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Double click the highlight list and enter the Server’s administrator
(default: admin) and password (default: admin).

After you have logged in successfully, select USB Device
Information from the Server menu. The Set USB Device
Information dialog appears.

Set your printer names in Printer Name box and then click Apply.

Using the Server’s Web Pages

Go to the web page and click CONFIG icon.

Enter administrator (default: admin) and password (default:
admin).

Click USB Device Information

Summary of Contents for NFPS2

Page 1: ...Comet Labs NFPS2 WFPS2 2 USB 2 0 Hi Speed Port MFP Server User s Manual Version 1 21 1...

Page 2: ...P Address Using DHCP 18 3 3 7 Setting the IP Address Using the Control Center 18 3 3 8 Setting the IP Address Using the Server s Web Pages 20 3 4 Naming Your USB Devices 22 3 4 1 Printer Names 22 3 4...

Page 3: ...indows 58 7 2 1 Using the Control Center 58 7 2 2 Using Windows Applications 60 7 3 Using the Shared Scanner in Linux 61 7 3 1 Using XSane in RedHat Linux 61 CHAPTER8 THE CONTROL CENTER 64 8 1 Install...

Page 4: ...14 3 Using Init Button 88 14 4 Default Parameters List 88 CHAPTER15 UPGRADE FIRMWARE 90 CHAPTER16 THE INIT BUTTON 93 4...

Page 5: ...e 802 11b g Except for the wireless related configuration and operations all other configuration and operations are almost the same for NFPS2 and WFPS2 Unless explicitly specified all instructions app...

Page 6: ...SB Host Ports USB 1 1 2 0 low full and Hi Speed compliant 6 Indicators Power Indicator is lit while power is applied If it is not lit or if it blinks there is a problem with this Server or power adapt...

Page 7: ...Windows None Don t need installation Apple MAC OS X None File Server Unix Linux Samba Use smbclient in Samba Windows The Control Center Installation of SANE Client and SANE Twain Driver Apple MAC OS...

Page 8: ...e and password to restrict login 5 Monitoring The Server s web pages and user software allow you to continuously monitor the status of connected USB devices 6 Future Proof The firmware stored in the S...

Page 9: ...k wireless parameters should be set correctly You have to setup the first wireless parameter set through LAN wired connection Wireless access can be set as 1 Infrastructure station mode which need an...

Page 10: ...ter 3 If the tool finds MFP servers in your local area network then you have to select a MFP server from the server list 4 Double click the highlight list and type the server s administrator default a...

Page 11: ...twork you have to set the correct network type infrastructure or ad hoc SSID and the correct security method with the correct key information 7 If the wireless network is secured by WEP64 or WEP128 au...

Page 12: ...8 If the wireless network is secured by WPA PSK TKIP the shared key must be set correctly 12...

Page 13: ...hoc mode WFPS2 searches all channels to join the matched wireless ad hoc service set too however if none are found WFPS2 creates that service set in the assigned channel In ad hoc mode WPA PSK TKIP i...

Page 14: ...access Web Pages If the TCP IP parameters of WFPS2 are not correct you have to use MFP Server Control Center to set the TCP IP parameters first 2 Go to the web page and click CONFIG icon 3 Login your...

Page 15: ...work you have to set the correct network type infrastructure or ad hoc SSID and the correct security method with the correct key information 6 If the wireless network is secured by WEP64 or WEP128 key...

Page 16: ...7 If the wireless network is secured by WPA PSK TKIP the shared key must be set correctly 16...

Page 17: ...our wireless network WFPS2 will detect if a network cable is plugged in or not If a network cable is plugged in WFPS2 will always connect to the network through the network cable Otherwise it will alw...

Page 18: ...me of the Server defaults to be NFPS2 for NFPS2 or WFPS2 for WFPS2 If you put two or more Servers in your local area network to avoid using the same Host Names you have to change the Host Names by usi...

Page 19: ...ntrol Center and Auto searching Server window will appear 13 If the tool finds multiple Servers in your local area network then you have to select one Server from the Server List 14 Double click the h...

Page 20: ...use desired DNS by clicking the Manual DNS button and manually assigning a DNS 17 Click Apply to save your settings And the Server will reboot 18 You have now finished the procedure of setting the IP...

