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Table of Contents

1 Introduction.................... ..................................... 19

About This Manual.......................... ....... .............................................. 19

Warnings, Cautions, And Notes....................................................19

Printing Conventions Used In This Manual...................................19

Related Documents....................................................................... 20

Printer Overview .................................................................................. 21

The LineJet Printer Family ............................................................21

Taking Care Of Your Printer.......................................................... 23

Standard Features ........................................................................ 23

Graphics Options .......................................................................... 25

Protocols And Emulations.............................................................25

Line Matrix Printing ....................................................................... 26

Printing Speed............................................................................... 27

LineJet Print Server ..... ....... ...... ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ..............28

What Special Features Are Available?.......................................... 28

Print Server Interface .................................................................... 29

2 Downloading Function Code In LineJet

Printers ............................................................... 31

Introduction..........................................................................................31

Downloading In A Nutshell............................................................31

Preparation For Downloading.......... ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... . 32

Copying Function Code To Your Computer......................................... 33

Loading Function Code To Flash Memory In The Printer....................34

Loading Code Through The Parallel Or Serial Port.......................34

Loading Code Through The Ethernet Port Using ftp..................... 3 6

3 Configuring The Printer ...................................... 39

Overview..............................................................................................39

Configuring The Printer........................................................................ 39

Operating Modes........................................................................... 42

The Configurations........................................................................ 42

Locking And Unlocking The ENTER Key......................................42

Changing And Saving Parameter Settings....................................43

Factory Default Configuration Values............................................44

Table of Contents

Changing Parameters..........................................................................48

Example ........................................................................................ 48

Saving Your New Configuration....................................................50

Printing The Current Configuration ...............................................52

Loading Configuration Values.......................................................54

The Power-Up Configuration......................................................... 56

Deleting Configurations................................................................. 58

Protecting Your Configurations..................................................... 60

Configuring The Print Server............................................................... 61

Connecting To The Network ......................................................... 61

Configuration Setup ...................................................................... 61

Configuration Using The Printer Control Panel............................. 62

Configuration Alternatives .............................................................64

4 The Configuration Menus ...................................67

Overview..............................................................................................67

Configuration Main Menu .................................................................... 68

Config. Control Menu...........................................................................71

Active Emulation Menu........................................................................ 73

Emulation Menu...................................................................................74

PCL-II Emulation...........................................................................75

LP Plus Emulation......................................................................... 80

P-Series Emulation ....................................................................... 84

Proprinter XL Emulation.................. ...... ....... ...... ........................... 87

Epson FX Emulation ..................................................................... 89

Serial Matrix Emulation ................................................................ 92

P-Series XQ Emulation ................................................................. 95

IGP/PGL Emulation....................................................................... 97

IGP/VGL (Code V) Emulation ..................................................... 102

Maint/Misc Menu................................................................................ 109

Host Interface Menu .......................................................................... 110

Bi-Tronics Submenu.................................................................... 111

Centronics (Parallel) Submenu................................................... 112

Serial Submenu........................................................................... 114

Ethernet Submenu ...................................................................... 117

Auto Switching Submenu............................................................ 118

Ethernet Params Menu...................................................................... 120

Printer Control Menu.......................................................................... 121

Diagnostics Menu .............................................................................. 123

RibbonMinder .................................................................................... 126

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5 Approaches To Network Printing...................... 129

Overview............................................................................................129

Peer To Peer Networks...............................................................129

Print Job Servers......................................................................... 130

6 TCP/IP Configuration........................................ 131

TCP/IP LineJet Print Server Configuration........................................ 131

Before You Begin........................................................................131

Creating Aliases ..........................................................................132

Methods For Setting TCP/IP Values ........................................... 133

Assign TCP/IP Values................................................................. 134

Using BOOTP ............................................................................. 137

7 HP e3000/LineJet Print Server Configuration... 139

Overview............................................................................................139

HP e3000 / MPE-XL / MPE / iX: Host Configuration.......................... 139

LineJet Print Server Configuration Verification.................................. 142

Methods Of Adjusting Paper Position................................................ 145

Method 1 ..................................................................................... 145

Method 2 ..................................................................................... 145

