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USB-PRINTER 

WIRELESS LAN PRINTSERVER 

 

(DN-13014-1)

 

 

 

  

  

  

User’s Manual 

 

 

 
 

Summary of Contents for DN-13014-1

Page 1: ...USB PRINTER WIRELESS LAN PRINTSERVER DN 13014 1 User s Manual ...

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Page 4: ...E The R TTE Directive repeals and replaces in the directive 98 13 EEC Telecommunications Terminal Equipment and Satellite Earth Station Equipment As of April 8 2000 Safety This equipment is designed with the utmost care for the safety of those who install and use it However special attention must be paid to the dangers of electric shock and static electricity when working with electrical equipment...

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Page 6: ... WINDOWS PEER TO PEER NETWORK 15 3 1 System Architecture 16 3 2 Administrator Installation and Setup 18 3 3 Administrator Utilities 26 3 4 Client Installation and Setup 27 3 5 Client Utilities 32 3 5 1 Network Ports Quick Setup 32 3 5 2 Remote Ports Utility 34 3 6 Windows Add Printer Procedure 37 3 6 1 Windos Vista 37 3 6 2 Windos XP 41 4 WINDOWS NT 2000 2003 NETWORK 45 4 1 System Architecture 46 ...

Page 7: ...ntroduction 68 7 2 Search for All Available Print Server 70 7 3 Status of Print Server 71 7 4 Setup the Print Server 73 7 5 General Configuration 75 7 6 TCP IP Configuration 76 7 7 Netware Print Server Configuration 78 7 8 AppleTalk Configuration 80 7 9 Bonjour Configuration 81 7 10 SNMP Configuration 82 7 11 SMB Configuration 83 7 12 System Configuration 84 7 13 Wireless Configuration 87 7 14 Wiz...

Page 8: ...4 5 SNMP 128 8 4 6 NetWare 130 8 4 7 AppleTalk 132 8 4 8 Bonjour 134 8 4 9 Save Settings 135 8 5 System Tools 136 8 5 1 Load Default 136 8 5 2 Upgrade Firmware from Browser 137 8 5 3 Backup Setting 138 8 5 4 Restore System 139 8 5 5 Language 140 9 TELNET MANAGEMENT 141 9 1 Introduction 142 9 2 Login 143 9 3 Get Setting Values get Command 144 9 4 Modify Setting Values set Command 147 9 5 Other Comm...

Page 9: ...10 2 System Setup 154 10 2 1 Print Server Side 154 10 2 2 Client Side 154 11 WINDOWS XP SP2 SETUP 159 ...

Page 10: ...1 1 Introduction ...

Page 11: ...SPX NetBEUI TCP IP and AppleTalk protocols It is the best network printing solutions for various common network operating systems such as Windows 98SE Me NT 2000 XP 2003 Vista NetWare Unix Linux and MAC OS etc With the help of Installation Wizard you can easily and instantly complete the settings for the printing environment and start enjoying the fantastic features provided by the print server In...

Page 12: ...oduct Package This package contains the following components One Print Server One Antenna One Power Adapter One Quick Installation Guide One CD ROM Including all the software utilities drivers and User s Manual ...

Page 13: ...nly 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 Print Server Client User Network Server optional Windows NT Server NetWare Server Windows 98 Windows NT Workstation Windows 2000 Unix Print Server Network Printing Environment Print...

Page 14: ... Server 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 2 Network Printing Functions for Clients Windows NT Server NetWare Server Windows 98 Windows NT Workstation Windows 2000 Unix Print Server Client User ...

Page 15: ...for Windows 95 98SE Me NT 2000 XP 2003 Vista users PTPP Peer to Peer Printing supports TCP IP protocol In the client installation procedure after PTPP Peer to Peer Printing Driver is installed into Windows the system will automatically manual configuration is also allowed search all the print servers on the network and then add their printing ports into Windows printing port see below ...

Page 16: ...erver 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 ...

