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7.17 AppleTalk Cfg – AppleTalk
Configuration

The AppleTalk Cfg page allows you to configure

the AppleTalk network parameters of this PrintSir.

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 the

printer attached to P1 printer port can be shared to

AppleTalk network workstations.

The page allows you to set:

Printer Type

, the type of printer attached to P1

printer port. You can get the printer type from the

manufacturer of the printer.

Zone

, the Zone name that the print server want to

join. Only workstations in the same zone can

share the printer. If you want to share the printer

Summary of Contents for Print Server

Page 1: ...L A N P R O F E S S I O N A L Print Server User s Manual...

Page 2: ...PEER TO PEER NETWORK 23 3 1 System Architecture 24 3 2 Administrator Installation and Setup 26 3 3 Administrator Utilities 35 3 4 Client Installation and Setup 37 3 5 Client Utilities 43 3 5 1 Networ...

Page 3: ...of Print Server 97 7 3 Print Server Status 99 7 4 Printer Status Attached Printer Status 100 7 5 IP Cfg IP Address Configuration 101 7 6 NW PS Cfg NetWare Print Server Configuration 102 7 7 NW RP Cfg...

Page 4: ...HCP Status 127 8 3 6 Changing Device Configuration 128 8 3 7 Setting IP Address 130 8 3 8 Configuring DHCP Parameters 130 8 3 9 Configuring E Mail Printing 132 8 3 10 Configuring SNMP Parameters 133 8...

Page 5: ...1 Introduction...

Page 6: ...on This print server supports IPX TCP IP AppleTalk and NetBEUI protocols It is the best network printing solutions for various common network operating systems such as Windows 95 98 Me Peer to Peer Pr...

Page 7: ...s Yes TCP IP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NetBEUI Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes AppleTalk No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Network Environment Windows Peer to Peer Printing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Windows S...

Page 8: ...Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Direct Print Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Logical Printer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Language English Chinese English Chinese English Chinese English Chinese English Chinese E...

Page 9: ...1 3 Product Package This package contains the following components Print Server x 1 Power Adapter x 1 CD x 1 Quick Installation Guide x 1...

Page 10: ......

Page 11: ...r 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 Use...

Page 12: ...network protocols any networked computer can directly print to the print server from any of its installed protocol Windows NT Server NetWare Server Windows 98 Windows NT Workstation Windows 2000 Unix...

Page 13: ...Printing supports IPX TCP IP and NetBEUI protocols While printing after installation PTPP will automatically select the proper transport protocol to connect to the print server depending on the proto...

Page 14: ...servers on the network and then add their printing ports into Windows printing port see below Windows 98 PTPP Print Server MIS 2 P1 P2 P3 P1 Print Server MIS 1 UNIX Linux UNIX include HP UX SCO Unix...

Page 15: ...print server system provides PTPP Peer to Peer Printing driver and utilities for Windows NT 2000 After PTPP is installed the server can directly print to print server Adding this printing function int...

Page 16: ...driver fully support IPX TCP IP and NetBEUI protocols when printing the PTPP driver will automatically search and match up the protocol for both client and print server s sides Windows NT Server NetW...

Page 17: ...Windows NT 2000 Adding this printing function into Windows NT 2000 Server allows print queue user authority management and many other advanced features to be used Windows NT Server Windows 98 Windows...

Page 18: ...NetWare 3 x 4 x 5 x Windows 98 Windows 2000 TCP IP IPX NetBEUI IPX IP IPX IPX Print Queue...

Page 19: ...work 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...

Page 20: ...t to use depending on individual s printing requirement Currently the system provides two Feature Sets for users to choose Standard Feature Set PTPP Peer to Peer Printing z TCP IP LPR z NetBEUI z IPX...

Page 21: ...ow to select and setup the Feature Set For example if you need to use NetWare NDS Printing then you must change the system s default Standard Feature Set to the NetWare Enhancement Feature Set In the...

Page 22: ...print server by the standard printer cable 3 Connect the power adapter to the print server 4 The print server will perform the Power On Self Test POST after it is powered on The Status LED will flash...

Page 23: ...3 Windows Peer to Peer Network...

