B-SX600 SERIES MPS1 Printserver Manual Ver. 2.0.1 1
Table of Contents 1 Purpose of This Document...3 2 First Network Configuration by QuickSetup...3 3 Open the Configuration Screen through Web Browser...4 4 Top Page...5 4.1 Menus...6 4.2 Printer Status...6 4.3 System Status...7 5 Display Status...7 5.1 Printer Status...8 5.2 System Status...8 6 Server Configuration...9 6.1 Network...10 6.1.1 General...10 6.1.2 TCP/IP...11 6.1.3 SNMP...14 6.2 E-mail Send Function...16 6.2.1 Basic Configuration...17 6.2.2 Send Address 1...18 6.2.3 Send Address 2...19 6.2.4 SMTP Authentication...20 6.2.5 POP Authentication...21 6.3 Customization of Top Page...22 6.3.1 Submit button...22 6.3.2 Reset button...22 6.3.3 Example 1 button...22 6.3.4 Example 2 button...22 6.4 Restart Printserver...23 6.5 Factory Default...23 Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista, and Windows Server are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries. All other product names and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. TOSHIBA TEC CORPORATION 2008 2
1 Purpose of This Document The B-SX600 has a built-in high performance print server called MPS1. This document describes the method to configure the MPS1 functions through the web browser. After configuring the network settings such as IP address, you can start printing from the MPS1 with the factory default settings, but you can enjoy more useful functions with the advanced settings. Please note that MPS1, simply Printserver or print server in this document or on the web configuration screens should be interpreted as the B-SX600 with the built-in MPS1. The MPS1's firmware version referred to in this document is 1.2.0. 2 First Network Configuration by QuickSetup Before configuring settings using the web browser, it is necessary to configure the MPS1's network settings using the QuickSetup. Please get the following information from your network administrator. In the case your machine is used in a DHCP environment, however, the following information is unnecessary. In the case of using a fixed IP address IP address Subnet mask Default gateway Also, you need MAC address. The MAC address (Ethernet address) is used for the QuickSetup to identify one MPS1 from several MPS1s. You can find it on the label attached on the rear side of the printer. MAC address For details of the method to configure the network settings by the QuickSetup, please refer to the QuickSetup Manual. 3
3 Open the Configuration Screen through Web Browser Start a web browser installed on your PC, such as Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox, and enter the IP address or host domain name of the MPS1 in the Address field. Example of IP address: http://192.168.1.100/ (when the IP address is 192.168.1.100) Example of host domain name: http://ps1.domainname.jp/ (when the host name of the print server is ps1 and the domain name is domainname.jp.) Note: If your network uses a proxy, please do not access the above site via the proxy. You must access it directly. Especially, if you enter the host name, not the IP address in the Address field, you must configure the proxy setting. Please enter the IP address into the Do not use proxy server for addresses beginning with: field (in the case of the Internet Explorer). For details, please consult with your network administrator. It is recommended to use the Internet Explorer 6.0 or later or Mozilla Firefox 2.0 or later. 4
4 Top Page When the address of the MPS1 is entered in the Address field of the browser, the following screen appears. (For the following example, the MPS1's IP address is 192.168.1.100.) The screen in Japanese appears as default. Please click on English>> to display the screen in English. The top page consists of the following: A B C Menu Displays the functional menus that the MPS1 provides. Printer Status Displays a printer status. System Status Displays the current network status and various network configurations of the MPS1. 5
4.1 Menus The menu consists of the following: Displays the MPS1's firmware version. *Clicking on English> displays the English menu. *Clicking on Japanese>> displays the Japanese menu. Display Status menu * For details of each menu, see below. Server Configuration menu For details of each menu, see below. 4.2 Printer Status A printer status is displayed in the following structure. The status display is automatically updated approximately every 30 seconds. Printer model name Detailed information of printer status Consists of status no.: priority:status name Printer status is monitored approximately every 3 seconds when the printer is not receiving a print job from the host. When it is receiving the print job from the host or a network session is established between the printer and the host, printer statuses are not monitored. Periodic monitor of printer statuses resumes after the received data is output to the printer or the network session with the host is disconnected. * Please note that the printer status being displayed may not be the latest. The latest status can be displayed by re-displaying the browser screen. 6
