Can't get to print to an AXIS NPS 550 print server

[Guest]

I am trying to print to a HP Laserjet 4L using a AXIS NPS 550 print server.
This connects through ethernet and has 2 parallel and 1 serial ports.

I managed to give it an automatic ip to which I can ping without problems.
My router, look@lan, etc. recognise it but its (NetBIOS,...) name is not
found.
I can get FTP (get, put) connections with it. Apparently it has no
http-connection. From the NPS I can trigger a test page to the printer.

The AXIS management tools (AXIS IP Utility, Thinwizard,...) do not recognise
an AXIS print server.

I installed 2 tcp/ip ports (LPR; Raw 9100) printers under Windows XP and 98SE.
When I print to these ports, the printer is not found.

Can someone please help?

 

[Klaus Jorgensen]

Thierry H. wrote :

I am trying to print to a HP Laserjet 4L using a AXIS NPS 550 print server.
This connects through ethernet and has 2 parallel and 1 serial ports.

I managed to give it an automatic ip to which I can ping without problems.
My router, look@lan, etc. recognise it but its (NetBIOS,...) name is not
found.
I can get FTP (get, put) connections with it. Apparently it has no
http-connection. From the NPS I can trigger a test page to the printer.

The AXIS management tools (AXIS IP Utility, Thinwizard,...) do not recognise
an AXIS print server.

I installed 2 tcp/ip ports (LPR; Raw 9100) printers under Windows XP and
98SE. When I print to these ports, the printer is not found.

If using LPR, the remote queue name must be called lpt1, lpt2 or com1.
If using RAW, I believe the ports must be identified as 9101, 9102 or
9103 for lpt1, lpt2 and com1 respectively.


/klaus

 

[Guest]

Thank You, Klaus.
You helped me with the 9101, 9102, 9103 port identifications.
I didn't know that. I tried with port 9100 before.

But it still doesn't print. I tried both the following:
- Raw - port number 9101
- LPR - queue name lpt1
both with and without SNMP Enabled: public, device index: 1

The printer HP LJ4L automatically sets itself on or off.
Might that be part of the problem?

 

[Klaus Jorgensen]

Thierry H. wrote :

Thank You, Klaus.
You helped me with the 9101, 9102, 9103 port identifications.
I didn't know that. I tried with port 9100 before.

But it still doesn't print. I tried both the following:
- Raw - port number 9101
- LPR - queue name lpt1
both with and without SNMP Enabled: public, device index: 1

You mentioned that an FTP session could be opened to the unit. Output
to a printer could be tested using the FTP command "put filename lpt1".

Otherwise you might want to download the configuration settings by
using "get config nps550.txt" which saves the settings to a textfile on
the computer. Edit the textfile using notepad, and send it back to the
printerserver using the "put nps550.txt CONFIG" command (the CONFIG
target must be uppercase for the settings to be saved permanently).

I haven't been using an Axis box for more than a decade, but if I
remember correctly, the default userid and password is "root" and
"pass".


/klaus

 

[Guest]

Again thank You, Klaus.

The FTP command "put filename pr1" worked, apart from the formfeed I had to
force manually. (Maybe I need to add an after-print command for this.)
So at least this proves the thing works.

I did know how to get/put the config file. But I don't know what might be
wrong with the current settings.
However I noticed differences between the config and the defaults files.
The defaults file did not have the LanServer printer names (e.g.
AX102123.LP1).

Apart from that, still no result with Windows printing.

 

[Klaus Jorgensen]

Thierry H. wrote :

The FTP command "put filename pr1" worked, apart from the formfeed I had to
force manually. (Maybe I need to add an after-print command for this.)
So at least this proves the thing works.

Have you tested LPR with the pr1 queue name?
Can you see from the config file if RAW is actually supported (and - if
so - which port number is supported)?


/klaus

 

[Guest]

pr1 did the trick!
I kept trying lpt1 because Windows XP showed that by default.

So it works now.

I tried to answer earlier but for some time the newsgroups service didn't
work.
Thank you very much Klaus for your help.

 

[Thierry H.]

Hello Malcolm,

What you need is AXIS PrintMonitor (for NPS 550, etc.).
It's software to facilitate the linking of your printer driver to the NPS
through tcp-ip.
I'm not sure you absolutely need it to make it work.
I think I downloaded it from an Epson website.

I lost my copy of the software while having a HHD crash.
I can't help you with it right now, but will keep my eyes open.

Maybe someone else can help us.

Best regards,
Thierry H.