Tektronix Phasershare Printer User Manual

P H A S E R S H A R E

Manual

N E T W O R K I N G

www.tek.com/Color_Printers/

PhaserShare

Networking Manual

V3 April 1999 071-0180-01

Tektronix, Inc. Unpublished rights reserved under the copyright laws of the United States. Contents of this publication may not be reproduced in any form without permission of Tektronix, Inc.

Tektronix

, 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.

Adobe

Apple

and PostScript

, AppleTalk

are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain jurisdictions.

, LocalTalk

, EtherTalk

, TokenTalk

, and Macintosh

are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.

SGI™ is a trademark of Silicon Graphics, Inc.

SPARC

is a registered trademark of SPARC International, Incorporated. SPARCstation™ is a trademark of SPARC International,

Inc., licensed exclusively to Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Tektronix Phaser 840, Phaser 740, Phaser 780, and Phaser 360 printers are certiﬁed as NetWare print server devices, on both 3.12 and 4.1 NetWare systems. NetWare NDS is certiﬁed on 4.1

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

NetWare systems.

Novell® and NetWare® are registered trademarks of Novell, Inc.

is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open

UNIX Company, Ltd.

Times™, Helvetica™ and Palatino™ are trademarks of Linotype-Hell AG and/or its subsidiaries.

Other marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of the companies with which they are associated.

PANTONE

Colors generated by Phaser Color Printers are four- and/or three-color process simulations and

may not match PANTONE-identiﬁed solid color standards. Use current PANTONE Color Reference Manuals

for accurate colors.

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.

Pantone, Inc.’s check-standard trademark for color reproduction and color reproduction materials.

1 Network Printing with Tektronix Color Printers

Key components for networking Tektronix color printers 1 Network installation overview 6 The printer’s Configuration Page 6 How to tell which protocols are enabled 8 The printer’s networking software 8 Support for DOS systems 10 Tektronix PhaserPrint for UNIX software 10

2 PhaserShare Series B Network Interfaces

PhaserShare Series B Ethernet interface 11 PhaserShare Series B Token Ring card 14 PhaserShare Series B LocalTalk card 22

3 EtherTalk, LocalTalk, and TokenTalk Configuration

Before you begin 25 Configuration overview 25 Finding the printer’s name in the Chooser 26 Changing the printer’s name (optional) 27 Changing the printer’s EtherTalk/TokenTalk zone (optional) 29 Troubleshooting 30

4 Novell NetWare Configuration

The printer’s NetWare interface 31 Before beginning the configuration procedure 32 Configuration software for NetWare 33 NetWare configuration for Windows environments 33 Troubleshooting Windows configurations 36 Setting IPX frame types from the front panel 40

5 PhaserShare Administrator Software for NetWare Networks

Introduction to the PhaserShare Administrator 43 NetWare configuration with the PhaserShare Administrator 44 Installation 44 Using the PhaserShare Administrator 46 PhaserShare Administrator on-line help 50

6 TCP/IP Configuration Overview

Before you begin 52 Extracting files from unix.tar 52 Printing the Configuration Page 52 TCP/IP configuration overview 53

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7 TCP/IP Printer Configuration (All Platforms)

Setting the printer’s IP addressing parameters 55 General information on setting IP parameters (front panel) 57 Setting IP parameters: Phaser 840 printer front panel 57 Setting IP parameters: Phaser 740 printer front panel 58 Setting IP parameters: Phaser 780 printer front panel 60 Setting IP parameters: Phaser 360 printer front panel 63 Setting IP parameters: RARP or BOOTP 65 Setting IP parameters: DHCP 66 Supported BOOTP/DHCP fields 68 Enabling and disabling RARP and BOOTP/DHCP (front panel) 69 Setting IP parameters: PhaserLink Printer Management Software 73 Controlling host access 76 Receiving printer status 79

8 TCP/IP Host Configuration (UNIX)

Configuring a host 83 Troubleshooting 94

9 TCP/IP Configuration (OS/2 Warp/LAN Server)

Setting the printer’s IP addressing parameters 95 Creating an LPR queue in OS/2 Warp Connect (direct LPR connection to the printer) 96 OS/2 client-to-server setup 97 Warp Server 4.0/Warp Connect 98

10 Windows NT

Setting the printer’s IP address 99 Adding the Windows NT 4.0 driver on a Windows NT 4.0 server or workstation 99 Adding the Windows NT 4.0 driver on a

