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Table of Contents

Introduction......

Printer Network Configuration Overview

Option 1: Discovery of OkiLAN 6200e......

If Your Network Does Not Use DHCP:

If Your Network Uses DHCP:

Option 2: Special Situations......

Option 3: Advanced Alerts......

Tip for Using PostScript

Install Software Utilities

To Install OkiView 32:......

To Install OkiNet Utilities:......

Setting the Printer's IP Address......

Setting the IP Address from the Printer's Front Panel

Advanced Management Features......

SNMP......

SNMP Overview

Private MIB

Traps

Security

HP JetAdmin Support......

JetAdmin Overview

Configuring the OkiLAN 6200e Using JetAdmin

HP Web JetAdmin Support......

Web JetAdmin Overview

Configuring the OkiLAN 6200e Using Web JetAdmin

Installing a Windows NT Printer for the OkiLAN 6200e

Obtaining Diagnostic Information from the OkiLAN 6200e

OkiLAN 6200e Web Configuration......

Web Configuration Overview

Connecting to the OkiLAN 6200e

Configuration

Status

Print Job Log

Support

Reset

Printer Menu

OkiLAN 6200e Server Discovery

Troubleshooting

Additional Management Features......

OkiNet Alert

Enhanced Printer Status

OkiNet for NDS

OkiNet for TCP/IP (Creating Custom Views)

NetWare Load Balancing

Windows Printing

Printer Security for TCP/IP Printing

Web Configuration Utility......

OkiNet Web Configuration Utility Overview

Server Discovery Using the Web Configuration Utility

Configuration

Novell NetWare......

Introduction......

NetWare Overview

Before You Start

Selecting PServer or RPrinter/NPrinter Mode

OkiNet for NetWare......

OkiNet for NetWare Overview

Running OkiNet for NetWare

Configuring the OkiLAN 6200e Using OkiNet for NetWare

NetWare Configuration Options

NetWare Queues Configuration Options

NetWare Port Configuration Options

TCP/IP Configuration Options

EtherTalk Configuration Options

Output Port Configuration Options

SNMP Configuration Options

SNMP Traps Configuration

Saving the Configuration

Enabling/Disabling Protocols

Displaying OkiLAN 6200e Diagnostic Information

Printing a Configuration Sheet

Resetting the OkiLAN 6200e

Restoring Factory Default Settings

Creating Customized Views

Modifying View Settings

Permanently Defining SNMP Access Information

OkiNet for NDS......

OkiNet for NDS Overview

Installing OkiNet for NDS for Novell NetWare 4.1

Installing OkiNet for NDS for Novell NetWare 4.x, NetWare 5.x, and Windows 3.x

Installing OkiNet for NDS for Novell NetWare 4.x, NetWare 5.x, Windows 95/98/Me and Windows NT/2000

Creating a New OkiLAN 6200e Object

Printing with an OkiLAN 6200e Print Server

Configuring the OkiLAN 6200e Using OkiNet for NDS

Adding or Removing the OKI Print Server Class

Using the OkiLAN 6200e in NDPS (NetWare 4.x and 5.1)......

NDPS Introduction

Adding the OKI Printer Driver Using NDPS Broker

Setting Up the OkiLAN 6200e Through NWAdmin32

Setting Up the OkiLAN 6200e for Public Access Printers at the File Server Console

TCP/IP......

Introduction......

TCP/IP Overview

Software Requirements

Network Preparation

Before You Start

Overview of TCP/IP Configuration

Configuring the OkiLAN 6200e......

Choosing an IP Address

Configuring the OkiLAN 6200e

Assigning the IP Address

Other Utilities

Verifying Access to the OkiLAN 6200e

TCP/IP Configuration and Printing......

TCP/IP Configuration and Printing Overview

Configuring for TCP/IP Network Printing

Remote Print Queue Name

Configuring a BSD-Style Print Queue

Remote LPD Printing

FTP Printing

Timeout Checking

Raw Port Printing

OkiNet for TCP/IP......

