Oki PAGE 12i manual

OKIP AGE 12i P AGE PRINTER 10 Base-T Ethernet network adapter card User's Guide © 1999[...]

Every ef fort has been made to ensure that the information in this document is complete, accurate, and up-to-date. OKIDA T A assumes no responsibility for the results of errors beyond its control. OKIDA T A also cannot guarantee that changes in software and equipment made by other manufacturers and referred to in this guide will not affect the appl[...]

i Contents 1. BEFORE YOU ST ART ... ................................................................... 1 1.1 About 10 BASE-T ETHERNET NETWORK ADAPTOR CARD FOR OKIP AGE 12i .............................................................. 1 1.2 List of Supported Environments ..................................................... 1 1.3 About the Functio[...]

ii 4.2 Settings performed on the printer ’ s main unit .............................. 64 4.2.1 Network Enable/Disable ......................................................... 64 4.2.2 Setting TCP/IP ....................................................................... 65 4.2.3 Setting NetW are ..................................................[...]

iii 6.4.2 When inserting and removing Network card ........................... 94 6.4.3 When setting in NetW are3.x environment ............................... 94 6.4.4 When setting in NetW are 4.x and 5 environment .................... 94 6.4.5 When setting DHCP Server Environment ............................... 95 6.4.6 When printing in Macintosh[...]

1 1. BEFORE YOU ST ART ... 1. BEFORE YOU ST ART ... 1. 1 About 10 BASE-T ETHERNET NETWORK ADAPTOR CARD FOR OKIP AGE 12i This network card enables OKIP AGE 12i Page Printer to be used in the Ethernet environment. With this network card, the OKIP AGE 12i Page Printer can be connected to anywhere within the network, enabling all network users to use t[...]

2 1. BEFORE YOU ST ART ... • Remote Printer Mode and Queue Server Mode when the NetW are 5(on IPX Protocol) Bindery is connected • Remote Printer Mode and Queue Server Mode when the NetW are 5(on IPX Protocol) NDS is connected • This network card setup by T elnet and the printer status display • Receiving print data by ftp and displaying jo[...]

3 1. BEFORE YOU ST ART ... 1.5 Updating Program for Network Card 1.5.1 Updating the Program to the Latest V ersion Y ou can look for the latest version program for this Network card in the OKIDA T A ’s home page (http://www .okidata.com/). Aside from downloading this network card’s program via a parallel port, you can update it from the network[...]

4 2. INST ALLING NETWORK CARD 2. INST ALLING NETWORK CARD 2.1 Installing the Network Card to the Printer The Network card can be af fected by static electricity . Do not remove it from the antistatic bag until you are ready to install it. For further memory expansion, two SIMM (Single IN-line Memory Mod- ule) slots are provided on the Network card.[...]

5 2. INST ALLING NETWORK CARD [1] Before dismount the Network card T urn the printer power off and disconnect the AC power and interface cable. Caution: Disconnect the AC power cable from the AC outlet before dis- connection from the printer . [2] At mount the Network card the metal mount screw the guide Push the board Hold the board by the metal m[...]

6 2. INST ALLING NETWORK CARD [3] After mount the Network card ENTER Power Save FORM FEED Print Demo Reset TRAY TYPE PAGE PRINTER Print Fonts Press 2 Seconds Recover PAPER SIZE Print Menu MENU1 Menu2 ON LINE OKIPAGE 12i Reconnect the AC power and interface cables. Caution: Reconnect the AC power cable to the printer before connecting to the AC main[...]

7 2. INST ALLING NETWORK CARD Press MENU1/MENU2 button 2 times. Press either t t t t t /RECOVER or s s s s s /RESET and ENTER/POWER SA VE but- ton to change window message to NETWORK ENABLE*. If message NETWORK is not appeared in message window , turn printer of f and recheck installation of the Network board.[...]

3. NETWORK SETUP FOR EACH OPERA TING SYSTEM 8 3. NETWORK SETUP FOR EACH OPERA TING SYSTEM 3.1 Network Client -Server Correspondence This network card supports those network environments shown in the table below: Windows NT W orkstation Windows 95/98 MS-DOS Windows3.1 Windows for Workgroup3.11 Windows95/98 Windows NT Workstation MS-DOS Windows3.1 Wi[...]

3. NETWORK SETUP FOR EACH OPERA TING SYSTEM 9 1 Open the “Control Panel” icon by double-clicking it. 2 Double-click the “Network” icon. 3 Click “Add...” button on “Service” screen to add “Microsoft TCP/ IP print”. 4 Click “OK” button and end setting up “Network” . 5 Double-click “Printer” icon. 6 Double-click “Add [...]

