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Relieve the need of a workstation running the remote printer utility.

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.

Summary of Contents for SP766W

Page 1: ...MicronetR Faster and Easier Networks User Manual Wireless Print Server Model No SP766W http www micronet info...

Page 2: ...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 differen...

Page 3: ...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 wi...

Page 4: ...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 licensed as is Shou...

Page 5: ...E INSTALLATION 11 3 WINDOWS 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 CLIEN...

Page 6: ...ION UTILITY 48 7 1 INTRODUCTION 48 7 2 SEARCH FOR ALL AVAILABLE PRINT SERVERS 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...

Page 7: ...1 System 79 8 4 2 Wireless 82 8 4 3 TCP IP 88 8 4 4 SMB 89 8 4 5 SNMP 90 8 4 6 NetWare 91 8 4 7 AppleTalk 92 8 4 8 Bonjour 93 8 4 9 Save Settings 93 8 5 SYSTEM TOOLS 94 8 5 1 Load Default 94 8 5 2 Up...

Page 8: ...108 9 5 1 ipconfig 108 9 5 2 reboot 108 9 5 3 exit 108 9 5 4 help 108 10 IPP PRINTING 109 10 1 INTRODUCTION 109 10 2 SYSTEM SETUP 109 10 2 1 Print Server Side 109 10 2 2 Client Side 109 11 LPR SETTING...

Page 9: ...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 Wizar...

Page 10: ...nd select only the chapters you need according to your network operating system by Contents of the User s Manual in next section This section will first introduce the role every component plays in the...

Page 11: ...erver 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 dire...

Page 12: ...dows 2000 Unix Print Server Client User Common operating systems for clients are classified as following Windows 95 98SE Me NT 2000 XP 2003 Our print server system provides PTPP Peer to Peer Printing...

Page 13: ...on the network and then add their printing ports into Windows printing port see below Windows 98 PTPP Print Server MIS 2 P1 P2 P3 P1 Print Server MIS 1 UNIX Linux UNIX include HP UX SCO Unix SunOS So...

Page 14: ...t 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 functi...

Page 15: ...r 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 th...

Page 16: ...8 NetWare Network see below...

Page 17: ...according to the administrator s computer platform Chapter 9 introduces the commands that can be used in print server management through Telnet Chapter 10 introduces Print Server s IPP Printing functi...

Page 18: ...rinting Function The print server provides a complete network printing solution The feature set is listed below zPTPP Peer to Peer Printing zTCP IP LPR zIPP Printing zNetWare Bindery Printing zAppleTa...

Page 19: ...er 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...

Page 20: ...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 an...

Page 21: ...k 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...

Page 22: ...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 u...

Page 23: ...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...

Page 24: ...lities automatically 8 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 Serve...

Page 25: ...t 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 9 Specif...

Page 26: ...y or click Next to keep default IP Address i e 192 168 2 2 11 The configuration summary is displayed in the window Now you have completed the Print Server Setup Click Finish and your system will add n...

Page 27: ...tasks zInstall all utilities and drivers to the administrator s PC zConfigure the print server including the print server name and network protocol zAdd the network port of the print server to the ad...

Page 28: ...ports of print servers within the network to your PC zPS Admin Allows you to configure the print server s IP Address network protocols and other advanced functions Please refer to Chapter 7 for the d...

Page 29: ...onfirm 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 b...

Page 30: ...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 u...

Page 31: ...Next 6 The system will start to install the utilities automatically 7 Now the installation procedure is completed you are ready to set up the client s computer All network ports of the Print Servers...

Page 32: ...int 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 9 The Client Installation pr...

Page 33: ...sks zInstall all utilities and drivers to the client s PC zAdd 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...

Page 34: ...ed there will be three tools in print server s Program folder zNetwork Ports Quick Setup zRemote Ports zUninstall Network Driver The Uninstall Network Driver will assist you in removing all installed...

Page 35: ...rint 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 Th...

Page 36: ...ther 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 Po...

Page 37: ...ty 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 be...

Page 38: ...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...

Page 39: ...he Windows Note that following Add Printer steps are running in Windows XP the steps in other Operating Systems are similar 1 Click Start choose Settings and select Printers and Faxes 2 Click Add a Pr...