Page 21: ...3 Go to the web page and click CONFIG icon 4 Enter administrator default admin and password default admin 5 Click TCP IP icon 21...

Page 22: ...ong USB device name For example the printer model name is hp LaserJet 3030 PCL 6 and then the default printer name will be set as LaserJet 303 2 If system cannot get the printer model For example you...

Page 23: ...essfully select USB Device Information from the Server menu The Set USB Device Information dialog appears 5 Set your printer names in Printer Name box and then click Apply B Using the Server s Web Pag...

Page 24: ...SBx_DyPz where USBx represents the USBx port Dy represents the y th Disk in particular to card reader plugging in multiple cards and Pz represents the z th partition 3 4 3 Scanner Names The name of co...

Page 25: ...dd Printer Standard Windows Add Printer Wizard Windows 2000 XP and 2003 Raw TCP JetDirect Printing The Control Center s Add Printer Steps for Installing Network Printer Set up Local Windows Printer Dr...

Page 26: ...erent LANs Example Wired Windows PC across Internet Internet Router Router Server USB Printer PC LAN HUB Switch LAN HUB Switch 4 3 Setting up Local Windows Printer Driver You are advised to install yo...

Page 27: ...appropriate radio button and click Next and Finish 4 4 Adding Network Printers in Windows Follow the instructions below to use the standard Windows Add Printer Wizard and the Control Center for addin...

Page 28: ...P address of the Server In the Port Name box enter your desired names or USB1_LPR or USB2_LPR for printer connected to USB1 port and USB2 port respectively If your Server is running on a different LAN...

Page 29: ...Address box 6 Click Next 7 Click Custom settings 8 Click Settings and confirm that the settings are as below The queue names are USB1_LQ USB2_LQ for USB1 port 1 and USB2 port respectively Click OK 29...

Page 30: ...9 Click Finish 30...

Page 31: ...o use Host Name or IP address to represent the Server in Select IP address or Host Name in printer port box and select the network printing protocol of Printing with LPR Line Printer Remote 31 If your...

Page 32: ...P Printer Port Wizard will pop up and click Next 5 In the Printer Name or IP Address box enter the Host Name of the Server default NFPS2 or WFPS2 or IP address of the Server In the Port Name box enter...

Page 33: ...9 Click Finish 33...

Page 34: ...t to add the printer in Add the printer box choose to use or IP address to represent the Server in Select IP Address or Host Name in printer port box and select the network printing protocol of Print...

Page 35: ...d then you may use it otherwise you have to disable SMB CIFS Print File Server Authentication If you use SMB on Windows 98 SE ME with Server Authentication you must login to your Windows 98 SE ME usin...

Page 36: ...have the printer s driver installed you will be asked whether to keep it or to replace it Click Next 7 Choose whether you want to share the printer with other network users Do you want to print a tes...

Page 37: ...or Host Name in printer port box and select the network printing protocol of Printing with Network Path SMB If your Server is running on a different LAN than your Windows PC such as Internet PC you mu...

Page 38: ...ard Windows Method for IPP Printing Windows Platform Windows 98 SE ME 2000 XP and 2003 1 Click Start click Control Panel click Printers and Other Hardware and then click Printers and Faxes 2 Double cl...

Page 39: ...etwork In the URL field enter the following to connect to the Server http Server s Host Name printer name or http Server s IP address printer name For example http NFPS2 LaserJet 303 If your Server is...

Page 40: ...5 Click Next and then continue Windows Add Printer Wizard 40...

Page 41: ...ping NFPS2 If there is no response or error occurs there may be problems with IP address configuration host file editing or network status Please contact your network administrator 5 2 Printing by LP...

Page 42: ...ple To create the spool directory Printer1 and error log file Printer1_errs mkdir var spool lpd Printer1 Create the spool directory touch var spool lpd Printer1 Printer1_errs Create the error log file...

Page 43: ...2 Click on the New button in the Printer configuration window 3 Click on the Forward button in the Add a new print queue window 43...

Page 44: ...which Printer Queue type you are using select the one option form Networked Unix LPD Networked CUPS IPP Networked Windows SMB and Networked JetDirect options Click on the Forward button 6 Fill in par...

