Epson Stylus Color 850Ne Setup Guide

Setup Guide

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Setup Guide

This Setup Guide summarizes the process of setti ng up your printer and configuring it to work with most networks. For more information about your printer and printer software, see your User’s Guide. For more information about your printer’s Ethernet card and networking, see the Administrator’s Guide.

Using Your Software

Your printer comes with the following software:

◗ Printer driver for Windows ◗ EPSON Net!2 utility (for Windows

Windows NT configure your printer for protocols including Novell NetWare,

◗ EPSON Status Monitor 2 for Windows that allows you to

monitor your printer over the network and use TCP/IP for printing in Windows 98/Windows 95 peer- t o-peer networks.

4.0, and Macintosh) that allows you to

TCP/IP, and AppleTalk.

and Macintosh

98, Windows® 95,

◗ EPSON Driver Disk Creation Utility that lets you create

diskettes for systems that don’t have CD-ROM drives.

Setup Guide: Setup Overview

Setup Overview

Note: If you need to make dis kettes and use them to install any software programs, see Appendix A in your

Administrator’s Guide

Follow the steps in this guide to set up the printer, install the ink cartridges, and connect your Ethe rnet card to the network.

Install the Network Software

See page 3 to determine whether you should install EPSON Net!2 and EPSON Status Monitor 2 for your protocol and opera ting system.

Configure the Printer

See page 3 to determine where you should look in this Setup Guide and the Administator’s Guide to configure the printer and Ethernet card to work on your network.

Set Up the Workstations

For most networks, you need to install the printer driver on each Windows or Macintosh workstation that uses the printer. If you like, you can also install EPSON Status Monitor 2 on Windows workstations.

Print a Test Page

You can print a test page in Windows 98, Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0. This ensures that the network, printer, and printer driver are configured correctly and working.

Network Configurations

See the table below to find your network configuration (operating system and protocol), and determine what to install and where to find instructions for configuring your network.* For many operating systems, you can change configuration settings using the Ethernet card’s internal home page. See the

Administrator’s Guide for more information.

Available Network Configurations

Setup Guide: Network Configurations

Operating system

Windows NT 4.0 (Service Pack 3, or higher)

Network protocol What you need to install and configure

TCP/IP 1. EPSON Net!2 (p.11)

2. EPSON Status Monitor 2 (p. 13)

3. IP address for the Ethernet card (p. 28)

4. Printer driver on each workstation** (p. 36)

NetBEUI (TCP/IP must also be instal led)

Novell NetWare 1. EPSON Net!2 (p.11 and p. 16)

1. EPSON Net!2 (p.11)

2. EPSON Status Monitor 2 (p.13)

3. IP address for the Ethernet card (p. 28)

4. NetBEUI settings on the Ethernet card home page*** (p. 34)

5. Printer driver on each workstation** (p. 36)

2. EPSON Status Monitor 2 (p.13)

3. Setup using NwAdmin (p. 16) or PCONSOLE (

4. Printer driver on each workstation** (p. 36)

Administrator’s Guide

, Chapter 4)

Setup Guide: Network Configurations

Available Network Configurations

Operating system

Windows 98, Windows 95

Windows 3.1x Novell NetWare,

Macintosh AppleTalk 1. EPSON Net!2 (p. 13 and p. 32)

UNIX TCP/IP (lpr, ftp) 1. Install a printer driver and filter. (See your UNIX

IBM OS/2 Warp NetBEUI

Network protocol What you need to install and configure

TCP/IP 1. EPSON Net!2 (p.11)

2. EPSON Status Monitor 2 on each workstation (p. 13)

3. IP address for the Ethernet card (p. 28)

4. Printer driver on each workstation (p. 36)

NetBEUI (TCP/IP must also be instal led)

Novell NetWare 1. EPSON Net!2 (p.11 and p. 16)

Windows NT Server

1. EPSON Net!2 (p.11)

2. EPSON Status Monitor 2 (p.13)

3. IP address for the Ethernet card (p. 28)

4. NetBEUI settings on the Ethernet card home page*** (p. 34)

5. Printer driver on each workstation (p. 36)

2. EPSON Status Monitor 2 (p.13)

3. Setup using NwAdmin (p. 16) or PCONSOLE (

4. Printer driver on each workstation (p. 36) Windows 3.1x acts as a client only; you can’t use a Windows

3.1x workstation to conf igure the Ethernet card or monitor the printer. Install the printer driver on each workstation and change the printer’s port setting. (p. 36)

2. Printer driver on each system (p. 36)

documentation.)

