NEC 703-A0368-001 User Manual

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UPERSCRIPT COLOR

LASER

NETWORK GUIDE

October, 1999

703-A0368-001

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

Overview 1 Network Setup Tasks 1 Typical Network Setups 2

Types of Network Topologies 2

Chapter 2 NIC Installation 5

Overview 5 Installing the Network Interface Card (NIC) 5

What You Will Need 5 Preparing the Printer 6 Installing the NIC 6

Testing the NIC 8 Network Settings Page 9 NIC Features 10

NIC Status Lights 10 Resetting the NIC 10 Restoring Factory Default Settings 10

Chapter 3 IP Address 11

Overview 11 Assigning the IP Address 11

Obtaining the Printer’s IP Address 11 Selecting an IP Address Assignment Method 11 Using the Operator Panel 12 Using MAP 13 Using BOOTPL32 14 Using ARP 15 Using DHCP 16

Chapter 4 Network Administration Page 17

Using the Network Administration page 17

Accessing the Network Administration Page 17

Chapter 5 Windows Setup 21

Windows Peer-to-Peer 21

IP vs. IPX Peer-to-Peer Printing 21 Installing Peer-to-Peer Software 21 Adding the Peer-to-Peer Printer 22 Moving a Peer-to-Peer Printer 24 Removing Peer-to-Peer Software 24

Setting Up Windows NT 24

Setting LPR Printing on an NT Network 24 Shared Printing in Windows 95/98 25

Chapter 6 NetWare Setup 27

NetWare 5.x and 4.x 27

Attaching the Printer 27 Installing the Printer Driver 31 Configuring the Network Printer 31

NetWare 3.x 32

Starting PCONSOLE 32 Defining the Print Queue 32 Defining the Print Server 32 Defining the Printer 32 Assigning the Print Queue 32 Confirming Successful Configuration 32 Installing and Configuring Your Printer Driver 32

Chapter 8 Macintosh Setup 33

Overview 33 Macintosh Requirements 33

Software Requirements 33 Hardware Requirements 33

Setting Up the Printer 34

Installing the PPD 34 Configuring the Printer 34 Renaming Your Printer 35 Printing 35 Page Setup 36

Uninstalling the Driver 36 Mac Peer-to-Peer 36

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Adding the Peer-to-Peer Printer 36

Chapter 8 UNIX Setup 37

Setting Up on a Unix System 37

Configuring the IP Address on the Printer 37 Setting Up Your Printing Mode 37

chapter 9 Web Printing Setup 39

Overview 39

PrintAgent Remote Printing 39 NEC PrintAgent Pull Printing 39

Remote Printing 40

System Requirements 40 Print Agent Remote Printing Setup 40 Remote Printing From Your Desktop 41 Getting Printer Status 42 PrintAgent Status Window Menu Bar 42 PrintAgent Buttons 43 PrintAgent Program Menus 44 PrintAgent Program Menu Commands 44

Pull Printing 46

Pull Printing from Your Desktop 46 Pull Printing User Settings 50 Setting Up a Pull Printing Server 51

Appendix A Troubleshooting 57

Network Printing Problems 57

Check the Printer Operation 57 Check the Network Settings Page 57 Check other Network Users 57 Review Recent System Changes 57 Check Hardware Connections 57 Check NIC Status Lights 57 Troubleshooting for NT Server 58 Troubleshooting for NetWare 58 Troubleshooting for MacOS 59

Copying the Files 61 Resetting Web JetAdmin Discovery 62

Appendix C Safety Information 65

Ozone Emission 65 Laser Safety 65 CDRH Regulations 65 FCC Statement 66

Appendix B Web JetAdmin 61

Using Web JetAdmin 61

Locating the Files 61

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CHAPTER 1

NTRODUCTION

VERVIEW

The main purpose of this book is to help the network administrator integrate SuperScript Color Laser printers into an Ethernet network. The ﬁrst eight chapters describe setting up the printer on traditional networks using such systems as NetWare or Windows NT. Chapter 9 describes Web or Internet printing using NEC’s unique PrintAgent software.

As described in the user’s guide that came with your particular SuperScript color laser printer, each printer comes with its own built-in web server and home page. You can set up driverless printing and perform network administration tasks directly from the printer’s home page. See Chapter 9 for more information on this topic.

Some simpliﬁed instructions are included in this guide, but ideally we assume that you have the following:

• A working knowledge of your network utilities and system.

• The correct network software.

• A completely operational system.

• Access to the supervisor account as a network administrator , or access to an account that has supervisor privileges.

ETWORK SETUP TASKS

To begin using the SuperScript Color Laser Printer as a network printer follow these tasks:

Connect the printer to your network

note:

SuperScript printer, such as 4600N, it already has a network interface card (NIC) installed. If it is a printer like the 4400, you can purchase a Network Interface Upgrade Kit and install a NIC yourself. See Chapter 2 of this user’s guide for instructions.

Obtain the printer’s IP address

Assign the IP address to the printer

necessary if a DHCP server is present.) See chapter 3 for details.

Access the Network Administration page to conﬁgure the NIC.

Reconﬁguring or modifying the NIC parameters can be done using the Network Conﬁguration page or MAP. Chapter 4 explains more about this.

Conﬁgure the network and workstations to use the SuperScript Color Laser network printer.

After conﬁguring the NIC, you are now ready to setup the computer to print. Select your operating system and continue conﬁguring your system. The SuperScript CD that came with the printer contains network printing tools to support the following operating systems and network protocols.

From Windows 95/98

• If you have a NetWare network, see Chapter 6 for NetWare 5.x, 4.x, and 3.x conﬁguration information.

• If you do not have a designated server, you can print directly to the network printer using the peer-to-peer software provided on the SuperScript CD that came with the printer.

• Without a designated network server, you can also set up shared printing, see page 25.

If there is an N in the model number on the

. (This step is not

From Windows NT 4.0

A f

• If you have a NetWare network, see Chapter 6 for Netware 5.x, 4.x, and 3.x conﬁguration information.

• In a Windows NT network you can use LPR printing. See Chapter 5.

From Windows for Workgroups

• If you have a NetWare network, see Chapter 6 for Netware 5.x, 4.x, and 3.x conﬁguration information.

• You can also use shared printing, see Chapter 5.

From Mac OS

See Chapter 7 of this user’s guide to set up and print from Macintosh computers over EtherTalk.

10 or fewer computers because peer-to-peer networking software limits the number of users attached to any one shared resource.

In this scenario,

print clients

use the network to send print jobs directly to the printer. There is no intermediary computer (server) that gets involved between the printer and print clients.

Each client must compete with other clients for printer availability. If the printer is busy processing a print job, each client must store their jobs until the printer is ready to accept them. However, the printer can be upgraded with more memory to temporarily store multiple jobs until they are printed. Shown below is an illustration of the peer-to-peer topology.

From Unix

See Chapter 8 for installing the printer on a UNIX system in Solaris 2.x and SCO.

YPICAL NETWORK SETUPS

Peer -to-Peer T opology

n Ethernet LAN is used to interconnect the printer and print clients.

Print clients send print jobs directly to the printer, but each must wait

or printer availability.

Typical Ethernet networks fall into basically three different categories or topologies. Network topologies describe how a network interconnects computers with other equipment such as a printer . The following describes three topologies that can be used as solutions for networking your printer. For web printing options see Chapter 9.

Note:

a computer that can send a print job to the printer.

In this user’s guide, the term “print client” means

Printer

Print Client

Types of Network Topologies

Three networking topologies can be used for networking your SuperScript color laser printer.

• Peer-to-Peer Topology

• Printer Server Topology

• Printer Sharing Topology

Ethernet Network

Print Client

Peer -to-Peer T opology

Peer-to-peer topology is the simplest way to network your printer. It involves print clients, a printer, and a network to interconnect everything. The network operating system (NOS) can be Microsoft NT Server, Novell NetWare, or UNIX. Peer-to-peer is used primarily in smaller networks of

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A local area network (LAN) interconnects the printer and all the print clients. The network can be a 10MB or 100MB Ethernet LAN that transports TCP/IP or IPX protocols.

The printer and each print client use their own network cable to connect to the network.

Print jobs sent by clients must not pass through a router to get to the printer.

Printer Server Topology

The printer server topology involves a computer, called a

printer server

. All print clients send their print jobs to the printer server. The printer server then sends the jobs to the printer. The network operating system (NOS) can be Microsoft NT Server, Novell NetWare, or UNIX.

In this scenario, jobs directly to a computer that is conﬁgured as a

server

. The server then sends the jobs to the printer.

print clients

use the network to send print

printer

The server can receive and store multiple print jobs; this is called queuing. Jobs are sent to the printer in the sequence that they are received. This process relieves a client from having to process the print job and allows them to focus on other computing tasks. The server can also be conﬁgured for controlling access to the printer and recording all printing activity.

Shown below is a diagram of the printer server topology. A LAN that interconnects the printer, the print clients, and the printer server . The network can be a 10MB or 100MB Ethernet LAN that transports TCP/IP or IPX protocols.

Print jobs sent by clients must not pass through a router to get to the printer.

Printer Server Topology

An Ethernet LAN is used to interconnect the printer, printer server, and print clients. Print clients send their print jobs to the printer server where they are queued. The server then sends the jobs to the printer. The server also controls access to the printer.

Ethernet Network

Print Client

Printer

Print Client

Printer Server

Print Client

NTRODUCTION

Typical Network Setups 3

Microsoft Printer Sharing Topology

Microsoft Printer Sharing topology involves a LAN that interconnects the print clients. The printer is directly connected to one print client using a parallel cable. The client then is conﬁgured to share its printer. Clients that want to use

Printer Sharing Topology

LAN is used to interconnect the print clients. One print client is connected to the printer using a parallel cable, and is also conﬁgured to share it with other print clients. The sharing client can control access to the printer.

the printer must be conﬁgured so they can connect to the printer.

If the sharing client receives a print job while its performing other computing tasks, it may slow down. The network operating system (NOS) can be Microsoft NT Server, Novell NetWare, or UNIX.

The LAN can be any type of network that can interconnect

Printer

Parallel Cable

the print clients.

Print client sharing its printer with other print clients.

Ethernet

Corporate

Intranet

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Print Client

CHAPTER 2

NIC I

VERVIEW

If you have an NEC SuperScript™ printer already equipped with a Network Interface Card (NIC) there is an N in the model number. For example, the SuperScript 4600N. If you have a printer without a NIC, such as the SuperScript 4400, you can upgrade it by installing a NIC. A NIC is a printed circuit board containing hardwar e for connecting a printer or computer to a network.

The SuperScript Network Interface Upgrade Kit contains a NIC that allows you to connect your SuperScript color laser printer to a network. This makes it the ideal printer for workgroups and small ofﬁces.

NSTALLATION

NSTALLING THE NETWORK

NTERFACE CARD

Order # 4010

(NIC)

What Y ou Will Need

You will need to provide the following hardware to install the NIC in your printer and connect it to your network:

• A phillips-head screwdriver

• a Category 5 twisted pair cable with RJ-45 connectors for 10/100Base-T Ethernet®

SuperScript Network Interface Card

note:

10 Mbps or 100 Mbps Ethernet connection. For better performance, NEC recommends you use shielded cable and connectors when connecting to 100 Mbps Ethernet.

Installation Steps

1. Assemble what you need

2. Prepare the printer

3. Attach the NIC

4. Test the NIC

5. Print a Network Settings page

6. Get to know the NIC’s features

The NIC automatically detects whether you have a

Preparing the Printer

1. T urn of f the printer, remove the power cord from the rear of the printer, and disconnect the printer cable from the port

(A)

. Position the printer so you are facing the side and back corner where the cable port is located. Make sure that you have enough room to work.