3. NETWORK SETUP FOR EACH OPERA TING SYSTEM 10 4 On “Add Network software” screen, select “TCP/IP protocol and relevant components” and click “Continue” button. 5 On “Windows NT TCP/IP installation option” screen, check “TCP/ IP network print support” check box and click “Continue” button. 6 When “Windows NT Setup” scree[...]

3. NETWORK SETUP FOR EACH OPERA TING SYSTEM 11 1. Preparation 1 Log in to File Server by the supervisor account (or user name which has a supervisor privilege). 2 Boot up PCONSOLE. 2. Creating print queue If an already existing print queue is to be used, skip this and next section and go to “4. Registering a Printer in a Print Queue”. 1 Open ?[...]

3. NETWORK SETUP FOR EACH OPERA TING SYSTEM 12 prompted to enter a printer name. T ype in a printer name you wish to register . (Make sure not to use an already existing printer name.) 6 Press the Enter key in the text box “T ype:” and select “Remote Other/Unknown” from “Printer types”. 7 Press the ESC key and select “Y es” in “Sa[...]

3. NETWORK SETUP FOR EACH OPERA TING SYSTEM 13 5 Select “Print Server Information” from “A vailable Options”. Se- lect the print server you wish to stop, from “Print Server” list. 6 Select “Print Server Status/Control” from “Print Server Informa- tion” menu. 7 Select “Server Info” from “Print Server Status and Control” m[...]

3. NETWORK SETUP FOR EACH OPERA TING SYSTEM 14 1. Setting from Client using Windows95/98 MICROSOFT NetW are Client Service 1 Log in to the NetW are file server from supervisor account. 2 Start PCONSOLE from the NetW are file server volume at MS- DOS Prompt. 3 Open “Print Server Information ”from “A vailable Options” window . 4 Select the pr[...]

3. NETWORK SETUP FOR EACH OPERA TING SYSTEM 15 B After you confirm the notification settings and/or complete chang- ing of the settings, end PCONSOLE. C Restart the print server to make the setting changes ef fective 3.2.4 Setting in NetW are 4.x and 5 NDS environment 3.2.4.1 Setting Up Remote Printer in NetW are 4.x and 5 NDS Environment 3.2.4.1.1[...]

3. NETWORK SETUP FOR EACH OPERA TING SYSTEM 16 “Create” button. (Make sure not to use an already existing print server name.) Details on how to set the print server will be described later . 3. T o create a print queue If an already existing print queue is to be used, proceed to “4. T o create a printer”. 1 Click the directory where you wis[...]

3. NETWORK SETUP FOR EACH OPERA TING SYSTEM 17 5. T o connect the printer to the print queue 1 On the NW ADMIN’s main window , click the printer newly created, to select it. 2 Select “Details...” from the “Object” menu and open “Printer: ‘Printer name’” screen. 3 Click “Assign” button. 4 Click “Add...” button and open the [...]

3. NETWORK SETUP FOR EACH OPERA TING SYSTEM 18 PrintQueue: Open “Assign” and confirm that the print server and the printer that you have set are displayed in “Administered Print Servers” and “Printers for which print queues are serviced”, respectively . If they are not displayed, do the setting once again in the Print Server and Printer[...]

3. NETWORK SETUP FOR EACH OPERA TING SYSTEM 19 up the print queue, the print server and the printer in the NetW are environ- ment. This subsection describes how to set them using PCONSOLE of the NetW are 4.x. 1. T o start the NetW are client 1 Start the NetW are client PC. Log in to the NetW are server from admin (or the account to which the admini[...]

3. NETWORK SETUP FOR EACH OPERA TING SYSTEM 20 5 Press the Insert key , type the name of the print server you wish to create in the text box “New print server name:” and press the Enter key . (Make sure not to use an already existing print server name.) 6 The newly created print server name is added to “Print server”. 4. T o create a printe[...]

3. NETWORK SETUP FOR EACH OPERA TING SYSTEM 21 Enter key . 7 Press the Insert key in “Service printers”, select the directory where the printer you wish to connect is located from “Object, class”, press the Enter key to have the name of the printer to be connected displayed, and select it. 8 When the printer name is displayed in “Service [...]

3. NETWORK SETUP FOR EACH OPERA TING SYSTEM 22 T ype the following in the system console of the NetWare server: SET BINDER Y CONTEXT = DV2.DESIGN.COMP ANY[RET] Y ou can also set the Bindery Context by directly editing the AUT OEXEC.NCF file and adding the above SET statement. With this setting, DV1 or other departments can access the resources of D[...]

3. NETWORK SETUP FOR EACH OPERA TING SYSTEM 23 3.2.5.2 Setting up the print environment to the Bindery environment T o set the print environment in the NetW are 4.x and 5 Bindery environment, you need to create a print environment in the Bindery Context. In the client PC to which NetW are Client 32 has been installed, log in to the Bindery Context [...]