2. Configure the printer for lpr or ftp.

Administrator’s Guide,

(

(Administrator’s Guide

Administrator’s Guide

Chapter 5. )

, Chapter 6.)

, Chapter 4)

TCP/IP

*If you need to create diskettes and install your software from them, see Appendix A in your

Administrator’s Guide

**If you have Windows NT 4.0 Server, you may only need to install the driver on the server. See your Windows NT documentation.

***To use the Ethernet card home page, you must have TCP/IP setup on your network, as well as one of the following Internet browsers: Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 4.0 or later; Netscape Navigator

, version 3 .0 or later.

(Administrator’s Guide

, Chapter 6)

Setup Guide: Set Up the Printer

Note: To connect your printer’s Ethernet card to the network, you need a twiste d pair (10BaseT) cable with an RJ-45 connector.

Set Up the Printer

Unpack the Printer

Remove any packing material from the printer. See the Notice Sheet in the box for details.

Make sure you’ve got all these items:

◗ Your printer and paper support ◗ One color and one black ink cartridge package ◗ The EPSON Stylus ◗ The EPSON Media Pak containing sample ink jet paper ◗ Your User’s Guide and Administrator’s Guide ◗ A network cable (not supplied)

COLOR 850Ne CD-ROM

paper support

color ink cartridge

black ink cartridge

CD-ROM

User’s Guide

Administrator’s Guide

Setup Guide: Set Up the Printer

Note: Follow all the safety instructions in the Introduction of your

Guide

User’s

Attach the Paper Support

Insert the paper support in th e top slot on the back of the printer.

Do not put the printer: ◗ In an area with high temperature or humidity

Caution: Always use the button to turn the printer on or off. Never use the external switch on a power strip.

Don’t use an o utlet controll ed by a wall switch or timer, or one that uses the same circuit as a large appliance. This may disrupt the power, which can erase memory or even damage the power supply.

P power

◗ In direct sunlight or dusty conditions ◗ Near sources of heat or electromagnetic interference, such

as loudspeakers or cordless telephone base units

Install the Ink Cartridges

1. Make sure the printer is turned off (the should be up). Then plug the printer’s power cord into a grounded outlet.

P power button

power button

Setup Guide: Set Up the Printer

2. Remove the ink cartridges from their foil packages. Then remove only the yellow part of the tape seal on the top of each one. Don’t pull off the white portion or try to

remove the clear seal underneath the cartridge.

Caution: To ensure the print heads charge correctly, install the ink cartridges that came with your printer.

You must remove the yellow tape from the top of the cartridge or you will permanently damage it. It’s okay if a small corner of the yellow tape stays on the cartridge.

Warning: If ink gets on your hands, wash them thoroughly with soap and water. If ink gets in your eyes, flush them immediately with water.

Remove the yellow tape seal

Don’t remove the white portion

3. Press the

P power light flashes and the

P power button to turn on the printer. The

B and

I ink out lights come

on. The black ink cartridge holder moves into loading position.

4. Open the printer cover and lift up the black ink cartridge clamp.

5. Place the black ink cartri dge in the holder as shown. Then close the clamp, making sure it clic k s into place.

black ink cartridge holder

Setup Guide: Set Up the Printer

Caution: If the ink cartridge holder moves back to the right before you install the cartridge, don’t try moving it back by hand. Press the

B black cleaning button and

hold it down for 3 seconds to move the holder back into position.

Never turn off the printer when the flashing, unless the printer hasn’t moved or made any noise for more than 10 minutes.

P power light is

6. Now press the

X color cleaning button to move the color

ink cartridge holder into loading position.

7. Repeat steps 4 and 5 to ins tall the colo r ink c artrid ge. Then press the

E load/eject button to begin charging the ink

delivery system.

The printer moves the print heads and begins charging the ink delivery system. The

P power light flashes, and the printer

makes various sounds.

Charging takes up to 4 minutes. Don’t turn off the printer or interrupt this important process or you’ll use up more ink than necessa ry.

When it’s finished, you can close the printer cover.

Load Paper

1. Open the output tray extensio ns and slide the left edge guide all the way to the left.

Setup Guide: Set Up the Printer

2. Load a stack of plain paper with the printable side up and place it against the right edge guide. Then slide the left edge guide to the paper’s left edge, making sure the stack is not higher than the arrow mark on the guide.

don’t load paper above the arrow

Setup Guide: Set Up the Printer

Connect the Printer to Your Network

Connect your printer to an Ethernet twisted-pair (10BaseT) network connection.

