tions for SCS/ TNe op erate with coll ec- tions of settin gs known as “I DBs”. At any on e time , the prin t serve r ’s FTP di recto ry can hol d one TN3270e IDB and up to 8 TN525 0e IDBs[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 203 Upgr ade Com pon ents : Th e P ri nt Serv er ’ s FTP Directo ry an d It s Libr ar ie s 28. 5. The Pr int Serv er ’ s FTP Dir ect ory an d Its Lib rar ies In connec tion with v arious kinds of upgra ding, i t is impor tant to know what s tructur e of th e FTP Dir ectory is[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 204 Upgr ade Com pon ents : Th e P ri nt Serv er ’ s FTP Directo ry an d It s Libr ar ie s 28.5.2. Intermate101 (G32 and G34 ) Parall el:.... Reboot: hol ds three files. “c ontrolled”, “im mediate” and “rescue_ma in” Config : ima_c fg.bin DelFla sh: delete _User Boo[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 205 Upgra de Comp one nt s: How to Inspect the FTP Dir ectory 28.6 . How to In s pect the F TP D i rector y 1 S tart an FTP ses sion on th e print s erver (sample IP address): ftp 192.168.0.227 2 Y ou will b e asked t o give y our user n ame ( admin) a nd the password (c ase-se n[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 206 Using FTP Directl y: Up grades of Fir mwar e and Fonts (FFS fil es) 29. Using FT P Directl y 29.1. Upgrades o f Firm w a re and Fo nt s (FFS files) 1 Download t he firmware file from the Interm ate web site. As our example, l et us take the ma in code for Intermate 100 , G 22[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 207 Using FTP Directl y: Up grades of Fir mwar e and Fonts (FFS fil es) The fil e name in the <s ource> part o f the c ommand must match the case of t he file na me on your P C. The fil e must have the s ame n ame when it is “put” o n the target, so prev ent typog raphi[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 208 Using FTP D i rectl y: Upgra des of IDBs 29. 2. Upgr ades of I DBs If the file you want t o load from o ur web-site i s a so-cal led IDB file, right -click o n the fi le nam e and cho osing “ save obj ect” to place th e file on a n acc essible dr ive. Thi s replac es step[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 209 Usin g FT P Di rectly: T he Bi nar y Co nfig urat ion F ile ( im a _co nfig .bin ) 29.3. The Binary Configuration File (ima_config.bin) The bi nary co nfigurat ion fi le is located in th e CO NFIG li brar y— Config (case-se nsitive in G32) . The fi le nam e is ima_cfg.bin .[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 210 Usin g FT P Di rectly: T he Bi nar y Co nfig urat ion F ile ( im a _co nfig .bin ) T o store (lo ad) to the print server 1 S tart an FTP sess ion to the pr int se rver you wan t to tra nsfer settings to ftp 192.168.0.170 2 Give the u ser name and pass word for the print serve[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 21 1 Using the I MCU for Mainte na nce : Advantag es 30. Using the IMCU for Main tenance 30.1. Adv ant ages The IMCU has three gr eat advan tages when working wit h one print server at a tim e: • It allows you to incorporat e the proces s of chec king for and downl oading new f[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 212 Usi ng the IMCU for Ma in te nance: Single P ri nt Serv er 30.2 . Single P rint S erve r 1 Log in to the I MCU serv er prog ram. 2 Display the “Dev ice lis t”. 3 Use the “ Expand” icon to bring forth a list of devices d iscovere d on the segment where t he print s erv[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 213 Usi ng the IMCU for Ma in te nance: Single P ri nt Serv er 8 Mark the ty pes o f files to be upgrad ed. About file types Main Code , Boot C ode, IPDS Fo nt file s, SCS F ont fil es, and Rescue C ode (only Interma te101) are FFS files. S ee “Upgrades of Firmware and Fonts (F[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 214 Usi ng the IMCU for Ma in te nance: Single P ri nt Serv er 10 For ea ch file ty pe y ou have select ed, the IMCU will ask you for the ph ysica l locati on of the desi red file in the LAN environme nt. The ex ampl es below ill ustrate two file ty pes. FFS files , such a s “M[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 215 Usi ng the IMCU for Ma in te nance: Single P ri nt Serv er Configurati on file If you ch oose t o sel ect a fi le on your lo cal c ompute r , you must first have re trieved it from the so urce; see “T o retri eve” [page 209] in the ch apte r on upgr ading direct ly wit h [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 216 Usi ng the IMCU for Ma in te nance: Single P ri nt Serv er If you wan t to do other th ings with your browser wh ile waiting f or th e updat e, you can ei ther open a ne w ins tance or conti nue in the same instance by ty ping a new URL in the address box . If you continue in[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 217 Usin g the IMCU fo r Main tenan ce: B ulk Up grade 30. 