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  • Page 1 S U P E R S C R I P T 8 7 0 NETWORK USER’S GUIDE Click Here to Go to Table of Contents Click Here to Go to Index June, 1998...
  • Page 2 Itasca, IL 60143 specific product configurations and applications must be All Rights Reserved. determined by the customer and is not warranted by NEC Technologies. Copyright 1998 To allow for design and specification improvements, the...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    ... 8 Using the Management Access If you still need help, contact NEC Printer Program (MAP) ..... . . 11 Technical Support at their web site (www.nec.com/nectechsupport)

  • Page 4: Network Options Cd

    Introduction What’s In This Package ™ The NEC SuperScript 870 Network Interface Upgrade Kit Your SuperScript 870 Network Interface Upgrade Kit contains a network interface card (NIC) that allows you to includes the following items connect your SuperScript 870 printer to a network. This •...
  • Page 5 What You’ll Need Network Printing Tools On CD NEC provides network printing tools on the 870 Network Hardware Requirements Options CD that comes with this kit. These include You need to provide the following additional hardware to • SuperScript MAP utility for Windows 95/98, and install the NIC in your printer and connect it to your Windows NT 4.0 setup...
  • Page 6 Installing the NIC in the 8. Align the NIC with the expansion slot and reinstall the two smaller screws removed in step 4. Use the mounting Printer screw to fasten the mounting tab to the brace in the printer. Tighten all three screws to firmly attach the NIC The instructions on this page are illustrated on page 5.

  • Page 7: Installing The Nic

    Installing the NIC Top Cover Release Button Interface Cable Brace Mounting...

  • Page 8: Nic Features

    NIC Features The Network Settings Page Network Settings Page - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Each time you turn on the printer, the NIC prints a Network Unit Serial No: 991655 Version: 05.06...

  • Page 9: Resetting The Nic

    Resetting the NIC • Turn the printer off. Press the Operator Panel button and hold it while turning the printer on again. If you change NIC settings, you may need to reset the NIC Continue holding the Operator Panel button down for the new settings to take effect.

  • Page 10: Using The Nic Home

    Home Page allows you to perform network administration Network Administration Options tasks, including monitoring and configuration. It contains links to online documentation and the NEC web site for Click on the Network Administration link to display more information about the SuperScript 870 printer and the network administration options (shown on page 9).

  • Page 11: Network Printer Administration

    The NIC Home Page Printer Status Setup Printer Network Print Details How To Use This Printer Supplies Network Administration Network Administration Options Status Energy Saving System Protocols Others Reset Setup NetWare Test Printer Setup TCP/IP Configure Status Page Factory Defaults You can view the NIC Home Page from Windows, Printer Status Unit Status...
  • Page 12 Test Printer: Click here, and then click on the Start Test FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), reference material, button in the dialog box that appears, to send a test and an option to send email to NEC Printer Technical document to the printer. Support. Information for both Windows and MacOS Configure Status Page: Click here to configure...
  • Page 13 Using MAP Installing MAP MAP is available on the Network Options CD that is The Management Access Program (MAP), runs only included in the 870 Network Interface Upgrade Kit. MAP under Windows 95/98 and Windows NT 4.0. You use MAP to list SuperScript 870 network printers connected to must be installed from Windows 95/98 or Windows NT ®...

  • Page 14: Program (Map)

    Click the Network Administration button to display Units supporting IPX/SPX options for configuring the NIC. NEC 991142 NEC Ethernet Option Supporting Novell (NDS), TCP/IP and AppleTalk NEC 991149 NEC Ethernet Option Supporting Novell (NDS), TCP/IP and AppleTalk The NIC Home Page network administration options are NEC 991151 NEC Ethernet Option Supporting Novell (NDS), TCP/IP and AppleTalk explained beginning on page 8.

  • Page 15: Basic Setup For Windows

    Basic Windows Setup Network Configuration Options There are several ways you can configure your Windows Windows 95/98 workstation to access the 870 network printer, depending • If you have a NetWare network, see page 20 for on which version of Windows you are using and your NetWare 4.x setup, or page 22 for Netware 3.x setup.
  • Page 16 TCP/IP Setup in Windows 2. Select Configure from the Admin menu. Enter the IP address to assign to the NIC. 95/98 and Windows NT 4.0 b. Enter the subnet mask. If you are unsure of the correct First, Install the TCP/IP Protocol subnet mask, and the first number in the NIC’s address In Windows, open the Network control panel.

  • Page 17: Tcp/Ip Setup For Windows For Workgroups

    TCP/IP Setup in 2. Select Configure from the Admin menu. Enter the IP address to assign to the NIC. Windows for Workgroups b. Enter the subnet mask. If you are unsure of the correct Accessing the 870 network printer from Windows for subnet mask, and the first number in the NIC’s Workgroups is only supported over a NetWare network.

