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AXIS 5470e User’s Guide 2 Safety notices Take some time to read through the safety notices before installing the AXIS 5470e. Please observe all safety markings and instructions when using this product. Warning! - must be observed to avoid bodily injuries. Caution! - must be observed to avoid loss of data or damage to your equipment. Important: - must be observed to avoid operational impairment. Do not proceed any of the above notices, until you have fully understood the implications.
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AXIS 5470e User’s Guide 4 Product Overview The AXIS 5470e is a LAN attached multiprotocol print server that prints IBM and ASCII data streams to any ASCII printer. Supporting IBM Mainframes, AS/400, NetWare, UNIX, LAN Server Manager, Windows, OS/2 and Apple EtherTalk, this product is ideal for IBM Mainframe and AS/400 sites that are migrating from pure IBM networks to LAN environments.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide 5 Hardware Inventory Unpack and check all the items using the following check list. Contact your dealer if anything is missing or damaged. All packing materials are recyclable.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide 6 Product Model Summary The AXIS 5470e is available in four versions, distinguished by the supported protocols, data streams and Digital Copier support. The table below displays the specific functionality for each version. Note: All models may not be available in all countries in which Axis operates. Please contact your local dealer / sales representative for more information.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide Installation Overview To get your print server up and running on your network, follow the instructions below: • Connect the AXIS 5470e to your network and to your printer as described in Connecting the Printer to the Network on page 8. • Proceed to Setup and Configuration on page 9 to determine which setup procedures that are relevant to your network environment. • Proceed to Management and configuration on page 47 for information on supported management and configuration tools.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide 8 Connecting the Printer to the Network Follow the instructions below to connect your printer to the network: 1. Switch off the printer and disconnect the AXIS 5470e external power supply. 2. Locate the serial number, found on the underside label of the AXIS 5470e, and write it down. You will need this number during the network configuration. Note: Each AXIS 5470e is pre-configured with a unique node address that is identical to its serial number. 3.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide 9 Setup and Configuration Refer to the table below to determine which setup procedures that are relevant to your network environment and proceed to the appropriate section. Environment Data Streams Network Configuration Actions AS/400 SCS / IPDS SNA 1. Assigning an IP address, on page 10 2. AS/400 SNA Printing, on page 14 SCS TN5250E (TCP/IP) 1. Assigning an IP address, on page 10 2. AS/400 TN5250E Printing (SCS over IP), on page 18 IPDS PPR/PPD (TCP/IP) 1.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide 10 Assigning an IP address To establish communication with the TCP/IP network, an IP address must be assigned to your AXIS 5470e.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide Manual IP address assignment To establish communication with the TCP/IP network, an IP Address must be assigned to your AXIS 5470e. Choose the appropriate method according to your network: • AXIS IP JumpStarter™ is an easy-to-use Windows application that allows you to assign an IP address to your AXIS 5900 and find Axis servers already installed in your network. Refer to Setting the IP address using AXIS IP JumpStarter on page 12 for instructions.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide 12 Setting the IP address using AXIS IP JumpStarter Use AXIS IP JumpStarter to set the IP address. Install AXIS IP JumpStarter which is available from the AXIS Network Product CD or from the Axis web site at www.axis.com. 1. Select the required server from the serial number list in the IP JumpStarter dialog window: Server menu 2. From the Server menu, select Set IP Address. 3. Click the radio button that corresponds to your choice of IP setting method. 4.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide 13 Setting the IP address using arp/ping Refer to the appropriate section below to assign an IP address to your AXIS 5470e using arp/ping: Windows Open a Command Prompt and enter the following syntax: Syntax arp -s ping arp -d 1. 2. 3. Example arp -s 192.168.3.191 00-40-8c-18-16-36 ping 192.168.3.191 arp -d 192.168.3.191 The host will return reply from 192.168.3.191, or a similar message.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide 14 AS/400 SNA Printing To establish communication with the TCP/IP network, you must assign an IP address to your AXIS 5470e Print Server. Refer to Assigning an IP address on page 10. Follow these instructions to configure your AS/400 and AXIS 5470e for SNA printing: Step 1. 2. 3.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide 8. Type DSPSYSVAL QAUTOCFG and press Enter. Check that the parameter is set to ON(1). Press F3. 9. Type DSPSYSVAL QAUTORMT and press Enter. Check that the parameter is set to ON(1). Press F3. 