Administrator’s Manual Administrator’s Manual PTX-S809 Tables of Contents Printronix Products Information ____________________________________________________________ 1 Safety and environmental notices ___________________________________________________________ 2 Safety notices ___________________________________________________________________________ 2 Danger hazard level ______________________________________________________________________ 2 Caution hazard level _____________________________________________________________________ 2 Attention notices ________________________________________________________________________ 2 Safety precautions _______________________________________________________________________ 3 Electrical safety __________________________________________________________________________ 3 Approved power cord and receptacle ________________________________________________________ 3 Electrical safety and portable power strip receptacles ___________________________________________ 4 Connecting or disconnecting a communication port, a teleport, or an attachment connector ___________ 4 Servicing during an electrical storm _________________________________________________________ 4 FFC Notes_______________________________________________________________________________ 5 European Union (EU) Conformity Statement __________________________________________________ 5 Industry Canada Compliance Statement ______________________________________________________ 5 Statement for CISPR 22 Edition 2 Compliance __________________________________________________ 5 Getting to Know Your Printer _______________________________________________________________ 6 Printer Features (model type S809 and S809+) _________________________________________________ 6 Printer Parts ____________________________________________________________________________ 7 Front View ______________________________________________________________________________ 7 Rear View ______________________________________________________________________________ 7 Setting Up Your Printer____________________________________________________________________ 8 Choosing a Suitable Location _______________________________________________________________ 8 Ribbon Cartridge Installation _______________________________________________________________ 9 Power Connection _______________________________________________________________________ 13 Host Computer Connection _______________________________________________________________ 14 Driver Installation _______________________________________________________________________ 15 S809-AM i 260066-001B Administrator’s Manual PTX-S809 Windows Environment ___________________________________________________________________ 15 LAN Connection _________________________________________________________________________ 16 Monitoring Printer & Remote Printer Configuration in LAN using a Browser ________________________ 17 Remote Printer Management Utility (RPMU) _________________________________________________ 22 UNIX Environment ______________________________________________________________________ 23 Linux 7.x & Solaris 7.x Operating Systems ____________________________________________________ 25 AS/400 Environment _____________________________________________________________________ 26 Configuring AS/400 for ASCII (TCP/IP protocol) _______________________________________________ 26 Configuring with ADDTCPIFC ______________________________________________________________ 26 Selecting the Display Language ____________________________________________________________ 29 Configuring the Printer ___________________________________________________________________ 30 Operator Panel Presentation ______________________________________________________________ 30 Display Messages _______________________________________________________________________ 30 Indicators _____________________________________________________________________________ 32 Function Keys __________________________________________________________________________ 32 ON LINE Key ___________________________________________________________________________ 33 PROGRAM Key _________________________________________________________________________ 33 MACRO Key ____________________________________________________________________________ 33 FONT Key ______________________________________________________________________________ 33 LF Key ________________________________________________________________________________ 33 LOAD/FF Key ___________________________________________________________________________ 34 ALTERNATE Key _________________________________________________________________________ 34 TEAR/PITCH Key ________________________________________________________________________ 34 PATH/PARK Key ________________________________________________________________________ 34 Printer Setups __________________________________________________________________________ 35 Entering the Printer Setups _______________________________________________________________ 35 Moving within the Printer Setups __________________________________________________________ 35 Leaving the Printer Setups ________________________________________________________________ 35 Printer Setup Item _______________________________________________________________________ 35 Power-On Configuration Setup ____________________________________________________________ 36 S809-AM ii 260066-001B Administrator’s Manual PTX-S809 Entering the Power-On Configuration Setup __________________________________________________ 36 Main Structure _________________________________________________________________________ 36 Printout of the Configuration Printer Settings ________________________________________________ 37 Emulation Options ______________________________________________________________________ 38 Setting the Emulation Options _____________________________________________________________ 38 Printer Emulation _______________________________________________________________________ 38 EPSON Character Sets ____________________________________________________________________ 39 IBM Character sets ______________________________________________________________________ 39 EPSON National Character sets ____________________________________________________________ 39 IBM National Character Sets ______________________________________________________________ 40 CR Code Behavior _______________________________________________________________________ 40 LF Code Behavior _______________________________________________________________________ 41 IBM Compressed Printing _________________________________________________________________ 41 Bar code mode _________________________________________________________________________ 41 Interface ______________________________________________________________________________ 42 Interface Type Settings ___________________________________________________________________ 42 Parallel Interface _______________________________________________________________________ 43 Setting the Parallel Interface Parameters ____________________________________________________ 44 Interface Type __________________________________________________________________________ 44 Setting the Select-In Signal _______________________________________________________________ 44 Number of Data Bits _____________________________________________________________________ 44 Input Buffer Size ________________________________________________________________________ 45 Serial Interface _________________________________________________________________________ 46 Setting the Serial Interface Parameters _____________________________________________________ 46 Interface Type __________________________________________________________________________ 46 Baud Rate _____________________________________________________________________________ 47 Number of Data Bits _____________________________________________________________________ 47 Parity Check ___________________________________________________________________________ 47 Handshake Protocol _____________________________________________________________________ 48 Connection Type ________________________________________________________________________ 48 S809-AM iii 260066-001B Administrator’s Manual PTX-S809 Input Buffer Size ________________________________________________________________________ 48 LAN Interface __________________________________________________________________________ 49 Setting the LAN Interface Parameters _______________________________________________________ 50 IP Assignment __________________________________________________________________________ 50 Init IP Address __________________________________________________________________________ 50 Init Net Mask __________________________________________________________________________ 50 ID Default Gateway _____________________________________________________________________ 51 Init Host Name _________________________________________________________________________ 51 Init Workgroup Name ____________________________________________________________________ 51 Enable/Disable the SMTP Service __________________________________________________________ 52 Mail Server Address _____________________________________________________________________ 52 E-mail Address _________________________________________________________________________ 52 Sender Address _________________________________________________________________________ 53 Enable/Disable