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User's Manual

D e t a i l e d e x a m p l e s w i l l t h e n b e i l l u s t r a t e d t h r o u g h a c t u a l n e t w o r k
environment.

1.4.1

Print Server Network Functions

Because PrintSir supports IPX, TCP/IP, and NetBEUI 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

PrintSir

Network Printing Environment

Print Server

Client User

Network Server

Windows NT Server

NetWare Server

Windows 98

Windows NT

Workstation

Windows 2000

Unix

PrintSir

Print Server

Windows NT Server

NetWare Server

Windows 98

Windows NT Windows 2000

Unix

* TCP/IP
* IPX
* NetBEUI

TCP/IP

NetBEUI

IPX

TCP/IP

IPX

Summary of Contents for PS-1001

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

Page 2: ... Printing Environment 1 6 Contents of the User s Manual 1 7 Firmware Printing Function 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 3 WINDOWS PEER TO PEER NETWORK 3 1 System Architecture 3 2 Administrator Installation and Setup 3 3 Administrator Utilities 3 4 Client Installation and Setup 3 5 Client Utilities 4 WINDOWS NT 2000 NETWORK 4 1 System Architecture ...

Page 3: ...ess 6 5 Configure Remote lpd Printing on the Host 6 6 Print a Test Page 7 CONFIGURATION UTILITY 7 1 Introduction 7 2 General General Information of PrintSir 7 3 PrintSir Status PrintSir Network Status 7 4 Printer Status Attached Printer Status 7 5 IP Cfg IP Address Configuration 7 6 NW PS Cfg NetWare Print Server Configuration 7 7 NW RP Cfg NetWare Remote Printer Configuration 7 8 NW Information N...

Page 4: ...ormation DHCP Information 7 14 Mail Print Cfg Email Printing Setting 7 15 SNMP Cfg SNMP Parameter Setting 8 WEB MANAGEMENT 8 1 Introduction 8 2 WebDESK Utility 8 3 Web Management of PrintSir 9 EMAIL PRINTING 9 1 Introduction 9 2 System Requirement 9 3 System Setup ...

Page 5: ...s Windows 95 98 Me Peer to Peer Printing Windows NT 2000 NetWare Unix Linux etc With the help of Installation Wizard you can easily and instantly complete the settings for your printing environment and start enjoying the fantastic features provided by PrintSir In the following chapters we will introduce in detail the printing features installation methods and system configuration for different net...

Page 6: ...es Yes Yes Yes NetWare Bindary Mode Printing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NetWare NDS Mode Printing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NetWare Remote Printer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No TCP IP Remote Printing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Unix LPR Printing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Administration Windows Configuration Utility Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Web Management Server Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Web ...

Page 7: ...and select only 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 z PrintSir Print Server z Client User z Network Server optional Email Printing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Direct Print Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Logical Printer Yes Y...

Page 8: ...print server from any of its installed protocol Windows NT Server NetWare Server Windows 98 Windows NT Workstation Windows 2000 Unix PrintSir Network Printing Environment Print Server Client User Network Server Windows NT Server NetWare Server Windows 98 Windows NT Workstation Windows 2000 Unix PrintSir Print Server Windows NT Server NetWare Server Windows 98 Windows NT Windows 2000 Unix TCP IP IP...

Page 9: ...cols While printing after installation PTPP will automatically select the proper t r a n s p o r t p r o t o c o l t o c o n n e c t t o t h e p r i n t s e r v er depending on the protocols installed in each computer client computer may only have IPX or TCP IP installed Workstation Windows NT Server NetWare Server Windows 98 Windows NT Workstation Windows 2000 Unix PrintSir Client User Windows 20...

Page 10: ...nting ports into Windows printing port See below z 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 to PrintSir 1 4 3 Network Printing Functions for Network Server Common network servers are classified as following Windows 98 PTPP PrintSir MIS 2 P1 P2 P3 P1 PrintSir MIS 1 Windows NT Server NetWare Server Windows...

Page 11: ...vironment PrintSir offers various printing modes like print queue remote printer etc 1 5 Network Printing Environment Common network environment are classified as following z Windows Peer to Peer Network Since both the PrintSir and client s PTPP 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 an...