10. Type DSPMODD QRMTWSC on the command line to check that the mode description exists on the system. Press F3. Refer to the AXIS 5470e User’s Manual for information regarding the QRMTWSC mode. 11. Type DSPUSRPRF QUSER.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide 16 Configuring the AXIS 5470e Important! To perform the instructions presented in this section, you must first assign an IP address to your AXIS 5470e using one of the methods presented in Assigning an IP address on page 10. After you have completed the procedures in The AS/400 Host System Checklist on page 14, follow the instructions below to configure the AXIS 5470e for SNA printing in the AS/400 environment using a Web browser: 1. Start a Web browser, e.g.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide Notes for SCS printing: • In the Configuration Wizard’s IBM Printer Emulation window, 38xx is the value used for LaserWriter printers and all other values are used for matrix printers. For further information, see the AXIS 5470e User’s Manual . • In the Configuration Wizard Printer Driver window, PCL is used for LaserWriter printers, all other values apply to matrix printers. Note for IPDS printing: In the Configuration Wizard, you can choose between PCL or PostScript printing.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide 18 AS/400 TN5250E Printing (SCS over IP) To establish communication with the TCP/IP network, you must first assign an IP address to your AXIS 5470e Print Server. Refer to Assigning an IP address on page 10. Follow these instructions to configure your AS/400 and AXIS 5470e for TN5250E printing: Step 1. 2. 3.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide Configuring the AXIS 5470e Follow the instructions below to configure the AXIS 5470e for TN5250E printing in the AS/400 environment using a Web browser: 1. Start a Web browser, e.g. Internet Explorer or Netscape Communicator and enter the IP address or the host name of the AXIS 5470e in the location field. Press Enter. The internal Web pages of the AXIS 5470e will appear.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide 20 Verifying the Communication Link 1. Type WRKCFGSTS *DEV xxxx*, where xxxx are the first four characters of the printer device name, on the AS/400 command line. A list of printers will be displayed. Make sure that the printer session is Active. 2. Direct a printout to this printer device to check the integrity of the communication link. 3. Press the AXIS 5470e test button once to print a test page.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide 21 AS/400 or Mainframe IPDS over PPR/PPD Printing Before you begin: • (AS/400 only) Make sure that the AS/400 host is running OS/400 V3R6 or higher, with TCP/IP support installed and configured. • (AS/400 only) PSF must be installed on your AS/400 • (AS/400 only) Make sure that the latest PTFs are installed. Information about which PTFs to use can be obtained from http://as400service.rochester.ibm.com/ • Some AXIS 5470e models are not available with IPDS.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide 22 Configuring the AS/400 Host System When configuring the AS/400 host system you must create a printer device description as described below: 1. Issue the command CRTDEVPRT. 2. Select a name for the printer device and enter it on the Device Description (DEVD) line. The name may comprise the letters A-Z and the numerals 0-9, but must begin with a letter. A maximum of 10 characters are allowed. In the following instructions, the printer device name will be referred to as AXISPR1. 3.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide Configuring the Mainframe Host 1. Specify the TCP/IP address space name. 2. Define the Communication Control Unit, e.g. 3172, to MVS. 3. Modify the TCP/IP profile on your MVS system, if necessary. 4. Verify the communication between the AXIS 5470e and the IBM Mainframe, by pinging the AXIS 5470e from the host. 5. Define the AXIS 5470e as a writer-controlled printer to JES2 or to JES3.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide 24 Configuring the AXIS 5470e Follow the instructions below to configure your AXIS 5470e for AS/400 or Mainframe IPDS over PPR/PPD printing using a standard Web browser: 1. Start a Web browser, e.g. Internet Explorer or Netscape Communicator and enter the IP address or the host name of the AXIS 5470e in the location field. Press Enter. The internal Web pages of the AXIS 5470e will appear.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide 2. Vary on the printer device by typing 1 in the Opt field. Press Enter. 3. Press F5 to refresh the display. The printer device should now be VARIED ON. 4. Start the printer writer by typing STRPRTWTR AXISPR1 on the AS/400 command line. Press Enter. 5. Press F5 to refresh the display. The printer device should now be ACTIVE/WRITER. 6. Direct a printout to this printer device. A successful printout verifies the communication link between the AS/400 and the AXIS 5470e.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide 26 Mainframe SNA Printing To establish communication with the TCP/IP network, you must first assign an IP address to your AXIS 5470e Print Server. Refer toAssigning an IP address on page 10. Follow these instructions to configure your Mainframe and AXIS 5470e for SNA printing: Step Action 1. Configuring the Mainframe host system 2. 3.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide Configuring the Mainframe Host System for SNA Printing Important! When using a concentrator gateway between the host and your print server, it is not necessary to define separate VTAM Major Node and PU definitions for the AXIS 5470e. You will instead be working with the gateway VTAM definitions.