Windows NT 3.51 server 104 Adding a Windows NT 3.x driver 109 Windows NT network communication 112 Windows NT network troubleshooting 113

11 Windows 95 and Windows 98: PhaserPort Software

TCP/IP configuration for the PC 117 Setting the printer’s IP address 117 PhaserPort software installation 118 Adding a port for a new printer 119 Adding a port to an existing printer 119 Changing a port’s IP address 120

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12 PhaserLink Printer Management Software

System requirements 121 Multiple language support 121 Accessing printer information from a browser 122 Printer information pages 122 Printer status display 124 PhaserLink Printer Management Software help files 125 Setting printer parameters: PhaserLink Printer Management Software pages 126 Information Forwarding 126

13 Printer Management

Job accounting 127 PhaserLink PDF Direct Printing 128 Phaser 840 Intelligent Ready 129 PhaserLink Status Notification (Email Notification) 130 Usage Profile reports (Phaser 840, 740 and 780 printers only) 131 Printing Usage Profile reports from the front panel 132 Printing verbose Usage Profile reports from the front panel 133 Printing Usage Profile reports from PhaserLink Printer Management Software 134 Sending Usage Profile reports via email from the front panel 134 Sending Usage Profile reports via email: PhaserLink Printer Management Software 136 Controlling Usage Profile email reporting 137 Email to Tektronix 138 Reading Usage Profile reports 139 Report fields 140 Logs 145

14 Getting Help

If you need help from Tektronix 153 Using the automated fax systems 155 Receiving email update notices 156

15 Disabling Protocols

Disabling protocols: front panel 158 If the front panel is locked 165 Disabling protocols: PhaserShare Administrator 166 Disabling protocols: PhaserLink Printer Management Software 166

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16 Resetting the Printer

Resetting the printer: PhaserLink Printer Management Software 167 Resetting your printer using the Apple Printer Utility 168

17 FTP Interface

Index

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Chapter

Network Printing with Tektronix Color Printers

This manual provides information for system administrators and others who need to install Tektronix Phaser 840, Phaser 740, Phaser 780, and Phaser 360 printers equipped with PhaserShare Series B network interfaces.

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Before using this manual, unpack and set up your printer. Install the appropriate drivers on any PC and Macintosh computers on your network. Instructions for unpacking, set-up, and installation are contained in your printer’s user documentation.

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After your printer is set up, use this manual in conjunction with your printer’s PhaserShare Administrator or PhaserLink Printer Management Software to conﬁgure the printer on the network.

This manual covers the following hardware and software versions:

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PhaserShare Series B interfaces

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PhaserShare Administrator version 3.9

Key components for networking Tektronix color printers

The following items are key components for networking your Tektronix printer:

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PhaserShare Series B network interface. This brings ease-of-use, superb

shareability and broad compatibility to Tektronix Phaser color printers. For more information, see “PhaserShare Series B network interface” on page 2.

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PhaserShare Administrator software. PhaserShare Administrator

software makes it easy to install, conﬁgure, and manage Phaser printers on a NetWare network. For more information, see Chapter 5, “PhaserShare Administrator Software for NetWare Networks”.

PhaserLink Printer Management Software. PhaserLink Printer

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Management Software is internal printer software that provides printer status and supports printer management through a World Wide Web browser. For more information, see Chapter 12, “PhaserLink Printer Management Software”.

PhaserPrint for UNIX software. PhaserPrint for UNIX software provides a

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driver with push-button control of printer features and fast raster ﬁle printing capability from UNIX workstations. For more information, see “Tektronix PhaserPrint for UNIX software” on page 10.

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PhaserShare Series B network interface

The Phaser 840, 740, 780, and 360 printers support the PhaserShare Series B network interface. These printers are equipped with a built-in PhaserShare Series B network interface with a 10BaseT Ethernet connector. This printer can be equipped with these optional PhaserShare Series B network cards:

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PhaserShare Series B Fast Ethernet card. This card is equipped with a

combined 10BaseT and 100BaseTx connector and a 10Base2 (BNC) connector. The combined 10BaseT/100BaseTx connector can be connected to either a 10BaseT or 100BaseTx network, and it will automatically adjust to the correct data rate using a process called auto-negotiation . If no connection is made to the 10BaseT/100BaseTx connector, the card is prepared to communicate using the 10Base2 connector.

