HP DesignJet ColorPro Series Wide-Format Printers Network Guide HP DesignJet ColorPro CAD (C7777A) HP DesignJet ColorPro GA (C7778A) HP DesignJet ColorPro Series: Network Guide
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Contents Contents Network Printing Overview 4 Supported Network Printer Connections 4 Printing through an HP JetDirect Print Server 4 Networks Supported by the HP JetDirect Print Server Installed in the Printer 5 Supported Network Configurations for Client-Server Printing 5 Supported Network Configurations for Peer-to-Peer Printing 6 Printing through a PC 6 Supported Network Configurations for Printing through a PC 7 Installing the Print Server 7 Installing the HP JetDirect Print Server Card 7 Step 1 – Ve
Network Printing Overview Network Printing Overview A network is a system of computers and other equipment set up for sharing files, data and other resources such as printers and scanners. A LAN, or a local area network, in its smallest form may consist of two computers that can communicate with each other. A larger LAN may connect members of a workgroup, such as an accounting department where users have similar requirements for sharing data and resources.
Supported Network Printer Connections Networks Supported by the HP JetDirect Print Server Installed in the Printer Supported Network Protocols Supported Networks* AppleTalk† EtherTalk DLC/LLC IBM LAN Server® Microsoft LAN Manager® Microsoft Windows for Workgroups® Microsoft Windows NT® IPX/SPX Novell Netware® TCP/IP UNIX®, including: HP-UX, Sun Microsystems, SunOS/ Solaris (Sun SPARCsystems® only), SCO UNIX‡ and IBM AIX‡ * For supported network versions, consult your HP dealer.
Supported Network Printer Connections Server Windows 95/98 and NT 4.0 Novell Netware 3.12/ 4.11 (Bindery) Novell Netware 3.12/ 4.11 (NDS) See “Windows 95, 98 or NT 4.0 (TCP/IP or IPX/ SPX)” on page 13. See “Queue Server Mode on NetWare 4.11 Bindery Networks” on page 13. See “Queue Server Mode on NetWare 3.12 or 4.11 NDS Networks” on page 14. Note: The HP DesignJet ColorPro GA printer is not supported on Windows 3.1x.
Installing the Print Server Supported Network Configurations for Printing through a PC Server Configurations Client Configurations Windows NT 4.0 Windows 95/98 Windows for Workgroups 3.11 Novell NetWare 3.12/ 4.11 Yes Yes Yes Windows NT 4.0 Yes Yes Yes Windows 95/98 No Yes Yes Windows for Workgroups 3.11 No No Yes Server Windows for Workgroups 3.11 Windows 95/98 and NT 4.0 NetWare 3.12/4.11 (NDS and Bindery Mode) See page 16. See page 16.
Installing the Print Server Step 2 – Install the HP JetDirect Print Server Card in the Printer Note: The HP JetDirect card contains electronic components that can be damaged by static electricity through electrostatic discharge (ESD). To prevent ESD discharge, maintain frequent contact with any bare sheet metal surface on the printer. A grounding wrist strap (or similar device) is useful for this purpose. Handle the card carefully at all times. Avoid touching electronic components or circuit paths. 1.
Configuring the JetDirect Print Server Using the Printer’s Front Panel Configuring the JetDirect Print Server Using the Printer’s Front Panel From the printer’s front panel, you can: • Enable or disable network protocols (relevant to all networks). See page 10. • Configure Apple EtherTalk Phase parameters (relevant only to AppleTalk networks using EtherTalk). See page 10. • Configure TCP/IP parameters (relevant only to TCP/IP networks). See page 11.
Configuring the JetDirect Print Server Using the Printer’s Front Panel [Item] [Value] and effect when you press [Select] IP BYTE 1/2/3/4 SM BYTE 1/2/3/4 LG BYTE 1/2/3/4 GW BYTE 1/2/3/4 0 through 255 TIMEOUT 0 through 3600 CFG ETALK YES enables you to access PHASE options NO does not allow you to access PHASE options ETALK PHASE 2 or 1 To Enable or Disable Network Protocols By default, all supported protocols are enabled, the card switching automatically between them.
Configuring the JetDirect Print Server Using the Printer’s Front Panel • • The printer’s graphics language must be set to Auto (the default). The EtherTalk network protocol must be enabled (see above). To see how to access this parameter in the MIO SETUP menu, refer to page 10. To Configure Novell NetWare Frame Types In order to be able to configure this parameter, the Novell network protocol must be enabled (see page 10). To see how to access these parameters in the MIO SETUP menu, refer to page 10.
Sharing the Printer through an HP JetDirect Print Server In order to be able to configure any of these parameters, the TCP/IP network protocol must be enabled (see page 10). To see how to access these parameters in the MIO SETUP menu, refer to page 10. Parameter in the Front Panel Options Comments BOOTP YES (default) The printer retrieves its TCP/IP parameters over the network from a BOOTP download file that you set up on your UNIX system.
Sharing the Printer through an HP JetDirect Print Server Server Configurations Windows 95, 98 or NT 4.0 (TCP/IP or IPX/SPX) Note: You may encounter problems printing with IPX/SPX in Windows NT 4.0. Larger print jobs may stop mid-page and continuously re-spool. We recommend that you use TCP/IP instead. There are two methods for configuring the printer onto the network. Option 1 Step 1 – Install HP JetAdmin 1. Insert the HP JetDirect CD into your CD-ROM drive.
Sharing the Printer through an HP JetDirect Print Server Step 2 – Configure the JetDirect Print Server 1. Log onto the network with Supervisor privileges at any user workstation. 2. Click Start, Programs, HP JetAdmin Utilities, and HP JetAdmin to run HP JetAdmin. 3. The following message may be displayed: “JetAdmin could not find any configured devices on your network. Do you want to configure one now?” Click Yes and proceed to step 5. (If this message is not displayed, go to step 4.) 4.
Sharing the Printer through an HP JetDirect Print Server Select Device, New. 5. On the New Device screen, highlight the hardware address of your print server. (The 12-character hardware address is on the HP JetDirect configuration page.) See section on printing configuration page. 6. Click Configure. A General screen is displayed. 7. Type the name of the print server and a description (optional); then click Next. A NetWare configuration screen is displayed. 8.
Sharing the Printer through a PC Sharing the Printer through a PC Before you proceed to install the printer software, ensure that the following are true: • The server computer (which the printer will be connected to) has been set up correctly in the networking environment. Refer to the documentation that comes with your network operating system for more information. • Networking software and protocol must be present on both the server and client computers.
Next Steps sheet of the printer. 3. If you do not see the Sharing tab, you have not enabled file and printer sharing. To enable this, double-click the Network icon in the Control Panel. Click File and Printer Sharing and make sure both the check boxes are selected. Click OK and restart Windows. 4. In the Sharing tab, select Shared As and specify a shared name for this printer, e.g. HP DesignJet ColorPro. 5. Click OK. 6. Proceed to install the printer software on the client computer.