4.3 System Status A system status is displayed in the following structure. MPS1's network settings MPS1's SMTP status Print engine status 5 Display Status There are two menus for Display Status : Printer Status and System Status. 7
5.1 Printer Status Click on the Printer Status menu, and a printer status is displayed in the right frame. For details of the printer status screen, please refer to the section, 4.2 Printer Status. 5.2 System Status Click on the System Status menu, and a network status and other various setting statuses of the MPS1 are displayed in the right frame. For details of those statuses, please refer to the section, 4.3 System Status. 8
6 Server Configuration The Server Configuration menu is provided in the top page menu. For details of each of Server Configuration menus, refer to the descriptions below. When clicking on any of the Server Configuration menus, you are asked to enter an administrator (root) password as shown in the figure below. The figure below shows the case when the IP address is 192.168.1.100. As factory default, no password is set. Please properly set the password. User name root Password After entering a value for each network parameter on a Server Configuration menu screen, click on the Submit button on the screen, then the Restart Printserver menu under the Server Configuration menu. The settings are updated after the print server is restarted. 9
6.1 Network To configure the various network settings of the MPS1, please click on the Network menu under the Server Configuration menu. 6.1.1 General This section describes the general configuration for the MPS1. General Configuration parameters Change root password Please enter the administrator (root) password of the MPS1. LAN Interface Please select an Ethernet communication standard. Please do not change the setting from AUTO unless you need to. Status acquisition mode The MPS1 monitors a printer status periodically, and the acquired printer status is used by the status monitoring function of SNMP, E-Mail, or web. With the Status acquisition mode parameter set to ENABLE, when the printer continuously prints more than one print jobs sent from the host, the MPS1 acquires printer status between the print jobs. This causes a slight delay between the print jobs. If a priority is given to print throughput, please select DISABLE. Submit button (update of configuration) Please click on the Submit button to update the General configuration settings. To implement the new settings on the MPS1, please click on the Restart Printserver menu under the Server Configuration menu. Reset button (restoring the default settings) Please click on the Reset button to restore the default General configuration settings. 10
6.1.2 TCP/IP This section describes the network configuration for the MPS1. 11
TCP/IP Configuration parameters This parameter configures the network settings for the MPS1. For details of the network setting parameters, please consult with your network administrator. DHCP/BOOTP Please select ENABLE when the network setting parameters, such as IP address, are to be configured by dynamic DHCP/BOOTP. RARP Please select ENABLE when the RARP protocol is to be used. IP Address Please enter the fixed (static) IP address to be assigned for the MPS1. Subnet Mask Please enter the subnet mask value which is used to identify the network address from the IP address. Default Gateway Please enter the IP address of the gateway used by an IP address within the network address range in order to access an IP address outside the network address range. IPv6 Function Please select ENABLE to use the IPv6 function. * Please note the IP Filter function is not available when the IPv6 function is enabled. DNS Configuration parameters Primary Server Please enter the IP address of the server for which the DNS performs name resolution first. Secondary Server Please enter the IP address of the server for which the DNS performs name resolution next to the primary server. WINS Configuration parameters Primary Server Please enter the IP address of the server for which the WINS performs name resolution first. 12
Secondary Server Please enter the IP address of the server for which the WINS performs name resolution next to the primary server. Scope ID Please enter the WINS Scope ID. IP Filter Configuration parameters Filter Mode When the MPS1 receives a print job, the IP Filter restricts accesses from the host to the MPS1 depending on an IP address. When ALLOW is selected, the access is permitted only from an IP address in the specified IP address range. When DENY is selected, the access from an IP address in the specified IP address range is denied. Filter#0 Start Address, End Address Please enter the first and last IP addresses to specify the IP filter range to restrict an access. Filter#1 Start Address, End Address Please enter the first and last IP addresses to specify the IP filter range to restrict an access. Filter#2 Start Address, End Address Please enter the first and last IP addresses to specify the IP filter range to restrict an access. Filter#3 Start Address, End Address Please enter the first and last IP addresses to specify the IP filter range to restrict an access. Raw Mode Configuration parameters Raw Mode Port No. Please enter the port number used by the MPS1 and the host to process print jobs through raw socket communication. The port number must be the same as the port monitor value of the host. Bi-Directional Mode Please select ENABLE, bi-directional raw socket communication between the host and the MPS1, or DISABLE, uni-directional communication from the host to the MPS1. Please do not change the setting from ENABLE unless you need to. 13
