Konica Minolta REMOTE CONSOLE, PAGEPRO 9100, MAGICOLOR 2210, MAGICOLOR 2200, MAGICOLOR 3300DN User Manual
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Remote Console
User’s Guide
1800264-001E
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Contents
1 Remote Console User’s Guide
About Crown Consoles .................................................................. 1
About This Manual .......................................................................... 1
Typographic Conventions 1
Starting a Remote Console Session ............................................. 2
Starting a Telnet Session 3
If You Cannot Start a Telnet Session 4
Starting a DECnet Session 5
Message Display and Console Modes .......................................... 7
Local and Remote Consoles 7
Message Display Mode 7
Console Mode 8
Using Remote Console ................................................................. 10
Remote Console Commands ........................................................10
User/Offline Mode Commands 11
Blocked Mode Commands 11
Admin Mode Commands 12
Print Job Status Information 13
System Information Commands 14
Listing Current Remote Console Sessions 18
Displaying the Active Jobs 19
Job Ordering Commands 20
Disk Operation Commands 25
System Setting Commands 30
System Console Mode Switching Commands 35
Session Termination Commands 37
Index
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Remote Console User’s Guideii
About Crown Consoles
A console is a terminal through which a user communicates with the printer. The console
feature on Crown printers allows users o r s ystem administrators to ac cess information, set
up printer configuration, or change printer configuration from a remote console.
For Crown printers supporti ng the re mote con sole featur e, the re mote con sole is a terminal
connected via TCP/IP Telnet. The console is a line-oriented display of 24 lines of 80
characters that provides printer status information, such as printer state, fonts installed,
and job status.
About This Manual
This manual provides information on the features and capabilities of the remote console.
The features and capabilities available through remote console vary depending on your
system setup and your printer options. This manual describes how to start a remote
console session and explains the remote console modes and commands.
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A
magicolor
reflect the system you’re using and the available options on the printer you select. For
example, the emulation option lists only those emulations available on the selected
printer. (See “Accessing the Printer Emulation” on page 17 for details.)
6100 Print System is used in the examples for this manual. Your screens
Typographic Conventions
The following conventions are used throughout this manual:
Mixed-Case Courier
Mixed-Case
Italic
Courier
Text you type, and messages and
information displayed on the console.
Variable text you type in the examples; replace the italicized word(s)
with information specific to your
printer or computer.
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Mixed-Case
Bold Italic Courier
Text you type in the examples.
lowercase bold
lowercase italic
↵↵↵↵
Command
Purpose
Mode
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Note
Example
Remote console commands in the
text.
Variable information in text and
command variables.
Press the Enter (or Return) key.
Command syntax.
The task that the command or
parameter is designed to accomplish.
Console mode required to execute
the command.
Tips, extra information, or important information that deserves
emphasis or reiteration.
Depiction of how the command
looks when typed on the console
and the resultant output.
Starting a Remote Console Session
Depending on your system and your network interface, yo u have one of th ree ways to st art
a remote console session.
$
If you have a CrownNe t interfac e card, s ee the ap propriat e chapter of the
Crown Book
,
which is included on a disk in your CrownNet shipment.
$
If you are not using CrownNet and are in a UNIX environment, use the Telnet protocol described in this manual.
$
If you are not using CrownNet a nd are worki ng with a DECnet setu p, use the PS Executive Series Utilities for VMS as de scribed in t his manual.
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Whether you use a VMS host through PS Executive for VMS or a
TCP/IP host with Telnet commands, r emote console works the same once you are in th e
session.
Starting a Telnet Session
With No Password Set
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Passwords can be set or changed only through the printer’s control panel. See your
printer user’s guide for more information on passwords.
To start a remote console session when no operator password is set, do the following:
Use the telnet command to connect to the printer. At the system prompt, type
telnet printername↵
replacing
assigned by the system administrator in the HOSTS file.) Once the console session is
opened, you can view the settings of the printer.
When opening a console session, messages like
the screen to show p rogr es s. When the connection is compl et e, a pr ompt with your printer
name and the current printer status appears. The messages you may see when opening a
console session vary according to your system protocol.
For example, if you are using a magicolor 6100 Print System, the screen looks similar to
the following:
With a Password Set
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Passwords can be set or changed only through the printer’s control panel. See your
printer user’s guide for more information on passwords.
printername
QMS CrownNet Rev 5.40FE
QMS magicolor 6100;Release 2.0.1;Processor IDT64474_5; Crown,0;
QMS Console Manager
magicolor 6100
magicolor 6100
magicolor 6100
with the name of the printer you are using. (This name is
−>
−>
−>
Idle
Trying
..