2. Using a small phillips-head screw driver remove the two screws from the Interface Panel (expansion slot) on the rear of the printer

3. Remove the screw that holds the small 1.5” x 3.75” plate over the Network Slot. Remove the plate. Keep the screw

(C)

Preparing the Printer

(B)

, and pull out the Controller Board.

Installing the NIC

These steps are illustrated on the opposite page.

4. Two posts are used for fastening the NIC to the Controller Board. Remove the screw from the lower one, loosen the screw of the upper one and rotate the small bracket circuitry and components!

5. Remove the NIC from its protective bag NIC only by its edges.

6. Hold the NIC so that its circuitry faces inside the printer and its LED’s face the back of the printer. Carefully align the standoff pin with the lower right corner of the NIC.

7. Plug the NIC’s connector to the Controller Board as shown

8. Use the mounting screws and bracket to fasten the NIC to the standoff pins as shown. Attach the screw removed from the front in step 3

9. Slide the Controller Board back in the expansion slot. Reinstall and tighten the screws

(D)

. Avoid touching the Controller Board

(F)

(G)

(H)

(E)

. Handle the

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Network Slot

NIC I

Installing the NIC

NSTALLATION

Bracket

Installing the Network Interface Card (NIC) 7

ESTING THE

Follow these steps to verify that the NIC is installed and operating properly.

1. Connect the network’s twisted pair cable with RJ-45 connectors to the new network port on your printer Reattach the power cord to the printer printer.

Connecting the NIC

NIC

(B)

, plug in the

(A)

2. Turn on the printer warm up, and then it prints a Network Settings page with NIC status information.

note:

this information when conﬁguring the NIC for your network.

Keep the Network Settings page. You will need

(C)

. It may take up to 90 seconds to

The SuperScript Color Laser is now a network printer. The rest of this guide gives information for conﬁguring your system to use the network printer.

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ETWORK SETTINGS PAGE

Each time you turn on the networked printer, it prints a Network Settings page. The Network Settings page provides information about the network printer settings and network connections. You should review this page immediately after NIC installation and any time you change the conﬁguration to verify that the procedure was done properly.

In the illustration at the right, important features are circled. The

Print Server Name.

(which is also on the back of the NIC), is used for printer identiﬁcation in peer-to-peer and NetWare protocols. The address or MAC address. The address you assign the printer. You can set a new

Printer Name

using the Apple Printer Utility.

Network Address

Protocol Address

is the hardware

is the IP

AppleTalk

Another way to print the Network Settings page is:

1. Go to the URL Conﬁguration Page, the URL is

http://<IP address>/conﬁgure.html

2. Click on the

Network Administration

link. This displays

the Network Administration Page.

3. Click

Conﬁgure Status Page

, then click

Generate Now

. (The Network Administration Page is described in Chapter 4.)

The Network Settings Page

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Unit Serial No: 992048 Version: 05.20 Network Address: 00:40:af:79:19:80 Network Topology: Ethernet Connector:RJ45 Network Speed: 10 Megabits Novell Network Information enabled

Print Server Name: NEC_992048 Password Defined: No Preferred Server Name not defined Directory Services Context not defined Frame Type: Novell 802.3

Peer-to-Peer Information enabled

Frame Type: 802.3 Network ID: 32803

TCP/IP Network Information enabled

Frame Type: Ethernet II Protocol Address: 131.241.45.84 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway: 131.241.45.254 DNS Address: 0.0.0.0

AppleTalk Network Information enabled

Frame Type: 802.2 SNAP On 802.3 Preferred Appletalk Zone:* San Jose EtherNet

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Novell Connection Information

Printer Name: NEC_992048_P

File Server: LABNW312

Queue: NEC_992048_Q Priority: 1 Attached: Yes No Notify Defined

Peer-to-Peer Connection Information

Printer Name: NEC_992048

AppleTalk Connection Information

AppleTalk Printer Name: Peggy’s SS4600 4

TCP/IP Connection Information

Port Number: 10001

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

NIC I

NSTALLATION

Network Settings Page 9

NIC FEATURES

NIC Status Lights

When the NIC is installed, its two status lights, amber and green, are located on the Interface Panel on the back of the printer. Light patterns for normal operation are:

Green light is on solid: This shows normal operation while the printer is awaiting print jobs.

Amber light blinks continuously: This shows that the NIC is receiving a print job.

Green light blinks 3 times and stays on: This occurs when the printer has performed a successful self-test. It then prints a Network Settings page.

Light patterns that identify error conditions are described in Appendix A, “Troubleshooting” see page 57.

Resetting the NIC

If you change network settings, you may need to reset the NIC for the new settings to take effect.Turn the printer off and then on again, or:

1. Go to the URL Conﬁguration Page, the URL is http://<IP address>/conﬁgure.html.

2. Click on the Network Administration link. This displays the Network Administration Page.

3. Click Reset in the System column,

Restoring Factory Default Settings

You can reset the NIC to its factory default settings. This means that the NIC clears data such as names and IP addresses. It does not lose its serial number or Network Address. If you have changed the printer’s name, it will revert to its default name.

note: You should restore factory defaults when the

printer is moved to a different network.

To reset the NIC to factory default settings

Go to the Network Administration Page and click Factory Defaults in the System column. You will need to enter a

password (the default is sysadm). Then turn the printer off and on again. The Network Administration Page is described in Chapter 4.

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CHAPTER 3

IP ADDRESS

OVERVIEW

T o take advantage of the many SuperScript network featur es, you must assign an IP address to the printer network interface card or NIC. This chapter explains several ways of assigning an IP address.

ASSIGNING THE IP ADDRESS

Obtaining the Printer’s IP Address

Obtain the printer’s IP Address from your network administrator . (This step is not necessary for Macintosh users or if you have a DHCP server.)

note: If a Dynamic Host Conﬁguration Protocol (DHCP)

server is present, an IP address will automatically be processed and returned to the NIC. A Network Settings page will print showing the printer IP address. See page 16 for more information about DHCP.

Selecting an IP Address Assignment Method

If a DHCP server is not present, there are several ways to assign a TCP/IP address to your printer.

Operator Panel

Use the printer’s Operator Panel to assign the IP address to the printer.

SuperScript MAP Utility

Use the printer’s Management Access Program (MAP) to assign the IP address from the following operating systems

Windows 95/98 Windows NT 4.0

BOOTPL32

Use BOOTPL32 to assign the IP address from the following operating systems

Windows 95/98 Windows NT 4.0

ARP

Use ARP to assign the IP address from the following operating system

Windows 95/98

Using the Operator Panel

You can use the Operator Panel to enable and set up the TCP/IP networking parameters for the printer. This is particularly useful for setting the network IP address so you can use it as the printer’s URL in Web-based printing (see Chapter 9). Also, use the Operator Panel to set the IP addr ess on a UNIX system. Follow these steps:

1. Press the Online button of the Operator Panel. OFFLINE

appears on the display.

2. Press the Menu button to enter menu mode. CONTROL

appears on the display.

3. Press the Next button until COMMUNICATIONS appears on the display, and press the Select button.

4. Press the Next button until NETWORK appears on the display, and press the Select button.

5. Press the Next button until TCP/IP appears on the display, and press the Select button.

6. Press the Next button until NET ADDRESS appears on the display, and press the Select button.

7. Use the Operator Panel buttons to set values for each of the 12 digits in this manner.

First press Next to set the cursor to the ﬁrst digit. For the ﬁrst digit, press Select to increment to the correct

value. Then press Next to move to the next digit and press Select to increment to its correct value. Continue until all twelve digits are set. When the ﬁnal digit is set, press Next to conﬁrm the Net Address you set and then press Select.

8. Press Menu to exit menu mode and press Online to bring the printer online.

To validate any changes to network settings, you must turn the printer off, and then on again.

Communications Menu

This menu contains settings that enable the printer to receive print jobs from the NIC. It can be used to conﬁgure emulations and networking protocols. A diagram of the Network choices are shown in the box at left. For more information on the Operator Panel see your SuperScript printer user’s guide.

Power Warning Online

Menu OnLine

Data OHT Label

Feed Item Media

Previous Next

NETWORK

ETHERTALK NOVELL IPX TCP/IP

PERSONALITY

Select

ENABLE* / DISABLE ENABLE* / DISABLE

ENABLE* /DISABLE NET ADDRESS SUBNET MASK GATEWAY

AIS* / POSTSCRIPT / PCL

*Default selection for the setting.

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Using MAP

The Management Access Program (MAP), runs only under Windows 95/98 and Windows NT 4.0. You use MAP to list SuperScript network printers connected to your network. Then you select one to go to its Network Administration page for network administration options.

MAP Operating Requirements

To use MAP, you must have installed on your PC

• Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer

• The Microsoft TCP/IP protocol stack, if printer is going to support TCP/IP.

For IPX Search Functions: The IPX protocol must be installed and enabled on your PC. Both Microsoft and the NetWare 32-bit stacks are supported.

Installing MAP

MAP is available on the SuperScript printer driver that came with your printer. MAP must be installed from Windows 95/ 98 or Windows NT 4.0. It cannot be installed from Windows

3.1x or the MS-DOS® command prompt.

1. Insert the your SuperScript CD.

2. Press the Windows Start button and select Run. At Run, type <drive>:\map\Setup.exe Then click OK. Follow the Install wizard prompts.

3. Choose the Destination Directory to install the MAP and click Next.

4. When the Select Program Folder is displayed, type a new folder name, or select one from the existing Folder list and click Next.

5. When the “Setup is Complete” Information dialog box is displayed, click OK, then complete the installation.

Running MAP and Selecting a Printer

In Windows 95/98 or Windows NT 4.0:

1. Press the Start button.

2. Select MAP from the program group you speciﬁed during installation.

3. When MAP starts, a list of all available units on the network is displayed by unit IP address or serial number.

The unit listing will be divided by TCP/IP units and IPX/SPX units. See the illustration below.

note: If a unit is enabled for both IP and IPX, it will

appear in both lists.

4. Click on a unit under IPX/SPX in the list to display its Network Administration Page.

5. Click on a unit under TCP/IP to display the printer’s Home page.

The Network Administration page options are explained in Chapter 4. An example using MAP and the Network Administration page to conﬁgure the printer for NetWare 4.x is shown in Chapter 6.

Management Access Program 3.30

[Refresh] [Help]

Units supporting TCP/IP

http://131.241.45.61/NEC_991142 NEC SuperScript 4600 Ethernet Card http://131.241.45.203/NEC_991149 NEC SuperScript 4600 Ethernet Card http://131.241.45.64/NEC_991151 NEC SuperScript 4400 Ethernet Card http://131.241.45.83/NEC_991650 Print Server Card http://131.241.45.191/NEC_991653 Print Server Card http://131.241.45.189/NEC_991655 NEC SuperScript 4400 Ethernet Card http://131.241.45.127/NEC_999999 Print Server Card

Units supporting IPX/SPX

NEC 991142 NEC SS 4600 NEC 991149 NEC 991151 NEC 991650 NEC 991653

MAP lists the SuperScript printers on your network. Select one to display its Network Administration page.

NEC SS 4400 NEC SS 4400 NEC SS 4200 NEC SS 4200

IP ADDRESS

Assigning the IP Address 13

Using BOOTPL32

First follow these directions to set up TCP/IP in Windows 95/98 and Windows NT 4.0:

Installing the TCP/IP Protocol

1. In Windows, open the Network control panel.

2. If TCP/IP Protocol is not installed, install it in the following step (in Windows 95).

a. Select Conﬁguration Tab in the Network control

panel and click Add button.

b. When Select Network Component Type dialog box is

displayed, select Protocol and click Add button.

c. When Select Network Protocol dialog box is

displayed, select Microsoft and TCP/IP and click OK button.

d. Then, TCP/IP Protocol is installed. e. Restart. The new protocol and service will not be

available until system is restarted.

