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Netport(R) & Netport II Print Server: Hardware Compatibility
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PRINTER COMPATIBILITY SUMMARY TABLE
Printer Source Compatibility
General Printer Compatibility
Abaton Laser Printer Customer Conditional
Apple Laserwriter II NT Conditional
Apple Laserwriter II Conditional
Citoh 3500 Customer Incompatible
Data Products LB 615 Customer Incompatible
HP LaserJet Series II Intel Compatible
HP LaserJet Series IID Intel Compatible
HP LaserJet III Intel Compatible
HP LaserJet IV Intel Compatible
HP LaserJet III w/ASP ServerJet Customer Conditional
HP DeskJet Plus Intel Compatible
IBM Proprinter 4019 Customer Compatible
Mutoh XP500/XP501 plotter Customer Compatible
NEC 890 Customer Conditional
NEC 90XL (990) NEC Compatible
NEC Silent Writer 90 & 95 NEC Compatible
Okidata 321 Customer Incompatible
OTC (Output Data Corp) Customer Conditional
Panasonic 1564 Customer Conditional
Printronix P300 Customer Conditional
Printronix P3040 Intel Compatible
Printronix P6280 Intel Compatible
Panasonic KX 1595 Intel Compatible
QMS-PS 810 Intel Compatible
QMS 410 Customer Conditional
Qume 4125 Dot Matrix Customer Incompatible
Spectrostar Color Laser Printer Customer Conditional
Tektronix Phaser PX Conditional
PC DOS BASED
NetPort(R) print servers are COMPATIBLE with PC DOS based systems.
GENERAL PRINTER COMPATIBILITY
NetPort(R) is compatible with printers using a standard Centronics
parallel port or an RS232 serial port.
PC OS/2 BASED
Although NetPort(R) operates as a remote printer or print server on a
LAN containing OS/2 workstations and you can print from OS/2
applications, you must run the NetPort utilities from a DOS workstation.
ABATON LASER PRINTER
Customer reports that the Abaton Laser printer would work with a
NetPort(R) (original) but not with the NetPort II.
APPLE LASERWRITER II NT
Symptom
When printing to a Apple Laserwriter II NT Printer via the NetPort(R)
(serial interface) the upper 128 characters may misprint. These upper
128 character misprints will usually be displayed by special characters
being printed as something else.
Description
The Apple Laserwriter II NT by default is configured for "SPACE" parity
which does not enable the upper 128 characters. By using "MARK" parity
the full character set is obtainable.
Solution
Obtain the "LWSET" file. Then copy this to the printer (apple
environment) or copy / print this file to the printer (dos
environment). The file "LWSET" reconfigures the printer via the
postscript options and enables mark parity. The file is available
through Intel's online services.
The file contains:
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serverdict begin 0 exitserver
sttusdict begin 25 9600 71 setsccbatch
"control-d"
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Explanation of these three lines: The first line "serverdict begin 0
exitserverdict" is a postscript specific command that enables changes
(persistent parameters) to be written to the printer.
There are two type of prameters that can be written, persistent and
volatile. The persistent prameters are permanent (printer may be
power-cycled without losing the new configuration).
The "0" zero in the "serverdict begin" line is the default password.
It can be changed to any value but remember what it's changed to.
Suggestion - leave the password at "0" zero.
The actual parameters are contained in the "statusdict begin 25 9600 71
setsccbatch" line.
The "statusdict begin" enables the changing of parameters. The "25 9600
71" are part of the "setsccbatch" parameter which are used for
communications prams.
Specifically - "25" indicates the RS-232 Port
"9600" indicates the baud rate
"71" indicates MARK parity
The third line contains one character only which indicates the end end
of job . This character (on third line by it's self, the diamond) is
the "CTRL-D" character (end the job).
MACINTOSH
An Apple MAC can print to a NetPort(R) if the file server is running
NetWare for Mac NLM version 3.01 (early versions of Netware for MAC did
NOT work) and the NetPort is in remote printer mode. NetWare for MAC
allows for a MAC, to print to network queues, that are service by
pserver.nlm. Previous to version 3.01, only a AppleTalk print server
could service print jobs sent from a MAC.
APPLE LASERWRITER II
This printer works fine with NetPort(R) through the serial interface.
Printer switches must be set so that SW1 is DOWN and SW2 DOWN. Other
settings can be set as you wish.
NetPort serial port should be configured to: 96,n,8,1,X or D,120,200.
The Apple manual says to use 7 data bits, but that setting doesn't work
with NetPort. You must use 8 data bits.