Page 45: ...ect Fill in the Server s IP address and protocol s TCP port and then click the Forward button Example If your Server s IP address is 192 168 1 100 and it connects HP PSC 1300 MFP via USB1 port You can...

Page 46: ...ii Fill in the Workgroup Host Name User name and Password in Authentication window and then click on the OK button iii Click on the Forward button 46...

Page 47: ...your Server s IP address is 192 168 1 100 and its printer name is psc 1300 ser You can enter IP address in Server box as 192 168 1 100 and printer name in Path box as psc 1300 ser 7 Select your print...

Page 48: ...8 Click Finish button 48...

Page 49: ...evices connected to the Server after unauthorized access 3 In order to use the USB Mass Storage device connected to the Server the SMB protocol or FTP protocol must be set up 4 This product does not s...

Page 50: ...e codepage The Server supports Windows codepages If users want to communicate files using FTP client tool or SMB on Windows 98 Me 2000 with the Server they have to set their Server codepage to be same...

Page 51: ...epage box and click Apply B Using Server s Web Pages 1 Go to the web page click CONFIG 2 Login your administrator default admin and password default admin 3 After you have logged in successfully setti...

Page 52: ...ported Protocols box of the Control Center or the Server s web pages 6 5 1 Setting up File Server Using the Control Center 1 Start the Control Center and Auto searching Server window will appear 2 If...

Page 53: ...m you allow Internet users can access your storage using the SMB CIFS protocol Enable Server Authentication select the item if you want to share your storage with user level security which requires us...

Page 54: ...ithout security Allow Anonymous Login select the item if you want to allow the user anonymous to login your FTP server with read only permission and the Server will not check the password If you clear...

Page 55: ...The default value is 21 Maximum Session Number select the item and fill in desired number Enable Passive Mode select the item if you want to allow that your FTP server can accept passive mode command...

Page 56: ...User Account 9 The shared folders will be listed as USB1_DyPz and USB2_DyPz where Dy represents the y th disk and Pz represents the z th partition with respect to USB1 port and USB2 port 10 Perform O...

Page 57: ...ress ftp port 3 If you set Enable Server Authentication in FTP server protocol settings you have to enter user name and password to login to the Server if you set Allow Anonymous Login you can use the...

Page 58: ...ct to be shared as a network scanner The scan server function is available in any platform that can use SANE client 7 1 Connecting HP All In One to the Server LAN HUB Switch HP MFP Scanner NFPS2 7 2 U...

Page 59: ...ge resolution Contrast tune the contrast of the image Brightness tune the brightness of the image Range define the scanning range of the image Note Not all the MFP scanners support the options above I...

Page 60: ...u install the Control Center it will also install this TWAIN driver Example Using Photoshop 1 Start Photoshop click File Import Comet Labs Network Scanner 2 Select a Server s IP address or enter a Ser...

Page 61: ...3 Using the Shared Scanner in Linux 7 3 1 Using XSane in RedHat Linux 1 Download SANE Backends from http www sane project org 2 Download and install SANE frontends XSane UNIX binary from http www xsa...

Page 62: ...192 168 0 2 4 To start the application select Main Menu button on the Panel Applications Graphics Scanning 5 Perform scan function 62...

Page 63: ...63...

Page 64: ...cation button 3 Click Next if you see any Next button in installation windows 4 Click Finish 8 2 Using the Control Center 8 2 1 Using Tools of Control Center You can use the following tools to help yo...

Page 65: ...example if your Windows codepage is Traditional Chinese you have to select Traditional Chinese Big5 in the Server Please refer to the chapter File Server USB Device Information You can set printer nam...

Page 66: ...session number by selecting the support and enter an integer to set the allowable maximum session number If you clear this field it means that FTP server will have no limitation in session number Set...

Page 67: ...vers Set Administrator 5 New Administrator enter your desired administrator name 5 New Password enter your desired password 5 Retype Password confirm your previous password typing User Accounts list 5...

Page 68: ...the name of system contact 5 SysName enter some letters for variable of SysName that represents the name of system 5 SysLocation enter some letters for variable of SysLocation that represents the loca...

Page 69: ...ort Number set new SMTP server s TCP port number default 25 5 Subject enter the subject of the e mail 5 From Address enter the sender s e mail address 5 To Address enter an e mail address to send that...

