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FPS-1031

Print Server w/ 1 Parallel Port

User Manual

Ver. 1.00-0803

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Page 1: ...FPS 1031 Print Server w 1 Parallel Port User Manual Ver 1 00 0803...

Page 2: ...2 The LevelOne Support Team can not support questions or compatibility issues with the following operating systems Windows NT 95 98 98se Me...

Page 3: ...29 INSTALLING HP WEB JETADMIN 30 REMOVING HP WEB JETADMIN UTILITY 30 5 CONFIGURATION FROM EMBEDDED WEB SERVER 31 OVERVIEW 31 USING EMBEDDED WEB SERVER 31 SETUP MENU 38 INSTALLING PRINT SERVER ON NETWA...

Page 4: ...UPGRADING THE PRINT SERVER FROM BROWSER 64 9 TROUBLESHOOTING 66 GENERAL TROUBLESHOOTING OVERVIEW 66 POWER RELATED PROBLEMS 66 PRINT PORT RELATED PROBLEMS 66 WINDOWS 95 98 ME NT 2000 XP 2003 TROUBLESHO...

Page 5: ...the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to subpart J of Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is...

Page 6: ...manent on these print servers Any standard SNMP based application can be used to access and manage these print servers Network configuration The print servers provide an embedded web server that can b...

Page 7: ...print servers you need to complete these steps Confirm that your printer parallel port works well Connect the print server to the network and printer and plug in the print server Follow these instruct...

Page 8: ...8 Reset Button To printer Network Environment Wired Network with Print Server Printer Print Server Computer Computer Computer HUB...

Page 9: ...protocols including TCP IP IPX SPX NetBEUI and AppleTalk In addition we provide software for network configuration on the following networks Novell NetWare 3 12 4 x 5 x Bindery and NDS Microsoft Windo...

Page 10: ...Internet Printing Protocol enabled print server Allows saving distribution of HQ hardcopy document over Internet replacing fax mail Comment Configuration solution Table has many installations way to s...

Page 11: ...s Driver 1 To enable network communication with print server your computer must have a proper IP address e g 192 168 0 100 2 Insert the setup CD into your CD ROM and the following message appears 3 Ch...

Page 12: ...12 5 Click Next the wizard will automatically discover the print server 6 From the Select A Print Sever screen select the print server that you want to configure and click Next...

Page 13: ...ge IP address to the print server and then click Next 8 In the setup wizard select an already configured printer from the list click Next Next and then Finish to complete the installation or Note 1 Th...

Page 14: ...14 Select Add New Printer if the print server is connected to a printer that hasn t been installed before and does not appear in the list...

Page 15: ...ck Add New Printer to launch Windows Add Printer Wizard 10 Click Next and select Local Printer make sure the Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer check box is NOT checked Then cli...

Page 16: ...he Use the following port radio button is clicked and select LPT1 recommended Printer Port from the pull down list Then click Next 12 Select Manufacturer and Printer from the lists of printer s driver...

Page 17: ...Next 14 Then choose whether you want to share the printer with other network user print a test page please select No etc Select the appropriate radio button and click Next and Finish 15 In the setup...

Page 18: ...18 17 Right click select Properties Ports and verify that the print server s port appears...

Page 19: ...Programs Network Print Server PSAdmin The screen will then appear as follow picture All print server s feature Novell NetWare function on the LAN will be displayed along with their respective device n...

Page 20: ...ect Obtain an IP address from DHCP server If there is a DHCP server on your network This option allows the print server to obtain IP related settings automatically from your DHCP server This setting b...

Page 21: ...rver as a Supervisor Admin or equivalent 2 Click Wizard button just like a picture and select NetWare Wizard as follow picture 3 Select the NetWare File Server to which the print server device will be...

Page 22: ...t the print server that you wish to configure 4 Click Properties in the tool bar and the following screen will appear Properties button just like a picture as follow picture 5 Select NetWare and type...

Page 23: ...IP address to the print server Specify an IP address IP Address This option shows the print server s current IP address maybe obtained from your DHCP server or manually specified This option also all...

Page 24: ...icture 2 Select General Upgrade Make sure that the upgrade file is located in the same directory as PSAdmin Reset 1 Click Reset button just like a picture 2 Reset allows the user to reset the print se...

Page 25: ...PCONSOLE please select Printers option and select Printer 0 instead 9 Select the Printer 0 and press the Insert key to add the print queues you create in Step 6 into the list For NetWare 4 x s PCONSO...

Page 26: ...s tab 4 Select Network Print Monitor for Windows 95 98 NT 2000 XP 2003 and click Change Remove button 5 The un installation wizard program will be launched 6 Follow the directions on the screen to com...

Page 27: ...0 XP 2003 you can use a supported Web Browser for example Netscape or IE to view the embedded web server on the print server Contact your administrator to get the IP address or URL of the printer and...