. and
Connected
...
appear on
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If the operator password is enabled, you are prompted to enter it before y ou can use
remote console. The password is case-sensitive and can have up to 16 characters. If you
enter an invalid password, the connection to remote console closes automatically.
This example shows how a session is closed automatically when the wrong password is
used:
[b@venus, 40] telnet 6100↵
Trying 161.33.128.183 ...
Connected to 6100.
Escape character is ’^]’.
QMS Console Manager
magicolor 6100
Enter Password :A0012↵
*** Invalid password ***
Connection closed by foreign host.
−>
This is an example of how a session begins with a correct password:
[b@venus, 41] telnet 6100↵
Trying 161.33.128.183 ...
Connected to 6100.
Escape character is ’^]’.
QMS Console Manager
magicolor 6100
Enter Password :A100↵
magicolor 6100
magicolor 6100
−>
−>
−>
Idle
You have now entered a remote console session. Now see “Remote Console Commands”
on page 10 for information on using remote console.
If You Cannot Start a Telnet Session
There are two situations where an attempt to start a Telnet session may fail:
1
The maximum number of remote con sol e sessions that can be open at the same time
has been reached.
The system allows a maximum number of remote console sessions to be open at the
same time. If this number is reached, the system rejects further requests for new con-
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sole sessions. For most systems, the maximum number is nine, including local consoles where applicable.
Wait until one of the nine sessions is available and try again.
2
The system is busy.
If a positive acknowledgment to a request for opening a remote console session is not
received by the daughterboard within a given time limit (which depends on the daughterboard and communication protocol being used), the daughterboard cancels the
request. This may occur when the system is very busy.
Try again when the system is not busy.
Starting a DECnet Session
To use remote console on a DECnet setup, do the following:
1
Have your system administrator install the PS Executive for VMS on your system.
2
Use the VMS utilities to connect to th e printer.
With your system running, go to the VMS prompt. Then, type the following:
RUN SYS$SYSTEM:QMS$PSEXEC↵
The first screen in PS Executive prompts you for the nodename of the printer.
$RUN SYS$SYSTEM:PSEXEC
What is the printer nodename
−>
3
Enter the nodename for the printer whose settings you want to view.
This name was assigned to the printer by the system administrator during client software installation. If you do not know the nodename, ask your administrator or use the
method appropriate to your environment.
$ In a Phase IV environment, type:
$ MC NCP SHOW KNOWN NODES↵
This command lists your accessible nodes.
$ In a Phase V environment, if you used the local name space configuration when
setting up the printer originally, check the text file sys$sysroot:[sysexe]decnet_loc_node_definitions.txt.
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$ In a Phase V environment, if you used the distributed name space configuration
when setting up the printer originally, check with your system administrator for the
nodename.
You can view the settings of only one printer at a time. If you have other printers connected to the client, you must exit from PS Executive before viewing others.
Once you enter the nodename, the following PS Executive Main menu appears:
MAIN MENU
Start Remote Console Session
Show Printer Counters
Show Printer Location
Exit PS Executive
Use arrow keys and <RETURN> to select
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If you accidentally enter an invalid nodename or one that is valid but not for a printer
(such as another VAX node), various messages or prompts appear depending on what
was entered. Until you enter a correct nodename, you cannot open PS Executive to use
remote console.
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Select Star t Remote Console Session at the top of the screen.
A Remote Console Session screen similar to the following appears.
REMOTE CONSOLE SESSION
QMS Console Manager
magicolor 6100
magicolor 6100−>
−>
Idle
When the connection to the printer is complete, a prompt with your printer name and
the current printer status, such as Idle or Spooling, appears. In this example, a
magicolor
display in the printer’s message window.
6100 Print System is used. The status message,
Idle
, is the same as the
You are now ready to use remote console (see “Using Remote Console” on page 10).
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If the operator pas sword for your printer is enabled, you are prompted to enter i t bef ore
you can use remote console. If you enter an invalid password, the connection to remote
console closes automatically. Passwords can only be set or changed through the
printer’s control panel. See your printer user’s guide for more information on
passwords.
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Message Display and Console Modes
The console can operate in several modes and can either have status displayed or not
displayed to the screen. The following sections describe these modes.
Local and Remote Consoles
The console is a simple, line-oriented display of 24 lines of 80 characters. To list the
available console commands, type? on the console keyboard.
Message Display Mode
The message display mode can be set to ei ther si lent or normal. The defau lt for di splay ing
status on a remote console is normal. When the message display mode is enabled and set
to normal, conditions that require user intervention appear on a local or remote console.