Page 24: ...ation procedure users can immediately enjoy the convenience of network printing Windows NT Server Windows 98 Windows NT Workstation Windows 2000 TCP IP IPX NetBEUI NetBEUI PTPP TCP IP PTPP IPX PTPP TC...

Page 25: ...e detailed information Client users must install Windows PTPP driver Peer to Peer Printing for network printing In addition after PTPP is installed the system will automatically search for all print s...

Page 26: ...CP 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 automatic...

Page 27: ...Click Next and specify the destination folder where the utilities will be installed 5 Click Next and select the components you want to install It is highly recommended to install all provided componen...

Page 28: ...6 Click Next and specify the program folder where the program icons will be added to 7 Click Next to start installation...

Page 29: ...o configure the Print Server Click Next and the Choose Print Server dialog box will be displayed as following NOTE If this is the first time you configure the print server the Print Server Name is the...

Page 30: ...screen In the system default IPX and NetBEUI protocols are enabled About the TCP IP you can either 1 assign a fixed IP address for the print server or 2 configure it later by the configuration utilit...

Page 31: ...cate that the Administrator Installation procedure is finished After the installation you have completed the following tasks Install all utilities and drivers to the administrator s PC Configure the p...

Page 32: ...orm the Client Installation procedure section 3 4 on all client s sides of the network If you want to print from this administrator s PC to the print server all you need to do is to perform Windows st...

Page 33: ...Step4 Select a suitable printer manufacturer and model then click Next Step5 Choose the Print Server s Network Port which was created by the administrator installation process and click Next...

Page 34: ...Step6 Complete the rest of the questions to finish the network printer setup...

Page 35: ...port management tool see section 3 5 Remote Ports Remote printer port management tool see section 3 5 NetWare Quick Setup NetWare quick installation software see chapter 5 Print Server Configuration...

Page 36: ...Web based management tool see chapter 8 Web Manager Configuration...

Page 37: ...he 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 by Windows If...

Page 38: ...4 Click Next and specify the destination folder where the utilities will be installed 5 Click Next and specify the program folder where the program icons will be added...

Page 39: ...rt installation 7 Now the installation procedure is completed and the next step is to set up the client s computer Click Continue and all the print server s network ports detected on the network will...

Page 40: ...d to indicate that the Client Installation procedure is finished After the installation you have completed the following tasks Install all utilities and drivers to the client s PC Add all the print se...

Page 41: ...ocedure as described below to add network printers to your PC Step1 Click Start button choose Setting Printers Step2 Double click Add New Printer Step3 Select Local printer click Next Step4 Select the...

Page 42: ...Step5 Choose the print server s Network Port which has been created in the client installation process and then click Next Step6 Complete the rest of the questions to finish the network printer setup...

Page 43: ...work Driver will assist you in removing all installed client software The other two tools are described as following 3 5 1 Network Ports Quick Setup Network Ports Quick Setup Utility offers a very sim...

Page 44: ...rver on 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 sta...

Page 45: ...t section to manage 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 serv...

Page 46: ...port number Step3 Press OK to add the remote printer port into your computer s printer ports In order to use the remote printing function you will have to proceed with normal Add Printer procedure an...

Page 47: ......

Page 48: ...4 Windows NT 2000 Network...

Page 49: ...rinting architecture for Windows NT 2000 server Only one Windows NT 2000 is required to have Windows PTPP Peer to Peer Printing driver installed and share the printing service on the network Other net...

Page 50: ...server please install the administrator software on Windows NT 2000 server first Refer to section 3 2 for installation instructions If your network has already installed a working print server and yo...

Page 51: ...Step3 Share the above server s printer to the network by performing the standard Windows printer sharing process...

Page 52: ...eue 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 proced...

Page 53: ...5 NetWare Network...

Page 54: ...t functionality of 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...

Page 55: ...Queue Print Server Function Compare with NetWare printing functionality the advantages of embedding the NetWare network printing functionality in the print server include Installation is easier and q...

Page 56: ...etWare print server can control many remote printers thus a print server account can be shared to many remote printers as your requirement But the printing performance of a remote printer will be slow...

Page 57: ...rive DOSUTIL configure the print server to use a particular file server Then use NetWare s PCONSOLE program to create a NetWare print server and print queue with the appropriate names 5 2 1 Quick Inst...

