Elite XL 808 Network Guide
Elite XL Networking Guide
Contents
NEST
WebAdmin
Using the Elite XL with
Windows 95 and Windows NT 3.5
TCP/IP
Using the Elite XL with Ethernet
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Introduction .............................................................................................1-2
Setting up the Elite XL printer .................................................................1-2
General NetWare Setup .........................................................................1-3
NetWare 3.12 instructions ......................................................................1-3
PCONSOLE .................................................................................1-3
Creating a Print Queue ..........................................................1-3
Creating a Print Server ...........................................................1-4
NetWare 4.1 instructions ........................................................................1-6
Setting up PCONSOLE ................................................................1-6
Creating a User ...........................................................................1-8
Creating a User with NWADMIN ............................................1-8
Creating a User with NETADMIN ..........................................1-10
NEST-specific Setup using WebAdmin ................................................1-11
NetWare 3.12 setup with WebAdmin .........................................1-12
NetWare 4.x setup with WebAdmin ............................................1-12
Windows computers that use your NEST printer ..................................1-14
Printing a Config page .........................................................................1-15
NEST Config page info........................................................... 1-15
Typical problems with solutions.............................................................1-15
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Introduction
NEST (Novell Embedded Software Technology) is code written by Novell and
licensed by GCC. It provides NetWare protocols and is configured using
standard NetWare utilities. It offers these advantages:
• Your Elite XL does not require a dedicated print server, so it connects
• You can install the Elite XL anywhere you have an Ethernet connection.
• NEST works with GCC’s WebAdmin utility.
This manual shows you how to install and configure your Elite XL printer to
work with your NetWare network. You set up your Elite XL printer in two
steps – the usual NetWare setup, followed by the GCC specific NEST setup. If
any of the computers on your network are creating PostScript jobs using
Windows, you will also need to configure them.
The Elite XL NEST specific parameters are setup using GCC’s WebAdmin
utility. Instructions for accessing and using the WebAdmin utility are located
later in this section and in Section 2 of this manual.
directly to the network.
Setting up the Elite XL Printer
The instructions in this section are a condensed version of those in Chapter 1 of
the Elite XL Users Manual (on this CD-ROM), and are intended for users
experienced in setting up network laser printers. If you have questions about
any of the steps in this section, consult the Elite XL User’s Manual.
1. Unpack the printer and install the toner cartridge.
2. Insert paper into the paper tray and insert the paper tray into the printer.
3. Connect a cable from the Ethernet port to the network.
4. Plug the AC power cord into the Elite XL, then plug it into a grounded
AC outlet.
5. Switch on the printer.
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General
Netware
This section discusses the NetWare utilities you use to set up your Elite XL
printer. This process is the same as setting up any printer, but in a few cases
there are specific instructions to configure the NEST options. These are
included in the instructions where necessary.
The instructions are described first for NetWare 3.12, and then for NetWare 4.1
(beginning on page 1-6). The utilities included in this section are PCONSOLE,
NWADMIN, and NETADMIN.
Setup
NetWare 3.12 instructions
PCONSOLE
PCONSOLE has two functions: setting up and managing print queues, and
setting up and managing print servers. This manual covers the outline of how
to set up queues and servers; you must create at least one queue and one print
server. For more details consult your NetWare documentation.
Creating a Print Queue
1. Log into the file server as SUPERVISOR (or equivalent).
2. Start the PCONSOLE program (it is located in SYS:PUBLIC).
First you create a print queue.
3. From the menu (shown in figure 1) choose Print Queue
Information.
4. Press Ins to add a new item to the list of queues.
5. Type the name of the new queue and press Enter.
Then you add users to the queue.
6. With your new queue selected, press Enter again.
7. Choose Queue Users from the Print Queue Information menu
and press Enter.
8. Modify the list of users as necessary.
9. Press Esc to return to the Print Queue Information menu.
Choose queue operators (people or groups that can manage this queue).
10. Choose Queue Operators from this menu and press Enter.
11. Modify the list of users and groups as necessary.
12. Press Esc three times to return to the PCONSOLE main menu.
13. Repeat steps 3-12 to create further queues as needed, then proceed
to the next section.
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Figure 1. PCONSOLE’s opening menu.
Creating a Print Server
1. Choose Print Server Information.
First you create a new server.
2. Press Ins to add a new item to the list of servers.
3. Type the name of the new server and press Enter. Make a note of
the name of this server; you will need this when you use GCC’s
WebAdmin, which is described later in this section.