1. Attach the network cable to the connector on the card.

status sheet button

twisted-pair (10BaseT)

2. To initialize the card, turn on the printer while pressing down the status sheet button. Continue pressing the status sheet button for five seconds.

Printing a Status Sheet:

To print a status sheet, press the status sheet button and hold it for about three seconds. This sheet gives you important information, including the serial number and MAC address of the card. Keep the status sheet so you can use it when you configure the Ethernet card.

Setup Guide: Install the Network Software

Note: If you need to create diskettes to install t he software, see Appendix A in your

Administrator’s Guide

use this configuration instructions.

For TCP/IP networks, if you want to use the a rp com mand to set the card’s IP address instead of installing EPSON Net!2, see page 28.

Setup Guide

, then

for

Install the Network Software

To configure the Ethernet card, you only need to install the network softwa re (EPSON Net !2) on one wo rkstati on or on the server, depending on your network.

If you have a TCP/IP network, you need to install EPSON Status Monitor 2 on all your Windows 98 and Windows 95 workstations to use the EPSON TCP/IP Printing protocol.

Log in as an Administrator (NT) or Supervisor (NetWare). Before you start, tur n off all ot her acti ve appl icati ons, inc ludi ng virus protection.

Installing EPSON Net!2

If you have the following network configurations and operating systems, you should install EPSON Net!2 to configure the card:

◗ Windows 98, Windows95, or Windows NT 4.0 with

Novell NetWare or TCP/IP

◗ Macintosh with AppleTalk

Installing EPSON Net!2 in Windows

1. Insert the EPSON Stylus COLOR 850Ne CD-ROM in your drive.

Setup Guide: Install the Network Software

You see the EPSON Installa tion Program screen:

If the screen does not appear, go to My Computer and double-click the EPSON Installation program.

Epson

CD-ROM icon to start the

Note: If you have any Windows 98 or Windows 95 systems on your TCP/IP network, you need to install Status Monitor 2 on each one to use EPSON TCP/IP Printing. Windows 98 and Windows 95 do not have TCP/IP printing built-in like Window NT.

2. Highlight

Install EpsonNet! for Windows

and click the

right arrow button .

3. Follow the instructi ons on the screen to install EPSO N Net!2.

When you are finished, you can install Status Monitor 2 to monitor status information about y our printer inclu ding ink level information and printer errors. See page 13.

Status Monitor 2 can create extra network traffic, so if you don’t want to install Status Monitor 2, you can just configure the Ethernet card with EPSON Net!2, described on page 16.

Setup Guide: Install the Network Software

Installing EPSON Net!2 on a Macintosh

1. Create a folder for EPSON Net!2 on your hard disk.

2. Insert the EPSON Stylus COLOR 850Ne CD-ROM in your drive.

3. Copy EPSON Net!2 to the folder you created.

After you install EPSON Net!2, us e it to co nfigure your print er for AppleTalk, following the steps on page 32.

Installing Status Monitor 2

EPSON Status Monitor 2 is a single utility that you install in two parts. These two parts work together to allow you to see your printer’s spec ific status informati on over the network.

Status Monitor 2 lets you monitor information from the server or from any of the workstations where you install it. It gives you ink levels in the printer and notifies you i f the printer has any problems. It does create network traffic, however, so you may want to limit the number of users who monitor the printer.

Status Monitor 2 also includes EPSON TCP/IP Printing, which allows Windows 98 and Wi ndow s 9 5 use r s t o pr int w it h TCP/IP. If you have Windows 98 or Windows 95 systems and use TCP/IP for printing, you need to install Status Monitor 2 on each workstation that uses the printer.

Write down your settings in the spaces provided; you need to use the same settings when you install each part of Status Monitor 2.

Setup Guide: Install the Network Software

Follow these steps to install EPSON Status Monitor 2:

1. Insert the EPSON Stylus COLO R 850Ne CD- ROM. You see the following screen:

Note: You may not see screens for all the steps here, depe nding on your computer’s configuration.

Write down your settings in the spaces provided as you install the first part of Status Monitor 2. You need to select the same settings for the second part.

If the screen does not appear, type is the drive letter of your CD-ROM) and click

D:\EPSETUP (where D:

to start

the EPSON Installation program.

2. Highlight

Install Status Monitor 2 for Network

and click

the right arrow button .

