Tektronix 840 User Manual

P H A S E R® 8 4 0 COLOR PRINTER

PhaserShare® Networking Setup Guide

www.tek.com/Color_Printers/

Phaser

840 Color Printer

PhaserShare

Networking Setup Guide

V2 March 1999 063-3178-00

Tektronix, Inc.

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, Phaser

, PhaserShare

, the TekColor logo, ColorStix

, ColorCoat

, and Made For Each Other

are registered trademarks of Tektronix, Inc. Finepoint™, PhaserLink™, PhaserPrint™, the TekColor name, and PhaserSym™ are trademarks of Tektronix, Inc.

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, AppleTalk

, LocalTalk

, EtherTalk

, TokenTalk

, and Macintosh

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The Tektronix Phaser 840 Color Printer is certiﬁed as a NetWare print server device, on both 3.12 and

4.1 x NetWare systems. Bindery mode is also certiﬁed to comply on both 3.12 and 4.1 x NetWare systems. NetWare NDS is certiﬁed on 4.1 x NetWare systems.

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PANTONE Color simulations are only obtainable on these products when driven by qualiﬁed Pantone-licensed software packages. Contact Pantone, Inc. for a current list of qualiﬁed licensees.

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1 Introduction

Before you begin network configuration 2 Printing a Configuration Page 2 Printer management 3 If you need more information 4

2 Connecting Your Printer to a Network

PhaserShare Series B Ethernet interface 5 PhaserShare Series B Token Ring card 9 PhaserShare Series B LocalTalk card 16

3 EtherTalk, LocalTalk, and TokenTalk Configuration

Configuration overview 19 Finding the printer’s name in the Chooser 20

4 Novell NetWare Configuration

Installing the PhaserShare Administrator 21 Using the Quick Configuration Wizard 22 Setting IPX frame types from the front panel 24

5 TCP/IP Configuration (UNIX)

Adding the printer to the host table 25 Assigning a print queue to the printer 25 Example installation for a typical BSD UNIX system 27 Printer configuration 29 Extracting files from unix.tar 30

6 Windows 95 and Windows 98: PhaserPort Software

TCP/IP configuration for a PC 31 Setting the printer’s IP address 32 PhaserPort software installation 32 Adding a port for a new printer 34 Adding a port to an existing printer 35 Changing a port’s IP address 36

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7 Windows NT

Setting the printer’s IP address 37 Adding a Windows NT 4.0 driver on a Windows NT 4.0 server or workstation 37 Adding a Windows NT 4.0 driver on an NT 3.51 server 41 Adding a Windows NT 3.x driver 43

8 Setting the Printer’s IP Addressing Parameters

Setting IP parameters from the front panel 48 Setting IP parameters: RARP or BOOTP 49 Setting IP parameters: DHCP 51 Supported BOOTP/DHCP fields 53 Setting IP parameters: PostScript utility file (UNIX only) 54 Setting IP parameters: PhaserLink Printer Management Software 56 DNS 57

9 PhaserLink Printer Management Software

Accessing printer information from a browser 59 PhaserLink Printer Management software help files 60 Setting printer parameters: PhaserLink software pages 61 Information Forwarding 61

Index

PhaserShare Networking

Chapter

Introduction

This guide provides information to help you quickly install the Tektronix Phaser 840 color printer in the following environments:

■

EtherTalk, LocalTalk, and TokenTalk

■

Novell NetWare

■

UNIX

■

Windows 95 and Windows 98

■

Windows NT

For detailed networking information, including troubleshooting, see the online manual on your printer’s CD-ROM, or see the PhaserShare Networking Manual in PDF format on your printer’s CD-ROM.

For information on installing Tektronix printers in DOS environments, see the printer’s CD-ROM or network utilities diskettes. They contain PostScript utility ﬁles that can be sent to the printer for network conﬁguration in DOS environments. They also contain a DOS application, NWSET, for printer conﬁguration on NetWare networks.

For information on how to use the DOS conﬁguration ﬁles, see the README ﬁles on the printer’s CD-ROM and network utilities diskettes. PC users: the

README ﬁle for PostScript utility ﬁles is in the UTILS directory; the README

ﬁle for NWSET is in the NETWARE directory. (Macintosh users: the ReadMe ﬁle for PostScript utility ﬁles is in the Network Utilities folder).

For information on installing into OS/2 environments, see the online manual on your printer’s CD-ROM, or see the PhaserShare Networking Manual in PDF format on your printer’s CD-ROM.