Using Page Level Recovery On LineJet Printers............................... 146

HP e3000 / MPE-XL / MPE / iX: DTC Configuration.......................... 148

MPE-XL / MPE / iX Typical Configuration...................................148

8 Windows Configuration..................................... 149

Overview............................................................................................149

Windows Environment Description.................................................... 149

Windows LineJet Print Server Configuration ..................................... 150

Mandatory ................................................................................... 150

Optional....................................................................................... 150

Communicating Across Routers......................... ......................... 15 1

Changing Workgroup Names...................................................... 151

Changing Destination Names......................................................152

Windows Host Configuration .............................................................153

Windows NT 3.51 Host Setup..................................................... 153

Windows NT 4.0 Host Setup .......................................................154

Windows 95/98 Host Setup......................................................... 160

Printronix Printing System (PPS) Host Setup..............................160

Windows 3.1 Host Setup............................................................. 161

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Windows Troubleshooting Tips.......................................................... 163

LineJet Print Server Card Cannot Be Found On The Network ... 163

HTML Configuration Forms Will Not Display............................... 163

Errors Occur When Defining An LPR Printer .............................. 164

Cannot Browse The LineJet Print Server Card On The Network 164

Printer Errors When Printing Or No Output.................................164

TCP/IP Access Problem.............................................................. 165

Web Browser/HTTP Problem...................................................... 166

Windows NT 4.0 Host Setup Problems....................................... 167

9 Unix Configuration............................................ 169

Overview............................................................................................ 169

Unix Environment Description ............... ...... ....... ...... ......................... 170

Unix LineJet Print Server Configuration . ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... ..... 171

Mandatory ............................................. ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... ..... 171

Optional........................ ...... ....... ...... ...... ....... ............................... 171

Communicating Across Routers................................ .................. 17 1

Unix Host Configuration............................... ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... ..... 172

Printing Setup On HP-UX............................................................ 172

Printing Setup On Sys V ............................................................. 175

LPR/LPD Printing Setup On BSD Systems

(Sun 4.x, DEC‚ Ultrix‚, Free BSD, etc.)........................................ 177

FTP Printing ................................................................................ 179

Remote Shell Printing ............... ...... ...... ...................................... 179

Unix Troubleshooting Tips.................................. ...... ....... ...... ....... ..... 180

Nothing Prints.............................................................................. 180

Stair-stepped Output...................................................................181

No Form Feed Or Extra Page Comes Out.................................. 181

10 Novell Configuration .......................................183

Overview............................................................................................ 183

Novell Environment Description......................................................... 184

Novell LineJet Print Server Configuration.......................................... 184

Using HTML Forms..................................................................... 185

Novell Host Configuration.................................................................. 186

NetWare Version 3.x PSERVER Setup ...................................... 186

NetWare Version 3.x RPRINTER Setup ..................................... 188

NetWare Version 4.x PSERVER Setup ...................................... 189

NetWare Version 4.x RPRINTER Setup ..................................... 191

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Novell Troubleshooting Tips .............................................................. 193

NetWare 3.x - No PSERVER Connection................................... 193

NetWare 4.x - No PSERVER Connection .................................. 194

11 Novell Configuration For 10/100Base-T

Interfaces........................................................ 195

Overview............................................................................................195

Novell LineJet Print Server Configuration (10/100Base-T)................ 196

Preferred File Server (NDS & Bindery) ....................................... 197

Setting Password Security (NDS & Bindery)............................... 199

Adjusting Polling Time (NDS & Bindery).....................................200

Changing The Print Server Name (NDS & Bindery).................... 201

Changing The Frame Type (NDS & Bindery).............................. 202

Changing The Print Server Mode (NDS & Bindery).................... 203

Setting The LineJet Print Server Context (NDS)......................... 204

Setting The Print Server Preferred NDS Tree (NDS).................. 205

Novell Host Configuration (10/100Base-T)........................................ 207

NDS PSERVER Setup (Netware 4.x)..........................................207

Bindery PSERVER Setup (Netware 3.x and 4.x)........................209

Referencing A Bindery Queue In NDS (Netware 3.x and 4.x)..... 209

RPRINTER/NPRINTER Setup (Netware 3.x and 4.x)................. 210

Troubleshooting (10/100Base-T)....................................................... 212