Page 58: ...the INSTALL program 4 Select your new print server from the displayed list and press Enter The name listed will be the same as the Device Name printed on a label on your print server 5 A list of defa...

Page 59: ...the LPT1 port l 1 to the print queue PRINTSERVER_Q1 on the file server named III No banner page will be printed nb no form feed will be added to the end of the job nff and tabs will not be expanded i...

Page 60: ...inter port of your print server Printer 0 or Printer 1 Printer 2 on the print server is serving the new print queue s The print queue s and print server have the right permissions and notification set...

Page 61: ...ect your new print server from the list provided 4 Choose NetWare Configuration from the menu 5 Select Print server in the Printing mode field 6 Change the Alias name if you want 7 Set the Primary Fil...

Page 62: ...e PCONSOLE program 10 Change the current file server if necessary using the Change Current File Server menu selection 11 Choose the Print Queue Information menu selection 12 Press the Insert key to ad...

Page 63: ...use an alias name you have assigned using PSETUP 17 Press Enter to select the newly created print server 18 Select Print Server Configuration 19 Select Printer Configuration 20 Select Printer 0 or Pri...

Page 64: ...en select Printer 0 or Printer 1 Printer 2 and press Enter 23 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 se...

Page 65: ...lable for some print server models Please see section 1 2 Make sure that you have created the NetWare print server with Type Remote using PCONSOLE utility before you configure the print server For mor...

Page 66: ...e Insert key to add a new NetWare 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 Printe...

Page 67: ...erver configured as a remote printer can connect to that print server and service the print jobs To load the NetWare print server type LOAD PSERVER NLM PrintServer command at the system console of the...

Page 68: ...e menu 5 Select Remote Printer in the Printing mode field 6 Type the print server s name in the Print server field The print server will be serviced by the print server that is being configured as a r...

Page 69: ...ape to exit the NetWare Configuration screen confirm that the changes should be saved and exit PSETUP 9 At this point the print server setup is complete 10 Reset the print server to have the changes t...

Page 70: ...etwork services Each NetWare 3 x file server has its own bindery which is administrated separately from other file servers using commands such as SYSCON PCONSOLE and so on NetWare version 4 x 5 x impr...

Page 71: ...print server to use bindery mode If you need to install NetWare 4 x 5 x bindery mode network printing please refer to the previous chapter The installation procedure is the same as NetWare 3 x 5 3 1 Q...

Page 72: ...ayed If you need to change any of these items use the arrow keys to choose the item you need to change then press Enter to display a list of choices When all of the values are correct select the Conti...

Page 73: ...setup is complete it will also display an execution command as following that you can run after logging in to the file server to redirect print commands to the new print server 7 Reset the print serve...

Page 74: ...ded on the print server CD ROM ex e dosutil psetup exe 3 Select your new print server from the list provided 4 Choose NetWare Configuration from the menu 5 Select Print server in the Printing mode fie...

Page 75: ...Choose Quick Setup from the menu 12 Enter the print server name either the PSxxxxxx name or an alias name you have assigned in the Print server field 13 Assign printer and print queue names 14 Set the...

Page 76: ...ur print server using a CAPTURE command 5 3 2 2 Configuring as Remote Printer Mode This remote printer feature is not available for the 10 100Mbps 3 port models Make sure that you have created the Net...

Page 77: ...in the Print server field 5 Assign printer and print queue names 6 Set the Banner type to PostScript if you are using a PostScript printer and to Text otherwise 7 Set the Location to Manual Load 8 Pre...

Page 78: ...9 Choose Printers menu 10 Select your newly created Printer from the Printers list 11 You can view or edit the Printer number from 0 to 255 12 Save the new configuration and exit PCONSOLE...

Page 79: ...console of the NetWare file server where PrintServer is the print server name newly created by the PCONSOLE program To configure the print server as a NetWare remote printer perform the following ste...

Page 80: ...t server that is being configured as a remote printer now 7 Type the printer number assigned in PCONSOLE in the Printer Number field 8 Press Escape to exit the NetWare Configuration screen confirm tha...

Page 81: ...6 UNIX System Network...

Page 82: ...our 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 co...

Page 83: ...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 or PSETUP program in th...

