XPrint UNIX System Printer Driver Installation SOLARIS 1.X (SUN OS) / SOLARIS 2.
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Table of Contents 1 How to read this Manual _________________________________ 1-1 FTP sites where this document is available________________________________ _________1-1 2 Quick Setup SOLARIS 1.X , 2.
Overview: ________________________________ ________________________________ __12-3 Setup: ________________________________ ________________________________ _____12-3 13 Administration _______________________________________ 13-4 Overview: ________________________________ ________________________________ __13-4 4915/4920/4925 Printer Parameters Configurable via Telnet__________________________13-5 Protocol Settings________________________________ ______________________13-5 NIC Settings _____________________
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1 How to read this Manual You will see throughout this manual the reference to49XX. 49XX is generic. When you see this, substitute the actual model name of your XPrint printer. This would be ONE of the following: 4915 4920 4925 FTP sites where this document is available You may FTP updated release packages from the following sites: ftp.xerox.com/pub/drivers spectrum.xerox.
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2 Quick Setup SOLARIS 1.X , 2.X Overview: Quick Setup offers the experienced System Administrator a quick route to printer installation and configuration. Setup: 1. Verify physical cable connections from your printer to the network. See Network Interface Guide 2. Assign XPrint printer an IP Address at the control panel. SeeAppendix B 3. Add your XPrint printer’s TCP/IP address and hostname to your NIS database. For non NIS networks, add the TCP/IP address and hostname to your machine’s /etc/hosts table.
6. Insert XPrint PostScript Print Tool installation diskette #1 into the floppy drive of your system. 7. To run XPrint installation script.: Solaris 1.X USERS: From a command line, TYPE: cd /tmp [ENTER] bar xvfp /dev/rfd0 [ENTER] XeroxInstall/setup [ENTER] Solaris 2.X USERS: From a command line, TYPE: volcheck [ENTER] cd /tmp [ENTER] cp /floppy/floppy0/setup . [ENTER] ./setup [ENTER] 8. Follow setup instructions to install the XPrint PostScript Print Tool. 9.
3 Quick Setup NON SOLARIS UNIX Overview: Quick Setup offers the experienced System Administrator a quick route to printer installation and configuration. Setup: 1. Verify physical cable connections from your printer to the network. See Network Interface Guide 2. Assign XPrint printer an IP Address at the control panel. SeeAppendix B 3. Add your XPrint printer’s TCP/IP address and hostname to your NIS database. For non NIS networks, add the TCP/IP address and hostname to your machine’s /etc/hosts table.
CHOOSE YOUR UNIX VARIETY AND PERFORM THE FOLLOWING STEPS: Berkeley BSD UNIX: Add following entry to the /etc/printcap file (as root). Useps” “ for “Remote Printer” entry (case sensitive).49XX_hostname is host entry for the 49XX: 49XX:\ :lp=:\ :rm=49XX_hostname:\ :rp=ps:\ :sd=/var/spool/49XX:\ System 5 UNIX: Use the following lp command sequence (as root). Useps” “ for “Remote Printer” entry (case sensitive).
4 Installation Overview SOLARIS 1.X /2.X 1. Verify physical cable connections from your printer to the network. 2. Configure your TCP/IP environment and the XPrint printer so they can communicate with each other. Details in Chapter 6 3. Install XPrint printer driver on server or station by ONE of the following methods: Floppy Disk Install: Details in Chapter 7 Network Install: Details in Chapter 9 4.
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5 Installation Overview for NON SOLARIS Workstations 1. Verify physical cable connections from your printer to the network. 2. Configure your TCP/IP environment and the XPrint printer so they can communicate with each other.
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6 TCP/IP XPrint printer Configuration Overview: The XPrint printer by default receives its TCP/IP address dynamically from a RARP or BOOTP server. To override this setting, you can set the TCP/IP address at the control panel, by telnet, or by the PC and MAC Printer Services. To set up a RARP or BOOTP server, consult your Solaris documentation. It is recommended that initially, you set the IP address at the control panel.
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7 XPrint PostScript Print Tool Installation (Floppy Disk) Overview: Xprint is supported currently in the Sun Solaris 1.X / 2.X operating systems. The XPrint PostScript Print Tool is both aprint driver and a spooling daemon. The XPrint PostScript Print Tool and print daemon work in conjunction with your Solaris 1.X and 2.X printing and spooling mechanisms. A floppy disk installation is advisable for a small number of installations at a site (1-5) or for standalone workstations without a network connection.
