EFI Pi6500 Pro Configuration Manual

Pi6500 Pro

CONFIGURATION GUIDE

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Contents

Introduction

Network administration features About this manual

Organization xv

About the documentation

Chapter 1: Connecting to the Network

Pi6500 Pro on the network Stages of installation on the network Quick path to installation Before you begin Ethernet cable connection

Back view of the Pi6500 Pro 1-12

Parallel cable connection

Chapter 2: Setting up the Pi6500 Pro

About Pi6500 Pro Setup

xiii

xiv

1-1

1-2

1-4

1-11

1-12

1-13

2-1

Pi6500 Pro Setup from the Control Panel

Accessing Setup options 2-2 About the Control Panel Setup interface 2-4 Types of Setup screens 2-5

Server Setup options Network Setup options

Port Setup options 2-11 Protocol Setup options 2-14 Service Setup options 2-22

Pi6500 Pro print connections

Direct connection 2-36 Queues 2-36

2-2

2-7

2-9

2-35

x Contents

Printer Setup options PS Setup options PCL Setup options Administrative functions in the Setup menu

Job Log Setup options 2-43 Change Password 2-45 Clear Server 2-45 Exit Setup 2-46

Printing the Conﬁguration page

Chapter 3: Setting up the Pi6500 Pro from a Windows Computer

Accessing Setup Server Setup

Server Setup 3-2 Passwords 3-3 Job Log Setup 3-5 Support 3-6

2-37

2-39

2-41

2-43

2-46

3-1

3-2

Network Setup

Ethernet (Port Setup) 3-8 Parallel Port (Port Setup) 3-9 Token Ring (Port Setup) 3-9 Protocol Setup (TCP/IP) 3-11 Protocol Setup (Token Ring) 3-12 Gateway 3-13 Protocol Setup (AppleTalk) 3-14 Protocol Setup (IPX Frames) 3-16 PServer Setup (NetWare Services) 3-18 PServer Setup (NDS Conﬁguration) 3-18 PServer Setup (Bindery Setup) 3-20 Service Setup (Windows Printing Service) 3-22 Service Setup (Enable LPD Printing Service) 3-23 Service Setup (Enable Port 9100) 3-23 Service Setup (Enable Web Services) 3-23

3-6

xi Contents

Printer Setup

Printer Setup 3-25 Paper Setup 3-27

Exiting Setup

Chapter 4: Setting up Network Servers

Pi6500 Pro on a NetWare 5.x network with NDPS

Tips for experts—NetWare 5.x networks 4-2 Conﬁguring a NetWare 5.x server for printing 4-2

Pi6500 Pro on a NetWare 3.x, 4.x, or 5.x network

Tips for experts—IPX networks 4-5 Overview of IPX printing to the Pi6500 Pro 4-6 Conﬁguring a NetWare server for printing 4-7 Setting the NetWare 4.x bindery context 4-9

Pi6500 Pro on a TCP/IP network with Windows NT 4.0

Tips for experts—Windows NT 4.0 with TCP/IP 4-11 Conﬁguring a Windows NT 4.0 server to support the Pi6500 Pro 4-12

3-23

3-28

4-1

4-4

4-11

Conﬁguring the Pi6500 Pro and clients for Fiery WebTools

Setting the WebLink destination 4-17

Pi6500 Pro on a network with UNIX workstations

Tips for experts—UNIX workstations 4-18 Important note about the remote printer name 4-19 Setting up the Pi6500 Pro on TCP/IP networks 4-19

Chapter 5: Administering the Pi6500 Pro

Administrator functions Maintaining optimal performance Troubleshooting

Tr oubleshooting during Setup 5-3 Runtime error messages 5-9

4-15

4-18

5-1

5-2

5-3

xii Contents

Appendix A: Token Ring Network Option

Pi6500 Pro Token Ring option

Connecting Token Ring hardware A-1

IPX/SPX installations TCP/IP installations Setting up Token Ring on the Pi6500 Pro Setting up NetWare Windows clients

A-1

A-3

Index

xiii Network administration features

Introduction

This manual is intended for anyone who is responsible for integrating the Pi6500 Pro Server into a business environment that includes networked personal computers. After you set up the Pi6500 Pro Server and client workstations as described in this manual and in

Getting Started

, individual users can print to the

Pi6500 Pro Server as a high-performance printer.