NetworkPnP Configuration parameters Enable NetworkPnP This parameter enables/disables the NetworkPnP function. When ENABLE is selected, MPS1 appears in My Network Place under Windows. Submit button (update of configuration) Please click on the Submit button to update the TCP/IP configuration settings. To implement the new settings on the MPS1, please click on the Restart Printserver menu under the Server Configuration menu. Reset (restoring the default settings) Please click on the Reset button to restore the default TCP/IP configuration settings. 6.1.3 SNMP The MPS1 provides the SNMP printer status monitoring function and the SNMP Trap function. This section describes the SNMP configuration for the MPS1. For the SNMP configuration parameters, please consult with your network administrator. SNMP Configuration parameters Enable SNMP Agent Please select ENABLE to use the SNMP function. 14
Authentic Community Please enter the SNMP authentic community name. This community name is used as a password to acquire or set SNMP information. The factory default setting is public. Trap Community Please enter the SNMP trap community name. This community name is used when the MPS1 issues a trap. Destination of Trap Please enter the IP address of the destination where an SNMP trap is sent. SysContact Please enter the SysContact of the MIB-II object. Usually, the E-mail address of the administrator is used. SysName Please enter the SysName of the MIB-II object. Usually, the host name or domain name of the MPS1 is used. SysLocation Please enter the SysLocation of the MIB-II object. Usually, the location of the MPS1 is used. EnableAuthenTrap Please select ENABLE or DISABLE for the MIB-II EnableAuthenTrap object. When ENABLE is selected, an SNMP trap is sent to the IP address specified for Destination of Trap. Submit button (update of configuration) Please click on the Submit button to update the SNMP configuration settings. To implement the new settings on the MPS1, please click on the Restart Printserver menu under the Server Configuration menu. Reset button (restoring the default settings) Please click on the Reset button to restore the default SNMP configuration settings. 15
6.2 E-mail Send Function The MPS1 provides the E-mail printer monitoring function. This function notifies a specified destination address of printer statuses generated between the check intervals specified. The following E-mail format is used for this function. Description entered into the Main Body field on the Basic Configuration screen Printer status between the check intervals System status of the MPS1 Description entered in the Signature Line1, Signature Line2, Signature Line3, Signature Line4 fields * In the format, Days:00 Time:00:15:03 under PRINTER STATUS indicates days and time duration since the printer was started. Please click on the E-Mail (Send) menu under the Server Configuration menu to perform various settings of the E-Mail Send function. 16
6.2.1 Basic Configuration This section describes the Basic Configuration setting of the MPS1's E-Mail function. For the BASIC Configuration parameters of the E-Mail function, please consult with your network administrator. BASIC Configuration parameters Printer status by email Please select ENABLE to use the function to notify a printer status by E-mail. SMTP Server Please enter the IP address or host name of the SMTP server. When entering the host name, please include the domain name. Also, please register the server in the DNS for name resolution with reference to the section Network TCP/IP DNS Configuration in this document. SMTP Port Number Please enter the SMTP port number. Do not change the factory setting 25 unless you need to. Send From Please enter the E-mail address of the sender. Usually the administrator's E-mail address is used. 17
Signature Line1, Signature Line2, Signature Line3, Signature Line4 Please enter descriptions to be added at the end of E-mail message to be sent. Main Body Please enter a comment to be added at the beginning of E-mail body. Submit button (update of configuration) Please click on the Submit button to update the Basic Configuration settings. To implement the new settings on the MPS1, please click on the Restart Printserver menu under the Server Configuration menu. Reset button (restoring the default settings) Please click on the Reset button to restore the default Basic Configuration settings. 6.2.2 Send Address 1 This section describes the Send Address 1 settings of the MPS1's E-Mail function. Send Address 1 parameters Send To Please enter a destination E-mail address. Check Interval(min.) Please enter an interval (min.) between printer status checks. If the printer status has changed at least one time, information of all such statuses is collectively sent to the destination address specified. 18