Page 84: ...ol 3 BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol 4 RARP Reverse Address Resolution Protocol The print server will use the last three methods to obtain its IP address automatically if its IP address is configured as Auto...

Page 85: ...ifferent 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 3 B...

Page 86: ...r 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 specifi...

Page 87: ...gn the IP address to the print server 1 Log in the host of RARP server as the superuser root 2 Assign a name corresponding to the print server s IP address You can add this address to the etc hosts fi...

Page 88: ...tion Services NIS you will need to make changes to the NIS host and ethers databases 5 Check if the RARP daemon is running using the ps and grep commands If the RARP daemon is not running on your host...

Page 89: ...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 90: ...e 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 lpt1 lpt2 or lpt3 the name of the parallel port on...

Page 91: ...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...

Page 92: ...The print server should now be available for printing from your Unix host...

Page 93: ...e lp command on SCO Open Server lp d printer name file Where printer name is one of the names for the printer in the etc printcap file which you created in the previous step Consult your system docume...

Page 94: ...7 Configuration Utility...

Page 95: ...ovides configuration functions 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 U...

Page 96: ...de Firmware Upgrade Update DHCP Cfg DHCP Server Configuration DHCP Information DHCP Information Mail Print Cfg Email Printing Setting SMB Cfg SMB Printing Setting SNMP Cfg SNMP Parameter Setting Apple...

Page 97: ...k Therefore you must first select the print server you would like to configure from the Print Server Name s field under the General tag The system will at the same time display the selected print serv...

Page 98: ...network for you to select a newly added print server...

Page 99: ...7 3 Print Server Status The Print Server Status page displays the network ability and status of the print server in detail...

Page 100: ...7 4 Printer Status Attached Printer Status The Printer Status page displays the printer status for each port...

Page 101: ...ss where the print server is to be located The print server will obtain its IP address automatically if you configure the IP address as Auto Click Write button to save the configuration to the print s...

Page 102: ...l The operation mode which determines how the print server logins to the network between Bindery mode and NDS mode The primary file server where the NetWare print server object is located or the print...

Page 103: ...The Write button save the configuration to the print server The Reset button reset the print server to let the changes take effect...

Page 104: ...u to set The Print Server which will be serviced by the print server configured as a remote printer The Printer Number which is assigned in PCONSOLE The remote printer which determines if the print se...

Page 105: ...7 8 NW Information NetWare Printing Summary The NW Information page displays the print server connection information for NetWare...

Page 106: ...printed on the printer to which the print server is connected The TCP IP Support which determines whether or not TCP IP network printing is supported The NetWare Support which determines whether or no...

Page 107: ...The Reset button reset the print server to let the changes take effect...

Page 108: ...the print server s settings and restore them to the default settings the print server had when it was shipped from the factory The Restore button save the default configuration displayed in this page...

Page 109: ...vailable To perform an upgrade Make sure the updated PxxxM_xP BIN depending on your model file is stored in your computer or CD ROM Choose the updated firmware in File Name field For example CD Driver...

Page 110: ...Click Upgrade button to upgrade the print server s flash memory The yellow Status LED on the print server should be lit continuously...

Page 111: ...the print server will detect if there is any DHCP server on the network when it boots up If there is no DHCP server on the network then the print server will configure itself as DHCP server otherwise...

Page 112: ...nge specifies how many IP addresses are available to DHCP clients Gateway IP gives the IP address of the default gateway Netmask gives the network mask DNS server gives the IP address of the domain na...

Page 113: ...rint server acts as DHCP server or not Starting IP displays the starting IP address for assigning to DHCP clients Next available IP displays the next available IP address that can be assigned to a DHC...

Page 114: ...ox and print it to the attached printer The detail function description is described in the Email Printing Chapter The page allows you to set Mail Polling Time default value is zero 1 minute It means...

Page 115: ...Confirm Password double check the password of the mail account Print Mail Header which determines whether or not the printing job will print out the mail header...

Page 116: ...low your PC to print to this print server by SMB protocol The page allows you to set Alias Name the SMB alias name of this print server Group Name the name of SMB group that this print server joins to...

Page 117: ...o configure the SNMP parameters of this print server These information can be browsed by the SNMP MIB browser The page allows you to set System contact the system Administrator information of this pri...