3. Close any open programs and click

Next. A screen appears

asking where you want to install Status Monitor 2.

4. Click

Next to accept the default directory or choose a

different directory and click

Next.

5. If you are using Windows 98 or Windows 95 and you have TCP/IP installed, you see a screen asking you if you want to enable EPSON TCP/IP pr inting. Sele ct print with TCP/IP, and then click

TCP/IP Printing: Yes_______ No_______

Yes if you want to

Next.

Caution: If you have dial-up routers in a NetWare environment, they may automatically dial up the next hop a nd yo u may be charged for the line connection dependin g on the number of hops you set. To prevent this and to keep network traffic to a minimum, set hops ca refully.

Setup Guide: Install the Network Software

6. Select the type of printer(s) you want to monitor and click

Monitor: EPSON TCP/IP printers______ Windows shared printers _____ NetWare printers______ local printers_______

7. Select

Monitor

do not have drivers on your computer. Select

monitor Printers: Monitor_______ Do not monitor_______

to monitor EPSON network printers that

Do not

if network traffic is a problem. Then click

8. If you’re using NetWare, set the number of hops (0 to 15) and click

Number of hops:_______

Next.

Note: If you are not using EPSON Net!2 on your computer, you do not have to turn off background monitoring.

(You should limit the number of systems that monitor the printer, however, to prevent network traffic problems.)

9. Check the current settings and click

Finish

click

. Select

and

Now you install the second part of Status Monitor 2:

10. From the EPSON Installation Program screen, highlight

Install Status Monitor 2 for EPSON St ylus COLOR 850Ne

11. Click

and click the right arrow button .

Next, then follow steps 5 through 8, using the same

settings you used in those steps.

12. Check the current settings and click

Finish to restart your computer.

click

. Select

Yes

and

13. After you restart your computer, right-click the green background monitoring icon in your Startup group on the taskbar. Click

stop monitoring now. This step turns off

background monitoring, which may interfere with EPSON Net!2 when you configure the card. (See page 4-7 in your User’s Guide or page 3-8 in your Administrator’s Guide to turn on background monitoring later.)

After you install the network software, configure the printer’s Ethernet card for TCP/IP (page 28), or use EPSON Net!2 to configure your printer for NetWare (page 16).

Setup Guide: Configure the Printer

Note: When printing using bindery correspondence clients, make the object related to the print server right under the Bindery context in the directory tree.

Configure the Printer

Configuring for NetWare

You can configure the printer for NDS or bindery with NwAdmin and EPSON Net!2. (If you want to use PCONSOLE, see Chapter 4 in you r Administrator’s Guide.) Before you follow the steps in the se ctions belo w, check whether you want to use the printer as a dedicated print server or as a remote printer. (See page 4-1 in your Administrator’s Guide for details.)

Using NwAdmin to Set Up Your Printer

You must first use NwAdmin to define your printer, define a print server, and set up a queue. If the client does not correspond to NDS, set up the printer, print server, and queue in the bindery context. (I f you need to use PCONSOLE, see Chapter 4 in your Administrator’s Guide.)

Confirm the bindery context path from the server with the SET BINDERY CONTEXT command. See your NetWare documentation for more information.

When you print a text file using the NPRINT command or DOS redirection, misconversion or a gap in characters might occur depending on the client environment.

Follow these steps to set up your printer:

1. Log in to the NDS tree (or to the server with Bindery context) with admin or supervisor privileges.

2. Run the administrator tool (NwAdm in).

Setup Guide: Configure the Printer

3. Create a printer: Click the directory context icon (or Bindery context), and

Object

select printer name and click

, then

Create

, and then

Printer

. Type the

4. Create a print server: Click the directory context icon (or Bindery context), and

Object

select the print server name and click

, then

Create

, and then

Create

Print Server

. Type

5. Create a print queue: Click the directory context icon (or Bindery context), and

select

Object

, then

Create

, and then

Print Queue

the print queue name and select the print qu eue volume. Then click

Create.

. Type

Setup Guide: Configure the Printer

6. The objects you have just created are added to the NDS tree (or Bindery).

7. Double-click the Administrator screen.

Printer Object

icon on the NetWare

Setup Guide: Configure the Printer

8. The Printer dialog box appears. Click then click

Add.

Assignments and

9. From the print queue list, select the queue you want to assign and click

10. For Print Server mode, go to step 11. For Remote Printer mode, click

Other/Unknown

for the Printer type box and click OK.