Solaris 1.X USERS: 3. From a command line, TYPE: cd /tmp [ENTER] bar xvfp /dev/rfd0 [ENTER] XeroxInstall/setup [ENTER] Solaris 2.X USERS: NOTE: Volume Manager must be set up to recognize the floppy drive 4. From a command line, TYPE: cd /tmp [ENTER] volcheck [ENTER] cp /floppy/floppy0/setup . [ENTER] ./setup [ENTER] 5. From the Install Print Driver and Utilities menu. Install Print Driver and Utilities 1) Install Driver and Utilities 2) Create an installation site.
8 Installing XPrint PostScript Print Tool from a Network Installation Site. Overview: A network installation of the XPrint PostScript print tool is advisable for large numbers of installations or for simplicity sake. It is MUCH easier and faster to install XPrint from your network then from floppy. Of course you will have to have an installation site set up correctly for you to proceed with the following instructions Setup: 1. Change to the network directory containing the XPrint installation set.
9 Printing Model: Workstation to printer. Overview: Run the XPrint setup utility to configure your Solaris 1.X / 2.X client to print to a network connected XPrint printer. A network connected printer is a XPrint printer that has the Network Interface Card (NIC) installed and connected to a functioning network. Setup: NOTE: The following instructions assume you have correctly completed the XPrint PostScript Print Tool installation.
1. From the Setup XPrint49XX menu, select option 1. 2. TYPE: 1 [ENTER] 3. From the Add or Update a Printer menu, select option2 until it indicates “workstation to printer”. 1. Enter a menu option number to toggle through the available settings. When the desired settings for all options are reached, apply the settings to the printer using the “ a “ option in the menu.
10 Printing Model: Workstation to print server. Overview: You need to be a superuser to use the following procedures. Run the 49XX setup utility to configure your Solaris 1.X / 2.X client to print to a remote 49XX printer. A remote print spooler is a Solaris 1.X / 2.X workstation that has been configured to be a remote spooler by the setup49XX configuration utility. SEE Chapter titledPrinting Model: Print Server to printer for this procedure.
2. From the Setup XPrint49XX menu, select option 1. Setup XPrint49XX 1) Add or Update a Printer 2) Remove an existing printer. e) Exit Existing printer list: Enter option: TYPE: 1 [ENTER] 3. From the Add or Update a Printer menu, select option 2 until it indicates “workstation to print server”. 4. Enter a menu option number to toggle through the available settings. When the desired settings for all options are reached, apply the settings to the printer using the “ a “ option in the menu.
11 Printing Model: Print server to printer Overview: Run the 49XX setup utility to configure your Solaris 1.X / 2.X client to function as a remote print spooler for lp, lpr, and other XPrint clients on your network. You can configure the remote print spooler to spool to direct connected (parallel port) or to a network connected 49XX printer. Setup: NOTE: The following instructions assume you have correctly completed the XPrint 49XX PostScript Print Tool installation.
2. From the Setup XPrint49XX menu, select option 1. TYPE: 1 [ENTER] 3. From the Add or Update a Printer menu select option 2 until it indicates “print server to printer”. 4. Enter a menu option number to toggle through the available settings. When the desired settings for all options are reached, apply the settings to the printer using the “ a “ option in the menu.
12 Removing a XPrint printer. Overview: Run the setup49XX configuration utility to remove a XPrint 49XX printer configuration from your workstation or remote print spooler. Setup: NOTE: The following instructions assume you have correctly completed the XPrint 49XX PostScript Print Tool installation. You will need to know the complete path to the installation directory or have added it to your search path to continue. 1. Become superuser.
13 Administration Overview: TCP/IP and lpr on the 49XX can be administrated in a number of different ways: Telnet PC XPrint Printer Services MAC XPrint Printer Services 49XX Control panel It is up to you and your environment to decide which administration utility best fits your needs.
4915/4920/4925 Printer Parameters Configurable via Telnet The 49XX printer allows MOST of its Network Card (NIC) parameters to be viewed and set using Telnet. The 49XX printer NIC can also be remotely reset or initialized using Telnet. The following is a summary of Telnet configurable NIC parameters: Protocol Settings TCP/IP: ip address (can be hard coded: xxx.xxx.xxx.
