Document Outline

• Notices
• Introduction
  • 1. Introduction
    • 1.1. Target Audience and Products
      • 1.1.1. Target Audience
      • 1.1.2. Print Servers, Component Codes and Release Levels
    • 1.2. Types of Documentation
      • 1.2.1. Manual and Guides
      • 1.2.2. Other Types of Documentation
    • 1.3. Conventions Used in the Manual and Guides
    • 1.4. Topics in This Manual
      • 1.4.1. About the Supported Printing Environments
      • 1.4.2. About Tools for Management and Configuration
      • 1.4.3. About Initial Contact
      • 1.4.4. About Configuring the “Basic” and “Permission” Sub- Groups
      • 1.4.5. About Configuring Services and Host-Sessions
      • 1.4.6. “Other Configurations”
      • 1.4.7. About Information and Monitoring Possibilities
      • 1.4.8. About Upgrades and Maintenance
      • 1.4.9. About the Appendices
• Printing Environments
  • 2. Windows 2000 and Windows XP
    • 2.1. Introduction
    • 2.2. Raw Socket Printing (Standard TCP/IP Port)
    • 2.3. LPR
      • 2.3.1. Native LPR
      • 2.3.2. Intermate Print Port
    • 2.4. Internet Print Protocol
  • 3. Windows NT 4.0
    • 3.1. Introduction
    • 3.2. Using an Intermate Print Port for Raw Socket or LPR
      • 3.2.1. Install the Print Port Program
      • 3.2.2. Define Printer and Port
    • 3.3. Native LPR
  • 4. Windows 95/98
    • 4.1. Introduction
    • 4.2. Install the Print Port Program
    • 4.3. New “Printer”
    • 4.4. Add the Intermate Port 9100 or LPR printer port
  • 5. Novell Netware (LPR via pure IP)
  • 6. Apple LaserWriter (LPR only)
    • 6.1. Introduction
    • 6.2. Mac OS 8.1 (and higher)
    • 6.3. Mac OS 7.5 or Earlier
  • 7. AIX
    • 7.1. Topics Covered
    • 7.2. LPR (ASCII)
    • 7.3. FTP
    • 7.4. IPDS with PSF/6000
      • 7.4.1. Create a new IPDS printer definition
      • 7.4.2. Checking and Using the IPDS Connection
    • 7.5. General Printing Problems for AIX
  • 8. OS/2 2.x and OS/2 Warp
    • 8.1. Topics Covered
    • 8.2. LPR (ASCII data, e.g. PCL and Postscript)
      • 8.2.1. Create a new printer and queue
      • 8.2.2. Print using LPR command from the Command Line
      • 8.2.3. Print from WIN-OS/2 using the LPRMON command
      • 8.2.4. To obtain status from the TCP/IP LPD connected printer
      • 8.2.5. Troubleshooting
    • 8.3. IPDS from PSF/2
• Tools for Management and Configuration
  • 9. HTTP (Browser)
    • 9.1. Prerequisites
    • 9.2. How To Connect
    • 9.3. Menu Items and Groups Before Login
    • 9.4. Login with User Name and Password
    • 9.5. Menu Items and Groups After Login
    • 9.6. How to Change Settings on Configuration Pages
    • 9.7. Activating New Values By Rebooting
    • 9.8. Logout
  • 10. Configuration Using a Telnet Client
    • 10.1. Connecting
    • 10.2. Menu Items and Settings
    • 10.3. Activating New Values By Rebooting
  • 11. The Intermate Management and Configuration Utility (IMCU)
    • 11.1. What the IMCUIMCU is and how It works
    • 11.2. This Chapter Covers Installation and Basic Use
    • 11.3. Installation of the Various Elements
    • 11.4. Establishing an IMCU Server
    • 11.5. How to Log In and Out
    • 11.6. Device List / Available Agents
    • 11.7. Installing Agents
      • 11.7.1. Remote Installation of an Agent from the IMCU server
      • 11.7.2. Direct Installation of an Agent on a PC
      • 11.7.3. Troubleshooting Agent Installation on a PC
      • 11.7.4. Embedded Agent on the Intermate1xx
• Initial Contact
  • 12. IP Assignments for Initial Contact
    • 12.1. Introduction
    • 12.2. Information Needed Before Starting
    • 12.3. Method Overview
