Konica Minolta MAGICOLOR 3100, MAGICOLOR 2210, MAGICOLOR 3300EN, PAGEPRO 9100 User Manual

CrownNet

System Administrator’'s Guide

1800393-001H

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Proprietary Statement

The software included with your CrownNet interface is Copyrighted © 2000 by MINOLTA-QMS, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This software may not be reproduced, modified, displayed, transferred, or copied in any form or in any manner or on any media, in whole or in part, without the express written permission of MINOLTA-QMS, Inc.

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1 Introduction

Introduction...................................................................................................... 1-2

About the Documentation ................................................................................1-3

Standard Product Documentation 1-3 Other Relevant Documentation 1-4 About This Manual 1-5

Typographic Conventions ................................................................................1-7

2 Printer Interface Configuration

Introduction ......................................................................................................2-2

Changing Configuration Settings .....................................................................2-2

The CrownNet Menu 2-3

Configuring Network Interface Characteristics ...............................................2-4

Enabling the CrownNet Interface 2-4 Selecting a Default Emulation 2-5 Setting the Spool Buffer Size 2-6

Default Job Priority 2-7 PS Protocol 2-8

Configuring Common Interface Characteristics ..............................................2-9

Selecting Spooling Options 2-10 Setting the Hardware Address 2-11 Printing a Configuration Page 2-12 Resetting Factory Defaults 2-12 Using a Soft Reset 2-13 Setting the Token-Ring Speed 2-13 Identifying Source Routing 2-14 Setting Ethernet Speed 2-17

Configuring the EtherTalk Protocol ..............................................................2-18

Enabling the EtherTalk Protocol 2-18 Identifying Network Settings 2-19 Identifying the Type of Connection 2-21 Setting the EtherTalk Zone 2-24

Configuring OS/2 LAN Manager/LAN Server or

Microsoft Windows Protocol..........................................................................2-25

Enabling the OS/2 LAN Manager/LAN Server or Microsoft Windows Network Protocol 2-26 Naming the Printer 2-26 Resetting the Printer Name 2-27

Configuring the NetWare Protocol ................................................................2-28

About the CrownNet Security Feature 2-28 Enabling the NetWare Protocol 2-30 Configuring the Print Server 2-30 Configuring the Remote/Network Printers 2-38 Specifying a Printer Name 2-41 Setting the Frame Type 2-43

Configuring the TCP/IP Protocol ..................................................................2-45

Enabling the TCP/IP Protocol2-46 Setting the Internet Address 2-47 Setting the Subnet Mask 2-48 Setting the Default Router Address 2-49 Deleting the FTP Password File 2-50 Deleting the Host Files 2-50 Blocking Access to Printer Files 2-51 Enabling TCP/IP Accounting and Reverse Channel Communications 2-51

2-ii

Setting an Accounting Timeout 2-52 Assigning a TCP/IP Port 2-53 Printing an LPD Banner Page 2-54 Disabling the BOOTP Protocol 2-54 Disabling the RARP Protocol 2-55 Configuring SNMP Information2-55

Setting the Binary Communications Protocol ...............................................2-58

Quoting Mechanism 2-60 Advantages 2-61 Implementation 2-61

Setting the Default Job Priority .....................................................................2-62

3 CrownAdmin for DOS

Introduction ......................................................................................................3-2

Opening CrownAdmin .....................................................................................3-2

Using Remote Console ....................................................................................3-2

Accessing Remote Console 3-2 Multiple Remote Console Sessions 3-3 Closing a Remote Console Session 3-3

Closing CrownAdmin ......................................................................................3-4

4 CrownAdmin 3

Introduction ......................................................................................................4-2

About CrownAdmin 3 .....................................................................................4-3

Opening CrownAdmin 3 ..................................................................................4-3

Windows 95 and Windows NT 4-4 Solaris/SunOS, AIX, and HP-UX 4-4 OS/2 4-4 Macintosh 4-4

Using the Online User's Guide .........................................................................4-8

Accessing the Online User's Guide 4-8 Finding Information in the On-Line User's Guide 4-8 Viewing Multiple Help Topics 4-8

Configuring the Interface and the Printer ........................................................4-9

Contents 2-iii

Configuration Buttons 4-9

Using Remote Console ..................................................................................4-13

Accessing Remote Console 4-14 Multiple Remote Console Sessions 4-14 Closing a Remote Console Session 4-14

Closing CrownAdmin 3 .................................................................................4-15