Assigning the IP Address

Use BOOTPL32 to set the IP address and other TCP/IP parameters manually. You can also use ARP/ping commands if you prefer.

1. Insert the SuperScript Color Laser CD.

2. Launch BOOTPL32 In Windows access the CD ROM drive and launch

BOOTPL32 from the bootp directory or T ype E:\BOOTP\BOOTPL32.EXE from the Start>Run

dialog box.

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3. Select Conﬁgure from the Admin menu.

a. Enter the IP address to assign to the printer. b. Enter the subnet mask.

c. Enter the default gateway address (if applicable) or

leave blank.

d. Enter the hardware address of your printer. This

address is listed on the Network Settings page under Network Address, for example, 00:40:af:c9:f0:d8. Enter it exactly as it appears on the Network Settings page.

4. Click on Go to send the new settings to the printer. After a few minutes (usually between 1 and 2 minutes, but

possibly up to 5 minutes on very large or busy networks), the printer will reset and print a Network Settings page. The new IP settings will be listed in the TCP/IP Network Information section of the Network Settings page.

If the new IP address does not appear on the Network Settings page under “Protocol Address,” you may have entered the hardware address incorrectly in BOOTPL32. Repeat Steps 2 and 3, and check the IP address on the new Network Settings page.

The new IP address can also be veriﬁed in BOOTPL32 by turning the printer off and on, and selecting Verify from the Admin menu. It should report that the Unit is Active.

Using ARP

You can use the following procedure to set the IP address on the printer. Then, you can set the other IP parameters from the Network Administration page. The network printer must be on the same network segment as the workstation that you are using to conﬁgure it. The TCP/IP stack must be installed and operating.

1. From Windows, start an MS DOS session.

2. At the command prompt enter: arp -s

[IP address] [Hardware Address]

(for the hardware address, use hyphens as separators, instead of colons.) (e.g. >C:arp -s 123.123.123.1 00-40-0f-12- 34-56)

Then enter ping [IP address] (request should time out) (e.g. >C:ping 123.123.123.1)

3. Turn the printer off and on, and use the ping command again to verify that the printer has its IP address. If it has the address, the result is a conﬁrmation message: [IP

address] is alive

4. Remove the entry from the ARP cache using this command: arp -d [IP address] (e.g. >C:arp -d 123.123.123.1)

IP ADDRESS

Assigning the IP Address 15

Using DHCP

Dynamic Host Conﬁguration Protocol (DHCP) allows automatic assignment of IP address and other IP parameters for attached devices. The SuperScript color laser printer works with DHCP in the following way.

At power-up, the printer’s NIC broadcasts a DHCP request for an IP address. If a DHCP server is present, the request will be processed, and an IP address will be returned to the NIC. Upon receipt of the IP address, the NIC resets, and prints a Network Settings page. This shows the new IP address (and subnet mask, and default gateway, if any).

Under factory default settings, once an IP address has been assigned to it, the NIC will no longer broadcast DHCP requests. If you uncheck IP Address in NVRAM, in the Network Administration Page, the printer will broadcast a DHCP request each time you turn on the printer.

The DHCP server may grant a temporary IP address, called a temporary lease or temporary reservation, which expires later, or may grant a permanent or unlimited lease or reservation which does not expire.

Devices that are granted a temporary lease will be notiﬁed before the lease expires and asked if they would like to extend the lease. The NIC will continue extending its lease indeﬁnitely (unless prohibited by your DHCP server conﬁguration), and thus maintain a consistent IP address.

Important: If the NIC is not turned on or is not connected to

the network when the DHCP server is sending requests to extend the lease, the lease will not be extended. The DHCP server will cancel the lease and may assign the IP address to another device. Therefore, it is highly recommended to explicitly specify the NIC lease as permanent or unlimited in your DHCP server conﬁguration.

Verify that your printer was assigned an IP address through the Network Settings page, then proceed to setting up your workstation to use the printer.

he Network Settings Page

Print Server Name: NEC_992048 Password Defined: No Preferred Server Name not defined Directory Services Context not defined Frame Type: Novell 802.3

Peer-to-Peer Information enabled

Frame Type: 802.3 Network ID: 32803

TCP/IP Network Information enabled

Frame Type: Ethernet II Protocol Address: 131.241.45.84 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway: 131.241.45.254 DNS Address: 0.0.0.0

AppleTalk Network Information enabled

Frame Type: 802.2 SNAP On 802.3 Preferred Appletalk Zone:* San Jose EtherNet

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Novell Connection Information

Printer Name: NEC_992048_P

File Server: LABNW312

Queue: NEC_992048_Q Priority: 1 Attached: Yes No Notify Defined

Peer-to-Peer Connection Information

Printer Name: NEC_992048

AppleTalk Connection Information

AppleTalk Printer Name: Peggy’s SS4600 4

TCP/IP Connection Information

Port Number: 10001

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CHAPTER 4

NETWORK ADMINISTRATION PAGE

USING THE NETWORK

DMINISTRATION PAGE

Each SuperScript laser printer has a built-in web page that allows you to perform network administration tasks.

Accessing the Network Administration Page

You must assign an IP address to your printer’s NIC. Then you can use a web browser, such as Navigator or Internet Explorer, to access the Network Administration page.

note: See Chapter 3 for instructions on assigning the

printer’s IP address. The printer’s IP address then appears on the Network Settings page under the TCP/IP Network Information section, protocol address entry.

To access the Network Administration page, open your browser by double-clicking on its icon.

1. Go to the URL Conﬁguration Page, the URL is http://<IP address>/conﬁgure.html.

2. Click on the Network Administration link. This displays the Network Administration page.

You can access the following functions through the Network Administration page:

that this option clears all settings you have deﬁned for the NIC. You must turn the printer off and on again for the factory default settings to take effect.

The Network Administration Page

System Functions

Reset: Click here to reset the NIC and allow new

settings to take effect. The NIC’s connection with the network is fully reinitialized, but its connection with the printer controller is not. To reset the connection with the printer controller, turn the printer off and on.

Factory Defaults: Click here to restore factory default values on all NIC parameters. You should restore factory defaults if you move the printer to a new network or if the NIC was set up improperly the ﬁrst time. Remember

Unit Status: Click here to view the current state for each protocol and NIC port available on your NIC. For each supported protocol (Novell NetWare, TCP/IP, or AppleT alk), the top line displays the pr otocols supported and if the protocol is enabled or disabled.

Network A ddress: Click here to view the serial number and the Ethernet MAC (Media Access Control) address for the NIC.

Change Password: Changing any parameters using the Network Administration Page requir es a password. Click here to change your password. The default password is sysadm. Your password can contain letters, numbers, and punctuation, and is case sensitive.

note: If you forget your password, you can restore the

NIC to its factory defaults manually. See page 10.

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Protocol Functions

The Protocols area is used for setting up network options and parameters. It provides extensive access to NIC parameters, and allows you to setup IP parameters (IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway). You can enable/disable AppleTalk and NetWare, but not TCP/IP. (We recommend that you disable any protocol that you are not using.)

note: The entries in these pages

should reﬂect your network setup. Contact your system administrator for the correct conﬁguration.

DHCP Settings in the Network Administration Page

You can control the way the NIC handles DHCP from the Network Administration Page. To go there,

1. Go to the URL Conﬁguration Page, the URL is http://<IP address>/conﬁgure.html.

2. Click on the Network Administration link. This displays the Network Administration Page.

3. Under Protocols, click Setup TCP/IP. The two DHCP Settings are shown here.

The factory default is that both settings are checked. When Enable DHCP is not checked, the NIC will not

make DHCP requests. When IP Address in NVRAM is not checked, the NIC

will always make a new DHCP address request at printer power on.

NETWORK ADMINISTRATION PAGE

Using the Network Administration page 19

Other Functions

Test Printer: Click here, and then click on the Start Test

button in the dialog box that appears, to send a test document to the printer.

Conﬁgure Status Page: Click here to conﬁgure Network Settings page options. In the dialog box that appears, select the checkbox by Print Status Page on Startup to generate a status page (the Network Settings page) each time you turn on the printer or reset the NIC.

note: We recommend that you leave this setting

checked to print at power-on.

To print out a Network Settings page immediately, click Generate Now.

Printer Status: Click here to display status information for the printer and NIC, as well as errors and messages.

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CHAPTER 5

WINDOWS SETUP

WINDOWS PEER-TO-PEER

Peer-to-peer printing allows Windows 95/98 computers to print directly to a networked printer without an intervening ﬁle server. Below are the main features of peer-to-peer printing.

• Runs on Windows 95/98 and workstations or servers “out of the box.”

• Runs on networks with or without a NetWare ﬁle server.

• Implements peer-to-peer direct printing between Windows computers and networked printers.

• You can conﬁgure network printers the same way you conﬁgure printers directly attached to a computer.

note: In isolated, serverless networks, the NIC should

be used with its factory default settings.

IP vs. IPX Peer-to-Peer Printing

Your network conﬁguration will dictate whether IP or IPX is more appropriate. However, we recommend you use IP peerto-peer printing if possible.

For IP Peer-to-Peer Printing: You must install PeerToPeer-IP. This protocol allows you to access the network printer over an IP network. The Microsoft TCP/ IP protocol stack must also be installed and properly conﬁgured on your workstation. The network and the network print servers must support IP.

For IPX peer-to-peer Printing: You must install PeerToPeer-IPX. It is not necessary to have a NetWare ﬁle server on the network to use this protocol.

Installing Peer-to-Peer Software

Follow these steps to install the correct software.

IP Peer-to-Peer

1. Insert the printer driver CD that came with your printer,

for example, SuperScript 4400 Series CD.

2. Press the Windows Start button and select Run.

At Run, type: <drive>:\p2pip\Setup.exe Then click OK. Follow the Install wizard prompts.

3. Choose the Destination Directory to install the P2P-IP and click Next.

4. When the Select Program Folder is displayed, type a new folder name, or select one from the existing Folder list and click Next.

5. When the Setup is Complete information dialog box is displayed, click OK button, then complete the installation.

IPX Peer-to-Peer

1. Insert the printer driver CD that came with your printer, for example, SuperScript 4400 Series CD.

2. Press the Windows Start button and select Run. At Run, type: <drive>:\p2pipx\Setup.exe Then click OK. Follow the Install wizard prompts.

3. When the Installation Complete dialog box is displayed, click Finish button, then complete the installation.

note: If you use IPX peer-to-peer and there is no

NetWare server in the network, make sure that the Ethernet frame types for both printer and PC match. Do not use “Auto.” The printer’s Ethernet frame type can be changed in the NetWare Conﬁguration menu. See page

19.

Adding the Peer-to-Peer Printer

1. In Window 95/98, pr ess the Start button, select Settings, then select Printers.

2. In the Printers window, double-click Add Printer. Then Add Printer wizard will launch and click Next.

3. When the Add Printer wizard asks how the printer is attached, select Local printer and click Next.

4. When the Add Printer Wizard dialog box is displayed, click Have Disk and click Browse in the Install From Disk dialog box.

5. When the Open dialog box is displayed, select your printer’s CD icon in the Drives ﬁeld. Then select autorun.inf.

6. Exit both the Open dialog box and the Install From Disk dialog box by clicking OK.

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7. Click Next in the Add Printer Wizard dialog box.

8. Your peer-to-peer network printer will be listed under local printer ports and identiﬁed using the printer’s

serial number. For example, NEC_991234. Select your new peer-to-peer printer, and click Next.

9. Continue responding to the Add Printer Wizard until the process is complete.

10. From the Windows Start button, select Settings then Printers.

11. Click on the printer icon and select Properties.

12. Click on the Details tab.

13. Click on the Spool Settings button to open the following

dialog box:

14. Select the Disable bi-directional support for this printer

radio button.