Setup Guide

Introduction

Before you begin network conﬁguration

■

Set up your printer and connect it to the network. See your printer’s user documentation for information about setting up the printer. For information about connecting the printer to the network, see Chapter 2 of this manual, “Connecting Your Printer to a Network”.

■

Install the Tektronix driver for your printer on every Macintosh and PC that will send print jobs to the printer. For details on driver installation, see your printer’s user documentation.

■

For NetWare environments. To speed the setup process and avoid

conﬂicts, familiarize yourself with the components of your network. You should know which version(s) of NetWare are installed, which versions of client software are used, and the network topology (frame types, routers, hubs, and cabling).

Printing a Conﬁguration Page

Your printer’s Conﬁguration Page supplies useful information for installing and conﬁguring the printer on a network.

Printing a Conﬁguration Page

When the front panel displays down-arrow button until

Press the down-arrow button until highlighted. Press Select .

READY TO PRINT

is highlighted. Press Select .

Printer Configuration

Print Configuration Page

, press the

PhaserShare Networking

Printer management

After your printer is up and running on the network, you can take advantage of the following features that aid you in managing your printer over the network:

Job accounting. The printer stores a log ﬁle containing information

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about jobs printed. The ﬁle is a list of job accounting records. Each record contains ﬁelds such as user name, job name, pages printed, job times, and toner used. Job accounting is available through the PhaserShare Administrator and PhaserLink Printer Management software.

PhaserLink Status Notiﬁcation. PhaserLink Printer Management

■

Software provides PhaserLink Status Notiﬁcation, which allows the printer to automatically send email to the system administrator and others when the printer requires attention (for example, when printer errors, warnings, and alerts occur, or when service is required).

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Usage Proﬁle reports. The printer can generate reports detailing

printer usage. These Usage Proﬁle reports include information on many aspects of printer usage, including ink or toner used, number of pages printed, and media types used. You can print these reports from the front panel or PhaserLink Printer Management software, or you can obtain them automatically via email.

Introduction

■

PhaserLink PDF Direct Printing. This feature provides

drag-and-drop printing of PDF and PostScript ﬁles from your web browser in Windows 95 and Windows 98 environments. Just drag any hotlink for a PDF or PostScript ﬁle from the browser to the PhaserLink PDF Direct Printing icon on the desktop to print the ﬁle on your Tektronix printer. There is no need to access the URL or open the ﬁle.

■

Intelligent Ready. With Intelligent Ready, the printer can monitor

usage and automatically warm up when you are most likely to need it. You can turn Intelligent Ready on or off from the printer’s front panel. Using PhaserLink Printer Management Software, you can control when the printer automatically warms up.

For more information on these features, see the PhaserShare Networking Manual on the printer’s CD-ROM.

Setup Guide

Introduction

If you need more information

You may need more information about troubleshooting your network installation or using the printer. The following sources are available:

PhaserShare networking manual. Provides detailed networking information

for system administrators, including troubleshooting; available in PDF format on the printer’s CD-ROM. A printed copy of this manual can be ordered from Tektronix (part number 071-0180-01).

Online user manual . Provides complete information on using your printer,

including printer care, printer features, and networking; provided in HTML format on the printer’s CD-ROM. It is also available on the Tektronix web site.

PhaserShare Administrator online help. Provides detailed descriptions of all

program functions and dialog boxes.

PhaserLink Printer Management Software online help . HTML ﬁles supplied

on the printer’s CD-ROM. See “PhaserLink Printer Management software help ﬁles” on page 60.

Readme ﬁles . Provided on the printer’s CD-ROM and diskettes. They contain

information about PostScript utility ﬁles and DOS applications that can be used for conﬁguring and using your printer in DOS environments. Some utility ﬁles for Macintosh are also provided.

World Wide Web . User documentation and other printer information is

available from the Tektronix web site:

www.tek.com/Color_Printers/support/colcare.html

Technical support hotline. In the U. S. and Canada, call 1-800-835-6100,

Monday through Friday, 6:00 am to 5:00 pm PST. For international numbers, see the printer’s user guide or visit:

www.tek.com/Color_Printers/cgi-bin/CPIDlocProcessor

PhaserShare Networking

Chapter

Connecting Your Printer to a Network

PhaserShare Series B Ethernet interface

The PhaserShare Series B Ethernet interface conforms to the IEEE 802.3 and Ethernet II standards. With the printer’s built-in Ethernet interface, you can connect the printer directly to an Ethernet network using twisted pair (10BaseT) cables. With the PhaserShare Series B Ethernet card, you can connect the printer directly to an Ethernet network using twisted pair (10BaseT or 100BaseTx) or thin coax (10Base2) cables. Connecting the printer using thick coax (10Base5) requires an adapter; contact your dealer to obtain adapters, cables, and terminators.

