User manual KONICA MINOLTA PAGESCOPE

[. . . ] PageScope NDPS Gateway 2. 5 User Manual Foreword Welcome PageScope NDPS Gateway is software that controls printers and print jobs and checks their status in an NDPS (Novell Distributed Print Services) environment, the newest printing system by Novell, Inc. PageScope NDPS Gateway provides the following: · Printer agent configuration · Printer control snap-in functionality · NDPS gateway server capabilities Trademark Acknowledgements KONICA MINOLTA and the KONICA MINOLTA logo are trademarks of KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC. PageScope is a trademark of KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Ethernet is a registered trademark of Xerox Corporation. [. . . ] To configure the printer agent, continue with the instructions in section 3. 2. 8. 10 3 Printer Agent Configuration 3. 2 Configuring a Printer Agent When creating either a public access printer or a controlled access printer, the same Create Printer Agent dialog appears. After completing the dialog, the KONICA MINOLTA PageScope NDPS Gateway dialog appears. A list of printer names and their corresponding IP address is displayed in the KONICA MINOLTA PageScope NDPS Gateway dialog. Note · To detect printers located in other subnets, click the [Advanced] button. · To add a single printer located in another subnet, click the [Add Device] button, and then following the instructions explained in section 3. 3. 11 3 Printer Agent Configuration 1. From the list, select the printer assigned to the printer agent, and then click the [Finish] button. The LPR Settings dialog appears, allowing you to select the name of the lpd queue for the selected printer. 2. From the list, select the name of the lpd queue to be used, and then click the [OK] button. In the dialog that appears, asking for confirmation, click the [OK] button. A dialog appears, allowing you to select the printer driver for the selected printer. Select the corresponding printer driver. 3. The PageScope NDPS Gateway will then be completed. 12 3 Printer Agent Configuration 3. 3 Manually Adding a Printer Click the [Add Device] button to add other printers that cannot be or have not been automatically detected by the configuration utility. This is useful when you have defined a small network coverage for printer detection (e. g. , hop count = 0), but you want to configure a distant printer. Click the [Add Device] button in the KONICA MINOLTA PageScope NDPS Gateway dialog. Enter the IP address, and then click the [OK] button. A supported KONICA MINOLTA printer is added. 2. Whether the printer for that IP address exists or not is checked. If that printer exists on the network and if it can be confirmed that the printer is a supported KONICA MINOLTA printer, that printer is added to the list of detected printers in the KONICA MINOLTA PageScope NDPS Gateway dialog. 13 3 Printer Agent Configuration 3. 4 Printer Detection Settings After clicking the [Advanced] button, various settings can be made to specify the location in which printers are detected. On the "Default Setting" tab of the Advanced dialog, you can change the following two settings: · SNMP Community Setting: You can select a different read community (usually specified as "public"), which is used for communicating with KONICA MINOLTA printing devices. · IP Discovery Setting: You can define the maximum hop count (number of routers passed through) when detecting printers automatically. The default value is 0, and users are allowed to enter a hop count between 0 and 10. However, for cases when printers are to be located with a hop count above 10 and for better performance during detection, users can add an additional subnet in which printers are detected, as described below. 14 3 Printer Agent Configuration Specifying a searched subnet In the following cases, the location in which printers are searched for should be specified. · If the printer is in a location that requires many routers (more than 10 hops) to be transversed · When you wish to use a printer that is far from the local subnet · When a larger maximum number of hops results in the list containing many printers · If too many broadcast packets will be sent into the network, resulting in increased network traffic 1. Click the [Advanced] button in the KONICA MINOLTA PageScope NDPS Gateway dialog. Click the "IP Discovery" tab of the Advanced dialog. A list of subnet addresses is displayed. 2. The Subnet list allows users to specify a particular subnet to be included in the search in addition to controlling the detection with a maximum hop count. 15 3 Printer Agent Configuration 3. The Add Subnet dialog appears. 4. In the "IP Address" box, enter the address of the subnet to be added. [. . . ] · In the "Status and Control" section, press [ENTER]. · Select "Shutdown Printer", and then press [ENTER]. · The printer agent will change to the "Shutdown" state. · Return to the "Status and Control" menu, and select "Restart Printer". [. . . ]