3. Bul k Upgr ade When yo u are done with s teps 1 - 5 as des cribed starting on page 212 , click on the “B ulk Fi rmware Upgrade” ico n, locate d in the top row of ic ons. Y our clic k will br ing u p a dia log lik e[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 218 Usin g the IMCU fo r Main tenan ce: B ulk Up grade Y ou ca n use the c heck mark t o sel ect al l the de vice s listed by a giv en agent segmen t. But do so only if they all are the same ty pe of pr int se rver (in terface firmware componen t, such as G22 , G32, or K92) and a[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 219 Upgrade o f Main Code o r Boot Cod e Usin g a Seri al Cable: The Cable 31. Upgrade of Main Cod e or Boot Code Using a Seri al Cab le This a pproach can on ly be used with FFS fi les. T o use i t, you need a suitable cable and the Intermate Down - load U tility Prog ram (p16-x[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 220 Upgrade o f Main Code or Bo ot Code Using a Serial Cable : The Intermat e Down load Ut ilit y Pr ogram 31.2 . The Interm ate Dow n l oad U tility Pr o gram This is a free progr am i ncluded o n the CD and also a vailable from our we b-site. The pro gram is a nativ e 32 bit Wi[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 221 Overvie w of T ypes of R esets : Acti vate New , Saved Sett ings wi th a Reboot 32. Overv iew of T ypes of Reset s 32.1 . Activate N ew , Saved Set ting s with a Rebo ot T o activ ate any new settin g, the pr int serv er must be rebooted. Rebooting resets the i nformati on in[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 222 Overvi ew of T ypes of Resets : Rest or e Factory Default Sett ings: R emote 32.2 . Restore Factory Defa ult Setti ngs: Re mo te HTTP Menu: C onf igur a tio n Page O nly On each configur ation page, there i s a “Fac tory Defau lt” but- ton. Thi s will reset al l the param[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 223 Overvi ew of T ypes of Resets: Restor e Fact ory D efault s: TEST Bu tton 32.3 . Restore Factory Defa ult s: TEST B u tton General Information Y ou can do two typ es of res ets. The differenc e between th em depend s on ho w long yo u hold the T e st But ton befo re le tting [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 224 Overvi ew of T ypes of Resets: Restor e Fact ory D efault s: TEST Bu tton a Intermate101 Turn the unit o ff by pulling t he power s upply j ack out of the Inter mate101pr int server . b Keep you r eyes on the L EDs. c Put the ja ck b ack in. d Both LEDs will li ght up. e Afte[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 225 Overvie w of T ypes of Reset s: Cras h Recov ery (I nterm ate10 1 only ) 32. 4. Crash Reco very (I nt ermate 101 on ly) This p rocedure i s us ually on ly do ne by sp ecial ist te chnici ans. The Interm ate101 has a speci al software c ompon ent (G33 ) called “ Rescue Ma in[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 226 A PPEN DICES[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 227 Customer Support: Up dates a nd Revi sed Docu mentation Appendi x A. Custo mer Su pport A.1. Up dates and Revi sed Documentation A.2. Where to Fin d Support LCI Interm ate A/S provides full tec hnica l suppor t for thi s prod- uct. If you enc ounter p roblems , or hav e ques [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 228 Custome r Support: Gat hering Info rmation A.3. Gathering Information Always include the fol lowing steps when y ou start to troubl e- shoot: 1 Print out t he Main S tat us Pa ges for the Intermate 1xx. The Mai n St atus Pa ges will show e rror m essages and/or warnings, c or[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 229 T echnica l Infor mation: Har dwar e Appendi x B. T ech ni cal I nformati on B.1. Hardware What the Unit Loo ks Like The three outlet s shown on the r ight hand sid e o f the d rawin g are for • DC power: 6.5 V , 750 mA • attaching to an Ethe rnet L AN: this is an RJ-45 c[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 230 T echnica l Infor mation: Har dwar e Complete infor mation on the LED Patter ns and T EST Button is in the append ix “Infor mation from LEDs and from the TEST But- ton” [page 