15. Click OK.

16. Under the General tab, click on the Print Test Page

button to make sure that the driver is installed correctly.

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Moving a Peer-to-Peer Printer

If you move your printer to a new network, you must restore the NIC to its factory defaults (see page 10). If you have changed your printer’s name, it will revert to its original factory name.

Removing Peer-to-Peer Software

You should delete all printers which have been installed to use peer-to-peer printing before you delete the peer-to-peer software. Follow these steps.

1. Press the Windows Start button, select Settings, then select Printers.

2. In the Printers window, select the peer-to-peer printer that you want to remove.

3. Select Delete from the File menu.

Removing P2P-IP

To remove the IP peer-to-peer software from your computer, use the Add/Remove Programs control panel.

1. Press the Windows Start button, select Settings, then select Control Panel.

2. Open Add/Remove Programs. Select P2P-IP in the list and click Remove.

Removing Peer-to-Peer-IPX

To remove the IPX peer-to-peer software from your computer, use the PeerToPeer-IPX Uninstall program. Follow these steps.

1. Insert the SuperScript CD into the drive.

2. Press the Windows Start button and select Run.

3. At Run, type: <drive>:\P2PIPX\UNINSTAL.EXE

Then click OK. Follow the Uninstall wizard prompts. When removal is

complete, click OK.

SETTING UP WINDOWS NT

Setting LPR Printing on an NT Network

The following procedure can be used to set up the LPR spooler for a Windows NT 4.0 workstation/server.

1. In the Windows Network control panel, install the Microsoft TCP/IP Printing service.

2. Use the Windows Add Printer wizard to install the SuperScript printer driver for Windows NT 4.0.

note: SuperScript printer drivers are provided on the

SuperScript CD that came with the printer.

3. In Windows NT 4.0, click the Start button, select Settings, then select Printers.

4. Select the NEC SuperScript 4600 printer icon, and then select Properties from the File menu.

5. Click on the Ports tab (the SuperScript printer driver installs to LPT1 by default).

6. Then select Add Port.

7. Under Available Printer Port select LPR Port and click the New Port button.

8. In the Name or address of server providing lpd ﬁeld, enter the IP (Protocol) address of the printer, for example,

128.191.184.50.

9. In the Name of printer or print queue on that server ﬁeld, enter PORT1 (the word “PORT” must be in uppercase). Click OK, then click Close to assign that newly created port to the SuperScript printer.

10. Click on the Sharing tab in the NEC SuperScript Properties window.

11. Click on the radio button Shared and enter a name for your SuperScript printer.

12. Click OK to apply these settings to your printer.

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Shared Printing in Windows 95/98

Use these steps to set up shared printing in Windows 95/98.

1. Install the printer as a “local” printer using LPT1 port.

2. Press the Windows Start button, select Settings, then select Control Panel.

3. In the Control Panel window, double-click the Network icon.

4. Click on the File and Print Sharing button and in the dialog box that appears, make sure that I want to be able to allow others to print to my printer(s) is checked.

5. Click OK and Click OK in the Network window.

6. Next, press the Windows Start button, select Settings, then select Printers.

7. In the Printers window, select the printer installed on LPT1. Click on it with the right mouse button and select Sharing from the pop-up menu.

8. Select Shared as and enter a name to identify the printer on the network. Then click OK.

9. On another PC, press the Windows Start button, select Settings, then select Printers.

10. In the Printers window, double-click the Add Printer icon.

11. Click Next to begin installation and specify Network when prompted.

12. When prompted for Network Path or Queue Name, click on Browse, and browse to the name of the computer where the printer was installed locally.

WINDOWS SETUP

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13. Select the name of the shared printer and click OK.

14. Proceed with normal installation as directed.

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CHAPTER 6

NETWARE SETUP

NETWARE 5.X AND 4.X

Follow these instructions if your network operating system is NetWare 5.x or 4.x. Begin by:

Attaching the Printer

1. Log in to NetWare 5.x or 4.x with administrator rights and open the NetWare Administrator window.

2. Create Printer Object.

a. Highlight the Organizational Unit or Organization where

you want to create the print service in the Directory Tree. From the Object menu, select Create.

b. In the New Object window that appears, scroll down the

Class of New Object list, select the Printer icon and click the OK button.

c. When the Create Printer window appears, type a name

in the Printer Name ﬁeld and click on the Create button.

3. Create Print Server Object. a. Highlight the Organizational Unit. From the Object

menu, select Create.

b. In the New Object window appears, scroll down the

Class of New Object list, select the Print Server icon, and click the OK button.

c. At the Create Print Server window, type a name in the

Print Server Name ﬁeld and click the Create button.

note: The Print Server name you enter should match

the name shown on the Network Settings page under Novell Network Information.

4. Create Print Queue Object. a. Highlight the Organizational Unit. From the Object

menu, select Create.

b. In the New Object window that appears, scroll down the

Class of New Object list, select the Print Queue icon, and click the OK button.

c. At the Create Print Queue window, click the Directory

Service Queue button, then type in a name for Print Queue Name.

d. Click the icon to the right of Print Queue Volume ﬁeld to

display the browser, and select a speciﬁc Print Queue Volume (or type the name in the ﬁeld).

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e. Click the Create button.

5. Assign Printer Object

a. In the Directory Tree, double click on the printer object

just created to open its Printer window. Click on the Assignments button on the right-side of the window and click on the Add button.

b. In the Select Object window that appears, ﬁnd the print

queue object just created among the choices listed in the Objects box and select it by clicking on it.

the OK button again.

6. Assign Print Server Object a. In the Directory Tree, double-click on the print server

object you just created to open its Print Server window.

NETWARE SETUP

c. Click on the OK button and the print queue is added to

the Print Queues: box in the Printer: window. Click on

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b. In the Print Server window that appears, click on the

Assignments button and Add button to bring up the Select Object window. Select the printer object just

created from the Objects box and click on the OK button.

Now the printer (with its context) appears in the Printers: box of the Print Server window. Click on the OK button.

a. At the Directory Tree, double click on the Print Queue

object you just created. At the Print Queue window, click on the Assignments button.

b. If you conﬁgured the print queue and printer correctly

they will appear in the proper boxes on the Print Queue window. Press the Cancel button.

7. Check Assignments

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Installing the Printer Driver

In Windows, use the Add Printer feature to install and conﬁgure a SuperScript printer driver in each workstation that will access the network printer.

note: SuperScript printer drivers are on the SuperScript

CD that came with the printer.

Specify that the printer will be attached as a Network Printer , and set the Port to the printer queue you just created. (The Windows NT 4.0 driver installs automatically to LPT1:. After installation, you can manually reset the port to your NetWare queue.)

Conﬁguring the Network Printer

Now you must specify the Print Server Name, Preferred NDS Context, and Preferred NDS Tree using the Network

Administration Page options. Continue with the instructions below, to do this.

1. Click on the SuperScript printer you want to conﬁgure to display its Network Administration page.

2. NetWare 4.x/5.x (NDS) Conﬁguration

a. On the Network Administration Page, click on Setup

NetWare in the Protocols column.

b. In the NetWare Conﬁguration menu that appears, enter a

name in the Print Server Name and Preferred File Server ﬁelds, enter a name in the Preferred NDS Context ﬁeld, and enter a name in the Preferred NDS Tree ﬁeld. (Leave the Preferred File Server ﬁeld blank.)

c. Enter the password and click on the Accept Settings

button. (The default password is sysadm.)

NETWARE SETUP

3. Turn the printer off and then on again to validate network settings changes.

4. Conﬁrm Successful Conﬁguration.

a. In the Systems column, click on Reset. After the Reset,

turn the printer off and then on again.

b. Go back to the Network Administration Page, click the

Network Administration button. Then, in the System column, click on Unit Status.

c. In the dialog box that appears, scr oll down to display the

NetWare Status. The Queue Status should be Attached.

d. If the Queue Status is not shown as Attached, please

verify that the entries for Print Server Name, Preferred NDS Context, and Print Server Password match those deﬁned in NWADMIN.

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NETWARE 3.X

Complete these basic tasks to conﬁgure NetWare 3.x binderybased services for your printer. Begin by:

Starting PCONSOLE

Deﬁning the Print Queue

1. Select Print Queue Information from the Available

Options menu and press ENTER.

2. Press INSERT, type a name for the new queue to be serviced by the NIC and press ENTER. Press ESCAPE to return to the Available Options Menu.

Deﬁning the Print Server

1. Select Print Server Information from the Available Options menu and press ENTER.

2. Press INSERT, type the NIC Print Server Name and press

ENTER.

note: The Print Server Name you enter should match

the name shown on the Network Settings page under Novell Network Information.

Deﬁning the Printer

1. Press ENTER with the new Print Server Highlighted, select Print Server Conﬁguration and press ENTER, then select Printer Conﬁguration and press ENTER.

2. In the Conﬁgured Printers list, select an unused printer number and press ENTER. In the Printer <#> Conﬁguration screen, deﬁne a new name for the printer if desired. (The printer name is displayed in various NetWare printing messages.)

3. Press ESCAPE to exit and select Yes to save the changes. Press ESCAPE again to return to the Printer Server Conﬁguration menu.

Assigning the Print Queue

1. Select Queues Serviced By Printer and press ENTER. Highlight the desired printer on the Deﬁned Printers list and press ENTER.

2. Press INSERT to display the Available Queues list. Select

the desired queue and press ENTER. Assign a Priority level (recommended choice is 1) and press ENTER.

3. Press Alt-F10 to exit PCONSOLE.

Conﬁrming Successful Conﬁguration

1. Turn the printer off and on and wait for a Network Settings page to print. If the network is large, this may take several minutes.

2. The Novell Connection Information area on the Network Settings page displays the printer name, ﬁle server, queue, etc. If it displays Attached: Y es , this conﬁrms that the NIC Print Server is ready to accept print jobs. If not, verify that the Print Server name matches exactly the Print Server name that was entered in PCONSOLE.

Check the Novell Connection Information area on the Network Settings page. If you experience difﬁculty call NEC printer tech support at 1-800632-4650.

Installing and Conﬁguring Your Printer Driver

In Windows, use the Add Printer feature to install and conﬁgure a SuperScript printer driver in each workstation that will access the network printer.

note: SuperScript printer drivers are on the SuperScript

CD that came with the printer.

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CHAPTER 7

MACINTOSH SETUP

OVERVIEW

The following chapter contains information on how to conﬁgure your PowerMac to work with a SuperScript color laser printer. It also explains how to install the printer

software

ACINTOSH REQUIREMENTS

This section describes the hardware and software requirements for Macintosh computers to connect with SuperScript color laser printers.

Software Requirements

For Macintosh computers to connect to the printer , they must meet the following requirements.

• EtherTalk software must be installed in your computer and active.

• The operating system must be Mac OS 7.1 or higher.

• The standard LaserWriter 8 printer driver must be installed. Check the Chooser in the Apple menu to assure that it is installed. If it isn’t, use the Mac OS help system for information about installing it.

• The standard Apple Script program must be installed and active before conﬁguring your network conﬁguration.

• The NEC SuperScript PPD must be installed.

Hardware Requirements

Hardware requirements are categorized into requirements for the Macintosh and requirements for the printer.

Macintosh Hardware Requirements

• The computer must already be connected to the network and able to communicate with the network via Ethernet.

note: PowerMacs have built-in Ethernet capabilities.

Older Macs need to have an Ethernet expansion card installed.

• An appropriate 10/100Base-T cable must be connected to the Ethernet port.

Printer Hardware Requirements

• To receive print jobs from a Macintosh computer, the printer must be an “N” model or have a SuperScript NIC installed.

• The printer must already be connected to an Ethernet network.

