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Summary of Contents for PS-3207U

Page 1: ...3 Ports Print Server Series User s Manual Version 1 0 December 2005 ...

Page 2: ...publication may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means electronic mechanical magnetic optical chemical manual or otherwise without the prior written permission of this company ...

Page 3: ... or more of the following measures 1 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna 2 Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver 3 Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected 4 Consult the dealer or an experienced radio technician for help FCC Caution This equipment must be installed and operated in accordance with provided i...

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...

Page 5: ...icensed as is Should the programs prove defective following their purchase the buyer and not this company its distributor or its dealer assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing repair and any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect in the software Further this company reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the contents...

Page 6: ...m 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 4 WINDOWS NT 2000 2003 NETWORK 41 4 1 System Architecture 42 4 2 Windows NT 2000 2003 Server Installation and Setup 43 4 3 User Installation and...

Page 7: ...CP IP Configuration 72 7 7 Netware Print Server Configuration 74 7 8 AppleTalk Configuration 76 7 9 Rendezvous Configuration 77 7 10 SNMP Configuration 78 7 11 SMB Configuration 79 7 12 System Configuration 80 7 13 Wireless Configuration Wireless Version Only 83 7 14 Wizard 92 7 15 Report 96 8 WEB MANAGEMENT 97 8 1 Introduction 98 8 2 Login 99 8 3 Device Status 100 8 3 1 System 100 8 3 2 Printer 1...

Page 8: ...ls 124 8 5 1 Load Default 124 8 5 2 Upgrade Firmware from Browser 125 8 5 3 Backup Setting 126 9 TELNET MANAGEMENT 127 9 1 Introduction 128 9 2 Login 129 9 3 Get Setting Values get Command 130 9 4 Modify Setting Values set Command 133 9 5 Other Commands 136 9 5 1 ipconfig 136 9 5 2 reboot 136 9 5 3 exit 136 9 5 4 help 136 10 IPP PRINTING 138 10 1 Introduction 139 10 2 System Setup 140 10 2 1 Print...

Page 9: ...1 1 Introduction ...

Page 10: ...server supports IPX SPX NetBEUI TCP IP and AppleTalk protocols It is the best network printing solutions for various common network operating systems such as Windows 95 98SE Me NT 2000 XP 2003 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 th...

Page 11: ... Package This package contains the following components n One Print Server n One Antenna n One Power Adapter n One Quick Installation Guide n One CD ROM Including all the software utilities drivers and User s Manual ...

Page 12: ... 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 n Print Server n Client User n Network Server optional Windows NT Server NetWare Server Windows 98 Windows NT Workstation Windows 2000 Unix Print Server Network Printing Environment Pr...

Page 13: ... 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 14: ...s for Windows 95 98SE Me NT 2000 XP 2003 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 15: ...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 16: ...nt server system provides PTPP Peer to Peer Printing driver and utilities for Windows NT 2000 2003 After PTPP is installed the server can directly print through print server Adding this printing function into Windows NT 2000 2003 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 various pri...

Page 17: ...er will use TCP IP protocol to print through print server Windows NT 2000 2003 Network Network printing function will become available after PTPP driver is installed into Windows NT 2000 2003 Adding this printing function into Windows NT 2000 2003 Server allows print queue user authority management and many other advanced features to be used ...

Page 18: ...10 NetWare Network see below ...

Page 19: ...ections 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 Telnet...

Page 20: ...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 21: ...nting Function The print server provides a complete network printing solution The feature set is listed below n PTPP Peer to Peer Printing n TCP IP LPR n IPP Printing n NetWare Bindery Printing n AppleTalk n SMB Printing ...

Page 22: ...rver 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 three Printer Port LEDs 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...

Page 23: ...15 3 Windows Peer to Peer Network ...

Page 24: ...stallation 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 Ÿ Install administrator s utilities into his her computer Ÿ Configure print server from administrator s configuration utility ...

Page 25: ...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 26: ...rk 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 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 2 The Installation will be displayed on the screen as following Click Admin Utility then En...

Page 27: ...e Utilities Setup window will be displayed Click Next 4 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 28: ... Select the components you want to install It is highly recommended to install all provided components Click Next to continue 6 Specify the program folder where the program icons will be added to click Next ...

Page 29: ...21 7 The system will start to install the utilities automatically ...

Page 30: ...vers within the network Select the Print Server you would like to configure and click Next NOTE 1 If this is the 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 31: ...23 9 Specify a recognizable name for the Print Server and click Next 10 Specify the IP Address for the Print Server manually or click Next to keep default IP Address i e 192 168 2 2 ...

Page 32: ...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 12 The Administrator Installation procedure is totally completed Click Finish ...