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide 28 Configuring the AXIS 5470e for SNA Printing Important! To be able to perform the instructions presented in this section, you must first assign an IP address to your AXIS 5470e using one of the methods presented in Assigning an IP address on page 10. Follow the instructions below to configure the AXIS 5470e for SNA printing in the Mainframe environment using a Web browser: 1. Start a Web browser, e.g.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide Note for IPDS printing: In the Configuration Wizard, you can choose between PCL or PostScript printing. Choose the printer language that corresponds to your printer. 2. Click the Configuration Wizard for IBM sessions button. 3. Click the Add Session button. This will start the Configuration Wizard which is a step-by-step guide through the required configuration settings. Verifying the Communication Link 1.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide 30 Mainframe TN3270E Printing To establish communication with the TCP/IP network, you must assign an IP address to your AXIS 5470e Print Server. Refer to Assigning an IP address on page 10. Follow these instructions to configure your Mainframe and AXIS 5470e for TN3270E printing: Step 1. 2. 3. 4.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide Configuring the AXIS 5470e Follow the instructions below to configure the AXIS 5470e for TN3270e printing in the Mainframe environment using a Web browser: 1. Start a Web browser, e.g. Internet Explorer or Netscape Communicator and enter the IP address or the host name of the AXIS 5470e in the location field. Press Enter. The internal Web pages of the AXIS 5470e will appear.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide 32 Setting up the TN3270E server This section describes how to configure Microsoft’s SNA Server which has a built-in TN3270E server. Notes: • The AXIS 5470e supports eight concurrent TN3270E host sessions. • For information on how to configure other TN3270E-capable servers, please refer to the AXIS 5470e User’s Manual, supplied on the Axis Web site at http://www.axis.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide 33 6. Click OK. SNA Server Manager Main Window Step 2: SNA Server - AXIS 5470e connection 1. Select the new LUA and drag it to the TN3270 connection definition (highlighted in the SNA Server Manager Window above). 2. Select the properties of the LUA. 3. Click on the TN3270 tab in the properties popup window. 4. Select Generic Printer Type. 5. Click on the IP Address List tab. 6. Specify the IP Address of the client(s) that you want to assign to this LU.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide 34 Verifying the Communication Link Follow the instructions below to verify communication from the AXIS 5470e to the Mainframe host via the SNA Server: 1. Activate the connection you created in step 2 of the above SNA Server - AXIS 5470e connection procedures. The status of the connection should be “active”. 2. Make sure the corresponding LU in the host is activated. 3. Activate the TN3270 connection to the AXIS 5470e. The LUA should change status to SSCP. 4.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide Setup for Windows To establish communication with the TCP/IP network, you must assign an IP address to your AXIS 5470e Print Server. Refer to Assigning an IP address on page 10. Installing Printers in Windows 2000/XP Use the standard Windows method for adding a printer in Windows 2000/XP: Go to Start | Settings | Printers and click the Add Printer icon to start the Add Printer Wizard.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide 36 Setup for NetWare Setup using NDPS The AXIS 5470e supports Novell Distributed Print Services (NDPS). You can run NDPS over Pure IP (TCP/IP) or IPX/SPX. Before the AXIS 5470e can be installed, make sure that NDPS is installed and a Broker is loaded on your NetWare file server. Notes: • NDPS requires that you run NetWare 4.11 or higher. • Pure IP is only supported by NetWare 5 or higher.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide Public Access To create a public access printer using the NDPS Manager object in your NetWare administrator, do the following: 1. Double-click on the NDPS Manager object you will be using to control the Printer Agents. 2. At the Identification page for the NDPS Manager, click the printer Agent List button. The Printer Agent List dialog will appear. 3. Click New. The Create Printer Agent dialog will appear. 4. Type a name of your choice in the NDPS Printer Agent field. 5.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide 38 Setup using Queue-based printing over IP/IPX in PSERVER Mode All previous firmware versions of Axis print servers allow users to print in an IPX environment using traditional queue-based printing in PSERVER mode. This method is supported in both Bindery and NDS mode. Installing the AXIS 5470e in IP/IPX Follow the instructions below: 1. From the AXIS 5470e internal web pages, go to admin | Network Settings | NetWare. 2.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide Setup for Queue-based printing over IPX/SPX (Remote Printer Mode) If you don’t have a PSERVER created on the file server, start out with creating one in the NetWare Administrator, as described here: 1. Start the NetWare Administrator. 2. Choose Tools | Print Services Quick Setup (Non-NDPS). 