SETTING UP THE PRINTER

Installing the PPD

Follow these steps for installing the SuperScript Color Laser PPD:

1. Insert the SuperScript Color Laser CD that came with the printer into your Macintosh.

2. Double-click on the SuperScript Color Laser Mac CD icon.

3. In the SuperScript Color Laser Mac window, doubleclick on the AdobePS Installer icon.

4. Double-click the SuperScript Color Laser Installer icon to begin installing the PPD. If there is an installer 2, as above, it will automatically launch with the ﬁrst installer .

no difference if you choose Custom Install or Easy Install.

6. Click the Install button.

7. The SuperScript printer driver will load.

8. The installer will let you know when installation is complete. To install other programs, such as Adobe Acrobat 4.0, you must go back to the ﬁrst window.

Conﬁguring the Printer

1. Select Chooser from the Apple menu and make sure the AppleTalk Active button is selected.

2. In the Chooser, select the AdobePS printer icon.

3. Select the AppleTalk zone your printer is on.

4. Select the printer’s name, for example SuperScript 4600 2, in the printer list.

5. Make sure to select Install NEC SuperScript...It makes

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5. Click the Setup button in the Chooser.

6. In the Setup dialog box, click Auto Setup. The driver will attempt to determine the correct PPD (PostScript Printer Description) ﬁle to associate with the printer.

7. In the Printer Descriptions dialog box, select SuperScript 4600 2 (or what ever printer you are conﬁguring) and click Select. The following status box appears:

Renaming Y our Printer

Rename your printer if you have more than one SuperScript color laser printer on your network. To do this you need a copy of Apple Printer Utility. Obtain this online from Apple Computer at this URL:

http://asu.info.apple.com

Search for “Apple Printer Utility,” or you can request the Apple LaserWriter 8.5.1 driver installer disk set from Apple by calling 800-SOS-APPL.

Then perform a custom install of the Apple Printer Utility:

1. Launch the Apple Printer Utility.

2. Select the zone in which your SuperScript printer resides.

3. Select the printer you wish to rename and click Open Printer.

4. Select the Name section of the window by clicking the arrow.

5. Type your desired name into the ﬁeld labeled AppleTalk Name.

6. Click the Send button.

MACINTOSH SETUP

8. When the Setup dialog box reappears, click the Conﬁgure button.

9. In the Conﬁgure dialog box, use the pull-down menus to specify options currently installed in your printer.

Printing

To print a document from your Macintosh computer:

1. Select Print from the File menu.

2. A Print dialog box appears that allows you to select the settings you want. Change the center “Panel” of settings by selecting categories from the Settings pull-down menu.

3. Select one of the following options from the Destination pull-down menu.

Printer: Your document is printed out on your printer (the default).

File: The document can be saved as either a PostScript Job or an Encapsulated PostScript ﬁle.

4. When all settings are speciﬁed, click the Print button to print the document.

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Page Setup

To view and change Page Setup settings

1. Select Page Setup from the File menu.

2. A dialog box appears that allows you to select the settings you want. Change the center “Panel” of settings by selecting Page Attributes or PostScript Options from the drop-down menu.

3. Select options and click OK to return to the document.

UNINSTALLING THE DRIVER

T o uninstall the SuperScript Color Laser printer driver follow these steps:

1. Insert the CD that came with your printer and doubleclick on its icon.

2. In the SuperScript Color Laser Mac window, doubleclick on the AdobePS Installer icon.

3. Double-click on the Uninstall icon.

4. Choose Uninstall from the drop-down menu.

5. Select the Remove NEC SuperScript...box.

6. Click on the Uninstall button.

MAC PEER-TO-PEER

Peer-to-peer printing allows PowerMac computers to print directly to a networked printer without an intervening ﬁle server. Below are the main features of peer-to-peer printing.

• Runs on PowerMacs or servers “out of the box.”

• Runs on networks with or without a NetWare ﬁle server.

• Implements peer-to-peer direct printing between mixed platform computers and networked printers.

• You can conﬁgure network printers the same way you conﬁgure printers directly attached to a computer.

Adding the Peer-to-Peer Printer

note: Before accessing the SuperScript Color Laser

network printer, you need the following information from your system administrator. The AppleTalk Zone where the printer is located and the printer’s name.

1. Select the Chooser from the Apple menu.

7. Removal progress will be shown on your screen and a dialog box will appear letting you know that the printer driver has been removed from your system.

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2. Check to make sure that AppleTalk is Active.

3. From the upper left-hand list box, select LaserWriter8.

4. From the AppleTalk Zone list box, select the proper

zone, as designated by your system administrator.

5. Select the name of the printer (as designated by your

system administrator) in the Select a PostScript Printer: list box. Click on the name even if it is the only one shown.

6. Close the Chooser.

CHAPTER 8

UNIX SETUP

SETTING UP ON A UNIX SYSTEM

Here we provide basic instructions for installing the printer on your UNIX system in Solaris 2.x and SCO. For additional information, refer to your operating system administration manuals.

Conﬁguring the IP Address on the Printer

First the SuperScript color laser printer must be assigned an IP address and routing parameters. We suggest you use the instructions in Chapter 3 for using the printer Operator Panel to set the Net (IP) Address.

Setting Up Your Printing Mode

Use these instructions to set up the printer for SCO Open Server Enterprise 5.0 and Solaris 2.x.

Installing the Printer in Your System

lpd is an implementation of the standard UNIX line printer daemon which lets you print across a TCP/IP network, without the need to install software on your workstation, and with all ﬁltering and banners done by the printer. Remote printing uses the same commands (lpr, lpq, lpc) as local printing.

The process begins when the LPR call ﬁnds a printer on a remote system by looking at the remote (rm) entry in the /etc/printcap ﬁle for that printer. LPR handles a print job for a remote printer by opening a connection with the lpd process on the remote system and sending the data ﬁle (followed by the control ﬁle containing control information for this job) to the remote system. The printer-based lpd then ﬁlters the data and prints the job according to information contained in the control ﬁle and its own printcap ﬁle.

Adding a SuperScript Color Laser Printer to Solaris 2.x

Log into your system as root. Add the printer’s IP address you already assigned into the /etc/hosts ﬁle. Using lpsystem follow these steps to open a terminal and enter the printer’s IP address from the command line.

1. lpsystem -t bsd <IP address of printer>

[ENTER]

Enter the 4400N print server host name from the /etc/hosts ﬁle. Your system may want its IP address instead of the remote host name.

2. lpadmin -p <printername> -s <remote host name or IP address>!PORT1 [ENTER]

note: There is no space after the remote host name.

3. Enable<printername> [ENTER]

4. Accept<printername> [ENTER]

Then, make sure that the printer content type is set to PS” by typing lpstat -p -l to display the current printer settings. If it is not set to PS, type the following on the command line to change the printer settings.

5. lpadmin -p <printername> -I ps [ENTER]

6. lpadmin -p <printername> -T PS [ENTER]

To test that the printer was installed into the system, send a print job using any application in your operating system. Make sure that the printer you choose is the SuperScript printer that you installed earlier.

The following sections give speciﬁc lpd setup instructions for various systems. The SuperScript 4400N printer will be used as an example. You must log in as root in order to execute the commands.

Adding a SuperScript Color Laser Printer to SCO OpenServer 5.x

1. Set up the SuperScript 4400N printer as a remote printer on a host that sends jobs to a Print Server using lpd. Use the following procedures to do this: At the prompt, type: mkdev rlp

note: You cannot run mkdev rlp twice. If you have

additional printers to be conﬁgured, use the rlpconf command.

2. You will now be asked a series of questions. Respond as follows. Do you want to install or remove a remote printer? Type: I

3. Do you want to change printer description ﬁle /etc/printcap? Type: Y

4. Write a printer name. For example, type: lprprinter1

5. Is lprprinter1 a remote printer or a local printer? Type: R

6. Enter remote host name: type host name entered in printcap for the 4400N. For example, type: lprprinter

7. Conﬁrm the information you have entered. Type: Y

8. Conﬁrm the preceding connection as your system default. Type: Y

9. Enter another printer name or quit setup. Type: Q

10. Do you want to start the remote daemon now? Type: Y

11. Using a line editor of your choice, verify the following on your /etc/printcap ﬁle. If necessary, use the following steps to change the “rp” entry.

lprprinter1:\ :lp=:\

:rm=lprprinter:\ :rp=PORT1:\

:sd=/usr/spool/lpd/lprprinter1:

example, from a browser, to verify that the installation was successful.

note: This information was based on the sample input

in the earlier steps. Actual parameters may vary depending on prior setup.

12. Change the :rp=lprprinter: entry to :rp=PORT1.

13. Set this printer as the default printer and print a page, for

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CHAPTER 9

WEB PRINTING SETUP

OVERVIEW

NEC PrintAgent is innovative software that allows you to print over the Internet in two ways, Remote Printing and Pull Printing. PrintAgent is powered by redipS® Core software, and available just by browsing to your printer’s home page.

Printer Home Page Features

The URL is the IP address or host name you assign to the Printer,

for example, http://131.241.45.65

PrintAgent Remote Printing

If you are a Windows 95/98 or Windows NT user, Remote Printing is the easiest way to print over the web and get instant printer status. You can print to any SuperScript color laser printer anywhere, as long as you have its URL.

All you do is browse to the printer’s home page and download/install the PrintAgent driver to your system or install directly from the CD that came with your SuperScript color laser printer. When you print with the PrintAgent driver, the job goes over the web to the printer, and printer status comes back to your desktop on the PrintAgent Status window. The ﬁrst part of this chapter covers the following topics about Remote Printing:

• System requirements

• Remote Printing setup

• Remote Printing from your desktop

• Getting printer status

• PrintAgent features

• PrintAgent menus and commands

NEC PrintAgent Pull Printing

Pull Printing is an ideal solution for busy ofﬁces that print long, complex, or color rich documents. With Pull Printing, your job is sent to a Pull Printing server to be processed. Then the Pull Printing server delivers the job to the printer. This frees your computer, and reduces network trafﬁc. You can also set up a secondary server to deliver printer Help ﬁles and drivers to users, making the printer more efﬁcient.

Pull Printing is also called “driverless” printing because you don’t need a SuperScript Color Laser printer driver on your system. You can pull print any Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, .PDF ﬁle, or web page without opening it— just by sending its location to the Pull Printing server. The server does all the work and leaves your computer free for other tasks. The second part of this chapter covers the following topics about Pull Printing:

• Pull Printing from your desktop

• Server system requirements

• Server software installation

• Secondary server

• Conﬁguring URLs

• Starting the Pull Printing server

REMOTE PRINTING

NEC PrintAgent’s Remote Printing lets you deliver today’s complex, graphic-rich documents in vivid color around the world using the Internet.

System Requirements

You must have the following on your computer:

• A Windows 95/98 or Windows NT operating system.

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 SP1 or higher or Microsoft Java V irtual Machine. You can download either program from the SuperScript color laser home page or from Microsoft’s website.

The SuperScript Color Laser Home Page

Enter Printer’s

IP address here

Install

PrintAgent

software here

Print Agent Remote Printing Setup

First, you or your system administrator must set the IP Address on the printer. For instructions, see Chapter 3 of this user’s guide.

Second, you must install the PrintAgent (redipS) software. Go to the Printer Home page to download and install the NEC PrintAgent software and driver.

1. Launch your web browser (A).

2. Enter the printer’s IP Address as the URL to reach the printer’s Home page.

3. Click on the Install Driver button to download PrintAgent software (B).

4. In the File Download dialog box that appears, choose Run this program from its current location and then click OK to begin installation (C).

File Download Dialog Box

Install Microsoft

Java Virtual

Machine here

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5. During installation, you will be prompted with the Add RedipS Enabled Printer... dialog box to enter the URL (IP Address or fully qualiﬁed DNS name) of your printer. Click Install so it can be added to your system as the default printer (D).

6. When installation is ﬁnished, you can see the special NEC PrintAgent driver icon in the printer’s window by selecting Settings and then Printers from the Windows Start menu (E).