PSERVER Setup......................................................................... 212

RPRINTER/NPRINTER Setup ........ ...... ....... ...... ....... .................. 214

Printing Related........................................................................... 216

12 Commands..................................................... 219

Command Shell Overview ................................................................. 219

Access Methods.......................................................................... 219

Main Command Shell Prefixes.................................................... 219

Getting Command Help...................................... ....... ...... ....... ..... 219

Complete Command List ................................................................... 220

Store Commands ........................................................................ 220

Set Commands ........................................................................... 223

List Commands ..................................... ....... ...... ....... ...... ............230

Debug Commands ...................................................................... 231

Miscellaneous Command s . .................................................... ..... 232

Table of Contents

13 Extra Features ................................................235

LineJet Print Server Security............................................................. 235

Users And Passwords............... ...... ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... ..... 235

TCP Access Lists............................ ...... ....... ...... ....... .................. 23 7

Printer Monitoring And Logging......................................................... 238

Printer And Print Job Monitoring................................................. 238

Printer Logging Through Logpaths.............................................. 239

LineJet Print Server Naming Schemes.............................................. 240

14 Interfaces........................................................ 241

Overview............................................................................................ 241

Centronics Parallel Interface.............................................................. 242

Centronics Interface Signals....................................................... 242

Centronics Parallel Interface Configuration................................. 243

Bi-Tronics Parallel Interface............................................................... 244

Operating Modes......................................................................... 244

The Negotiation Phase................................................................ 245

Signals ........................................................................................ 245

RS-232 And RS-422 Serial Interfaces............................................... 248

RS-232 And RS-422 Serial Interface Signals ............................. 249

RS-232 And RS-422 Serial Interface Protocol............................ 249

RS-232 And RS-422 Serial Interface Error Handling.................. 250

RS-232 And RS-422 Serial Interface Configuration....................250

15 Routine Service And Diagnostics ...................251

Routine Service .................................................................................251

Exterior Cleaning......................................................................... 251

Interior Cleaning.......................................................................... 251

Diagnosing Problems... ....... ...... ....... ...... ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ............ 255

Printer Self-Tests ........................................................................ 255

Printing A Hex Dump................................................................... 257

Fault Messages........................................................................... 259

A Printer Specifications And Regulatory

Information ....................................................... 267

Ribbon Specifications ........................................................................ 267

Printer Dimensions ............................................................................269

Environmental Characteristics........................................................... 269

Electrical Characteristics ................................................................... 270

Material Safety Data Sheets.............................................................. 271

Communication Notices................... ...... ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... ..... 272

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B Paper Specifications And Forms Design.......... 275

Introduction........................................................................................ 275

General Paper Specifications............................................................ 276

Paper Guidelines ............................................................................... 277

Terms And Definitions................................................................. 277

Environmental Considerations .................................................... 279

Form Types.................................................................................279

Form Weight................................................................................ 279

Form Thickness........................................................................... 279

Form Evenness...........................................................................279

Tractor Pin Engagement ............................................................. 279

Methods Of Forms Attachmen t .................... ...... ....... .................. 280

Chaff Content..............................................................................281

Form Design Checklist....................................................................... 282

Summary ........................................................................................... 285

Storage And Handling .................................................................285

C Standard ASCII Character Set......................... 287

D Monitoring Printers........................................... 289

Implementing Printer Management.................................................... 289

Agent/Manager Model................................................................. 289

MIB.............................................................................................. 289

SNMP.......................................................................................... 290

Monitoring Tools ................................................................................ 291

Monitoring With AIX NetView/6000.............................................291

Monitoring With Web JetAdmin................................................... 291

OS/2 TCP/IP ............................................................................... 291

Setting The SNMP Community Name......................................... 291

Table of Contents

1 Introduction

About This Manual

This manual explains how to configure and perform routine service on the HP LineJet printer for maximum efficiency.

War nings, Cautions, And Notes

Read and comply with all information highlighted under special headings:

Warning Warning messages call attention to situations that could hurt you or

damage the equipment.

Caution Conditions that could damage the printer or related equipment.

Note A note gives you helpful hints about printer operation and maintenance.

Printing Conventions Used In This Manual

• UPPERCASE print indicates control panel keys.