Configuration

, select

Setup Guide: Configure the Printer

11. Double-clic k the

Print Server Object icon on the

NetWare Administrator screen.

12. The Print Server dialog box appears. Click and then click

Add.

Assignments

13. From the printer object list, select the print er object you want to assign and click

OK.

Setup Guide: Configure the Printer

14. For Print Server mode, go to step 15. For Remote Printer mode, go back to the screen in step 12

and click the Printer Number button to set up the printer number from 0 to 254.

15. Double-clic k the

Print Queue Object

NetWare Administrator screen.

icon on the

Setup Guide: Configure the Printer

16. The Print Queue dialog box appears. Click

Assignments.

Check if the print server and the printer are assigned to the queue.

You now need to use EPSON Net!2 to c onf igure the card:

◗ For Print Server mode, see the section below. ◗ For Remote Printer mode, go to page 25.

Note: If the Status Monitor 2 program is open, or if background monitoring is turned on, it may interfere with EPSON Net!2. Close Status Monitor 2 if it is running and turn off background monitoring, following step 13 on page 15.

If you have connected more than one printer with the same type of Ethernet card to the network, you can distinguish the cards by their MAC addresses. Press and hold the car d’s status sheet button for three seconds. See page 10 for details.

Setup Guide: Configure the Printer

Using EPSON Net!2 to Configure the Card in Print Server Mode

Follow these steps:

1. Start EPSON Net!2. The following screen appears:

2. Highlight your EPSON Stylus COLOR 850Ne printer and

Configuration.

click

3. Click the NetWare Basic tab and make the following settings.

If the IP address is s et to the default IP address, the printer model might not appear.

Setup Guide: Configure the Printer

Note: See your NetWare manual for the availabl e characters an d number of characters you can use.

4. Click the

Frame Type

Auto

You can select from one of the following:

Ethernet 802.2, Ethernet 802.3, Ethernet II

, or

SNAP

Mode

Select

Print Server

NDS

Select

Enable

Disable

NDS Tree Name

If you are using NDS mode, type the same name as you used in NwAdmin (up to 31 characters).

NDS Context

NDS context is the Object rank in the Directory tree. Type the container object (up to 255 characters) from the Object to the Root. Do not type the “.” at the top.

Print Server

tab and make the following settings.

Primary file server name

Select the server where you created the queue.

Password

Type any new password up to 19 characters. The characters you entered appear as “

∗”.

Setup Guide: Configure the Printer

Print server name

Type any new name up to 47 characters. The default name is shown belo w.

(Printer name) - (last 6 digits of the serial number)

Polling interval

Set the polling time from 5 to 90 seconds.

Caution: Once you make changes to the Ethernet card, you must wait until it registers the settings before you turn off the printer.

5. Click

to save your changes. If the message “Configuration successfully done” appears on your screen, the update is complete.

6. In the file Server Console’s MONITOR.NLM, select the Connection Information. Check if the print server name assigned to the Ethernet card has been logged in to the Active Connections list. It takes up to five minutes to complete this.

Using EPSON Net!2 to Configure the Card in Remote Printer Mode

Follow these steps:

1. From the System Console of the file server where you set the print queue, load the print server module with the following command (use the print server name which you assigned in step 4 under “Using Nw Admin to Se t Up Yo ur Printer,” on page 17):

>Load PSERVER print server name

If you have connected more than one printer with the same type of Ethernet card to the network, you can distinguish the card s by their MAC address es. Press and hold the card’s status sheet button for three seconds. See page 10 for details.

Setup Guide: Configure the Printer

2. Start EPSON Net!2. The following screen appears:

Note: If the IP address is set to the default IP address, the printer model might not appear.

3. Highlight your printer and click

Configuration.

4. Click the NetWare Basic tab and make the following settings.

Frame type

Select one from t he following: Auto, Ethernet 802.2,

Ethernet 802.3, Ethernet II, Ethernet SNAP.

Mode

Remote Printer.

Select

Setup Guide: Configure the Printer

NDS

Select

Enable

Disable

NDS Tree Name

If you are using NDS mode, type the same name (up to 31 characters) as you set in NwAdmin.

Note: See your NetWare manual for the availabl e characters an d number of characters you can use.

NDS Context

NDS context is the Object rank in the Directory tree. Type the container object (up to 255 characters) from the Object to the Root. Do not type the “.” at the top.

5. Click the Remote Printer tab and make the follo wi ng settings.

Caution: Once you make changes to the Ethernet card, you must wait until it registers the settings before you turn off the printer.

