HP IP/IPX Printer Gateway for NDPS User's Guide

Using the HP IP/IPX Printer Gateway

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Document Contents

Understanding the HP IP/IPX Printer Gateway.........................................................................3

Using the HP IP/IPX Printer Gateway.......................................................................................4

Using the HP IP/IPX Printer Gateway to Create Public Access Printers ...................................5

Creating HP Public Access Printers Manually........................................................................... 6

Creating HP Immediate Access Printers (IPX Only)..................................................................9

Creating HP Public Access Printers Using the NDPS Manager at the Server Console........... 11

Creating HP Public Access Printers in NetWare Administrator ...............................................13

Creating a Controlled Access Printer through the HP IP/IPX Printer Gateway........................ 15

Managing Printers through the HP IP/IPX Printer Gateway .................................................... 17

Configuring HP IP/IPX Printer Gateway Settings.................................................................... 18

Viewing Statistics for the HP IP/IPX Printer Gateway ............................................................. 19

Viewing Global HP IP/IPX Printer Gateway Statistics .............................................................20

Viewing Statistics for Individual Printers..................................................................................21

Configuring Individual HP IP/IPX Printer Gateways ................................................................22

Configuring Defaults for Public Access Printing (IPX Only).....................................................23

Configuring Defaults for New HP IP/IPX Printer Gateways..................................................... 24

Adjusting the HP IP/IPX Printer Gateway Timeout..................................................................25

Printing a Test Page ............................................................................................................... 26

Index....................................................................................................................................... 27

Understanding the HP IP/IPX Printer Gateway

The HP IP/IPX Printer Gateway connects HP Jetdirect print servers to the Novell Distributed

Print Services™ (NDPS™) environment through the HP IP/IPX Printer Gateway. It allows you to view statistics, configure gateway settings, and configure printing for HP printers

connected through HP Jetdirect print servers in an NDPS environment.

Note: For the latest version of the HP IP/IPX Printer Gateway, go to the website

http://www.hp.com/go/cposupport

Select print servers and network software Select hp printer installation software Select hp ip/ipx printer gateway for ndps

Using the HP IP/IPX Printer Gateway

The HP IP/IPX Printer Gateway creates and controls NDPS printers using one of three methods:

• Using the HP IP/IPX Printer Gateway to create public access printers. You create public

access printers using the Public Access Printing configuration feature of the HP IP/IPX Printer Gateway NetWare Loadable Module™ (NLM™) at the server console.

• Using the HP IP/IPX Printer Gateway configuration utility for NDPS Manager to create

public access printers. You create public access printers through the NDPS Manager console at the server.

• Using NetWare Administrator to create either public access or controlled access printers.

You create either public access or controlled access printers directly through NetWare Administrator (NWAdmin).

HP Jetdirect Print Servers

IPX™

Most HP Jetdirect print servers are supported by the HP Printer Gateway. However, some of these older print servers must be upgraded or replaced.

TCP/IP

To print through TCP/IP, this protocol must be supported on the HP Jetdirect print server. Most of the HP Jetdirect print servers support TCP/IP, with the exception of the HP Jetdirect 150X (HP product number J2592A) and some older single-protocol HP Jetdirect print servers.

To find out if IPX or TCP/IP is supported on an HP Jetdirect print server, print its configuration page.

Using the HP IP/IPX Printer Gateway to Create Public Access Printers

The HP IP/IPX Printer Gateway is used primarily to support HP printers connected directly to the network through an HP Jetdirect print server. However, other brands of printers are also supported if they are configured to run through an external HP Jetdirect print server.

Public access printing is configured through the server console by using HPGATE.NLM. Public access printing through the HP IP/IPX Printer Gateway is implemented by either a

manual or automatic method. For information on each of these options, see the following:

• Creating HP Public Access Printers Manually (page 6)

• Creating HP Immediate Access Printers (IPX Only) (page 9)

• Creating HP Public Access Printers Using the NDPS Manager at the Server Console (page

11)

• Creating HP Public Access Printers in NetWare Administrator (page 13)

• Creating a Controlled Access Printer through the HP IP/IPX Printer Gateway (page 15)

Creating HP Public Access Printers Manually

This method locates available HP printers (both IP and IPX) on the network, allows for selection of printers, and then automatically creates Printer Agents to represent them using default parameters. The name of the Printer Agent is created from the information contained in the printer configuration page, but it can be changed later.

