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3.3 Administrator Utilities

After Administrator Installation is completed, there will be four utilities in
print server’s Program folder.

Network Ports Quick Setup – Add the network ports of print servers within
the network to your PC.

Print Server Configuration – Allows you to configure the print server’s IP
Address, network protocols and other advanced functions. Please refer to
Chapter 7 for the detail instruction of the configuration.

Remote Ports – Add the network port of remote printer server to your PC.

Uninstall – Assistant for removing all installed administrator software.

Summary of Contents for SP755D

Page 1: ...MicronetR Faster and Easier Networks User Manual 10 100M Print Server Model No SP755D SP756 http www micronet info ...

Page 2: ...r modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the authority to operate equipment DISCLAIMER This company makes no representations or warranties either expressed or implied with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Any software described in this manual is sold or lic...

Page 3: ...ser s Manual 9 1 5 Firmware Printing Function 10 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 11 3 PEER TO PEER NETWORK 12 3 1 System Architecture 12 3 2 Administrator Installation and Setup 13 3 3 Administrator Utilities 20 3 4 Client Installation and Setup 21 3 5 1 to add network ports of print servers manually 24 3 5 Client Utilities 26 3 5 1 Network Ports Quick Setup 27 3 5 2 Remote Ports Utility 29 3 6 Windows Ad...

Page 4: ...Print Server s IP Address 46 6 5 Remote LPD Printing on the Host 46 7 CONFIGURATION UTILITY 48 7 1 Introduction 48 7 2 Search for All Available Print Server 49 7 3 Status of Print Server 50 7 4 Setup the Print Server 51 7 5 General Configuration 52 7 6 TCP IP Configuration 53 7 7 Netware Print Server Configuration 55 7 8 AppleTalk Configuration 56 7 9 SNMP Configuration 57 7 10 SMB Configuration 5...

Page 5: ... 73 8 4 1 System 73 8 4 1 1 Advanced Settings 74 8 4 2 TCP IP 75 8 4 3 SMB 76 8 4 4 SNMP 77 8 4 5 NetWare 78 8 4 6 AppleTalk 79 8 4 7 Save Settings 80 8 5 System Tools 81 8 5 1 Load Default 81 8 5 2 Upgrade Firmware from Browser 82 9 IPP PRINTING 83 9 1 Introduction 83 9 2 System Setup 83 9 2 1 Print Server Side 83 9 2 2 Client Side 83 10 WINDOWS XP SP2 SETUP 88 ...

Page 6: ...est 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 the print server This manual will introduce in detail the printing features ...

Page 7: ...ly 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 zPrint Server zClient User zNetwork Server optional Windows NT Server NetWare Server Windows 98 Windows NT Workstation Windows 2000 Unix Print Server Network Printing Environment Pri...

Page 8: ...Server Windows 98 Windows NT Workstation Windows 2000 Unix Print Server Print 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 ...

Page 9: ...r print server system provides PTPP Peer to Peer Printing driver and utilities 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 a...

Page 10: ...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 11: ...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 12: ...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 13: ...8 NetWare Network see below ...

Page 14: ...ork 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 Print Server s IPP Printing function and setup procedure The IPP Printing provides a convenient way to print ...

Page 15: ...re Printing Function The print server provides a complete network printing solution The feature set is listed below PTPP Peer to Peer Printing TCP IP LPR IPP Printing NetWare Bindery Printing AppleTalk SMB Printing ...

Page 16: ...ver Connect the power adapter to the print server The print server will perform the Power On Self Test POST after it is powered on During the POST the Status and Ready 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 betw...

Page 17: ...ministrator Installation and Setup refer to section 2 for more detailed information System administrators must Install administrator s utilities into his her computer Configure print server from administrator s configuration utility 2 Client Installation and Configuration refer to section 3 for more detailed information Client users must install Windows PTPP driver Peer to Peer Printing for networ...

Page 18: ...tion 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 Insert the CD shipped along with the print server into your CD ROM drive The Autorun exe program should be executed automatically If not run Autorun exe manually from CD ROM drive s root directory The Installation Manager will be displayed on the screen as...

Page 19: ...14 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 20: ... Select the components you want to install It is highly recommended to install all provided components Click Next to continue Specify the program folder where the program icons will be added to click Next ...

Page 21: ...ilities automatically You have completed the installation phase and prepare to configure the Print Server The Choose Print Server will list all Print Servers within the network Select the Print Server you would like to configure and click Next ...

Page 22: ...int 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 Specify a recognizable name for the Print Server and click Next ...

Page 23: ...ly or click Next to keep default IP Address i e 192 168 2 2 The configuration summary is displayed 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 ...

Page 24: ...ng tasks Install all utilities and drivers to the administrator s PC Configure the print server including the print server name and network protocol Add the network port of the print server to the administrator s PC If you want to print from this administrator s PC to the print server all you need to do is to perform Windows standard Add Printer procedure please refer to Section 3 6 ...

Page 25: ...of print servers within the network to your PC Print Server Configuration Allows you to configure the print server s IP Address network protocols and other advanced functions Please refer to Chapter 7 for the detail instruction of the configuration Remote Ports Add the network port of remote printer server to your PC Uninstall Assistant for removing all installed administrator software ...

