GCC Technologies Elite XL-1208 Installation and maintenance instructions

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Using the Elite XL with
Windows 95 and Windows NT 3.5
Elite XL Networking Guide
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TCP/IP
Using the Elite XL with Ethernet
WebAdmin
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Contents
Introduction .............................................................................................1-2
Setting up the Elite XL printer .................................................................1-2
General NetWare Setup .........................................................................1-3
NetWare 3.12 instructions ......................................................................1-3
PCONSOLE .................................................................................1-3
Creating a Print Queue ..........................................................1-3
Creating a Print Server ...........................................................1-4
NetWare 4.1 instructions ........................................................................1-6
Setting up PCONSOLE ................................................................1-6
Creating a User ...........................................................................1-8
Creating a User with NWADMIN ............................................1-8
Creating a User with NETADMIN ..........................................1-10
NEST-specific Setup using WebAdmin ................................................1-11
NetWare 3.12 setup with WebAdmin .........................................1-12
NetWare 4.x setup with WebAdmin............................................1-12
Windows computers that use your NEST printer ..................................1-14
Printing a Config page .........................................................................1-15
NEST Config page info........................................................... 1-15
Typical problems with solutions.............................................................1-15
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Introduction
NEST (Novell Embedded Software Technology) is code written by Novell and
licensed by GCC. It provides NetWare protocols and is configured using
standard NetWare utilities. It offers these advantages:
• Your Elite XL does not require a dedicated print server, so it connects
directly to the network.
• You can install the Elite XL anywhere you have an Ethernet connection.
• NEST works with GCC’s WebAdmin utility.
This manual shows you how to install and configure your Elite XL printer to
work with your NetWare network. You set up your Elite XL printer in two
steps – the usual NetWare setup, followed by the GCC specific NEST setup. If
any of the computers on your network are creating PostScript jobs using
Windows, you will also need to configure them.
The Elite XL NEST specific parameters are setup using GCC’s WebAdmin
utility. Instructions for accessing and using the WebAdmin utility are located
later in this section and in Section 2 of this manual.
Setting up the Elite XL Printer
The instructions in this section are a condensed version of those in Chapter 1 of
the Elite XL Users Manual (on this CD-ROM), and are intended for users
experienced in setting up network laser printers. If you have questions about
any of the steps in this section, consult the Elite XL User’s Manual.
1. Unpack the printer and install the toner cartridge.
2. Insert paper into the paper tray and insert the paper tray into the printer.
3. Connect a cable from the Ethernet port to the network.
4. Plug the AC power cord into the Elite XL, then plug it into a grounded
AC outlet.
5. Switch on the printer.

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General Netware Setup
This section discusses the NetWare utilities you use to set up your Elite XL
printer. This process is the same as setting up any printer, but in a few cases
there are specific instructions to configure the NEST options. These are
included in the instructions where necessary.
The instructions are described first for NetWare 3.12, and then for NetWare 4.1
(beginning on page 1-6). The utilities included in this section are PCONSOLE,
NWADMIN, and NETADMIN.
NetWare 3.12 instructions
PCONSOLE
PCONSOLE has two functions: setting up and managing print queues, and
setting up and managing print servers. This manual covers the outline of how
to set up queues and servers; you must create at least one queue and one print
server. For more details consult your NetWare documentation.
Creating a Print Queue
1. Log into the file server as SUPERVISOR (or equivalent).
2. Start the PCONSOLE program (it is located in SYS:PUBLIC).
First you create a print queue.
3. From the menu (shown in figure 1) choose Print Queue
Information.
4. Press Ins to add a new item to the list of queues.
5. Type the name of the new queue and press Enter.
Then you add users to the queue.
6. With your new queue selected, press Enter again.
7. Choose Queue Users from the Print Queue Information menu
and press Enter.
8. Modify the list of users as necessary.
9. Press Esc to return to the Print Queue Information menu.
Choose queue operators (people or groups that can manage this queue).
10. Choose Queue Operators from this menu and press Enter.
11. Modify the list of users and groups as necessary.
12. Press Esc three times to return to the PCONSOLE main menu.
13. Repeat steps 3-12 to create further queues as needed, then proceed
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Creating a Print Server
1. Choose Print Server Information.
First you create a new server.
2. Press Ins to add a new item to the list of servers.
3. Type the name of the new server and press Enter. Make a note of
the name of this server; you will need this when you use GCC’s
WebAdmin, which is described later in this section.
Then you assign users to this server.
4. With your new server selected, press Enter again.
5. Choose Print Server Users from the Print Server Information menu
and press Enter.
6. Modify the list of users as necessary.
7. Press Esc to return to the Print Server Information menu.
Then you choose users who can manage the print server.
8. Choose Print Server Operators from this menu and press Enter.
9. Modify the list of operators as necessary.
10. Press Esc to return to the Print Server Information menu.
Figure 1. PCONSOLE’s opening menu.