Example: Press the CLEAR key, then press the ON LINE key.

• Quotation marks (“ ”) indicate messages you see on the Liquid Crystal

Display (LCD). Example: Press the ON LINE key. “OFFLINE” appears on the LCD.

• The + (plus) symbol represents key combinations.

Example: “Press = + >” means to press the = (UP) key and the >

(DOWN) key at the same time.

Chapter 1 About This Manual

• Command syntax and examples are formatted as follows:

• The Courier font in boldface indicates commands that you type:

Example:

• Regular Courier font indicates displayed results:

Example:

$ ping ftp.HP.com

ftp.HP.com is alive

• Variable values are shown in

in text.

ping

ipname

is alive

Example: Example:

italics

in command syntax, output, and

Printer Overview

The LineJet Printer Family

The LineJet series of line matrix printers consists of 500, 1000, and 1500 lines per minute (lpm) models packaged in various configurations. All of the models offer software versatility and the latest refinements in line matrix printing technology. The model numbers indicate printing speed and physical configuration:

The LineJet Printer Family

Table 1. The LineJet Printer Family

Model

Number

C3201D LineJet 500P 500 lpm áá C3202D LineJet 500Q 500 lpm áá C3204D LineJet 1000Q 1000 lpm áá C3205D LineJet 1500Q 1500 lpm áá C5640D LineJet 1500Q 1500 lpm ááá

Nameplate

Most line matrix printers have specialized architectures which enable the printer to emulate, or behave like, another printer. These specialized architectures are restricted. The LineJet printer, however, introduces an open architecture concept that is not available on any other line matrix printer.

The LineJet printer offers the standard emulation of Hewlett-Packard’s Printer Control Language, PCL Level II, to allow easy online programming capabilities and compatibility with Hewlett-Packard systems.

Additionally, the LineJet printer offers the following three emulations as part of its LinePrinter Plus grouping: Proprinter P-Series. No matter what emulation is configured, your printer is very easy to use. The message display and indicator on the control panel communicate with you directly and clearly. You can select every function on your printer at the control panel, or you can send commands from the host computer.

Speed

Pedestal Cabinet

Serial/

Parallel

Interface

III XL, Epson® FX-1050, and

Serial/ Ethernet Interface

Power

Stacker

Chapter 1 Printer Overview

C3202D C3204D C3205D C5640D

C3201D

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Figure 1. The LineJet Printers

Taking Care Of Your Printer

Your printer will produce high quality print jobs if it is well taken care of. Periodic cleaning, handling the printer properly, and using the correct printer supplies, such as paper and ribbons, will ensure optimum performance. Chapter 15 explains how to clean the printer, and printer supplies are listed in Appendix A.

Whenever it is necessary to service the printer, remember these important maintenance concepts:

• Use only the ribbons specified in Appendix A. Use of incorrect ribbons

can cause ink migration problems, degraded print quality, and expensive damage to the printer.

• Incorrect closure of the forms thickness lever can cause smearing,

degraded print quality, paper jams, and damage to the platen and shuttle assembly. Never close the forms thickness lever too tightly.

• Excessive printing outside of the boundaries of the paper will degrade

print quality and cause hammer bank damage. Never print outside of the paper width.

St andard Fea tures

All of the printers offer a wide range of horizontal and vertical dot densities, operate quietly, and can load an emulation very easily. Other features are specified in the following se ctions.

Host Computer Interfaces

The following host computer interface choices are available:

• Bi-Tronics

• RS-232 serial interface

• RS-422 serial interface

• Centronics

• Ethernet™ (optional on C3201D and C3202D only)

Printer Emulations

The following printer emulations (or protocols) are selectable at the control panel:

• HP

• LP Plus, which consists of:

Printronix P-Series Epson FX-1050 IBM

PCL-II (the default)

Proprinter III XL

• QMS (optional)

• PGL (optional)

Each emulation provides a different set of configuration menus, control codes, and character sets.