Network administration features

Pi6500 Pro software offers several important features that affect you as a network or printer administrator:

• Direct (native) support of NDS (Novell Directory Services) with NetWare 4.x

NetWare 4.x can also be supported in bindery emulation.

• Simultaneous NetWare 4.x and NetWare 3.12 connections supported

One NetWare 4.x NDS tree and up to eight NetWare 3.12 bindery servers (or NetWare 4.x servers in bindery emulation mode) can be connected to the Pi6500 Pro.

• Fiery® Downloader™

Fiery Downloader can be run from Mac OS computers.

• Fiery WebTools™ (Fiery WebSpooler™, Status, Installer, WebDownloader, WebSetup, WebScan™, and WebLink)

Fiery WebTools allow you to manage the Pi6500 Pro from the Internet or from your company’s intranet. To use Fiery WebTools, you need to set certain options in Network Setup and Printer Setup.

• Job tracking

Job Logs can include two user-entered Notes ﬁelds.

xiv Introduction

• Support for PCL and PostScript

PCL (Printer Control Language) and PostScript are both page description languages— computer languages that control the transfer of information from the computer to the controller. Both PCL and PostScript, along with separate sets of fonts, are standard with the Pi6500 Pro.

• Support for Windows (SMB) printing

Windows printing, also known as SMB (Server Message Block) printing, allows you to print on TCP/IP networks using built-in Microsoft networking support and without additional network software. Printing using SMB allows you to print from your computer to a particular connection (Hold, Print, or Direct) on the Pi6500 Pro.

OTE

SMB is not supported on Windows 2000.

About this manual

This manual includes guidelines on the following topics:

•Basic conﬁguration of the Pi6500 Pro to support printing over AppleTalk, TCP/IP,

and IPX (Novell) networks

•Setting up a parallel port connection

• Conﬁguring Novell and Windows NT 4.0 servers and UNIX systems to provide

Pi6500 Pro printing services

•Administering network printing

•Using the Pi6500 Pro in mixed network environments

•Setting up a Token Ring connection

OTE

The network guidelines in this manual are not intended to replace the services

of an experienced network engineer.

xv About the documentation

Organization

The manual is organized as follows:

• Chapter 1 illustrates the supported network conﬁgurations and shows the network

connectors on the Pi6500 Pro.

• Chapter 2 describes Pi6500 Pro conﬁguration from the Control Panel.

• Chapter 3 describes Pi6500 Pro conﬁguration from a Microsoft Windows computer.

• Chapter 4 offers guidelines for setting up Windows NT 4.0 and Novell network

servers and UNIX systems for printing to the Pi6500 Pro.

• Chapter 5 summarizes some administrative features of Pi6500 Pro software that are

available for IPX/SPX, TCP/IP, and AppleTalk networks, and also offers some troubleshooting hints.

•Appendix A describes the Token Ring option.

OTE

Administrator features described in other manuals are summarized on page 5-1.

About the documentation

This manual is part of the set of Pi6500 Pro documentation that includes the following manuals for users and system administrators:

• The

•

• The

Conﬁguration Guide

explains basic conﬁguration and administration of the Pi6500 Pro for the supported platforms and network environments. It also includes guidelines for setting up UNIX, Windows NT 4.0, and NetWare servers to provide PCL and PostScript printing services to clients.

Getting Started

describes how to install software to enable users to print to the Pi6500 Pro. Speciﬁcally, it describes installation of printer drivers, printer description ﬁles, and other user software provided on the User Software CD. It also explains how to connect each user to the network.

Printing Guide

describes how to set printing options and print to the Pi6500 Pro. This manual also describes how to use the software installed from the User Software CD, including chapters on printing from Windows and Mac OS computers.

xvi Introduction

• The

Job Management Guide

explains the functions of the Fiery utilities, including Command WorkStation™, and how they can be used to manage jobs. This book is intended for an operator or administrator, or a user with the necessary access privileges, who needs to monitor and manage job ﬂow, and troubleshoot problems that may arise.