Page 33: ...ers to the administrator s PC n Configure the print server including the print server name and network protocol n 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 34: ... print servers within the network to your PC n 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 n Remote Ports Add the network port of remote printer server to your PC n Uninstall Assistant for removing all installed administrator software ...

Page 35: ...that your PC has connected to the 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 If not run Autorun exe manually from CD ROM drive s root directory 2 The Installation Manager will be displayed on the screen as follows Click Client Utility then English Version ...

Page 36: ...e Utilities Setup window will be displayed Click Next 4 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 37: ...29 5 Specify the program folder where the program icons will be added to click Next 6 The system will start to install the utilities automatically ...

Page 38: ...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 8 The Client Installation procedure is completed Click Finish ...

Page 39: ...sks n Install all utilities and drivers to the client s PC n 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 40: ...Setup n Remote Ports n 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 41: ...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 42: ...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 43: ...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 ...

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Page 45: ...Program you can follow the procedure 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 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 46: ...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 47: ...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 48: ...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 49: ...41 4 Windows NT 2000 2003 Network ...

Page 50: ...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 51: ...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 52: ...44 Step3 Share the above server s printer to the network by performing the standard Windows printer sharing process ...

Page 53: ...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 54: ...46 5 NetWare Network ...

Page 55: ...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 emb...

Page 56: ...ed of a workstation running the remote printer utility n 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 57: ...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 58: ... 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 LPT1 or LPT2 LPT3 in the Type field If your print server is with only one port you ...

Page 59: ...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 60: ... 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 61: ...53 6 UNIX System Network ...

Page 62: ...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 63: ...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 64: ...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 65: ...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 66: ...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 67: ...59 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 68: ... 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 lpt1 lpt2 or lpt3 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 ...

Page 69: ...es 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 corres...

Page 70: ...62 The print server should now be available for printing from your Unix host ...

Page 71: ...63 7 Configuration Utility ...

Page 72: ...r 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 n Search Print Server Search All Available Printer Servers on the Network n Print Server Status Display Print Server Network Status n General Configuration General ...

Page 73: ... SMB Group Name n System Configuration Print Server Network Ability Setting and Firmware Upgrade n Wireless Configuration Wireless LAN Configuration n Setup Wizard Guide You Through All the Settings n Report List the Status of All Available Print Servers on the Network We will explain each function separately in the following section ...

Page 74: ...nds 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 Print 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 75: ... 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 76: ...68 You can restart the print server by pressing the Reboot button ...

Page 77: ...e current selected print server will be showed on the right side of the window 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 Ÿ User Name admin Ÿ Password 1234 ...

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Page 79: ...e You also can configure the Print Server Name SMB Group 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 80: ...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 81: ...tton 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 Gateway A...

Page 82: ...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 83: ...75 NetWare Server is the name of the NetWare file server that provides printer queues ...

Page 84: ...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 85: ...uration Rendezvous 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 86: ...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 87: ...79 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 88: ...elect to enable disable each printing or management protocol assign name for each printer port of this print server upgrade the new firmware for this print server and enable disable wireless function Port Name is the name of the printer port Each printer port has to be assigned a name The client utility uses this name to access the printer port ...

Page 89: ...led 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 can work in ether Ethernet or wireless LAN mode It cannot work in both Ethernet and wireless LAN mode at the same time When the print server starts up it will auto detect if the LAN port is connected to an active network by a...

Page 90: ...82 Country setting is for you to set the available channels according to your location ...

Page 91: ...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 Ÿ Mode Ad Hoc Ÿ SSID Default Ÿ Channel 11 Double Cl...

Page 92: ...he 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 If you select to let the print server scan for an availa...

Page 93: ...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 Ad Hoc Mode ...

Page 94: ...r manually assign a channel If you select to let the print server scan for an active wireless station the following window will pop up The list is the scanned active wireless stations Select a wireless station in the list and click Next If you cannot find the wireless station that you want the print server to communicate with click Scan to let the print server scan again Both Infrastructure and Ad...

Page 95: ...t to use WEP 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 shared key The wireless security setting should be the same with other wireless devices in the same network WEP Security Mode ...

Page 96: ...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 Ÿ 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 ...

Page 97: ... This insures much greater security than the standard WEP security Ÿ 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 Ÿ Shared Key Enter 8 to 63 digits of ASCII format to be the key for the authentication within the network When you finis...

Page 98: ...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 99: ...91 Click Save to save the wireless configuration ...

Page 100: ...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 101: ...3 Step 1 Set up the name of this print server SMB Group Name and the port name for the print server Step 2 Select to enable required printing protocol Please refer to section 7 12 for detail information ...

