Print Server User’s Manual Version: 1.0 (Sep.
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Contents 1. INTRODUCTION................................................................. 1 1.1 Product Introduction ......................................................... 2 1.2 Product Package ............................................................. 3 1.3 Network Printing Architecture .......................................... 4 1.3.1 1.3.2 1.3.3 Print Server Network Functions..................................................... 5 Network Printing Functions for Clients ......................
5.2.1 6. UNIX SYSTEM NETWORK .............................................. 59 6.1 Introduction .................................................................... 60 6.2 Enable Print Server’s TCP/IP Support ........................... 61 6.3 Setup Print Server’s IP Address .................................... 62 6.3.1 6.3.2 7. Installation Using PCONSOLE ................................................... 55 DHCP ...................................................................................
.3.3 8.3.4 8.3.5 8.3.6 8.3.7 8.4 Setup Wizard ............................................................... 114 8.4.1 8.4.1.1 8.4.2 8.4.2.1 8.4.2.2 8.4.2.3 8.4.3 8.4.4 8.4.5 8.4.6 8.4.7 8.4.8 8.5 TCP/IP........................................................................................ 109 SMB ........................................................................................... 110 SNMP......................................................................................... 111 NetWare ....
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1.1 Product Introduction Thank you for purchasing and using our print server. This print server allows your printer to become a shared device on the network. It offers printing flexibility and manageability on your Local Area Network at an extremely low cost and with an absolute minimum setup and maintenance required. This print server provides IEEE 802.11n/g/b wireless LAN (up to 300Mbps data transfer rate), an Ethernet network port (10/100Mbps Ethernet) and one print port for printer.
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1.3 Network Printing Architecture This section illustrates how print server functions and operates on the network. Before you install and use print server, it is strongly recommended that you read this section completely, and select only the chapters you need according to your network operating system by “Contents of the User’s Manual” in next section. This section will first introduce the role every component plays in the network-printing environment.
1.3.1 Print Server Network Functions Print Server Unix Print Server NetWare ServerWindows NT Server Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 98 Workstation Because print server supports IPX/SPX, NetBEUI, TCP/IP and AppleTalk network protocols, any networked computer can directly print to the print server from any of its installed protocol. 1.3.
Common operating systems for clients are classified as following: Windows 98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/7 Our print server system provides PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) driver and utilities for Windows 98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista users. PTPP (Peer-toPeer Printing) supports TCP/IP protocol.
PTPP P1 Windows 98 Print Server MIS-2 P1 P2 P3 Print Server MIS-1 UNIX / Linux UNIX (include HP/UX, SCO Unix, SunOS, Solaris, Unixware DECUnix, IBM AIX and others) and Linux use the system-standard LPR to print through print server. MAC OS MAC OS can use the system-standard AppleTalk network to print through print server.
1.3.3 Network Printing Functions for Network Server Network Server Unix Print Server NetWare ServerWindows NT Server Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 98 Workstation Common network servers are classified as following: Windows NT/2000/2003 Our print server system provides PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) driver and utilities for Windows NT/2000/2003. After PTPP is installed, the server can directly print through print server.
1.4 Network Printing Environment Common following: network environment are classified as Windows Peer-to-Peer Network The client’s PTPP driver will use TCP/IP protocol to print through print server. Windows NT/2000/2003 Network Network printing function will become available after PTPP driver is installed into Windows NT/2000/2003. Adding this printing function into Windows NT/2000/2003 Server allows print queue, user authority management, and many other advanced features to be used.
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1.5 Contents of the User’s Manual Chapter 2 explains print server’s hardware installation and configuration. It is strongly recommended for you to read. The following chapters introduce: Chapter 3. Windows Peer-to-Peer Network Chapter 4. Network Windows NT/2000/2003 Server-Based Chapter 5. NetWare Network Chapter 6. UNIX System Network You may select the appropriate chapters and sections to read depending on your network printing’s requirement.
Chapter 10 introduces Print Server’s LPR Printing function and Windows XP/Vista/7 and MAC OS 10.x standard setup procedures. The LPR Printing (Line Printer Remote technology) allows users to connect to printers via TCP/IP for printing sharing. Chapter 11 introduces how to deal with the problem that if you can’t find any print server listed on the “Available Ports” in “Network Ports Quick Setup” in Windows XP SP2.
1.6 Firmware & Printing Function The print server provides a complete network printing solution.
2. Hardware Installation 1. Unpack the print server package and verify that all the items listed in the section 1.2 are provided. 2. Connect the print server to the printer you want to share on the network. 3. Connect the print server to your network by attached the network cable to the UTP port of the print server. 4. Connect the power adapter to the print server. The print server will perform the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) after it is powered on. During the POST, the Status and Ready LEDs will be on.
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3.1 System Architecture Print server supports Windows Peer-to-Peer network printing mode, which is suitable for most medium and small network environments. Through quick and simple installation procedure, users can immediately enjoy the convenience of network printing. Installation procedure is separated into following two parts: 1. Administrator Installation and Setup (refer to section 2 for more detailed information). System administrators must: y Install administrator’s computer.