•

Release Notes

provide last-minute product information and workarounds for some of

the problems you may encounter.

OTE

If there are any connectivity or administrative features that are speciﬁc to a

copier model, they are described in

Notes

Getting Started

, the

Printing Guide

, or the

Release

1-1 Pi6500 Pro on the network

Chapter 1: Connecting to the Network

This chapter summarizes the stages in setting up the Pi6500 Pro and includes diagrams that refer you to other chapters or other manuals for completing your installation.

Pi6500 Pro on the network

When the Pi6500 Pro is connected to a network, it behaves as a networked PCL or PostScript printer. The built-in Ethernet interface on the Pi6500 Pro supports the following network protocols:

•AppleTalk

•TCP/IP (the lpd, nbt, and http protocols)

TCP/IP stands for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. The lpd protocol is the standard TCP/IP printing protocol. The nbt protocol supports Windows (SMB) printing. The http protocol is commonly used for Web pages on the Internet and on intranets.

• IPX/SPX (Novell)

IPX/SPX stands for Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange.

These protocols (rules that enable computers on a network to communicate with each other) are supported on the Windows, Mac OS, and UNIX platforms and can run concurrently on the same Ethernet cable. Workstations that use other protocols can print through a server that uses one of the protocols mentioned, or they can print to the Pi6500 Pro parallel port.

A Token Ring option is also available. This option supports the TCP/IP and IPX protocols. The Pi6500 Pro is auto-sensing and can handle all of these connections simultaneously.

When you add the Pi6500 Pro to a network, it is assumed that a network administrator will have already installed a network cabling system and connected workstations and servers.

1-2 Connecting to the Network

•Physically connecting the Pi6500 Pro to a functioning network

• Conﬁguring network servers

Stages of installation on the network

Installation can be performed by a network or printing administrator. The stages of a successful installation are:

Prepare a network node for the Pi6500 Pro—obtain cable and route it to the location where the Pi6500 Pro will be installed (near the copier), and attach the cable to the network interface of the Pi6500 Pro. See page 1-11 for details.

When network servers are required, you need to conﬁgure those servers to provide client access to the Pi6500 Pro as a PostScript or PCL printer. See Chapter 4 for information on conﬁguring network servers in Windows and UNIX network environments.

• Pi6500 Pro Setup

Conﬁgure the Pi6500 Pro for your particular printing and network environment. See Chapter 2 for details.

• Client setup

Install the ﬁles needed for printing, install additional user software, and connect the client to the Pi6500 Pro over the network. These steps are described in and some information is provided in Chapter 4 of this manual.

•System administration

Monitor and maintain system performance and troubleshoot problems that arise. See Chapter 5 for details.

Getting Started,

1-3 Stages of installation on the network

Summary of Pi6500 Pro network installation

CONNECTION

NETWORK SERVER CONFIGURATION

PI6500 PRO SETUP

Pi6500 Pro

Network server

Pi6500 Pro

Prepare a network node. Connect the Pi6500 Pro to the copier and to the network.

Conﬁgure UNIX, Windows NT, and Netware (Novell) servers to specify Pi6500 Pro print queues and Pi6500 Pro users.

Install printer ﬁles on the server. No special conﬁguration of AppleShare

servers is required.

On the Pi6500 Pro Control Panel, conﬁgure Server Setup, Network Setup, Printer Setup, PS Setup, PCL Setup, and Job Log Setup.

LIENT SETUP

UNIX Mac OS Windows

Pi6500 Pro available on the network

At each workstation that will print to the Pi6500 Pro:

•Install the appropriate printer drivers, and connect to one or more queues.

• For computers that will use the Fiery WebTools, install an Internet browser.

•Verify the Pi6500 Pro in the list of printers and run a test print.

1-4 Connecting to the Network

Quick path to installation

The diagrams in the following pages show typical systems that can be used for printing and for using remote utilities. To use the diagrams, ﬁnd the page with your preferred platform and network type. Then look up the setup procedures in the pages and books referred to in the keys.