Page 102: ...94 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 103: ...he 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 104: ...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 105: ...97 8 Web Management ...

Page 106: ...gure 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 Ÿ IP Address 192 168 2 2 Ÿ User Name Admin Ÿ Password 1234 ...

Page 107: ...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 108: ...100 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 109: ...101 8 3 2 Printer This page lists information of printers connected to all printer ports ...

Page 110: ...102 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 111: ...103 8 3 4 SMB This page lists the SMB group setting of the print server ...

Page 112: ...104 8 3 5 SNMP This page lists the SNMP settings of the print server It includes the settings of SNMP System Contact and SNMP System Location ...

Page 113: ...105 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 114: ...106 8 3 7 AppleTalk This page lists AppleTalk settings including AppleTalk Zone Name and Printer Type of printers connected to all print ports ...

Page 115: ...107 8 3 8 Rendezvous This page lists Rendezvous settings including Port Service Name of each port ...

Page 116: ...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 117: ...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 118: ...110 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 119: ...ss 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 Mode ESSID and Channel Number You can manually set the parameters of wireless...

Page 120: ...LAN infrastructure you have to choose Infrastructure 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 Please make sure that the channel number of all stations ...

Page 121: ... 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 or you have to go back to Wireless page to manually setup the wireless parameters ...

Page 122: ...e WPA PSK you have to select WPA shared key The wireless security setting should be the same with other wireless devices in the same network WEP Security Mode Ÿ 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 transmission throughput Ÿ ...

Page 123: ... your data Only the key you select it in the Default key will take effect Ÿ 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 i...

Page 124: ... packets This insures much greater security than the standard WEP security Ÿ 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 Ÿ Pre shared Key Format Select Passphrase or Hex key format If Passphrase is selected please enter 8 to 63 digit...

Page 125: ... selection Please see above description When you finish configuring the wireless security click Save Next to confirm the configuration 8 4 3 TCP IP 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 126: ...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 Auto you have to assign a range of IP addresses here Fill in the Start IP Range DNS Subnet 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 en...

Page 127: ...o All PC should join the same group before they can use this print server by SMB protocol 8 4 5 SNMP The print server supports SNMP configuration If it is enabled please set up the following parameters SNMP System Contact You can enter the print server administrator s contact information here This information will be displayed in the SNMP management tool ...

Page 128: ...erver supports NetWare Bindery Printing method The print server periodically polls the NetWare server printer queues for 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 ...

Page 129: ...e server You have to assign a printer queue for each printer port of this print server 8 4 7 AppleTalk 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 You have to select to enable or disable AppleTalk and setup the Zone Name and Printer Type for each pr...

Page 130: ...he 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 printer attached to each printer port You can get the printer type from the manufacturer of the printer 8 4 8 Rendezvous Rendezvous enables automatically discovery of computers devices and services on IP network ...

Page 131: ...ice name will be seen by users on IP network you have to designate the unique and friendly name to describe the device 8 4 9 Save Settings You can click the Save Settings to save the settings and restart the system ...

Page 132: ...124 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 133: ... 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 134: ...kup Setting To backup the print server setting to a config bin file select Backup settings from Print Server To apply the setting from the backup file select Restore settings from file and specify a file to restore ...

Page 135: ...127 9 Telnet Management ...

Page 136: ...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 137: ...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 138: ...ll 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 0 disable...

Page 139: ...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 140: ...mic 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 141: ... 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 Enable or...

Page 142: ... WEP key 1 The 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 cdef012...

Page 143: ...r 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 IP...

Page 144: ... 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 145: ...137 set argument value get argument ipconfig reboot exit ...

Page 146: ...138 10 IPP Printing ...

Page 147: ...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 148: ...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 149: ...141 Step3 The Add Printer Wizard is displayed Click Next Step4 Select A network printer or a printer attached to another computer Click Next ...

Page 150: ...RL format is http IP 631 Port Name The IP should be the 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 lpt1 One example of the URL is http 192 168 3 66 631 lpt1 After entering the URL of print server click Next ...

Page 151: ... 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 Choose to set the print whether as a default printer or not Click Next ...

Page 152: ...144 Step8 You have added the network printer to the PC successfully The information of the printer is displayed in the windows Click Finish ...

Page 153: ...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 154: ...146 Step3 Select Advanced tab and click Settings Step4 Select Exceptions tab and click Add Program ...

Page 155: ...147 Step5 Click Browse to add a new program ...

Page 156: ...148 Step6 Open the NPUtil file from C Program Files PrintServer Utilities where C is the system drive ...

Page 157: ...7 A new program Network Ports Quick Setup is displayed in the list click Ok 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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