2. Client Installation and Configuration (refer to section 3 for more detailed information). Client users must install Windows PTPP driver (Peerto-Peer Printing) for network printing. In addition, after PTPP is installed, the system will automatically search for all print servers on the network, and add the printing port of the print servers into Windows’ printing port (refer to Network Printing Architecture in section 1.4 for more detailed information).
3.2 Administrator Installation and Setup The Administrator Installation can be performed on Windows 98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/7 with the same user interface. Before the installation, please verify that your network protocol is installed on your PC (TCP/IP, IPX and/or NetBEUI). It will be helpful in your installation process. 1. Insert the CD shipped along with the print server into your CD-ROM drive. The Autorun.exe program should be executed automatically. If not, run Autorun.
3. The “Print Server displayed. Click “Next”. Utilities” window will be 4. Click “Next” to install the utilities in the default folder or click “Change” to specify the destination folder where you would like to install the utilities.
5. Select the components you want to install. It is highly recommended to install all provided components. Click “Next” to continue.
6. Click “Install”. 7. The system automatically.
8. You have completed the installation phase and prepare to configure the Print Server. The “Choose Print Server” will list all Print Servers within the network. Select the Print Server you would like to configure and click “Next”. NOTE 1: If this is the first time you configure the Print Server, the “Print Server Name” is the last 6-digit of MAC ID with prefix “PS”. Please check the MAC ID on the print server. NOTE 2: The list can only display the devices from the same manufacturer.
9. Specify a recognizable name for the Print Server and click “Next”. 10. Specify the IP Address for the Print Server manually or click “Next” to keep default IP Address, i.e. 192.168.2.2.
11. The configuration summary is displayed in the window. Now, you have completed the Print Server setup. Click “Finish” and your system will add network port of the Print Server to your PC automatically. 12. The Administrator Installation procedure is totally completed. Click “Finish”.
The Administrator Installation Program have executed the installation procedure that performs the following tasks: Install all utilities administrator’s PC. and drivers to the Configure the print server (including the print server name and network protocol) Add the network port of the print server to the administrator’s PC. If you want to print from this administrator’s PC to the print server, all you need to do is to perform Windows’ standard “Add Printer” procedure (please refer to Section 3.
3.3 Administrator Utilities After Administrator Installation is completed, there will be four utilities in print server’s Program folder. Network Ports Quick Setup – Add the network ports of print servers within the network to your PC. Print Server Configuration – configure the print server’s IP protocols and other advanced refer to Chapter 7 for the detail configuration. Allows you to Address, network functions.
3.4 Client Installation and Setup The Client Installation can be performed on Windows 98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/7 with the same user interface. Before the installation procedure, please confirm that your PC has connected to the network and installed at least one network protocol. 1. Insert the CD shipped along with the print server into your CD-ROM drive. The Autorun.exe program should be executed automatically. If not, run Autorun.exe manually from CD-ROM drive’s root directory. 2.
3. The “Print Server displayed. Click “Next”. Utilities” window will be 4. Click “Next” to install the utilities in the default folder or click “Change” to specify the destination folder where you would like to install the utilities.
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6. The system automatically. will start to install the utilities 7. Now, the installation procedure is completed, you are ready to set up the client’s computer. All network ports of the Print Servers detected on the network will be added to your PC automatically, click “Continue”. Note that if there are no print servers detected in the network currently, please click “Continue” to finish the installation. Please refer to Section 3.5.1 to add network ports of print servers manually.
8. The Client Installation procedure is completed. Click “Finish”.
After the installation, following tasks: you have completed the Install all utilities and drivers to the client’s PC. Add all the print server’s network ports of the network to the client’s PC. You can then perform the Windows’ standard “Add Printer” procedure to add network printers to your PC. Please refer to Section 3.6.
3.5 Client Utilities After Client Installation is completed, there will be three tools in print server’s Program folder. Network Ports Quick Setup Remote Ports Uninstall Network Driver The Uninstall Network Driver will assist you in removing all installed client software. The other two tools are described as follows. 3.5.1 Network Ports Quick Setup Network Ports Quick Setup Utility offers a very simple method to add or remove print server’s printer port from the client’s computer.
During the client’s installation procedure, the system will automatically search for all print servers on the network, and add them into the printer ports of the client’s computer (see below). If you have just installed another new print server in the network, you must run this program first. This program will search for new print servers and allow you to add the new network printer port into client’s computer conveniently.
Please be aware that Network Ports Quick Setup Utility can only detect and configure all print servers on the same network, it cannot search and configure print servers on other subnets across network segments. You must use Remote Ports Utility described in the next section to manage remote (across network segments) print servers. Select the network ports in the “Available Ports” list and click “>” to add ports. If you want to add all available ports, please click “>>”.
Step1. Run Remote Ports Utility. Clicks “Add” to add a remote print port. Step2. Enter print server’s name, IP address, select used ports, and enter LPR queue name of each port. Click “Ok”. Step3. The new remote print port is displayed as follows.
select your printer port as the newly added remote printer port.
3.6 Windows Add Printer Procedure After adding a “Network Port” of the print server to your PC by Administrator or Client Installation Program, you can follow the procedures described in the following sections to add printer to the Windows. 3.6.1 Windows Vista and 7 The following “Add Printer” steps are running in Windows Vista or 7. 1. Click “Start”, select “Settings\Printers”. 2. Click “Add a Printer”. 3. The “Add Printer” wizard is displayed. Select “Add a local printer”.