When a PhaserShare Series B Ethernet card is installed, the printer’s built-in Ethernet connector is disabled; use the connectors on the card.

To avoid damaging the network interface, turn off the printer before making any Ethernet connections.

Setup Guide

Connecting Your Printer to a Network

Ethernet connections and indicators

Built-in Ethernet connector

The printer’s built-in Ethernet connector has the following connections and indicators:

LINK indicator; on indicates a working connection to a hub; off indicates no connection to a hub.

RCV indicator (green); blinks while the network interface is receiving.

XMT indicator (yellow); blinks while the network interface is transmitting.

Twisted pair (10BaseT) connector.

RCV XMT

LNK

Ethernet

0180-01

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PhaserShare Series B Ethernet card

The PhaserShare Series B Ethernet card has the following connections and indicators:

TX indicator (yellow); blinks while the network interface is transmitting.

RX Link indicator (green); blinks while the network interface is receiving.

Speed indicator (yellow); on indicates 100 Mbps; off indicates 10 Mbps.

Twisted pair connection indicator; on indicates a working connection to a hub; off indicates no connection to a hub. If the 10Base2 connector (6) is used, this indicator is off.

Twisted pair (10BaseT or 100BaseTx) connector.

Thin coax (10Base2) connector.

PhaserShare

Series B

Ethernet Card

13 5 6

100 Mbs

TP LINK

10/100Base-TX

10Base2

Setup Guide

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Connecting Your Printer to a Network

Ethernet cables and termination

N O T

To fully comply with EMI (electro-magnetic interference) speciﬁcations, the use of shielded or screened cables may be required. “Shielded” describes IBM-deﬁned cables used with the DB-9 connector. “Screened” describes cables that are electrically similar to Category 4 UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair), but with an added shield or screen.

10BaseT or 100BaseTx (Twisted Pair)

100BaseTx requires Category 5 (100-Ohm UTP) cabling.

The Ethernet standard does not allow a direct 10BaseT connection between a single computer and a single printer. Use 10Base2 (Thin Ethernet) to connect a single computer to a single printer.

C A U T I O

Do not use “silver satin” telephone extension cables for 10BaseT networks, either as drop cords or as patch cables in the wiring closet. (Silv er satin cab les are ﬂat, usually silver or gra y, with 28-gauge stranded or tinsel conductors.) Do not use shielded twisted pair cable intended for IBM Token Ring networks or voice-grade (level 1 or 2) unshielded twisted pair cable for wiring runs. These

cables do not meet the requirements for 10BaseT and will lead to unreliable operation.

10Base2 (Thin Ethernet)

Depending on the type of Ethernet cables you use and your network conﬁguration, you may need to use terminators at certain points in the installation. Refer to the manufacturer’s documentation for your Ethernet adapters and cables for details.

10Base5 (Thick Ethernet)

Connecting the printer using thick coax (10Base5) requires an adapter; contact your dealer to obtain adapters, cables, and terminators.

PhaserShare Networking

Connecting Your Printer to a Network

PhaserShare Series B Token Ring card

The PhaserShare Series B Token Ring port conforms to the IEEE 802.5 standard. With the PhaserShare Series B Token Ring card, you can connect the printer directly to a Token Ring network using shielded twisted pair (STP; IBM Type 1) or unshielded twisted pair (UTP; IBM Type 3) cables. Contact your dealer to obtain adapters and cables.

N O T

To fully comply with EMI speciﬁcations, the use of shielded or screened cables may be required. “Shielded” describes IBM-deﬁned cab les used with the DB-9 connector. “Screened” describes cables that are electrically similar to Category 4 UTP, but with an added shield or screen.

When a PhaserShare Series B Token Ring card is installed in the printer, the printer’s built-in Ethernet connector is disabled.

C A U T I O

To avoid damaging the network interface, turn off the printer before making any Token Ring connections.