Page 17: ...server system provides PTPP Peer to Peer Printing driver and utilities for Windows NT 2000 2003 Vista After PTPP is installed the server can directly print through print server Adding this printing function into Windows NT 2000 2003 Vista Server allows print queue user authority management and many other advanced features to be used NetWare 3 x 4 x 5 x In NetWare environment print server offers va...

Page 18: ...se TCP IP protocol to print through print server Windows NT 2000 2003 Vista Network Network printing function will become available after PTPP driver is installed into Windows NT 2000 2003 Vista Adding this printing function into Windows NT 2000 2003 Vista Server allows print queue user authority management and many other advanced features to be used ...

Page 19: ...10 NetWare Network see below ...

Page 20: ...d sections to read depending on your network printing s requirement Chapter 7 and chapter 8 introduce print server s management and configuration utilities on Windows and Web Browser s environment respectively You may select the appropriate management utility according to the administrator s computer platform Chapter 9 introduces the commands that can be used in print server management through Tel...

Page 21: ...12 Chapter 11 In Windows XP SP2 you may not find any print server listed on the Available Ports in Network Ports Quick Setup Please follow the instruction in this chapter and resolve the problem ...

Page 22: ...re Printing Function The print server provides a complete network printing solution The feature set is listed below PTPP Peer to Peer Printing TCP IP LPR IPP Printing NetWare Bindery Printing AppleTalk SMB Printing ...

Page 23: ...int 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 LED will be on When the LEDs are unlighted the print server is ready NOTE1 MUST use the power adapter shipped with the print server do NOT use any other power adapter from any sources NOTE2 To prevent the compatibility problem betwee...

Page 24: ...15 3 Windows Peer to Peer Network ...

Page 25: ...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 Install administrator s utilities into his her computer Configure print server from administrator s configuration utility ...

Page 26: ...ws PTPP driver Peer to 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 ...

Page 27: ...etwork protocol is installed on your PC TCP IP IPX and or NetBEUI It will be helpful in your installation process 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 The Installation Manager will be displayed on the screen as following Click Administrator...

Page 28: ...e Utilities Setup window will be displayed Click Next Click Next to install the utilities in the default folder or click Browse to specify the destination folder where you would like to install the utilities ...

Page 29: ... Select the components you want to install It is highly recommended to install all provided components Click Next to continue Specify the program folder where the program icons will be added to click Next ...

Page 30: ...ilities automatically 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 ...

Page 31: ... 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 ...

Page 32: ...23 Specify a recognizable name for the Print Server and click Next Specify the IP Address for the Print Server manually or click Next to keep default IP Address i e 192 168 2 2 ...

Page 33: ...played 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 The Administrator Installation procedure is totally completed Click Finish ...

Page 34: ...vers to the administrator s PC 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 6 ...

Page 35: ...of print servers within the network to your PC Print Server Configuration Allows you to configure the print server s IP Address network protocols and other advanced functions Please refer to Chapter 7 for the detail instruction of the configuration Remote Ports Add the network port of remote printer server to your PC Uninstall Assistant for removing all installed administrator software ...

Page 36: ...se confirm that your PC has connected to the network and installed at least one network protocol 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 The Installation Manager will be displayed on the screen as follows Click Client Installation ...

Page 37: ...e Utilities Setup window will be displayed Click Next Click Next to install the utilities in the default folder or click Browse to specify the destination folder where you would like to install the utilities ...

Page 38: ...29 Specify the program folder where the program icons will be added to click Next The system will start to install the utilities automatically ...

Page 39: ...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 The Client Installation procedure is completed Click Finish ...

Page 40: ...tasks 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 ...

Page 41: ... 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 ...

Page 42: ...mputer 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 Perform the standard Add Printer procedure then you can print directly to the printer through the newly installed print server ...

Page 43: ...remote across network segments print servers 3 5 2 Remote Ports Utility Remote Ports Utility offers a convenient way for you to manage and add printer port of the remote print server From the assistant of this utility you can print to other print servers outside the subnet across network segment However please note that this function only supports TCP IP network protocol Please follow the procedur...