4. Choose the suitable printer port which was created by the installation process and click “Next”. 5. Select the printer manufacturer and the printer model and click “Next”. If your printer is not in the list, click “Have Disk…” to install the driver of the printer. After installation, the printer model will be added to the list.
6. Name your printer and set the default printer, click “Next”. 7. The printer drivers are being installed.
8. It is recommended to print a test page. Click “Finish”. 9. The printer is added to “Printers” page, you have added the printer to your computer successfully. Now you can start to print from your computer to the print server.
3.6.2 Windows XP The following “Add Printer” steps are running in Windows XP, the steps in other Operating Systems such as Windows 98SE/Me/2000 are similar. 1. Click “Start”, choose “Settings” and select “Printers and Faxes”. 2. Click “Add a Printer”. 3. The “Add Printer Wizard” is displayed. Click “Next”.
4. Select “Local printer attached to this computer” and make sure that “Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer” is not selected. Click “Next”. 5. Choose the suitable “Print Server Network Port” which was created by the Administrator Installation or Client Installation process and click “Next”.
6. Select a suitable printer manufacturer and the printer model and click “Next”. If your printer is not in the list, click “Have Disk…” to install the driver of the printer. After installation, the printer model will be added to the list. 7. Name your printer and setup the default printer, click “Next”.
8. Choose to print the test page or not. It recommended to print a test page. Click “Next”. is 9. You have added the printer to the PC successfully. The information of the printer is displayed in the windows. Click “Finish”. Now you can start to print from your PC to the print server.
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4.1 System Architecture In Windows network environment, other than the Peerto-Peer network printing architecture described in the previous chapter, we also offer the Server-Based Printing architecture for Windows NT/2000/2003 server. Only one Windows NT/2000/2003 is required to have Windows PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) driver installed and share the printing service on the network. Other network users can simply connect to the server and access the shared printer (see below).
4.2 Windows NT/2000/2003 Server Installation and Setup Please follow the procedures described below for installation and construct a peer-to-peer connection (PTPP) between Windows NT/2000/2003 Server and Print Server. Step1. If this is your first time installing print server, please install the administrator software on Windows NT/2000/2003 server first. Refer to section 3.2 for installation instructions.
Step3. Share the above server’s printer to the network by performing the standard Windows printer sharing process.
4.3 User Installation and Setup After server side’s installation is completed, client side will be able to find the server’s shared printer in Network Neighborhood. You only need to perform Window’s standard Add New Printer procedure, select “Network Printer” shown in the screen below, and complete the configurations afterwards to access the shared printer.
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5.1 System Architecture We implement NetWare printer sharing functionality into the print server itself, thus allowing one or more printers attached by a print server to be connected to the network. We have developed the print server to support NetWare print server. Embedded print server, which emulates the “queue management functionality” of NetWare print server, PSERVER program running on the NetWare server.
Printing performance is enhanced. Relieve NetWare file server’s burden. Relieve the need of a workstation running the remote printer utility. Improve productivity by locating the printer near the workgroup. Each print server should log into a NetWare server before servicing the print jobs. Each print server will occupy a user account with which it can log into the NetWare server.
5.2 NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.x Installation & Setup Once your print server is connected to your Ethernet network, you can set it up for use with your networking software. 5.2.1 Installation Using PCONSOLE 5.2.1.1 Configuring as Print Server Mode 1. Run the NetWare PCONSOLE program. 2. Change the current file server, if necessary, using the Change Current File Server menu selection. 3. Choose the Print Queue Information menu selection. 4. Press the Insert key to add a new print queue. 5.
key until the Available Options main menu is displayed. 7. Select Print Server Information. 8. Press the Insert key to add a new NetWare print server object. The print server name can be identical to the PSxxxxxx name printed on the label of the print server. 9. Press Enter to select the newly created print server. 10. Select Print Server Configuration. 11. Select Printer Configuration. 12.
13. Press Escape, and answer Yes to the Save Changes question. 14. Select Queues Serviced by Printer, then select Printer 0 (or Printer 1, Printer 2) and press Enter. 15. Press Insert and add your newly created print queue to the list of queues serviced by the printer. Enter a priority number for the queue service, or press Enter to accept the default. 16. Repeatedly press Escape to exit the PCONSOLE program.
17. Reset the print server to have the changes take effect. NOTE: If the print server you have is with multiple printer connectors, you may create multiple print queues and printer objects. Your print server should now be ready to use. You should be able to redirect printing to your print server using a CAPTURE command such as the one shown in the previous section.
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6.1 Introduction The print server is available for TCP/IP printing by Unix LPD (Line Printer Daemon) protocol. The LPD protocol originated with Unix release is based on the BSD version of Unix and supported under most versions of Unix. This chapter explains how to configure the print server for TCP/IP operation, and how to modify configuration files on your Unix system to allow printing to the print server. The configuration examples in this manual follow the syntax for BSD based Unix systems.