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Now you configure the printer.
11. Choose Print Server Configuration from this menu and press
Enter.
12. Choose Printer Configuration from this menu and press
Enter.
13. You must configure the printer as printer zero (0) so choose this option
from the menu and press Enter.
14. Type a name for the printer and press Enter.
15. You will see a list of Printer Types (as in figure 2). The Elite XL
must be defined as Other Remote/Unknown. Select this option
from the list.
Finally you assign your queue to your printer.
16. When you have defined your Elite XL printer, press Esc to return
to the Print Server Configuration menu.
17. Choose Queues Serviced by Printer from this menu and press
Enter.
Figure 2. Selecting “Remote Other/Unknown” from the list of Printer types.

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18. Assign the queue you just created to the printer (see your NetWare
documentation for more details).
19. When you have finished, press Esc to return to the Print Server
Configuration menu.
You may want to implement this optional item.
22a. Choose Notify List for Printer and press Enter.
22b. Choose the Elite XL printer, and then select users that you wish to be
notified when the printer has a problem (see your Netware documentation
for more details).
22c. When you have completed your Notify List, press Esc until you return
to the Print Server Information menu.
When you have made all your changes, you exit PCONSOLE.
23. Press Esc three times to return to the PCONSOLE main menu.
24. Press Esc to save changes and exit PCONSOLE.
This ends the section of this manual devoted to Netware 3.12. Now continue
with the section “NEST-specific Setup” on page 11.
NetWare 4.1 instructions
Setting up PCONSOLE
1. Log into the network as SUPERVISOR (or equivalent).
2. Start the PCONSOLE program (it is located in SYS:PUBLIC).
3. Change to the correct context, and make a note of it. (You will need this
when you use GCC’s WebAdmin utility, discussed in a later section.)
4. Choose Quick Setup and press Enter (see figure 3).
5. Enter the Print Server Name. Press Enter, then press Insert and type
the name. Make a note of this name; you will need it when use use
GCC’s WebAdmin Utility, discussed in a later section.
6. Change the New Printer and the New Print Queue entries in the same
way.
7. Choose the volume where you will store your print queues.
8. Change the Banner Type to PostScript or Text as appropriate.
9. Choose the Printer Type. For the Elite XL this must be Other/Un-
known.
10. Press Esc several times to return to the PCONSOLE main menu.
11. Press Esc to save changes and exit PCONSOLE.

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Figure 3. Choosing Quick Setup from PCONSOLE’s opening screen.
Figure 4. PCONSOLE’s Quick Setup screen.

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Creating a User
NPRINTER must log in to the network, so you are required to create a user for
this purpose. You can do this either by using the NWADMIN utility (Win-
dows) or the NETADMIN utility (DOS).
Creating a User with NWADMIN
1. Log into the network as SUPERVISOR (or equivalent).
2. Start the NWADMIN program (it is located in SYS:PUBLIC).
3. Change the context, if necessary, to the same as the printer. Choose
Change Context and press Insert to browse the list of available
contexts. Choose the correct context and press F10.
4. Highlight your required context.
5. Press Insert and choose a user object from the list, then press Enter.
6. Type the login name and press Tab.
Figure 5. Creating a user in NWADMIN

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7. Type the last name and press Enter.
8. Click on the Create button.
9. Double-click on the user name to display the User dialog box.
Now you set a password.
10. Click on the Password Restriction button.
11. Click on the Change Password button.
12. Type the new password and press Enter, then type the password
again to verify it.
13. Make a note of the user name and password; you will need them for the
GCC WebAdmin setup.
14. Press the OK button to exit this dialog box. Your user is created.
Figure 6. The Password screen in NWADMIN.