Page 44: ...enter LPR queue name of each port Click Ok Step3 The new remote print port is displayed as follows In order to use the remote printing function you will have to proceed with normal Add Printer procedure and select your printer port as the newly added remote printer port ...

Page 45: ...36 ...

Page 46: ...dure described below to add printer to the Windows Note that following Add Printer steps are running in Windows XP the steps in other Operating Systems are similar 3 6 1 Windos Vista The following Add Printer steps are running in Windows Vista 1 Click Start select Settings Printers 2 Click Add a Printer 3 The Add Printer wizard is displayed Select Add a local printer ...

Page 47: ...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 ...

Page 48: ...39 6 Name your printer and set the default printer click Next 7 The printer drivers are being installed ...

Page 49: ...s 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 ...

Page 50: ...41 3 6 2 Windos XP Step1 Click Start choose Settings and select Printers and Faxes Step2 Click Add a Printer Step3 The Add Printer Wizard is displayed Click Next ...

Page 51: ...r and make sure that Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer is not selected Click Next Step5 Choose the suitable Print Server Network Port which was created by the Administrator Installation or Client Installation process and click Next ...

Page 52: ...nd 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 Name your printer and setup the default printer click Next ...

Page 53: ...oose to print the test page or not It is recommended to print a test page Click Next Step9 You have added the printer to the PC successfully The information of the printer is displayed in the windows Click Finish ...

Page 54: ...45 4 Windows NT 2000 2003 Network ...

Page 55: ...ious 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 ...

Page 56: ...on Windows NT 2000 2003 server first Refer to section 3 2 for installation instructions If your network has already installed a working print server and your Windows NT 2000 2003 server has not yet installed the PTPP driver please install the client software Refer to section 3 4 and 3 5 for installation instructions Step2 Please add configure the Peer to Peer Printing of the Windows NT 2000 2003 n...

Page 57: ...48 Step3 Share the above server s printer to the network by performing the standard Windows printer sharing process ...

Page 58: ...ted 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 ...

Page 59: ...50 5 NetWare Network ...

Page 60: ...f NetWare print server PSERVER program running on the NetWare server A user first prints a job at a workstation the job is routed to a NetWare server the NetWare server stores the job in a print queue and then the print server gets the print job from the queue to printers Netware Server Windows 98 Windows 2000 Print Queue Print Server Compare with NetWare printing functionality the advantages of e...

Page 61: ... 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 ...

Page 62: ...tware 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 Type in a print queue name such as PQ or Q1 ...

Page 63: ...are 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 Select Printer 0 or Printer 1 Printer 2 and press Enter then select P1 or P2 P3 in the Type field If your print server is with only one port you do ...

Page 64: ...t 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 ...

Page 65: ... 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 ...

Page 66: ...57 6 UNIX System Network ...

Page 67: ...n your Unix system to allow printing to the print server The configuration examples in this manual follow the syntax for BSD based Unix systems Please refer to the related system documentation for the correct syntax of your systems To configure the print server for LPD printing perform the procedures below 1 Enable Print Server s TCP IP Support 2 Set up Print Server s IP address 3 Verify Print Ser...

Page 68: ...able 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 ...

Page 69: ...at support DHCP protocol and the procedures to configure the DHCP server database are different This manual does not describe the DHCP server configuration on the Unix systems It is highly recommended that the DHCP server should be located on the same network as the print server 6 3 2 BOOTP If you have the BOOTP daemon bootpd running on your UNIX system that is accessible by the print server you c...

Page 70: ...ress to the etc hosts file by adding a line such as 203 66 191 12 pserver 2 Add an entry to the host s etc bootptab file similar to the following hostname ht 1 ha print_server_ethernet_address ip print_server_ip_address Lines should be indented with tabs Where hostname is the device name of a print server the ht 1 tag specifies the hardware type is Ethernet the ha tag specifies the Ethernet addres...

Page 71: ...h the following configuration 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 12 ...