Page 12: ...ing this printing function into Windows NT 2000 Server allows print queue user authority management and many other advanced features to be used z NetWare Network see below Windows NT Server Windows 98 Windows 2000 TCP IP IPX NetBEUI TCP IP IPX TCP IP PTPP Print Queue NetWare 3 x 4 x 5 x Windows 98 TCP IP IPX NetBEUI IPX IP IPX IPX Print Queue ...

Page 13: ...tem Network You may select the appropriate chapters and sections to read depending on your network printing s requirement Chapter 7 and chapter 8 introduce PrintSir 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 PrintSir s Email P...

Page 14: ...etBEUI IPX z Email Printing z NetWare Bindary Printing NetWare Enhancement Feature Set z TCP IP Printing LPR z NetWare Bindary Printing z NetWare NDS Printing z NetWare Remote Printer Single Port PrintSir Only All feature sets are included in PrintSir CD s firmware file CD Driver FLASHROM Model Name PSxxROM BIN Please refer to section 7 11 for instructions on how to select and setup the Feature Se...

Page 15: ...User s Manual NetWare NDS Remote Printer and other printing functions however it will not support NetBEUI Email Printing and other Standard Feature Set s special functions ...

Page 16: ...he printer to 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 6 times to indicate that 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...

Page 17: ...njoy 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 z Install administrator s utilities into his her computer z Configure PrintSir from administrator s configuration utility Windows NT Server Windows 98 Windows NT Workstation Windows 2...

Page 18: ...ection 1 4 for more detailed information 3 2 Administrator Installation and Setup The Administrator Installation can be performed on Windows 95 98 Me NT 2000 with the same user interface Before the installation please verify that your network protocol is installed on your PC TCP IP IPX and or NetBEUI It will be helpful in your installation process 1 Insert the CD shipped along with the print serve...

Page 19: ...nd the Utilities Setup window will be displayed 4 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 components ...

Page 20: ... Click Next to start installation 8 In a while the program will finish installing all the utilities and drivers you selected Thus far you have completed the installation phase and prepare to configure the Print Server Click Next and the Choose Print Server dialog box will be displayed as following ...

Page 21: ... server 9 Click Next and the Name the print Server dialog box will be displayed as following You can assign a meaningful name for the management consideration But note that this name will be the Identifier for the Peer to Peer Printing PTPP 10 Click Next to configure network protocol in the following screen In the system default IPX and NetBEUI protocols are enabled ...

Page 22: ... Next your system will perform Add network port of the print server to your PC 12 Finally the Installation complete window is displayed to indicate that the Administrator Installation procedure is finished After the installation you have completed the following tasks z Install all utilities and drivers to the administrator s PC z Configure the print server including the print server name and netwo...

Page 23: ...ients 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 standard Add Printer procedure as described below Step1 Click Start button choose Setting Printers Step2 Double click Add New Printer Step3 Select Local printer click Next Step4 Select a suitable printer manufacturer and model then click Next ...

Page 24: ...reated by the administrator installation process and click Next Step6 Complete the rest of the questions to finish the network printer setup 3 3 Administrator Utilities After Administrator Installation is completed there will be six utilities in PrintSir s Program folder ...

Page 25: ...e chapter 7 PrintSir Configuration z Uninstall Assistant for removing all installed administrator software z WebDESK Administrator Web based management tool see chapter 8 WebDESK Configuration 3 4 Client Installation and Setup T h e C l i e n t I n s t a l l a t i o n c a n b e p e r f o r m e d o n W i n d o w s 95 98 Me NT 2000 with the same user interface Before the installation procedure pleas...

Page 26: ...ted automatically by Windows If not run Autorun exe manually from CD ROM drive s root directory 2 The Installation Manager will be displayed on the screen as following 3 Click Client Installation and the Utilities Setup window will be displayed 4 Click Next and specify the destination folder where the utilities will be installed ...

Page 27: ...e program icons will be added 6 Click Next to start 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 be added to your PC ...

Page 28: ...e completed the following tasks z Install all utilities and drivers to the client s PC z 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 as described below to add network printers to your PC Step1 Click Start button choose Setting Printers Step2 Double click Add New Printer ...

Page 29: ...ect Local printer click Next Step4 Select the suitable printer manufacturer and model then click Next Step5 Choose the Print Server s Network Port which has been created in the client installation process and then click Next ...

Page 30: ...Installation is completed there will be three tools in PrintSir s Program folder see below z Network Ports Quick Setup z Remote Ports z Uninstall Network Driver The Uninstall Network 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 ...

