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
NEST
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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.

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Creating a User with NETADMIN
1. Log into the network as SUPERVISOR (or equivalent).
2. Start the NETADMIN 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. Choose Manage Objects from the NETADMIN options list and press
Enter.
5. Press Insert to add an object.
6. Choose User and press Enter.
7. Type the login name and press the down arrow key.
8. Type the last name and press Esc.
Now you change properties or set a password, if necessary.
9. If you do not want to change properties or passwords, go to step 14.
10. Press Enter to see the Actions List.
11. View or edit properties of the User object.
12. Press Enter. If you need to change or create a password, choose
Change Password and press Enter, otherwise go to step 14.
13. Type the password and press Enter. Type the password again to
verify it and press Enter.
14. Press Esc four times to exit NETADMIN and save your changes.
Figure 7. Creating a user in NETADMIN

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NEST-Specific Setup usingWebAdmin
The following instructions for setting up NEST with an Elite XL printer apply
to both NetWare 3.12 and 4.X.
Elite XL specific NEST parameters are accessed and changed using GCC’s
WebAdmin remote printer management tool. WebAdmin allows you to view
and/or change many parameters of the Elite XL printer using a World Wide
Web browser over an Ethernet network. Please see Section 2 of this manual for
information on installation and setup of the WebAdmin utility.
All Elite XL printers on the network that you are intending to use with NEST
MUST be accessible using WebAdmin. The following instructions assume you
have followed the setup in Section 2 and are able to access the printer using
WebAdmin.
First, ensure that NEST is enabled on the printer.
1. Launch your World Wide Web browser and attached to your printer as
explained in Section 2.
2. Select (click) NETWORKS from the WebAdmin main menu.The
Networks main menu is displayed.
3. If NEST is disabled, use the pull-down menu to enable it and restart your
printer.
4. Once the printer is configured with NEST enabled, select the NEST link.
The NEST Subjects menu appears.
The NEST Subjects menu displays the available subject items (General,
Network, NPRINTER and PSERVER) that may be changed. If you select one
of the links on this page, a menu of parameters will be displayed for the subject
you have selected.
The following information pertains only to those items that are required to
change for NEST printing. If you are installing under Netware 3.12, continue
with the instructions below. If you are installing under Netware 4.x, skip
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Netware 3.12 setup with WebAdmin
If you are installing under Netware 3.12, you will need to configure the
following items.
1. From the WebAdmin Networks menu, select the Network link. From
the Network configuration menu:
a) Change the FRAMETYPE item to a frametype that is supported by
your file server.
b) Change the MODE item to Bindery.
c) Change the PREFERRED SERVER item to the name of your file
server.
2. From the WebAdmin Networks menu, select the PSERVER link. From
the PSERVER configuration menu:
a) Change the PRINT SERVER NAME item to the print server name
that you created earlier in this chapter when you used PCONSOLE to
configure your file server.
b) Change the PASSWORD item to the password you set (if you set one)
for the print server when using PCONSOLE.
3. Click the box that is labeled Restart printer automatically and press the
submit new settings button. The Elite XL will save your changes and
reboot.
Netware 4.x setup with WebAdmin
If you are installing under Netware 4.x, you will need to configure the follow-
ing items.
1. From the WebAdmin Networks menu, select the Network link. From
the Network configuration menu:
a) Change the FRAMETYPE item to a frametype that is supported by
your file server.
b) Change the MODE item to Directory Services.
c) Change the PREFERRED SERVER item to the name of your file
server.
d) Change the PREFERRED DS TREE item to the name of your
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c) Change the DS Name Context item to the context that contains the
print server object, printer object and user that you created earlier in
this section.
2. From the WebAdmin Networks menu, select the NPRINTER link. From
the NPRINTER configuration menu:
a) Change the USER NAME item to the common name of the user object
that you created earlier in this section.
b) Change the USER PASSWORD item to the password you set (if you
set one) for the user.
2. From the WebAdmin Networks menu, select the PSERVER link. From
the PSERVER configuration menu:
a) Change the PRINT SERVER NAME item to the print server name
that you created earlier in this chapter when you used PCONSOLE to
configure your file server.
b) Change the PASSWORD item to the password you set (if you set one)
for the print server when using PCONSOLE.