OkiNet for TCP/IP Overview

System Requirements

Running OkiNet for TCP/IP

Configuring the OkiLAN 6200e Using OkiNet for TCP/IP

Configuring TCP/IP Options

NetWare and NetWare Port Configuration Options

NetWare Queues Configuration Options

EtherTalk Configuration Options

Output Port Configuration Options

SNMP Configuration Options

Enabling/Disabling Protocols

SNMP Trap Configuration

Saving the Configuration

Displaying OkiLAN 6200e Diagnostic Information

Printing a Configuration Sheet

Resetting the OkiLAN 6200e

Restoring Factory Default Settings

Creating Customized Views

Modifying View Settings

Permanently Defining SNMP Access Information

Configuring the Discovery UDP Port Number

Starting a Telnet Session

Starting the BOOTP Server

Web Configuration......

Web Configuration

Telnet Configuration......

Telnet Overview

Running a Telnet Session

Troubleshooting......

Main Status Indicator

Restoring the OkiLAN 6200e to Factory Defaults

Unable to Assign IP Address

Hardware Error Messages

Printing a Configuration Page

Unable to Print

Application Considerations......

Application Considerations Overview

Assigning the OkiLAN 6200e IP Address with BOOTP

Configuring the OkiLAN 6200e IP Address with RARP

Configuring HP-UX v8.07 for Printing with the OkiLAN 6200e

Configuring HP-UX v9.xx for Printing with the OkiLAN 6200e

Configuring HP-UX v10.xx for Printing with the OkiLAN 6200e

Configuring SCO UNIX for Printing with the OkiLAN 6200e

Configuring IBM's AIX ver.3.x for Printing with the OkiLAN 6200e

Configuring Solaris 2.x for Printing with the OkiLAN 6200e

Configuring Sun-OS v4.1.x or Ultrix v4.2 for Printing with the OkiLAN 6200e

Internet Printing Protocol (IPP)......

Internet Printing Protocol (IPP)

LAN Manager / LAN Server......

Introduction......

LAN Manager/LAN Server Overview

System Requirements

Installation......

Installation Overview

Network Preparation

Installing the Utilities Software

Running INSTALL

Running OkiNet for OS/2

Creating an OS/2 Printer

Printing a Configuration Sheet

Printing in the OS/2 Environment......

Printing Overview

OS/2 1.3

OS/2 2.x and OS/2 Warp

DOS and WIN-OS/2

Additional Utility Features......

Features Overview

Deleting a Local Port

Configuring a Print Server

Configuring Parallel Port P1

Restoring Factory Defaults

Printing a Configuration Sheet

Using HELP......

HELP Overview

General Help

Context-Sensitive Help

Troubleshooting......

No Configuration Sheet

Unable to Print

EtherTalk Support for Apple Macintosh......

Introduction......

EtherTalk Support for Apple® Macintosh®: Overview

System Requirements

Before You Start

The OkiLAN 6200e Utility......

Utility Overview

Running the OkiLAN 6200e Utility

Finding the OkiLAN 6200e

Renaming the OkiLAN 6200e Printer

Selecting a Zone

Print Configuration

Status

Advanced Configuration Options

Troubleshooting......

Before You Call

OkiLAN 6200e Does Not Appear in the Macintosh Chooser

Unable to Print from a Macintosh

Unable to Print a Document

Network Error Messages

OkiLAN 6200e Utility

OkiLAN 6200e Utility Errors

Selecting Your Printer......

Selecting Your Printer

Capturing With a Spooler......

Spooling Overview

Capturing Without Bypass

Capturing With Bypass

Windows Printing......

OkiLAN 6200e Setup for Windows NT 4.0/2000......

Windows NT/2000 Overview

OkiLAN 6200e Connect for IP

OkiLAN 6200e Connect for DLC

Using the Windows NT 4.0 LPR Print Monitor

OkiLAN 6200e Setup for Windows 95/98/Me......

Windows 95/98/Me Overview

OkiLAN 6200e Connect for TCP/IP

OkiLAN 6200e Connect for DLC

Output Port Configuration Options

Enabling/Disabling

OkiView 32......

Introduction......

Introduction

OkiView 32 Installation Requirements

OkiView 32 Printer Panel......

Printer Panel Introduction

OkiView 32 Printer Properties Menu

Changing the Printer's Name and Location

OkiView 32 Discovery Preferences

Regulatory Information......

Regulatory Information

Index......

Introduction

Printer Network Configuration Overview

Your OkiLAN 6200e Network Print Server comes with two types of software utilities: OkiView 32 and OkiNet Utilities.

The following checklist will help you to decide which software utility you need for your particular network and operating system. For information on the utility that you select, click on the appropriate link in the checklist. To learn how to install your selected utility, see Install Software Utilities.