The TCP/IP Accounting/Reverse Channel messages (if available) are seen in normal
mode, but not in silent mode.
For example, status messages may indicate that paper is low, output bins are full, or a
paper jam has occur red. Stat us messag es are d isplayed each ti me the us er pres ses the Enter
key to ensure that they do not scroll off the screen. When the problem is cleared, the
following message displays:
Printer Ready
The printer reports any changes of the printer's status to a console. These changes include
the following:
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Changes of printer status:
$
Starting a new job.
$
Paper jam, low toner, low paper.
$
System is idle or offline.
2
Error messages generated when printing a document.
You can choose to allow or disallow these messages to be displayed on the console by
setting the message display mode to silent or normal with the commands
normal
:
silent
and
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$ silent
Set the console to silent mode. No message is displayed. In silent mode, pressing
Enter causes any outstanding message (like paper jam or low toner) to be echoed
to the screen.
$ normal
Set the console to normal mode to display all messages.
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The initial message display mode of a console session is different from product to
product.
With message display on, if a remote console session is active while a job is active on the
printer, the console screen displays
magicolor 6100−>
magicolor 6100−>Idle
magicolor 6100
magicolor 6100
part numbers......]
magicolor 6100
−>NO ERROR
−>Starting job 00078[Owner:collinst, Name:
−>Input Idle Printing
Console Mode
System users and the s ystem administrator use the con sole for different purposes. System
users use the console to check print job status, cancel print jobs, or check certain printer
configuration settings. (See “User/Offline Mode Commands” on page 11 for a list of
commands available to users.) The system administrator uses the console more
extensively for printer configuration and file system management. (See “Admin Mode
Commands” on page 12 for a list of the commands available to the administrator.
The console can operate in one of the following modes. The console prompt indicates
what mode the console is operati ng in.
User mode
$
This is the initial mode when a console session is opened. It is indicated with the user
prompt:
−>
Offline mode
$
magicolor 6100
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Use the
toner. It is indicated with the offline prompt:
offline
command to put the printer offline for service, like adding paper or
offline
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The console’s offline mode does not allow you to access the configuration menus. The
−>
console’s admin mode, like the printer control panel’s offline mo de, allows system
administrators to access the configuration menus to change the printer configuration.
Admin mode
$
Administrators can use the
admin mode to configure the printer. Only one console session can be in admin mode
at a time. This mode is indicated with the admin prompt:
admin
−>
If the administrator password is enabled, you are prompted to enter it before you can
access admin mode. Usually this password is set by the system administrator through
the printer control panel using a security card or a security disk, depending on your
system. If you enter an invalid password, an
***Invalid password ***
message displays, and then the remote console prompt displays.
If the printer is idle when you enter the admin mode, the printer is automatically taken
offline and the prompt changes to
offline
−>
admin
command to take the printer off line and enter the
Blocked mode
$
A console is in blocked mode when the administrator or another user is in admin
mode or offline mode, or when the printer is put in offline mode from the printer control
panel. It is indicated with the following:
System Offline
offline
−>
The current mode of the console determines the type of command you can execute. For a
list of commands all owed in admin, user, offline, and blocked modes, type
shorthand version,
. See “Remote Console Commands” on page 10 for more
↵
?
help
or the
↵
information.
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Commands for Switching Among Console Modes
Switch from Mode Switch to Mode
User Offline Admin
User N/A offline admin
Offline online N/A admin
Admin exit N/A N/A
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A console in blocked mode returns to user mode when the system is on line. See “User/
Offline Mode Commands” on page 11 for more specific information on each of these
commands.
Using Remote Console
Whether you use a VMS host through the PS Executive for VMS or a TCP/IP host with
Telnet commands, Remote Console works the same once you are in the session.
Depending upon how the system administrator sets up access privileges, password
security, and disk drives, some or all of the commands in the “Remote Console
Commands” section may be available for you to use.
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Options with an n parameter allow you to specify a job number. For example, if you
enter cancel without the parameter, all jobs in the queue are canceled. To cancel just
one job, replace the n with the job numbe r.
Also, the following commands are available in the admin mode only if the printer you
are using has a disk drive: cd, copy, cp, del, rem, format, ls, dir, pwd, rename, and mv.
Remote Console Commands
The following sections de scr ibe the Remote Console commands. Some commands have a
shorthand version. For exa mple , ? is shorthand for the
in the following section, shorthand commands are shown in parentheses: (?). The console
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help
command. In the descriptio ns
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