Page 31: ...int servers on the network and add them into the printer ports of the client s computer see below If you have just installed another new PrintSir 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 standard Add Printer procedure then you can print directly to ...

Page 32: ...tion to manage remote across network segments PrintSir 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 PrintSir From the assistant of this utility you can print to other PrintSir print servers outside the subnet across network segments However please note that this function only supports TCP IP network proto...

Page 33: ...ress and 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 and select your printer port as the newly added remote printer port ...

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Page 35: ...o 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 4 2 Windows NT 2000 Server Installation and Setup Please follow the procedures described below for installation and construct a peer to peer connection PTPP between Windows NT 2000 Server and PrintSir P...

Page 36: ... 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 network printer and verify that you can print from Windows NT 2000 to the PrintSir by the installed PTPP driver Step3 Share the above server s printer to the network by performing the standard Windows printer sharing process 4 3 User Installation and Setu...

Page 37: ...l 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 Windows 2000 IPX ...

Page 38: ... workstation the job is routed to a NetWare server the NetWare server stores the job in a print queue then the print server gets the print job from the queue to printers Embedded remote printer which allows a printer to function identically to a DOS workstation running NPRINTER EXE program but without the DOS workstation A user first prints a job at a workstation the job is routed to a NetWare ser...

Page 39: ...obs Each print server will occupy a user account with which it can log into the NetWare server A remote printer will not log into a NetWare server it will connect to a NetWare print server and get the print jobs from the print server A remote printer does not occupy any user account A NetWare print server can control many remote printers thus a print server account can be shared to many remote pri...

Page 40: ... f i g u r a t i o n p r o g r a m f o u n d o n t h e i n c l u d e d C D R O M Drive DOSUTIL configure the PrintSir 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 Installation Using Install program The INSTALL program included on the CD ROM can be used to quickly set up the PrintSir for u...

Page 41: ...ect your new PrintSir from the displayed list and press Enter The name listed will be the same as the Device Name printed on a label on your PrintSir 5 A list of defaults will be displayed 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 Continue Installation...

Page 42: ...before assuming that the print job is complete 7 Reset the PrintSir to have the changes take effect Before printing you may want to verify that the setup was complete Using the PrintSir Status option of the PSETUP command as described in the following section you can verify that the PrintSir is connected to the right file server is using the correct network frame type and so on You may also want t...

Page 43: ...LE program The installation procedure is as follows 1 F r o m a w o r k s t a t i o n l o g i n t o y o u r NetWare ser v er as SUPERVISOR 2 Run the PSETUP program included on the CD ROM Ex e dosutil psetup exe 3 Select your new PrintSir from the list provided 4 Choose NetWare Configuration from the menu 5 Select Print server in the Printing mode field ...

Page 44: ...nd print queue objects 9 Run the NetWare 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 add a new print queue 13 Type in a print queue name such as PQ or Q1 14 You have now successfully created the print queue that your PrintSir will serve Press the E...

Page 45: ... 18 Select Print Server Configuration 19 Select Printer Configuration 20 Select Printer 0 or Printer 1 Printer 2 and press Enter then select Parallel LPT1 or LPT2 LPT3 in the Type field If your PrintSir is with only one port you do not need to configure this Type field 21 Press Escape and answer Yes to the Save Changes question 22 Select Queues Serviced by Printer then select Printer 0 or Printer ...

Page 46: ...d be able to redirect printing to your PrintSir using a CAPTURE command such as the one shown in the previous section 5 2 2 2 Configuring as Remote Printer Mode This remote printer feature is not available for the 10 100Mbps 3 port PrintSir models Make sure that you have created the NetWare print server with Type Remote using PCONSOLE utility before you configure the PrintSir For mo re detailed in...

Page 47: ...ation 8 Press the 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 Printer 1 Printer 2 press Enter and then select Remote Parallel in the Type field 13 Press Escape and answer Yes to the Save Changes question 14 Select Queues Serviced by Printer then select...

Page 48: ...obs To load the NetWare print server type LOAD PSERVER NLM PrintServer command at the system console of the NetWare file server where PrintServer is the print server name newly created by the PCONSOLE program To configure the PrintSir as a NetWare remote printer perform the following steps 1 F r o m a w o r k s t a t i o n l o g i n t o y o u r NetWare ser v er as SUPERVISOR 2 Run the PSETUP progr...

