EPSON C82364 User Manual

User’s Guide Update

Notic e for C82363✽/C82364✽ Users

Use a shielded twisted-pair cable (Category-5) to connect the interface card, otherwise the interface card may malfunction.

For C82363✽ Users

The C82363✽ Ethernet card al s o ha s a DC powe r co nnection. You can connect the C82363✽ Ethernet card to the following EPSON printers using AC adapter C82525✽ (Model EU-30);

EPSON Stylus COLOR 800/850 FX-880/ 1100/ 2170 DFX-8500 LQ-670/ 2070/ 2170 DLQ-3000+

Before connecting, change the power select switch on the board to the “A” position.

For Microsoft® Windows® 98 Users

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The EPSON Net!2 for Windows can be used with Windows

98. Follow the instructions for Windows 95 in the Administrator’s Manual.

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If you are using a NetWare printer, EPSON Status Monitor 2 utility is not available. Make sure to deselect the Monitor NetWare printers check box when you install EPSON Status Monitor 2 utility.

Deselect here.

EK2-00-EUL

Using Bindery Emulation mode

for Netware 4.x

Follow the steps below when using Bindery Emulation mode in Netware 4.x.

Making Settings in Print Server mode

1. Log in to the server as a SUPERVISOR. Make sure to log in

as Bindery correspondence.

2. Run PCONSOLE.

3. From the Available Options screen, select Quick Setup.

4. Type the Print Server and Print Queue name, and select Parallel, Manual load, Polling mode, or LPT1 for the printer type.

5. Press Esc to exit PCONSOLE.

6. Using EPSON Net!2 for Windows, configure the Ethernet card in Print Server mode. Make sure to use the print server created in step 4.

Note:

To configure the Ethernet card using EPSON Net!2, see “Configuring the Ethernet card in Print Server mode” on page 4-8.

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Making Settings in Remote Printer mode

1. Log in to the server as a SUPERVISOR. Make sure to log in

as Bindery correspondence.

2. Run PCONSOLE.

3. From the Available Options screen, select Print Queues

and press Enter. Press insert and type the print queue names. Then press Enter

4. Press Esc.

5. From the Available Options screen, select Print Servers and

press Enter. Press Insert and type the print server name. Then press Enter.

6. Press Esc to exit PCONSOLE, and logout from the server.

7. Then, log in to the server as an ADMIN. Make sure to log

in with NDS connection.

8. Start Nwadmin.

9. To create the Printer Object, click the container (with the

Print Server object created in step 5) specified as the Bindery context and select Object, then Create, click OK and then select Printer. Type the printer name and click Create.

10. To assign the print queue, double-click the Printer object

icon (created in step 9). The Printer dialog box appears.

11. Click Assignments and then click Add. From the print

queue list, select the queue (created in step 3) and click OK.

12. Click Configuration in the Printer dialog box, and select

Parallel from the Printer type pull-down menu.

13. Then, click Communication. Select LPT1 for the Port;

check Polled for Interrupts; and check Manual load (Remote from Print Server) as the Connection type.

14. Click OK to close the dialog box, then click OK in the

Printer dialog box.

15. To assign the printer, double-click the Printer Server object

icon (created in step 5). The Print Server dialog appears.

16. Click Assignments and then click Add. From the printer

object list, select the printer object (created in step 9) and click OK.

17. In the Print Server dialog box, select the assigned printer

from the printer object list, and click the Printer Number button to set a printer number from 0 to 254. Then click OK.

18. To confirm the objects you have assigned, double-click the

Print Server object icon. Click Print Layout, and check that the print server, printer, and print queue are connected.

19. From the System Console of the file server, load the print

server module by the following command. LOAD PSERVER print server name

20. Using EPSON Net!2 for Windows, configure the Ethernet

card in Remote Printer mode. Make sure to use the print server name created in step 5 and the printer number set in step 17.

Note:

To configure the Ethernet card using EPSON Net!2, see “Configuring the Ethernet card in Remote Printer mode” on page 4-14.