5 CrownNet Manager for OS/2

Introduction ......................................................................................................5-2

Overview of CrownNet Manager for OS/2 5-2 Printing Directly to the Printer 5-3

Opening CrownNet Manager for OS/2 ............................................................5-3

Using CrownNet Manager ...............................................................................5-4

Using the Help Menu 5-4 Using the Install Menu 5-5 Using the Logfile Menu 5-5 Using the Remove Menu 5-6 Using the Status Menu 5-6

Closing CrownNet Manager ............................................................................5-8

Additional Technical Notes .............................................................................5-8

6 CrownNet Print Utility for Windows:

Microsoft Windows Network Support

Introduction ......................................................................................................6-2

Requirements 6-2 Installation 6-2

Setting Up Serverless Printing .........................................................................6-3

Setting Up Client-Server (Server-Based) Printing ...........................................6-3

Notify Option 6-3 Refresh Option 6-4

Getting Help .....................................................................................................6-4

2-iv

7 UNIX Utilities

Introduction ......................................................................................................7-2

Setting the Internet Address .............................................................................7-2

The bootp Protocol 7-3 The rarp Protocol 7-4

qpr Command ..................................................................................................7-5

Syntax 7-5 Options 7-5 Notes 7 -8

FTP (File Transfer Protocol) ............................................................................7-8

Supported FTP Commands 7-9 Logging in to a Printer via FTP 7-10 Exiting from a Printer via FTP 7-10

Password Files ...............................................................................................7-11

Logging In with a Password 7-13 Listing the Contents of the Password File 7-14

Host Address Files .........................................................................................7-14

Listing the Contents of the Host Address File 7-16

Directory Commands .....................................................................................7-16

Displaying the Current Directory (pwd) 7-16 Changing Directories (cd) 7-16 Listing the Contents of a Directory (dir) 7-17

Printer Directories ..........................................................................................7-17

ADMIN Directory 7-17 DISK Directory 7-18 HELP Directory 7-18 NO_DOC_CMDS Directory 7-18 USR Directory 7-20

Printing and Transferring Files ......................................................................7-20

type Command 7-20 put and mput Commands 7-21 get Command 7-23

LPD (Line Printer Daemon) ..........................................................................7-24

Configuring the Host to Use LPD 7-24 Using LPD 7-25 Monitoring Status 7-26

Contents 2-v

HP-UX Versions 9.x and 10.x .......................................................................7-27

8 Printer Web Page

Introduction ......................................................................................................8-2

Using the Printer Web Page .............................................................................8-2

Assigning a Printer Name 8-2 Setting Up Your Browser Software 8-3

Types of Printer Web Pages .............................................................................8-3

Home Page 8-4 Operator Control Page 8-5 General Settings Page 8-5 Printer Jobs Page 8-5 Consumable Status Page 8-5 Accounting Page 8-5 Statistics Page 8-6 MINOLTA-QMS, Inc. Page 8-6 Online Help Page 8-6 System Support Page 8-6

Web Page Help System ....................................................................................8-7

Email Notification on Printer Error .................................................................8-8

Configuration 8-8

9 Troubleshooting

Introduction ......................................................................................................9-2

General Problems .............................................................................................9-2

CrownAdmin for DOS Problems .....................................................................9-3

CrownAdmin 3 for Windows, Solaris/SunOS, AIX, and HP-UX Problems ...9-4

EtherTalk Problems .........................................................................................9-5

OS/2 LAN Manager/LAN Server Problems ....................................................9-7

NetWare Problems ...........................................................................................9-8

TCP/IP Problems ...........................................................................................9-12

All UNIX Systems 9-12 BSD UNIX Systems 9-12

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SYS V UNIX Systems 9-13

Updating CrownNet Software .......................................................................9-13

System Requirements 9-14 Before You Begin Downloading the Software 9-14 Downloading the Software 9-15

A Technical Specifications

CrownNet Specifications ................................................................................A-2

Features A-2 Networks and Protocols A-3 Network Attachments A-3 Network Speed—Token-Ring A-3

EtherTalk Specifications .................................................................................A-4

Connections A-4 Features A-4 Protocols A-4

OS/2 LAN Manager/LAN Server Specifications ...........................................A-5

Connections A-5 OS/2 Features A-5

Microsoft Windows Network Features ...........................................................A-6

Protocols A-6

NetWare Specifications ..................................................................................A-6