  • Page 18: Windows Peer To Peer Printing Setup

    Windows Peer to Peer IP vs. IPX Peer to Peer Printing Your network configuration will dictate whether IP or IPX is Printing Setup more appropriate. However, we recommend you use IP peer Peer to peer printing allows Windows 95/98 and Windows to peer printing if possible.
  • Page 19 Add/Remove Programs control panel. attached, select Local printer. 1. Press the Windows Start button, select Settings, then Specify NEC as the Manufacturer and NEC select Control Panel. SuperScript 870 as the Printer. Open Add/Remove Programs. Select P2P-IP in the list and click Remove.
  • Page 20 This section has additional information you may find newly created port to the SuperScript 870. useful as you configure your Windows system for the 10. Click on the Sharing tab in the NEC SuperScript 870 870 network printer. Properties window.
  • Page 21 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol another device. Therefore, it is highly recommended to explicitly specify the NIC lease as permanent or unlimited in your DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) allows server configuration. automatic assignment of IP address and other IP parameters for attached devices.
  • Page 22 Basic Setup for NetWare 4.x 4. Create Print Queue Object. Highlight the Organizational Unit. From the Object First, use NWADMIN to attach the Printer menu, select Create. 1. Log in to NetWare 4.x with administrator rights and b. In the New Object window that appears, scroll down open the NetWare Administrator window.
  • Page 23 6. Assign Print Server Object created. (The Windows NT 4.0 driver installs automatically to LPT1:. After installation, you can In the Directory Tree, double-click on the print server manually reset the port to your NetWare queue.) object you just created to open its Print Server window.
  • Page 24 Basic Setup for NetWare 3.x 3. NetWare 4.x (NDS) Configuration On the NIC Home Page, click the Network Complete these basic tasks to configure NetWare 3.x Administration button to display options for bindery-based services for your printer. configuring the NIC. 1.
  • Page 25 4. Define the Printer. 6. Confirm Successful Configuration. Press with the new Print Server Highlighted, Turn the printer off and on and wait for a Network ENTER select Print Server Configuration and press Settings page to print. If the network is large, this may ENTER then select Printer Configuration and press take several minutes.
  • Page 26 Basic Setup for MacOS You will have to turn the printer off and then on again for the new name to take effect. Complete these basic tasks to begin printing. 5. Checking Printer Status 1. Install SuperScript 870 MacOS Software You can view active information about your printer’s status.
  • Page 27 Printing with MacOS System Requirements The SuperScript 870 Printer Driver for MacOS requires the The Network Options CD contains MacOS driver software following hardware and software to operate correctly. that allows your printer to deliver high-speed • 4 MB of RAM. Additional memory may be required to performance at lower cost than competing printers.

  • Page 28: Print Job Setup

    Print Job Setup Page Range Use the Pages fields to specify which pages of the document Printing a document to print. To print the whole document, click All (the default). To print a document from your MacOS computer To print a range of pages, type the first page you want in the Select Print from the File menu.
  • Page 29 Paper Source Print Order The Paper Source option lets you choose which paper to Front to Back: Select this to print multiple-page use based on your current printer configuration setup. documents from the first page to the last. Paper source options vary, depending on whether you Back to Front: Select this to print multiple-page have the optional 500-sheet cassette installed.

  • Page 30: Page Setup

    Imaging Modes Page Setup This setting controls the printing of text and graphics. You To view and change Page Setup settings can select an imaging method from the menu, or allow 1. Select Page Setup from the File menu. SuperScript 870 to select the best method automatically. A Print dialog box appears that allows you to select the To manually control the imaging mode, choose one of the options you want (shown on page 29).
  • Page 31 Print Page Border: Check this to print a border Page Setup Options around the printable area of the page. Click the Options button on the Page Setup dialog box to display these settings. The Page Preview icon shows the results of your Flip Horizontal: Check this to print a mirror image of selections.

  • Page 32: Printer Management

    You can set default page setup options to be used for all Change Printer documents printed on your NEC SuperScript 870 printer. To choose another printer: Click the Settings button on the Page Setup dialog box to Click the Change Printer button on the SuperScript 870 display these settings.
  • Page 33 SuperScript 870 Utility for Printer Management Change Printer Settings Check Printer Status...
  • Page 34 Name Printer change it if complex print jobs (documents containing a lot of graphics, gradations, or shading) are not printing If you have more than one SuperScript 870 printer on your because the printer driver is taking too long to process network, you should rename your printer.
  • Page 35 Check Printer Status The Spooler and Background Printing You can view online information about your printer’s You can use the SuperScript 870 Spooler to print status. In the SuperScript 870 Folder, double-click the documents in the background, to check the status of your SuperScript 870 Utilities icon.
  • Page 36 Launching the Spooler Canceling an Active Print Job The Spooler is launched automatically when you print a To stop the job that is currently printing, display the Spooler document (if background printing is on). To view the window, select the current job, if necessary, and click Cancel Spooler window, select SuperScript 870 Spooler from the Printing.
  • Page 37 Stopping the Printer You can pause the printer temporarily to remove a print job from the Waiting list or change the order of print jobs. If a document is being printed when you pause the print queue, the printer finishes it before stopping. To stop the printer: Select Stop Printing from the File menu when the Spooler window is displayed.