6.2 Enable Print Server’s TCP/IP Support The default configuration of the print server is with TCP/IP support enabled. Anyway, you can configure the print server to enable TCP/IP support using the configuration program.
6.3 Setup Print Server’s IP Address The print server must have a unique IP address in order to be recognized by the network. You can set up the IP address on the various Unix systems using any one of the following methods: 1. DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) 2. BOOTP (Bootstrap Protocol) The print server will use the last three methods to obtain its IP address automatically if its IP address is configured as Auto (0.0.0.0). 6.3.
services before doing the following BOOTP configuration. To rebuild the NIS map, please refer to your system documentation. To configure the IP address data for the BOOTP server, you will need to log in the host of BOOTP server as the superuser (root). Perform the following steps to add address entries, 1. Optionally, assign a name corresponding to the print server’s IP address. You can add this address to the /etc/hosts file, by adding a line such as: 203.66.191.12 pserver 2.
For example, configuration: a print server with the following Node ID: 0000B4010101 (this implies Ethernet address is 0000B4010101), IP address: 203.66.191.12 The entry for this print server in the /etc/bootptab file should be: PS010101:\ :ht=1:\ :ha=0000B4010101:\ :ip=203.66.191.
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6.5 Configure Remote LPD Printing on the Host The procedure you use to configure your Unix host(s) to allow printing to your network remote print server varies between different varieties of Unix. The procedure below can be used for Unix variants that are related to BSD Unix, such as SunOS or Linux. For other versions of Unix, consult your system documentation, keeping in mind that: 1. The print server should be treated as a BSD networked print server host. 2.
mkdir /var/spool/lpd/pserverd chown daemon /var/spool/lpd/pserverd chgrp daemon /var/spool/lpd/pserverd chmod 775 /var/spool/lpd/pserverd 3. Add an entry to the host’s /etc/printcap file, similar to the following: printer-name:\ :lp=:\ :rm=203.66.191.186:\ :rp=lpt1:\ :lf=/var/spool/lpd/pserverd.log:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/pserverd:\ :mx#0: Lines should be indented with tabs. More than one printer name can be used, with variants separated by vertical bars (name1|name2).
The print server should now be available for printing from your Unix host.
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7.1 Introduction This chapter introduces print server’s system configuration utility in Windows environment. This utility is automatically installed during Windows Administrator Utility installation procedure - refer to section 3.2 and 3.3. This utility provides the most complete management and configuration functions on the print server side.
SNMP Configuration: Configuration. SNMP Information SMB: Configure the SMB Group Name. System Configuration: Print Server Ability Setting and Firmware Upgrade. Wireless Configuration: Configuration. Setup Wizard: Settings. Guide You Network Wireless Through LAN All the Report: List the Status of All Available Print Servers on the Network. We will explain each function separately in the following section.
7.2 Search for All Available Print Server Every time when you run print server’s configuration on the tool bar. The utility, click the “Search” icon configuration utility will delay for several seconds because the utility is using system’s available network protocols to search for all print servers on the network. All available print servers will be listed under “Server Group” on the left side of the window. You must select the print server you would like to configure from the list.
7.3 Status of Print Server Click “Status” icon on the tool bar, the status of the current selected print server will be showed on the right side of the window. The information of the print server displayed are MAC ID, Model Type, Firmware Version, status of each printer port, NetWare file server name, NetWare file server polling interval, NetWare printer queue names, IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, AppleTalk printer type, AppleTalk zone and print server printing ability…etc.
You can restart the print server by pressing the “Reboot” button .
7.4 Setup the Print Server Click “Setup” icon on the tool bar, the setup items of the current selected print server will be showed on the right side of the window. Double click one of the icons to set up the selected print server. A screen will pop up to verify “User Name” and “Password” of the print server. The default values are as follows.
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7.5 General Configuration Double Click “General” icon configuration window will pop-up. and the General You can see basic print server information in this page. You also can configure the “Server Name”, “User Name” and “Password” here. Server Name, the name of the print server. You can use this name to identify the print server when you are searching for the print server by the administration and client utilities.
7.6 TCP/IP Configuration Double Click “TCP/IP” icon configuration window will pop-up. and the TCP/IP You can configure the print server to automatically get IP from DHCP server or manually specify static IP. The print server also has a built-in DHCP server. You can enable this DHCP server and let it manages IP for you.
Click the “IP” button to enter the IP setting page. If you need the print server to automatically get an IP from DHCP server, select “Auto IP”. You also can select “Static IP” to manually assign “IP Address”, “Subnet Mask” and “Gateway” for the print server. Click the “DHCP Server” button to enter the DHCP server’s setting page. You can “Enable/Disable” the DHCP server or set “Auto” and assign a range of IP addresses here. The DHCP server is disabled by default.
7.7 Netware Print Server Configuration Double Click “NetWare” icon configuration window will pop-up. and the NetWare This print server supports NetWare Bindery Printing method. The print server periodically polls the NetWare server printer queues for printing jobs. You have to assign the NetWare server name, print server polling interval and the name of queue on the NetWare server for each printer port.