3. Click the box that is labeled Restart printer automatically and press the
submit new settings button. The Elite XL will save your changes and
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Windows computers that use your NEST printer
Control-d and PostScript printing
If you intend to print from computers running Windows, you may get errors
when running PostScript jobs. This is because Windows computers add a
Control-d (^d) character to the end of the job, and in some cases to the begin-
ning as well. The following sections tell you how to configure computers
running Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 to prevent them from sending the extra
characters.
To make these changes you must first install the printer driver in each com-
puter.
Preventing a Windows 3.1 computer from sending Control-d
1. From Program Manager, choose Run from the File Menu.
2. Type Sysedit in the dialog box and press Enter.
3. Click on the WIN.INI title bar in the Sysedit window.
4. Choose Find from the Edit menu.
5. Scroll to the section of WIN.INI headed “[GCC Elite XL,Version
1.1,LPT3]” (This line may be partially different in your computer).
6. Add the following line anywhere in this section:
CtrlD=0
7. Choose Exit from the File Menu, and save changes when prompted.
Preventing a Windows 95 computer from sending Control-d
1. From the Start menu, choose Settings and then Printers.
2. Right-click on the Elite XL icon, and choose Properties in the pop-up
menu.
3. Choose the PostScript tab in this dialog box.
4. Click on the Advanced button.
5. There are two checkboxes relating to Ctrl-d at the bottom of this dialog
box. Clear both of them.
6. Press OK twice to return to the Windows 95 desktop.

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Printing a Config page
NEST Config Page info
You can find information about the current status of your Elite XL by printing a
configuration page (unless the printer is in PCL only mode). If you are having
trouble with the Elite XL NEST setup, printing a config page may offer helpful
information.
1. Make sure the printer’s display shows “Ready.”
2. Press the On Line button to take the printer off line.
3. Press the Menu button eight times, until you see the words “Print Info
Pages: Configuration” in the display.
4. Press the Enter button. The printer will warm up, then print a configura-
tion page.
5. When the page has printed, press the On Line button to take the printer
on line.
NEST information is at the bottom of the left column.
Typical problems with solutions
You can get information about your printer either by running the configuration
tool program, checking settings in the printer’s front panel, or by printing a
configuration page.
1. The print server didn’t log into the file server.
Make sure that the configuration page shows the same print server name
and file server name as displayed by WebAdmin. If you are using
NetWare 4, check to make sure that the name context and DS tree are
correct (with WebAdmin), and check that you have entered a typeful
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2. The print server is running, but NPRINTER didn’t connect to it.
In NetWare 4, you must create a user on the file server for NPRINTER to
log in as; check NETADMIN or NWADMIN to make sure that you have
created a user. Use WebAdmin to make sure that the printer has the
correct name and password. Also make sure that user is in the same
context as the print server and printer objects by looking in NETADMIN
or NWADMIN.
3. I can send jobs to a queue correctly, but the printer won’t read the
jobs from the queue.
Try printing a configuration page. This will tell you if the print server
and NPRINTER have connected correctly. If they have not, the print
server will not be able to print jobs from the queue. If the print server has
connected correctly to NPRINTER, check the file server name to make
sure that you have connected to the correct file server.
If you can find no errors but the printer will still not print from the queue,
use PCONSOLE to check the queue; you may have disabled the queue.
4. The printer prints a banner page, but the rest of the job does not
print.
If your print job is sent from a Windows computer, this machine may be
sending a Control-d (^d) character at the beginning of the file which
causes a PostScript error immediately after the banner page is printed,
halting the job. See the section “Control-d and PostScript printing” in the
section “Configuring Windows computers that will print to your NEST
printer.”
5. I changed the frametype and now my printer won’t connect to the
file server.
When you change the frametype, you are also changing the network
number of the printer. Since the internal print server is now on a different
network, NetWare thinks that it is a different print server, even though it
has the same name. Since NetWare doesn’t allow more than one print
server at a time to use the same name, you must wait a few minutes until
the network realizes that the old print server is no longer running.