7. Restart your computer for the new driver to take effect.

note: You can also install Remote Printing software

from the SuperScript CD that came with your printer. Simply choose NEC PrintAgent from the Select Components dialog box during Custom/Network Client installation (F).

The Add RedipS Enabled Printer Dialog Box

Remote Printing From Your Desktop

Now you can print as usual from your applications—just select Print from the File menu and choose PrintAgent printer. The jobs will be sent to the printer using browser technology, and you will receive instant printer status reports from the PrintAgent Status window.

The Printer’s Window

WEB PRINTING SETUP REMOTE PRINTING

Select Components Dialog Box

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Getting Printer Status

When you send a print job, the PrintAgent Status window opens automatically with status information. The animated printer image reﬂects printer status.

Eyebrows Moving: The Status Monitor and the printer are successfully communicating.

Eyebrows Stop, Printer Looks Sad: Check the power to the printer.

Pages Printing Out: The printer is printing. Printer Sleeping: The printer is warming up.

Critical messages, such as NO PAPER IN TRAY 1, OUT OF

TONER

, or TOP COVER OPEN, will interrupt a print job. These are shown with a descriptive image and message. Noncritical messages, such as LOW TONER and some service errors, will appear only in the text ﬁeld.

PrintAgent Status Window Menu Bar

The menu bar at the top of the PrintAgent window provides several options for conﬁguring PrintAgent and managing print jobs.

Under File Menu

Select Cancel Print Job to cancel the job currently being processed.

Select Print PostScript File to display a browser for selecting a PostScript ﬁle to transfer to the printer.

Select V iew Print Queue to display the Print Queue window to view and delete jobs.

Select Exit to quit the PrintAgent program.

Under View Menu

Select options from this menu to view Text Only, Text and Animation, or Full View of the PrintAgent window.

Under Options Menu

Select General to display a dialog box for setting preferences about version updates, Status Monitor frequency and display, and the web browser path.

Select Network to display a dialog box for setting prefer ences about proxy host, port, domain, and host name.

Under Help Menu

Select Index to display a list of online Help topics. Select About to view information about copyright,

manufacturer model number, and software version.

Window Menu Bar

Printer Status Reports Here

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PrintAgent Status Window

PrintAgent Buttons

In addition to providing printer status and Help, PrintAgent buttons provide access to the features described below.

Details Button

Click this to view more information about the printer. Tray information, emulations, pages per minute, installed memory, and printer IP address are available. Service messages are described in more detail.

Admin Button

Click this to perform administrative functions, including, changing the printer name, password, changing the reference URLs, cancelling a print job, or sending ﬁles to the printer . To make changes in Printer Administration, you must enter the

Administration Password. The default password is Seattle.

Help Button

When a message is present in the PrintAgent window, press the Help button for more details or instructions. When no messages are present, clicking on the Help button displays the Help Index.

Home Button

Click this to display a web page speciﬁed by your administrator—possibly the manufacturer’s home page or the printer’s home page.

WEB PRINTING SETUP REMOTE PRINTING

Window Menus

Printer Status Reports Here

PrintAgent Status Window

Admin Button

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PrintAgent Program Menus

PrintAgent program menus are available two ways.

• In Windows 95/98 or Windows NT, press the Start

button, select Programs, and NEC PrintAgent System to display PrintAgent commands.

• Once you have started PrintAgent, you can click on the

PrintAgent icon (the green planet) in the taskbar at the bottom right corner of your Windows desktop.

First access the PrintAgent program from here...

PrintAgent Program Menu Commands

Start

PrintAgent will also start automatically when you decide to print or use the Property pages. Keeping it running speeds print time because you won’t have to wait for PrintAgent to start up every time you print. In order to monitor printer status, PrintAgent must be running. When PrintAgent ﬁrst starts, a red planet icon appears in the Windows taskbar in the lower right-hand corner of the screen. If the planet doesn’t turn green after ﬁve seconds, PrintAgent did not launch properly. Restart your computer and try again.

Stop

To stop PrintAgent, select Stop from the taskbar or Program menu.

Monitor a Printer

Select this from the taskbar to monitor any PrintAgent printer on your network.

...then you can access PrintAgent from the icon on the taskbar

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PrintAgent

taskbar Icon

Add Printer

Once the PrintAgent software is installed, you can add any SuperScript color laser printer to your system as long as has an accessible IP address. Select Add Printer, enter the URL of the printer and click Install (A).

If you get a message box indicating that the PrintAgent could not access the printer, ﬁrst verify that the URL you typed is correct by retyping it.

If the URL was correct and PrintAgent still cannot establish communication, select Network Properties from the PrintAgent menu on the taskbar and check your proxy settings (B). If you are trying to reach a printer using a proxy server, you must check the Default Proxy host and port box, then enter your proxy host and port. To reach a printer without using a proxy, you must either de-select the Default Proxy host and port checkbox, or enter the URL or domain name in the No Proxy For text area.

If PrintAgent is still unable to establish communication with the printer, go to the printer’s home page using your Web browser. If the proxy settings are correct in the browser and the Web page is not found, the problem is with the printer, and you should contact the network administrator.

Add printers here...

Remove Printers

To remove a PrintAgent printer, select Remove Printer from the PrintAgent menu. In the Printer Selection dialog box that appears, select the printer you wish to remove and press OK. Select Reset from the PrintAgent for the removal to take effect.

Reset

If there are any communication or animation problems with the Status window and the printer has power , selecting Reset often resolves the problem.

About

Select this to view copyright and version information.

Uninstall

To uninstall the PrintAgent System, including all PrintAgent printers and the NEC PrintAgent System, press the W indows

Start button, select Programs, and select NEC PrintAgent System to display PrintAgent commands. Choose Uninstall (C). Respond Yes to the conﬁrmation dialog boxes, and

PrintAgent will be removed from your computer.

Check proxy settings here...

WEB PRINTING SETUP REMOTE PRINTING

Uninstall PrintAgent here...

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PULL PRINTING

NEC PrintAgent’s Pull Printing capability allows you to pull documents from internet sites or servers. You can also print without running your applications or using a printer driver, thus reducing the CPU cycles required for printing. To do this a Pull Printing server must be set up. If you are a system administrator, go to page 51 for instructions on how to conﬁgure a Pull Printing server.

Pull Printing from Your Desktop

Once the Pull Printing Server is running, any local user can Pull Print just by browsing to the Pull Printing page. To pull print from your desktop, you must have

• Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 5.0 or Netscape

Communicator 4.6 and above with Java 1.1 support.

Sending a Pull Print Job

1. Launch the Web browser.

2. Enter the printer’s URL to reach the printer’s home page.

3. Click on Pull Printing.

You can print the following types of documents using the Pull Printing page.

• Word (.doc), Excel (.xls), and PowerPoint (.ppt) ﬁles*

• Adobe Acrobat .pdf ﬁles*

• Any Web page on the Internet.

• .gif, .jpg, .jpeg, .txt, .c, h, .java, .bak, .rtf, .ps, .html, and .htm ﬁles can also be printed.

*Supported Microsoft applications and PDF ﬁle types can be printed if your system administrator installed the corresponding applications or plug-ins on the Pull Printing server. Otherwise, a message will appear, notifying you that you cannot print that ﬁle type.

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4. The Pull Printing page appears as shown below.

5. Enter a ﬁle location in the Browser text ﬁeld. To print a local ﬁle, type the drive, path and name of the

ﬁle in the text entry ﬁeld, or use the Browse button to select a ﬁle. The drive and full path must be speciﬁed. If the plug-in for that particular type of ﬁle has been

Pull Printing Page

To get this page, go to your printer’s home page and select Pull Printing.

installed on the secondary server , the ﬁle is r ender ed and sent to the printer. If the plug-in is not installed, you will be notiﬁed.

To print a web page, press the Print a URL button. “http://” appears in the text ﬁeld. Type in the desired URL.

WEB PRINTING SETUP PULL PRINTING

Send document to

printer.

Send a web page to a

designated printer.

Shows job status in

print queue.

Shows print history for

up to 30 days.

Logon as a different

user.

redipS icon changes

colors if there is a

problem.

Monitor the printer’s

status to show if your

job has printed.

Use the Browser text ﬁeld to enter a ﬁle location or the URL of a web page.

Use this button to print a ﬁle or Web page.

Change printer settings on the driver property pages.

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6. Click the Set Printer Properties button.

7. The printer driver properties tabs appear. Make any

changes in settings here.

8. Click the Print Local File or Print a URL button. The job

will be rendered by the Pull Printing server and sent to the printer.

Changing Properties and Saving Settings

The Set Printer Properties button functions in the same way as the local printer drivers. You simply point and click to change settings for your print job. Click on any tab to view more settings.

With Pull Printing, you can save different preferences for each printer you use. If you are accepting cookies, the property settings, along with any watermarks you may have

created, will be saved upon sending the print job. The next time you pull print to that particular printer, the property pages will preset to match your previous preferences.

View Status Monitor

When you click the View Status Monitor button, the PrintAgent Status Monitor appears. The animated printer image shows the printer status.

Eyebrows Moving: The Status Monitor and the printer are successfully communicating.

Eyebrows Stop, Printer Looks Sad: Check the power to the printer.

Pages Printing Out: The printer is printing. Printer Sleeping: The printer is warming up.

Printer Properties

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PrintAgent Status Monitor

note: The “Warning: Applet Window”

message at the bottom of the status monitor is a Java security feature and does not indicate a problem.

Server Status

The Server Status button on the Server Status page allows you to see the server status queue: print jobs waiting to be processed by the printer. As the mouse pointer passes over the icon of a particular job an information window pops up. If you want to cancel a job, select the job and press the cancel button. Only the person who sent the job can cancel it. Print jobs from other users can only be canceled by a network administrator.

Server Status Page

Print Job History

Clicking the Print Job Status button brings up the Print Job Status page. The following information about your print jobs can be found here:

• Job name

• Print status

• Printer name

• Job history Although you can track your job history for a maximum of 30

days, you can also indicate a shorter period of time.

Print Job History

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Logon as...

The Logon as... button allows another user to log in and print with their user ID so their print jobs can be tracked.

redipS Icon

The small redipS icon located on the Pull Printing web page (below the Print Local File button) can change colors. Normally the icon color is green, indicating no errors or warnings. A yellow icon indicates a warning, such as “low toner.” Under these conditions you can still print. A red icon indicates a more serious error, such as “out of paper.” You can still send a print job but the driverless server cannot send the job until the error is cleared. Until then the job waits in the queue.

Canceling a Job

You can cancel a print job before it is rendered as long as you are accepting cookies. To cancel, click on the print job in the Print Queue frame. You will see a yellow highlight around the text. Click the Cancel button. After it is sent to the secondary server, the job can only be canceled using the Admin dialog box from the PrintAgent window.

Getting Help

When a message is present in the PrintAgent window, press the Help button for more details or instructions. When no messages are present, clicking on the Help button displays the Help Index.

Pull Printing User Settings

You can customize your web browser settings to enhance your Pull Printing capabilities.

If you would like the ability to save your printer settings and any watermarks you make, you must accept any cookies we set. This also gives you the ability to cancel any print jobs you send that are still in the print queue. A cookie is a small piece of data that the browser stores on your hard drive. Each cookie has a maximum limit of 4 kilobytes. Although driverless printing will work if cookies are not accepted, it will not be customized for your needs. You can choose to always accept a cookie, which will allow all web pages to set cookies. You can choose to have a message box appear each time a cookie is set and you will then have the option of accepting or rejecting the cookie.

Accepting Cookies in Internet Explorer 5.0: Click on the Tool menu item and select Internet Options. Click on the Security tab. Click on Custom Level button. In the Security section, there are three cookie options. Select the Enable Option radio button.

