Lexmark N2000 User Manual

MarkNet internal
print servers

MarkNet N2000 series and
MarkNet S

Quick Start

Jan 2000

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Edition: January 2000

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MarkNet

internal print server

Quick Start

Setup - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4

Prerequisit es - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -4
Attach the pri nter to the netw ork- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -4
Print a network setup page - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -5
Configure and print- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -5

TCP/IP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5

Step 1: Set the IP address, netmask and gateway - - - - - - - 5
Step 2: Set up to print - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7

Novell NetWare- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9

NDPS (Novell Distributed Print Services)- - - - - - - - - - - 9

Non-NDPS (queue-based)- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -9
AppleTalk- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10
OS/2 Warp Server - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10

Troubleshooting - - - - - - - - - - - - - -11

TCP/IP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11
Novell NetWare - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12

NDPS (Novell Distributed Print Services)- - - - - - - - - - 12

Non-NDPS (queue-based)- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12

Windows NT Server 4.0- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13
AppleTalk- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14
Other network en vironments - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14
Lexmark customer support - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 5

3

Setup

Prerequisites

You may have purchased a printer that has Ethernet, Token-Ring or other
network ports preinstalled. If not, you should install a MarkNet™ internal print
server now. Refer to your printer documentation fo r instructions on opening
the printer and plugging in the card.

1

Attach the printer to the network

a Turn printer power off. Unplug the power cord.
b Plug the network cable into the network port.
c Plug the power cord in and turn the printer power on.

MarkNet internal print
servers are sometimes called
internal network adapters or
INAs.

Connect only one network
cable even if the MarkNet
print server has more than one
network port.

You never have to worry about
setting the network speed on a
MarkNet print server. For
example, the MarkNet 10/100
Ethernet card automatically
senses if your network is 10
Mbps or 100 Mbps and
adjusts itself for that speed.

4

Some MarkNet print servers
have additional ports that are
used for other functions such
as copying or faxing. These
functions are outside the scope
of this book.

Look for the UAA (universally
administered address) under
the Network heading on the
setup page. The UAA is a
12-digit number. The left
column shows the address in
MSB form and the right
column shows the address in
canonical form.

The UAA is preset at the
factory. However, you can
override it with an optional
locally administered address
(LAA) if you want some
particular physical address for
this print server.

2

Use the printer operator panel to print the network setup page. (Hint: Network
Menu/Network Option x/Network x Setup/Print/Print Setup Page).

The network setup page shows the physical address (UAA) of the MarkNet
print server and other important data. Save this page because you will use it
later.

3

Print a network setup page

Configure and print

Network environment Page

TCP/IP (Windows, OS/2, UNIX)

”Step 1: Set the IP address, netmask and gateway”
”Step 2: Set up to print”

Novell NetWare

”NDPS (Novell Distributed Print Services)”
”Non-NDPS (queue-based)”

5
7

9
9

For instructions on other ways
to set the IP address, look on
the Drivers, MarkVision and
Utilities CD. Click View
Documentation and look for
the MarkNet link.

AppleTalk
OS/2 Warp Server

10

10

About the Drivers, MarkVision and Utilities CD

You may have more than one version of this CD, received at different times
with different Lexmark products. Always use the latest version CD.

TCP/IP

Step 1: Set the IP address, netmask and gateway

You must assign an IP address, netmask and gateway to the MarkNet print
server for other network devices to find the printer on the network.

• If you h ave DHCP, the proper address values are automatically assigned.
To verify the assignment has happened, print a network setup page and
make sure the IP address, netmask and gateway appear as non-zero.

5

• If you don’t have DHCP, there are other methods you can use to manually
assign the address, such as the printer operator panel, static ARP and
telnet, RARP and telnet, BOOTP, or MarkVision or other Lexmark utility.
Instructions for three of these methods follow.

Printer operator panel

A simple way to set the IP address, netmask and gateway inside the print server
is to use the printer operator panel. You need to be standing at the printer to use
this method.

1 On the printer operator panel, choose Network Menu, Network Option x,

Network x Setup, TCP/IP, Set IP Address. (Hint: Press Menu> until you see
the correct menu item, and then press Select.)

2 When the current IP address is displayed, use the buttons to change the

address. (Hint: Pressing Select advances to the next segme nt in the address.
Pressing Menu> increases th e number by one. <Menu decreases the number by
one.)

3 When you finish setting the IP address, press Select until the word SAVED

appears briefly.

4 Set the IP netmask and gateway in a si milar way.
5 Print a new network setup page to verify the parameters are set as you

intended.

“x” designates which option
slot is being used. For
example, if you install the
MarkNet print server in
option slot 2, the operator
panel selection would read:
Network Option 2.

Static ARP and teln et

You can use this method from any Windows, OS/2, or UNIX workstation. You
need to know the physical address of the print server to use this method.

1 Find the physical address (UAA) of the print server (for example,

00200022012F) on the network setup page you printed earlier. If you have
an Ethernet network, use the number in the right column (canonical). If
you have a Token-Ring network, use the number in the left column (MSB).

2 Set the IP address in your workstation ARP table. At a command prompt,

type a command similar to the following, inserting the IP address you
want to assign and the UAA:

arp -s 192.168.236.24 00-20-00-22-01-2F

3 Set the IP address, netmask and gateway in the print server. To do this,

telnet to port 9000 on the MarkNet print server by typing a command
similar to the following:

telnet 192.168.236.24 9000

4 Verify the print server is up and running on the network.

ping 192.168.236.24

6

The workstation and the
printer must be on the same
subnet.