Primary print server name

Select the print server na me you have created.

Printer port number

Type the same port number you assigned to the print server.

6. Click

OK to save changes. If the message “Configuration is

successfully done” appears on your screen, the update is complete.

Setup Guide: Configure the Printer

7. Select

Printer Status from the Console screen of the print

server. Then check t h e status.

8. Select

Queues serviced

. Check if the print queue name which you set in step 5 on page17 under “Using NwAdmin to Set Up Your Printer” exists in the Print Queues Serviced By Printer box.

Configuring for TCP/IP

For a Windows 98, Windows 95, or Windows NT network with TCP/IP, you need to set the card’s IP address. You can use EPSON Net!2 or the arp command to do this, as described in the sections below.

Windows 98 and Windows 95 do not come with the TCP/IP printing protocol, so in addition to TCP/IP, you need to install the EPSON TCP/IP Printing protocol included with Status Monitor 2. See page 11 for instructions.

Using EPSON Net!2

Make sure the Ethernet card and printer are on the same segment of the network as the compute r yo u ar e using to configure the card. Also, you need to know the IP address for the computer and the IP address you will assign to the printer’s Ethernet card.

Follow these steps to assign an IP address:

1. Make sure Windows is running, the Ethernet card is connected to the network, and the printer is turned on.

2. Click

Start, point to Programs, point to EPSON Net!2,

then click

EPSON Net!2.

Note: If you have connected more than one printer with the same type of Ethernet card to the network, you can distinguish the cards by their MAC addresses. Press and hold the car d’s status sheet button for three seconds. See page 10 for details.

Setup Guide: Configure the Printer

3. Click the printer where you want to set the IP address, and then click the

Configuration

button.

click here

To use RARP, BOOTP, or DHCP, a server for each protocol is necessary. If there is no corresponding server, do not use any of these settings. See your network operating system documentation for the settings.

4. Click the

TCP/IP tab to display the TCP/IP menu.

5. Under The way of acquiring an IP address, select one of the following:

Manual, RARP, BOOTP, or DHCP.

Setup Guide: Configure the Printer

6. Assign the IP address, the Subnet mask, and the Default gateway. If you use DHCP to acquire an IP address, you can’t assign these items; they are as signed by the server.

If you will use the card’s internal home pa ge, assign an IP address manually.

The default IP address is

11.22.33.44. If you plan to use the card’s internal home page, change the default IP address.

If a server or router acts as a gateway, type the gateway address. If there is no gateway, type the IP address of your computer.

7. Click

to save the new settings. The update is comp le te when the message “Configuration is successfully done” appears. (After you click

, wait a few minutes before turning off the printer, so the se ttings have time to reach the card.)

Before you can prin t using TCP/IP, y ou still need to do the following on each computer that will use the printer:

◗ Install the printer driver (s ee page 3 6) ◗ Add a printer port (see page 3 8)

Using the arp Command

Follow these steps to assign the IP address:

1. Click

Start

, point to

double-click the

2. In Windows 98 or Windows 95, hig hlight

Properties, then click th e Gateway tab.

In Windows NT, click the

TCP/IP Protocol and click Properties. Click the IP Address

3. Type

tab.

11.22.33.44 in the Gateway box to set up a default

Settings

Network icon.

Protocols tab. Highlight

Control Panel

, click

TCP/IP and click

gateway. In Windows 98 or Windows 95, click

and

Add.

Setup Guide: Configure the Printer

Note: For Windows NT, substitute colons (:) for the hyphens (-) shown in the MAC address.

4. Click

OK to close the TCP/IP dialog box and then click OK

to close the network settings dialog box and save your settings. Cli ck

Yes

to restart your computer.

5. Find the MAC address (hardware address) for the Ethernet card on the status sheet (see page 10).

6. Click

Prompt

Start

, point to

icon to open a DOS window.

Programs

, then click the

MS-DOS

7. Type in the following command to set up the routing table:

ping 11.22.33.44

8. Add an entry in the ARP table that assigns an IP address to the hardware address of the Ethernet ca rd. Use the following command:

arp -s <IP address> <MAC address>

for example:

arp -s 192.1.1.6 00-00-48-92-BD-9A

9. Wait at least two minutes for the settings to reach the card, then start a continuous “ping” to the card, using the following command with the card IP address:

Note: If you have trouble getting the network to see the card, check Chapter 7, Troubleshooting, in the

Administrator’s Guide

solutions to possible problems.

for

ping <IP address>

for example: ping 192.1.1.6 You see a message similar to the following:

Reply from 192.1.1.6: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=30 Reply from Reply from Reply from

192.1.1.6: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=30

This shows that the Ethernet card is correctly set up for TCP/IP.