You can distinguish your print job from others if you accept the PrintAgent cookies. Your print job will display the name of the ﬁle or URL you sent, while other print jobs will show only the URL of the printer to which the job will be sent. To see which printer your jobs will be sent to, place the mouse over the icon next to your print job. The name of the printer will be displayed, along with the name of the ﬁle or URL of the web page. It will also signify whether your job is waiting to be rasterized or has already been sent to the status monitor.

The section below shows system administrators how to conﬁgure a Pull Printing server to support clients.

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Setting Up a Pull Printing Server

Server System Requirements

The Pull Printing server must be installed prior to server installation.

• A Windows 95/98 or Windows NT operating system.

• Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

• The web server included on the SuperScript CD that came with your printer that is automatically installed when pull printing server is selected under the Administrator installation.

• Internet Explorer 5.0 (this is available on the SuperScript CD that came with your printer).

Folder list and Click Next.

WEB PRINTING SETUP PULL PRINTING

Server System Recommendation

For best performance it is recommended that your server have a minimum of 64MB RAM.

Then, to use Pull Printing, you must

1. Set the IP Address on the printer. For instructions, see Chapter 3.

2. Install the PrintAgent core software, Pull Printing Server and/or Secondary File Server software.

3. Conﬁgure URLs.

This section also provides instructions for

• Setting Local User’s Web Browser Preferences (optional).

• Pull Printing from Your Desktop

PrintAgent Core and Server Installation

You must install the NEC PrintAgent Core software, and the Pull Printing server software. You can also install the Secondary File server software. All three can be installed at once using the Administrator Setup option. The SuperScript 4400 color laser printer is used for an example. Follow these steps.

1. Insert the SuperScript CD that came with your printer into the CD-ROM drive. The Installer will launch automatically.

2. Select Program Folder When the Select Program Folder dialog box is displayed, type a new folder name, or select one from the Existing

3. After you choose a location, the Setup Type dialog box is

displayed, select the Network Server/Administrator setup option and click Next.

4. Select components w hen the Components list is

displayed, select PrintAgent and click the Change button.

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5. Select Sub-components In the Sub-components list, make

sure that PrintAgent, Pull Printing Server, and

optionally, Secondary File Server are selected and click Continue. Then click Next in the Select Components

dialog box.

6. When the P2P-IP Setup dialog box is displayed, click

Next.

7. When the SuperScript Color Laser Setup Information

dialog box is displayed, click Continue to proceed to NEC PrintAgent or click Exit to exit the SuperScript setup.

8. When the Adobe PS 4.2 PostScript Printer Driver Setup

dialog box is displayed, click Next.

a. When the Printer T ype dialog box is displayed, select

Local Printer and click Next.

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b. When the Install PostScript Printer from PPD dialog

box is displayed, choose for example NEC SuperScript 4400 PS and click Next.

d. When the Add Printer dialog box is displayed,

choose a Printer Name and click Next.

WEB PRINTING SETUP PULL PRINTING

c. When the Local Port Selection list is displayed,

choose Available port and click Next.

e. When the NEC SuperScript property box is

displayed, check it and click OK.

f. If there are no more printers to be installed, click

Exit.

9. PrintAgent System Setup When the Welcome to NEC PrintAgent dialog box is displayed, click Next. Then, the PrintAgent Setup starts. When the Add RedipS Enable Printer dialog box is displayed, enter the URL (IP Address of the printer) and click Install.

10. When the SuperScript Setup Information dialog box is displayed, click Continue to proceed to Pull Printing server or click Exit to exit SuperScript Color Laser Setup.

11. Pull Printing Server Setup When the Choose Destination Location dialog box is displayed, check the Destination Folder and click Next. Then, the Pull Printing server setup starts. When the

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Admin Setup dialog box is displayed, enter the admin login name and password for the web server and click Next.

12. Secondary Server Setup The Secondary Server Setup program starts after the Pull Printing Setup program is ﬁnished.

13. When installation is complete, restart Windows.

About the Secondary File Server

The PrintAgent Driver, Help ﬁles, and the PrintAgent Core software reside on the printer. However, you have the option of putting these ﬁles on a secondary server and then changing the URLs to point to that server. This frees the printer to process print jobs.

When Secondary File Server installation is complete, the PrintAgent core ﬁles have been copied into the htdocs directory, so the Secondary File server is ready to respond to ﬁle transfer requests. However, if you want the Secondary File server to deliver the two server .exe ﬁles, you must manually copy the ﬁles DriverlessServer.exe and SecondaryFileServer.exe from

<CD-ROM Drive>:\NEC_disk\redips_downloads

c:\program files\xitami\htdocs\ redips_downloads

You can manually copy the Help and Images Folders from

<CD-ROM drive>:\NEC_disk\ncss44rn

c:\program files\xitami\htdocs\ncss44rn

(keeping the directory structures intact.)

note: You can also install the Secondary Server

Software from a link on the URL Conﬁguration Page.

note: You can also install the PrintAgent Pull Printing

server, and Secondary File server software from links on the URL Conﬁguration page.

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Conﬁguring Server URLs

Once the IP address is assigned to the printer, you can go to the printer URL Conﬁguration Page to set URLs for the server(s).

1. Launch your web browser and enter this URL

http://<Printer IP Address>/configure.html

This displays the printer’s URL Conﬁguration Page.

2. In the Pull Print server text ﬁeld, enter the IP Address of the Pull Printing server as its URL.

Pull Printing will NOT work unless the Pull Print server URL has been entered. The Driver, Help ﬁles, and the PrintAgent core software reside on the printer, which is identiﬁed as localhost. However, you have the option of putting these ﬁles on a Secondary File server and then changing the URLs to point to that server.

note: To specify the printer as the ﬁle source, you must

enter

localhost in the text ﬁeld, (not the printer’s IP

address).

URL Configuration Page

3. If you have a Secondary File server, enter its IP Address as URL for the Driver, Help ﬁles, and PrintAgent software.

4. You can also specify any URL as the Home Page for clients.

5. Click on the Submit Values to Printer button.

note: Printer URLs can use either the printer’s IP

Address, or the printer’s Domain Name, if one has been assigned. For example: http://4400NSecondFloor/conﬁgure.html

Plug Ins

If you have Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint installed on the Pull Printing Server , clients can print Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents from the Pull Printing Page. For clients to print .PDF ﬁles, Adobe Acrobat Reader must be installed on the Pull Printing Server. Acrobat Reader is provided on the CD that came with your SuperScript printer.

WEB PRINTING SETUP PULL PRINTING

Install Pull Printing Server and Secondary File Server software

from the SuperScript CD that came with the printer. You can also download them by clicking these links.

You must enter a URL for the Pull Printing Server.

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You can ﬁnd out what ﬁle types are currently supported by the Pull Printing server by reviewing the kickIE.ini ﬁle located in the cgi-bin directory on the Pull Printing Server. If you ﬁnd other plug-ins for Internet Explore 4.01, you can add the ﬁle types supported by the plug-ins to the

inetpub\cgi-bin\kickIE.ini ﬁle, under the Support Type tag. Please remember to increase the value of the NumberOfTypes variable.

Starting the Pull Printing Server

You can launch the Pull Printing server by pressing the Windows Start button, selecting Programs, selecting NEC PrintAgent Pull Service, and then selecting Start all.

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APPENDIX A

TROUBLESHOOTING

Network Printing Problems

Use the checklists in this section to identify the cause of network printing problems. If a problem persists, contact NEC Printer Technical Support at NecTech’s web site (www.nectech.com) or phone 1-800-632-4650.

Check the Printer Operation

Verify that the printer is plugged in, turned on, and online— the green Online light on the Operator Panel should be lit, or nothing will print.

Check the Network Settings Page

On power-up, the network printer produces a Network Settings page which has useful information for troubleshooting. Check the Network Settings page to see which protocols are enabled and active. Conﬁrm that the network protocol you conﬁgured appears on the page. If not, it should be reconﬁgured correctly for the network printer.

Check other Network Users

Determine if other network users can print. If they cannot and they are all on the same network operating system, the problem is most likely in the network conﬁguration.

Review Recent System Changes

Verify that any hardware changes (installations, modiﬁcations, removals), to the printer or network, were done correctly. If you added a new software application, make sure the program is compatible and installed correctly on the network.

Check Hardware Connections

• Be sure that your cable is a Category 5 twisted pair cable with RJ-45 connectors for 10/100Base-T ethernet.

• Check that the network connector is plugged into the RJ45 connector on the NIC.

• Try another cable to make sure you do not have a bad cable.

• If you are using a 10/100Base-T concentrator hub that does not support the link signal, use Manual Ethernet Port selection instead of the factory default, Automatic Ethernet Port selection.

Check NIC Status Lights

Check the NIC’s status lights to ensure that there is no error condition. The two status lights, amber and green, are located on the interface panel on the back of the printer. The green light should be lit and steady. Light patterns that indicate serious hardware problems or software errors are shown below. If you see one of these patterns, you should contact NEC Printer Technical Support.

Green light blinks rapidly: This occurs when the printer performs a self-test and detects bad SIMM.

Green light blinks rapidly 4 times, pauses: This occurs when the printer performs a self-test and detects a problem in the Ethernet hardware.

Amber light blinks short for 10 seconds, then goes out, and the green light blinks continuously: This

occurs when the printer performs a ﬂash memory selftest and the checksum fails.

Green light blinks slowly: When this happens after power-on completes, it indicates an interface error.

Green light blinks rapidly: When this happens while the printer awaits print jobs, it indicates that the NetW ar e connection has been lost.

Green and amber lights blink alternately: This would occur when you turn on the printer after restoring factory defaults, and indicates an error.

Troubleshooting for NT Server

If you have a problem printing large ﬁles from the Pull Printing server the problem may be that the server “timed out.” If this is the case help can be found by accessing the following URL:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/ articles/Q209/3/91.asp

Troubleshooting for NetWare

Use the Network Administration page options to troubleshoot in an IPX environment. The checklists in this section show what to look for. If you are still having problems phone NecTech support at 1-800-632-4650.

NetWare Checklist

• Is the NIC name entered correctly? The factory-default name is NEC_<serial number> The serial number is on the back of the NIC and also shown at the top of the Network Settings page.

• Did you assign print queues to the printer? It is recommended you assign each print queue to a speciﬁc printer NIC. If print queues are assigned to other network printers, the print jobs may be going to another network printer.

• Did you assign the printer to the type Remote Other / Unknown?

If the PCONSOLE NWAdmin settings are correct, the connection between the printer and network may have been broken. Turn the printer off and, using PCONSOLE, wait for the status message Not Connected. Turn the printer on and the status should change to Waiting for Job.

File Server Checklist

• Is there enough disk space on the ﬁle server and is it running?

• Is the correct ﬁle server associated with the printer? Use PCONSOLE to check.

• Did you have the proper rights to conﬁgure the printer?

NetWare documentation.

• Is the application set up to print to the printer? Are you using the correct driver?

• Is the workstation connected to the correct print queue? Print a ﬁle and verify that the ﬁle goes to the queue.

• Are the print queues assigned to the NIC-connected printer also assigned to another network printer? If they are, the print jobs may be going to that printer.

• Is AUTO ENDCAP enabled? AUTO ENDCAP lets you send data to a network printer . If it is not enabled, enable it.

• Are text ﬁles printing but graphic ﬁles not? The printing may be timing out. Use NetWare's PRINTCON or CAPTURE to set a longer timeout period. Set the time to at least two minutes for graphics applications.

NIC Conﬁguration Checklist

If all your hardware connections are correct, check the following

• The Network Settings page shows the status for the selected network interface card. This report includes the status of ﬁle servers and queues assigned to a printer along with a description of any problems.

• The printer may not be assigned to the correct print queues. Use PCONSOLE to direct print jobs to the correct queues, then check to see if the print job is in the queue.

