Fast Ethernet Combo Print Server Quick Installation Guide Version: 1.
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Product Introduction Thank you for purchasing Edimax Combo Print Server. This Print Server allows you to share a normal USB printer or GDI/Host-based USB printer to the network users. GDI printer is a printer that has built-in support for Windows Graphical Device Interface (GDI), so it is no need to convert the output from Windows to another format such as PostScript or PCL language. GDI printers are sometimes called host-based printers because they rely on the host computer to rasterize pages.
Product Package This package contains the following components: One Combo Print Server One Power Adapter One Quick Installation Guide One GDI Printers Compatible list One CD-ROM (Including all the software utilities, drivers and User’s Manual)
1. Getting Started Before you start, you should have: One computer with Windows 98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP for normal printer installation, if you are using GDI printer, please make sure your computer with Windows 2000 SP4 above or Windows XP SP1 above One GDI printer or printer with USB port and an installation CD One Category 5 Ethernet Cable One USB Cable 3.1 Hardware Installation Procedure 1. Unpack the Print Server box and verify that all the items listed in the previous section are provided. 2.
3.2 Software Installation Procedure Before you start, you should check your computer’s operating system. This program can be run in Windows 98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003. Please follow the steps below to start installation. Tip: You have to uninstall all the Print Server drivers and utilities if you have installed the previous version. 1. Insert the CD shipped along with the Combo Print Server into your CD-ROM drive. The Autorun.exe program should be executed automatically. If not, run Autorun.
3. The “Print Server Utilities - InstallShield Wizard” is displayed, click "Next". 4. Click “Next” to install the Print Server utilities in the default folder or click “Change” to specify the destination folder where you would like to install the Print Server utilities.
5. The system starts installing the Print Server Utilities. 6. The utilities are all installed. Please click “Finish” to go to next step.
7. The Setup Wizard will appear, it will guide you to configure the print server and install the printer with the print server to your computer. Please click “Next”. 8. The program will search the Print Server within the network. Select the Print Server you would like to setup and click “Next” to continue.
9. Please enter the “Password” of the Print Server you have selected to login the Print Server for more settings. The default “User Name” is “admin”; default “Password” is “1234”. If you want to install the drivers of the printer and bind the printer with the Print Server directly, please click “Cancel”. You will be led to Step 13. Following is the completed procedures for configuring the Print Server. 10. Set the “Alias Name” to the Print Server here. Click on “Next”.
11. Please set the network settings for the Print Server manually. By default, the network settings are as follows. IP Address: 192.168.2.2 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 If you have selected “DHCP”, the Print Server will try to determine the network settings automatically. If a DHCP Server is present within the network, the Print Server will automatically obtain and configure the network settings assigned by the DHCP Server. The assigned IP Address will be shown in the IP Address fields.
12. The configurations are finished. Please click “Save” to apply new settings and restart the Print Server.
13. The “Install Printer Driver” page allows you to install the printer drivers and bind your printer with the Print Server to your computer. Please click “Install Printer” to start the installation. 14. Please select your printer type. Please check with your dealer about the printer type and base on the information to select the correct one. If you are not sure the printer type, please select “Normal Printer”. Click “Ok” to continue.
3.2.1 Normal Printer Note: Please check our web site for the compatible list of normal printers. If the print belongs to the normal printers list, you only have to install the print driver with the following procedures to test the printing job. You can use the standard “Add Printer” procedures for other computers in the network. (Please refer to the manual in CD-ROM.) Following is the installation procedures for “Normal Printer” installation. 1. Select the “Normal Printer” and click “OK”. 2.
3. Please select the driver files and the printer model you wish to install and then click “Install”.
4. After the drivers are installed completely. Your printer has been bound with the Print Server to your computer. Please click “Print Test Page” to confirm that you can print through the network successfully. 5. If you have completed the print job successfully, please click “Yes”. Or click “No” to try to install again.
6. The installed printer will be added to the “Printers & Faxes” in the Windows. If you want to print documents, please select this printer.
3.2.2 GDI/Host-based Printer Note: If the printer is GDI/Host-based printer, you have to follow the procedures below to install the print server utilities and the print server driver for each computer in the network. Following is the installation procedures for “GDI/Host-based Printer” installation. 1. Select the “GDI/Host-based Printer” and click “OK”. 2. The program will start installing the Print Server Drivers automatically.
3. When the Print Server Drivers are all installed, the following screen is displayed. Before you click “Connect”, please put your GDI printer’s installation CD to your CD-ROM drive and read the manual of the CDI printer carefully. Some GDI printers require users to install the drivers/utilities before connecting the GDI printer to your computer. Some GDI printers require connecting the GDI printer to your computer during the installation.
4. The system starts to connect the printer to print server and automatically search and install the GDI printer’s drivers. 5. You will see some prompt messages in the system tray. If there is driver needed you to manually install. In the “Found New Hardware Wizard”, please select “No, not this time” and click “Next” to continue.
6. Select “Install the software automatically (Recommended)” and click “Next”. 7. Select the correct driver and click “Next”.
8. After the driver is installed, click “Finish”. 9. After the drivers are installed completely (no more prompt message). Your GDI printer has been bound with the Print Server to your computer. Please click “Print Test Page” to confirm that you can print through the network successfully. Tip1: Before you click “Print Test Page” or “Finish”, please make sure the printer drivers and utilities are all installed.
10. If you have completed the print job successfully, please click “Yes”. Or click “No” to try to install again. 11. Congratulations, the printer is installed successfully. The installed printer will be added to the “Printers & Faxes” in the Windows. If you want to print documents, please select “Printer Model Name(Network)”.
12. The following message will alert you to restart your computer before you start using the network printer. Click “OK” and restart your computer then all installations are completed.
3.2.2.1 Using GDI Printer After restarting the computer, you will find there are two printer icons added to “Printers and Faxes” in the Windows. The “Printer Model Name(Network)” will stand for the printer. If you want to print a file or document, please print to “Printer Model Name(Network)”. To set the paper size or other feature of the printer, please right click “Printer Model Name(Network)” and select “Properties”.
3.3 Print Server Utilities After the installation is completed, there will be four utilities add to “Start/Programs/Print Server Utilities” folder in the Windows. Setup Wizard – If you don’t install the printer during the software installation in Section 3.2, you can run this setup wizard to install the printer drivers and bind the Print Server to your computer. Network Port Setup – Allows you to add network port of the print server to your computer.