(You should only have this problem if the print server was already
connected to a file server and you did not change the print server name
when you changed the frametype.)

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WebAdmin
Contents
Introduction ............................................................................................2-2
Getting Started .......................................................................................2-2
Connecting to WebAdmin ......................................................................2-3
Navigating WebAdmin ............................................................................2-3
Linking to Pages .........................................................................2-3
Refreshing Information ...............................................................2-6
Printer Status Page ..................................................................2-7
Changing the Printer’s Configuration ...........................................2-8
Printing Informational Pages ......................................................2-9
WebAdmin Security ...............................................................................2-9
WebAdmin Password ................................................................2-10
TCP/IP Address Restriction ....................................................... 2-11
WebAdmin Index .................................................................................2-13
WebAdmin Messages ..........................................................................2-13
Setting upTCP/IP Protocol ..................................................................2-14
Troubleshooting Tips ............................................................................2-16
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Introduction
WebAdmin is an innovative solution to remote printer management. Using a
World Wide Web browser, you can view the status and configuration settings of
any Elite XL printer with WebAdmin capability on your Ethernet network.
Furthermore, you can actually change the settings from the browser. Using
WebAdmin is like standing next to the printer and physically pressing the front
panel function keys. For example, you may need to change the configuration
prior to sending a print job.
To provide this functionality, the Elite XL incorporates a built-in HTTP
(HyperText Transfer Protocol) server that provides a Web page interface for
configuration and management. The Elite XL acts as a Web server, serving
information about its configuration as Web pages to your computer. Using a
Web browser, you can view these pages and send back requests to change
certain settings on the printer.
WebAdmin is best suited for system administrators who perform a variety of
configuration tasks, and for those who are already using their printers on an
Ethernet network. WebAdmin does not send print jobs to the printer.
Getting Started
1. Install a Web browser on your computer.
You must use a HTML 3.0-compliant browser with forms capability.
Install a World Wide Web browser (such as Mosaic or Netscape Navigator)
on your PC or Macintosh, if you don’t already have one.
Launch your browser and open the Web page install.htm (located in the
WebAdmin Folder on the Elite XL Software and Documentation CD-
ROM provided with your printer. This page offers helpful information on
how to setup and use WebAdmin.
2. Configure the printer for TCP/IP.
Refer to the TCP/IP section of this Networking guide. TCP/IP runs over an
Ethernet network; therefore, you must have an Ethernet connection from
your computer to your Elite XL to use WebAdmin.
3. Configure your computer for TCP/IP.
Make sure the TCP/IP network protocol on your Macintosh or PC is set up
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UNIX machines, Macintoshes (System 7.5 or later) and IBM PC-com-
patibles (Windows 95 or Windows NT) come with the TCP/IP protocol
built in.
If your computer is not configured for TCP/IP, refer to “Setting Up TCP/IP
Protocol” on page 2-14 of this Chapter.
Note: You may want to verify the setup of TCP/IP on your printers and computers. To
verify that TCP/IP is set up properly, use some other method of connecting your
computers and printers (such as telnet or ping).
Connecting to WebAdmin
There are two ways to connect to the WebAdmin server:
1Type the IP address of the printer in the browser’s URL (Uniform Re-
source Locator) entry area.
Example: Type http://1.0.4.23/, where 1.0.4.23 is the printer’s IP address.
2If your network has a Domain Name Server, you can type the printer’s
assigned name in the browser’s URL entry area.
Example: Type http://myElite/, where myElite is the name of the printer.
In most cases, your system administrator will assign a hostname to your Elite
XL. This name may differ from the AppleTalk® name of the printer that
appears on the printer’s front panel display. For more information on Domain
Name Servers and local host files, contact your system administrator.
For convenience, you may want to set up an Elite XL home page on your
computer with links to all your Elite XL printers that have WebAdmin capabil-
ity.
Navigating WebAdmin
Linking to Pages
When you connect to your Elite XL, the printer’s home page automatically
appears. This page provides a list of page bars that link to the WebAdmin
pages used to view and change the printer’s configuration.