Then you assign users to this server.
4. With your new server selected, press Enter again.
5. Choose Print Server Users from the Print Server Information menu
and press Enter.
6. Modify the list of users as necessary.
7. Press Esc to return to the Print Server Information menu.
Then you choose users who can manage the print server.
8. Choose Print Server Operators from this menu and press Enter.
9. Modify the list of operators as necessary.
10. Press Esc to return to the Print Server Information menu.
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Figure 2. Selecting “Remote Other/Unknown” from the list of Printer types.
Now you configure the printer.
11. Choose Print Server Configuration from this menu and press
Enter.
12. Choose Printer Configuration from this menu and press
Enter.
13. You must configure the printer as printer zero (0) so choose this option
from the menu and press Enter.
14. Type a name for the printer and press Enter.
15. You will see a list of Printer Types (as in figure 2). The Elite XL
must be defined as Other Remote/Unknown. Select this option
from the list.
Finally you assign your queue to your printer.
16. When you have defined your Elite XL printer, press Esc to return
to the Print Server Configuration menu.
17. Choose Queues Serviced by Printer from this menu and press
Enter.
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18. Assign the queue you just created to the printer (see your NetWare
documentation for more details).
19. When you have finished, press Esc to return to the Print Server
Configuration menu.
You may want to implement this optional item.
22a. Choose Notify List for Printer and press Enter.
22b. Choose the Elite XL printer, and then select users that you wish to be
notified when the printer has a problem (see your Netware documentation
for more details).
22c. When you have completed your Notify List, press Esc until you return
to the Print Server Information menu.
When you have made all your changes, you exit PCONSOLE.
23. Press Esc three times to return to the PCONSOLE main menu.
24. Press Esc to save changes and exit PCONSOLE.
This ends the section of this manual devoted to Netware 3.12. Now continue
with the section “NEST-specific Setup” on page 11.
NetWare 4.1 instructions
Setting up PCONSOLE
1. Log into the network as SUPERVISOR (or equivalent).
2. Start the PCONSOLE program (it is located in SYS:PUBLIC).
3. Change to the correct context, and make a note of it. (You will need this
when you use GCC’s WebAdmin utility, discussed in a later section.)
4. Choose Quick Setup and press Enter (see figure 3).
5. Enter the Print Server Name. Press Enter, then press Insert and type
the name. Make a note of this name; you will need it when use use
GCC’s WebAdmin Utility, discussed in a later section.
6. Change the New Printer and the New Print Queue entries in the same
way.
7. Choose the volume where you will store your print queues.
8. Change the Banner Type to PostScript or Text as appropriate.
9. Choose the Printer Type. For the Elite XL this must be Other/Un-
known.
10. Press Esc several times to return to the PCONSOLE main menu.
11. Press Esc to save changes and exit PCONSOLE.
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Figure 3. Choosing Quick Setup from PCONSOLE’s opening screen.
Figure 4. PCONSOLE’s Quick Setup screen.
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Figure 5. Creating a user in NWADMIN
Creating a User
NPRINTER must log in to the network, so you are required to create a user for
this purpose. You can do this either by using the NWADMIN utility (Windows) or the NETADMIN utility (DOS).
Creating a User with NWADMIN
1. Log into the network as SUPERVISOR (or equivalent).
2. Start the NWADMIN program (it is located in SYS:PUBLIC).
3. Change the context, if necessary, to the same as the printer. Choose
Change Context and press Insert to browse the list of available
contexts. Choose the correct context and press F10.
4. Highlight your required context.
5. Press Insert and choose a user object from the list, then press Enter.
6. Type the login name and press Tab.
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Figure 6. The Password screen in NWADMIN.
7. Type the last name and press Enter.
8. Click on the Create button.
9. Double-click on the user name to display the User dialog box.
Now you set a password.
10. Click on the Password Restriction button.
11. Click on the Change Password button.
12. Type the new password and press Enter, then type the password
again to verify it.
13. Make a note of the user name and password; you will need them for the
GCC WebAdmin setup.
14. Press the OK button to exit this dialog box. Your user is created.
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Figure 7. Creating a user in NETADMIN
Creating a User with NETADMIN
1. Log into the network as SUPERVISOR (or equivalent).
2. Start the NETADMIN program (it is located in SYS:PUBLIC).
3. Change the context, if necessary, to the same as the printer. Choose
Change Context and press Insert to browse the list of available
contexts. Choose the correct context and press F10.