If you receive 4 lines that say “Request Timed Out,” the card is not set up correctly. Check to make sure the card is on the same segment of the network as the workstation you are using to configure it and that you typed in the correct IP and MAC addresses.

Setup Guide: Configure the Printer

Before you can prin t using TCP/IP, y ou still need to do the following on each computer that will use the printer:

◗ Install the printer driver (s ee page 3 6) ◗ Add a printer port (see page 3 8)

Configuring for AppleTalk

To use your printer on an AppleTalk network, you ne ed to configure the Ethernet card for AppleTalk. Follow these steps to configure your card using EPSON Net!2:

1. Open the EPSON Net!2 utility. You see a window like the follo w ing:

Setup Guide: Configure the Printer

2. Highlight the click

Configuration

EPSON Stylus COLOR 850 printer and

. The IP Address Configuration and

AppleTalk Configuration dialog box appears.

3. Make the following settings in the AppleTalk Configuration box.

Printer Name

Type the printer name (up to 31 characters). T he default name is shown:

(Printer name)-(last 6 digits of the serial number)

Entity Type

You do not have to set this op tion.

Zone Name

Select the network zone in which you want the printer to appear. If the zone has not been set, “

∗” appears.

Network Number Set

Select the network number setting. In most cases, you should select

Auto.

Setup Guide: Configure the Printer

Network Number for Manual Mode

The default number is 6 5535. If you have selecte d

Auto

the Network Number Set, you can’t type the network number manually.

for

Note: EPSON Net!2 for Windows and the Ethernet card home page can’t be open at the same time.

If you have not assigned an IP address to the Ethernet card, or if you use the default setting (including when you select DHCP to acquire an IP address), you can’t configure the Ethernet card for NetBEUI using the Ethernet card home page.

4. Click the

Send

button to save the new settings to the Ethernet card. If the message “Configuration is successfully done” appears, the update is complete.

Configuring for NetBEUI

You can use NetBEUI in Windows 98, Windows 95, and Windows NT 4.0 networks to print to your EPSON Stylus COLOR 850Ne. You configure the card for NetBEUI using the card’s internal home page.

Before you can configure the card for NetBEUI, you must: ◗ Set up TCP/IP on all the workstations that will use the

printer.

◗ Set the IP address for your Ethernet card. (See page 28.) ◗ Make sure you have either Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0

or later, or Netscape Navigator 3.0 or later.

Then, follow these steps to access the Ethernet card home page and configure the card:

1. Run EPSON Net!2. Click the printer you want to configure from the list, and click the button. EPSON Net!2 closes automatically.

Or, run the browser and type the IP address for the Ethernet card. Do not run EPSON Net!2 while the browser is running.

Type the following URL:

http:// (IP address of the Ethernet card) /

The home page appears.

Launch Browser

Setup Guide: Configure the Printer

Note: If Disable is on, all NetBEUI related functions stop.

The NetBIOS name is the name of your computer on the network. Make sure to give the printer a unique name for the network.

For the workgroup name, type the domain nam e o r the workgroup name used in the Windows network.

2. Click

NetBEUI under Network on the Configuration

menu. The NetBEUI setting screen appears.

3. Select

Enable

in order to use NetBEUI.

4. Type the NetBIOS name (up to 15 characters), the workgroup name (up to 15 characters), and the device name (up to 8 characters). There are some restrictions on the characters you can use. For details, see your browser or OS documentation

5. Click

SUBMIT

to update the settings. If you have set a password, type the password to update the settings when prompted.

6. If the message “Configuration change is complete!” appears on your screen, the update is complete. Enable the changes by pressing

RESET or turning your printer off and on.

Setup Guide: Set Up the Workstations

Note: If you are using only Windows 98 and/or Windows 95 on a TCP/IP network, you must install EPSON Status Monitor 2 on each workstation.

If you don’t have a CD-ROM drive, you can create diskettes from the CD-ROM using another computer. Run the Make Diskettes program on the CD. For details, see page A-1 of the

Guide

Administrator’s

Set Up the Workstations

For most workstations, you need to install the printer driver before you can print.

If you like, you can install Status Monitor 2 on Windows 98, Windows 95, and Windows NT 4.0 workstations to monitor the ink levels and keep track of other information about your printer. Status Monitor 2 does create traffic, so you might want to limit the number of users who monitor the printer. To install Status Monitor 2, see the instructions on page 13.