To determine the name the printer is configured to use, print a configuration page. See the manufacturer instructions for printing and understanding a configuration page.

To create an HP public access printer manually

1. Make sure that the BROKER.NLM is loaded. If it is not, type LOAD BROKER at the server console prompt and select the name of the Broker.

2. Make sure that the NDPS Manager object is created in the Novell Directory Services™ (NDS™) tree (by way of NetWare Administrator). Refer to Novell documentation on creating this object, if necessary.

3. Make sure that the NDPSM.NLM is loaded. If it is not, type LOAD NDPSM at the server console prompt and select the appropriate NDPS Manager name.

4. Type LOAD HPGATE at the server console prompt.

5. Select the Configuration menu item in the Main Menu screen, and then press [Enter].

6. Select the Public Access Printing menu item in the Configuration menu screen and then press [Enter].

• For IPX Printers, select the IPX Public Access Printers menu item in the Public Access

Printing menu screen and then press [Enter]. This action displays the IPX Public Access Printing configuration screen. Proceed to Step 7 below.

-Or-

• For IP Printers, select the IP Public Access Printers menu item in the Public Access

Printing menu screen and then press [Enter]. This action displays the DNS Information menu screen. Proceed to Step 10 below.

Note: Ignore the Search Time Interval menu item. This parameter is not used for manual

selection.

7. For IPX printers, if you know which network the printer is attached to, set the Search All Networks menu item parameter to No and proceed to Step 8 below. Otherwise, set the parameter to Yes and proceed to Step 9 below.

8. For IPX printers, if you selected the No parameter in Step 7, build a list of networks you want to search.

8.1. Select the Search Specified Networks menu item parameter, See List, to search

specified networks and then press [Enter].

8.2. To add networks to the list, press [Insert].

8.3. Select the network address you want to add and then press [Enter].

8.4. To delete unwanted network addresses from the list, mark them and then press

[Delete].

8.5. When prompted to “Save Specified Changes?”, select Yes.

9. For IPX printers, select the Select Here to Manually Select Public Access Printers menu item and then press [Enter] to display a list of available public access printers. From this screen, select the printer that will be configured as a Public Access Printer and then press [Enter].

Note: There is no guarantee that the list of printers located is complete. The list of printers

will include only those that are not already loaded in the HP IP/IPX Printer Gateway, and that meet the search criteria specified in the Search Method section. To configure a printer that does not appear on the list, use the manual method.

Note: Unconfigured printers are listed by their network node numbers.

Note: You can configure multiple printers by using [F5] to make multiple choices.

10. For IP Printers, select the Enable DNS lookups menu item and then press [Enter] to display a list of available printers with DNS names. Otherwise, select the No DNS Lookups menu item and then press [Enter] to display a list of available printers with raw IP addresses. From either printer list, select the printer that will be configured as a Public Access Printer and then press [Enter].

Note: If the NDPSM.NLM is not loaded when you create printers, the HP IP/IPX Printer

Gateway loads it for you. After the HP IP/IPX Printer Gateway loads NDPSM.NLM, find the NDPS Manager screen at the console (using [Alt] + [Esc] ) and select the NDPS Manager you want to use.

Once an available IP or IPX printer has been selected and [Enter] pressed, the HP IP/IPX Printer Gateway utility automatically creates the Printer Agent within the NDPS Manager and starts the printer gateway with the default parameters. See the online help for more configuration information.

Manually entering a printer address

To create a public access printer, manually enter a printer address.

To enter a printer address manually

1. Make sure that the BROKER.NLM is loaded. If it is not, type LOAD BROKER at the server console prompt and select the name of the Broker.

3. Make sure that the NDPSM.NLM is loaded. If it is not, type LOAD NDPSM at the server console prompt and select the appropriate NDPS Manager name.

4. Type LOAD HPGATE at the server console prompt.

5. Select the Configuration menu item in the Main Menu screen.

6. Select the Public Access Printing menu item in the Configuration menu screen.

7. To manually add an IPX Printer, proceed as follows:

7.1. Select the Manually add an IPX printer menu item in the Public Access Printing

menu screen and then press [Enter]. This action displays the Manually add an IPX printer menu screen.