Chapter 1 Printer Overview

Output Control

Depending on the active emulation, the printers have the following output control features:

• Four modes for printing text:

1. Correspondence (High Density)

2. Data Processing (DP) (Standard Density)

3. Sparse (high speed) (Sparse Density)

4. OCR A and OCR B

• Selectable forms length and width

• Character attribute specification:

1. Selectable pitch: normal, expanded, and compressed

2. Emphasized (shadow) printing

3. Automatic underlining and overscoring

4. Superscript and subscript printing

5. Double high and wide printing

• Resident multinationa l cha racte r se ts and bar codes

Graphics and V ertical Formatting

Several graphics and vertical formatting features are available:

• Built-in graphics generator s :

1. IBM Proprinter III XL bit-image graphics

2. Epson FX-1050 dot graphics mode

3. P-Series Plot

4. PCL raster graphics

• Programmable electronic vertical formatting provides rapid vertical paper

movement to specified lines for printing repetitive and continuous forms. You can choose from the following methods:

1. Vertical tabbing in Proprinter III XL and Epson FX emulation modes

2. Electronic Vertical Format Unit (EVFU) in P-Series emulation mode

3. PCL vertical forms control (VFC)

Built-in Diagnostic T ools

The following diagnostic tools are provided with the printer:

• Comprehensive diagnostic self-tests permanently stored in the printer

• Configuration printout

• Data stream hex code printout

• Symbol set printout

Graphics Options

The PGL and QMS emulations allow you to create and store forms; generate logos, bar codes, and expanded characters; and create other graphics. Alphanumerics and bar code data are added as the form is printed.

These emulations are available as a customer-installed option. For more information, contact your authorized Hewlett-Packard representative.

Protocols And Emulations

protocol

printer and its host computer. These rules consist of codes which manipulate and print data and allow for machine-to-machine communication. A printer and its host computer must use the same protocol.

Most impact printers use single ASCII character codes to print text, numbers, and punctuation marks. Some characters, both singularly and in groups of two or more, are defined as control codes. Control codes instruct the printer to perform specific functions, such as underlining text, printing subscripts, setting page margins, etc. The main difference between most printer protocols is in the characters used to create control codes and the ways in which these characters are formatted.

is a set of rules governing the exchange of information between the

When the printer executes the character and control codes of a particular

printer protocol, it is “emulating” that printer. For example, if the printer uses the Proprinter III XL protocol, it is emulating an IBM Proprinter III XL printer; if the printer is using the Epson FX-1050 printer protocol, it is in Epson FX-1050 emulation mode. As used in this manual, “protocol” and “emulation” same thing.

mean the

Chapter 1 Printer Overview

Line Matrix Printing

Your printer is an impact printer; it creates characters by printing ink dots on paper. The dots are printed on an invisible matrix mapped in printer memory (see Figure 2). Dot impressions are made by an array of steel hammers mounted on a rapidly oscillating shuttle. The hammers strike the paper through a moving ink ribbon.

Dot Row

Ink dots formed by hammer tips.

Dot Column

Matrix visible only to the printer

Character Row

Character Column

Figure 2. Dot Matrix Character Formation

Serial matrix printers use a moving printhead with pins to form single characters sequentially along the printed line. Unlike serial matrix printers, the LineJet printer is a line matrix

printer. Line matrix printers divide every printable line into horizontal dot rows, then print a dot row of the entire line at every lateral sweep of the shutt le.

During each sweep, hammers are activated to print dots at the required positions in the dot row. When the shuttle reache s the end of a sweep, it reverses direction, the paper advances one dot row, and the hammers print the next row of dots as the shuttle sweeps in the opposite direction, as shown in Figure 3.

Printing Speed

After a line of characters is printed, the paper advances to the first dot row of the next print line. This creates a number of blank rows between lines of characters, depending on the print mode and line spacing you selected.

Direction of Shuttle Movement

Dot

Row Start

1 2 3 4

One Text

Line

5 6 7 8 9

** 10 11

Number of rows is determined by line spacing.

n 1 2

Paper

Feed Direction

This row is used only for lowercase descenders.

This row is used for underlining and lowercase descenders.

Figure 3. Dot Matrix Line Printing

Printing Speed

The speed at which text prints is measured in lines per minute (lpm). This speed is directly proportional to the number of dot rows required to produce a character line, regardless of the number of characters in the line. More dot rows are required to print lowercase characters with descenders; consequently, those character lines print at a fractionally lower rate.