LaserWriter Switch Settings
SW1 up & SW2 up: LocalTalk enabled
SW1 down & SW2 up: Serial port enabled at 1200 baud
SW1 up & SW2 down: Serial port enabled 9600 baud (RS-232 & RS-422)
SW1 down & SW2 down: Serial port enabled 9600 baud (RS-232 only)
SW3 up & SW4 up: postscript batch
SW3 down & SW4 up: Diablo 530
SW3 down & SW4 down: H/P laserjet
SW3 up & SW4 down: postscript interactive
SW5 down & SW6 down: XON/XOFF
SW5 up & SW6 up: XON/XOFF (yes, this is correct)
SW5 down & SW6 up: Etx/Ack
SW5 up & SW6 down: DSR
CITOH 3500
Customer reports that the NetPort(R) will not work with the Citoh 3500
on the parallel port. The pinout is not a standard Centronics pinout.
It is missing some pins that we require.
DATA PRODUCTS LB 615
Customer reports that the NetPort(R) would not work with the Data
Products LB 615 on either the Serial or Parallel port. It dropped
random carriage returns, 1-2 times a page.
HP LASERJET III WITH ASP SERVERJET
Customer reports that the NetPort(R) must be installed first then the
ServerJet. This leaves the ServerJet in the factory default INPUT mode.
If you install the NetPort after installing the ServerJet, the
ServerJet changes to the OUTPUT mode and will not work correctly.
Symptoms are that jobs seem to disappear and jobs that do print do not
complete.
ServerJets are boards that plug into the LaserJet I/O slot and provide
one parallel port and three RS232 ports. The LaserJet is then set to
Optional rather than Parallel mode.
HP LASERJET IV
Product: NetPort(R) II print server
Symptom
Customer reports that garbage prints out when printing from Windows
applications to a HP LaserJet IV printer. Problem only occurs when the
resolution of the printer is set to 300 dpi.
Description
A printer driver seems to be causing the problem.
Solution
Changing the resolution of the printer to 600dpi solves this problem.
NEC 890 POSTSCRIPT PRINTER
We have had a number of customers report that this printer is not
compatible with the NetPort(R) II parallel port 1 when the Printer is in
Postscript mode. Large documents print one or two pages and then fail
with a postscript error. If the printer is set to PCL mode it works
fine.
Parallel port 2 works fine in either mode.
OKIDATA 321
Customer reports that the NetPort(R) will not work with the Okidata 321
on the parallel port. The pinout is not a standard Centronics pinout.
It is missing some pins that we require.
Okidata puts 5 volts on pin 18. They suggest:
* Try a different cable
* AT YOUR OWN RISK:
Remove 5 volts from pin 18 by:
1. Remove printer cover
2. Remove jumper S3 located in the back of the proner near the
parallel connector.
OTC (OUTPUT DATA CORPORATION)
Customer reports indicate that some of these printers will work with the
NetPort(R) and others do not. Customer report that the OTC 850XL and
OTC 2600 will NOT work in the serial or parallel mode.
PANASONIC 1564
Customer reports that the Panasonic 1564, a high speed printer, will
only work with the Parallel port I on a NetPort(R) II in the Remote
printer mode if the IRQ is set to 0 (default is 7). Without the IRQ set
to 0, the printer was dropping characters. Parallel port 2 worked
fine.
PRINTRONIX P300
Customer reports that this line printer (300 lines per minute) printed 1
line of garbage when connected to the NetPort(R). The customer updated
the logic board in the printer and now it works fine.
QMS 410
Customer reports that the QMS 410 does not work with the NetPort(R) II
parallel port 1. It will work on the parallel port 2 and on the serial
port.
QUME 4125 DOT MATRIX PRINTER
Customer reports that the Qume 4125 Dot Matrix printer (parallel port)
is incompatible with the Netport(R) II running v4.25 firmware. Parallel
port 1 and 2 both failed to work. Customer did not have an option to go
to serial setup because it would cost additional money.
SPECTROSTAR COLOR LASER PRINTER
Symptom
A Spectrostar color laser printer would not print when connected to
either parallel port on the Netport(R) II. Both ports were tested with
an HP4 printer and tested fine. The Spectrostar would print fine
directly from a workstation. This was tested in a Windows environment.
Description
The Spectrostar needs specific perameters set within Windows.
Solution
Use the printer driver provided by the printer manufacturer, instead of
a generic Windows printer driver. Also increase the transmission retry
count within Windows to 995.
TEKTRONIX PHASER PX
This printer is compatible if it is configured for the parallel port by
setting switch 8 ON. If switch 8 and 9 are down, the Phaser PX printer
is set to polling all ports (AppleTalk, serial and parallel) and this is
not compatible with NePort(R). The serial port has not been tested.
PLOTTER COMPATIBILITY SUMMARY TABLE
Plotter Source Compatibility
H/P PaintJet XL (color plotter) Intel Compatible
H/P 7475A Intel Compatible
H/P Draft Pro 7570 Intel Compatible
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