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Management 

 

The Management Screen of the Configuration Utility 

 

The Management screen displays the basic information of the print 
server, including the following three categories: 

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System 

z

 

Network 

z

 

User 

 

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Summary of Contents for APSUSB201

Page 1: ...Model APSUSB201 User s Manual...

Page 2: ...0 INSTALLING THE PRINT SERVER 11 USING THE UTILITIES 12 AUTO RUN INSTALLATION 12 PS UTILITY 14 Installing PS Utility 14 Using PS Utility 15 PS WIZARD 18 PRINTING IN MAC OS 21 RENDEZVOUS USES IN MAC OS...

Page 3: ...mail 41 Configuration J SNMP 43 TOOLS 44 Tool J Print Test 44 Tool J E mail 45 Tool J Reset 46 Tool J Factory Reset 47 Tool J Firmware Upgrade 48 Tool J Backup 49 HELP 50 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS 51 Pri...

Page 4: ...install and use the software z Chapter 4 Printing in MAC OS lets you complete printing task through your print server in MAC OS environment z Chapter 5 Web Configuration completes the configuration us...

Page 5: ...o locate USB printer services It manages the flow of print files from your workstation or file server to its connected printers delivering print jobs to high performance printers much faster than a fi...

Page 6: ...the PS Utility program and the User s Guide If any item contained is damaged or missing please contact your local dealer immediately Also keep the box and packing materials in case you need to ship t...

Page 7: ...RARP Support Web configuration Provide Flash memory for easy firmware upgrade Printing Access control and display E mail notification for printer error messages Support E Mail printing and FTP printin...

Page 8: ...ernally visible features of the print server Front View LEDs Rear View USB Port connect the print server to a USB printer DC Power Input plug the AC Power Adapter to this jack Reset Button LAN Connect...

Page 9: ...y light confirms that the print server has a good connection to your network When it blinks briefly dark the print server is receiving transmitting data from to the network 1 Press and release this bu...

Page 10: ...2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Networking Application The following diagram explains the application of your print server USB Print Server 10...

Page 11: ...or of the print server 5 While the printer is powered off connect the print server to the printer s USB port 6 Turn on the printer s power 7 Connect the DC end of the AC Power adapter to the DC power...

Page 12: ...rver with these utility The PS Utility and PS Wizard are designed with a user friendly interface that allows you to set up and administer the print server easily Auto Run Installation Insert the Insta...

Page 13: ...xt section for detailed information on installing the utility PS Wizard click to launch the Printer Wizard program which is helpful to set up the printer configuration easily and quickly Browse CD if...

Page 14: ...inishing the installation Installing PS Utility 1 Click Install Utility from the Auto Run menu screen Once executed the Setup program will extract files to launch the InstallShield Wizard then click N...

Page 15: ...Finish After installing the utility the application program for the print server is automatically installed to your computer and creates a folder in Start Programs PS Utility Using PS Utility This se...

Page 16: ...omponent Features 1 Device List Display the connected print server within the network 2 Control Buttons Change IP Address Click this button to bring up the following dialog box allowing you to change...

Page 17: ...the Configuration Utility Factory Reset Click this button to reload the factory settings of the print server Discover Device Click this button to search the connected print server again About Click th...

Page 18: ...ROM into your computer s CD ROM drive and click PS Wizard from the Auto Run menu screen The welcome screen appears as below Click Next NOTE For some specific printers you may need to connect the print...

Page 19: ...inter List to set up port connection and then click Next Choose one connected printer within the network 3 Select one printer port in the Print Server List and click Next Choose one connected printer...

Page 20: ...restart the system After rebooting PS Wizard will help you to complete the port connection automatically You can start your printing task without any complex configuration TIP If you use Windows 2000...

Page 21: ...n the network For the printer connection the Mac OS 10 2 Print Center application uses Rendezvous to discover Rendezvous enabled printers on the network When you add your computer to a network Print C...

Page 22: ...and hold the Option key click the Add button 2 Select Rendezvous from the pop up menu 3 When clicking the Rendezvous item the following window appears to display the connected Rendezvous enabled prin...

Page 23: ...4 Select the desired printer and the following pop up menu displays the printer s manufacturer Select Generic 5 The printer is installed into the system successfully 23...

Page 24: ...int server to your network change the IP Address of your Macintosh computer to access the print server s web configuration The default IP Address of the print server is 192 168 1 254 Change your IP Ad...

Page 25: ...nd select File Print from the menu Select this option 4 Select Edit Printer List from the Printer dialog box Select this option 5 Click Add Printer Then select the desired printing protocol AppleTalk...