3. NETWORK SETUP FOR EACH OPERA TING SYSTEM 24 1. Setting from Client in PCONSOLE(except NetW are 5) using Novell Client32 client service 1 Log in to NetW are file server from admin account. Here uncheck the Bindery connection check box in the Client32 login window and log in. 2 Start PCONSOLE from the NetW are file server volume at MS- DOS prompt.[...]

3. NETWORK SETUP FOR EACH OPERA TING SYSTEM 25 ing of the settings, end PCONSOLE. 2. Setting from Client which uses Novell Client32 client service, with NetW are administrator utility 1 Log in to NetW are file server from admin account. Here uncheck the Bindery connection check box in the Client32 login window and log in. 2 Start NW ADMIN. 3 From m[...]

3. NETWORK SETUP FOR EACH OPERA TING SYSTEM 26 which comes with the DHCP Server . In order to use the DHCP’ s IP address auto assignment function, you must set the DHCP Request of this network card to ON. (This is set to OFF at factory shipping.) The DHCP Request ONOFFcan be set either in the printer ’s level 2 menu or using the OkiV iew utili[...]

3. NETWORK SETUP FOR EACH OPERA TING SYSTEM 27 3.2.7.2 Printer data base T o allow the printer to function correctly in the UNIX line printer system, you must create the /etc/printcap file. In the printcap data base, informa- tion on the line printer directly connected to a certain machine and the printer(s) that can be used via network is register[...]

3. NETWORK SETUP FOR EACH OPERA TING SYSTEM 28 lp: device name to open for output Specify the name of the file to open for output. For a printer which resides in the remote host, there must be an empty entry . rm: machine name for remote printer Specify the name of the remote machine connected. This name must be an already known host name of the ma[...]

3. NETWORK SETUP FOR EACH OPERA TING SYSTEM 29 3 Select “NetBEUI” from the “Current network configuration:“ list and open Properties. 4 Check the “Microsoft network client” check box and the “Microsoft network shared service” check box and the “File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks” check box, in “Bind” of the “N[...]

3. NETWORK SETUP FOR EACH OPERA TING SYSTEM 30 3.3.1.2 Using OKIP AGE 12i in the NetW are 3.x environment 1. Setting the Control Panel 1 Double-click the “Network” icon from the Control Panel. 2 Make sure that the following items are in the configuration of the “ Network setup”. If not, click the “Add...” button to add them. • NetW ar[...]

3. NETWORK SETUP FOR EACH OPERA TING SYSTEM 31 • IPX 32-bit Protocol for Novell NetW are Client 32 (provided by Novell Corp.) 2. Log in to the NDS T ree when Windows95/98 is rebooted. 3. Adding a printer Please refer to the subsection 3.3.1.1, “Using OKIP AGE 12i in the Win- dows NT Server 4.0 &3.51 environment, 2. Adding a printer”. 4. S[...]

3. NETWORK SETUP FOR EACH OPERA TING SYSTEM 32 3.3.2 Setting Windows 3.1 3.3.2.1 Using OKIP AGE 12i in TCP/IP environment In order to use TCP/IP applications such as ftp and lpr on Windows3.1 system, you must install TCP/IP software onto Windows3.1. TCP/IP software is not attached to Windows3.1. Obtain TCP/IP soft- ware on market, say , FreeW are a[...]

3. NETWORK SETUP FOR EACH OPERA TING SYSTEM 33 4 Select the server to connect to from the “Resources:” column and click the “Login” button. Enter the user name and the pass- word, to log in. 5 Click “Device Connections:” button, the second button from the left. 6 Select the drive name for mapping from “Devices:” and the vol- ume for[...]

3. NETWORK SETUP FOR EACH OPERA TING SYSTEM 34 3.3.3 Setting Windows for W orkgroup3.1 1 3.3.3.1 Using OKIP AGE 12i in Windows NT environment 1. Installing the printer driver 1 Install the printer driver from the Install disk which comes with the printer . 2. Installing the network driver 1 From “Network” group, double-click the “Network Setu[...]

3. NETWORK SETUP FOR EACH OPERA TING SYSTEM 35 1 From “Network” group, double-click the “Network Setup” icon. 2 On the “Networks...” screen of the “Network Setup” screen, se- lect “Novell NetW are [Workstation Shell 3.X]” from the “Others:” list of the “Install Microsoft windows Network:” and click the “OK” button. 3[...]

3. NETWORK SETUP FOR EACH OPERA TING SYSTEM 36 3. Connecting a printer 1 T o enable the “Print Manager”, check the “Use Print Manager” check box in “Printers” of the “Control Panel”. 2 Double-click the “Print Manager” icon from the “Main” group to open. 3 Select this printer from the printer list and open “Connect Net- wor[...]