Priority Please select a level of printer status by which E-mail is issued. Level Notice Error Emergency Description All error and general information is sent. All error information is sent Only important error information is sent. Submit button (update of configuration) Please click on the Submit button to update the Send Address 1 settings. To implement the new settings on the MPS1, please click on the Restart Printserver menu under the Server Configuration menu. Reset button (restoring the default settings) Please click on the Reset button to restore the default Send Address 1 settings. 6.2.3 Send Address 2 This section describes the Send Address 2 settings of the MPS1's E-Mail function. Send Address 2 parameters Send To Please refer to the section, 6.2.2 Send Address 1. Check Interval(min.) Please refer to the section, 6.2.2 Send Address 1. Priority Please refer to the section, 6.2.2 Send Address 1. 19
Submit button (update of configuration) Please click on the Submit button to update the Send Address 2 settings. To implement the new settings on the MPS1, please click on the Restart Printserver menu under the Server Configuration menu. Reset button (restoring the default settings) Please click on the Reset button to restore the default Send Address 2 settings. 6.2.4 SMTP Authentication This section describes the SMTP Authentication settings of the MPS1's E-Mail function. For the SMTP Authentication parameters of the E-Mail function, please consult with your network administrator. The MPS1 supports the three different authentication types: CRAM-MD5, PLAIN, and LOGIN. SMTP Authentication configuration parameters SMTP AUTH Enable Please select ENABLE to use the SMTP Authentication function. SMTP AUTH Name Please enter the SMTP authentication name. SMTP AUTH Password Please enter the SMTP authentication password. Submit button (update of configuration) Please click on the Submit button to update the SMTP Authentication settings. To implement the new settings on the MPS1, please click on the Restart Printserver menu under the Server Configuration menu. Reset button (restoring the default settings) Please click on the Reset button to restore the default SMTP Authentication settings. 20
6.2.5 POP Authentication This section describes the POP Authentication settings of the MPS1's E-Mail function. For the POP Authentication parameters of the E-Mail function, please consult with your network administrator. POP Authentication configuration parameters Use POP Before SMTP Please select ENABLE to use the POP Before SMTP function. POP Server Please enter the IP address or host name of the POP server. When entering the host name, please include the domain name. Also, please register the server in the DNS for name resolution with reference to the section Network TCP/IP DNS Configuration in this document. POP Port Number Please enter the POP port number. Do not change the factory setting 110 unless you need to. POP User Name Please enter the login name (user name) of the E-mail account. POP Password Please enter the password to be used to connect to the E-mail server. Use APOP Please select YES to use APOP for authentication. Please make sure that your E-mail server supports the APOP authentication. Submit button (update of configuration) Please click on the Submit button to update the POP Authentication settings. To implement the new settings on the MPS1, please click on the Restart Printserver menu under the Server Configuration menu. 21
Reset button (restoring the default settings) Please click on the Reset button to restore the default POP Authentication configuration settings. 6.3 Customization of Top Page You can customize the top page of the MPS1 configuration screen. Please click on the Top Page Customize menu under the Server Configuration menu. 6.3.1 Submit button When this button is clicked, the HTML sentences to be displayed are sent to the MPS1. 6.3.2 Reset button When this button is clicked, the previous setting before the top page is customized is restored on the TopPage Customize screen. 6.3.3 Example 1 button When this button is clicked, the HTML sentences of the factory default top page are displayed. 6.3.4 Example 2 button When this button is clicked, the sample HTML sentences are displayed. 22
6.4 Restart Printserver When you click on the Restart Printserver menu under the Server Configuration menu, the MPS1 is restarted. To reflect the updated settings, please restart the MPS1. The B-SX600 printer does not restart. 6.5 Factory Default When you click on the Factory Default menu under the Server Configuration menu, the MPS1 is restored to the factory default settings. To reflect the updated settings, please restart the MPS1. If a fixed (static) IP address has been set to the MPS1, the network settings must be set for the MPS1 by using the QuickSetup after the MPS1 is restarted. For the method to configure network settings by QuickSetup, please refer to the QuickSetup Manual. 23