Page 28: ...0 182 lp1 Then Click Next One port should be the port name as lp1 7 It will check print server to connect to HP printer if not it will appear as follow picture Then Click OK 8 Select the appropriate p...

Page 29: ...mation about a procedure or Windows in the HP Web JetAdmin software see about HP s relation document System Requirements HP Web JetAdmin software runs on Microsoft Windows NT HP UX Solaris Red Hat Lin...

Page 30: ...wing For example http server domain port where server domain is the host name of your web server and port is the port number assigned during installation Supply users access to HP Web JetAdmin softwar...

Page 31: ...server please see the Properties TCP IP options of chapter 3 After an IP address is established on the print server perform the following step Status Menu Once you have finished the IP address configu...

Page 32: ...cated in the office s LAN System Up Time This option allows you to view uptime of the print server When you start the print server it will compute the print server from start time to power off time Fi...

Page 33: ...r connected with the print server it will be show in the model box Printing Language Supported This option allows you to view command to set the printer When the printer connected with the print serve...

Page 34: ...from the print server The IP address must meet the IP addressing requirements of the network segment default 192 168 0 10 Subnet Mask This option allows you to view subnet mask from the print server...

Page 35: ...ws you to view polling time from the print server This function is search for NetWare Server by per time NetWare NDS Setting Use NDS Mode Enable or Disable Name of the NDS Tree Name of the NDS Content...

Page 36: ...xxxxx represents the last six digits of the print server s Node ID Printer Type This option allows you to view printer type from the print server If you are using a PostScript printer you can select t...

Page 37: ...of the print server SNMP Traps This option allows you to view SNMP traps from the print server SMB Status 3 Click Status it then appears the sub menu 4 Click SMB it then as shown in the following pic...

Page 38: ...int server helps administrator to setup the print server s System Printer NetWare TCP IP SNMP and AppleTalk Preparation Enter the IP address of the print server as the URL default 192 168 0 10 Then th...

Page 39: ...e who in charge of this device System Location This option allows you to input Location name of the print server To confirm the print server s location name where the print server is located in the of...

Page 40: ...ows you to select the bi directional of the print server There are two ways to select this option includes Disable or Auto Detect TCP IP Setup 3 Click Setup it then appears the sub menu 4 Click TCP IP...

Page 41: ...subnet mask from the print server The IP address must meet the IP addressing requirements of the network segment Gateway This option allows you to input gateway from the print server This IP address...

Page 42: ...gon Password This option allows you to input encrypted password from the print server The print server login to NetWare server that administrator set password from selected print server Use NDS Mode T...

Page 43: ...pose of illustration we assume the NDS tress structure is as follows ROOT O ABC OU ABC USA OU Sales Admin FileServer 1 OU Tech Installation Procedure 1 At your file server console type load install 2...

Page 44: ...ting a printer that is connected to the print server 1 Click Setup it appears the sub menu 2 Click AppleTalk it as shown in the following picture 3 Zone Name In this option type an AppleTalk Zone name...

Page 45: ...the PRINT SERVER doesn t belong to as you specified in the previous section no print server will be displayed in the Step 4 3 If you are using a PostScript printer you can select the LaserWriter 8 ico...

Page 46: ...er supports up to two community names The default community name is public case sensitive with Read Only access right in default When an unusual condition or activity occurs the SNMP agent alerts the...

Page 47: ...e sub menu 2 Click SNMP it then as shown in the following picture SNMP Community The print server supports up to two community names The default community name is public case sensitive with Read Only...

Page 48: ...server s driver 1 Click Setup it appears the sub menu 2 Click SMB it as shown in the following picture 3 Workgroup Name This option allows you to assign a workgroup name to print server on the Network...

Page 49: ...For further information please read TCP IP Protocol Installation section in this chapter Note If TCP IP protocol is chosen please refer to Assigning an IP Address to the print server section later in...

Page 50: ...Restart the computer 9 Done Note Using TCP IP protocol to access the print server requires well configured TCP IP settings If you are not familiar with these settings please consult your network admi...

Page 51: ...manuals Windows 95 98 Me NT 2000 XP 2003 manual Installation Procedure Please perform the steps as follows to ensure a smooth installation 1 Run Setup from the print server s NetWare Win 95 98 Me NT...

Page 52: ...ties 13 Click Details tab and select Add Port 14 In the Add Port dialog box select Other as shown in the following picture 15 Select the Network Print Port and click OK 16 The Add Port box will then a...

Page 53: ...ng Network Print Port on Windows 95 98 Me NT 2000 XP 2003 To provide users an easiest way to remove all of the Network Print Port components from Windows 95 98 Me the Network Print Port software comes...

Page 54: ...ork Print Monitor utility 2 Manually specify using DOS commands or UNIX text mode commands This applies to Windows NT 2000 XP 2003 and UNIX systems Note The Network Print Monitor can only search for t...