4. Choose Manage Objects from the NETADMIN options list and press
Enter.
5. Press Insert to add an object.
6. Choose User and press Enter.
7. Type the login name and press the down arrow key.
8. Type the last name and press Esc.
Now you change properties or set a password, if necessary.
9. If you do not want to change properties or passwords, go to step 14.
10. Press Enter to see the Actions List.
11. View or edit properties of the User object.
12. Press Enter. If you need to change or create a password, choose
Change Password and press Enter, otherwise go to step 14.
13. Type the password and press Enter. Type the password again to
verify it and press Enter.
14. Press Esc four times to exit NETADMIN and save your changes.
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NEST-Specific Setup using WebAdmin
The following instructions for setting up NEST with an Elite XL printer apply
to both NetWare 3.12 and 4.X.
Elite XL specific NEST parameters are accessed and changed using GCC’s
WebAdmin remote printer management tool. WebAdmin allows you to view
and/or change many parameters of the Elite XL printer using a World Wide
Web browser over an Ethernet network. Please see Section 2 of this manual for
information on installation and setup of the WebAdmin utility.
All Elite XL printers on the network that you are intending to use with NEST
MUST be accessible using WebAdmin. The following instructions assume you
have followed the setup in Section 2 and are able to access the printer using
WebAdmin.
First, ensure that NEST is enabled on the printer.
1. Launch your World Wide Web browser and attached to your printer as
explained in Section 2.
2. Select (click) NETWORKS from the WebAdmin main menu.The
Networks main menu is displayed.
3. If NEST is disabled, use the pull-down menu to enable it and restart your
printer.
4. Once the printer is configured with NEST enabled, select the NEST link.
The NEST Subjects menu appears.
The NEST Subjects menu displays the available subject items (General,
Network, NPRINTER and PSERVER) that may be changed. If you select one
of the links on this page, a menu of parameters will be displayed for the subject
you have selected.
The following information pertains only to those items that are required to
change for NEST printing. If you are installing under Netware 3.12, continue
with the instructions below. If you are installing under Netware 4.x, skip
forward to the bottom of page 12.
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Netware 3.12 setup with WebAdmin
If you are installing under Netware 3.12, you will need to configure the
following items.
1. From the WebAdmin Networks menu, select the Network link. From
the Network configuration menu:
a) Change the FRAMETYPE item to a frametype that is supported by
your file server.
b) Change the MODE item to Bindery.
c) Change the PREFERRED SERVER item to the name of your file
server.
2. From the WebAdmin Networks menu, select the PSERVER link. From
the PSERVER configuration menu:
a) Change the PRINT SERVER NAME item to the print server name
that you created earlier in this chapter when you used PCONSOLE to
configure your file server.
b) Change the PASSWORD item to the password you set (if you set one)
for the print server when using PCONSOLE.
3. Click the box that is labeled Restart printer automatically and press the
submit new settings button. The Elite XL will save your changes and
reboot.
Netware 4.x setup with WebAdmin
If you are installing under Netware 4.x, you will need to configure the following items.
1. From the WebAdmin Networks menu, select the Network link. From
the Network configuration menu:
a) Change the FRAMETYPE item to a frametype that is supported by
your file server.
b) Change the MODE item to Directory Services.
c) Change the PREFERRED SERVER item to the name of your file
server.
d) Change the PREFERRED DS TREE item to the name of your
directory services tree.
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c) Change the DS Name Context item to the context that contains the
print server object, printer object and user that you created earlier in
this section.
2. From the WebAdmin Networks menu, select the NPRINTER link. From
the NPRINTER configuration menu:
a) Change the USER NAME item to the common name of the user object
that you created earlier in this section.
b) Change the USER PASSWORD item to the password you set (if you
set one) for the user.
2. From the WebAdmin Networks menu, select the PSERVER link. From
the PSERVER configuration menu:
a) Change the PRINT SERVER NAME item to the print server name
that you created earlier in this chapter when you used PCONSOLE to
configure your file server.
b) Change the PASSWORD item to the password you set (if you set one)
for the print server when using PCONSOLE.
3. Click the box that is labeled Restart printer automatically and press the
submit new settings button. The Elite XL will save your changes and
reboot.