Bindery Connections A-6 NDS Connections A-7 Features A-7 Protocols A-8

TCP/IP Specifications .....................................................................................A-8

Connections A-8 Features A-8 FTP A-9 Protocols A-9 SNMP A-10 Telnet A-10

Contents 2-vii

B SNMP and TCP/IP Concepts

Introduction .....................................................................................................B-2

SNMP ..............................................................................................................B-2

Traps B-2 Communities and Community Names B-3 MINOLTA-QMS-Specific Management Information Base (MIB) B-3 Changing Printer Configuration via SNMP B-4

TCP/IP ............................................................................................................B-5

Subnetting B-5 Internet Routing B-6 Class A, B, and C Internet Addresses B-7

TCP/IP Accounting and Reverse Channel ......................................................B-8

The qef Command B-8 Accounting Information Format B-10 Reverse Channel Information Format B-13 Spooling B-14 Accounting Packet Format B-14 Reverse Channel Packet Format B-15

C CrownNet Menus

CrownNet Interface Setup ...............................................................................C-2

Connecting to an Ethernet Network C-2 Entering the CrownNet Menu C-3 Common Menu C-4 EtherTalk Menu C-5 Lan Manager Menu C-6 NetWare Menu C-7 TCP/IP Menu C-8

Glossary

Introduction

CrownNet is a combination of a network interface and host software that together allow your Crown printer to be connected to either an Ethernet or a Token-Ring network:

CrownNet Ethernet interfaces are either built into the print system–as on the 2425,

2060, and 4060 Print Systems–or available as an optional network interface card (NIC).

CrownNet Token-Ring interfaces a re avail able onl y as an o ptional network interf ace

card (NIC).

The CrownNet interface supports the following:

Operating System/Protocol Ethernet Net-

works

AppleTalk (EtherTalk)

LAN Manager/LAN Server (NetBIOS/NetBEUI)

NetWare (IPX/SPX)

TCP/IP

Token-Ring Networks

For complete specifications, see appendix A, “Technical Specifications.”

Introduction2

About the Documentation

Standard Product Documentation

You received the following documentation with your product:

CrownNet System Administrator’s Manual

CrownNet Setup Guide

Crown Remote Console User’s Guide

Network Print Monitor for Windows 95/98 Administrator’s Guide

Network Print Monitor for Windows NT Administrator’s Guide

The manual that you are reading now. See “About This Manual,” later in this section, for more information about the contents of this manual.

You’ll need to refer to this guide if you’re setting up the CrownNet network interface card (NIC) or loading the software utilities. This guide is in portable document format (PDF) on the Software Utilities CD-ROM.

This manual describes how to use the Remote Console software to access printer information and change printer configuration from anywhere on the network. This guide is in PDF on the

ware Utilities

This manual describes how to install and use the Print Monitor for Windows 95/98. This utility is designed for Crown printers using TCP/IP protocol.

This manual describes how to install and use the Print Monitor for Windows NT. This utility is designed for Crown printers using TCP/IP protocol.

CD-ROM.

Soft-

CrownAdmin online help

Online help is provided for CrownAdmin 3 in the Windows, AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, SunOS, Macintosh, and OS/2 environments. It is installed when you install the CrownNet software, using the instructions in the

. See chapter 4, “CrownAdmin 3,”

Guide

in this manual for information on accessing and using the online help.

CrownNet Setup

About the Documentation 3

About This Manual

This manual guides you through configuring the CrownNet interface and using the CrownAdmin, CrownAdmin 3, CrownNet Mana ger , CrownNe t Print Ut ility for Windows, and UNIX host software. Information is organized in the following sections:

Introduction

Printer Configuration

CrownAdmin for DOS

CrownAdmin 3

Provides an overview of the CrownNet interface and describes the documentation.

Briefly explains the two methods of interface configuration—the printer control panel and remote console— and then explains each of the configuration options in detail.

Explains how to use the CrownAdmin software on DOS systems to access Remote Console.

Provides an overview of CrownAdmin 3 and explains how to access and use the on-line user’s guide. Explains how to use the CrownAdmin software and access Remote Console.

About the Documentation4

CrownNet Manager for OS/2

CrownNet Print Utility for Windows

UNIX Utilities Lists the supported varieties of UNIX,

Printer Web Page Describes how to read and set up the

Troubleshooting Describes common problems with

Technical Specifications Provides technical specifications on

Explains how to use CrownNet Manager for OS/2 to monitor and customize your OS/2 printing environment.