Page 72: ...63 6 4 Verify Print Server s IP Address To verify that your print server is responding to the newly assigned IP address using a PING command ping ip address ...

Page 73: ...t 2 The host name should be the name or IP address that you have assigned to the print server 3 The printer name or queue name on the remote host should be p1 p2 or p3 the name of the printer port on the print server You will need to perform the tasks below logged in as the superuser root To configure your Unix host for printing 1 Optionally assign a name corresponding to the print server s IP add...

Page 74: ...ines should be indented with tabs More than one printer name can be used with variants separated by vertical bars name1 name2 The rm entry should correspond to the IP address you have assigned to the print server You can also use a host name if you have assigned one in the etc hosts file The sd entry should correspond to the spool directory you created in the previous step The rp entry should corr...

Page 75: ...66 The print server should now be available for printing from your Unix host ...

Page 76: ...67 7 Configuration Utility ...

Page 77: ...ons for print server itself it does not include configuration functions for client side or other file server or NetWare server in the network environment The Configuration Utility provides the following configuration and management functions Search Print Server Search All Available Printer Servers on the Network Print Server Status Display Print Server Network Status General Configuration General ...

Page 78: ...on Setup Wizard Guide You Through All the Settings System Configuration Print Server Network Ability Setting Firmware Upgrade and Language setting Wireless Configuration Wireless LAN Configuration Report List the Status of All Available Print Servers on the Network We will explain each function separately in the following section ...

Page 79: ...econds 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 The system will at the same time display the selected print server s status on the right side of the window ...

Page 80: ... 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 refresh the print server s status by pressing the Refresh button ...

Page 81: ...72 You can restart the print server by pressing the Reboot button ...

Page 82: ...73 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 ...

Page 83: ... 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 User Name admin Password 1234 ...

Page 84: ...n 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 User Name Password is used to authenticate the administrator by the Web administration tool ...

Page 85: ...he TCP IP configuration window will pop up 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 ...

Page 86: ...r 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 If Auto is selected the DHCP Server of print server will be enabled only when there is no other DHCP Server within the network When Enable or Auto is selected you have to configure Starting Address Range Subnet Mask Gatew...

Page 87: ...have to assign the NetWare server name print server polling interval and the name of queue on the NetWare server for each printer port Polling Time is the polling interval of the print server for waiting printing jobs on the NetWare server Queue Serviced by Printer is the name of the printer queue on the NetWare server The printer queue keeps all printing jobs waiting on the NetWare server You hav...

Page 88: ...79 NetWare Server is the name of the NetWare file server that provides printer queues ...

Page 89: ...stations 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 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 printe...

Page 90: ...uration Bonjour enables automatically discovery of computers devices and services on IP network The service name will be seen by users on IP network you have to designate the unique and friendly name to describe the device ...

Page 91: ...ill pop up 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 ...

Page 92: ...83 7 11 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 ...

Page 93: ...Double Click System icon and the System configuration window will pop up 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 ...

Page 94: ... manually enable wireless function the print server s wireless LAN will be always enabled and Ethernet will be always disabled If you manually disable the wireless function the print server s wireless LAN will be always disabled and Ethernet will be always enabled You also can select Auto to let the print server automatically decide to enable or disable the wireless function The print server only ...

Page 95: ... 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 that you have set the available channels according to your location ...

Page 96: ...ug the Ethernet cable and restart the print server then you can start to use the print server through wireless LAN If the wireless configuration does not work please plug the Ethernet cable again restart the print server and configure the print server through Ethernet until the wireless LAN settings are correct The default settings of the print server wireless function are as follows Mode Infrastr...

Page 97: ... After selecting the operation modes of 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 You let the print server scan for an available access point automatically or manually assign the SSID of the access point you want to use ...

Page 98: ...wing window will pop up 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 Infrastructure mode has to go through the following procedure ...

Page 99: ...P 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 PSK If you wan to use WPA2 PSK you have to select WPA2 PSK The wireless security setting should be the same with other wireless devices in the same network ...