PhaserShare Series B Token Ring card. This card is equipped with STP

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(Shielded Twisted Pair) and UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair) connectors. Only one connector at a time can be used.

PhaserShare cards

PhaserShare Series B LocalTalk card (AppleTalk).

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PhaserShare network cards can be purchased initially with the printer as options or added later as upgrade kits. A printer can have only one card at a time installed. When a PhaserShare Series B Fast Ethernet or Token Ring card is installed, the standard 10BaseT connector on the printer’s rear panel is disabled. The card and the printer’s standard parallel port can be simultaneously active. All network protocols can be simultaneously active.

PhaserShare cards work with the following printers: Phaser 380, 350, 340, 560, 550, 540, and 600. PhaserShare cards enable you to use your printer with Ethernet, Token Ring, LocalTalk, or serial connections. PhaserShare cards can be purchased initially with the printer as options or added later as upgrade kits.

A printer can have only one PhaserShare card installed at a time. When a PhaserShare card is installed, all ports on the card and the printer’s standard parallel port can be simultaneously active. Also, all network protocols can be simultaneously active.

For information on networking printers with PhaserShare cards, refer to the

PhaserShare Networking System Administrator Manual , part number 070-9789-00.

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Recognizing PhaserShare Series B interfaces and earlier PhaserShare cards

On your network, you may have some Tektronix printers equipped with PhaserShare Series B interfaces and other Tektronix printers equipped with earlier PhaserShare cards. Printers equipped with earlier PhaserShare cards are supported differently in printer management software such as the PhaserShare Administrator and PhaserLink Printer Management Software. There are several ways to determine if the printer is equipped with a PhaserShare Series B interface or an earlier PhaserShare card:

Printer model. PhaserShare Series B cards work with Phaser 840, 740, 780,

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and 360 printers. PhaserShare cards work with the following printers: Phaser 380, 350, 340, 560, 550, 540, and 600.

Card rear panel. The cards are labeled on the rear panel.

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The printer’s Conﬁguration Page. For Series B interfaces, Series B

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appears following the Network Information area on the printer’s Conﬁguration Page. If an earlier PhaserShare card is installed, the printer’s Conﬁguration Page reports the type of card installed in the PhaserShare ﬁeld.

The printer’s Startup Page. For Series B interfaces, Series B appears in the

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Ethernet , Token Ring , or LocalTalk ﬁelds on the printer’s Startup Page. If

a PhaserShare card is installed, the printer’s Startup Page reports the available connections in the Ports ﬁeld.

PhaserLink Printer Management Software. If the Adobe PostScript ﬁeld

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reads Adobe PostScript Level 3 Version , the interface is Series B. If the ﬁeld reads Adobe PostScript Level 2 Version , the printer supports PhaserShare network cards (not Series B). The Adobe PostScript ﬁeld is on the View Printer Information page or on the View and Conﬁgure General

Settings page, depending on the printer type. Links to these pages can be

accessed by clicking the Conﬁguration link. For more information on PhaserLink Printer Management Software, see Chapter 12, “PhaserLink Printer Management Software”.

PhaserShare Administrator. In the PhaserShare Administrator, Series B

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interfaces are identiﬁed in the Ethernet or Token Ring tabs, where Series B is displayed in the Interface Information area. For more information on the PhaserShare Administrator, see Chapter 5, “PhaserShare Administrator Software for NetWare Networks”.

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Environments supported

Tektronix Phaser printers are compatible with mixed PC, Macintosh, and UNIX environments. The printer automatically switches between the printer’s ports and network protocols to service all computers on the network.

Phaser printers are compatible with nearly all PC client/server environments. The printer’s Ethernet and Token Ring network interfaces are compatible with the following:

NetWare servers via the IPX (Internet Packet Exchange) protocol

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Windows NT servers over TCP/IP or EtherTalk protocols

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LANServer 4.0 servers via TCP/IP

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UNIX workstation via TCP/IP

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Macintosh computers via AppleTalk (LocalTalk, EtherTalk and TokenTalk).

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Windows 98

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Windows 95

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Supported PC platforms

Any PC in the server environments listed in the previous topic, “Environments supported,” can print over the network to a Phaser printer, including the following:

Windows 98

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Windows 95

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Windows 3.1

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Windows NT

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Windows for Workgroups

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OS/2 Warp

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■ DOS

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Phaser printers are compatible with Banyan Vines and Microsoft LAN Manager servers; however, third-party interfaces are required. Contact Tektronix Technical Support for more information (see Chapter 14, “Getting Help”).