Page 55: ...printer or print queue on that server box type in a printer name for example lp1 Click OK 8 In the Printer Ports box select Close 9 Click Next 10 Select the appropriate printer manufacturer and print...

Page 56: ...will appear Select Local Printer and click Next 4 From the type of Create a new port box as shown in the following picture select the Standard TCP IP Port Click Next and Next 5 The Add Standard TCP I...

Page 57: ...lect Custom Click Settings button and click Next 7 In the Configure Standard TCP IP Port Monitor box as shown in the following picture select LPR form Protocol type in a queue name for example lp1 8 C...

Page 58: ...printer type list and click Next 11 Type in a new Printer name or leave it in default and click Next button 12 A message reading To confirm that the printer is installed properly you can print a test...

Page 59: ...pe Choose lpd BSD Make Model Select the printer model For example EPSON LQ570 Printer Connection Type Choose On Remote Server Remote System Input the IP address of the printer server For example 192 1...

Page 60: ...nd their commands will vary slightly depending upon which version is used the functionality of the Linux based variants is exactly the same 1 Make sure that the TCP IP is well configured on your RedHa...

Page 61: ...Queue Type field choose Networked UNIX 9 In the Server field type the IP address of print server 10 In the Queue field type a print server s port name which connect to the printer For example lp1 11...

Page 62: ...62 13 Choose the model of printer and click Forward 14 Done...

Page 63: ...t the necessary binary file is located on your current working directory 2 Before upgrading the print server ensure that it is not printing jobs You have to wait until the print job is finished before...

Page 64: ...P address 4 At tftp prompt type get upgrade 5 Change to binary mode 6 At tftp prompt type put mpsXX bin 7 Wait for the file transfer to complete 8 Quit from tftp 9 Done Upgrading the print server from...

Page 65: ...65 4 Click Browse and select the firmware file 5 Click Upgrade 6 Done...

Page 66: ...ve times POST upon connecting the power If the unit does not flash five times contact your dealer for a replacement or repair LAN Green 100Mbps Yellow 10Mbps Power Related Problems The print server re...

Page 67: ...ct Start from the bottom left hand corner of the screen 2 Select Settings 3 Select Control Panel 4 Double click the Network icon 5 Select Services 6 Select Add 7 In the Select Network Service box sele...

Page 68: ...b 5 Click Port Settings as shown in the picture below The print server will be displayed on the next print server s configuration screen Find your original print server according to its Port Name or o...

Page 69: ...l installation steps I can do the arp command However when I am going to ping or tftp the print server it always shows Request timed out I have checked the print server s power and it exactly passed t...

Page 70: ...e server the IPX SPX protocol might be used on your network Therefore we strongly suggest you run the PSAdmin from any client computer and select Manual Setup to specify the print server s IP address...

Page 71: ...ave this new file and quit from your editor Please note in this step you must specify an IP address which is valid on Segment B such as 192 72 214 100 in this example rather than 192 72 214 68 7 Type...

Page 72: ...72 Appendix Rendezvous with Mac OS X 10 3 7 1 Enable the Rendezvous settings from the print server s WEB configuration 2 Click Printer Setup Utility from the bottom toolbox of Mac...

Page 73: ...73 3 Click Add...

Page 74: ...74 4 Choose Rendezvous and then Mac OS will automatically search the print server on the network 5 Choose the proper printer model that connected to print server and then click Add...

Page 75: ...indows XP 1 Enable the SMB settings from the print server s WEB configuration Assume your computers use the WORKGROUP as the SMB workgroup name in Windows Please assign the same SMB name to your print...

Page 76: ...76 2 Now you can find the print server from the SMB workgroup of Windows Then double click it 3 Double click it again...

Page 77: ...77 4 Now you have to install the printer s driver 5 Choose it from the Add Printer Wizard...

Page 78: ...78 6 Install printer successfully 7 Now you can find your printer s icon and you can use the SMB printing mode...

Page 79: ...Factory Default 1 Disconnect the external power adapter 2 Hold down the reset button 3 Reconnect the external power adapter Wait about 5 seconds 4 Release the reset button 5 The print server will res...

Page 80: ...est page including the factory default settings will be printed Reset Button To printer Note 1 It is strongly recommended to use Laser Printer for self test page printing 2 Some printers are not suppo...

Page 81: ...nected 4 Recheck the print server connection by running the PSAdmin It should read Connected Question B Print jobs start printing but print very slowly or print unknown characters Possible explanation...

Page 82: ...ter name or the queue name Type in a new name without a space between two characters or replace a space by a dash or an underscore _ Question F The PSAdmin reports Print server Already Exists Printer...

Page 83: ...0 If you are using a Panasonic KX P6100 6300 6500 laser printer with the print server through the Network Print Port under Windows 95 98 please redirect the printer named Panasonic KX P6100 PCL or Pan...

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