    • 12.4. Assignment Using BOOTP
    • 12.5. Assignment Using RARP
    • 12.6. Assignment Using DHCP
    • 12.7. Static IP Assignment Using “ARP and PING”
    • 12.8. Static IP Assignment Using the IMCU
• Configuring the “Basic” and “Permissions” Sub-Groups
  • 13. [TCP/IP]
    • 13.1. Introduction
    • 13.2. Mandatory IP-identifying information
      • 13.2.1. Host Name
      • 13.2.2. Syntax for IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Default Gateway
      • 13.2.3. Enable DHCP, BOOTP, RARP—or none of these
    • 13.3. Optional Settings
      • 13.3.1. DNS Server for Look-Ups
      • 13.3.2. WINS Server
  • 14. [General]
    • 14.1. Introduction to the Chapter
    • 14.2. Administrative Parameters
      • 14.2.1. Model
      • 14.2.2. SysAdmin contact
      • 14.2.3. Device’s location
      • 14.2.4. Device Name
    • 14.3. System Target Printer
    • 14.4. Enable Front Panel Messages (PJL)
  • 15. [Network]
    • 15.1. Media speed and duplex
    • 15.2. Enable Local MAC Address
    • 15.3. Local MAC Address
  • 16. Configuring Permissions
    • 16.1. [Password Change]
    • 16.2. [License Key]
      • 16.2.1. Ordering a key
      • 16.2.2. License Key Entry
• Configuring Print Services and Host- Sessions
  • 17. Processing Facilities
    • 17.1. Introduction
    • 17.2. TCP/IP Sessions, Services and Host-Sessions
    • 17.3. Physical Printers = Target Printers
      • 17.3.1. Local Printer
      • 17.3.2. Network Printers Using “NDO”
      • 17.3.3. The “System Target Printer”
    • 17.4. Processing Layers
    • 17.5. Use Logical Printer/Output To
    • 17.6. Logical Printers
      • 17.6.1. PR0 / Logical Printer 0
      • 17.6.2. The Configurable Logical Printers 1-8
    • 17.7. Data Manipulation in the Logical Printer Layer
      • 17.7.1. Examples of Logical Printer Definitions
      • 17.7.2. Processing Flows—Examples
    • 17.8. “Load Balancing Pools” (NDO only)
    • 17.9. Working with NDO Load Balancing Pools and Data Manipulation
  • 18. [Local Printer Parallel Port]
    • 18.1. Introduction—Messages and Status Reporting
    • 18.2. Parallel Port IEEE P1284 Negotiation Mode
    • 18.3. IEEE Timing Log (for ECP and Nibble Modes)
    • 18.4. PJL Support
    • 18.5. Compatible Mode, Report Problems As...
      • 18.5.1. Report Compatible Mode PE as:
      • 18.5.2. Report Compatible Mode ERROR as:
    • 18.6. Special PJL Settings for ECP and Nibble
      • 18.6.1. PJL Printer Status Feedback Frequency
      • 18.6.2. Check for Pending Printer Data When Idle For / Reverse Data
    • 18.7. About Error Reporting in ECP Mode
      • 18.7.1. ECP Mode on a printer that understands PJL
      • 18.7.2. ECP Mode on a printer that does not understand PJL
    • 18.8. Enable Power Detection
  • 19. Network Destination Option
    • 19.1. Requirements
    • 19.2. Configurations for Each “Network Destination #”
    • 19.3. Hostname (Mandatory)
    • 19.4. Print Method (Mandatory)
    • 19.5. Raw Socket TCP Port
    • 19.6. LPR settings
      • 19.6.1. Printer LPR Queue Name
      • 19.6.2. LPR Count Byte (MB)
    • 19.7. Changes Needed on Other Configuration Pages
      • 19.7.1. Local Printer—Do Not Enable Power Detection
      • 19.7.2. System Target Printer in a “Stand-Alone” Setup
  • 20. [Logical Printers 1-8]
    • 20.1. Introduction
    • 20.2. Target Printer
    • 20.3. Load Balancing Pool
    • 20.4. String Before and String After
    • 20.5. String Substitutions
  • 21. [Substitution Strings]
    • 21.1. “Input String #” and “Output String#”
    • 21.2. Planning
  • 22. Services in “Input Control”
    • 22.1. Common Feature: How to Direct Output