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Windows computers that use your NEST printer
Control-d and PostScript printing
If you intend to print from computers running Windows, you may get errors
when running PostScript jobs. This is because Windows computers add a
Control-d (^d) character to the end of the job, and in some cases to the beginning as well. The following sections tell you how to configure computers
running Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 to prevent them from sending the extra
characters.
To make these changes you must first install the printer driver in each computer.
Preventing a Windows 3.1 computer from sending Control-d
1. From Program Manager, choose Run from the File Menu.
2. Type Sysedit in the dialog box and press Enter.
3. Click on the WIN.INI title bar in the Sysedit window.
4. Choose Find from the Edit menu.
5. Scroll to the section of WIN.INI headed “[GCC Elite XL,Version
1.1,LPT3]” (This line may be partially different in your computer).
6. Add the following line anywhere in this section:
CtrlD=0
7. Choose Exit from the File Menu, and save changes when prompted.
Preventing a Windows 95 computer from sending Control-d
1. From the Start menu, choose Settings and then Printers.
2. Right-click on the Elite XL icon, and choose Properties in the pop-up
menu.
3. Choose the PostScript tab in this dialog box.
4. Click on the Advanced button.
5. There are two checkboxes relating to Ctrl-d at the bottom of this dialog
box. Clear both of them.
6. Press OK twice to return to the Windows 95 desktop.
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Printing a Config page
NEST Config Page info
You can find information about the current status of your Elite XL by printing a
configuration page (unless the printer is in PCL only mode). If you are having
trouble with the Elite XL NEST setup, printing a config page may offer helpful
information.
1. Make sure the printer’s display shows “Ready.”
2. Press the On Line button to take the printer off line.
3. Press the Menu button eight times, until you see the words “Print Info
Pages: Configuration” in the display.
4. Press the Enter button. The printer will warm up, then print a configuration page.
5. When the page has printed, press the On Line button to take the printer
on line.
NEST information is at the bottom of the left column.
Typical problems with solutions
You can get information about your printer either by running the configuration
tool program, checking settings in the printer’s front panel, or by printing a
configuration page.
1. The print server didn’t log into the file server.
Make sure that the configuration page shows the same print server name
and file server name as displayed by WebAdmin. If you are using
NetWare 4, check to make sure that the name context and DS tree are
correct (with WebAdmin), and check that you have entered a typeful
name context instead of a typeless name context.
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2. The print server is running, but NPRINTER didn’t connect to it.
In NetWare 4, you must create a user on the file server for NPRINTER to
log in as; check NETADMIN or NWADMIN to make sure that you have
created a user. Use WebAdmin to make sure that the printer has the
correct name and password. Also make sure that user is in the same
context as the print server and printer objects by looking in NETADMIN
or NWADMIN.
3. I can send jobs to a queue correctly, but the printer won’t read the
jobs from the queue.
Try printing a configuration page. This will tell you if the print server
and NPRINTER have connected correctly. If they have not, the print
server will not be able to print jobs from the queue. If the print server has
connected correctly to NPRINTER, check the file server name to make
sure that you have connected to the correct file server.
If you can find no errors but the printer will still not print from the queue,
use PCONSOLE to check the queue; you may have disabled the queue.
4. The printer prints a banner page, but the rest of the job does not
print.
If your print job is sent from a Windows computer, this machine may be
sending a Control-d (^d) character at the beginning of the file which
causes a PostScript error immediately after the banner page is printed,
halting the job. See the section “Control-d and PostScript printing” in the
section “Configuring Windows computers that will print to your NEST
printer.”
5. I changed the frametype and now my printer won’t connect to the
file server.
When you change the frametype, you are also changing the network
number of the printer. Since the internal print server is now on a different
network, NetWare thinks that it is a different print server, even though it
has the same name. Since NetWare doesn’t allow more than one print
server at a time to use the same name, you must wait a few minutes until
the network realizes that the old print server is no longer running.
(You should only have this problem if the print server was already
connected to a file server and you did not change the print server name
when you changed the frametype.)
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Contents
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Introduction ............................................................................................ 2-2
Getting Started ....................................................................................... 2-2
Connecting to WebAdmin ......................................................................2-3
Navigating WebAdmin ............................................................................2-3
Linking to Pages .........................................................................2-3
Refreshing Information ...............................................................2-6
Printer Status Page ..................................................................2-7
Changing the Printer’s Configuration ...........................................2-8
Printing Informational Pages ...................................................... 2-9
WebAdmin Security ...............................................................................2-9
WebAdmin Password ................................................................ 2-10
TCP/IP Address Restriction ....................................................... 2-11
WebAdmin Index ................................................................................. 2-13
WebAdmin Messages ..........................................................................2-13
Setting up TCP/IP Protocol ..................................................................2-14
Troubleshooting Tips ............................................................................ 2-16
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Introduction
WebAdmin is an innovative solution to remote printer management. Using a
World Wide Web browser, you can view the status and configuration settings of
any Elite XL printer with WebAdmin capability on your Ethernet network.