Describes how to set up the CrownNet Print Utility for Windows and how to access on-line help.

identifies the main differences between HP-UX Versions 9.x and

10.x, and discusses the BOOTP and RARP protocols, qpr command, supported FTP commands, and LPD.

printer web page.

network printing and suggests solutions to these problems/errors.

the CrownNet NIC.

SNMP and TCP/IP Concepts

CrownNet Menus Contains flowcharts of the CrownNet

Discusses SNMP, TCP/IP, and TCP/ IP accounting/reverse channel concepts.

menus for you to reference as you configure the interface.

Defines key networking terms.

Glossary

Index

About the Documentation 5

Typographic Conventions

The following typographic conventions are used throughout this manual:

Mixed-Case Courier

Mixed-Case Italic Courier

lowercase

Text you type, and messages and information displayed on the screen; in interactive examples, text you type is in bold mixed-case Courier

Variable text you type; replace the italicized word(s) with information specific to your printer or computer

Commands

bold

lowercase italic

UPPERCASE File and utility names

↵ Press the Enter key (PC) or Return key (Macintosh)

Notes contain tips, extra information, or important information that deserves emphasis or reiter ation.

Attention

Caution: Cautions present information that you need to know to avoid equipment damage, process failure, or extreme annoyance.

Variable information in text

WARNING!

WARNING! Warnings indi cate the possibi lity of personal injury if a specific pr ocedur e is not performed exactly as described in the manual.

ACHTUNG!

Vorgehensweise, da sonst Verletzungsgefahr bestehen könnte.

WARNING!

Bitte halten Sie sich exakt an die im Handbuch beschriebene

Typographic Conventions6

Printer Interface

Configuration

Introduction

The chapter briefly introduces the methods of interface configuration and then explains each of the configurat ion options in detail.

If you’ve pur chas ed an optional Cr ownNet NI C, it must be inst alled in t he print er befo r e the interface can be configured. Refer to your printer user's guide for installation instructions. If no instructions are given, you must contact a MINOLTA-QMS qualified service technician for installation. To find a service technician ne ar you, contact your MINOLTA-QMS vendor. See the “Service & Support Guide” for a list of MINOLTA-QMS world-wide service and support offices.

Introduction2

Changing Configuration Settings

You can change the CrownNet interface configuration settings in the following ways:

CrownAdmin

CrownAdmin is available for DOS. See the chapter 3 in this manual for more information.

CrownAdmin 3

CrownAdmin 3 is a vailable for AIX, HP- UX, Solaris, SunOS, a nd W indows/Windows NT/Windows 95/98, OS/2, and Macintosh environments. See the chapter 4 in this manual for more information.

Printer control panel

For complete infor mation on us ing the c ontr o l panel t o make confi guration changes, see your printer documentation.

Remote Console or Local Console

For information on accessing Remote Console, see the online help in CrownAdmin

3. For information on using Remote or Local Console, see the Crown Remote Console User’s Guide.

Printer Web Page

For information on se tt ing up and configuring the printer web page , s ee “” on page 1 in this manual or your printer documentation.

The CrownNet Menu

Use the Administration/Communications/xxxxxxxx NIC/CrownNet menu to configure the CrownNet interface (where xxxxxxxx is either Resident or Optional). This menu has five submenus:

Common—Use this menu to configure features common to all four interfaces.

EtherTalk—Use this menu to configure the EtherTalk interface (Ethernet networks

only). LAN Manager—Use this menu to configure the OS/2 LAN Manager/LAN Server

interface or the Microsoft Windows Network interface.

Changing Configuration Settings 3

NetWare—Use this menu to configure the NetWare interface.

TCP/IP—Use this menu to configure the TCP/IP interface.

This chapter ex plains the confi gurat ion op ti ons av ailab le i n each of t hese menus . See “” in Appendix B for menu flowcharts.

Changing Configuration Settings4

Configuring Network Interface Characteristics

This section describes in detail the configuration options available in the Administration/ Communications/xxxxxxxx NIC menu (where xxxxxxxx is either R esident or Optional):

Mode—Allows you to control how pr int jobs accepted over the CrownNet interface

are spooled and sent to the printer. Emulation—Allows you to choose the emulation used for your print jobs.

Min[imum] K[ilobyte] Spool—Allows you to define the size of the job spooling

buffer allocated to the CrownNet interface. Def[ault] Job Prio[rit y]—Allows you to specify which jobs are printed first, accord-

ing to the interface through which they are received, when jobs are received simultaneously.