Page 26: ...onnected to the network and installed at least one network protocol Insert the CD shipped along with the print server into your CD ROM drive The Autorun exe program should be executed automatically If not run Autorun exe manually from CD ROM drive s root directory The Installation Manager will be displayed on the screen as follows Click Client Installation The Utilities Setup window will be displa...

Page 27: ...22 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: ...23 Specify the program folder where the program icons will be added to click Next The system will start to install the utilities automatically ...

Page 29: ...tected on the network will be added to your PC automatically click Continue Note that if there are no print servers detected in the network currently please click Continue to finish the installation Please refer to Section 3 5 1 to add network ports of print servers manually The Client Installation procedure is completed Click Finish ...

Page 30: ...tasks Install all utilities and drivers to the client s PC Add all the print server s network ports of the network to the client s PC You can then perform the Windows standard Add Printer procedure to add network printers to your PC Please refer to Section 3 6 ...

Page 31: ...eted there will be three tools in print server s Program folder Network Ports Quick Setup Remote Ports Uninstall Network Driver The Uninstall Network Driver will assist you in removing all installed client software The other two tools are described as follows ...

Page 32: ...print 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 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 direct...

Page 33: ...other subnets across network segments You must use Remote Ports Utility described in the next section to manage remote across network segments print servers Select the network ports in the Available Ports list and click to add ports If you want to add all available ports please click To cancel some of the network ports or all ports from the Chosen Ports list please click or ...

Page 34: ...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 procedures described below Step1 Run Remote Ports Utility Clicks Add to add a remote print port Step2 Enter print server s name IP address select used ports and enter LPR queue name of each port Click Ok ...

Page 35: ...ew remote print port is displayed as follows In order to use the remote printing function you will have to proceed with normal Add Printer procedure and select your printer port as the newly added remote printer port ...

Page 36: ...ows 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 Step4 Select Local printer attached to this computer and make sure that Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer is not sel...

Page 37: ...32 Step5 Choose the suitable Print Server Network Port which was created by the Administrator Installation or Client Installation process and click Next ...

Page 38: ...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 39: ...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 40: ... in the previous 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 41: ...ion 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 network printer and verify that you can print from Windows NT 2000 2003 ...

Page 42: ...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 43: ...VER 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 embedding the NetWare networ...

Page 44: ... 2 NetWare 3 x 4 x 5 x Installation Setup Once your print server is connected to your Ethernet network you can set it up for use with your networking software 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 Informat...

Page 45: ...ill serve Press the Escape key until the Available Options main menu is displayed 7 Select Print Server Information 8 Press the Insert key to add a new NetWare print server object The print server name can be identical to the PSxxxxxx name printed on the label of the print server ...

Page 46: ...ld If your print server is with only one port you do not need to configure this Type field 13 Press Escape and answer Yes to the Save Changes question 14 Select 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 p...

Page 47: ... 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 48: ... 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 Server s IP Address 4 Configure remote LPD printing on the host 5 Print a test page In the next secti...

Page 49: ...uration 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 can use the BOOTP protocol to set up the IP address of the print server We recommend that the BOOTP server should be located on the same subnet as th...

Page 50: ...e name of a print server the ht 1 tag specifies the hardware type is Ethernet the ha tag specifies the Ethernet address of a print server which is the Node ID located on the print server The ha tag must be preceded by the ht tag The ip tag should correspond to the IP address you want to assign to the print server For example a print server with the following configuration Node ID 0000B4010101 this...

Page 51: ... as a BSD networked print server host 2 The host name should be the name or IP address that you have assigned to the print server 3 The printer name or queue name on the remote host should be 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 ...

Page 52: ... 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 correspond to the port name of the remote printer The values should be one o...

Page 53: ...ation Utility provides the following configuration and management functions zSearch Print Server Search All Available Printer Servers on the Network zPrint Server Status Display Print Server Network Status zGeneral Configuration General Information of print server zTCP IP Configuration IP Address and DHCP Server Configuration zNetWare Configuration NetWare Printing Configuration zAppleTalk Configu...

Page 54: ...econds because the utility is using system s available network protocols to search for all print servers on the network All available print servers will be listed under Server Group on the left side of the window You must select the print server you would like to configure from the list The system will at the same time display the selected print server s status on the right side of the window ...

Page 55: ...ayed 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 press the Refresh button to refresh the print server s status or press the Reboot button to restart the print serve...

Page 56: ...the 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 User Name admin Password 1234 ...

Page 57: ...n this page You also can configure the Server Name User Name and Password here Server Name the name of the print server You can use this name to identify the print server when you are searching for the print server by the administration and client utilities User Name Password is used to authenticate the administrator by the Web administration tool ...

Page 58: ...53 7 6 TCP IP Configuration ...

Page 59: ...rver select Auto IP You also can select Static IP to manually assign IP Address Subnet Mask and Gateway for the print server Click the DHCP Server button to enter the DHCP server s setting page You can Enable Disable the DHCP server or set Auto and assign a range of IP addresses here The DHCP server is disabled by default If Auto is selected the DHCP Server of print server will be enabled only whe...