3. NETWORK SETUP FOR EACH OPERA TING SYSTEM 37 5 In the “Select PPD File”, select PPD file of the OkiPage 12i and click the “OK” button. 3. Zone name and the printer name For this Network card, the names of the zones currently connected are automatically set to Network card’s Zone Name. The default value at the time of factory shipping is[...]

4. ADMINISTRA TING PRINTERS IN NETWORK 38 4. ADMINISTRA TING PRINTERS IN NETWORK 4.1 Using each administrative tool 4.1.1 Printer administration using OkiView Refer to a separate manual “Utility Manual OkiView”. 4.1.2 Printer administration using Web This network card supports W eb browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Expl[...]

4. ADMINISTRA TING PRINTERS IN NETWORK 39 Some of the W eb browsers do not support the frame display , depending on the versions. (Functions are not af fected.) File Server Name Queue 1 - 4 (Read Only) Printer Name for R-Printer Mode NetW are Print Server Name 1 - 4 Paper Size Paper Thickness Paper Size Paper Thickness Paper Size Paper Thickness Pa[...]

4. ADMINISTRA TING PRINTERS IN NETWORK 40 This network card recommends the use of the following browsers: • Netscape Navigator V er . 2.0 and higher • Microsoft Internet Explorer V er . 3.0 and higher T o change the setting, connect to the IP address of this network card with W eb browser , enter a set value, and click “Submit” button. Then[...]

4. ADMINISTRA TING PRINTERS IN NETWORK 41 • OKI Systems (Deutschland) Gmb.H. - This site is in German and English . • OKI Systems (Ireland) Ltd. With “Online Publications”, you can download manuals and documents and reference the typical questions and answers to them. Cautions: W eb and T elnet cannot be connected at the same time. The prin[...]

4. ADMINISTRA TING PRINTERS IN NETWORK 42 searched every time the “Update” button is clicked. Please note the following in using Netscape Navigator: 1. T o enable the “Update” button of the “Printer Status” window , set “V erify Documents” to “Once per Session”, on “Cache” screen of “Network Preferences...” menu. Setting[...]

4. ADMINISTRA TING PRINTERS IN NETWORK 43 Category Protocol IP NetWare common Q-Server Q-Server (Bindery) Q-Server (NDS) R-Printer DHCP RARP AppleT alk Item TCP/IP NETW ARE ETHRTALK IP BYTE1- 4 SM BYTE1-4 GW BYTE1-4 NetWare Print mode NetWare Print Server Name Polling Rate NetWare File Server NetWare NDS Tree Name NetWare NDS Context Name NetWare P[...]

4. ADMINISTRA TING PRINTERS IN NETWORK 44 Command show address show connection show queue show status show protocol set address set address ip set address mask set address gateway set protocol switch user kill reset help quit Shortened shaddr shconn shq/lpq shstat shpro seaddr seaddr ip seaddr mask seaddr gate sepro su kill reset help logout/exit M[...]

4. ADMINISTRA TING PRINTERS IN NETWORK 45 The above IP Address of the printer and this network card’s MAC Ad- dress can be verified by printing the menu with this network card installed in the printer . 4.1.3.2 Logging in to this network card 1. Start T elnet from T elnet Client side. T ype the following at the command line: Ex.) Prompt> telne[...]

4. ADMINISTRA TING PRINTERS IN NETWORK 46 Set command to use: set protocol or sepro T arget account: Administrator user Here, how to change the IP address from 192.36.253.96 to 192.36.253.100 is shown, as an example. Procedure 1 Confirm the current setting. OkiPage>show address [RET] 2 Change the setting. OkiPage>set protocol [RET] <<Pr[...]

4. ADMINISTRA TING PRINTERS IN NETWORK 47 IP Addr (OLD) 192.36.253.96 (NEW) 192.36.253.100 [RET] SUBNET MASK (OLD) 255.255.255.0 (NEW) [RET] DEF AUL T GA TEW A Y (OLD) 192.36.253.254 (NEW) [RET] The set address command can specify the item to change. OkiPage>set address ip(or “mask”,”gateway”) [RET] 4.1.3.4 Setting NetW are environment I[...]

4. ADMINISTRA TING PRINTERS IN NETWORK 48 Queue Server Mode(NDS) NDS Tree Name: Specify the tree name to which the print server will be connected. NDS Context Name: Specify the context name to which the print server will be connected. Remote Printer Mode Printer Name: Set the name of the printer to be con- nected to the print server . Print Server [...]