7.8 AppleTalk Configuration Double Click “AppleTalk” icon and the AppleTalk configuration window will pop-up. AppleTalk is a data communication protocol often used by Macintoshes. The print server can use these parameters to join the AppleTalk network and share the printer to other AppleTalk workstations. You have to setup the “Zone Name” and “Printer Type” for each printer port of this print server. Zone Name: Print server has to join zones of AppleTalk before it can be shared to other workstations.
7.9 SNMP Configuration Double Click “SNMP” icon configuration window will pop up. and the SNMP Contact: You can enter the print server administrator’s contact information here. This information will be displayed in the SNMP management tool. Location: You can enter the installed location of the print server here. This information will be displayed in the SNMP management tool.
7.10 SMB Configuration SMB Group Name, the name of SMB group that this print server belongs to. All PC should join the same group before they can use this print server by SMB protocol. Pass Job when Error Occurred: When the printer is interrupted because of paper out or off line while printing, user can set the interval time to bypass the current printing job. Or the printing document will not be printed completely or with unformatted messages. The range is from 1 to 120 seconds.
7.11 System Configuration Double Click “System” icon configuration window will pop-up. and the System In the System configuration page, you can select to enable/disable each printing or management protocol, assign name for each printer port of this print server, upgrade the new firmware for this print server, and enable/disable wireless function. Upgrade Firmware: You can use this “Upgrade Firmware” tool to update the newest firmware of the print server.
Note that before you upgrade the firmware please make sure that the IP Address settings of the print server are in the same network as your computer. Load Default: If you want to reset the Print Server to default factory settings, please click “Load Default”. Wireless Function: You can select “Auto”, Enable” or “Disable” to manually configure the wireless function. y Auto – “Auto” is the default setting of the print server.
y Disable – Disable the wireless function, the print server’s wireless LAN will be always disabled and Ethernet will be always enabled. Domain Country: The wireless channels are different from country to country. Generally, the channels are from 1 to 11 in USA and from 1 to 13 in Europe. The operating channel will be set to the print server before importing. If you are in different country, please make sure you have set the available channels according to your location.
7.12 Wireless Configuration If you want to use the print server through wireless LAN, please set up the print server through Ethernet first and make sure your wireless LAN setting is correct. After setting the wireless LAN, unplug the Ethernet cable and restart the print server, then you can start to use the print server through wireless LAN.
If you use access point to build up wireless network, you have to select “Infrastructure Mode”. If you do not have any access point and want to use peer-to-peer connection to build up wireless network, you have to select “Ad-Hoc Mode”. For the “Wireless Function” setting, you can select “Auto”, Enable” or “Disable” to manually configure the wireless function of the print server. y Auto – “Auto” is the default setting of the print server.
y Disable – Disable the wireless function, the print server’s wireless LAN will be always disabled and Ethernet will be always enabled. After selecting the operation modes of the wireless function and setting the wireless function, click “Next” to go to further detailed configuration. Infrastructure Mode: In the Infrastructure mode, you have to let the print server associate with an access point.
The list is the scanned available access points. Select an access point in the list and click “Next”. If you cannot find the access point that you want to use, click “Scan” to let the print server scan again.
In the Ad-Hoc mode, you can let the print server automatically associate with other wireless station or manually assign the SSID of your wireless network. You can let the print server automatically select the channel that is the same with the peer or manually assign a channel. If you select to let the print server scan for an active wireless station, the following window will pop up. The list is the scanned active wireless stations. Select a wireless station in the list and click “Next”.
Both “Infrastructure” and “Ad-Hoc” mode have to go through the following procedure: This print server supports WEP and WPA-PSK security mode. If you want to use WEP encryption to protect your wireless network, you have to select “WEP(ASCII)” or “WEP(HEX)”. If you want to use WPA-PSK, you have to select “WPA-shared key” or “WPA-None” specified for Ad Hoc mode. The wireless security setting should be the same with other wireless devices in the same network.
WEP Security Mode: You can select “64 bit” or “128 bit” length and “Hexadecimal” or “ASCII” format for the encryption key. Longer key length can provide stronger security but worth communication performance. Enter four key values by following the rules below and select one key as the default key.
y PassPhrase – A passphrase simplifies the WEP encryption process by automatically generating the WEP encryption keys for the print server. This setting is only valid when the security mode is in “WEP(HEX)”. y Key 1 to Key 4 – If the key length is 64-bit, enter 10-digit Hex values or 5-digit ASCII values as the encryption keys. For example: “0123456aef“ or “Guest“. If the key length is 128-bit, enter 26-digit Hex values or 13digit ASCII values as the encryption keys.
“WPA-shared key” (for an infrastructure network) or “WPA-None” (enables WPA security for your ad hoc network) requires users to set the advanced encryption methods, i.e. TKIP and enter a set of shared key. y TKIP – TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) changes the temporal key every 10,000 packets. This insures much greater security than the standard WEP security. y Shared Key – Enter 8 to 63 digits of ASCII format to be the key for the authentication within the network.
You can select to let the print server automatically obtain IP settings with DHCP client or manually assign the IP settings. If you manually assign the IP settings, you have to enter IP address, subnet mask and default gateway address. When you finish configuring the IP settings, click “Next” to confirm the IP Address configuration.
Click “Save” to save the wireless configuration.