Furthermore, you can actually change the settings from the browser. Using
WebAdmin is like standing next to the printer and physically pressing the front
panel function keys. For example, you may need to change the configuration
prior to sending a print job.
To provide this functionality, the Elite XL incorporates a built-in HTTP
(HyperText Transfer Protocol) server that provides a Web page interface for
configuration and management. The Elite XL acts as a Web server, serving
information about its configuration as Web pages to your computer. Using a
Web browser, you can view these pages and send back requests to change
certain settings on the printer.
WebAdmin is best suited for system administrators who perform a variety of
configuration tasks, and for those who are already using their printers on an
Ethernet network. WebAdmin does not send print jobs to the printer.
Getting Started
1. Install a Web browser on your computer.
2. Configure the printer for TCP/IP.
3. Configure your computer for TCP/IP.
You must use a HTML 3.0-compliant browser with forms capability.
Install a World Wide Web browser (such as Mosaic or Netscape Navigator)
on your PC or Macintosh, if you don’t already have one.
Launch your browser and open the Web page install.htm (located in the
WebAdmin Folder on the Elite XL Software and Documentation CD-
ROM provided with your printer. This page offers helpful information on
how to setup and use WebAdmin.
Refer to the TCP/IP section of this Networking guide. TCP/IP runs over an
Ethernet network; therefore, you must have an Ethernet connection from
your computer to your Elite XL to use WebAdmin.
Make sure the TCP/IP network protocol on your Macintosh or PC is set up
to enable communication between your printer and computer.
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UNIX machines, Macintoshes (System 7.5 or later) and IBM PC-compatibles (Windows 95 or Windows NT) come with the TCP/IP protocol
built in.
If your computer is not configured for TCP/IP, refer to “Setting Up TCP/IP
Protocol” on page 2-14 of this Chapter.
Note:
You may want to verify the setup of TCP/IP on your printers and computers. To
verify that TCP/IP is set up properly, use some other method of connecting your
computers and printers (such as telnet or ping).
Connecting to WebAdmin
There are two ways to connect to the WebAdmin server:
1 Type the IP address of the printer in the browser’s URL (Uniform Re-
source Locator) entry area.
Example: Type http://1.0.4.23/, where 1.0.4.23 is the printer’s IP address.
2 If your network has a Domain Name Server, you can type the printer’s
assigned name in the browser’s URL entry area.
Example: Type http://myElite/, where myElite is the name of the printer.
In most cases, your system administrator will assign a hostname to your Elite
XL. This name may differ from the AppleTalk® name of the printer that
appears on the printer’s front panel display. For more information on Domain
Name Servers and local host files, contact your system administrator.
For convenience, you may want to set up an Elite XL home page on your
computer with links to all your Elite XL printers that have WebAdmin capability.
Navigating WebAdmin
Linking to Pages
When you connect to your Elite XL, the printer’s home page automatically
appears. This page provides a list of page bars that link to the WebAdmin
pages used to view and change the printer’s configuration.
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title
bar
page
bars
text
links
If you are using a browser that does not display inline images, or
you do not want to load the images on the home page, click the
WebAdmin (Text Menu) link at the bottom of the home page.
There are two ways to navigate to WebAdmin pages. To retrieve
detailed printer information, move the cursor to the Printer
Information page bar and click the mouse button. Alternatively,
you can click the Printer Information text link at the bottom of
the home page. You are linked to the Printer Information page
(shown on the next page).
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Note:
Using the browser’s Back, Forward and Reload buttons will help avoid
duplicate references to the same Web page in your browser.
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If your computer has Internet access, clicking the TO GCC icon (top right
corner of the WebAdmin title bar) links you to the GCC Technologies Web
home page (http://www.gcctech.com/). From the GCC home page, you can
view our online manuals, retrieve software upgrades and service information,
and find out what’s new at GCC. Clicking anywhere else on the WebAdmin
title bar displays the WebAdmin home page for your printer.