NIC Settings Ethernet: Connector Type (bnc, rj45, autoselect) TokenRing: Connector Type (db9, rj45, autoselect) Ring Speed (4mbs, 16mbs) Routing (yes/no -- source routing: enabled/disabled) Card Address (TokenRing physical address can be set) Reset Printer (yes/no -- resets NIC and enables any NIC changes) Reset network card settings to factory defaults (yes/no -- resets NIC to default settings) Read Only Settings The following is a list of displayable NIC parameters (Read Only) NIC Firmware Revision (NIC
To Use Telnet: At any Telnet client (UNIX, WFW3.11, NT, DOS, ...) Telnet to port 2002 of the 49XX. NOTE: Telnet will work only if the TCP/IP protocol stack is loaded AND it supports Telnet. NOTE: In the following examples, the expressionXXX.XXX.XXX.XXX refers to the IP address of your XPrint printer. SeeAppendix A to obtain PRINT SETTINGS page for review of your printer’s IP address. If necessary, seeAppendix B to set your printer’s IP address.
Checking Printer Status: Telnet offers a very quick way to determine printer status remotely via TCP/IP. Once connected to the 49XX maintenance port (2002), real-time status can be viewed remotely in the Telnet console screen. If the printer is idle, you can poll the printer by typing “s” at the Telnet console. Example: In the following example, the 49XX is printing a job from host 13.231.30.3.: At the Command prompt TYPE:telnet XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX 2002 [ENTER] The system will attempt to connect to the host.
Remote 49XX NIC Configuration: To remotely configure the 49XX using Telnet, you can enter “maintenance mode” by typing !” “at the Telnet console. Note: You can get help while in maintenance mode by typing “h” at the maintenance mode main menu. Note: You MUST reset the NIC in the printer after going into maintenance mode. You can do this in Telnet by using theR option. Maintenance mode example: The following is an example of entering “maintenance mode” : At the Command prompt TYPE:telnet XXX.XXX.XXX.
Maintenance mode with HELP example: The following is an example of entering “maintenance mode”, then getting help : At the Command prompt TYPE:telnet XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX 2002 [ENTER] The system will attempt to connect to the host.You will see: TYPE: ! [ENTER] Warning: entering the monitor will lock out other Ethernet access. Type “yes” to continue.
Telnet Menu System (exploded): C Configure console (for status monitoring) Config console for status monitoring 1 (No) 2 (Yes) D Display network interface settings E Set Ethernet options Ethernet connector autoselect override 1 (BNC) 2 (RJ45) 3 (Do not override) Telnet Security 1 (Off) 2 (On/New Password) 3 (No Change) I Set IP number L Limit Access by IP number IP security currently (disabled/enabled) IP security option 1 (Delete entry) 2 (Add address) 3 (Add subnet) 4 (Done) N Set Network Protocol option
Set primary NetWare server 1 (No) 2 (Yes) Set Novell broadcast name 1 (No) 2 (Yes) P Set PC Network (Netbeui) options Disable PC Network (Netbios)?, yes or no (y or n)?:y/n) ( Set PC network (Netbeui) Group 1 (No) 2 (Yes) Set PC network (Netbeui) Name 1 (No) 2 (Yes) Set PC network (Netbeui) Service 1 (No) 2 (Yes) Set PC network (Netbeui) Description 1 (No) 2 (Yes) Set PC network (Netbeui) Password 1 (No) 2 (Yes) T Set TCP Sockets options Disable TCP Sockets (fpfilter)?, yes or no (y or n)?:y/n) ( R Reset Pr
PC (WIndows) and MAC XPrint Printer Services PC (WIndows) XPrint Printer Services Full information is available for the administration of XPrint printers under Windows in the System Administration Guide supplied with your XPrint printer. If your XPrint printer is equipped with a Network Interface card (NIC), additional information on network-specific administration tasks is available in the Network Interface Guide supplied either with your printer or with your network interface card.
14 Troubleshooting TCP/IP communication problems 1. Verify that the 49XX is turned on and connected to a functioning network port. Check the 49XX NIC LEDs for activity. 2. At a command line prompt, use theping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx command (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of the 49XX printer). Try pinging the 49XX using its hostname. If ping is successful with the 49XX’s TCP/IP address, then you have a local workstation or NIS configuration problem.