The diagrams describe devices that use the supported networking protocols. They are logical diagrams and are not intended to describe the physical arrangement (topology) of devices on the network. A variety of physical arrangements is possible with each logical arrangement. For example, twisted pair Ethernet networks commonly use a star conﬁguration around a hub, rather than a bus arrangement. The design of physical networks is beyond the scope of this manual.

If the network uses more than one protocol or more than one type of workstation, combine the setups listed for each component of your system. Multiple protocols (shown in the diagrams as parallel lines) can run on the same cable. A solid connection from the Pi6500 Pro with an arrow indicates that other supported network types can be operational at the same time.

Token Ring hardware is required for connection to a Token Ring network. See Appendix A for details. The IPX/SPX and TCP/IP functionality outlined in this section is available on both Ethernet and Token Ring networks. AppleTalk is supported on Ethernet only.

The protocols used in these diagrams are indicated as follows:

IPX (Novell)

AppleTalk

TCP/IP (lpd or nbt)

Parallel

Other

1-5 Quick path to installation

Mac OS environment with AppleTalk

Key to setup:

1 Pi6500 Pro Setup Chapter 2 2Mac OS computer Getting Started

Another supported protocol

Pi6500 Pro connected to copier

AppleTalk protocol

AppleTalk

Mac OS computer

Mac OS computers can print directly and use Fiery utilities.

Mac OS computer

1-6 Connecting to the Network

Windows computers in a Novell environment

Key to setup:

1NetWare server page 4-4 2 Pi6500 Pro Setup Chapter 2 3NetWare client Getting Started

Windows computer with SPX page 4-10,

Getting Started

Pi6500 Pro connected to copier

Another supported protocol

Windows computer: NetWare client

IPX protocol

SPX protocol (TCP/IP or AppleTalk possible)

IPX

Windows computer: NetWare client

NetWare server

Windows computer: NetWare client running SPX

3, 4

IPX

TCP/IP (http) for Fiery WebTools

Printing on this network

All Windows computers can print through the NetWare server.

For using Fiery WebTools

A Windows computer with TCP/IP (http) loaded.

1-7 Quick path to installation

Windows NT Server environment

Key to setup:

1 Windows NT 4.0 Server page 4-12 2 Pi6500 Pro Setup Chapter 2 3 Windows NT 4.0 client page 4-15

Windows NT Workstation or Windows NT Server acting as print server

LAN with NETBEUI, etc.

Another supported protocol

Pi6500 Pro connected to copier

TCP/IP (lpd) for printing TCP/IP (http) for Fiery WebTools TCP/IP for Fiery utilities

Windows computer

NETBEUI or other protocol available on the clients and the server

TCP/IP

Windows NT 4.0 computer with TCP/IP loaded

Printing on this network

Windows 9x/Me clients can print using a protocol available on the Windows NT 4.0 print server.

Windows NT 4.0 machines can print using TCP/IP with the lpd protocol.

For using Fiery utilities and WebTools

A Windows computer with TCP/IP loaded.

1-8 Connecting to the Network

Windows computers using Windows (SMB) printing

Key to setup:

1 Pi6500 Pro Setup Chapter 2 2 Windows computer Getting Started

Another supported protocol

Pi6500 Pro connected to copier

Windows computer

TCP/IP (nbt) protocol

TCP/IP (nbt)

Windows computer

For Windows printing

Windows computers Windows (SMB) printing enabled

on the Pi6500 Pro

1-9 Quick path to installation

UNIX workstations and Windows NT 4.0 computers on a TCP/IP network

Key to setup:

1 UNIX server/host page 4-18 2 Pi6500 Pro Setup Chapter 2 3 UNIX workstation page 4-18 4TCP/IP client Getting Started, page 4-15 5 Windows NT 4.0 client page 4-15

Another supported protocol

Pi6500 Pro connected to copier

TCP/IP (lpd) protocol

TCP/IP client PC

UNIX server or workstation

1, 3

Windows NT 4.0 computer with TCP/IP loaded

TCP/IP (lpd, http, and ipp)

Printing on this network

UNIX workstations with the TCP/IP (lpd) protocol can print directly and act as host for shared printing.

Windows TCP/IP clients can print through UNIX server or directly; requires TCP/IP and the lpr print service loaded.