Page 49: ...Escape to exit the NetWare Configuration screen confirm that the changes should be saved and exit PSETUP 9 At this point the PrintSir setup is complete 10 Reset the PrintSir to have the changes take effect 5 3 NetWare 4 x 5 x Installation Setup This chapter tells how to configure your PrintSir for operation with NetWare 4 x 5 x file servers and clients using NDS NetWare Directory Services If you n...

Page 50: ...as if the information were stored in a NetWare 3 x bindery This allows clients to access NetWare 4 x 5 x servers without being upgraded to the NetWare 4 x 5 x software and for 3 x and 4 x 5 x servers to be mixed on a network Your PrintSir can operate either in bindery mode or NDS mode Bindery mode works with NetWare 3 x servers and with NetWare 4 x 5 x servers using bindery emulation NDS mode work...

Page 51: ... new PrintSir from the displayed list and press Enter The name listed will be the same as the Device Name printed on a label at the your PrintSir 5 A list of defaults will be displayed 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 Continue Installation ite...

Page 52: ...tSir to have the changes take effect NOTE The PrintSir may require up to a minute after power up to log into a NetWare Directory Services context because of the large number of calculations NDS security requires 5 3 2 NetWare 4 x 5 x Installation Using PSETUP 5 3 2 1 Configuring as Print Server Mode For more complex setup needs you can use the PSETUP program in conjunction with the NetWare PCONSOL...

Page 53: ...intSir Configuration screen confirm that the changes should be saved and exit PSETUP 9 Run the NetWare PCONSOLE program 10 Change the current context if necessary using the Change Context menu selection 11 Choose Quick Setup from the menu 12 Enter the PrintSir name either the PSxxxxxx name or an alias name you have assigned in the Print server field 13 Assign printer and print queue names ...

Page 54: ...e able to redirect printing to your PrintSir 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 PrintSir models Make sure that you have created the NetWare print server with Type Remote using PCONSOLE utility before you configure the PrintSir For more detailed information about PCONSOLE please refer to NetWare s...

Page 55: ...rom the Printers list 11 You can view or edit the Printer number from 0 to 255 12 Save the new configuration and exit PCONSOLE You must load NetWare print server on the NetWare file server so that the PrintSir 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...

Page 56: ...lect 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 PrintSir 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 that the changes should be saved and exit PSETUP 9 Reset t...

Page 57: ...ax for BSD based Unix systems Please refer to the related system documentation for the correct syntax of your systems To configure the PrintSir for lpd printing perform the procedures below 1 Enable PrintSir s TCP IP Support 2 Set up PrintSir s IP address 3 Verify PrintSir s IP Address 4 Configure remote lpd printing on the host 5 Print a test page In the next sections we will describe these five ...

Page 58: ...Resolution Protocol The PrintSir will use the last three methods to obtain its IP address automatically if its IP address is configured as Auto 0 0 0 0 6 3 1 ARP Ping Assignment You can use ARP and Ping commands with a web browser to complete PrintSir s IP address setting Parameters for the commands are as follows arp s IP Address Ethernet ID ping IP Address For example a PrintSir with the followi...

Page 59: ...m that is accessible by the PrintSir you can use the BOOTP protocol to set up the IP address of the PrintSir We recommend that the BOOTP server should be located on the same subnet as the PrintSir If you use Network Information Services NIS in your system you may need to rebuild the NIS map with the BOOTP services before doing the following BOOTP configuration To rebuild the NIS map please refer t...

Page 60: ...e IP address you want to assign to the PrintSir For example a PrintSir with the following configuration Node ID 0000B4010101 this implies Ethernet address is 0000B4010101 IP address 203 66 191 12 The entry for this PrintSir in the etc bootptab file should be PS010101 ht 1 ha 0000B4010101 ip 203 66 191 12 6 3 4 RARP The procedure below enables the RARP daemon running on your system to respond to a ...

Page 61: ... running on your host type rarpd a to run the RARP server 6 4 Verify PrintSir s IP Address To verify that your PrintSir is responding to the newly assigned IP address using a PING command ping ip address 6 5 Configure Remote lpd Printing on the Host The procedure you use to configure your Unix host s to allow printing to your network remote print server varies between different varieties of Unix T...