The printer also prints dot-addressable graphic images. The speed at which graphics are plotted is measured in inches per minute (ipm). Unidirectional plotting produces slightly better print quality and takes about twice as long as bidirectional plotting. You can select either plotting mode from the control panel.

Printing and plotting rates also vary according to the print mode you select. Print mode refers to the way you instruct the printer to create characters. If, for example, you select standard quality (data processing) mode, the printer uses more dot rows to form characters than if you choose Sparse (high speed) mode. Character formation and print speed are faster in Sparse mode, because the printer prints fewer dot rows to form characters. Vertical dot density is a factor in printing speed.

Nominal printing rates are charted in Appendix A.

Chapter 1 LineJet Print Server

LineJet Print Server

The LineJet Print Server allows you to attach printers on a local area network (LAN) rather than attaching them directly to a host system. Following simple configuration steps, these peripherals can be simultaneously shared with users on the network whether you are using TCP/IP, NetBIOS over TCP/IP, or IPX (Novell

The LineJet Print Server contains a network interface card to attach itself and

the printer to the network. This Ethernet™ 10/100Base-T interface connector is what allows the printer to communicate with the network, and the interface itself has a number of options, status indicators, and switches which are described in “Print Server Interface” on page 29.

What Special Fea tures Ar e Available?

The LineJet Print Server offers an extensive list of features including:

• built-in HTML forms for easy cross-platform configuration

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• availability of printer manager software

• a detailed and easy-to-use command shell built in to the firmware

• multi-level configuration security through passwords, permission levels,

and access lists

• Wide Area Network (WAN) communication access

• numerous printer logging methods (e.g., automatic email) to record

printer errors and usage

• remote management through HTML forms, Telnet sessions, rsh/

rcmd/remsh

commands, SNMP, and pre-defined log methods

• extensive built-in troubleshooting tools

• built-in telnet and ping clients

• configurable memory usage by disab ling pr otoc ol s and destinati on

services

• multiple destinations/queues for versatile printer manipulation and distinct

print setups

• header and trailer strings to instruct printers on font, pitch, printing, etc.

• flexible naming conventions

• automatic network connection and frame type sensing

• simultaneous printing across all I/O ports and all supported protocols

• multiple network protocol support

Print Server Interface

The LineJet Print Server interface card at the rear of the printer has two indicator lights and two dipswitches, as shown in Figure 4.

Dipswitches

Shown in OFF (default) position

STAT (System Status)

NET (Data to Network)

Figure 4. Status Indicator Lights and Dipswitches

Run and Auto Reset Modes

Run Mode is the normal operating state of the LineJet Print Server. Auto Reset mode is entered when the watchdog timer is triggered and the Print Server resets itself. In either mode, the STAT LED flashes at a varying rate, depending on whether the unit IP address is configured. The Run Mode and Auto Reset Mode indicator descriptions are given in Table 2.

Table 2. Indicator Modes

STAT Indication Description

OFF flashes on once per second Normal Mode, IP address

configured

OFF flashes on twice per second IP address not configured

ON flashes off once per second Download (MOS) ON flashes off twice per second Error

Chapter 1 LineJet Print Server

Network Indicator

The NET LED displays the status of the network link. When the NET LED is on, link integrity is confirmed. The NET LED flashes off for 1/3 second when a data packet is being transferred. When the NET LED is off, the network connection has been severed.

Dipswitches

On the back of the interface, you will find a small window where you can access two dipswitches labeled 1 and 2 (see Figure 4). The functions of the dipswitches are explained in Table 3.

Dipswitch

OFF OFF Normal operation. With both dipswitches in the OFF

position, the LineJet Print Server boots up using the settings in flash memory rather than the default settings.

Table 3. Dipswitch Functions

Comments

ON OFF Factory default settings. With the dipswitches in this

configuration, the LineJet Print Server boots up and erases all settings stored in flash memory except the Ethernet address and key value.

OFF ON Default IP. With the dipswitches in this configuration,

the LineJet Print Server boots up with factory default settings. However, the stored settings in flash memory are intact. Setting dipswitch 2 to ON does not clear any settings stored in flash memory; instead, it boots the unit with the IP settings in flash memory temporarily ignored.

ON ON Reserved. This dipswitch setting is not for customer

use.

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