FCC Compliance Statement

For United States Users

This equipment has been tested and fo un d to comply with the limi ts f o r a Cl ass A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy a nd, if not ins t alled an d us e d in accor dance with the instruction man u al, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to ca us e har mful interference in which case the user will be re quired to correct the interference at his own expense.

This device compli e s with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Oper ation is su bject to t he following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accep t any interferen ce received, including interference that may cause undesired operati on .

WARNING

The connection of a no n - s hi elded equipment inter f ace cable to this equipment will invalidate the FCC Cert if ication o f this device an d may cause interference l e vels which exceed the li mits es tablished by the F CC for th is equipment. It i s the re s po nsibility of the user to obtain and use a shielded equipment inter f ace cable with this dev ice. If this equipment has more than one interface connector, do not leave cables connected to unused interfaces.

Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user’ s authority to operate the equipment.

For Canadian Users

This Class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. Cet appareil numérique de la classe A est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada.

For European Users

This product conforms to CE marking requirements in accordance with EC Directive 89/336/EEC.

AC Adapter model EU-30 conforms to CE making requirements in accordance with EC Directives 73/23/EEC and 89/336/EEC.

WARNING

This is a Class A product. In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequat e me asures .

C82362]/ C82363]/ C82364] EPSON Type B Ethernet Interface Card

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION. The information contained herein is designed only for use with this EPSON printer. EPSON is not responsible for any use of this information as applied to other products.

Neither SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION nor its affiliates shall be liable to the purchaser of this product or third parties for damages, losses, costs, or expenses incurred by purchaser or third parties as a result of: accident, misuse, or abuse of this product or unauthorized modifications, repairs, or alterations to this product, or (excluding the U.S.) failure to strictly comply with SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION‘s operating and maintenance instructions.

SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION shall not be liable against any damages or problems arising from the use of any options or any consumable products other than those designated as Original EPSON Products or EPSON Approved Products by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION.

EPSON and EPSON ESC/P are registered trademarks and EPSON ESC/P 2 and EPSON Stylus are trademarks of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION.

General Notice: Oth er pr oduct names used herein are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners. EPSON disclaims any and all ri gh ts in thos e marks.

Administrator’s Manual

Declaration of Conformity

According to ISO/ IEC Guid e 22 an d EN 45014

Manufactu re r: SEIKO EPSON CORP ORATION Address: 3-5, Owa 3-c h ome, Suwa-shi ,

Nagano-ken 392 Japan

Represen ta tive: EPSON EUROP E B.V . Address: Prof. J. H. Bav in c k laan 5 1183

AT Amstelveen The Netherlands

Declares that the Product:

Product Name: EPSON Type B Ethernet

Interface Card

Model: C82362/ C8236 3/ C82364

Conforms to the following Direc t ive( s) and No rm (s) :

Directive 89/336 /EE C:

EN 55022 Class A EN 50082-1 IEC 801-2 IEC 801-3 IEC 801-4

April 1998

Y. Ishii President of EP SON EUROPE B.V.

Introduction

Enclosed Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Overview of Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Operating Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Supported operating systems and network protocols . . . 1-4

Environment for the Setup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

EPSON Printers Supported by the Ethernet Card . . . . . . . . 1-10

Brief Overview of Installing and Configuring the Ethernet Card 1-11

Chapter 1

Ethernet Card Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Status lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Status sheet button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Power select switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Hardware Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Initializing the Ethernet Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

Chapter 2

Installing EPSON Net!2 for Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

For Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

For Windows NT 3.51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Installing EPSON Net!2 for Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Getting Started

Install ing EP SON Net !2

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Chapter 3

Overall Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Installing the TCP/IP Protocols in Your PC . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Setting the IP Address Using the EPSON Net!2 for

Windows/Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9

Setting the IP Address Using the arp Command . . . . . . . . . 3-12

Changing the IP Address Using EPSON Net!2 for Intranet . . . 3-16

Setting the IP Address

Chapter 4

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Applicable systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Overall steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

About mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Using NetWare 3.1x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

Instructions for using NetWare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

Using the Ethernet card in Print Server mode . . . . . . . . . 4-4

Using the Ethernet card in Remote Printer mode . . . . . . . 4-11

Using NetWare 4.1x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18

Instructions for using NetWare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18

Using the Ethernet card in Print Server mode . . . . . . . . . 4-19

Using the Ethernet card in Remote Printer mode . . . . . . . 4-27

Configuring the Ethernet Card for NetWare Using

EPSON Net!2 for Intranet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37

Create and Set the Queue Using EPSON Net!2 . . . . . . . . . . 4-39

Instructions for Using a Dial-Up Network . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40

Chapter 5

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

Applicable systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

Overall steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

Configuring the Ethernet Card Using EPSON Net!2

for Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

Configuring the Ethernet Card for AppleTalk Using

EPSON Net!2 for Intranet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6

Using the Ethernet Card with NetWare

Using the Ethernet Card with Macintosh

Chapter 6

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

Applicable systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

Overall steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

Printing with TCP/IP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

Printing method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

Printing with NetBEUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

Installing NetBEUI protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

Configuring the Ethernet card for NetBEUI using

EPSON Net!2 for Intranet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5

Setting up your printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8

Using the Ethernet Card with Windows 95

Chapter 7

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1

Applicable systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1

Overall steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2

Printing with TCP/IP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3

Printing via the LPR port for Windows NT 3.51 . . . . . . . 7-3

Printing via the LPR port for Windows NT 4.0 . . . . . . . 7-6

Printing with NetBEUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8

Installing NetBEUI protocol in Windows NT 3.51 . . . . . 7-8

Installing NetBEUI protocol in Windows NT 4.0 . . . . . . 7-9

Configuring the Ethernet card for NetBEUI using

EPSON Net!2 for Intranet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10

Setting up your printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12

Using the NET USE command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-13

Chapter 8

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1

Applicable systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1

Overall steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1

Printing with TCP/IP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

Printing with NetBEUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5

Using the Ethernet Card with Windows NT

Using the Ethernet Card with OS/2

Chapter 9

Setting Up Different UNIX Systems Using the lpr Command . 9-1

Setting up for SunSoft Solaris 2.4 or later . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2

Setting up for SunOS 4.1.4 or later . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3

Setting up for IBM AIX 3.2.5 or later and 4.1.3 or later . . . . 9-4

Setting up for HP-UX 9.05 or later . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5

Setting up for SCO UNIX 4.2 or later (Open Server) . . . . . 9-6

Using the Ethernet Card with UNIX

Chapter 10

EPSON Net!2 for Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1

Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2

Setting dialog boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6

EPSON Net!2 for Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11

EPSON Net!2 dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11

Setting dialog boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-12

EPSON Net!2 for Intranet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-14

Opening screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-14

Protocol information and Setting screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-16

Optional screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-18

Chapter 11

Installing EPSON Status Monitor 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-2

Selecting a Printer to Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-8

Windows 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-9

Making Status Monitor Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-11

Starting EPSON Status Monitor 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-12

From Windows 95 and NT 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-12

From Windows NT 3.51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-13

Basic Operating Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-14

Main window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-16

Adding uninstalled network printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-21

Getting detailed information about the printer status . . . . 11-22

Setting monitoring preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-26

The EPSON Net!2 Setup Utility

EPSON Status Monitor 2 (Windows only)

Background Monitoring Icon and Status Alert . . . . . . . . . 11-27

Background monitoring icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-27

Status Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-28

Stopping Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-29

Uninstalling EPSON Status Monitor 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-31

From Windows 95 and NT 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-31

From Windows NT 3.51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-33

Tips for Using EPSON Status Monitor 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-34

Controlling the packet traffic on the network . . . . . . . . 11-34

Monitoring printers beyond routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-34

About uninstalled network printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-35