7.13 Wizard Click “Wizard” icon on the tool bar, the setup wizard item of the current selected print server will be showed on the right side of the window. Double click the “Print Server Setup Wizard” the setup wizard will guide you through all the setup process.
Step 1: Set up the name of this print server and select to enable or disable the wireless function. Step 2: Select to enable required printing protocol. Please refer to section 7.11 for detail information.
Step 3: Setup the IP of this print server and the DHCP server. Please refer to section 7.6 for detail information. Step 4: Setup the AppleTalk printing. Please refer to section 7.8 for detail information.
Step 5: Setup the NetWare printing. Please refer to section 7.7 for detail information. Step 6: Select the Wireless Adapter mode and complete wireless LAN settings. The other procedures are the same with “Wireless” Setting in “Setup” screen. Please refer to section 7.12 for detail information.
Step 7: Click “Save” to finish setting. Please reboot the print server to let these settings take effect.
7.14 Report Click “Report” icon window will pop up. on the tool bar, the Report The report lists basic information of all available print servers on the network. The information includes Device Name, MAC ID, Model Type and Firmware Version of the print server.
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8.1 Introduction Print server can be configured and managed on the Web. Through Local Area Network, or even Internet, administrator can easily configure and manage print server’s various main functions in browsers. Simply enter print server’s IP address into your browser’s address field to manage a print server by print server’s built-in Web Server. The default IP Address, User Name and Password settings of the Print server are as follows. y IP Address: 192.168.2.
8.2 Login You may use any Web Browser to review the status or configure the settings of the print server. After entering the IP address of the print server, a login page display. You have to enter correct “User Name” and “Password” before going to the Web Management pages. Notes: Default password is “1234”.
8.3 Device Status 8.3.1 System System Information includes “Device Name”, “Print Server Name”, “Model Type”, “Firmware Version”, “MAC Address”, “Wireless LAN Configuration” and the protocols enabled status, etc.
8.3.2 Printer This page lists information of printers connected to all printer ports.
8.3.3 TCP/IP This page lists all TCP/IP settings of the print server including “IP Address”, “Subnet Mask” and “Gateway”. It also lists DHCP server setting.
8.3.4 SMB This page lists the SMB group and the pass job interval time settings of the print server.
8.3.5 SNMP This page lists the SNMP settings of the print server. It includes the settings of “SNMP System Contact” and “SNMP System Location”.
8.3.6 NetWare This page lists NetWare settings, including “Polling Time”, “Use Bindery Mode”, “Name of the File Server” and “Port Attached Queue”.
8.3.7 AppleTalk This page lists AppleTalk settings, including “AppleTalk Zone Name” and “Printer Type” of printers connected to all print ports.
8.4 Setup Wizard 8.4.1 System You can change the print server name and password of the print server from here. Print Server Name, the name of the print server. You can use this name to identify the print server when you are searching for the print server by the administration and client utilities. Password, enter the password you want to change to the print server. The password can be up to 7-digit alphanumeric format. The default password is “1234”.
8.4.1.1 Advanced Settings You can enable/disable the printing protocols from the screen. To enable the function, please select “Enable”; to disable the function, please select “Disable”.
8.4.2 Wireless If you want to use the print server through wireless LAN, please set up the print server through Ethernet first and make sure your wireless LAN setting is correct. After setting the wireless LAN, unplug the Ethernet cable and restart the print server, then you can start to use the print server through wireless LAN.
page or use the “Site Survey” function to automatically search for an available access point and associate with it. Wireless Setting Function is for user to disable, enable or let the print server auto select to connect to the wired or wireless network. y Auto – “Auto” is the default setting of the print server. At this mode, the print server will automatically decide to enable or disable the wireless function.
y Disable – Disable the wireless function, the print server’s wireless LAN will be always disabled and Ethernet will be always enabled. Mode is the operation mode of wireless station. You can choose ether “Ad Hoc” or “Infrastructure” mode. If you do not have any access point and want to use peer-to-peer connection, you have to choose “Ad Hoc” mode. If you have an access point as the wireless LAN infrastructure, you have to choose “Infrastructure” mode.
This wireless print server is compatible with WPS. To use this function, the wireless access point you wish to connect to must support WPS function too. Now, please follow the following instructions to establish secure connection between WPS-enabled wireless access point you’re your wireless network card. Self Pincode is the Here displays the WPS pin code used to connect to WPS-enabled wireless access points. You have to input this number into the WPS enabled access point to establish WPS connection.
8.4.2.2 Encryption This print server supports WEP and WPA-PSK security mode. If you want to use WEP encryption to protect your wireless network, you have to select “WEP”. If you want to use WPA-PSK, you have to select “WPA-PSK” (for an infrastructure network or “WPA-NONE” (enables WPA security for an ad hoc network). The wireless security setting should be the same with other wireless devices in the same network.
y Key Format – You may select to use ASCII Characters (alphanumeric format) or Hexadecimal digits (in the "A-F", "a-f" and "0-9" range) to be the WEP Key. y PassPhrase – A passphrase simplifies the WEP encryption process by automatically generating the WEP encryption keys for the print server. y Default Key – Select one of the four keys to encrypt your data. Only the key you select it in the “Default key” will take effect.