PS Protocol—Allows you to set the binary communications protocol (BCP) for com-

municating over a parallel interface to a PostScript printer.

Enabling the CrownNet Interface

The Mode menu allows you to enable or disable network communication over the CrownNet interface. This ability is useful if you’re not planning to use the interface. By disabling it, the memory used by the interface spooler can be allocated to other memory clients.

Choices

Default

Note

Administration/Communications/Resident NIC/Mode Administration/Communications/Optional NIC/Mode

Enabled—Enables the printer to accept print jobs over the

interface.

Disabled—Disables the printer from accepting print jobs over

the interface .

Enabled

Mode can appear under the Common menu on some printers

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Selecting a Default Emulation

Use the Emulation menu to select the default emulation (from those installed on the printer) for print jobs received over the interface.

Typical Choices

Default

Effectivity

Notes

Administration/Communications/Resident NIC/Emulation Administration/Communications/Optional NIC/Emulation

CCITT—CCITT Groups 3 and 4 emulation. ESP—Emulation Sensing Processor technology. Using a

form of artificial intelligence, ESP technology analyzes incoming file data from the interface and determines which emulation, from those installed on the printer, to use to print the job.

Hexdump—He xdum p . This em ulati on prints t he he xade cimal

values of all non-protocol bytes (those that are part of the original file) received over the interface.

HPGL—HP-GL emulation. Lineprinter—Line printer output. LN03+—DEC LN03 Plus emulation. PCL4—HP PCL 4 emulation. PCL5—HP PCL 5 emulation. PostScript—PostScript Level 1 and Level 2 emulations. QUIC II— QUIC II language.

Printer-dependent; however, the typical default is ESP.

Changes take effect on the next print job.

Choices in this menu are printer-dependent. Those listed above are only typical choices. Emulation can appear under the Common menu on some printers.

Setting the Spool Buffer Size

Use the Min K Spool menu to defi ne the size of the job spooling buffer allocated to the interface. Min K Spool is the minimum number of kilobytes of the spool buffer (both RAM and optional disk) allocated to data received via the interface.

Administration/Communications/Resident NIC/Min K Spool Administration/Communications/Optional NIC/Min K Spool

Configuring Network Interface Characteristics6

Choices

Default

Notes

Default Job Priority

Printer-dependent

A zero for spool space does not turn an interface off. If an interface is not to be used, disable it [Administration/Communications/ (where assigned to it will be assigned to the other protocols. The sum of Min K Spool settings for all of the installed communications interfaces must be less than or equal to the setting in the Administration/Communications/K Mem for Spool menu. If Min K Spool is set to zero, the system automatically calculates a new value for it (½ of that available in K Mem for Spool) each time the printer is turned on. If the sum of the Min K Spool settings for all installed interfaces is less than the setting of K Mem for Spool, the remaining space is considered float memory, memory that can be allocated as necessary. When an interface has used its default allotment, it may use any available float memory to spool additional data. The float memory is allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. No interface is guaranteed access to any spool buffer beyond its Min K Spool value. Min K Spool can appear under the Common menu on some printers.

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NIC/CrownNet/

is either Resident or Optional)] so memory

Interface

/Protocol menu

Allows you to specify which jobs are printed first, according to the interface through which they are received, when jobs are received simultaneously.

Choices

Default

Notes

Administration/Communications/Resident NIC/Def Job Prio Administration/Communications/Optional NIC/Def Job Prio

001-100 (lowest - highest priority)

001

For example, you can give jobs received via the Ethernet interface priority over jobs received via the parallel and serial interfaces.

Configuring Network Interface Characteristics 7

PS Protocol

Sets the binary communications protocol (BCP) for communicating over a CrownNet 2 interface to a PostScript printer.

Choices

Administration/Communications/Resident NIC/PS Protocol Administration/Communications/Optional NIC/PS Protocol

Normal—Enables standard, ASCII (7-bit) hex protocol. Data is sent and received in ASCII format. This mode is recommended if you do not print binary data. It was designed for data in the printable ASCII range. Print jobs can change this setting through PostScript operators.

Normal Fixed—Enables standard, ASCII (7-bit) hex protocol. Print jobs cannot change this setting through PostScript operators.