Page 100: ...91 WEP Security Mode ...

Page 101: ...sphrase 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 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 13 digit AS...

Page 102: ...0 000 packets This insures much greater security than the standard WEP security AES AES has been developed to ensure the highest degree of security and authenticity for digital information and it is the most advanced solution defined by IEEE 802 11i for the security in the wireless network Pre shared Key Format Select Passphrase or Hex key format If Passphrase is selected please enter 8 to 63 digi...

Page 103: ...94 of ASCII format to be the key for the authentication within the network If Hex is selected please enter 64 digits of Hex code which should be 0 9 and A F ...

Page 104: ...o ensure the highest degree of security and authenticity for digital information and it is the most advanced solution defined by IEEE 802 11i for the security in the wireless network Key Enter 8 to 63 digits of ASCII format to be the key for the authentication within the network When you finish configuring the wireless security click Next to go to next step ...

Page 105: ...P 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 ...

Page 106: ...97 Click Save to save the wireless configuration ...

Page 107: ...con 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 ...

Page 108: ...he name of this print server the port name for the print server and select to enable or disable the wireless function Step 2 Select to enable required printing protocol Please refer to section 7 12 for detail information ...

Page 109: ...100 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 NetWare printing Please refer to section 7 7 for detail information ...

Page 110: ...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 13 for detail information Step 6 Click Save to finish setting ...

Page 111: ...icon on the tool bar the Report window will pop up The report lists basic information of all available print servers on the network The information includes Device Name MAC ID Model Type Firmware Version and Status of print server ...

Page 112: ...103 8 Web Management ...

Page 113: ...nfigure 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 IP Address 192 168 2 2 User Name Admin Password 1234 ...

Page 114: ...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 User Name is admin default password is 1234 ...

Page 115: ...106 8 3 Device Status 8 3 1 System System Information includes Device Name Print Server Name Model Type System Up Time Firmware Version MAC Address and the protocols enabled status etc ...

Page 116: ...107 8 3 2 Printer This page lists information of printer connected to the printer port ...

Page 117: ...108 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 ...

Page 118: ...109 8 3 4 SMB This page lists the SMB group setting of the print server ...

Page 119: ...erver It includes the settings of SNMP System Contact and SNMP System Location SNMP System Community To enter the name of system group Default name is Public SNMP System Manager IP The IP address will get trap alarm SNMP Trap There are 2 levels to choose v1 and v2 ...

Page 120: ...111 8 3 6 NetWare This page lists NetWare settings including Polling Time Use Bindery Mode Name of the File Server and Port Attached Queue ...

Page 121: ...112 8 3 7 AppleTalk This page lists AppleTalk settings including AppleTalk Zone Name and Printer Type of printers connected to all print ports ...

Page 122: ...113 8 3 8 Bonjour This page lists Bonjour settings including Port Service Name of each port ...

Page 123: ...t 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 Port Name is the name of the printer port Each printer port has to be assigned a name Then you can use this name to access the printer port ...

Page 124: ...e you have to login to the print server from administrator utility or web management with the new name The default user name is admin Password enter the password you want to change to the print server The password can be up to 8 digit alphanumeric format The default password is 1234 Re type Password enter the password you want to change to the print server again ...

Page 125: ...116 8 4 1 2 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 ...

Page 126: ...wireless LAN If the wireless configuration does not work please plug the Ethernet cable again restart the print server and configure the print server through Ethernet until the wireless LAN settings are correct You can set parameters that are used for the wireless stations to connect to this print server The parameters include Function and ESSID You can manually set the parameters of wireless LAN ...

Page 127: ...frastructure mode ESSID is the unique name identified by in a wireless LAN The ID prevents the unintentional merging of two co located WLANs Please make sure that the ESSID of all stations and access points in the same WLAN network are the same Channel Number is the channel number of your wireless LAN The channel number is fixed to number 11 ...

Page 128: ...r 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 ...