Page 26: ...nters using IP When you select LPR Printers using IP Protocol type the IP Address of the print server into the LPR Printer s Address field of the following window In the Queue Name field type in the P...

Page 27: ...nt server to be used for AppleTalk printing 1 Please confirm that the AppleTalk protocol is enabled in your Macintosh computer 2 Change the IP Address on one of the computers within your network to 19...

Page 28: ...hoose a printer connected to your print server as your MAC OS workstation s default printer select Chooser from the Apple menu 2 In the left column of Chooser window select the desired item Please con...

Page 29: ...tion file Choose Select PPD 5 Select the appropriate printer description file for your printer Click Open If your printer is not listed click Generic to use a generic printer description The selected...

Page 30: ...b Configuration Utility First launch your web browser such as the Internet Explorer 6 0 used in this manual Then type http 192 168 1 254 the default IP address in the Address bar and press Enter to en...

Page 31: ...nagement The Management Screen of the Configuration Utility The Management screen displays the basic information of the print server including the following three categories z System z Network z User...

Page 32: ...erver including the firmware version MAC IP address and up time can be found in this field Printer Status The items in this field display the information of the printer such as the given name for the...

Page 33: ...Management J Network Click the Network item to display the information of the LAN Clicking Refresh will update the information 33...

Page 34: ...figuration Network TCP IP TCP IP Printing In this field you can monitor the status of your printing tasks through TCP IP Microsoft Network Printing In this field you can monitor the status of your pri...

Page 35: ...he User item in the left column to display the user s information Users Printing Log The items in this field display the user s information which include the user s MAC address IP address name and sta...

Page 36: ...ame to the print server Location optional Assign a location for the print server Admin Contact optional Assign the Admin Contact s name for the print server Password Enter the Administrator password 3...

Page 37: ...rint server and the description for the USB port It also allows you to select the PJL Printer setting Yes or No NOTE PJL Print Job Language has certain job requirements that must be met to work correc...

Page 38: ...ss UPnP and MAC Rendezvous IP Address This option allows you to set the IP address manually or automatically When you choose Manually Assign you should enter the related information in the following b...

Page 39: ...e name in the box In the following options enter the related configuration such as the printer type USB Chooser Name Display the print server s Port name Printer Type Enter the printer s type in this...

Page 40: ...User List you can also limit the access right by setting the Allow Undefined Users Printing option to Yes or No Define Users You can add delete the user s to from the User List The User List at the bo...

Page 41: ...function enter the E mail account in the Print Server E mail Address box Incoming E mail POP3 Server Address Enter the server address that is used to receive your E mail in this box Outgoing E mail SM...

Page 42: ...to Yes Then input the administrator s E mail address in the Admin E mail Address box E mail Printing E mail Printing ASCII Text Only Select Enable to enable the E mail printing function Receive E mai...

Page 43: ...protocols for managing complex networks Community 1 2 3 Enter a name in the Name box and configure the Access Right by selecting Read Only or Read Write from the pull down menu TIP Once you have chan...

Page 44: ...Tools Tool J Print Test Print Test Click Test to print a test page 44...

Page 45: ...il Test E mail Account Click Test to send a test E mail to the given administrator s E mail address Receive E mail Click Yes to immediately check and receive E mail and then print out the mail when av...

Page 46: ...Tool J Reset Reset Click Yes to immediately reset the print server 46...

Page 47: ...Tool J Factory Reset Factory Reset Click Yes to reload the factory settings of the print server 47...

Page 48: ...rmware Upgrade When a new version of firmware is available e g downloading from the manufacturer s website you can upgrade the firmware of your print server Click Browse to point to the firmware file...

Page 49: ...ckup to backup your current configuration of the print server to file and then save in the computer Restore Device Configuration from File You can reload a configuration that you saved before Click Br...

Page 50: ...Help This screen displays the information of the print server 50...

Page 51: ...USB 2 0 Hi speed standard Network Connection Network Interface One 10 100 Fast Ethernet port RJ 45 connector Network Data Transfer Rate 100Mbps Network Protocol Support Transport Protocols TCP IP SMB...

Page 52: ...5 x NDPS LPR remote printing HP UX Unix Sun O S Solaris SCO Unix AIX Unixware and Linux Mac OS AppleTalk Management Standard SNMP MIBs MIB II RFC 1213 Utilities PS Utility PS Wizard LEDs Power USB LAN...

Page 53: ...Humidity 5 to 95 non condensing at 30 C EMI Compliance FCC Class B CE Class B VCCI Class B 53...

Page 54: ...Appendix Technical Support E mail support airlinkplus com Toll Free 1 888 746 3238 Web Site www airlinkplus com 54...

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