4. ADMINISTRA TING PRINTERS IN NETWORK 49 2. Change the setting. OkiPage>set protocol[RET] <<Protocol setting>> <Select Protocol> TCP/IP=1 NetW are=2 EtherT alk=3 EXIT=0 : 2 [RET] <<Protocol Stetting>> <Select Protocol> TCP/IP=1 NetW are=2 EtherT alk=3 EXIT=0 : 2 [RET] Will you use NetW are? (y/n) : y [RET] ?[...]

4. ADMINISTRA TING PRINTERS IN NETWORK 50 PrintServer3 Name(1-47char) : . [RET] PrintServer4 Name(1-47char) : . [RET] Do you re-setting? (y/n) : n [RET] OkiPage> logout (or exit or quit)[RET] → Enter an appropriate command, without logging out, if you want to set other protocols, too. 4.1.3.5 Setting EtherT alk environment Display/set the Ethe[...]

4. ADMINISTRA TING PRINTERS IN NETWORK 51 T ype “4” and press the Enter key . Then the current settings are displayed. 2. Change the settings. OkiPage>set protocol [RET] <<Protocol setting>> <Select Protocol> TCP/IP=1 NetW are=2 EtherT alk=3 EXIT=0 : 3 [RET] Will you use EtherT alk ? (y/n) : y [RET] → Enter “n” if you[...]

4. ADMINISTRA TING PRINTERS IN NETWORK 52 By reading or rewriting MIB values using the various SNMP tools that use the SNMP protocol, you can manage printers on the network. This Manual explains how to refer to, set and change MIB, using the Open View Net- work Node Manager of Hewlet Packard Corporation. 4.1.4.1 Referring to MIB’ s set values and[...]

4. ADMINISTRA TING PRINTERS IN NETWORK 53 “printer” button, and then “Down T ree” button. 1 Using “Down T ree” button, select trees in the order of “nip”, “niptype1” and “cfg”. 2 Select “cfg” and click “Down T ree” button. Each MIB item is dis- played. Click the item for the set values you wish to confirm, then “St[...]

4. ADMINISTRA TING PRINTERS IN NETWORK 54 “Set” button. The setting is changed. 5 If the setting is successful, “set has completed successfully” is displayed on “Messages” window . Click “Start Query” button once more, and if the set values that have been changed are displayed on “MIB V alues” window , that means the setting has[...]

4. ADMINISTRA TING PRINTERS IN NETWORK 55 4.1.4.1.3 MIB Configuration The MIB supported in the OKIP AGE 12i has the following configuration. Please refer to it when you refer to MIB: okidata(1.3.6.1.4.1.2001) peripheral(1)/Peripheral devices printer(1) nip(1)/Non-impact printer inkjet(2) type1(1)/Standard printer type2(2)/Standard printer cfg(1) Re[...]

4. ADMINISTRA TING PRINTERS IN NETWORK 56 ID : ID No. of Private MIB. Object Name: Object name of Private MIB R/W: R: Read Only. R/W: Writable. Selection: Valid set value Descriptions: Meaning of the object Printer language that is interpreted according to default setting. Manual Feed Valid/Invalid Paper Tray Auto Tray Switch Valid/Invalid Edit siz[...]

4. ADMINISTRA TING PRINTERS IN NETWORK 57 Returns the configuration value of the front tray Returns the auto-selection lock status for the front tray(MP tray) Returns the auto-selection lock status for the standard cassette Returns the auto-selection lock status for the optional cassette Number of Copies (1-999) Orientation Parallel Interface valid[...]

4. ADMINISTRA TING PRINTERS IN NETWORK 58 Feeding destination of 2nd tray in PCL5 Emulation (User Maintenance Mode Item) The mechanical sheet setting position (User Maintenance Mode Item) Firmware Version ex. FW= 01.00 A00 C745 (F/W ver User CPU ver) Engine Version ex. ENG= 01.00 Local Message Version ex. MSG= L01.00,P01.20 PCL5e Version PCL-XL Ver[...]

4. ADMINISTRA TING PRINTERS IN NETWORK 59 Network Fimware version.(if installed) Network board name Device cable type TCP/IP Protocol valid/invalid ON: Enable, OFF: Disable RARP protocol valid/invalid BOOTP protocol valid/invalid NetWare Protocol valid/invalid ON: Enable, OFF: Disable EtherTalk protocol valid/invalid ON: Enable, OFF: Disable NetBIO[...]

4. ADMINISTRA TING PRINTERS IN NETWORK 60 Name of NetWare File Server queue. Owning an area as large as for 1~48 characters * cfgNetwareQueMax 1st queue connect status. : Name of NetWare File Sever queue. Owning an area as large as for 1~48 characters * cfgNetwareQueMax Last queue connect status. Tree Name in NetWare Q-Server NDS Mode. Context Name[...]