  • Page 38: Unix Setup

    Basic Setup for UNIX The SuperScript NIC printer supports • Solaris 2.x UNIX setup consists of 1) setting the IP Address on the NIC, • SCO Openserver Release 5 and 2) setting up one of two printing modes, either This section includes setup for these supported systems Printer-based lpd: Here, the printer appears as a using printer-based lpd or host-based lpd.
  • Page 39 Assigning the IP Address using arp and ping address, the result is a confirmation message: 1. Turn off the printer. 192.9.200.200 is alive 2. Log in as superuser on a host on the same subnet as the Remove the entry from the ARP cache using the printer NIC.
  • Page 40 based lpd then filters the data and prints the job according Enter remote host name: type host name entered in to information contained in the control file and its own printcap for the NIC. For example, type: lprprinter printcap file. Confirm the information you have entered.
  • Page 41 Setting Up Solaris 2.X to Use lpd Host-based lpd Setup If your system recognizes the lpsystem command, you Once the NIC has its IP address assigned, the following can use lpd. Another option is the admintool if your steps are necessary for Host-Side TCP/IP printing. system supports it.
  • Page 42 Installing and Printing on Solaris 2.x 4. Search for FILTER= and insert the following line above or below the # FILTER="${LPCAT} section of the file. Run the Installation script by typing: nicinst. Once Comment (using the # sign) any other FILTER entries the operating system has been identified, the script present in this section of the file.
  • Page 43 6. Type the following command. Installing and Printing on SCO UNIX After loading the software from the 870 Network Options lpadmin -p <printer name> CD, you must configure the printer and make it known to -v /dev/null -i /usr/nic/port1_interface the lp system. note: lpadmin configures the printer name and associates it with a given device and printer interface...
  • Page 44 Your screen will now display the information you The SCO UNIX lp system uses the lpadmin maintenance provided the install script. For example, command to configure a printer (there is no /etc/printcap file). The specific commands to do this Node name of the NIC: superscript are: Printer name to be used: <printer_name>...

  • Page 45: Identifying The Problem

    Use the checklists in this section to identify the cause of error condition. The two status lights, amber and green, printing problems. If a problem persists, contact NEC are located on the interface panel on the back of the Printer Technical Support at their web site printer.

  • Page 46: Troubleshooting For Netware

    Review Recent System Changes Troubleshooting for NetWare Verify that any hardware changes (installations, Use MAP and the NIC Home Page/Network modifications, removals), to the printer or network, were Administration options to troubleshoot in an IPX done correctly. If you added a new software application, environment (see page 8 for instructions on using the NIC make sure the program is compatible and installed correctly Home Page).
  • Page 47 File Server Checklist NIC Configuration Checklist • Is there enough disk space on the file server and is it If all your hardware connections are correct, check the following running? • Use the NIC Home Page to check the status of the •...

  • Page 48: Troubleshooting For Macos

    • The password assigned to the NIC through PCONSOLE Unable to Print from a Different Context: The NIC does not match the password assigned using the NIC does not support printing from a context other than the Home Page. Use the NIC Home Page to update the one you specified using the MAP utility on your Web password stored in the NIC’s memory.
  • Page 49 Numerics basic setup 10/100 Base-T connection hardware connections canceling a print job 870 NIC troubleshooting checking printer status hardware requirements how to print monitoring print jobs print demo page installation requirements print job setup hardware BOOTP Lite-16 print settings pages software BOOTP Lite-32 print SuperScript 870 file...
  • Page 50 orientation viewing network address page scaling configuring a NIC for NetWare viewing network information page size installing viewing unit status precision bitmap alignment operating requirements network connection status print preview selecting a NIC Network Options CD printable area monitoring printer status network print details MacOS print job settings mounting screw...
  • Page 51 SuperScript 870 files basic setup password creating host-based lpd PCONSOLE printing host-based lpd setup peer to peer printing SuperScript 870 Utility for MacOS installing TCP/IP adding the printer in Windows supplies, ordering loading utilities installing software supported printing environments Network Utilities for UNIX supported UNIX environments printer-based lpd printer-based lpd setup...

  • Page 52: Fcc Statement

    However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a U.S. Responsible Party: NEC Technologies, Inc. particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the 1250 N.

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