Page 118: ...AppleTalk network and share the printer to other AppleTalk workstations Only the printer attached to P1 printer port can be shared to AppleTalk network workstations The page allows you to set Printer...

Page 119: ...to all workstations in all Zones you should enter only in this field...

Page 120: ...8 Web Management...

Page 121: ...server s IP address into your browser s address field to manage a print server by print server s built in Web Server In addition in order to increase the convenience of management print server provide...

Page 122: ...in the browser Simply click on the print server you want to configure to access its built in web pages 8 2 1 Installation and Execution Since Web Manager Utility is a part of Administrator Utility aft...

Page 123: ...displays the configuration information for the print server In the left frame click on the print server that you want to manage and configure then the print server s Web configuration screen will be d...

Page 124: ...re the settings of the print server Print Server s management screen contains three frames Control Panel On the top which contains several HyperText links that links to a information or configuration...

Page 125: ...attached printers NetWare Status Print Server connection information of NetWare DHCP status Current DHCP server status and information Device Cfg Device configuration IP Cfg IP configuration DHCP Cfg...

Page 126: ...he configuration pages will now be displayed in the browser window 8 3 2 Getting Print Server Information Each time you run browser to connect to a print server you will get this print server informat...

Page 127: ...The NetWare status page displays the NetWare connection information of the print server 8 3 5 Getting DHCP Status The DHCP status page can be used to display the DHCP information when the print server...

Page 128: ...age allows you to set Alias name an alternate name by which the print server can be called in addition to the PSxxxxxx name printed on the label NetWare Protocol Support which determines whether or no...

Page 129: ...Print Server button save the configuration to the print server Type new password change to new password Re type new password confirm the new password Change password button save the new password to t...

Page 130: ...ave to print server button to save the configuration to the print server The print server will verify your password it will ignore the User Name item when you save the configuration Make sure to reset...

Page 131: ...re itself as DHCP server otherwise it will disable this function DHCP setting is used to configure TCP IP parameters that will be assigned to a DHCP client If this item is set to Auto the print server...

Page 132: ...described in section 8 3 11 to have the changes take effect 8 3 9 Configuring E Mail Printing Using print server s email printing function the client user on the Internet can email the printing file...

Page 133: ...t the account of the mailbox in the mail server Mail Password the password of the mail account Print Mail Header which determines whether or not the printing job will print out the mail header 8 3 10...

Page 134: ...which determines whether or not to reset the print server The Restore to factory default which determines whether or not to erase all of the print server s setting and restore to the default configura...

Page 135: ...used to test the print server to make sure it is operating properly or to isolate any installation problems The Do it button do the action specified in the above...

Page 136: ...9 Email Printing...

Page 137: ...installation Windows will establish a new Printer Driver which will convert the printing document to an Email and send to the mail account assigned by print server Print server will periodically retri...

Page 138: ...for receiving user s email printing documents 9 2 2 Client Side Client side can be any operating systems with a mailing tool Client Side must be able to connect to an SMTP Email server for sending em...

Page 139: ...account and password respectively Step4 Press Write then Reset button 9 3 2 Client User Side At first please confirm that the client computer has installed and setup the TCP IP protocol correctly Ema...

Page 140: ...inting Driver is designed for Windows only it can t be run on any other operating systems The installation procedure is as following 1 Insert the CD shipped along with the print server into your CD RO...

Page 141: ...t and assign a program folder name 5 Click Next and the system will install the Email Printing Driver After the installation is completed you need to configure the Printing Driver of Email Printing as...

Page 142: ...er value in the fields described as following Port Name The Printer Port Name for Email Printing It will be used when you execute the Add Printer E Mail Address The email address serviced by the print...

Page 143: ...or she can just as usual run the mailing tool key in the content and send the email Please note that the email recipient should be the email address serviced by the Print Server The Print Server will...

Page 144: ...he printing file on Windows is with the file extension prn Run the mailing tool create a new email attach the newly created printing file and enter the Email address serviced by the Print Server then...

Page 145: ...10 IPP Printing...

Page 146: ...er 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 print...

Page 147: ...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 i...

Page 148: ...me of print server that your print is connected to For the one port print server the port name is lpt1 For the three port print server the port name is one of the three lpt1 lpt2 or lpt3 The last numb...

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