For Windows computers, you need to change the port settings and for Macintosh computers, you need to select the prin ter in the Chooser.

Install the Printer Driver

Your printer driver is on the EPSON Stylus COLOR 850Ne CD-ROM that came with your print er. If you hav e a Windows NT Server 4.0 network , you don’t need to install the driv er on each workstation. See your Windows NT documentation to set up sharing.

Setup Guide: Set Up the Workstations

Installing in Windows 98, Windows 95, or Windows NT 4.0

1. Insert the EPSON Stylus COLO R 850Ne CD- ROM. You see the EPSON Installation Program sc reen:

If you do not see the screen, click type

D:\EPSETUP

CD-ROM) and click

2. Highlight button .

3. Click Your printer is automatically set to your local port, LPT1.

You need to change it to follow the network path to your printer by adding a port. See the section on the next page.

Install Printer Driver

OK to install the printer driver.

(where D: is the drive letter of your

Start, then clic k Run and

and click the right arrow

Setup Guide: Set Up the Workstations

Changing Your Port Setting

In Windows NT 4.0, make sure the TCP/IP Print Server service is running before you start. Then follow these steps to change to the co rrect port:

1. Point to

Start, Settings

2. Highlight the

, and click

EPSON Stylus COLOR 850

Printers

printer and

right-click the icon.

3. Select

4. In Windows 98 or Windows 95, click the

5. Click

6. In Windows 98 or Windows 95, click

Properties

In Windows NT 4.0, click the

Add Port.

Details

Ports tab.

Browse and choose

the server or EPSON_TCPIP_Printer that your printer is set up on. Then click

In Windows NT 4.0, click

LPR Port

, then type in the

printer’s IP address and the name you want to assign. Click

OK, Close, and OK again.

Installing in Windows 3.1x

tab.

1. Make sure Windows Program Manager is running and exit any open application programs.

2. Insert the EPSON Stylus COLOR 850Ne CD-ROM.

3. Open the File menu and select

4. Type

D:\EPSETUP (where D: is the drive letter of your

CD-ROM) and click

OK. You see the Software Installation

Run.

screen (shown on page 12).

5. Highlight

Install Printer Driver and click the right arrow

button .

Setup Guide: Set Up the Workstations

6. Click

OK to install the software.

Your printer is automatically set to your local port, LPT1. You need to change it to follow the network path to your printer. See the section bel ow.

Changing Your Port Setting

Follow these steps to change to the correct port under Windows 3.1x:

1. Open the Print Manager and select

COLOR 850

2. Select

from the list of printers.

Network Connections from the Options menu.

3. In the New Connection area, type the network path and port, or click

Browse

to find the network path to your

printer.

4. Click

Connect

and then click

EPSON Stylus

Installing on a Macintosh

1. Turn on your printer and your Macintosh and turn off any virus protection programs you may have.

2. Insert the EPSON Stylus COLOR 850Ne CD-ROM.

3. Double-click the

4. Follow the instructi ons on the screen and restart your computer.

To use the printer or configure the printer’s Ethernet card, you need to select the the Chooser and make sure AppleTalk is turned on. See your Macintosh do cumentation fo r more informat ion.

Installer icon.

EPSON Stylus COLOR 850 AT printer in

Setup Guide: Print a Test Page

Print a Test Page

Follow the steps on a Windows98, Windows 95, or Windows NT workstation to test the p ri n ter and make sure that the network is working correctly. Make sure the printer is turned on and a sheet of letter-sized paper is loaded, then follow these steps to print a test page:

1. Point to

2. Right-click the

Properties

You see the printer driver screen.

Start, Settings, and click Printers.

EPSON Stylus COLOR 850 icon and click

Note: If the test page does not print, see Chapter 6 in your

User’s Guide

in your for possible problems an d solutions.

and Chapter 7

Administrator’s Guide

3. Click the page prints and a screen asks you to confirm that it printed correctly.

General tab and click Print Test Page. The test

Epson Stylus Color 850Ne Setup Guide

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Setup Overview

Network Configurations

Unpack the Printer

Attach the Paper Support

Install the Ink Cartridges

Connect the Printer to Your Network

Installing EPSON Net!2

Installing Status Monitor 2

Configuring for NetWare

Configuring for TCP/IP

Configuring for AppleTalk

Configuring for NetBEUI

Install the Printer Driver