    • 22.2. Raw Socket (= “Port 9100" = Reverse Telnet)
    • 22.3. LPR Print Queues (LPD Protocol)
    • 22.4. FTP Print
      • 22.4.1. Configuration
      • 22.4.2. Using FTP Print
    • 22.5. IPP Print (Internet Printing Protocol)
      • 22.5.1. Included Features
      • 22.5.2. Print server configuration
    • 22.6. ThinPrint
• Management— Information and Monitoring Possibilities
  • 23. Printed Information Available
    • 23.1. Main Status Pages
    • 23.2. .Other Printouts in the “Actions” Group
    • 23.3. “Help” > [Quick Guide]
  • 24. Standard Monitoring Information
    • 24.1. The “Status” Group on the HTTP Menu
    • 24.2. “Status > Target Printer Info”
    • 24.3. “Status > System Log”
    • 24.4. Warnings and Error Messages
      • 24.4.1. Messages requiring you to seek help from a point of purchase
      • 24.4.2. Messages about things you can fix yourself
  • 25. Configurable Monitoring Tools
    • 25.1. [IMCU Agent]
    • 25.2. [E-Mail Notification]
  • 26. Configure [SNMP]
    • 26.1. Introduction and Pre-Requisites
    • 26.2. Set Up a Connection With Your SNMP Tool
    • 26.3. Edit “Variables”
    • 26.4. Load and Edit “Options” (Parameters)
    • 26.5. Traps
    • 26.6. Using and Viewing Traps
  • 27. Printer and Job Status via “Finger” (External Tool)
    • 27.1. Purposes and Limitations
    • 27.2. How to Use It
• Upgrades and Maintenance
  • 28. Upgrade Components
    • 28.1. What and How
      • 28.1.1. How to Get Upgrades
      • 28.1.2. How to See Which Firmware is Currently Loaded
    • 28.2. What the Firmware File Names Mean
      • 28.2.1. Two Part Version-Naming System
      • 28.2.2. Release Level Designations
      • 28.2.3. Overview of Component Types and File Names
    • 28.3. “FSS-Files”
    • 28.4. Configuration Files
      • 28.4.1. “The” configuration file: ima_cfg.bin
      • 28.4.2. .IDB
    • 28.5. The Print Server’s FTP Directory and Its Libraries
      • 28.5.1. Intermate100 (G22)
      • 28.5.2. Intermate101 (G32 and G34)
    • 28.6. How to Inspect the FTP Directory
  • 29. Using FTP Directly
    • 29.1. Upgrades of Firmware and Fonts (FFS files)
    • 29.2. Upgrades of IDBs
    • 29.3. The Binary Configuration File (ima_config.bin)
  • 30. Using the IMCU for Maintenance
    • 30.1. Advantages
    • 30.2. Single Print Server
    • 30.3. Bulk Upgrade
  • 31. Upgrade of Main Code or Boot Code Using a Serial Cable
    • 31.1. The Cable
    • 31.2. The Intermate Download Utility Program
  • 32. Overview of Types of Resets
    • 32.1. Activate New, Saved Settings with a Reboot
    • 32.2. Restore Factory Default Settings: Remote
    • 32.3. Restore Factory Defaults: TEST Button
    • 32.4. Crash Recovery (Intermate101 only)
• Appendices
  • Appendix A. Customer Support
    • A.1. Updates and Revised Documentation
    • A.2. Where to Find Support
    • A.3. Gathering Information
  • Appendix B. Technical Information
    • B.1. Hardware
    • B.2. Supported Printers and Performance Features
    • B.3. Emission Notices and Approvals
  • Appendix C. Hardware Installation
  • Appendix D. Information from LEDs and from the TEST Button
    • D.1. LED Patterns in Various Modes
    • D.2. TEST Button to Print Main Status Pages or Quick Guide
  • Appendix E. US ASCII 7-bit Character Set: Decimal Values 32 - 126
  • Appendix F. String Syntax
    • F.1. Basic Rules and Encoded Bytes
    • F.2. Examples of Valid Strings and Invalid Strings
  • Appendix G. Configuration Checklists
    • G.1. Overall Checklist
    • G.2. Checklist for Each Service or Host Session
  • Appendix H. Troubleshooting
    • H.1. Cannot print a job
    • H.2. Cannot PING the printer