4. ADMINISTRA TING PRINTERS IN NETWORK 61 T able 3 Printer T ype1 Status Legal 14Inch Legal 13Inch DL Envelope C5 Envelope Size of paper in Paper Cassette applies. V alue Remarks LETTER EXECUTIVE LEGAL LEGAL13 A4 A5 A6 B5 COM10 MONARCH DL C5 COM9 CASSETTESIZE T able 4 Paper Media Size V alue P ound g/m2 Remarks LIGHT MEDIUMLIGHT MEDIUM MEDIUMHEA VY[...]

4. ADMINISTRA TING PRINTERS IN NETWORK 62 T able 6 Local Message Language V alue Remarks ENGLISH GERMAN FRENCH IT ALIAN SP ANISH SWEDISH NORWEGIAN DANISH DUTCH TURKISH PORTUGUESE POLISH 4.1.5 Printer administration using HP JetAdmin Software This section contains instructions and information on how to configure and obtain diagnostic information usi[...]

4. ADMINISTRA TING PRINTERS IN NETWORK 63 from the left column. Set the print server operating mode from the given options on the right. 5 If you are running a NetW are 4.x network,click the NetW are Directory Services icon from the left column. Select NDS T ree Name from the pull-down menu and enter the Print Server Context . 6 Click the Queues ic[...]

4. ADMINISTRA TING PRINTERS IN NETWORK 64 desired diagnostic information. 4.2 Settings performed on the printer ’ s main unit For the basic use of the printer ’s operator panel, please refer to the User ’ s Manual of the printer ’s main unit. It will take about 30 seconds for the printer to save a menu change after you exit the menu. Please[...]

4. ADMINISTRA TING PRINTERS IN NETWORK 65 5 When you see that the bottom column of the LCD is “DISABLE*”, press “ t ” button or “ s ” button until “ENABLE” is displayed in the LCD bottom column. Then press “ENTER” button to have the “ENABLE*” displayed. Then, press “ON-LINE” button to end the menu setting. 6 If you do no[...]

4. ADMINISTRA TING PRINTERS IN NETWORK 66 4.2.2.3 Setting SUBNET MASK 1 Following the procedure of the sub-section 4.2.2.2, “Setting IP Address”, press “MENU1” button, to display “SM BYTE1”. 2 Change the address by pressing “ t ” button or “ s ” button. (If you hold the button for a several seconds, it will expedite the address [...]

4. ADMINISTRA TING PRINTERS IN NETWORK 67 4.2.3.1 NetW are Enable/Disable T o use this network card in the NetW are environment, NetW are must be set to ENABLE on the printer ’s operator panel. T o set the print server and the remote printer , use the utility and the server . 1 Confirm that the printer is in the idle state from the LCD panel and [...]

4. ADMINISTRA TING PRINTERS IN NETWORK 68 4.2.4 Setting EtherT alk 4.2.4.1 EtherT alk Enable/Disable T o use this network card in the EtherT alk environment, EtherT alk must be set to ENABLE on the printer ’s operator panel. 1 Confirm that the printer is in the idle state from the LCD panel and the lamp. 2 Press “ON-LINE” button to set the pr[...]

5. INST ALLING UTILITY 69 5. INST ALLING UTILITY 5.1 OkiV iew for Windows 3.1 The OkiV iew Utility provides a simple, quick way of configuring and main- taining Oki network printers. The main screen contains the OkiV iew Printer List of network printers, and provides the starting point to select and man- age print devices from Windows 3.1 workstati[...]

5. INST ALLING UTILITY 70 The bottom half of this view shows a scrolling list of all the printers cur- rently available for status and configuration. Information (printer name and status) is detailed to the right of the printer icon. Click a printer in the list to update the top half of the screen with additional information on that device. 5.1.3 O[...]

5. INST ALLING UTILITY 71 • Protocol State (Enabled or Disabled) • Protocol Status • IP Address Configured • Subnet Mask Configured • Gateway Address Configured 5.1.4 Configuration The printer and the network card adapter are configured using the Con- figuration Screens. 1. OkiView Quick Configuration T ool Quick Configuration is the fast[...]

5. INST ALLING UTILITY 72 Print servers Attached to Queue A vailable Print Servers Printers Functions Create Queue Delete Queue Attach Print Server Remove Print Server Create Print Server Delete Print Server Set Password Login to file server Close dialog box 5.1.5 NetW are Login This screen lets you attach to additional NetW are file servers, makin[...]

5. INST ALLING UTILITY 73 5.2 OkiV iew32 for Windows 95/98 & WindowsNT 4.0 The OkiV iew32 Utility provides a simple, quick way of configuring and maintaining Oki network printers. The main screen contains the OkiV iew32 Printer List of network printers, and provides the starting point to select and manage print devices from Windows 95/98 and Wi[...]