Workstations

UNIX

Macintosh

Windows 95

(peer - to - peer)

Clients

Windows 95 Windows 3.1 Windows NT Windows for Workgroups OS/2 Warp DOS

Server

Novell NetWare (IPX)

Windows NT (EtherTalk

or TCP/IP)

LAN Server 4.0 (TCIP/IP)

UNIX (TCP/IP)

Phaser Color Printer

With PhaserShare Ethernet or Token Ring interface

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Network installation overview

Step 1 Unpack and set up

the printer.

Step 2 Install the network

card in the printer.

Step 3 Network

conﬁguration.

This step must be done before attempting to conﬁgure the printer on a network. Printer setup includes installing ink or toner, loading paper tra ys , and turning on the printer. See your printer’s user documentation for information about printer setup.

This step is necessary if the printer is to be equipped with an optional network card. It is not necessary when using the printer’s built-in Ethernet connector. This step is done at the factory when a network card is purchased initially with your printer.

When a network card is purchased later as an upgrade kit, follow the installation instructions included with the card.

Information on physically connecting the printer to networks is provided in this manual:

For Ethernet, see “PhaserShare Series B Ethernet interface” on page 11. For Token Ring, see “PhaserShare Series B Token Ring card” on page 14. For LocalTalk, see “PhaserShare Series B LocalTalk card” on page 22. For LocalTalk, EtherTalk, or TokenTalk, see Chapter 3, “EtherTalk, LocalTalk,

and T ok enTalk Conﬁguration”.

For NetWare, see Chapter 4, “Novell NetWare Conﬁguration”. For TCP/IP, see:

Chapter 6, “TCP/IP Conﬁguration Overview”. Chapter 7, “TCP/IP Printer Conﬁguration (All Platforms)”. Chapter 8, “TCP/IP Host Conﬁguration (UNIX)”. Chapter 9, “TCP/IP Conﬁguration (OS/2 Warp/LAN Server)” Chapter 11, “Windows 95 and Windows 98: PhaserPort Software”.

For Windows NT, see Chapter 10, “Windows NT”.

The printer’s Conﬁguration Page

Your printer can generate a Conﬁguration Page that lists the following information:

■ General printer information, including TekColor settings

■ Communication and network parameters for all ports

■ SCSI disk settings (if the printer has a SCSI port)

The information supplied on the Conﬁguration Page is helpful when you are installing and conﬁguring the printer on a network. There are two ways to print the Conﬁguration Page:

■ Use the printer’s front panel. You can easily print the Conﬁguration Page

from the printer’s front panel. Use this method if your printer is not yet conﬁgured on the network. Refer to:

■ “Printing a Conﬁguration Page: Phaser 840 front panel” on page 7.

■ “Printing a Conﬁguration Page: Phaser 740 and 360 front panels” on

page 7.

■ “Printing a Conﬁguration Page: Phaser 780 front panel” on page 7.

■ Use PhaserLink Printer Management Software. With a TCP/IP

connection and a World Wide Web browser, you can use PhaserLink Printer Management Software; see “Printing a Conﬁguration Page: PhaserLink Printer Management Software” on page 7.

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Printing a Conﬁguration Page: Phaser 840 front panel

When the front panel displays READY TO PRINT, press the down-arrow button until Menu is highlighted. Press Select.

Press the down-arrow button until Printer Configuration is highlighted. Press Select.

Press the down-arrow button until Print Configuration Page is highlighted. Press Select.

Printing a Conﬁguration Page: Phaser 740 and 360 front panels

While Ready is displayed, press Menu; the printer displays the ﬁrst item in the menu:

Help Pages <---- ----> Menu

Press Menu to access the Help Pages; the following message appears:

Menu Map <---- ----> Print

Press <---- or ----> until the following message appears:

Configuration Page <---- ----> Print

Press Print.

Printing a Conﬁguration Page: Phaser 780 front panel

While Ready is displayed, press Select; the Printer menu is displayed:

Printer Menu Help Pages Menu

Press Menu; the Help Pages menu is displayed:

Help Pages Configuration Page Print

Press Print.

Printing a Conﬁguration Page: PhaserLink Printer Management Software

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

On the View and Conﬁgure Settings page, select Conﬁguration Page from the pull-down list. Click Print.