Chapter 12

General Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1

Problems Specific to Your Network Environment . . . . . . . 12-3

Windows NT Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-3

Windows 95 Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4

NetWare Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-5

Macintosh Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-6

Problems Using EPSON Status Monitor 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-7

Appendix A

For Windows 95 Windows NT 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

For Windows NT3.51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

Appendix B

Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1

Network Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1

Network Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1

Regulatory Approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2

Reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2

Regulatory Approvals for AC Adapter Model EU-30 . . . . . B-2

Troubleshooting

Uninstal ling EPS ON Net!2

Specifications

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Index

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Introduction

The C82362]/ C82363] /C82364] EPSON® Type B Ethernet Interface Card is a combination of h ar d ware and softwar e that lets you connect an EPSON printer equipped with an optional interface slot directly to your network. Just install the Ethernet card into your printer’s optional interface slot (see your printer guide or contact your EPSON dealer for app l i cable models), and connect it anywhere on your network.

Note:

This manual is written for network administrators, and many of the steps included here require detailed network knowledge and administrator rights. The term network administrator refer to the person responsible for maintaining the customer network. “Administrator” is synonymous with “Supervisor” in this manual.

The term “the Ethernet card” refers to C8236 2 C82364

The Ethernet card Model C82363

in this manua l.

]

and C82364] do not support

]

, C82363], and

]

Level 1 printers.

The Ethernet card automatically selects the correct interface when it connects to the network. In addition, it supports IEEE 802.2, IEEE 8 0 2.3, Ethe rnet II , and E thern et SNAP network protoc o l s.

Because the Ethernet card supports multiple protocols and automatically detects the protocols on your network, you can print from Micro sof t

Windows®, Apple® Macintosh®, UNIX, and IBM

OS/2 applications .

Use EPSON Net!2, the utility software provided with your printer, to quickly and easily configure the Ethernet card to use protocols such as Novell EtherTalk

NetWare®, Microsof t IP X/ SP X, Microsoft TCP/IP,

, and NetBEUI and TCP/IP for OS/2 Warp and Warp

Connect.

Introduction

Note:

The utility software configures the Ethernet card to work only with the protocols that exist on your network. This does not imply that you can use all of the above mentioned protocols in your network or operating system. The protocols that the Ethernet card can use may vary depending on the operating systems used and network configuration.

Cautions and Notes

Cautions must be observed to avoid damage to your equipment.

contain important information and useful tips on the operation of

Notes

the Ethernet card.

Enclos e d It em s

Your interface p ack age in c l ud es:

The Ethernet card

EPSON C82362 including: EPSON N e t!2

For Windows For Macintosh

For Intranet EPSON Status Monitor 2 (Ver. 2.0) Internet Explorer

This administrator manual

Warranty sheet (for U.S. users)

A coaxial Y-conn ec to r fo r 10 BA SE -2 (for C82362

An AC adapte r Mod e l E U- 30 (for C82364

Introduction

/C82363] /C82364] Software CD-ROM

]

only)

]

only)

]

Caution for C82364] :

Note:

Your interface package requires a network connection for the Ethernet card and a host EPSON printer. Use a 10BASE-2 or 10BASE-T cable for C82362

Only use the AC adapter Model EU-30 to supply power to the Ethernet card Model C82364].

, or a Category -5 ca b le fo r C82363] and C82364].

]

Overview of Functions

The Et hern e t card is a n i nterface card tha t plug s i nto an EPSON printer’s optional interface slot.

The Ethernet card Model C82362 10BASE-2 or 10BASE-T.

The Ethernet card Model C82363 selects either 10 BASE-T or 100BA SE -TX when it is connected to a network.

You can configure the Ethernet card for TCP/IP, NetWare, or AppleTalk using EPSON Net!2 for Windows/Macintosh.

After setting the IP address for the Ethernet card, you can check the settings of the Ether net ca rd and change them using EPSON Net!2 for Intranet (a utility that runs on your browser).

You can configure the Ethernet card for all the prot oc ols supported by the E thernet car d us in g EPSON Net!2 for Intranet. You can also check the settings.