5. INST ALLING UTILITY 74 5.2.2 OkiView32 Printer Information Panel The right screen of this view shows a scrolling list of all the printers cur- rently available for status and configuration. Information (printer name and status) is detailed to the right of the printer icon. The left screen of this view enable filtering of the printers in the righ[...]

5. INST ALLING UTILITY 75 T o change printer's name T o change printer's location 1. Click the Status tab. 2. Change the text in the name and/or location fields as desired. 3. When done, click Ok to exit, or Apply and then select another tab. 5.2.3.2 OkiV iew32 Job Management Property Page OkiV iew32 provides the user the ability to do pr[...]

5. INST ALLING UTILITY 76 such as Pconsole. The Novell menu system has two primary elements: Novell List Panel and Novell Information Panel. 5.2.3.6 OkiV iew32 Device Info Property Page The Device Information field is a collection of miscellaneous information ranging from general system information to the printer's firmware version. T o view p[...]

5. INST ALLING UTILITY 77 IP ADDRESS: SUBNET MASK: 255.255.255.0. fixed. GA TEW A Y ADDRESS: 0.0.0.0, fixed The top these values are fixed to 192.168.0. The fourth value is any value in the range 1-254, and different from other PC or printers. 5.3 Oki LPR Utility for W indows 95/98 5.3.1 What is Oki LPR Utility? Oki LPR Utility (LPR utility , herea[...]

5. INST ALLING UTILITY 78 Y ou must make sure that these are not connected to other network(s). If you try the following setting when these are connected to other network, a fatal error will occur on the network: 5.3.4 Setting Windows 95/98 Here, you will set “TCP/IP” and the printer driver on Windows 95/98. 5.3.4.1 Setting network adapter Plea[...]

5. INST ALLING UTILITY 79 Y ou will install the printer driver as a local printer , using the printer driver disk for Windows 95/98/NT4.0. 1 Double-click “Printers” from “Control Panel” and open “Printers” window . 2 Double-click “Add printer” icon and add as “Default printer” and “Local printer”. 3 Click the mouse’s right[...]

5. INST ALLING UTILITY 80 name specified”. 2 Insert the printer driver disk in the floppy drive and enter “A:¥MLLPR¥Setup.exe” for “Name” 3 Click “OK” button and start the Setup program. 4 Click “Next” button in the “SETUP” dialog. 5 Select “UTILITY Deletion” and click “Next” button to execute UNINST ALL. Caution: Im[...]

5. INST ALLING UTILITY 81 Caution: Y ou can register up to 10 printers in the LPR Utility . 5.3.6.2 Setting LPR printer ’ s IP address After completing registering the printer driver , set the LPR printer ’s IP Address. 1 Select the printer the address of which you wish to set from “Oki LPR UTILITY” window . (Printer name turns blue.) 2 Sel[...]

5. INST ALLING UTILITY 82 5.3.7.1 Printing from Windows 95/98 applications 1 With “Oki LPR UTILITY” activated state, instruct the “OKIP AGE 12i” printer to print. 5.3.7.2 Printing by directly downloading print data to the printer 1 Select “DOWNLOAD” in the “REMOTE PRINT” menu of the “Oki LPR UTILITY” window . 2 Select the file y[...]

5. INST ALLING UTILITY 83 ST A TUS column T ransmit: Indicates that a print job is being sent to the printer . W aiting: Indicates that the printer is waiting for print job to be sent. DA TE/TIME column : Displays the date when printing was instructed. SIZE column : Displays the data size of the print job (unit: bytes). 1 Select the printer that yo[...]

6. TROUBLE SHOOTING 84 6. TROUBLE SHOOTING 6.1 Checking status codes When an error occurs in data reception/transmission using this network card, the printer ’ s LCD panel displays “HOST/IF ERROR”. In this case, check the status code using the following procedure, write down the sta- tus code and handle the error consult the nearby service ce[...]

6. TROUBLE SHOOTING 85 Byte 1 Byte 2 Byte 3 Byte 4 Netwest status Status immediatly preceding Status before the above status Status before above status As the way to look at the number , for example, “00021509”, take two characters as a unit, that is, “00”, “02”, “15” and “09”. “00” indicates that no error has occurred. Sinc[...]

6. TROUBLE SHOOTING 86 6.3 T rouble Shooting by protocol In the explanations, [RET] means to press the Return key . 6.3.1 Common 1 Network functions do not work at all. Does Ope Pane menu display Item "Network"? NO Reload Network Program. Displayed? YES End Replace Network Board. Set IP address from Operation Panel and send PING to that a[...]

6. TROUBLE SHOOTING 87 6.3.2 TCP/IP Related 1. Cannot print with FTP . YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Can log in from FTP . USER name and P ASSWORD unnecessary . NO Is User (XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX (none)): which prompts user to enter USER name displayed? NO Is Ope Pane menu Network set to Enable ? NO Set to Enable . Is Ope Pane menu TCP/I[...]