Setup Guide

Connecting Your Printer to a Network

Token Ring connections and indicators

The PhaserShare Series B Token Ring card has the following connections and indicators on the rear panel:

Shielded Twisted Pair (STP; IBM Type 1) connector (DB-9).

N O T

The STP port on the PhaserShare Token Ring card supports cable lengths up to 150 meters (492 feet) from the interface to the MAU (Medium Access Unit), including lobe and patch cables.

Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP; IBM Type 3) connector (RJ-45).

Ring speed indicator (yellow); on indicates 16 Mbps, off indicates 4 Mbps.

TX indicator (yellow); blinks while the interface is transmitting.

Connection indicator (green); on indicates that the card is asserting its ring insertion control signal.

RX indicator (green); blinks while the interface is receiving.

1234

PhaserShare

Series B

Token Ring Card

STP

UTP

Mbs

INS

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Ring speed jumper

The Token Ring card is equipped with a single three-pin jumper to set the ring speed. There are two settings: 4 Mbps and 16 Mbps.

N O T

The following illustration shows a top view of the card and the location of the jumper.

Connecting Your Printer to a Network

If you received your printer with the Token Ring card already installed, you must turn off the printer and remove the card before you change the jumper setting.

Rear panel

Jumper

16 Mbps 4 Mbps

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Setup Guide

Connecting Your Printer to a Network

Token Ring conﬁguration

Token Ring parameters

Parameter Description Choices

Network Address Tok en Ring Address. You can supply a Locally

Speed Read-only parameter; reports the ring speed

Early T ok en Release

Route Cache Size

Route Cache Timeout

Broadcast For broadcasting to all network nodes.

Adapter Status Read-only parameter; reports the Token Ring

Unknown Route Printer is searching for a route to a speciﬁc

Administered Address.

set by the jumper on the card. Printer releases the token at the end of the last

byte transmitted (not applicable at 4 Mbps). Number of entries in the source route table. 10 to 300.

Time in seconds that an entry remains in the source route table before being updated.

Changes the default frame type for source route broadcasts. Broadcast is ignored if Frame Routing is set to Transparent. Some protocols (for example, IP and ARP) are not affected by this parameter.

card status. Report is in two parts, separated by a comma:

Adapter status, Details Adapter status

Token Ring card. information.

network node. Changes the def ault fr ame type for source route broadcasts. Unknown Route is ignored if Frame Routing is set to Transparent. Some protocols (f or e xample, IP and ARP) are not affected by this parameter.

reports the condition of the

Details

reports additional

Any valid Token Ring address between

40.

xx.xx.xx.xx.xx

4 Mbps or 16 Mbps.

Enabled (default) or Disabled.

5 to 65535.

Single Route. The printer uses single-route broadcasts for most source-route broadcasts.

All Routes. The printer uses all-routes broadcasts for all broadcasts.

Adapter status:

Adapter Initializing. Card is starting up. Adaptor Open. Card is connected to the

network. Adapter Closed. Card is not connected to the

network. Adapter Fault. Card is defective.

Details:

Ring OK. Ready for network communication. Fault. Internal error; the card is defective. Cable Disconnected. Cable is not connected

to the card. Ring Error. Network problem. Removed by network management. The

network administrator has disabled the connection.

Single Route. Printer uses single-route broadcasts for most source-route broadcasts.

All Routes. Printer uses all-routes broadcasts for all broadcasts.

and 7F.

xx.xx.xx.xx.xx

PhaserShare Networking

Connecting Your Printer to a Network

Conﬁguring Token Ring parameters

■ On UNIX systems, you can use the script conﬁg-TokenRing, provided

with the printer’s network utilities software. See the next topic, “Using the conﬁg-TokenRing script”.

■ On PCs, you can edit the PostScript utility ﬁle TOKNCFG.PS and send

it to the printer. See the README ﬁle in the UTILS directory on the printer’s network utilities diskettes or CD-ROM for details.

■ On a Macintosh, you can edit the PostScript utility ﬁle Conﬁgure Token

Ring and send it to the printer. See the ReadMe ﬁle in the Network Utilities folder on the printer’s network utilities diskettes or CD-ROM

for details.

■ Windows users on NetWare networks can use the PhaserShare

Administrator. See “Using the PhaserShare Administrator to conﬁgure Token Ring” on page 15.

■ With a TCP/IP connection and a World Wide Web browser, you can

use PhaserLink. “Using PhaserLink software to conﬁgure Token Ring” on page 15.

Whichever method you use, reset the printer to make the changes take effect.