You can select to either enable or disa ble the prot ocols, ex ce pt TCP/IP, from EPSON Net!2 for Intr an et.

Supporte d browsers are Microso f t I nte rne t Exp l o re r ve rsion

4.0 or later an d N ets c ap e Navigator version 3.02 or late r.

automatically selects either

]

/C82364] automatically

]

Introduction

Operating Environmen t

Supported operating systems and network protocols

See the following c h apt er s for mor e in fo rm atio n .

NetWare 3.1x / 4.1x and IntranetWare Print Server and Remote Printer mode NetWare 4.1x an d IntranetWare ( N D S an d Bind ery Emulation )

Macintosh System 7.1, 7. 5, 7.5 .1 , 7.5. 2, 7. 5. 3, 7. 5. 5 Mac OS 7.6, 7. 6. 1, 8. 0 AppleTalk

Windows 95 Printing via EPSO N St atus Monitor 2 (TCP /IP) Microsoft Windows Network (NetBEUI)

Windows NT 3.51 / 4.0 LPRport (TCP/IP) Microsoft Windows Network (NetBEUI)

OS/2Warp 3 / 4 (OS/2Warp Connect and OS/2War p Ser ver) lprport (TCP/IP) Share Printer (NetBEUI)

UNIX Sun OS 4.1.4 or later : SPARC SunSoft Solaris 2.4 or later: SPARC and x86 SCO UNIX 4.2 or later SCO UnixWar e 2. 01 or lat er HP/UX 9.05 or l ater IBM AIX 3.2.5 or later and 4.1.3 or later

lpr, ftp: Filtering operation (TCP/IP)

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Introduction

Environment for the Setup Utility

EPSON Net!2 for Windows/ Macintosh

EPSON Net!2 for Windows You can configur e t h e Et h er n et card for TC P /IP and NetWare. Applicable operating system s:

Windows 95 Windows NT 3. 51 Ser v er & Workstation Windows NT 4. 0 Ser ver & Workstat ion

EPSON Net!2 fo r M ac i ntosh You can configure t h e Eth er n et card for TC P /IP and AppleTalk. Applicable operating system s:

System 7.1, 7.5, 7. 5. 1, 7.5 .2 , 7.5. 3, 7. 5. 5 Mac OS 7.6, 7.6.1, 8. 0

EPSON Net!2 for Intranet

You don’t need to install this utility. You can use EPSON Net!2 for Intranet by setting the IP address for the Ethernet card.

Microsoft In ter n et Explorer ver sion 4.0 or later

Netsca p e Navigator ve r sion 3.02 or later

You can configure the Ethernet card for TCP/IP, NetWare, AppleTalk, and NetBEUI using EPSON Net!2 for In tran et . You can also check the settings.

Note:

When you use a Microsoft Internet Explorer version earlier than 4.0, you cannot use the

Configuration

scroll properly in Windows NT 3.51.

Update Home Page

menu of EPSON Net!2 for Intranet, or you cannot

under

Optional

Introduction

of the

Environment for EPSON Status Monitor 2

Protocols

The protocols that must be installed to run EPSON Status Monitor 2 vary depending on your operating system and printer type. The following table divides printers into three categories: LPR printers, which use TCP/IP (generally in a Wind ows NT ne twork environment); NetWare print ers, whic h use Nove ll’s IPX/SPX protocol in a NetWare environment; and Windows shared printers. Use this table to determine what protocols you need to install according to your operating system and pr inter type , then see the corresp onding section for your operating system.

LPR Printer

(TCP/IP) Windows 95 TCP/IP & EPSON Windows NT 3.51 TCP/IP & LPR Windows NT 4.0 TCP/IP & LPR

EPSON1 = EPSON TCP/IP Printing protocol

LPR

= Windows NT LPR protoc ol

NetWare

Local Printer

= Necessary protocols already installed

LPR printer with the Ethern et card TCP/IP

NetWare Printer (IPX/SPX)

NetWare

NetWare NetWare

NetWare printer with the Ethern et card IPX/SPX protocol

Windows Shared Printers

Not available TCP/IP & LPR TCP/IP & LPR

NetWare server

Windows 95/NT 4.0 EPSON TCP/IP

Introduction

Windows NT 3.51/NT 4.0 Windows NT LPR

Windows Shared Printer

Windows 95/ NT 3.51/NT 4.0

Note:

To set up the Ethernet card for use with TCP/IP, see Chapter 3. To set up the card for use with NetWare, see your NetWare documentation.