4. If you suspect that the cause of the communications problem is the 49XX printer, print out a Printer Setting page at the 49XX control panel and view the 49XX TCP/IP parameters. See Appendix A. If Dynamic IP Addressing isenabled. Try “hard coding” the 49XX IP address at the control panel. Reset the printer, and check for connectivity again with the ping command. If Dynamic IP Addressing isdisabled. Verify the following settings on thePrinter Settings page with your local TCP/IP address administrator.
XPrint 49XX PostScript Print Tool printing problems: 1. Verify that the 49XX is switched on and connected to a functioning network por t. Check the 49XX NIC LEDs for activity. 2. At any workstation command line prompt, use theping hostname command (where hostname is the hostname of the 49XX printer as it appears in your local /etc/hosts file or your NIS domains hosts database.) If the ping command returns a time-out or failure in either case, then you have a communication problem with the 49XX printer NIC.
lpr and lp (NON XPrint) printing problems 1. Verify that the 49XX is switched on and connected to a functioning network port. Check the 49XX NIC LEDs for activity. 2. At any workstation command line prompt, use theping hostname command (where hostname is the hostname of the 49XX printer as it appears in your local /etc/hosts file or your NIS domains hosts database.) If the ping command returns a time-out or failure in either case, then you have a communication problem with the 49XX printer NIC.
15 APPENDICES Appendix A Obtaining current XPrint PRINT SETTINGS Obtain the XPrint settings by printing thePRINT SETTINGS page. The default settings enable all ports and this is suitable for most applications. To print the PRINT SETTINGS page: FROM THE PRINTER’S CONTROL PANEL 1. Press On Line on the Control Panel. Verify that the LEDto the left of the button is OUT. 2. Press Menu . The ON-LINE message disappears and TOP MENU is displayed. 3.
Appendix B Setting the IP address with the Control Panel 1. Press On Line button on the Control Panel. Be sure the light next to it is OFF 2. Press Menu . The ON-LINE message disappears and TOP MENU is displayed. 3. Press Up+ until appears on the Display Panel and then press Enter. 4. Press Up+ until is displayed and then pressEnter. 5. Press Up+ until is displayed and then pressEnter. 6. Press Enter while is displayed. 7.
Appendix C Setting up APPSOCKET 1. Press On Line on the Control Panel. Verify the LED to the left of the button is OUT. 2. Press Menu . The ON-LINE message will disappear and TOP MENU should be displayed. 3. Press Up+ until appears on the Display Panel and then press Enter. The APPSOCKET default settings are: = = = NOTE: The Mode options are not applicable for APPSOCKET. The setting should always remain at AutoSelect.
Appendix D Setting a SUBNET MASK at the Control Panel 1. Press On Line button on the Control Panel. Be sure the light next to it is OFF 2. Press Menu . The ON-LINE message disappears and TOP MENU is displayed. 3. Press Up+ until appears on the Display Panel and then press Enter. 4. Press Up+ until is displayed and then pressEnter. 5. Press Up+ until is displayed and then pressEnter. 6. Press Up+ until is displayed and then pressEnter. 7.
Appendix E Setting DEFAULT GATEWAY at the Control Panel 1. Press On Line button on the Control Panel. Be sure the light next to it is OFF 2. Press Menu . The ON-LINE message disappears and TOP MENU is displayed. 3. Press Up+ until appears on the Display Panel and then press Enter. 4. Press Up+ until is displayed and then pressEnter. 5. Press Up+ until is displayed and then pressEnter. 6. Press Up+ until is displayed and then pressEnter. 7.
Appendix F XPrint UNIX Command Line Utilities XPQ Overview This utility is an equivalent utility to the UNIXlp command. It allows the user to view the current job list for XPrint print queues. This program executes and continues to run and update the screen until you exit by typing^C (Control key + C) XPQ can be used by any user to monitor print jobs.
XPRM Overview This utility is an equivalent to the UNIXlprm command. It allows the user to delete jobs currently in an XPrint job queue. Before using lprm, run the XPrint utility lpq for the desired queue and note the job number of the print job you want to delete. XPRM can be used by the ROOT user to delete ANY print jobs. XPRM can be used by any user to delete ONLY their print jobs.
XPMV Overview This utility allows the user to move jobs between XPrint print queues. Before using lpmv, run the XPrint utilitylpq for the desired queue and note the job number of the print job you want to move. You will also need the XPrint queue names for both the source and destination queues. XPMV can be used by the ROOT user to administer ALL print jobs. XPMV can be used by any user to administer ONLY their print jobs.