WPA-PSK Security Mode: “WPA-shared key” (for an infrastructure network) requires users to set the advanced encryption methods, i.e. TKIP and enter a set of shared key. y TKIP – TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) changes the temporal key every 10,000 packets. This insures much greater security than the standard WEP security. y WPA Pre-Shared Key – Enter 8 to 63 digits of ASCII format to be the key for the authentication within the network.
WPA2-PSK Security Mode: y Pre-Shared Key Format– Seles the type of pre-shared key, you can select passphrase (8 or more alphanumerical characters, up to 63), or Hex (64 characters of 0-9, and a-f). y Pre-Shared Key –Enter 8 to 63 digits of ASCII format to be the key for authentication within the network. When you finish configuring the wireless security, click “Save & Next” to confirm the configuration.
8.4.2.3 Site Survey You can use this “Site Survey” function to search for available access points in you location. In the list is the information of all available access points or wireless stations, includes SSID, BSSID, Channel, Type, Encryption and Signal Strength. You can select one wireless device in the list for this print server to associate with or you have to use General Setting to manually setup the wireless parameters.
Next Page: go to next web page. Sumbit: Click “Submit” to confirm the connection with the wireless device. There is also a “WLAN Function” setting for you to setup Auto/Disable/Enable wireless function of the print server here. Please refer to section 8.4.2.1 to know more about the setting. 8.4.3 TCP/IP You can configure the print server to automatically get IP from DHCP server or manually specify static IP. The print server also has a built-in DHCP server.
Automatically (Use DHCP/ BOOTP)”. You also can select “Disable Use the following TCP/IP Settings” to manually assign “IP Address”, “Subnet Mask” and “Gateway” for the print server. You can enable/disable or set auto for the print server’s DHCP server. The DHCP server is disabled by default. If the DHCP Server is enabled or set Auto, you have to assign a range of IP addresses here.
You can enable/disable the SMB protocol from here. If SMB is enabled, enter the “SMB Group Name” to specify the SMB group that this print server belongs to. All PC should join the same group before they can use this print server by SMB protocol. “Pass Job When Error Occurred” is for you to set the interval time for bypassing the current printing job in order to avoid the printing job is not printed completely while the printer is interrupted unexpectedly because of paper out or off line. 8.4.
SNMP System Contact: You can enter the print server administrator’s contact information here. This information will be displayed in the SNMP management tool. SNMP System Location: You can enter the installed location of the print server here. This information will be displayed in the SNMP management tool. 8.4.6 NetWare This print server supports NetWare Bindery Printing method. The print server periodically polls the NetWare server printer queues for printing jobs.
Polling Time is the polling interval of the print server for waiting printing jobs on the NetWare server. Name of the File Server is the name of the NetWare file server that provides printer queues. 8.4.7 AppleTalk AppleTalk is a data communication protocol often used by Macintoshes. The print server can use these parameters to join the AppleTalk network and share the printer to other AppleTalk workstations.
Only workstations in the same zone can share the printer. If you want to share the printer to all workstations in all Zones, you should enter only “*” in the “Zone Name” field. Printer Type, the type of printer attached to each printer port. You can get the printer type from the manufacturer of the printer. 8.4.8 Save Settings You can click the “Save Settings” to save the settings and restart the system.
8.5 System Tools 8.5.1 Load Default You can use this page to restore the factory default settings. All of your previous setup will be cleared.
8.5.2 Upgrade Firmware from Browser You can upgrade new firmware for this print server in this page. Click “Browse” to select the new firmware in your storage and then click “OK”, the firmware will be updated in several minutes. Be aware that if you have started upgrading firmware, you have to follow all the upgrading steps or the print server can’t turn back to normal configuration.
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9.1 Introduction IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) Printing provides a convenient way of remote printing service by TCP/IP. The print server can support IPP printing by default. It is needless to do any setting. Any PC that can support IPP printing, for example Windows 2000/XP, can directly uses the print server by IP. By using the IPP printing, you can share the printer to all the PC’s that can access the print server by IP. You can even share your printer to Internet users.
9.2 9.2.1 System Setup Print Server Side It is needless to do any setting on the print server side. Make sure the print server has correct IP settings. If you want to share the printers to Internet users, you have to set a real IP to the print server. You also have to make sure that any gateway, router or firewall does not block IPP protocol if you have these gateway devices installed in your network. 9.2.2 Client Side You only need to perform Window’s standard Add New Printer procedure. Step1.
Step3. The “Add Printer Wizard” is displayed. Click “Next”. Step4. Select “A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer”. Click “Next”.
Step5. Select “Connect to a printer on the Internet or on a home or office network” and enter the URL of print server. The URL format is “http://IP:631/Port Name”. The IP should be the print server’s IP. The number 631 is IPP standard port number. Port Name is the port name of print server that your printer is connected to. The default port name is “lpt1”. One example of the URL is http://192.168.3.66:631/lpt1. After entering the URL of print server, click “Next”.
Step6. Select a suitable printer manufacturer and the printer model and click “Next”. If your printer is not in the list, click “Have Disk…” to install the driver of the printer. After installation, the printer model will be added to the list. Step7. Choose to set the print whether as a default printer or not. Click “Next”.