Page 129: ... to select WPA PSK If you want to use WPA2 PSK you have to select WPA2 PSK The wireless security setting should be the same with other wireless devices in the same network WEP Security Mode Key Length You can choose 64 bit to use WEP with 64 bit key length encryption or choose 128 bit to use WEP with 128 bit key length encryption The longer key length can provide better security but worse transmis...

Page 130: ...our data Only the key you select it in the Default key will take effect Key 1 Key 4 The WEP keys are used to encrypt data transmitted within the wireless network Fill the text box by following the rules below 64 bit WEP input 10 digit Hex values in the A F a f and 0 9 range or 5 digit ASCII character as the encryption keys For example 0123456aef or Guest 128 bit WEP input 26 digit Hex values in th...

Page 131: ...res much greater security than the standard WEP security AES AES has been developed to ensure the highest degree of security and authenticity for digital information and it is the most advanced solution defined by IEEE 802 11i for the security in the wireless network Pre shared Key Format Select Passphrase or Hex key format If Passphrase is selected please enter 8 to 63 digits of ASCII format to b...

Page 132: ...key format selection Please see above description WPA2 PSK Security Mode WPA2 PSK requires users to enter shared key with AES algorithms only AES AES has been developed to ensure the highest degree of security and authenticity for digital information and it is the most advanced solution defined by IEEE 802 11i for the security in the wireless network ...

Page 133: ...lected please enter 8 to 63 digits of ASCII format to be the key for the authentication within the network If Hex is selected please enter 64 digits of Hex code which should be 0 9 and A F When you finish configuring the wireless security click Save Next to confirm the configuration ...

Page 134: ...ver to automatically get an IP from DHCP server select Enable Obtain TCP IP Settings 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 Aut...

Page 135: ...ubnet Mask and Gateway and the print server will assign a unique IP for each client Note that when Auto is selected the DHCP Server of the print server will be enabled only when there is no other DHCP Server within the network ...

Page 136: ...e 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 Further more you can enable Pass Job When Error Occurred function and enter time length 1 60 seconds in Waiting time to pass job ...

Page 137: ...ntact 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 SNMP System Community SNMP System Manager IP ...

Page 138: ...129 SNMP Trap Trap v1 Trap v2 ...

Page 139: ...r 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 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 ...

Page 140: ...d Queue is the name of the printer queue on the NetWare server The printer queue keeps all printing jobs waiting on the NetWare server You have to assign a printer queue for each printer port of this print server ...

Page 141: ...o enable or disable AppleTalk and setup the Zone Name and Printer Type for each printer port of this print server AppleTalk Enable Enable or disable AppleTalk AppleTalk Zone Name Print server has to join zones of AppleTalk before it can be shared to other 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 shou...

Page 142: ...133 Printer Type the type of printer attached to each printer port You can get the printer type from the manufacturer of the printer ...

Page 143: ...ur Bonjour enables automatically discovery of computers devices and services on IP network The service name will be seen by users on IP network you have to designate the unique and friendly name to describe the device ...

Page 144: ...135 8 4 9 Save Settings You can click the Save Settings to save the settings and restart the system ...

Page 145: ...136 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 ...

Page 146: ... 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 ...

Page 147: ...138 8 5 3 Backup Setting To backup the print server setting to a config bin file select Backup settings from Print Server ...

Page 148: ...139 8 5 4 Restore System To apply the setting from the backup file select Restore settings from file and specify a file to restore ...

Page 149: ...140 8 5 5 Language To apply the language you want to use select TW for Chinese and EN for English then click ok ...

Page 150: ...141 9 Telnet Management ...

Page 151: ...ntroduction Print server can be configured and managed by Telnet Through Local Area Network or even Internet administrator can easily configure and manage print server s various main functions by a telnet client ...

Page 152: ...he print server IP telnet 192 168 2 2 Then you will be prompted to enter the username and password After you successfully enter the correct username and password the following prompt will be displayed and you can start to manage this print server by command admin ...