7.2. Enter the parameter value of the Enter IPX network address menu item.

7.3. Enter the parameter value of the Enter IPX MAC Address menu item.

7.4. Enter the parameter value of the Enter printing port (multi-port device only) menu

item. The ports can be 1, 2, or 3. Port 1 resolves to any single-port HP Jetdirect print server. Ports 1, 2, and 3 resolve to the physical ports on the multi-port HP Jetdirect external print servers.

7.5. Enter the parameter value of the Enter printer agent name menu item.

8. To manually add an IP Printer, proceed as follows:

8.1. Select the Manually add an IP Printer menu item in the Public Access Printing menu

screen and then press [Enter]. This action displays the Manually add an IP Printer menu screen.

8.2. Enter the parameter value of the Enter IP name or address menu item.

8.3. Enter the parameter value of the Enter printing port (multi-port devices only) menu

item. See Step 7.4 for detailed port information.

8.4. Enter the parameter value of the Enter printer agent name menu item.

Once the available IP or IPX printer parameter values have been input and [Enter] pressed, the HP IP/IPX Printer Gateway utility automatically creates the Printer Agent within the NDPS Manager and starts the printer gateway with the default parameters. See the online help for more configuration information.

Creating HP Immediate Access Printers (IPX Only)

An immediate access printer is a public access printer created automatically by the HP IP/IPX Printer Gateway without user intervention. This process locates available HP printers on an IPX network, automatically creates Printer Agents to represent them (no manual selection), and assigns default parameters. Using this method, public access printers are created and are available immediately to all users. The names of automatically-created Printer Agents are created from the information on the printer configuration page, but they can be renamed later.

Note: The HP IP/IPX Printer Gateway supports Immediate Access Printing in the IPX

environment. This feature is not available in the IP environment.

Note: This process can be enabled with multiple HP IP/IPX Printer Gateways, causing a client

to see multiple instances of the same printer in the list of available printers. To avoid confusion, follow the suggestions below:

• Turn off SAPs for each HP printer once an initial connection is made to the printer

from the HP IP/IPX Printer Gateway. To turn off SAPs, select the Configure Printer

Gateway Defaults menu item in the Configuration menu screen. Next, select the Turn Printer SAPs OFF at startup menu item and change the parameter to Yes.

Next, press [F10] to save the changes.

• Configure the HP IP/IPX Printer Gateway to look only at certain network segments

to prevent different gateways from searching overlapping segments.

To create an HP immediate access printer

1. Make sure that the BROKER.NLM is loaded. If it is not, type LOAD BROKER at the server console prompt and select the name of the Broker.

2. Make sure that the NDPS Manager object is created in the NDS tree (by way of NetWare Administrator). Refer to Novell documentation on creating this object, if necessary.

3. Make sure that the NDPSM.NLM is loaded. If it is not, type LOAD NDPSM at the server console prompt and select the appropriate NDPS Manager name.

4. Type LOAD HPGATE at a server console prompt.

5. Select the Configuration menu item in the Main Menu screen and then press [Enter].

6. Select the Public Access Printing menu item in the Configuration menu screen and then press [Enter].

7. Select the IPX Public Access Printers menu item in the Public Access Printing menu screen and then press [Enter].

8. Set the Search Time Interval menu item parameter, in the IPX Public Access Printing configuration menu screen, to a value greater than zero using the format (hours):(minutes):(seconds).

9. Set the Search All Networks menu item parameter to No if your site has a large number of networks (for example, five or more) and continue to Step 10 below. Otherwise, set the parameter to Yes and proceed to Step 11 below.

10. If you selected the No parameter in Step 9, build a list of networks you want to search.

10.1. Select the Search Specified Networks menu item parameter, See List, to search

specified networks and then press [Enter].

10.2. To add networks to the list, press [Insert].

10.3. Select the network address you want to add and then press [Enter].

10.4. To delete unwanted network addresses from the list, mark them and then press

[Delete].

10.5. When prompted to “Save Specified Changes?”, select Yes.

11. Press [Esc] to save the configuration parameters.

The HP IP/IPX Printer Gateway automatically creates a Printer Agent within the NDPS Manager and starts a printer gateway with the default parameters each time it finds a new printer on the network. See the online help for more configuration information.

Note: HP Jetdirect print servers use SAP type 030c hexadecimal.

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