Option 1: Discovery of OkiLAN 6200e

To discover the OkiLAN 6200e on your network, use OkiView 32.

If Your Network Does Not Use DHCP:

Use the OkiNet utility for:

EtherTalk

LAN Manager/LAN Server

Others.

If Your Network Uses DHCP:

For Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, or Millennium Edition:

Use OkiView 32

For Novell:

Use OkiView 32 with Novell's Client for Windows

For UNIX/Linux:

Use the OkiNet Web Configuration Utility OR

Use the UNIX/Linux Utilities

Alternatively for all cases:

Use your Web browser OR

Use TELNET

Option 2: Special Situations

Windows-based peer-to-peer (serverless) printing: Windows Printing (OkiNet) in TCP/IP, DLC, IPX Direct

Use OkiNet utilities for Windows NT/2000 OR

Use OkiNet utilities for Windows 95/98/Me

Discovery in special difficult situations, such as over Wide Area Network links or other remote access.

Use OkiNet utility for your particular network operating system.

Option 3: Advanced Alerts

To set advanced alerts for conditions such as toner out, paper jam, etc., use your Web browser.

Tip for Using PostScript

In the unlikely event of sporadic extraneous artifacts or other data corruption appearing in the contents of a PostScript print job, try changing the front panel setting of the OKI printer model to disable Automatic Language Selection and instead set the front panel for the language of the document that is being printed.

Install Software Utilities

Note: For installing OkiNet utilities in Macintosh, see Running the OkiLAN 6200e Utility.

This topic describes the procedure for installing:

OkiView 32

OkiNet Utilities.

To Install OkiView 32:

1.Click the OkiView 32 button on the OKI Menu Installer screen.

2.Follow the online instructions to complete installation.

To Install OkiNet Utilities:

1.Click the OkiNet Utilities button on the OKI Menu Installer screen. The OKI Menu Installer screen for the OkiNet Utilities appears:

Note: For information on a particular utility, click on the utility name. A description of the utility or utilities will appear in the gray field on the right of the screen.

2.Click on the name of the utility you select. Follow the online instructions to complete installation.

Note: The OkiNet Web Configuration Utility is accessed by clicking on TCP/IP Management Utilities. In the menu that appears, click OkiNet Web Configuration Utility. Follow the online instructions to complete installation.

Setting the Printer's IP Address

Setting the IP Address from the Printer's Front Panel

To change the printer's IP address from the printer's front panel:

1.Press MENU repeatedly until the Network menu appears on the display.

2.Press ITEM + or ITEM - until IP ADDRESS appears on the display.

3.Set your new IP address:

Press ITEM + or ITEM - to move from one octet to another.

Press VALUE + or VALUE - to increment or decrement an octet. Holding VALUE + or VALUE - down for more than two seconds will continually increment or decrement the octet.

4.Press SELECT to engage the setting.

5.Press ON LINE to save the setting and exit the menu.

Advanced Management Features

SNMP

SNMP Overview

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) provides network administrators with the ability to communicate management functions between an SNMP manager and an SNMP agent. An SNMP manager is a user program the network administrator can use to manage SNMP agents. The manager can retrieve Get information from the agent or alter Set information on the agent. An agent can also send an unsolicited message Trap to a manager when it encounters an unusual condition.

The OkiLAN 6200e is a fully functional SNMP agent and supports any standard SNMP management platform, including:

HP OpenView

Novell NMS

Sun SunNet Manager

IBM NetView

Private MIB

WARNING: This section is typically used by advanced administrators only.

OkiLAN 6200e SNMP support has been enhanced with a private MIB. It is accessible via SNMP over TCP/IP and IPX. This private MIB contains over 150 configuration and status variables for the network protocols, printer ports, network interfaceprinter settings, and the overall OkiLAN 6200e status. Printer status traps such as on-line, off-line, detached printer and printer error are also provided.

The setting of certain variables causes an immediate firmware reset. These variables are listed in the private MIB under cmdReset.

Note: If you attempt a reset while a job is printing, the job may not print successfully.