Page 62: ...address to the etc hosts file by adding a line such as 203 66 191 186 pserver 2 Create a spool directory for the printer in the same directory where spool directories are normally kept on the machine such as var spool or var spool lpd mkdir var spool lpd pserverd chown daemon var spool lpd pserverd chgrp daemon var spool lpd pserverd chmod 775 var spool lpd pserverd 3 Add an entry to the host s et...

Page 63: ...e of the remote printer The values should be one of lpt1 lpt2 or lpt3 depends on the printer port The PrintSir should now be available for printing from your Unix host 6 6 Print a Test Page To print to the PrintSir you can use the lpr command lpr Pprinter name file or you can use the lp command on SCO Open Server lp d printer name file W h e r e p r i n t e r n a m e i s o n e o f t h e n a me s f...

Page 64: ...only provides configuration functions for PrintSir 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 General General Information of PrintSir PrintSir Status PrintSir Network Status Printer Status Attached Printer Status IP Cfg IP...

Page 65: ...use the utility is using system s available network protocols to search for all PrintSirs on the network Therefore you must first select the PrintSir you would like to configure from the PrintSir Name s field under the General tag The system will at the same time display the selected PrintSir s model number and firmware version z You may select any available printer port in the Printer Port s fiel...

Page 66: ...work Status The PrintSir Status page displays the network ability and status of the PrintSir in detail 7 4 Printer Status Attached Printer Status The Printer Status page displays the printer status for each port 7 5 IP Cfg IP Address Configuration ...

Page 67: ...ver Configuration The NW PS Cfg page allows you to set z The Alias name a nickname by which the PrintSir can be called in addition to the PSxxxxxx name printed on the label z The operation mode which determines how the PrintSir logins to the network between Bindery mode and NDS mode z The primary file server where the NetWare print server object is located or the print server s NDS tree and contex...

Page 68: ...ch will be serviced by the PrintSir configured as a remote printer z The Printer Number which is assigned in PCONSOLE z The remote printer which determines if the PrintSir works at remote printer mode z The Write button save the configuration to the PrintSir z The Reset button reset the PrintSir to let the changes take effect 7 8 NW Information NetWare Printing Summary The NW Information page disp...

Page 69: ...nected z The TCP IP Support which determines whether or not TCP IP network printing is supported z The NetWare Support which determines whether or not NetWare network printing is supported z The NetBEUI Support which determines whether or not NetBEUI network printing is supported z The Write button save the configuration to the PrintSir z The Reset button reset the PrintSir to let the changes take...

Page 70: ...t button reset the PrintSir to let the changes take effect 7 11 Upgrade Firmware Upgrade Update The PrintSir stores its internal programs in flash memory which you can upgrade when new versions of the PrintSir s software become available or when you want to switch between Standard Feature Set Type 1 or NetWare Enhancement Feature Set Type 2 The difference between these two feature sets is describe...

Page 71: ...Configure The PrintSir can be configured as DHCP server to provide dynamic IP addresses assignment The DHCP Cfg page allows you to set z The DHCP startup which determine if the PrintSir will act as DHCP server If this item is set to Auto the PrintSir 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 PrintSir will configure it...

Page 72: ...twork mask z DNS server gives the IP address of the domain name server z The Write button save the configuration to the PrintSir z The Reset button reset the PrintSir to let the changes take effect 7 13 DHCP Information DHCP Information The DHCP Information page can be used to display the DHCP server information when the PrintSir is with DHCP server function z The status displays if the PrintSir a...

Page 73: ...Sir s email printing function the client user on the Internet can email the printing file to a dedicate mailbox PrintSir will automatically get the email from that mailbox and print it to the attached printer The detail function description is described in the Email Printing Chapter The page allows you to set z Mail Polling Time default value is zero 1 minute It means the system polling time for g...

Page 74: ...not the printing job will print out the mail header 7 15 SNMP Cfg SNMP Parameter Setting The SNMP Cfg page allows you to configure the SNMP parameters of this PrintSir These information can be browsed by the SNMP MIB browser The page allows you to set z System contact the system Administrator information of this PrintSir z System location the System location of this PrintSir ...

Page 75: ...t on your Local Area Network systematically Please refer to next section for the instructions of WebDESK Utility 8 2 WebDESK Utility WebDESK Utility is implemented by WWW Plug in technology After the installation of this utility on Windows you do not need to memorize PrintSir s IP address nor the number of PrintSirs installed on the same network After executing WebDESK Utility all PrintSirs on Loc...