If you configure more than one interface card for one queue, the Status Monitor cannot monitor the printer that is assigned to that queue.

LPR printers use LPR over TCP/IP as their communication protocol suite, and you must install both protocols to use the Status Monitor to mon ito r a L PR p r in ter. See Chapter 3 for installing TCP/IP.

NetWare print er p ro tocols are already in st alled in yo ur N etW ar e network, so if you have a NetWare printer, skip to “Installing the EPSON Status M on itor 2” on page 11- 2. Fo r an ex p lan ation of NetWar e prin t e r p ro toc ols, see your NetWare do cumentation .

Note for Win 95:

Windows 95 does not come with LPR, so in addition to installing TCP/IP, as described in Chapter 3, you need to install the EPSON TCP/IP printer protocol. The Status Monitor installer program automatically prompts you when to install EPSON TCP/IP. See “Installing EPSON Status Monitor 2” on page 11-2 for instructions.

Introduction

Windows shared printer (supported under Windows NT only)

To monitor a shared printer from the client through the server machine, select dialog box when you install EPSON Status Monitor 2 in the server machine.

The port used for monitor in g will d iffer fr om s yst em to syst em.

The environment must support normal printing from the

shared printer is required.

See the Readme file for mor e in formation about sup por t for Windows shared printers.

Allow monitoring

in the Windows s h ar ed printer

LPT1 TCP/IP-LPR Windows NT 3.51 X O Windows NT 4.0 O O

Introduction

Local P rinter

Conne ct the pr i n ter directly with th e prin ter port of your computer.

Windows 95 Windows NT 3.51 Windows NT 4.0

Bi-directional support is necessary.

Not able to monitor. Do not need any

special settings.

For Windows 95:

You need to set the bi-directional support in the printer’s properties dialog box. Click the

Settings printer

. Then click the

radio butto n.

Enable bi-directional support for this

Details

tab and click

Spool

Note:

When you monitor a local printer with Windows 95, use LPT1 for the printer por t.

TCP/IP printing printer (Windows 95) / LPR printer (Widows NT

3.51/4.0)

To connect to the printer on the network and share the printer without using the server:

For Windows 95:

Select

to enable EPSON TCP/IP printing at the installation of

Yes

EPSON Status Monitor 2.

For Windows NT 3.51 /4.0 :

You need to set for TCP/IP printing. See “Installing the TCP/IP Protocols in Your P C” in Ch apter 3.

Introduction

EPSON Print ers Supported by t he Ethernet Card

The EPSON Etherne t card can be installed in a variet y of EPSON laser, ink jet, and dot-matrix printers.

The Ethernet card plugs into the opt ion al inte rf ac e slot of the following EPSON print er s.

For C82362

FX-880 / 1180 / 2180 DFX-5000+ / 8000 LQ-570+ / 1070+ / 670 / 870 / 117 0 / 20 70 / 2170 DLQ-3000 / 3000+ EPSON Stylus Pro XL+ / 5000 EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 / 850 / 15 20 / 3000 EPSON Stylus 1500 EPL-N1200 / N2000

For C82363

EPSON Stylus COLOR 1520/ 3000 EPL-N12 00/ N2000

For C82364

EPSON Stylus COLOR 800/ 850 FX-880/ 1180 / 2170 DFX-8500 LQ-670/ 2070/ 2170 DLQ-3000+

]

Introduction

Brief Overview of Installing and Configuring the Ethernet Card

You need to go through these steps to configure the Ethernet card. See the following c h apte rs for de taile d information.