For using Fiery WebTools

UNIX workstations are not supported. Windows NT 4.0 computers need

TCP/IP loaded.

1-10 Connecting to the Network

Pi6500 Pro parallel port connection

Key to setup:

1 Pi6500 Pro Setup Chapter 2 2 Windows computer Getting Started

With the parallel port enabled, the Pi6500 Pro can accept and print jobs sent to its parallel port.

Pi6500 Pro connected to copier

A supported network protocol

Parallel input

Protocol not directly supported on Pi6500 Pro

Parallel

PC workstation, server, or laptop

The rest of this chapter and the next cover installation as performed on the Pi6500 Pro itself. This chapter describes the physical network connections; Chapter 2 summarizes Pi6500 Pro Setup and other administrative functions available from the Control Panel.

1-11 Before you begin

Before you begin

The following steps should be completed before you conﬁgure the Pi6500 Pro and the workstations that will print to the Pi6500 Pro. A service technician will have performed some initial installation.

TO PREPARE FOR PI6500 PRO CONFIGURATION

1. Print a copier test page to make sure the copier is functioning normally.

2. Turn off the copier and connect the interface cable from the copier to the Pi6500 Pro.

3. To conﬁrm this connection, turn on the copier and the Pi6500 Pro and print a Test Page from the Control Panel.

To print a Test Page, press the Menu button on the Control Panel to display the Functions menu. (See “Pi6500 Pro Control Panel” on page 2-3.) Choose Print Pages, and then Test Page.

4. With both the copier and Pi6500 Pro turned off, connect the network cable to the Pi6500 Pro, as described in the next section.

The network should already be installed and operational.

5. Turn on the copier and then the Pi6500 Pro.

6. Prepare network servers to share Pi6500 Pro user software and to enable networked users to print to the Pi6500 Pro, and proceed to Setup.

See Chapters 2 and 3 for details.

1-12 Connecting to the Network

Ethernet cable connection

The Pi6500 Pro supports Ethernet cabling of these types:

• Thicknet (thick coaxial Ethernet cable or 10Base5)

Connects directly to the AUI connector on the Ethernet interface of the Pi6500 Pro.

•Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP), deﬁned as Category 5 for use with 100BaseT or

deﬁned as Category 3 or Category 5 for use with 10BaseT

Uses an 8-pin RJ-45 connector that plugs into the RJ-45 socket on the Pi6500 Pro.

NOTE: The 100BaseT type supported by the Pi6500 Pro is 100BaseTX, also known as

Fast Ethernet. If an Ethernet hub is used, it must be a 100BaseTX hub. The term “100BaseT” is used in this manual to refer to 100BaseTX.

Power switch

Power connector

Back view of the Pi6500 Pro

Copier interface connecto

RJ45 connector for Etherne

Token Ring

Parallel connecto

1-13 Parallel cable connection

Shut down the copier before attaching the Pi6500 Pro to any network device. Do not

TO USE UTP CABLE FOR 100BASET OR 10BASET

attach cables to more than one Ethernet connector; only one Ethernet connection can be made at any one time.

1. With the Pi6500 Pro turned off, connect the RJ-45 cable connector to the RJ-45 socket on the back of the Pi6500 Pro.

2. Conﬁgure network servers for printing and then proceed to Setup.

Parallel cable connection

In addition to receiving print jobs over Ethernet, the Pi6500 Pro can accept print jobs from a Windows computer through its high-speed parallel port. This connection is advantageous for portable computers and for workstations that use dedicated networks using protocols other than AppleTalk, TCP/IP, or IPX.

The parallel port connection can be active at the same time as the network ports.

TO USE PARALLEL CABLE

1. With the Pi6500 Pro and the Windows computer turned off, attach the parallel cable to the parallel port of the Pi6500 Pro.

See the illustration on page 1-12 for the location of the parallel port.

2. Connect the other end of the cable to the parallel port on the Windows computer.

3. Turn on the computer and the Pi6500 Pro.

4. Proceed to Setup.

To print to the parallel port, you need to set up the parallel port connection (see “Parallel Port Setup options” on page 2-13). For information on setting up printing, see Getting Started; for printing to the parallel port, see the Printing Guide.

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