Page 76: ...ute WebDESK Utility system will display PrintSir Web Console Page for approximately 5 seconds At the mean time system will be searching for all PrintSir print servers on the same subnet After searching is completed the screen will be switched to the following ...

Page 77: ... PrintSir s Web configuration screen will be displayed in the right frame Instead of executing WebDESK Utility you may also directly enter PrintSir s IP address into the address field of any browser to display its Web management screen The only difference is that the list in the left frame will not be displayed 8 3 Web Management of PrintSir 8 3 1 Using Browser You may use any Web Browser to revie...

Page 78: ...Status PrintSir connection information of NetWare z DHCP status Current DHCP server status and information z Device Cfg Device configuration z IP Cfg IP configuration z DHCP Cfg DHCP parameter configuration z Mail Print Cfg Email printing configuration z SNMP Cfg SNMP Information configuration z Utilities Some utilities to PrintSir In order to protect your PrintSir you can get all information page...

Page 79: ...rmation page initially The PrintSir information page displays some general information of PrintSir 8 3 3 Getting Printer Status The Printer status page can be used to display the status of attached printer s for each port 8 3 4 Getting NetWare Information The NetWare status page displays the NetWare connection information of the PrintSir ...

Page 80: ...8 3 5 Getting DHCP Status The DHCP status page can be used to display the DHCP information when the PrintSir s client DHCP function is enabled 8 3 6 Changing Device Configuration The Device Cfg page allows you to set ...

Page 81: ...her or not a diagnostic printout should be printed to the attached printer z Save to PrintSir button save the configuration to the PrintSir z Type new password change to new password z Re type new password confirm the new password z Change password button save the new password to the PrintSir The PrintSir will verify your password it will ignore the User Name item when you save the configuration M...

Page 82: ...ic IP addresses assignment The DHCP Cfg page allows you to set z The DHCP server startup which determine if the PrintSir will act as DHCP server If this item is set to Auto the PrintSir will detect if there is any other DHCP server on the network when it boots up If there is no DHCP server on the network then the PrintSir will configure itself as DHCP server otherwise it will disable this function...

Page 83: ...ve the changes take effect 8 3 9 Configuring E Mail Printing Using PrintSir s email printing function the client user on the Internet can email the printing file to a dedicate mailbox PrintSir will automatically get the email from that mailbox and print it to the attached printer The detail function description is described in the Email Printing Chapter The page allows you to set z Mail Polling Ti...

Page 84: ...uring SNMP Parameters T h e S N M P C f g p a g e a l l o w s y o u t o c o n f i g u r e t h e S N M P parameters of this PrintSir These information can be browsed by the SNMP MIB browser The page allows you to set z System Contact the system Administrator information of this PrintSir z System Location the System location of this PrintSir 8 3 11 System Utilities You can perform several tasks from...

Page 85: ...fault configuration the PrintSir had when it was shipped from the factory z The Print diagnostic page which determines whether or not to print a diagnostic page to a attached printer connected at either LPT1 LPT2 or LPT3 of the PrintSir This feature can be used to test the PrintSir to make sure it is operating properly or to isolate any installation problems z The Do it button do the action specif...

Page 86: ...ovides an Email account for the PrintSir At the meantime the Email server has to permanently connect to the Internet 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 email Client Side must install and setup TCP IP protocol for Internet connection If yo...

Page 87: ...stallation are described below 9 3 2 1 Print directly from appellations by using the Print to Email printing driver At first the client user needs to install and setup the Print to Email Printing Driver from the CD ROM shipped with the PrintSir Package You can deliver the Email Printing Driver to any one who will print email from its Windows to your printer The Email Printing Driver is implemented...

Page 88: ...tion path or use the default 4 Click Next 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 following ...

Page 89: ...ll be used when you execute the Add Printer E Mail Address The email address serviced by the PrintSir Outgoing Mail Server The mail server of your client computer for sending the email Your E mail address The information which will be printed at the header of the printing document 8 Click OK and complete the Email printing driver installation procedure You can then perform the Windows standard Add...

Page 90: ... account serviced by the PrintSir For a client user who wants to print a document to the printer attached the PrintSir but without the Email Printing Driver he or she can first print the document to a file and send this document file as an email attachment to the email account serviced by the PrintSir The detailed procedures are described as below z Run the application open the document and select...

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