Binary—Enables quoted binary communications protocol (BCP). Print jobs can change this setting through PostScript operators. Data in the printable ASCII range also prints. Use the special quoting mechanism (see the following section) for the special characters and ^D (EOF). Binary provides only raw data, not quoted BCP, over the CrownNet interface.

Binary Fixed—Enables binary communications protocol (BCP). Print jobs cannot change this setting through PostScript operators. Data in the printable ASCII range also prints. Use the special quoting mechanism (see the following section) for the special characters and ^D (EOF). Binary provides only raw data, not quoted BCP, over the CrownNet interface. QBinary (Quoted Binary)—Enables quoted binary communications protocol. Print jobs can change this setting through PostScript operators. Data in the printable ASCII range also prints. QBinary Fixed—Enables quoted binary communications protocol (BCP). Print jobs cannot alter change this setting through PostScript operators. Data in the printable ASCII range also prints.

Default

Normal

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Configuring Common Interface Characteristics

This section describes in detail the configuration options available in the Administration/ Communications/xxxxxxxx N IC/CrownNet/Common menu (where xxxxxxxx is either Resident or Optional):

Spooling—Allows you to control how print jobs accepted over the CrownNet inter-

face are spooled and sent to the printer. H[ard]W[are] Address—Allows you to override the factory-default hardware

address. Config[uration] Page—Allows you to print the CrownNet interface’s in ternally gen-

erated configuration page. Factory Reset—Allows you to reset all the CrownNet configuration settings (except

the hardware and Internet address) to their factory defaults. Soft Reset—Allows you to reset the CrownN et interface.

Ring Speed (Token-Ring networks only)—Allows you to select the Token-Ring net-

work speed. Source Routing (Token-Ring networks only)—Allows you to identify the source

routing type to be used. Ethernet Speed—Allows you to select the Ethernet network speed.

Selecting Spooling Options

Crown technology allows Crown printers to accept data simultaneously over all available interface ports. The Administration/Communications/xxxxxxxx NIC/CrownNet/Common/ Spooling menu (where xxx xxxxx is either Resi dent or Optional ) allows you to control how print jobs accepted over the CrownNet interface are spooled and sent to the printer.

Administration/Communications/Resident NIC/CrownNet/ Common/Spooling Administration/Communications/Optional NIC/CrownNet/ Common/Spooling

Configuring Common Interface Characteristics 9

Choices

Default

Effectivity

Notes

On—Print jobs are a ccept ed, s pooled to m emory, and sent to

the printer controller for printing as soon as it will accept them. Therefore, several print jobs may be considered active at one time.

On Idle—Print jobs are spooled to memory when the printer

is idle (all pages of the previous print job have been printed). Therefore, only a single print job is active at one time.

On Input Idle—Print jobs are accepted and spooled to

memory when all pages from the previous job have been input. This means that the printer controller has finished compiling the previous print job, but not all of the pages have necessarily been printed.

On Input Idle

Changes take effect as soon as you put the printer back on line.

Choosing either On or On Input Idle automatically sets the Mode option in the Administration/Communications/

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(where thus disabling TCP/IP accounting.

NIC/CrownNet/TCPIP/Accnting/Revchan menu

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Setting the Hardware Address

is either Resident or Optional) to Disabled,

The HW Address menu allows you to override the factory-default hardware address.

Choices

Default

Effectivity

Administration/Communications/Resident NIC/CrownNet/ Common/HW Address Administration/Communications/Optional NIC/CrownNet/ Common/HW Address

00000000-7FFFFFFF

FFFFFFFF

The CrownNet interface must be reset for changes to take effect. Use the Administration/Communications/ NIC/CrownNet/Common/Soft Reset menu (where either Resident or Optional).

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Configuring Common Interface Characteristics10

Notes

The hardware address is printed on the printer’s start-up page. If the HW Address value is the default FFFFFFFF, the physical address is the MINOLTA-QMS S/N 080086 Ethernet or 100061 Ethernet addresses begin with “0200.” These numbers are not displayed on the printer control panel, and they may not be changed. For example, if the HW Address is set to 12341234, the physical Ethernet address of the printer is actually 020012341234. Token-Ring addresses begin with “1000”. These numbers are not displayed on the printer control panel. When the address is changed from the default, the Token-Ring address begins with “4000” For example, if HW Address is set to 43214321, the Token-Ring hardware address of the printer will be

400043214321.

for Token-Ring.

xxxxxx

for

Printing a Configuration Page

The Config Page menu allows you to print the CrownNet interface’s internally generated configuration pag es. These page s include information on t he configu ration of all proto cols on the CrownNet interface.

