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Brother NC-2010p User Manual

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USER’S GUIDE

12-2

- If you are using an older printer that does not support the 1284 bi-

directional parallel port standard, try executing the

SET PORT P1

ACKH ENABLED

and

SET PORT P1 DMA DISABLED

commands.

Also, make sure that fast strobe (FSTB) is disabled (do a

SHOW PORT

command to determine its state; if necessary, do a

SET PORT P1

FSTB DISABLED

command).

3. If the self-test page prints but you cannot print documents, try the

following

Note
If none of the following steps are successful, there is almost certainly a
hardware or network problem!

a. If you have a VMS system or ULTRIX system, try making a connection

to the print server using the NCP (for VMS) or ccr (for ULTRIX)
utilities (see Appendix A if you don't know how to do this). If the
connection is successful, the hardware and network connections are OK,
so proceed to the LAT Troubleshooting Section. Otherwise, proceed to
step 4.

b. If you are using TCP/IP, try pinging the print server from the host

operating system prompt with the command ping ipaddress, where
ipaddress is the print server IP address (note that in some instances it can
take up to two minutes for the print server load its IP address). If a
successful response is received, then proceed to the UNIX
Troubleshooting
section or Windows NT/LAN Server Troubleshooting
section. Otherwise, proceed to step 4.

c. If you have a Novell system, verify that the print server can be seen on

the network. To do this, login as the SUPERVISOR (not as someone
with supervisor privileges), go into PCONSOLE, select PRINT
SERVER INFORMATION, and select the name of the print server
(make sure that you have entered the print server name). If you can see

Print Server Status

and

Control

in the menu, then the

Brother print server visible to the network, proceed to the Novel
NetWare Installation Troubleshooting Section. Otherwise, go to step 4.

d. If you are running AppleTalk or PATHWORKS for Macintosh, make

sure that you can see the print server name under the LaserWriter 8 icon
in the Chooser. If it is visible, then the connection is good, so proceed to
the AppleTalk and PATHWORKS for Macintosh Section.