Using the

The UNIX shell script conﬁg-TokenRing is provided with the printer’s network utilities software. The script creates a PostScript ﬁle containing the Token Ring parameters. Set the Token Ring parameters by sending the PostScript ﬁle to the printer.

Before performing this procedure, install the script on your host computer. If you have not already installed the ﬁle, see “Extracting ﬁles from unix.tar” on page 30. Your host spooling system must also be conﬁgured; see Chapter 5, “TCP/IP Conﬁguration (UNIX)”.

conﬁg-TokenRing

Connect the printer to the network. ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) requires that the printer be connected on the same physical network segment as the host. You will be using the arp command later in this procedure.

script

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Connecting Your Printer to a Network

Run the script conﬁg-TokenRing:

When prompted by the script, enter the Token Ring parameters.

When the script is ﬁnished, log in as root.

Make an entry into the host’s ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) table deﬁning the printer’s Printer Name/Token Ring address pair. In general, this requires a command corresponding to one of the following syntax examples:

See the documentation for your host system for speciﬁcs of this command.

In the directory where you placed your printer’s network utilities, change (cd) to the bin subdirectory.

Type the name of the script, redirecting the output to a ﬁle. Type:

conﬁg-TokenRing > ﬁlename

arp -s printer-name Token-Ring-address (for BSD systems) or arp -s ether printer-name Token-Ring-address (for System V)

Turn on the printer.

Use the host spooling system (for example, lpr or lp) to send to the printer the ﬁle you created in Step 3b; this stores the Token Ring information in the printer’s memory, where it is retained over a reset or power cycle.

Reset the printer to make the changes take effect.

PhaserShare Networking

Connecting Your Printer to a Network

Using the PhaserShare Administrator to conﬁgure Token Ring

In the PhaserShare Administrator Main window, select the desired printer from the Printer List.

Click Conﬁgure Printer; this displays the Conﬁgure Printer dialog box.

In the Conﬁgure Printer dialog box, click the Token Ring tab.

In the Token Ring tab, set the Token Ring parameters as desired.

Click OK.

You are prompted to reset the printer. Reset the printer to make the changes take effect.

For more information on the PhaserShare Administrator, see the PhaserShare Networking Manual on the printer’s CD-ROM.

Using PhaserLink software to conﬁgure Token Ring

For information on connecting to your printer via PhaserLink, see “Accessing printer information from a browser” on page 59. For general information on PhaserLink software, see Chapter 9, “PhaserLink Printer Management Software”.

From the printer’s home page, click Conﬁguration; this displays the View and Conﬁgure Settings page.

From the View and Conﬁgure Settings page, click View and Conﬁgure Interface Settings; this displays the View and Conﬁgure Interface Settings page.

From the View and Conﬁgure Interface Settings page, click View and Conﬁgure PhaserShare Settings (Token Ring card); this displays the View and Conﬁgure PhaserShare Settings page for Token Ring.

Enter your settings into the ﬁelds for Token Ring Address, Speed, and Bridging. If you make an error, click Restore Initial Form Values and

start again.

When you are ﬁnished entering the settings, enter the Validation Password and click Do/Apply. If you are not sure of the password,

contact your system administrator.

Reset the printer to make the changes take effect.

Setup Guide

Connecting Your Printer to a Network

PhaserShare Series B LocalTalk card

When a PhaserShare Series B card is purchased initially with the printer, it is installed at the factory. When a PhaserShare Series B card is purchased later as an upgrade kit, follow the installation instructions that are shipped with the card. Both the LocalTalk connection on the card and the Ethernet connector on the printer’s rear panel are simultaneously active.

LocalTalk connection

N O T

LocalTalk is sometimes referred to as AppleTalk. LocalTalk refers to the physical connection; AppleTalk is the protocol.

You can make LocalTalk connections between the printer and a single computer or a LocalTalk network. If your LocalTalk installation is complex, or if you need assistance, contact your network system administrator.

C A U T I O

Connect your printer to a LocalTalk network before you turn on the printer.

LocalTalk card connections and indicators

TX indicator (yellow); blinks while the interface is transmitting.

RX indicator (green); blinks while the interface is receiving.

LocalTalk connector; 8-pin, circular DIN.

N O T

Both indicators ﬂashing together indicates a fatal software error. Turn the printer off, then on again; if the problem persists, replace the card.

PhaserShare

Series B

LocalTalk Card

LocalTalk®

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