Refreshing Information
The WebAdmin page being viewed at any given time reflects the status of the
printer at the moment the page was displayed, or loaded. To insure that the
information on that page is current, you need to periodically click your Web
browser’s Reload button. That page will then be reloaded to reflect any
changes.
For example, the Printer Information page (shown on the previous page)
displays the printer’s page count. If another user prints a page to that printer
while you are viewing this page, the information displayed in your browser will
not be current. You need to refresh the Printer Information page to see the new
page count.
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Printer Status Page
The most illustrative example of a WebAdmin page containing information that
needs to be refreshed is the Printer Status page. The Printer Status page
displays the printer’s status, the status of each paper tray, and the front panel
display language. To access this page, click the Printer Status text link at the
bottom of any WebAdmin page.
The information on this page can change frequently as multiple users send print
jobs to the printer. For example, if a user sends a print job that uses up all the
paper while you have this page loaded, the page will not reflect this current
status. You will be unaware that the paper tray is empty. The page needs to be
refreshed to display updated information.
Some Web browsers support automatic refresh. If your browser supports
automatic refresh, the Printer Status page will be automatically updated
according to the interval you enter in the Refresh this page every seconds
box. (The default is every 30 seconds.) To change the interval, type the new
value in the box and click the Update Status button.
Note:
The Printer Status page is the only WebAdmin page with the automatic refresh
option.
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If your browser does not support automatic refresh, you will not see the Printer
Status page update itself. Instead, use the Update Status button or your
browser’s Reload button as frequently as you need to.
Changing the Printer’s Configuration
In addition to displaying the status of the printer, WebAdmin allows you to
make changes to the printer’s configuration. Configurable WebAdmin pages
are known as forms.
A WebAdmin form provides pop-up menus, entry boxes and buttons to make
the same changes you would make by pressing the printer’s front panel
function keys. This interface is similar to the graphical user interface of most
programs.
A description of each configuration setting can be found in Chapter 2, “The
Elite XL front panel,” of the Elite XL User’s Manual .
Note:
Web pages can be retrieved from the WebAdmin server while printing is in
progress; however, configuration settings cannot be modified until the printer is idle.
To make changes:
1. Access the page you want to make a change to via the WebAdmin
home page or the text links at the bottom of the page you are currently
on.
2. Make the necessary changes using the page’s pop-up menus, entry
boxes and buttons.
You can make more than one change on a page.
3. Click the Submit new setting button to submit the change to the
printer. Or, if you need to view the page with its original settings, click
the Display original settings button (clicking this button redisplays
settings originally received from the printer; it does not reload current
settings from the printer.)
When you submit your request, the printer is automatically taken offline,
the changes are initiated and the printer is automatically brought online.
(This process assures that your changes do not conflict with changes being
entered at the front panel by another user.)
A reply page will appear listing the changes.
IMPORTANT:
Making a change on a WebAdmin page without clicking
the Submit new setting button has no effect on the printer.
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Printing Informational Pages
4. Press the browser’s Back button to go back to the page you made the
change to and press the Reload button.
Note:
Some Elite XL settings require that you restart the printer so changes can take
effect. The corresponding WebAdmin page for these settings include a Restart
printer automatically check box option to restart the printer automatically when
you click the Submit new settings button. If you choose to restart automatically,
give your printer enough time to restart before you try to reconnect to WebAdmin.
With WebAdmin, you can print the Elite XL printer informational pages that
are accessible through the printer’s front panel.
To print an informational page:
1. From the WebAdmin home page, click the Printer Information page
bar or click the Printer Information text link at the bottom of any
WebAdmin page.
The Printer Information page appears.
2. In the Additional Information section, click the information pages
link.
The Information Pages page appears.
Note:
(for PCL) will be the only informational page available to print.
3. Click the radio button to the left of the page you want to print.
4. Click the Print Selected Page button.
WebAdmin Security
WebAdmin comes with two security options to prohibit unauthorized users
from reconfiguring the printer:
1 WebAdmin password
This password prohibits unauthorized users from making changes to the
WebAdmin pages.
2 TCP/IP address restrictions
As an alternative to, or in addition to, the WebAdmin password, you may
want to restrict which TCP/IP addresses can connect to the Elite XL. These
restrictions apply to all methods of connecting via TCP/IP, including
WebAdmin, telnet and ping.
If the Elite XL’s PS/PCL Sensing option is set to PCL only, the Font List
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WebAdmin Password
You define the IP addresses that are allowed to connect to your printer.