Page 60: ...eriodically 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 NetWare Server is the name of the NetWare file server that provides printer queues ...

Page 61: ...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 62: ...ll 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 63: ...ame group before they can use this print server by SMB protocol Pass Job when Error Occurred When the printer is interrupted because of paper out or off line while printing user can set the interval time to bypass the current printing job Or the printing document will not be printed completely or with unformatted messages ...

Page 64: ...for this print server and load factory defaults to the print server Upgrade Firmware You can use this Upgrade Firmware tool to update the newest firmware of the print server Click button and select the correct firmware in your PC After selecting the firmware file click the Upgrade button to finish the firmware update process Load Default If you want to reset the Print Server to default factory set...

Page 65: ...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 66: ...61 Step 1 Set up the name of this print server Step 2 Select to enable required printing protocol Please refer to section 7 11 for detail information ...

Page 67: ...62 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 AppleTalk printing Please refer to section 7 8 for detail information ...

Page 68: ...63 Step 5 Setup the NetWare printing Please refer to section 7 7 for detail information Step 6 Click Save to finish setting Please reboot the print server to let these settings take effect ...

Page 69: ... 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 and Firmware Version of the print server ...

Page 70: ...print server by print server s built in Web Server The default IP Address User Name and Password settings of the Print server are as follows IP Address 192 168 2 2 User Name Admin Password 1234 8 2 Login You may use any Web Browser to review the status 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...

Page 71: ...66 8 3 Device Status 8 3 1 System System Information includes Device Name Print Server Name Model Type Firmware Version MAC Address and the protocols enabled status etc ...

Page 72: ...67 8 3 2 Printer This page lists information of printer connected to the printer port ...

Page 73: ...68 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 74: ...69 8 3 4 SMB This page lists the SMB group and the pass job interval time settings of the print server ...

Page 75: ...70 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 76: ...71 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 77: ...72 8 3 7 AppleTalk This page lists AppleTalk settings including AppleTalk Zone Name and Printer Type of the printer connected to the print port ...

Page 78: ... can use this name to identify the print server when you are searching for the print server by the administration and client utilities Password enter the password you want to change to the print server The password can be up to 7 digit alphanumeric format The default password is 1234 Re type Password enter the password you want to change to the print server again ...

Page 79: ...74 8 4 1 1 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 80: ...an select Disable Use the following TCP IP Settings to manually assign IP Address Subnet Mask and Gateway for the print server You can enable disable or set auto for the print server s DHCP server The DHCP server is disabled by default If the DHCP Server is enabled or set 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 serve...

Page 81: ...server belongs to All PC should join the same group before they can use this print server by SMB protocol Pass Job When Error Occurred is for you to set the interval time for bypassing the current printing job in order to avoid the printing job is not printed completely while the printer is interrupted unexpectedly because of paper out or off line ...

Page 82: ...ameters SNMP System Contact You can enter the print server administrator s contact information here This information will be displayed in the SNMP management tool SNMP System Location You can enter the installed location of the print server here This information will be displayed in the SNMP management tool ...

Page 83: ... printing jobs You have to assign the NetWare server name print server polling interval and the name of queue on the NetWare server for each printer port Polling Time is the polling interval of the print server for waiting printing jobs on the NetWare server Name of the File Server is the name of the NetWare file server that provides printer queues ...

Page 84: ... Type for each printer port of this print server AppleTalk Enable Enable or disable AppleTalk AppleTalk Zone Name Print server has to join zones of AppleTalk before it can be shared to other workstations Only workstations in the same zone can share the printer If you want to share the printer to all workstations in all Zones you should enter only in the Zone Name field Printer Type the type of pri...

Page 85: ...80 8 4 7 Save Settings You can click the Save Settings to save the settings and restart the system ...

Page 86: ...81 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 87: ... 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 88: ...ur printer to Internet users 9 2 System Setup 9 2 1 Print Server Side It is needless to do any setting on the print server side Make sure the print server has correct IP settings If you want to share the printers to Internet users you have to set a real IP to the print server You also have to make sure that any gateway router or firewall does not block IPP protocol if you have these gateway device...

Page 89: ...84 Step4 Select A network printer or a printer attached to another computer Click Next ...

Page 90: ...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 Step6 Select a suitable printer manufacturer and the printer model and click Next If your printer is not in the list click Have Disk to install the driver of the printer After installation t...

Page 91: ...86 Step7 Choose to set the print whether as a default printer or not Click Next ...

Page 92: ...87 Step8 You have added the network printer to the PC successfully The information of the printer is displayed in the windows Click Finish ...

Page 93: ...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 94: ...89 Step3 Select Advanced tab and click Settings ...

Page 95: ...90 Step4 Select Exceptions tab and click Add Program ...

Page 96: ...91 Step5 Click Browse to add a new program ...

Page 97: ...92 Step6 Open the NPUtil file from C Program Files PrintServer Utilities where C is the system drive ...

Page 98: ...93 Step7 A new program Network Ports Quick Setup is displayed in the list click OK ...

Page 99: ...94 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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