6. TROUBLE SHOOTING 88 2. Cannot refer to printer settings or change them with T elnet. Can log in with T elnet. USER name and P ASSWORD unnecessary . (For both, press RET key .) NO Is login to prompt user to input USER name displayed? NO Is Ope Pane menu Frame T ype set to AUT O or Ether2 ? NO Set to AUTO or Ether2 . Are IP address/Sbunet mask set[...]

6. TROUBLE SHOOTING 89 3. Cannot refer to the printer settings or change them using Web. 1 Check if you can refer to or change the printer settings using T elnet. 2 Check the settings of the browser to be used (and accompany- ing server side settings) Can refer to/change the settings in T elnet. NO Refer to Section on T elnet. YES Are Browser setti[...]

6. TROUBLE SHOOTING 90 4. Does not display printer status correctly on Web. 1 Change the browser setting from “Load from cache” to “Load every time”. 5. If you access the menu page displayed on the left on Web, some- times the entire page becomes the menu page. 1 On several browsers, sometimes the above display occurs, de- pending on how yo[...]

6. TROUBLE SHOOTING 91 6.3.3 NetW are related 1. Cannot connect in R-Printer Mode. NO Is Level 2 menu NetW are set to ENABLE ? NO Set Level 2 menu NetW are to ENABLE . YES Is NetW are Mode AUT O or R-Printer ? NO Set NetW are Mode to AUT O or R-Printer . YES Does NetW are ROUTER exist between Print Server and Printer to be connected? YES NO Is NetW[...]

6. TROUBLE SHOOTING 92 2. Cannot connect in Q-Server Mode. Is Level 2 menu NetW are set to ENABLE ? NO Set Level 2 menu NetW are to ENABLE . YES Is NetW are Mode AUTO or Q-Server ? NO Set NetW are Mode to AUTO or Q-Server . YES Does NetW are ROUTER exist between File Server and Pritner? YES NO Is NetW are ROUTER Frame T ype 802.2 or 802.3 ? NO Set [...]

6. TROUBLE SHOOTING 93 6.3.4 EtherT alk related Cannot print from Macintosh. Is Level 1 menu’s PERSONALITY set to AUTO or AdobePS? NO Set Level 1 menu’s PERSONALITY to AUTO or AdobePS. YES In Level 2 menu’s NETWORK, is ETHERTK set to ENABLE ? NO In Level 2 menu’s NETWORK, set ETHERTK to ENABLE . YES Is printer driver for OKIP AGE 12i instal[...]

6. TROUBLE SHOOTING 94 6.4 Important Points 6.4.1 Common • T o set IP address, you must consult the network administrator . If the same IP address is used by multiple machines, a serious er- ror will result on network. • It will take about 30 seconds to change the settings of this net- work card. 6.4.2 When inserting and removing Network card ?[...]

6. TROUBLE SHOOTING 95 • Set the printer number of Remote Printer to any number 0 through 15. (See Section 3.2.4.1.1 or 3.2.4.1.2.) • T o use the OKIP AGE 12i printer in Queue Server Mode, do not use the password for the print server . (See Section 3.2.4.1.1 or 3.2.4.1.2.) • Match the print server name and the advertising name. (See Section 3[...]

6. TROUBLE SHOOTING 96 • Y ou can change the Frame T ype of this Network card from Web browser , but certain network functions will become disabled de- pending on the setup. (See Section 4.1.2.) 6.4.8 When using T elnet • Y ou can connect up to two T elnets at the same time. (See Sec- tion 4.1.3.) • Y ou cannot connect T elnet and Web at the [...]

7. CAUTIONAR Y NOTES 97 7. CAUTIONAR Y NOTES 7.1 About SELFTEST (Loop Back T est) The “SELFTEST” menu of “NETMNT’ which is located in the “NETWORK” Item of the printer ’ s Level 2 Menu is for inspecting the hardware of this network card at factory shipping. General users must not execute “SELFTEST“. If the general use executes thi[...]

Index 98 Index A address (IP) .................... 9, 10, 25, 26, 40, 44, 68, 70, 71, 73, 87, 88 address (MAC) ......................................................................... 40, 44, 67 AUT O Mode ........................................................................................ 47 B Banner page .....................................[...]

Index 99 32IP address .................... 9, 10, 25, 26, 40, 44, 68, 70, 71, 73, 87,88 IPX/SPX .............................................................................................. 29 K kill command (T elnet) .......................................................................... 44 L Linux .............................................[...]

Index 100 PSER VER .......................................................................................... 12 Q Queue Server Mode ............................................................................ 13 queue server mode ............................................................................ 21 R RARP ................................[...]