Page 153: ... system will list all available arguments of get command The following table lists all the arguments whose value can be got by get command Argument Description Example psname Print server name admin get psname PORT1_PS PS254896 password Login password admin get password USER_PASSWORD 1234 username Login username admin get username USER_NAME admin wlfunc Wireless LAN function is enabled or disabled...

Page 154: ...8_KEY2 0123456789 abcdef0123456789a key1283 128 bit WEP key 3 admin get key1283 WEP128_KEY3 0123456789 abcdef0123456789a key1284 128 bit WEP key 4 admin get key1284 WEP128_KEY4 0123456789 abcdef0123456789a ip IP of the print server admin get ip AP_ADDR 192 168 2 2 gateway Default gateway of the print server admin get gateway DEFAULT_GATEWAY 192 168 2 254 submask Subnet mask of the print server adm...

Page 155: ...ic IP by DHCP is enabled or disabled 0 disable 1 enable admin get DHCP DYNAMIC_IP 0 appletalk AppleTalk printing is enabled or disabled 0 disable 1 enable admin get appletalk APPLE_ENABLE 0 SMBD SMB printing is enabled or disabled 0 disable 1 enable admin get SMBD SMBD_ENABLE 1 SNMP SNMP management protocol is enabled or disabled 0 disable 1 enable admin get SNMP SNMP_ENABLE 1 IPX NetWare Bindery ...

Page 156: ... print server admin set ip 192 168 2 2 admin reboot If you enter only set the system will list all arguments of set command and the command format The following table lists all the arguments whose value can be modified by set command Argument Description Example psname Print server name set psname PS001 password Login password set password 1234 username Login username set username admin wlfunc Ena...

Page 157: ...e value should be 26 digit Hex value set key1281 0123456789ab cdef0123456789a key1282 128 bit WEP key 2 The value should be 26 digit Hex value set key1282 0123456789ab cdef0123456789a key1283 128 bit WEP key 3 The value should be 26 digit Hex value set key1283 0123456789ab cdef0123456789a key1284 128 bit WEP key 4 The value should be 26 digit Hex value set key1284 0123456789ab cdef0123456789a ip I...

Page 158: ... disable to get dynamic IP by DHCP The value should be disabled or enabled set DHCP disable appletalk Enable or disable AppleTalk printing The value should be disabled or enabled set appletalk disable SMBD Enable or disable SMB printing The value should be disabled or enabled set SMBD enable SNMP Enable or disable SNMP management protocol The value should be disabled or enabled set SNMP enable IPX...

Page 159: ... ipconfig IP_ADDR 192 168 2 2 SUBNET_MASK 255 255 255 0 DEFAULT_GATEWAY 192 168 2 254 9 5 2 reboot reboot command is used to restart the print server admin reboot 9 5 3 exit exit command is used to leave the print server telnet management admin exit 9 5 4 help help command is used to list all telnet management commands of the print server admin help ...

Page 160: ...151 set argument value get argument ipconfig reboot exit ...

Page 161: ...152 10 IPP Printing ...

Page 162: ...erver 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 ...

Page 163: ...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 10 2 2 Client Side You only need to perform Window s standard Add New Printer procedure Step1 Click Start choose Settings and select Printers and Faxes Step2 Click Add a Printer ...

Page 164: ...155 Step3 The Add Printer Wizard is displayed Click Next Step4 Select A network printer or a printer attached to another computer Click Next ...

Page 165: ...e 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 p1 One example of the URL is http 192 168 3 66 631 p1 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 ...

Page 166: ...157 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 ...

Page 167: ...158 Step8 You have added the network printer to the PC successfully The information of the printer is displayed in the windows Click Finish ...

Page 168: ...lowed 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 ...

Page 169: ...160 Step3 Select Advanced tab and click Settings Step4 Select Exceptions tab and click Add Program ...

Page 170: ...161 Step5 Click Browse to add a new program ...

Page 171: ...162 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 ...

Page 172: ...163 Step8 Click Ok You have completed the setting The Windows XP SP2 will allow the incoming network connections activated by the program ...

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