For more information on PhaserLink Printer Management Software, see Chapter 12, “PhaserLink Printer Management Software”.

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How to tell which protocols are enabled

All protocols can be enabled and disabled. The Conﬁguration Page reports which protocols are enabled. If a protocol is enabled, the field for that protocol lists the current parameters. If the protocol is disabled, the field for that protocol contains an entry reading Disabled.

The printer’s networking software

The printer is shipped with a software CD-ROM, which contains software that you may need to install your printer on a network. The CD-ROM also contains on-line documentation, printer drivers, and other printer software. A single integrated installer is used to install printer drivers and other software.

Obtaining networking software for Phaser 840, 740, and 780 printers

You obtain the networking software from the CD-ROM by running the installer:

Insert the printer’s software CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.

■ If the Windows autorun feature is enabled, the CD-ROM launches

automatically.

■ If the Windows autorun feature is disabled, double-click My

Computer, then double click the CD icon to launch the CD-ROM.

View the brief introductory information, then click Install Drivers to launch the installer.

When you are prompted to select Easy Install or Custom Install, select Custom Install.

In the Custom Install dialog box, check the box for Network Utilities.

If you are running the installer on a computer that has NetWare software installed, you can also check the boxes to install the PhaserShare Administrator software. For more information on the PhaserShare Administrator software, see Chapter 5, “PhaserShare Administrator Software for NetWare Networks”.

To complete the installation, follow the on-screen prompts.

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Obtaining networking software for Phaser 360 printers

You obtain the networking software from the CD-ROM by running the installer:

Locate and run the installer on the printer’s CD-ROM. On a PC, the ﬁle is SETUP.EXE; on a Macintosh, it is Phaser 360 Installer.

When you are prompted to select Easy Install or Custom Install, select Custom Install.

In the Custom Install dialog box, check the box for Network Utilities.

To complete the installation, follow the on-screen prompts.

Network administration software

The following table lists the network administration software according to environment (network protocol, platform, and printer).

Network administration software

Environment Software

NetWare; Windows 95, Windows NT, and Windows 3.1

TCP/IP; Windows 95 and Windows 3.1

TCP/IP; Windows NT Printer conﬁguration: PhaserLink Printer Management Software (PhaserLink

AppleTalk; Macintosh 7.x and 8.x

TCP/IP; UNIX Printer conﬁguration: PhaserLink Printer Management Software (If using

Network queue conﬁguration: PhaserShare Administrator (Novell PCONSOLE and NWAdmin can also be used.)

Printer conﬁguration: PhaserShare Administrator (Over TCP/IP, PhaserLink Printer Management Software can also be used; Novell’s PCONSOLE and NWAdmin cannot conﬁgure the PhaserShare network interface.)

Printer status monitoring: Windows Print Monitor (over TCP/IP, PhaserLink Printer Management Software can also be used; PhaserLink Printer Management Software provides status on additional Tektronix printer features.)

Printer conﬁguration: PhaserLink Printer Management Software Printer status monitoring: PhaserLink Printer Management Software

Printer Management Software does not set up queues on the print server.)

Printer status monitoring: PhaserLink Printer Management Software Printer conﬁguration: PhaserLink Printer Management Software (MacTCP or

Open T r ansport required) Printer status monitoring: PhaserLink Printer Management Software (MacTCP

or Open Transport required)

PhaserPrint for UNIX for printing, use PhaserPrint to set up print queues.) Printer status monitoring: PhaserLink Printer Management Software

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Support for DOS systems

For information on installing Tektronix printers in DOS environments, see the printer’s CD-ROM. 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. PC users will ﬁnd the README ﬁle for the PostScript utility ﬁles in the UTILS directory; the README ﬁle for NWSET is in the NETWARE directory. (Macintosh users will ﬁnd the ReadMe ﬁle for the PostScript utility ﬁles in the Network Utilities folder).

Tektronix PhaserPrint for UNIX software

For UNIX environments, Tektronix offers PhaserPrint software. PhaserPrint for UNIX provides fast raster screen copy printing to Tektronix color printers. PhaserPrint for UNIX also provides a graphical user interface for push-button control of Tektronix printer features.

PhaserPrint for UNIX is available for these workstations:

■ Sun: SunOS 4.1.4, Solaris 2.3 and 2.4

■ SGI: IRIX 5.2, 5.3, 6.2, 6.3, and 6.4

■ HP 9000 700/800: HP-UX 9.0.5 and 10.2

■ IBM RS/6000: AIX 3.2 and 4.2

■ DECstation: ULTRIX 4.0 and 4.4

■ DEC Alpha AXP: OSF/1 3.0, 3.2, and Digital UNIX 4.0

PhaserPrint for UNIX works with the workstation’s native spooling system to print PostScript ﬁles and raster ﬁles in these formats: Sun Raster Format (SRF), xwd, SGI RGB, HP Starbase, TIFF, PBM, GIF, PCX, and BMP.

Your printer’s CD-ROM contains a demonstration copy of PhaserPrint for UNIX and an on-line instruction guide in the unix/unixdemo directory. You can also obtain a demonstration copy at this Tektronix site:

ftp.tek.com/cpid/UNIX/phaserprint2.1/demo

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PhaserShare Series B Network Interfaces

PhaserShare Series B network cards work with the Phaser 840, 740, 780, and 360 printers. Printers that work with PhaserShare Series B network cards have a built-in PhaserShare Series B Ethernet interface on the rear panel. Earlier printers (Phaser 380, 350, 340, 560, 550, 540, and 600) may be equipped with earlier PhaserShare network cards; these printers have no built-in network connections on the rear panel. If you are not sure which network interface your printer has, see “Recognizing PhaserShare Series B interfaces and earlier PhaserShare cards” on page 3.

This chapter provides information on connecting PhaserShare Series B interfaces to the network; for information on installing PhaserShare Series B network cards, see the instruction sheet that is shipped with each card.

PhaserShare Series B Ethernet interface

Ethernet is a communication standard that supports very high speed data transmission. Ethernet offers signiﬁcant speed improvement compared to serial, parallel, and LocalTalk connections. Speed improvement varies greatly depending on network trafﬁc, computer hardware, and other factors.

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 built-in Ethernet connector is disabled; use the connectors on the 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 instructions that are shipped with the card.

C A U T I O

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

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Ethernet connections and indicators

The printer’s built-in Ethernet connector

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

LINK indicator (Phaser 360 only); 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

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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.

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N O T

To fully comply with EMI 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, 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.

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C A U T I O

Do not use “silver satin” telephone e xtension cables f or 10BaseT networks, either as drop cords or as patch cables in the wiring closet. (Silver satin cables are ﬂat, usually silver or gray, 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.

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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

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.

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.

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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.

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

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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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Token Ring conﬁguration

You can set the Token Ring Frame Routing from the printer’s front panel. When you have the Frame Routing set, you may want to set other Token Ring parameters. See “How to conﬁgure Token Ring parameters:” on page 19. See the table “Token Ring parameters” on page 18 for a list of all settable Token Ring parameters.

Setting the Frame Routing from the Phaser 740 and 360 front panels

When the Token Ring card is installed in the printer, you can set the Frame Routing from the printer’s front panel. The choices are Transparent (no source routing) or Source Route (use source routing).

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If you are attempting to perform any front panel procedure and you don’t see the expected menu choices, the front panel may be locked. For information on how to unlock it, see “If the front panel is locked” on page 165.

Press Menu; the front panel displays Help Pages.

Press ----> or <---- until the front panel displays Network Settings.

Access the Frame Routing menu:

Press Menu until the front panel displays Token Ring.

Press Menu; the front panel displays the ﬁrst of two Frame Routing choices.

Select the desired Frame Routing: Transparent or Source Route:

Press ----> until the Frame Routing choice you want is displayed.

Press OK to enter your choice into the printer; the front panel brieﬂy displays Selected, then returns to the Token Ring display.

Return the printer to normal operation:

Press Exit until the front panel displays Network Settings.

Press Exit again.

■ If you have changed any parameters that require a printer reset to

take effect, you will be prompted to reset the printer. If you press Reset, the printer resets. If you press Resume, the front panel displays Network Settings. Press Exit; the printer returns to normal operation, but the changes you have made will not take effect until the next time the printer is reset.

■ If you have not changed any parameters that require a printer reset

to take effect, the front panel displays Ready.

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Setting Frame Routing from the Phaser 780 printer front panel

While Ready is displayed, press Select; the Printer menu is displayed:

Printer Menu Help Pages Menu

Press the left or right arrow buttons until the front panel displays Network Settings.

Printer Menu Network Settings Menu

Press Menu to enter the Network Settings menu; the front panel displays:

Network Settings Token Ring Menu

Press Menu again; the front panel displays the ﬁrst of two Frame Routing choices.

Select the desired Frame Routing: Transparent or Source Route:

Press the right arrow button until the Frame Routing choice you want is displayed.

Press Select to enter your choice into the printer; the front panel brieﬂy displays Selected, then displays the selected Frame Routing choice again.

Return the printer to normal operation:

Press Exit (the far right button) until the front panel displays:

Network Settings Token Ring Menu

Press Exit again.

■ If you have changed any parameters that require a printer reset to take

effect, you will be prompted to reset the printer. If you press Confirm, the printer resets. To return to normal operation without resetting the printer, press Exit (the far right button); Printer Menu appears on the top line of the display. Press Exit again; the printer returns to normal operation, but the changes you have made will not take effect until the next time the printer is reset.

■ If you have not changed any parameters that require a printer reset,

press Exit again; the front panel displays Ready.

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Token Ring parameters

Parameter Description Choices

Network Address Token Ring Address (by default, this is a

Speed This read-only parameter reports the ring speed

Early Token Release

Adapter Status This read-only parameter reports the Token Ring

bit-swapped version of the printer’s Printer ID, and it is a unique address on the network). You can supply a Locally Administered Address.

set by the jumper on the card. The printer releases the token at the end of the

last byte transmitted (not applicable at 4 Mbps).

card status. The report is in two parts, separated by a

comma:

Adapter status, Details Adapter status

Ring card.

Route Cache Size

Route Cache Timeout

Broadcast For broadcasting to all network nodes.

Unknown Route Used when the printer is searching for a route to

The number of entries in the source route table. 10 to 300.

The 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.

NOTE: Some protocols (for example, IP and ARP) always use all routes, so they are not affected by this parameter.

a speciﬁc network node. Changes the default frame type for source route broadcasts. Unknown Route is ignored if Frame Routing is set to Transparent.

NOTE: Some protocols (for example, IP and ARP) always use all routes, so they are not affected by this parameter.

reports the condition of the Token

Details

reports additional information.

Any valid Token Ring address between

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4 Mbps or 16 Mbps.

Enabled (default) or Disabled

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.

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.

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

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

and 7F.

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How to conﬁgure 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 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 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 20.

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

PhaserLink Printer Management Software. See “Using PhaserLink Printer Management Software to conﬁgure Token Ring” on page 21.

Whichever method you use, you must reset the printer to make the changes take effect. For more information, see Chapter 16, “Resetting the Printer”.

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, you must install the script on your host computer. If you have not already installed the ﬁle, see “Extracting ﬁles from unix.tar” on page 52. Your host spooling system must also be conﬁgured; see Chapter 8, “TCP/IP Host 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.

Run the script conﬁg-TokenRing:

Change (cd) to the bin subdirectory in the directory where you placed your printer’s network utilities.

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

conﬁg-TokenRing > ﬁlename

script

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

When the script is ﬁnished, log in as root.

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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.

Turn on the printer.

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

You must reset the printer before the changes take effect. For more information, see Chapter 16, “Resetting the Printer”.

Using the PhaserShare Administrator to conﬁgure Token Ring

arp -s printer-name Token-Ring-address (for BSD systems)

arp -s ether printer-nam e Token-Ring-address (for System V)

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. You must reset the printer before the changes take effect. For more information, see Chapter 16, “Resetting the Printer”.

For more information on the PhaserShare Administrator, see Chapter 5, “PhaserShare Administrator Software for NetWare Networks”.

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Using PhaserLink Printer Management Software to conﬁgure Token Ring

For information on connecting to your printer via PhaserLink Printer Management Software, see “Accessing printer information from a browser” on page 122. For general information on PhaserLink Printer Management Software, see Chapter 12, “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.

You must reset the printer before the changes take effect. For more information, see Chapter 16, “Resetting the Printer”.

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LocalTalk Card

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PhaserShare Series B LocalTalk card

With the PhaserShare Series B LocalTalk card, you can connect the printer to a LocalTalk network. Both the LocalTalk connection on the card and the Ethernet connector on the printer’s rear panel are simultaneously active.

LocalTalk connection

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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.

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

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

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

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

LocalTalk connector; 8-pin, circular DIN.

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

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