Step8. You have added the network printer to the PC successfully. The information of the printer is displayed in the windows. Click “Finish”.
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10.1 Introduction LPR Printing (Line Printer Remote technology) allows users to connect to printers via TCP/IP for printing sharing. The computer with Windows 98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003, Windows Vista and 7 and MAC OS 10.x Operating Systems can use the protocol to share printing in the network. Print Server can support LPR printing by default.
10.2 XP Standard LPR Settings in Windows To configure the LPR setting in Windows XP, please follow the steps below. The LPR setup procedures in Windows 2000 and 2003 are similar. 1. Click “Start”, choose “Settings” and select “Printers and Faxes”. 2. Click “Add a Printer”. 3. The “Add Printer Wizard” is displayed. Click “Next”.
4. Select “Local Printer attached to this computer” and click “Next”. 5. Choose “Create a new port” and “Standard TCP/IP Port”. Click “Next”.
6. Please make sure that the Print Server and the Printer have turned on and connected to the network correctly before you continue. Click “Next”. 7. Enter the IP Address of the Print Server in the “Printer Name or IP Address”. Click “Next”.
8. Select “Custom” and click “Settings”. When you have finished the settings at step 9, click “Next” to continue. 9. Select “LPR” and enter “lpt1” in the “Queue Name”, click “OK”. By default the queue name of the Print Server is “lpt1”.
10. Click “Finish”.
11. Select a suitable printer printer model and click “Next”. the list, click “Have Disk…” to printer. After installation, the added to the list. manufacturer and the If your printer is not in install the driver of the printer model will be 12. Choose to set the print whether as a default printer or not. Click “Next”.
13. You have added the network printer to the PC successfully. The information of the printer is displayed in the windows. Click “Finish”.
10.3 Standard LPR Settings in Windows Vista and 7 To configure the LPR setting in Windows Vista and 7, please follow the steps below. 1. Click “Start”, select “Settings\Printers”. 2. Click “Add a Printer”. 3. The “Add Printer” wizard is displayed. Select “Add a local printer”.
4. Choose “Create a new port” and select “Standard TCP/IP Port”. Click “Next”. 5. Enter the IP Address of the Print Server in the “Hostname or IP address” field. Click “Next”.
6. Select “Custom” and click “Settings”. When you have finished the settings at step 7, click “Next” to continue. 7. Select “LPR” and enter “lpt1” in the “Queue Name”, click “OK”. By default the queue name of the Print Server is “lpt1”.
8. Select the printer manufacturer and the printer model and click “Next”. If your printer is not in the list, click “Have Disk…” to install the driver of the printer. After installation, the printer model will be added to the list.
9. Name your printer and set the default printer, click “Next”. 10. The printer drivers are being installed.
11. It is recommended to print a test page. Click “Finish”. 12. The printer is added to “Printers” page, you have added the printer to your computer successfully. Now you can start to print from your computer to the print server.
10.4 10.x Standard LPR Settings in MAC OS 10.4.1 MAC 10.4.x To enable LPR Printing in Macintosh 10.4.x, please follow the procedures below. 1. Open Print and Fax from the System Preferences. 2. With the Printing tab selected, click the “Add” button. 3. When the Printer Browser opens, select “IP Printer”. 4. In the “IP Printer” screen, please configure as below. Protocol: Select Line Printer Daemon - LPD as the Protocol. IP Address: Set the address to the Print Server’s IP Address, for example: 192.168.
10.4.2 MAC 10.3.x To enable LPR Printing in Macintosh 10.3.x, please follow the procedures below. 1. In the Desktop, click “System Preferences”. 2. Click “Print & Fax”.
3. From the “Print & Fax” screen, click “Set Up Printers…”. 4. Click “Add” to add the new Print Server through TCP/IP.
5. Enter the “Printer Type”, “Printer Address” and “Queue Name” and select the “Printer Model” to setup the Print Server. Click “Add” to continue. Printer Type: LPD/LPR Printer Address: Input the IP Address of the Print Server Queue Name: The queue name of the Print Server is “lpt1”. Printer Model: Select the Printer Model that is attached to the Print Server.
6. The Print Server is installed completely. You can see it in the “Printer List”. 7. You can print a file to check whether the Print Server is installed successfully.
11. Windows XP SP2 Setup In Windows XP SP2, XP SP2’s firewall would block the unknown communications. This print server has allowed the communications data passed through the XP SP2’s firewall. In case that you do not find any print server listed on the “Available Ports” in “Network Ports Quick Setup”, please follow the steps below. Step1. Click “Start”, choose “Settings” and select “Network Connections”. Step2. Right click “Local Area Connection” and select “Properties”.
Step3. Select “Advanced” tab and click “Settings…”.
Step4. Select “Exceptions” tab and click “Add Program…”.
Step5. Click “Browse” to add a new program. Step6. Open the “NPUtil” file from “C:\Program Files\PrintServer Utilities” (where C:\ is the system drive).
Step7. A new program “Network Ports Quick Setup” is displayed in the list, click “Ok”.
Step8. Click “Ok”. You have completed the setting. The Windows XP SP2 will allow the incoming network connections activated by the program.
