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HP Jetdirect Print Server
Administrator's Guide
300x
510x
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Administrator’s Guide HP Jetdirect Print Servers (300X/510X)
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© 2000-2006 Copyright Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. All rights reserved. Reproduction, adaptation, or translation without prior written permission is prohibited, except as allowed under the copyright laws. The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting
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Table of Contents 1. Introducing the HP Jetdirect Print Server Introduction ............................................................................. 7 Support Materials.................................................................... 8 Software, Driver, and Flash Image Upgrades ....................... 8 2. HP Software Solutions Summary Software Solutions Table ........................................................ 9 HP Install Network Printer Wizard (Windows)................... 11 HP J
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6. Troubleshooting the HP Jetdirect Print Server Introduction ........................................................................... 58 Resetting to Factory Defaults ............................................... 59 General Troubleshooting....................................................... 60 Understanding the Ethernet Configuration Pages (External Print Servers) ..................................................... 64 7. HP Jetdirect Configuration Page Messages Introduction .......
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1 Introducing the HP Jetdirect Print Server Introduction HP Jetdirect print servers allow you to connect printers and other devices directly to a network. By attaching directly to a network, devices can be conveniently located near users. In addition, a network connection allows data transfers to or from the device at network speeds. HP Jetdirect external print servers connect printers to the network by adapting the printer’s parallel port to a network port. Depending on the model, HP Je
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Supported Networks HP Jetdirect print servers support a variety of network protocol suites, including TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, DLC/LLC, and AppleTalk protocols. In addition, HP provides software for network configuration on the following networks: ● Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003 (Direct Mode printing) ● Apple Mac OS ● UNIX (HP-UX and Solaris) ● Linux (RedHat and SuSE) Note If not supplied with this product, HP network configuration and management software for supported systems may be obta
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2 HP Software Solutions Summary Software Solutions Table HP provides a variety of software solutions to set up or manage your HP Jetdirect-connected network devices. See Table 2.1 to help you determine which software is best for you: ENWW 9
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Table 2.1 Software Solutions Operating Environment Function Remarks Install Network Printer wizard (Windows) Windows 2000, XP, Server Install a single network Simple printer installation 2003 For TCP/IP printer on a peer-to-peer or Runs from CD-ROM direct-mode printing client-server network More information: http://www.hp.com/ support/net_printing HP Jetdirect Printer Installer for UNIX HP-UX 10.x-10.20, 11.x Fast and easy installation More information: of HP Jetdirect-connected Solaris 2.6
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HP Install Network Printer Wizard (Windows) The HP install Network Printer Wizard is a utility for printer discovery, setup and installation on a TCP/IP network. Once your printers have a network connection, the wizard installs the printer on your systems or servers that will send print jobs directly to the printer. This is called “direct-mode”, or “peer-to-peer” printing. If your system is a server, you can share the printer so that network clients can use the printer through the server,
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HP Web Jetadmin HP Web Jetadmin allows you to use a Web browser to install, view, manage, and diagnose devices connected to an HP Jetdirect print server or any standard printer MIB devices. For information about a procedure or window in the HP Web Jetadmin software, see the online help. System Requirements HP Web Jetadmin software runs on Microsoft Windows 2000, XP Professional, and Server 2003, and selected Linux systems. For information on supported host operating systems, clients, and c
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Verifying Installation and Providing Access ● Verify that the HP Web Jetadmin software is correctly installed by navigating to it with your browser as shown in the following example: http://systemname.domain:port/ where systemname.domain is the host name of your web server, and port is the port number assigned during installation. ● Provide users access to HP Web Jetadmin software by adding a link to your web server’s home page that is addressed to HP Web Jetadmin’s URL. For example: http:/
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Internet Printer Connection Software HP Jetdirect print servers (firmware version x.07.16 or later) support the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP). Using the appropriate software on your system, you can create an IPP print path from your system to any HP Jetdirect-connected printer over the Internet. Note For incoming print path requests, the network administrator must configure the firewall to accept incoming IPP requests. Security features available in the software are currently limited.
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(Example: http://169.254.227.113/ipp/port2) Then click Next. 5. You will be prompted for a printer driver (the HP Jetdirect print server does not contain printer drivers, so your system cannot automatically obtain the driver). Click OK to install the printer driver onto your system and follow the instructions on the screen. (You may need your printer CD-ROM to install the driver.) 6. To complete the print path setup, follow the instructions on the screen. Features Features and benefits pro
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Supported Browsers Windows 2000 ● Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or later. Supported Proxies ● Web proxy with support for HTTP v1.1 (may not be needed if printing over an intranet) 16 HP Software Solutions Summary ENWW
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3 TCP/IP Configuration Introduction To operate properly on a TCP/IP network, the HP Jetdirect print server must be configured with valid TCP/IP network configuration parameters, such as an IP address. Depending on your printer and system, this can be done in the following ways: Note When shipped from the factory, the HP Jetdirect print server has no IP address. If the HP Jetdirect print server is not configured with a valid IP address within two minutes after power up, a factory default v
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Note Linux and UNIX systems: For more information, see the bootpd man page. On HP-UX systems, a sample DHCP configuration file (dhcptab) may be loaded in the /etc directory. If your HP-UX system does not provide Dynamic Domain Name Services (DDNS) for its DHCP implementations, HP recommends that you set all print server lease durations to infinite. This ensures that print server IP addresses remain static until such time as Dynamic Domain Name Services are available. ● By a network-based
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Using BOOTP/TFTP This section describes how to configure the print server using BOOTP (Bootstrap Protocol) and TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) services on UNIX servers. BOOTP and TFTP are used to download network configuration data from a server to the HP Jetdirect print server over the network. Note On supported Windows server systems, use the Microsoft DHCP utilities to set up HP Jetdirect configuration via BOOTP. For more information, see “Using DHCP”. Note If the Jetdirect print
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Systems That Use Network Information Service (NIS) If your system uses NIS, you may need to rebuild the NIS map with the BOOTP service before performing the BOOTP configuration steps. Refer to your system documentation. Configuring the BOOTP Server For the HP Jetdirect print server to obtain its configuration data over the network, the BOOTP/TFTP servers must be set up with the appropriate configuration files. BOOTP is used by the print server to obtain entries in the /etc/bootptab file on