3. In the Print Services Quick Setup (Non-NDPS) dialogue, choose a name for the print server, printer and queue object. Choose ’parallel’ as the printer type and Postscript as the Banner type.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide 40 Setup for Macintosh Mac OS X To establish communication with the TCP/IP network, you must assign an IP address to your AXIS 5470e Print Server. Refer to Assigning an IP address on page 10. This section describes setting up your AXIS 5470e for printing in the Macintosh environment (Mac OS X). 1. Select Print Center from the Applications | Utilities folder. 2. Click Add Printer... 3. From the Printer List dialog, select LPR Printers using IP. 4.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide The method for choosing a printer varies depending on which version of LaserWriter printer driver you are using. • The LaserWriter 7.0 driver assumes that you use a standard PostScript driver, and cannot take advantage of any printer specific features. • The LaserWriter 8.0 driver uses PPD files that contain printer descriptions. This gives you full control over any features your printer might have. LaserWriter 7.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide 42 LaserWriter 8.0 Printer Driver Follow the instructions below to choose a printer: 1. Select Chooser from the Apple menu. 2. Click the LaserWriter 8.0 icon. 3. If your network has more than one zone click on the zone you want. If your network has no zones, this box does not appear. 4. Click the name of the printer you want.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide Setup for UNIX To establish communication with the TCP/IP network, you must assign an IP address to your AXIS 5470e Print Server. Refer to Assigning an IP address on page 10. Having performed the basic TCP/IP setup procedures, you are now able to print in interactive mode using FTP or Reverse Telnet protocols. However, if you want to integrate the AXIS 5470e in to your host spooler, you can use the Axis automatic installation script axinstall.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide 44 IPP Printing With IPP (the Internet Printing Protocol), a user with an Internet connection can send a document to any printer connected to the Internet. IPP is platform-independent and can be used to print over any LAN or WAN that supports TCP/IP. See the AXIS 5470e User’s Manual for detailed information on IPP printing. In order to print to a remote printer using IPP, you need the following: • An IPP client installed on your computer together with appropriate printer drivers.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide 45 Example: The IP address of the print server is 171.16.5.218, the port number is 631 (or 80 if 631 is not routed), the printer is connected to the Axis print server port LPT1 This means that the http:// address of the print server is: http://171.16.5.218:631/LPT1 1. Choose File | Print from the document you wish to print. 2. In the Select Printer field, click the Add Printer icon. The Add Printer Wizard will start. 3.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide 46 8. The new printer is added to your Select Printer window: 9. You are now ready to print using IPP. Select your new destination printer from the printer list and click Print. Please see the IPP section in the AXIS 5470e User’s Manual for detailed information on IPP and for instructions on installing IPP-printers in other operating systems.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide 47 Management and configuration Configuration overview The following table shows the management and configuration tools that are available for the AXIS 5470e.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide 48 Using AXIS ThinWizard The AXIS ThinWizard management tool allows you to manage and upgrade multiple ThinServer products. You can find, monitor and upgrade your Axis print servers remotely in any TCP/IP network using a standard Web browser. The internal web pages of Axis ThinServer products integrate directly into AXIS ThinWizard, giving you direct access to the services described in Using a Web Browser on page 47. Install AXIS ThinWizard on a designated server in your network.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide Using the Test Button The following operations can be performed by pressing the test button in different sequences. Please refer to Product Overview on page 4, to identify the location of the test button. • Printing a test page: Press the test button once to print a test page. • Printing the parameter list: Press the test button twice to print the parameter list. • Resetting the AXIS 5470e parameters to the factory default settings: 1.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide 50 AS/400 and Mainframe Parameter Checklist This table is a summary of the AS/400 and Mainframe parameters. In the “My Print Server” column you can enter the unique configuration values of your print server for future reference. This will be of help in the configuration process. The Information field column contains the names of the Web page information fields where you enter these values.
AXIS 5470e User’s Guide Mainframe Parameters SNA: Host/Gateway Mac address IDBLCK IDNUM Local address System language TN3270E: Host name/Internet address of TN3270E server System language PPR/PPD System Language Port number 51 Information Field Host Mac address Local node ID LU number System language Host name System language System Language TCP Port number My Print Server Model:
