1. Prior to installation, check the firmware revision of the Ethernet card (CA02417-C871), The rom label should read "MULTI V1.4...."
2. Install Ethernet Card into Printer, if you are not sure of the state of the card i.e. its been used in another printer before or not , please perform the board reset operation detailed later.
3. Log on to the Network ( as a supervisor )
4. Run EBLIST from the floppy supplied with Ethernet card. Download EBTOOLS.ZIP if floppy not available.
5. Should see a display similar to below.

Microsoft(R) Windows 95
(C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981-1995.

\WINDOWS>a:

\>eblist
Name : Port name : Owner
---------------------------------------
EB398256 :EB398256-0 : --- none ----

\>

6. Confirm that the printer displayed is the one you are interested in by powering it off and it will disappear from the list above, power it on and it will reappear. ( re-run EBLIST each time ).
7. Note the File Server can take a couple of minutes to register connection & disconnection of the printer.
8. You may now wish to set the name of the printer to conform to your local naming conventions. If not go to step 12
9. Run EBCONFIG xxxx where xxxx is the name of the printer as listed when running EBLIST. This will connect with the printer and show the following display

EB-IPX
Copyright (C) 1994 Fujitsu Limited.

Copyright (C) 1991,92,93,94 ACCESS CO.,LTD.
Copyright (C) 1991,92,93,94 Japan Computer Industry Inc.
EB-IPX>

10. To change the Printers Name type SET MACHINE_NAME=yyyy where yyyy is the new name to be assigned to the printer
11. To change the Port Name type SET PORT_NAME=zzzz where zzzz is the new port name.
Note: It is the port name that will later be used in PCONSOLE to identify the printer

12. Type SHOW ALL, this will give a display similar to below, confirm the changes you required have taken place

machine_name :EB398256
nw_search_mode :auto
nw_packet :IEEE802_3
nw_timeout :10
nw_mode :RPRINTER
nw_mode_change :YES
login_fserver0 :FSERVER
login_fserver1 :
login_fserver2 :
login_fserver3 :
login_fserver4 :
login_fserver5 :
login_fserver6 :
login_fserver7 :
polltime :30
portname :EB398256-0
EB-IPX>

13. Cycle the printer power to enable changes to be registered by the network (may take a couple of minutes)
14. Type EBLIST again to confirm the printer is responding & visible to the network. There is no point in continuing past the point if the printer does not show up when using the EBLIST command.
15. Ensure you are logged in to Netware as THE Supervisor ( not a Supervisor equivalent !).


Create a Print Queue

1. Now start PCONSOLE
2. Select "Print Queue Information"
3. When the existing Queue list is displayed, press INSERT, and enter a name for the new Queue.
4. Once the new queue name appears in the queue list, press enter, then select "Queue Servers". Then press Insert to choose the Print Server to service this queue.

Define the Printer

1. Move back to the top level PCONSOLE menu and select "Print Server Information"
2. Move to and select the Server entry which you have chosen to service this printer.
3. Select "Print Server Configuration" then "Printer Configuration". Move to the next blank/free entry in the "Configured Printers" list, press enter to edit the printer information.
4. At the "Name :" prompt enter the Port Name as defined in step x
5. At the "Type :" prompt press Enter, from the resulting list box select "Remote Parallel, LPT1", press ESC and remember to save the changes.

Make the link between Server & Queue

1. Select "Print Server Configuration", select the relevant server Select "Print Server Status/Control"
2. Move to "Queue serviced by printer", Move to name of printer being installed, press Enter, Press Insert and select the queue name to be serviced by this printer ( See : Create Print Queue above )

Restart the Print Server

1. Select "Print Server Configuration", select the relevant server Select "Print Server Status/Control".

2. Select "Server Info"

3. Change the "Current Server Status" from running to down, Reboot/Restart PC running the Print Server.

You will need to be a valid ‘Print Server Operator’ to restart the server, Being a true Supervisor would normally give you these rights.

Perform Test print

1. Move to top level of PCONSOLE menus, select "Print Queue Information", move to the new queue name created above, press enter, move to Current Print job Entries, press Enter, The contents of the queue should be empty at this point, press Insert, now change directory to find a suitable text file for printing.


Direct printer drivers to print queue

1. Within Windows install the relevant print driver and direct its output to the Queue name defined above


The Print Partner should now be ready to print !

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Resetting the Ethernet B board

Set dip switch 2 on the Ethernet board to the on position, install board into printer, power on , allow printer to come ready. Switch off printer, remove board and set switch 2 back to the off position, re-install board

Notes & Caveats

1. Be sure to match the frame type set on the Ethernet B board to that in use on the system i.e. nw_packet.

2. Remember Netware can take a while to register any changes to the system, so changes may not be immediately apparent on the system. Cycle the printer power to cause it to re-log on to the network.

3. When the printer is powered on it attempts to connect to a Netware server, if the connection fails at that time the board will switch to its TCP/IP mode which will also fail. Cycle the printer power to restart this connection search loop.

4. EBCONFIG can only talk to printers on the same physical server you are logged into.

5. Green Led on Ethernet card only indicates 10Base 2 traffic

6. NLM always refers to Port Name of Ethernet card not Machine name

7. Despite being connected via Ethernet board, always configure printer as "Remote Parallel Lpt1" in PCONSOLE

8. Always ensure the frame type in use on the system matches the frame type that the board is set to.

9. If setting up the printer in PSERVER mode, you will need to enter the following command at the File Server console "SET ALLOW UNENCRYPTED PASSWORDS=ON". The printer/server will be unable to log on to the File Server otherwise.

10. If you suffer from intermittent printer hangs when printing from NetWare 3.x try setting the nw_timeout parameter within the printer setup (EBCONFIG) to a value of 60 rather than the default of 10.

11. Remember, all this configuration has been to identify the Ethernet interface NOT the printer itself to the network. So if you have to swap out the printer for some reason it is simpler to ensure that the Ethernet interface from the original printer is installed into the new printer, otherwise you will have to go through the EBLIST / EBCONFIG loop again to rename the new board so that Netware can still see it.