• If devices were added or changed, use PCONSOLE to make sure you conﬁgured the new devices correctly.

• Make sure the printer name has been entered correctly. If you changed the name using the NIC Home Page, you must also change the name in PCONSOLE.

• You cannot use PCONSOLE Version 1.0 to conﬁgure the NIC. Contact Novell for an upgrade.

Computer Checklist

• Is the network loaded onto the computer? See your

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NIC/File Server/Printer Checklist

Check the following to see if the NIC and ﬁle server are sending data to the printer . If the NIC cannot log onto the ﬁle server, or cannot service jobs from a ﬁle server

• The network printer is not created on that ﬁle server. Use PCONSOLE to create the print server on the correct ﬁle server.

• Use PCONSOLE to check if the print jobs are being sent to the printer. Be sure the print job is in the print queue and waiting to be printed.

Computer to NIC Connection Checklist

To make sure the computer is communicating with the NIC, perform these tests.

• Print a ﬁle from the workstation and make sure the print job gets to the print queue using PCONSOLE. If the print job does get to the queue, the problem is not with the workstation/NIC connection.

• Use CAPTURE to send data to the printer from a workstation software application. See your NetWare print server manual for information.

• Make sure another printer is not taking the print jobs from the queues before the NIC can service the job. To do this, disable the other printer and send another print job.

NIC Loses Its File Server Connection: If the network printer loses its connection to the ﬁle server, it will take approximately ﬁve to 10 minutes to reconnect. If the connection is not made after a reasonable amount of time, check the error conditions to troubleshoot the problem.

Unable to Print from a Different Context: The NIC does not support printing from a context other than the one you speciﬁed using the MAP utility on your Web browser. To do this, you must create an alias queue. See your NetWare Manual for more info.

Troubleshooting for MacOS

• Is the Macintosh computer connected to the network through Ethernet, and has the correct network port been selected?

• Did you select the correct printer driver, zone, and printer name in the Chooser?

• If you renamed the printer in the Apple Utility, you must turn the printer off then on, and then reselect the printer under its new name in the Chooser.

• If you placed the printer in a new zone, be sure you reselected the zone and the printer name in the Chooser.

• In the following example the printer’s name changed. The default name for the printer is SuperScript 4600N #, where # is the sequential number of 4600N printers installed. If a user changes the name of SuperScript 4600 2 to Mary’s Printer, the last printer in line will be reassigned the name Superscript 4600 2, and the print path must be changed using the Chooser for the system

to work again.

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APPENDIX B

WEB JETADMIN

USING WEB JETADMIN

If you are using Web JetAdmin, you must copy certain NEC SuperScript ﬁles from the CD that came with your printer to Web JetAdmin folders so that the NEC SuperScript 4600 (or 4200/4400) will appear properly.

Locating the Files

(This assumes your CDROM is drive E and your printer is 4600:)

E:\WebJetAD\nec_super_script_4600.glf

E:\WebJetAD\Icons\Nss4600i.gif

E:\WebJetAD\Images\Nss4600.gif

Copying the Files

Copy Files to corresponding Web JetAdmin Folders (Path may vary depending on your Web JetAdmin version)

C:\Program Files\HP Web JetAdmin4.0\doc\ devices\nec_super_script_4600.glf

C:\Program Files\HP Web JetAdmin4.0\doc\ devices\Icons\Nss4600i.gif

C:\Program Files\HP Web JetAdmin4.0\doc\ devices\Images\Nss4600.gif

C:\Program Files\HP Web JetAdmin4.0\doc\ devices\nec_super_script_4600\CoverOpen.gif

C:\Program Files\HP Web JetAdmin4.0\doc\ devices\nec_super_script_4600\NoPaper.gif

E:\WebJetAD\ nec_super_script_4600\CoverOpen.gif

E:\WebJetAD\ nec_super_script_4600\NoPaper.gif

E:\WebJetAD\ nec_super_script_4600\NoToner.gif

E:\WebJetAD\ nec_super_script_4600\Offline.gif

E:\WebJetAD\ nec_super_script_4600\PaperJam.gif

C:\Program Files\HP Web JetAdmin4.0\doc\ devices\nec_super_script_4600\NoToner.gif

C:\Program Files\HP Web JetAdmin4.0\doc\ devices\nec_super_script_4600\Offline.gif

C:\Program Files\HP Web JetAdmin4.0\doc\ devices\nec_super_script_4600\PaperJam.gif

Resetting Web JetAdmin Discovery

1. Launch Web JetAdmin 4.0.

4. This displays the Discovery Mechanisms page. Scroll down to the Clear Database section and click on the Clear! button.

2. In the W eb JetAdmin main page, click on Web JetAdmin Settings.

3. Click on Modify Discovery Settings on the right side under HP Web JetAdmin Global Settings.

5. The Success page appears. At the top of the frame, click the Discovery Settings button to re-enter the Discovery Mechanisms page.

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6. Scroll down to the Start New Discovery section and click on the Start! button.Check to see if the Discovery is still in progress by clicking on the Discovery Settings button.

7. If it is done, click on the Find Device button, then click on Search Now.

8. When the list of discovered printers is displayed, select your printer based on its Network/MAC Address from the Network Settings page.

9. You will then see the printer’s properties and status.

WEB JETADMIN

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APPENDIX C

SAFETY INFORMATION

This chapter provides safety information and product speciﬁcations for SuperScript color laser printers. As you operate your printer, please be aware of the following safety considerations.

It takes two people to lift this printer and keep it level!

Ozone Emission

The corona assemblies found in laser printers and photocopiers generate ozone gas (O3) as a by-product of the electrophotographic process. Ozone is only generated while the printer is printing (while the coronas are energized).

UL Standards for Ozone

The only existing standard for ozone emissions has been established by Underwriters Laboratory (UL). All SuperScript family printers meet this standard when shipped from the factory to our customers.

Employer Responsibilities

Because ozone can be an irritant, various regulatory agencies have established limits to the amount of ozone to which employees may be exposed. The employer is responsible for providing a safe work environment that meets the agencies’ standards.

Recommendations for Minimizing Ozone Exposure

Almost all ozone concerns arise from abnormal site or operating conditions. The following conditions may generate an ozone complaint:

• Installation of multiple laser printers in a conﬁned area

• Extremely low relative humidity

• Poor room ventilation

• The exhaust port of the printer is directed towards the face of personnel

• The existing ozone ﬁlter is in poor condition

• Long, continuous printing combined with any of the above

Inspect your work environment for the operating conditions listed above if you believe ozone emissions are a problem in your area. Some people may be ultra-sensitive to ozone odor. If these situations are encountered, it is advisable to position the printer away from the sensitive user.

Laser Safety

This printer is certiﬁed as a Class 1 laser product under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Radiation Performance Standard according to the Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act of 1968. This means that the printer does not produce hazardous laser radiation.

Since radiation emitted inside the printer is completely conﬁned within protective housings and external covers, the laser beam cannot escape from the machine during any phase of user operation.

CDRH Regulations

The Center of Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration implemented regulations for laser products on August 2, 1976. These regulations apply to laser products manufactured after August 1, 1976. Compliance is mandatory for products marketed in the United States. The printer’s rear panel indicates compliance with the CDRH regulations and must be attached to laser products marketed in the United States.

Caution! Use of controls, adjustments, or

performance of procedures other than those speciﬁed in this user’s guide may result in hazardous radiation exposure.

FCC Statement

(For United States Use Only)

Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement.

WARNING! Changes or modiﬁcations to this unit not

expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

note: This equipment has been tested and found to

comply with the limits for a Class B pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.

However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures.

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

• Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from the one to which the receiver is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio or TV technician for help.

Use a shielded and properly grounded I/O cable to ensure compliance of this unit to the speciﬁed limits of the rules.

If your printer is a model already equiped with a network card, such as the NEC SuperScript 4600N or if you have installed the optional Network Interface Card (NIC), the printer meets the requirements of FCC Class A when connected to an Ethernet cable.

digital device,

(For Canadian Use Only)

This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus as set out in the radio interference regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications.

Le présent appareil numerique n’émet pas de bruits radioélectriques dépassant les limites applicables aux appareils numériques de Classe B présentes dans le règlement sur le brouillage radioélectrique édicaté par le Ministère des Communications du Canada.

Declaration of Conformity

This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

1. This device may not cause harmful interference.

2. This device must accept any interference received,

including interference that may cause undesired operation.

U.S. Responsible Party: NEC Technologies, Inc. Address:

Telephone Number: 630-467-5000

Type of product: Laser Printer Equipment Classiﬁcation: Class A Peripheral Model: SuperScript 4200N, 4400N, 4600N

We hereby declare that the equipment speciﬁed above conforms to the technical standards as speciﬁed in the FCC rules.

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INDEX

Acrobat Reader Apple Printer Utility 9, 35 AppleTalk 19, 36 AppleTalk printer name 9 ARP 15

BOOTPL32

CDRH regulations controller board 6 cookies 50

defaults

restoring

DHCP 16, 19 driverless printing 39

emulations

configuring

Ethernet 1 Excel 46 expansion slot 6

factory defaults

restoring

FCC 66

hardware connections help button 50 home page 39

10, 17

Internet Internet Explorer 46, 50 IP address 16, 17, 40

obtaining 11

IPX protocol 3

LAN laser safety 65 lifting the printer 65

Macintosh driver

installing uninstalling 36

MacOS 33, 59

hardware LaserWriter 8 33

peer-to-peer 36 software requirements 33

MAP

installing

Microsoft Internet

Explorer

Microsoft Office 97 46 Microsoft printer sharing 4

NEC PrintAgent NetWare 19, 58

attaching printer 27

NetWare 3.x 32

assign print queue 32 configure printer

2–4

requirements

driver

39, 51

define print queue 32 define print server 32 define printer 32 print queue

information

print server

configuration

print server

information

printer configuration 32 queues serviced by

printer

NetWare 4.x

attaching printer configure printer 31 printer driver 31

NetWare 5.x

attaching printer configure printer 31 printer driver 31

NetWare Administrator

Select Object

NetWare administrator 27

create printer 27 new object 27 print queue 28 print server 27

network address 9 network administration

resetting the NIC

network administration

page

Network Interface Upgrade

17, 58

setup NetWare 31

Kit 5

network printing

problems

network settings page 8, 9, 20,

57–59

57, 58

network setup 1 network topologies 2 networking protocols 12 NIC

connection installing 5–8 resetting 10 status lights 10

NIC status lights

normal operations

operator panel

IP address

ozone safety 65

password PCONSOLE 32 PDF 46, 55 peer-to-peer 21, 24

IPX 21 Macintosh 36 removing software 24

peer-to-peer topology 2 plug ins 55 PowerPoint 46 PPD 53

configuring for Mac 34

print job history 49 PrintAgent 43

cookies 50 installing 40

uninstalling 45 PrintAgent core software 51 printer server topology 3 printer sharing 4 printer status 20 printer’s home page 39 printing

driverless

peer-to-peer 21

shared 25 protocol address 9 protocol functions 19 Pull Printing 39, 46

canceling a job 50

secondary file server 54

sending a job 47

Server installation 51

server system

recommendation

server system

requirements

Pull Printing page 46 Pull Printing server 46, 51, 56

redipS redipS icon 50 Remote Printing 39, 40

safety secondary file server 54 server status 49

printer status 42

server URLs 55 shared printing 25 status monitor 48 status page 9 status window

PrintAgent

SuperScript PPD 33

TCP/IP protocol technical support 57

unit status 18 UNIX 2, 37 URL 17, 39

Web browser Web JetAdmin 61

copy files 61 locate files 61

settings 62 Web page 46 Windows 95/98 1 Windows for Workgroups 2 Windows NT 4.0 2

3, 14

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NEC 703-A0368-001 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual