Xerox Fiery EXP8000/50 Configuration and Setup

Fiery® EXP8000/50 Color Server

Conﬁguration and Setup

45059238 09 February 2007

ONTENTS

CONTENTS

NTRODUCTION

Terminology and conventions

About this document

ONNECTING

Fiery EXP8000/50 on the network

Stages of installation on the network

THE

ETWORK

Summary of Fiery EXP8000/50 network installation 11

Network server setup requirements

Windows networks 12

AppleTalk networks 12

UNIX networks 12

REPARING

Levels of access and control

Additional security features

Connecting network cable to the Fiery EXP8000/50

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EXP8000/50 S

Users and Groups 14

Fiery EXP8000/50 print connections 16

WebTools 16

Controlling E-mail access to the Fiery EXP8000/50 17

Restricting IP addresses and ports 18

LDAP authentication 18

ETUP

Back view of the Fiery EXP8000/50 19

Ethernet connection 19

About Setup

CONTENTS

ETTING

ETUP

ONFIGURING

DMINISTERING

THE

REFERENCE

THE

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EXP8000/50

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EXP8000/50

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Accessing Conﬁgure from a network computer

Using Conﬁgure

OPTION

Setup options

Conﬁguring the Fiery EXP8000/50 and clients for WebTools

Administrator functions

FROM

NETWORK

COMPUTER

Setting passwords

Passwords from a network computer 28

Changing the Windows XP system password 28

Updating system software

Clearing the Fiery EXP8000/50

Restoring Fiery EXP8000/50 settings

Saving and restoring Fiery EXP8000/50 conﬁguration 31

USB printing

Managing e-mail address books

Printing the Conﬁguration page

Maintaining optimal Fiery EXP8000/50 performance

Shutting down, rebooting, and restarting the Fiery EXP8000/50

Shutting down the Fiery EXP8000/50 37

Rebooting or restarting the Fiery EXP8000/50 37

CONTENTS

ROUBLESHOOTING

Troubleshooting the Fiery EXP8000/50

Safe Print 39

Runtime error messages 39

Cannot connect to the Fiery EXP8000/50 with utilities 40

Cannot connect to the Fiery EXP8000/50 with Command WorkStation 41

NDEX

NTRODUCTION

Terminology and conventions

INTRODUCTION

This document describes how to set up network servers and user computers to use the Fiery EXP8000/50 Color Server so that users can print to it as a high-performance networked printer. For general information about using the digital press, your computer, your software, or your network, see the documentation that accompanies those products.

Setting up the network environment correctly requires the presence and active cooperation of the network administrator. Detailed instructions for conﬁguring networks is beyond the scope of this document. For information, see your network documentation.

For information about supported operating systems and system requirements, see Welcome .

This document uses the following terminology and conventions.

Term or convention Refers to

Aero Fiery EXP8000/50 (in illustrations and examples)

Digital press DocuColor 8000/7000/5000 digital press

Fiery EXP8000/50 Fiery EXP8000/50 Color Server

Mac OS Apple Mac OS X

Windows Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003

Titles in italics

About this document

This document covers the following topics:

•Network connectors on the Fiery EXP8000/50

•Information speciﬁc to the Fiery EXP8000/50 about setting up network servers

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For information about network servers, see your network documentation.

•System security through access levels and passwords

•Setup of the Fiery EXP8000/50 from a network computer

•Setup the Fiery EXP8000/50 to allow users to use WebTools

•Administration of the Fiery EXP8000/50

•Troubleshooting

Administrator functions described in other documentation are summarized on page 26.

ONNECTING

Fiery EXP8000/50 on the network

CONNECTING TO THE NETWORK

THE

This chapter summarizes the stages in setting up the Fiery EXP8000/50.

When the Fiery EXP8000/50 is connected to a network, it behaves as a networked printer. The Fiery EXP8000/50 supports the following network protocols (rules that enable computers on a network to communicate with each other):

•AppleTalk

•TCP/IP, which also includes the BOOTP, DHCP, FTP, HTTP, IMAP, IPP, IPv4, IPv6,

ETWORK

LDAP, LPD, NBT, POP3, Port 9100, SMB, SMTP, SNMP, SNTP, and SSL/TLS protocols

These protocols can run concurrently on the same cable. Computers that use other protocols can print through a server that uses one of the supported protocols. The Fiery EXP8000/50 is auto-sensing, and handles all connections simultaneously.

CONNECTING TO THE NETWORK

Stages of installation on the network

Installation can be performed by a network or printing administrator. The stages of a successful installation are:

1 Conﬁguring the network environment

Conﬁgure network servers to provide users with access to the Fiery EXP8000/50 as a networked printer. For information about conﬁguring network servers in Windows and UNIX network environments as they relate speciﬁcally to the Fiery EXP8000/50, see page 12. For information about using your network, see your network documentation.

2Physically connecting the Fiery EXP8000/50 to a functioning network

Prepare a network node for the Fiery EXP8000/50. Obtain cable, route it to the location where the Fiery EXP8000/50 is to be installed (near the digital press), and attach the cable to the network connector of the Fiery EXP8000/50. For details, see page 19.

3 Setting up the Fiery EXP8000/50

Conﬁgure the Fiery EXP8000/50 for your printing and network environment (see Setting up

the Fiery EXP8000/50 from a network computer).

4Preparing user computers for printing

Install the ﬁles needed for printing, install user software, and connect the user computers to the network. The software installation is described in Printing from Windows and

Printing from Mac OS.

5Administering the Fiery EXP8000/50

Monitor and maintain system performance and troubleshoot problems that may arise (see Administering the Fiery EXP8000/50).

Network server conﬁguration

Network server

Connection

CONNECTING TO THE NETWORK

Summary of Fiery EXP8000/50 network installation

Conﬁgure network servers to specify Fiery EXP8000/50 print queues and Fiery EXP8000/50 users.

Prepare a network node. Connect the Fiery EXP8000/50 to the network. If you use the Fiery Advanced Controller Interface, connect it to the network.

Fiery EXP8000/50

Fiery EXP8000/50 Setup

Client computer Setup

Conﬁgure at a minimum, Server Setup, Network Setup, and Printer Setup. Later, conﬁgure the remaining Setup menus.

At computers where users print to the Fiery EXP8000/50:

•Install the appropriate printer ﬁles and connect to one or more print connections.

•Install utilities and an Internet browser on computers where users will use them.

•Verify the Fiery EXP8000/50 in the list of printers.

Fiery EXP8000/50 available on the network

CONNECTING TO THE NETWORK

Network server setup requirements

This section provides basic information about conﬁguring the Fiery EXP8000/50 and using it on the network. It does not explain network functions for printing in general. Only information speciﬁc to the Fiery EXP8000/50 is presented. Setting up the network environment correctly requires the presence and active cooperation of the network administrator. Detailed instructions for conﬁguring networks is beyond the scope of this manual. For information, see your network documentation.

Conﬁgure the network and servers, and ensure that there is a live network connection before you conﬁgure Fiery EXP8000/50 network settings in Setup. This allows the Fiery EXP8000/ 50 to query the network for zones, servers, and server-based queues.

Whenever you change the conﬁguration of the Fiery EXP8000/50, digital press, or network at your site, alter the settings to correspond to the changed environment. Changing network or port settings may require that you make changes to other Setup options, as well.

Windows networks

• The Fiery EXP8000/50 requires a valid IP address, subnet mask, and gateway address.

Enter these addresses manually or use DHCP or BOOTP protocols to assign them dynamically. Make sure the Fiery EXP8000/50 name and address are listed in a domain name server (DNS) or hosts name database used by your system.

If more than one Fiery EXP8000/50 print connection is published (for example, if both the Print queue and the Hold queue are published), consider creating a printer for each print connection, so that users can print to each connection directly.

• Conﬁgure the Fiery EXP8000/50 with the correct Windows domain name.

This is especially important for Windows printing, also known as SMB printing.

To use Microsoft Active Directory, you must assign the Fiery EXP8000/50 to a domain. If you assign the Fiery EXP8000/50 to a workgroup, you cannot use Active Directory.

AppleTalk networks

AppleShare servers require no special conﬁguration.

UNIX networks

• When you conﬁgure a UNIX workstation with the lpr protocol and connect to the Fiery EXP8000/50 over a TCP/IP network, you can print directly to the Fiery EXP8000/50.

• Setting up UNIX workstations requires an administrator with root privileges. After the initial conﬁguration, UNIX users submit print jobs to a named printer.

• The Fiery EXP8000/50 is a printer controller that understands lpr protocols.

CONNECTING TO THE NETWORK

• The Fiery EXP8000/50 has a remote printer name you must use in order to communicate with it successfully.

Regardless of the UNIX system you use, the name you use for the remote printer (or rp in the

/etc/printcap ﬁle) in conﬁguring the network for the Fiery EXP8000/50 must be one of the

following:

print hold direct

Computers on a TCP/IP network can print directly to the Fiery EXP8000/50 as a remote printer, or can print to a Windows 2000/Server 2003 server or UNIX workstation acting as a print server.

PREPARING FOR FIERY EXP8000/50 SETUP

To prepare for printing at your site, you must do some initial Fiery EXP8000/50 conﬁguration (or “Setup”) to specify the network environment and the types of printing you do. Before you perform Setup, decide the levels of access to implement, such as passwords and other security features that the Fiery EXP8000/50 offers. Because many of these security features are interconnected, review the information in this chapter to plan for an effective security system, and then perform Setup accordingly.

Levels of access and control

When you conﬁgure the Fiery EXP8000/50 during Setup, you (as system administrator) implement a particular level of control by conﬁguring these elements:

•Users and Groups

•Print connections

•Access to WebTools

Users and Groups

With the Conﬁgure application, you create users, assign passwords to users, create groups with particular privileges, and assign users to the groups. Several groups are provided by default, and you can create new groups. All users in a group have the same privileges.

In addition to assigning the users that you have created to a group, you can add users from your organization’s global address list if you have LDAP services enabled on the Fiery EXP8000/50. For more information, see Conﬁgure Help.

Passwords

When you create new users, you assign passwords to them. In addition, you can also set passwords for these areas:

•Default admin user in Administrators group

•Default operator user in Operators group

•Windows system password

NOTE: The Administrator and Operator passwords are separate from the Windows system

password.

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