1. Install the Ethernet card in your printer. See Cha pter 1.

2. Install the protocols in your operating system if neces sa ry. See Chapter 3 or late r.

3. Install EPSON Net!2. See C h ap te r 2.

4. Install the EPSON Sta tus Monitor 2 if necess ar y. See Ch apter 11.

5. Install Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator if you use EPSON Ne t! 2 for In tran et . See y our bro ws e r man ual.

6. Set the IP address us in g EPSON Net!2 or arp c ommand. See Chapter 3.

Configure the Ethernet card using EPSON Net!2.

See Chapter 4 or later.

8. Configure your operating system to work with the printer. See Chapter 4 or late r.

Note:

See “Supported operating systems and network protocols” in this chapter to refer to the supported protocols for each operating system.

Introduction

Chapter 1

Getting Started

This chapter explains the Ethernet card operation and hardware installation.

Ethernet Card Operation

The LEDs and the status sheet button can provide you with important information about the operation and configuration of the Ethernet card.

Status lights

The Ethernet card has two status LEDs (1 red and 1 green) that indicate the current operating status of the Ethernet card when you first turn on the printer, during normal operation, and when errors occur. The Ethernet card Model C82363] and C82364] also has a link select LED (Yellow light) to show the connection status, whether 10BASE-T or 100BASE-TX is used.

For C82362]

Status lights Status sheet button

Thin coaxial (10BASE-2)

Twisted-pair (10BASE-T)

Getting Star te d

1-1

For C82363] and C82364

Link select light

Status sheet button

]

Status lights

10BASE-T/100BASE-TX

DC-IN 5V

Here is a brief explanation of the two status lights:

Red Green Status

flash si multaneously Initializing status at power on or reset

Off Off Off On Normal ready status

On Off Error status

flash slowly

flash rapidly

Printing data or the status sheet Sending and receiving packets

The link select light (yellow light) on C82363]/C82364] shows the connection status.

Light

On Connect with 100BASE-TX Off Connect with 10BASE-T

Status

Status sheet button

The first time you use the Ethernet card after installing it in a printer or reinstalling it in a new printer, turn on the printer while pressing and holding down the status sheet button for about five seconds to initialize the Ethernet card.

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Getting Started

Before you start configuring the Ethernet card, be sure to press the status sheet button on the card for about three seconds to print the current setting status sheet.

The status sheet will not print if the printer has started printing, if it is off line, or if it is not ready to print.

Note:

If the printer does not print the status sheet, first make sure that the printer is on line and no print jobs are being processed, then wait a minute. If it still does not print the status sheet, turn it off, wait until the status lights go out, and then turn it on again.

Caution:

Power select switch

There is a power select switch on the board of the Ethernet card Model C82363] and C82364].

After turning off the printer, wait until the status lights go out before turning it back on; otherwise the Ethernet card may not work correctly.

The default position is at P for C82363], and at A for C82364].

Caution:

Do not change the switch. You must use the default position. Otherwise, the Ethernet card won’t work correctly.

The power select switch for Model C82363

]

Getting Star te d

1-3

Hardware Installation

This section explains how to install the Ethernet card in your printer. You must install the interface card in the printer, connect it to the network, and turn on the printer before you can set up the software.

Installing the Ethernet card in your printer

Before installing the Ethernet card, see the section on using printer options in your printer manual for further specific instructions on installing the optional interface card.

1. Turn off the printer.

2. Remove the printer’s interface slot cover.

3. Insert the card into the optional interface slot of an EPSON printer, and fix the card in the slot using the screw.

4. If you are using the Ethernet card Model C82364], connect the AC adapter (Model EU-30) to the Ethernet card and plug the adapter into a wall outlet.

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The Ethernet card

Getting Started

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EPSON C82364 User Manual

FCC Compliance Statement

Declaration of Conformity

Contents

Introduction

Enclos e d It em s

Overview of Functions

Operating Environmen t

EPSON Print ers Supported by t he Ethernet Card

Getting Started

Ethernet Card Operation

Hardware Installation