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Each product and program carries a respective written warranty, the only warranty on which the customer can rely. Paxar reserves the right to make changes in the product, the programs, and their availability at any time and without notice. Although Paxar has made every effort to provide complete and accurate information in this manual, Paxar shall not be liable for any omissions or inaccuracies. Any update will be incorporated in a later edition of this manual. 2006 Paxar Americas, Inc
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TABLE OF CONTENTS GETTING STARTED......................................................................................1-1 Overview ................................................................................................1-1 System Requirements ..............................................................................1-2 Network Protocols Supported....................................................................1-2 Checking the Print Server Hardware ...........................
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USING THE WEB INTERFACE .......................................................................4-1 Logging In ..............................................................................................4-2 Configuring the Printer .............................................................................4-3 Configuring the Print Port Settings ............................................................4-4 Configuring Print Services ........................................................
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TROUBLESHOOTING....................................................................................5-1 General Troubleshooting Information .........................................................5-1 Troubleshooting Wireless Configuration Problems.......................................5-5 Troubleshooting Network Configuration......................................................5-6 Technical Support....................................................................................5-6 TELNE
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GETTING STARTED 1 The Monarch 7411 Print Server lets you communicate with the Monarch 9825 printer on a wired Ethernet 802.3 network, or on an 802.11b or 802.11g wireless network. 802.11b/g refers to 802.11b and 802.11g in this manual. Information in this document supercedes information in previous versions. Check our Web site (www.monarch.com) for the latest documentation and release information. Overview You can use the print server in Ad-Hoc (peer-to-peer) or infrastructure (a
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System Requirements To use the print server for printing from a wireless network, you need an 802.11b/g wireless network. The wireless network consists of either of the following: ♦ An 802.11b/g wireless enabled PC printing straight to the printer (Ad-Hoc or Peer-to-Peer Mode). ♦ An 802.11b/g wireless access point allowing wireless and wired Ethernet enabled computers to print to the print server (Infrastructure Mode). To configure and print, you need the following: 1. The MAC addres
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Checking the Print Server Hardware The print server comes preinstalled and tested in your printer. Do not plug any cables into the parallel port when using the print server. A printer with this print server cannot use the parallel port. However, the serial port is still active. Antenna Test/Reset Button Serial Port Getting Started 1-3
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Verifying Successful Installation When the print server is turned on, it goes through the following startup sequence: ♦ It runs through a set of power-up diagnostics for a few seconds. The top orange light comes on when the unit is turned on. The middle light comes on solid yellow when an Ethernet link (wired 10baseT) is established. The bottom comes on solid green when an Ethernet (wired 100baseTX) link is established. Both the yellow and green lights will come on solid when a wire
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Sample Test Page The test page is best displayed using 4” wide by 6” long labels. If the label is too small, some information may print outside the label edges. PAXAR ------------- MonarchNet Print Server Status ------------- MonarchNet Network Adapter-PLUS Firmware FW Ver. CTMO -7.01E (2006.03.10) Netware Retries: 0 Boot Ver. 1.0 Frame type Network Count versions Ethernet: 00-40-17-1e-85-92 EN_11 Unknown 1126 Node name: MON_002077 EN_802.2 Unknown 1126
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1-6 Ethernet Operating Instructions
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CONFIGURING THE 802.11b/g 2 AND IP SETTINGS Configuring the Print Server To configure the print server for a 802.11b/g wireless network, you must set the wireless mode (Ad-Hoc or infrastructure), SSID, channel (Ad-Hoc mode only), data rate and security. All nodes of a wireless network need to have the same settings in order to communicate with each other. Before You Begin Properly configure your computer for communication on a wireless network before you continue. If you are connect
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♦ If you are using TCP/IP, note your computers IP address. The print server needs to be on the same IP segment as the other nodes on your network in order to communicate. ♦ You should have a good signal between your computer and the access point. Installing the Software The following operating systems are supported: Microsoft Windows NT 4, 2000, and XP. Follow these steps to install the Monarch® NetManager software and configure the print server. You can also download the utili
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Note: If the wireless signal is less than 50% on the Wireless Status screen, printing performance could be affected. To improve the signal strength, try moving the print server closer to the computer or access point and away from other radio devices such as Bluetooth® wireless devices, microwave ovens, or 2.4 gigahertz cordless phones. 6. Configure your print server to the settings you need. Many of the fields are automatically configured to match the network being used, so you may not
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2-4 Ethernet Operating Instructions
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MANAGEMENT METHODS 3 There are a variety of ways to configure and monitor the print server. These methods are: Web browser, NetMgr, MonarchNet Console, HP JetAdmin, HP Web JetAdmin, or Telnet. For Telnet/console mode information, see Chapter 6, “Telnet Console Commands.” MonarchNet Console This is a command-line oriented console that contains features not available through NetManager or a Web browser. The default password is access. The console can be accessed via: ♦ Telnet ♦ Web
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Microsoft Windows Network Configuration The print server includes the easy-to-use NetManager software for printing from Windows computers over an 802.11b/g wireless link. This software creates a network port on the Windows system, which acts like a normal parallel port. As a result, it works transparently with any standard Windows printer driver and application program. Because this software uses the industry-standard TCP/IP protocol, it can be used with IP routers and other IP-b
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Berkeley UNIX Host Configuration Berkeley UNIX host computers include Linux, Digital Equipment Corporation Digital UNIX, OSF/1, and ULTRIX; Compaq Tru64 UNIX; SunOS (not Solaris), SCO UNIX; and many others. Sun Solaris, HP/UX, IBM AIX users should skip to the appropriate sections later in this manual. ♦ Do not use the Linux X-Windows graphical user interface printer configuration utility, because it does not work with Paxar print servers. Instead, Linux users should follow the configu
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3. Create the spool directory: The lpd spool directory is usually located in the /usr/spool directory. To create a new spool directory, use the mkdir command; for example: mkdir /usr/spool/lpd/MonarchPrinter 4. Print using the standard lpr command: lpr –PMonarchPrinter filename 5. For AT&T based UNIX systems, such as SCO, use the standard lp command: lp –dMonarchPrinter filename Sun Solaris Configuration To use a print server with Sun Solaris, first use the Host Manager in the Adm