234] . On the bottom of the box is a label conta ini ng th e followi ng informa tio n: • Electr[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 231 T echnica l Infor matio n: Su pported Print ers and Performance Featur es B.2. Supporte d Printer s and Pe rformance Featur es This print server can attach any printer with a standard or hi gh- speed IEEE 1284 compliant Centroni cs paral lel port to any pl ace in your TCP/IP [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 232 T echnical Informat ion: Emissi on Noti ces and Appro vals B.3. Emi ssio n Notices and Approv als USA: FCC Rules Part 15, Class A This equi pment g enerates , uses, a nd can radiate radio fre- quency e nergy and if not in stalled an d used i n accor dance with the i nst ruct [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 233 Hardware Insta llati on: Appendi x C. Hard ware In st al latio n Tip : Y ou can co nfigur e the unit wi thout havi ng it attache d to a printe r . Whi le you wi ll not be able to print the Main S tatus Pages showi ng all co nfigur ations, you wi ll, of course, be a ble to loo[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 234 Informat ion fr om LEDs a nd fr om the TES T Butt on: LED Pat terns in V arious Mod es Append ix D. Inf ormation from LEDs and from the TE ST Butto n Refer to “What the Unit Looks Like” [ page 229] to see th e loca - tion of the LEDs and the TES T Button. D.1. LED Pattern[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 235 Informat ion fr om LEDs a nd fr om the TES T Butt on: LED Pat terns in V arious Mod es “Programming Flash Memory”: This mode occu rs during the firs t reboot after download of new firmware, file, e tc. Both On = pro gram ming i n prog ress. Then the print s erver re turns[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 236 Infor matio n fr om LEDs and f r om the TEST Button: TES T Button to Print Ma in St atus Page s or Qui ck Guide D.2. TEST B utton to Print Main St atus Page s or Qu ic k Guide The TES T button i s locate d on th e side of t he uni t. It is ope r- ated with a pen or s imilar p[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 237 US ASCII 7- bit Characte r Set: Decima l V alues 32 - 126: Appendix E. US ASCII 7-bit Character Set: Decimal V alues 3 2 - 126 This table is an ex tract of the 7- bit ASCII char acter se t. For each dec imal value 32 - 126 inclus ive, th e Hex val ues a nd ASCII charac ter ar[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 238 US ASCII 7- bit Characte r Set: Decima l V alues 32 - 126: 48 30 0 80 50 P 11 2 70 p 49 31 1 81 51 Q 11 3 71 q 50 32 2 82 52 R 114 72 r 51 33 3 83 53 S 11 5 73 s 52 34 4 84 54 T 116 74 t 53 35 5 85 55 U 117 75 u 54 36 6 86 56 V 11 8 76 v 55 37 7 87 57 W 119 77 w 56 38 8 88 58[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 239 S tring Synta x: Basi c Rule s and Encoded By tes Append ix F . S tring Synt ax F .1. Basic Rul es an d Encoded Bytes A stri ng can co nsis t of bot h charac ter str ings and other ele- ments. Characte r strings consi st of pri ntable char acters, all of which are tre ated as[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 240 S tring S ynta x: Exa mples of V alid S trings and In vali d S trings Note: A pair of double quotes " " cannot be written as a norma l string , i.e. w ithin quot es. They have to be written with th eir dec imal o r hexade cimal n umber : 34,34 or /22,/22 . F .2. Exa[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 241 Confi gur atio n Ch ec klis ts: O vera ll C heck list Appe ndix G . Conf igurati on C heck list s G .1. Overall Checkl is t 1 Est ablish c ont act. Assign IP address , sub net mask , default ga teway . 2 Login. T he def ault passwor d is ad min a nd the password i s admin . 3[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 242 Confi gur atio n Ch ec klis ts: O vera ll C heck list • If you en able ND O, co nfigur e up to fou r netwo rk printer s / networ k desti nation s and make sure tha t you do not ena ble pow er det ection on “Ou tput Cont rol > [Local Pr inter Pa rallel Port]”. 