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Page 71: ...nance tool Restart Server click this button the Server will restart Factory Default click this button the Server will restore factory default values Download New Firmware click this button to download...

Page 72: ...chnology to provide the functionality of print scan file server The basic concept of USB device server and the usage of the Remote Connect Center will be introduced in the following chapters In summar...

Page 73: ...to NFPS2 The LED of the USB port will light on C Run the Remote Connect Center program In the USB Device Server List window you can see the host names and IP addresses all of the NFPS2 WFPS2 servers o...

Page 74: ...running the printer driver setup program or during the execution of the printer driver setup program click the desired printer in the Remote Connect Center and then click the Link button to do the lin...

Page 75: ...right corner of the window Instead the Remote Connect Center just minimizes itself to the system tray There are two ways to really close the Remote Connect Center The first way is choosing Exit item...

Page 76: ...is a logical printer that matches the printer attached on the NFPS2 WFPS2 this is a physical printer Then click the Apply button D Then in the Auto Link Printer List you can see a newly created item t...

Page 77: ...u d better run the Remote Connect Center every time after you login Windows In order to skip this manual operation you can make the Remote Connect Center be run automatically after you login Windows T...

Page 78: ...rinter other Windows PCs can not print to this printer via any network printer protocols Therefore please remember to do the unlink operation after installation C Only supports USB printers and USB MF...

Page 79: ...he daemon of http server httpd on TCP port 80 Users may use the web pages to see the Server s system status and configure the Server 10 2 Using the Server s Web Pages 10 2 1 Displaying Server Status Y...

Page 80: ...and Chapter 7 TCP IP You have to set the Server s TCP IP configuration to connect TCP IP network Please see Chapter 3 Basic Installation for more details Supported Protocols The Server supports the f...

Page 81: ...gin select the item if you want to allow the user anonymous to login to your FTP server with Read Only permission and FTP server will not check the password If you clear the item your FTP server will...

Page 82: ...5 Authentic Community set Community name of SNMP server 5 Trap Community set Trap Community name for SNMP server to send trap packets 5 Trap Address enter an IP address to send the Trap packet 5 SysCo...

Page 83: ...password of SNMP v3 5 Privacy Password set privacy password of SNMP v3 Restart Server click this button the Server will restart Maintenance If you want to restore factory default values of the Server...

Page 84: ...Website click this button to download new firmware or user software from this product s public website 5 Upgrade Firmware click Open to find the firmware file to be upgraded Click Upgrade to upload th...

Page 85: ...NMP This Server runs an SNMP daemon supporting SNMP v1 v2c and v3 protocols Simple Network Management Protocol Users can use SNMP client software such as HP OpenView to manage the Server The Server su...

Page 86: ...twork Status Not lit No activity on network Green USB device connected Green blinking Connected USB device error USB1 Not lit No physical connection to USB device Green USB device connected Green blin...

Page 87: ...ect a Server from the Server List 3 Double click the highlight list and enter the Server s administrator default admin and password default admin 4 After you have logged in successfully from the Serve...

Page 88: ...t Parameters List Host Information z Comment Optional Comet Labs USB MFP Server z Host Name NFPS2 z Workgroup WORKGROUP z Code Page of File Server Western European TCP IP z Automatically get IP by DHC...

Page 89: ...tic Community public z Trap Community public z Trap Address 0 0 0 0 z SysContact sales cometlabs com z SysName Comet Labs USB MFP Server z SysLocation www cometlabs com z EnableAuthenTrap 2 disable z...

Page 90: ...heir statuses 2 Select the Server that you want to upgrade the firmware Double click the selected Server and enter Administrator default admin and Password default admin 3 Select the Maintenance butto...

Page 91: ...nistrator default admin and Password default admin 7 Click Maintenance 8 Click Upgrade Firmware 9 Click Browse button to choose the file of new firmware 10 Click Upload button to start firmware upgrad...

Page 92: ...are Please note that you must configure your PC s TCP IP such that PC and the Server belong to the same LAN i e PC s IP is 192 168 0 xxx and subnet mask is 255 255 255 0 4 Click Upload Image 5 Wait fo...

Page 93: ...essing the Init button until USB1 and USB2 LED indicators blink alternately After that the Server will do the following tasks A Reset the Server to factory default which will restore most of the param...

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