Any other addresses will not be able to view the printer’s configuration
using WebAdmin or print using TCP/IP mechanisms. For more information about IP address restrictions, refer to Chapter 4 (TCP/IP) on “Restricting Connection To Certain IP Addresses.”
The default settings for these security features allow anyone to use WebAdmin.
You can customize the settings for the level of security you require. Security is
particularly important if your printer is connected to the Internet.
IMPORTANT:
setting a password immediately after setting up your Elite XL.
Although submitting WebAdmin changes is prohibited without the password,
users can still view the printer’s configuration.
To enter a WebAdmin password:
1. Click the Security text link at the bottom of any WebAdmin page or
the Security page bar on the WebAdmin home page.
If you are concerned about unauthorized users, we recommend
2. Enter a password in the New password entry box.
The password can include up to 12 characters.
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3. Enter the same password in the New password (retype) entry box.
4. Click the Submit new setting button.
All subsequently loaded WebAdmin pages will now include a Password
entry box. Each time you make a change to a page, you need to enter the
password in the Password entry box prior to clicking the Submit new
setting button.
To disable the password, leave the New password and New password (retype)
entry boxes blank, enter the current password in the Password entry box, and
click the Submit new setting button. A password cannot be reset from the front
panel.
IMPORTANT: A WebAdmin password does not prohibit users from making
changes using the front panel function keys.
If you forget your WebAdmin password, call the GCC Technical Support
Hotline at (617) 276-8620.
TCP/IP Address Restriction
IMPORTANT:
familiar with TCP/IP addressing schemes and hexadecimal masks.
To enter TCP/IP restrictions:
1. Click the Security text link at the bottom of any WebAdmin page or
the Security page bar on the WebAdmin home page.
The Security page appears.
2. Click on the restrict TCP/IP connections link.
The TCP/IP Settings page appears.
3. In the Restrict TCP/IP communications pop-up menu, select Enabled.
We do not recommend setting IP restrictions unless you are
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4. Enter mask/IP address pairs in the appropriate boxes.
The restrictions are defined as pairs of masks and addresses. For each
MASK/ADDRESS pair with a non-zero MASK, an IP address X.X.X.X
can connect to the printer if:
MASK & ADDRESS = MASK & X.X.X.X
(where & is a bitwise AND operator).
Note: If all the MASK values are set to zero, IP access will not be re-
stricted, even if Restrict TCP/IP communications is set to Enabled.
Example: Class A Network
If you want to allow any subnet address on the network 100.5, along with
the address 2.1.4.149, to connect to the printer, set up two mask address
pairs as follows:
IMPORTANT: When restricting the mask/address pairs, be careful not to
disable your own ability to connect to the printer. However, the IP restriction menu is accessible from the front panel of the Elite XL and can be
reset.
5. Click the Restart printer automatically check box so that the printer
will automatically restart after step 6.
6. Click the Submit new settings button.
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WebAdmin Index
The WebAdmin Index provides a list of all Elite XL configuration items, each
linked to the related WebAdmin page. Note that some items specify the range
of valid settings. To access the Index page, click the Index page bar on the
WebAdmin home page or click the Index menu item at the bottom of any
WebAdmin page.
The configuration items are listed in alphabetical order. To
quickly jump to an item, click one of the links at the top of the page ( A - F | G
- L | M - R | S - Z ).
WebAdmin Messages
The following are WebAdmin messages that may appear after clicking the
Submit new setting button on a WebAdmin form.
Unable to set [parameter] to [value].
The configuration can not be changed. At least one of the changes you made on
a page will not be made because an invalid value was selected or entered.
Consult the Elite XL User’s Manual.
The printer could not be taken offline. Try again later.
The printer is busy, most likely processing a job. Check the Printer Status page
to verify that the printer’s status is Ready. (Changes were not made.)
The printer is already offline. Try again when it is back online.
A user has taken the printer offline. You can switch the printer online from the
printer’s front panel. (Changes were not made.)
Failed to bring printer back online.
Changes may have been made, but the printer could not go back online. You
need to switch the printer online from the printer’s front panel.
No configuration changes requested.
Configuration settings were not changed from originals.
No valid selection made in form.
All selections made were invalid values. (Changes were not made.) Consult the
Elite XL User’s Manual.
Password changed.
The new password submitted is in effect. If you entered a blank password, the
password requirement is disabled.
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