Epson C1440AXIS Product Guide

Ethernet 10BaseT
connector

printer connector

test button
network indicator

power indicato r

AXIS 1440 Network Print Server for EPSON Printers

Supported Protocols

NetWare: IPX, SAP, RIP, SPX , NCP (ex te nded wi th

NDS) and LIP.

Windows/OS/2

TCP/IP: LPD, FTP, BOO T P, D HCP, AR P,

Apple EtherTalk: AARP, ATP, DDP, NBP, PAP, RTMP,

®

: NetBIOS/NetBEUI, TCP/IP, WINS/

NBT.

RARP, ICMP, IP, TCP, UDP, HTTP,
TFTP, SNMP, SLP.

ZIP.

external power
suppl y connector

Technical Specifications

Supported Systems

Novell® NetWare™:Versions 3.11, 3. 12, 4.10 and above,

supporting both N D S and B ind ery
Emulation. At least 16 bindery files servers
and 96 print queues can be served. User
messages also supported. Print methods
include RPRINTER /NPRI N TER ,
PSERVER.

®

IBM
LAN Server

Microsoft
Windows: Windows NT ve rsio n 4.0 and above,

LANtastic

Apple
UNIX: Any UNIX system that supports LPR
WWW: Netscape Navigator 3.0, Micr osoft

™

: LAN Server 1.3 and above, running under

OS/2 version 1.3 and abo ve, incl u di ng
OS/2 Warp, OS/2 Warp Connect.

®

Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 3.1,
and Windows for Work gr o up s .

®

: Windows fo r W ork gro u ps, Wind o w s 9 5

and Windows 98 clie nts us ing
LANtastic 7.0 and above.

®

EtherTalk™:Print method: AppleTalk™ Phase 2.

Internet Explorer 3.0, or compatible Web
browsers.

Supported Printers

EPSON Stylus® COLOR 740, EPSO N St ylu s COL OR 850,
EPSON Stylus Photo EX, EPSON Stylus Photo 700

Mechanical

Hardware: 32 bit RISC co ntrol ler, 1 MB flash

memory, 256 K b RAM

Attachments: RJ-45 conn ecto r 10B ase T (Twis ted Pair)

Ethernet
Parallel Port IEEE 1284
Dimensions: 1.1 inches (H) × 2.2 inches (W) × 4.7

inches (D) (2.7 cm × 5.6 cm × 11.8 cm)
Weight: 0.26 lb (0.12 Kg)

Electrical

Power
Consumption : Maximum 170 m A at 12 V DC (Ty pe PS-

A, 9 V, 300 mA). Po w er provided by

external source.

Environmental

Temperature: 40 to 105 °F (5 to 40 °C)
Humidity: 10 to 95% non-condensing

Approvals

EMC: EN 55022/19 94, EN 5 0082 -1/1992,

FCC Class A
Safety: EN 60950

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Test Button and Indicator Lights

The following table describes how to use the test button.

Power
Condition Action Result

ON Push once. Prints a test page to check

ON Push twice. Prints a parameter list

OFF (unp l ugged) Hold down for more

than 5 second s.

the con nection to the
printer.

showing the AXIS 1440
settings.

Resets the AXIS 1440
parameter settings to
factory defa ul t v al ues.

The following tabl e des cri be s the in dica tor lights on th e
AXIS 1440:

Indicator Print Server Status

Network Flashe s to indicate network activi ty.
Power Normall y ON when power i s ON . I f i t fl ashes or

does not light, there is a problem with the AXIS
1440 or its power supply.

Installation and Setup

Setup Overview

1. Set up your EPSON printer and install the printer softw are
on each computer that will print over the network.

2. Attach the AXIS 1440 Print Server to you r EP SON printer
and connect it to the network.

3. Install the AXIS software on server workstations, if setting
up a shared printer.

4. Install the AXIS software on client workstations, if printing
in peer-to-peer mode.

5. Set up the AXIS 1440 for your network.

6. Configure each workstatio n’s printer port to use the AXIS
1440 Print Server.

Network Configurations

See the following table to find you r netw o rk conf iguratio n
(operating system and protocol) and determine what to install.

Operating
system

Window s 95/98/NTTCP/IP (LPR) 1. Install AXIS Print Monitor.

Window s 3. 1**/
Windows for
Worksgroups

Macint osh AppleTal k Select your AT printer driver in the

IBM OS/2 NetBIOS/

UNIX (LPR only) TCP/IP 1. Configure your AXIS 1440 for

Network
protocol/
configuration

Novell
NetWare

NetBIOS/
NetBEUI

peer-to- peer
printing
(NetBIOS/
NetBE UI or
TCP/IP)

client-s erver
printing
(NetBIOS/
NetBE UI or
TCP/IP)

Novell
NetWare

NetBEUI

What you need t o install and
configure

2. Configure your AXIS 1440 for
TCP/IP.

3. Configure workstation printer
ports to use the AXI S 1440.

1. Install AXIS NetPilot.

2. Use AXIS NetPilot Installation
Wizard to set up the A X IS
1440 for the network.

3. Configure workstation printer
ports to use the AXI S 1440.

1. Install AXIS NetPilot and use
the AXIS NetPilot Installation
Wizard to set up the A X IS
1440 for the network.*

2. Install AXIS Print Moni tor.

3. Configure workstation ports to
use the AXIS 1440.

1. Install AXIS Print Utility on all
workstations.

2. Configure workstation printer
ports to use the AXI S 1440.

1. Install AXIS Print Utility on the
server.

2. Set up the pr i nter for shari ng on
the server.

3. Configure clients’ ports to use the
printer.

1. Install AXIS NetPilot.

2. Use the AXIS NetPilot Installation
Wizard to set up the A X IS 1440
for the network.

3. Configure workstation printer
ports to use the AXI S 1440.

Chooser.

1. Install AXIS Print Utility for OS/2.

2. Use AXIS P ri nt Utility for OS/2 to
set up your printer port.

3. Create a shared print queue.

TCP/IP.

2. Copy the axinstall scrip t to your
hard disk.

3. Create an LPR print queue on your
UNIX system.

4. Edit the LP R pri nt queue
description.

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* You don’t need to use the NetPilot Installation Wizard if you don’t

plan to change the print server name.

** Windows 3.1 workstations must be running LAN Manager

Workstation client software to print to a network printer.