Choices

Default

Effectivity

Administration/Communications/Resident NIC/CrownNet/ Common/Config Page Administration/Communications/Optional NIC/CrownNet/ Common/Config Page

No—Does not print a configurat ion page. Yes—Prints a configuration page.

The status page is sent to the print engine as soon as the printer is put back on line. You must put the printer back on line within 20 seconds after selecting a configuration page.

Configuring Common Interface Characteristics 11

Resetting Factory Defaults

The Factory Reset menu allows you to reset all CrownNet interface configuration settings (except the Internet and HW addresses) to their factory default values.

Choices

Default

Effectivity

Notes

Administration/Communications/Resident NIC/CrownNet/ Common/Factory Reset Administration/Communications/Optional NIC/CrownNet/ Common/Factory Reset

No—Does not reset all configuration settings to their factory

default.

Yes—Resets all configuration settings to their factory default.

The CrownNet interface must be reset for changes to take effect. Use the Administration/Communications/ NIC/CrownNet/Common/Soft Reset menu (where either Resident or Optional).

Choosing Yes resets only the CrownNet interface configuration settings to their factory default. It does not reset the whole printer configuration menu. The Internet and HW addresses are not changed.

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Using a Soft Reset

The Soft Reset me nu allows you to reset the CrownNet i nt erf ac e (not the entire printer). It is used to put certain CrownNet interface configuration changes into effect.

Choices

Default

Effectivity

Notes

Administration/Communications/Resident NIC/CrownNet/ Common/Soft Reset Administration/Communications/Optional NIC/CrownNet/ Common/Soft Reset

No—Does not reset the CrownNet interface. Yes—Resets the CrownNet interface.

Changes to this menu take effect as soon as the printer goes idle.

Make sure that you have set up a printer name under the interface menu before you do a soft reset.

Configuring Common Interface Characteristics12

Setting the Token-Ring Speed

The Ring Speed menu allows you to select the speed of the Token-Ring interface.

This menu is applicable to Token-Ring configuration only.

Choices

Default

Effectivity

Notes

Administration/Communications/Resident NIC/CrownNet/ Common/Ring Speed Administration/Communications/Optional NIC/CrownNet/ Common/Ring Speed

4 Mbit/Sec 16 Mbit/Sec

16 Mbit/Sec

The CrownNet interface must be reset for changes to take effect. Use the Administration/Communications/ NIC/CrownNet/Common/Soft Reset menu (where either Resident or Optional).

This cannot be configured from CrownAdmin 3 unless you use remote console. Make sure that you disconnect the printer from the network before you change the ring speed.

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Identifying Source Routing

The Source Routing menu allows you to identify the default type of source routing broadcast information in outgoing frames. It is used when a previous route cannot be found in the source routing table.

This menu is applicable to Token-Ring configuration only.

Administration/Communications/Resident NIC/CrownNet/ Common/Source Routing Administration/Communications/Optional NIC/CrownNet/ Common/Source Routing

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Choices All—Send as an all-routes-explorer frame, also known as an

all-routes-broadcast frame. This setting is useful if your network doesn’t have a

spanning tree, where frames can be exchanged using single-route-broadca st fr ames , o r if la rge amounts of data are being transmitted and the spanning tree offers a nonsatisfactory route. This setting creates a higher network load than either Auto or Single in the route determination phase, but it is more likely to result in the best choice of route.

Auto—Send as the most appropriate frame type, based on

the entries in the SAP route-guess table. (See “SAP Route-Guess Table,” later in this section, for more information.)

This setting is useful for most environments. However, under certain circumstances (s uch as an e x tremely h eav y network load, network source routing policies, or an obscure mixture of servers using different source routing types at the same SAP) you may need to switch to one of the other settings.

Off—Send without source routing information.

This setting is useful in strictly “transparent bridge” environment s or with old equipment that doesn’t support source routing. Received frames with route information are still answered along that specific route, but when the source routing table entry times out, the route cannot be rediscovered from the CrownNet interface.

Single—Send as a spannin g-tree-e xplorer fr ame, also k nown

as a single-route-broadcast frame. This setting is useful in environments where there are no

“transparent bridges” an d where a spanning tree protocol is successfully used by the Token-Ring bridges.

Default Auto

Effectivity Changes to this menu take effect as soon as the printer is put

back on line.

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