8 Confi[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 243 Conf igur atio n Ch e cklis ts: C hec kl is t fo r Ea ch Se rv ice o r Ho st Se ssio n G .2. Checklist f or Each Servic e or Host Sessi on Printer Definitions o n the Host For ea ch se rvice, yo u m ust confi gure one or mo re prin ter- defi- nitions (often ju st calle d “p[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 244 Conf igur atio n Ch e cklis ts: C hec kl is t fo r Ea ch Se rv ice o r Ho st Se ssio n 4 If the outpu t is to be dire cted to one of t he con figurabl e logical printer s, chec k the co nfigurati on page [Lo gical Printers 1-8] and make sure that the definitio n of yo ur chos[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 245 T roub lesho oting: Cannot prin t a job Appendi x H. T roub lesho oti ng If none of t he foll owing t hings help, che ck th e documen tation for your p rinter(s ) and for th e printi ng env ironments. Y o u can also tr y the “F AQ” part o f the su pport secti on on o ur w[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al 246 T rou blesh ooting: Canno t PING th e printer H.2. Cannot PING the printer Assumi ng that you’ve alrea dy chec ked th e first 4 steps in the previo us se ction , look into th e foll owing po ssibi lities. 1 There is a rout er betwee n your m anagem ent PC a nd the print s e[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al i T able of Cont ents Notices Di scl aim er . .... .... ... .... .... .... .... ... .... ...... .... .... ... .... .... .... .... .... ... .... .... .. 2 Trademarks .................................................................................. 2 Introduction 1. Introduction .[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al ii T able of Cont ents Printing Enviro nments 2. Window s 20 00 and W indow s XP ... ... ...... ...... ...... ... ...... ....... ... ... 23 2.1. Introduction .. ......... ........ ......... ......... ........... ........ ....... ........... ......... ........ ....... 23 2.2. Raw [...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al iii T able of Cont ents 7.4. IPDS with PSF/ 6000 ........ ..... .... ....... ..... .... ....... .......... ....... .... ..... ....... ......... .. 57 7.4 .1.Cr eate a new IPDS pri nter d efini tion ...... .......... ....... ........... .......... ....... 57 7.4.2.Checking and Usi[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al iv T able of Cont ents 11. The Intermate Mana gem e nt and Co nfiguration Utility (IMCU) 78 11.1. Wha t the IMCUIMCU is and how It works .. .. .... . ........... .. . .. .. ... ......... .... . .. .. ... 78 11.2.Th i s C h a pt e r Cov ers In sta l la t ion and Basic Use .... ...[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al v T able of Cont ents Configuring the “Basic” a nd “Permissions ” Sub-Groups 13. [TCP/IP] . ...... ... ...... ...... ....... ... ...... ...... ... ...... ...... ...... ... ...... ....... ... . 103 13.1. Int r oduc t ion ....... .. .. . .. .. .. . ....... .... .. . .......[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al vi T able of Cont ents Configuring Print Services and Host-Sess ions 17. Proces sing Fa cilities ....... ... ...... ...... ... ...... ...... ...... ... ...... ....... .... 117 17.1. Int r oduc t ion ....... .. .. . .. .. .. . ....... .... .. . ....... .... .. .. . ....... .... ..[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al vii T able of Cont ents 18.5.1.Report C ompatible Mode PE as : ..... ......... ........... ........ ........... ......... 140 18.5.2.Report C ompatible Mode ERROR as: .... ....... ............. ........ ........... .. 140 18.6. Spec ial PJL Settings for ECP and Nibble ... .. .. .[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al viii T able of Cont ents 22. Services in “Input Control” ......... ...... ...... ... ...... ...... ... ... .... ...... . 159 22.1.C o mmo n Fe a tu r e : Ho w to Di rec t Outp u t ......... .......... .. .. ............ ......... ... .. .. 159 22.2. Raw Socket (= “Port 9 10[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al ix T able of Cont ents 25. Configurable Mo nito ring Tools...... ...... ...... ... ...... ...... ....... ... .... 178 25.1.[IM CU Agent] ....... ..... .. ............ ......... ... .. ......... .. ... ........... .......... .. .. .......... .. .. 178 25.2.[E -Mai l Not ificat ion[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al x T able of Cont ents 29. Using FT P Directly .... ....... ...... ... ...... ...... ... ...... ...... ...... ... ....... .... 206 29.1. Upgrades of F irmware an d Fonts (F FS files) ................... ........... .......... ..... 206 29.2. Upgrades of IDBs .... ......... .......[...]

Intermate 100 and Inter mate101 Print Se rver Admi nistration Manu al xi T able of Cont ents Appendices A. Customer Su pport ...... ...... ...... ... ... ... ...... ...... ... ...... ...... .... ...... . 227 A.1. Updates and Revised Docum entation ...................................... 227 A.2. Where to Find S upport ...............................[...]