Certain variables are critical, that is, they change a fundamental operating parameter of the OkiLAN 6200e. These variables are saved by the OkiLAN 6200e but are not actually used until it is power cycled or is reset. When any one of these variables is changed the variable genConfigDirty is automatically set to yes by the print server. This signifies a reset is required for all configuration changes to be made active. We recommend checking the genConfigDirty variable after using a MIB browser to make any configuration changes to the OkiLAN 6200e. If genConfigDirty is set to yes, then the cmdReset variable should also be set to yes. This will cause the OkiLAN 6200e to reset, make all configuration changes active on the OkiLAN 6200e and set both the cmdReset and genConfigDirty variables to no. These critical variables are listed in the private MIB under genConfigDirty.

Traps

Traps are unsolicited information from the SNMP agent. The OkiLAN 6200e uses a ColdStart trap to inform the manager it has been powered on or reset. An authentication failure trap is sent when the OkiLAN 6200e receives an SNMP trap GET or SET request with an incorrect community name.

The OkiLAN 6200e sends printer traps when there is a change in the status of the printer. If the Printer goes off-line, runs out of paper or is detached, the administrator will be notified via the OkiLAN 6200e traps over both UDP and IPX. Additionally, the OkiLAN 6200e can send traps on toner low, paper jam, and printer cover open, depending on the printer’s capabilities. The traps may be configured for specific destination addresses and can be configured for a particular printer port and/or printer trap.

In order to receive OkiNet Alert traps, the OkiLAN 6200e must have bi-directional status enabled (it is disabled by default). Extended Status can be enabled through the OkiLAN 6200e Configuration utility (telnet) from the Configure Port option. You can also enable OkiNet Alert through OkiNet for TCP/IP or IPX from the Output Port file tab.

Security

SNMP implements a simple security system known as community names. Each SNMP message has a community name associated with the command in the message. SNMP allows for a Set community name, Get community name and a Trap community name. When the SNMP Agent receives a command, it checks the community name of the message with the community name of the device. If the community names do not match, the Agent discards the message and sends an authentication failure trap.

Both the OkiNet for TCP/IP and the IPX, and the OkiLAN 6200e Configuration utility (telnet) allow you to specify the community names and a trap destination IP address.

HP JetAdmin Support

JetAdmin Overview

This section contains instructions and information on how to configure and obtain diagnostic information from your OkiLAN 6200e using the Hewlett-Packard JetAdmin software.

Software Requirements

JetAdmin 2.4, 2.5, or 3.02

Windows 95/98/Me or Windows NT/2000

Note: For more information on installing and using HP JetAdmin, refer to the HP JetAdmin documentation.

Configuring the OkiLAN 6200e Using JetAdmin

WARNING: There are many versions of JetAdmin. Users may face unexpected results.

NetWare Configuration

1.From the main JetAdmin screen, select the OkiLAN 6200e port you wish to configure.

2.Select Modify from the Device menu.

3.On the Configuration screen, select the General tab and enter the print server name and description.

4.Select the NetWare tab and click on the Operating Mode icon from the left column. Set the print server operating mode from the given options on the right.

5.If you are running a NetWare 4.x network, click the NetWare Directory Services icon from the left column. Select NDS Tree Name from the pull-down menu and enter the Print Server Context.

6.Click the Queues icon from the left column to bring up the Queues screen and then click the Change button.

7.Select the desired queues from the list of Available Queues to be added into service. Click the Service button to move the selection to the Serviced Queues column. When all queues have been added, click OK.

8.Click OK again to return to the main screen.

WARNING: Do not use both OkiNet and JetAdmin simultaneously to change NetWare configuration settings.

TCP/IP Configuration

1.From the main JetAdmin screen, select the OkiLAN 6200e port you wish to configure.

2.Select Modify from the Device menu.

3.On the Configuration screen, select the General tab and enter the print server name and description.

4.Select the TCP/IP tab and set the print server IP configuration.

AppleTalk Configuration

1.From the main JetAdmin screen, select the OkiLAN 6200e port you wish to configure.

2.Select Modify from the Device menu.

3.Under the Optional tab, select Mac.

4.Enter the Apple Talk name and click OK.

Obtaining Diagnostic Information Using JetAdmin

1.From the main JetAdmin screen, select the OkiLAN 6200e port on which you wish to view diagnostic information.

2.Select Properties from the Device menu.

3.From the Properties screen, select the appropriate tab to view the desired diagnostic information.

Note: For JetAdmin to function correctly with the OkiLAN 6200e, the SNMP Get community name in JetAdmin must be set to public.