Page 40: ...32 5 Choose the suitable Print Server Network Port which was created by the Administrator Installation or Client Installation process and click Next...

Page 41: ...d 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 7 Name your pr...

Page 42: ...ose to print the test page or not It is recommended to print a test page Click Next 9 You have added the printer to the PC successfully The information of the printer is displayed in the windows Click...

Page 43: ...bed 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 dr...

Page 44: ...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...

Page 45: ...ed 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...

Page 46: ...R 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 ge...

Page 47: ...printer utility 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...

Page 48: ...e 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...

Page 49: ...abel 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 pres...

Page 50: ...mber for the queue service or press Enter to accept the default 16 Repeatedly press Escape to exit the PCONSOLE program 17 Reset the print server to have the changes take effect NOTE If the print serv...

Page 51: ...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 procedur...

Page 52: ...ocated 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...

Page 53: ...ated 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 c...

Page 54: ...r 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...

Page 55: ...espond 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 cre...

Page 56: ...nt functions z Search Print Server Search All Available Printer Servers on the Network z Print Server Status Display Print Server Network Status z General Configuration General Information of print se...

Page 57: ...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 sid...

Page 58: ...re 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 Apple...

Page 59: ...he 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...

Page 60: ...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 search...

Page 61: ...53 7 6 TCP IP Configuration Double Click TCP IP icon and the TCP IP configuration window will pop up...

Page 62: ...atic 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 Au...

Page 63: ...t 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 Que...

Page 64: ...tations 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...

Page 65: ...ration Bonjour 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 t...

Page 66: ...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 o...

Page 67: ...ey 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 c...

Page 68: ...page you can select to enable disable each printing or management protocol assign name for each printer port of this print server and upgrade the new firmware for this print server Port Name is the n...

Page 69: ...reless LAN will be always disabled 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...

Page 70: ...rint 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 y Mode Ad Hoc y SSID D...

Page 71: ...atically or manually assign the SSID of the access point you want to use If you select to let the print server scan for an available access point the following window will pop up The list is the scann...

Page 72: ...wireless station or manually assign the SSID of your wireless network You can let the print server automatically select the channel that is the same with the peer or manually assign a channel If you s...

Page 73: ...nt server scan again Both Infrastructure and Ad Hoc mode have to go through the following procedure This print server supports WEP and WPA PSK security mode If you want to use WEP encryption to protec...

Page 74: ...66 WEP Security Mode You can select 64 bit or 128 bit length and Hexadecimal or ASCII format for the encryption key Longer key length can provide stronger security but worth communication performance...

Page 75: ...n keys for the print server This setting is only valid when the security mode is in WEP HEX zKey 1 to Key 4 If the key length is 64 bit enter 10 digit Hex values or 5 digit ASCII values as the encrypt...

Page 76: ...This insures much greater security than the standard WEP security zAES AES has been developed to ensure the highest degree of security and authenticity for digital information and it is the most advan...

Page 77: ...ent 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 Nex...

Page 78: ...on 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...

Page 79: ...71 1 Set up the name of this print server and the port name for the print server 2 Select to enable required printing protocol Please refer to section 7 12 for detail information...

Page 80: ...72 3 Setup the IP of this print server and the DHCP server Please refer to section 7 6 for detail information 4 Setup the NetWare printing Please refer to section 7 7 for detail information...

Page 81: ...port Click Report 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...

Page 82: ...rint 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 Log...

Page 83: ...System Information includes Device Name Print Server Name Model Type System Up Time Firmware Version MAC Address and the protocols enabled status etc 8 3 2 Printer This page lists information of print...

Page 84: ...lists all TCP IP settings of the print server including IP Address Subnet Mask and Gateway It also lists DHCP server setting 8 3 4 SMB This page lists the SMB group and the pass job interval time set...

Page 85: ...settings of the print server It includes the settings of SNMP System Contact and SNMP System Location 8 3 6 NetWare This page lists NetWare settings including Polling Time Use Bindery Mode Name of th...

Page 86: ...alk This page lists AppleTalk settings including AppleTalk Zone Name and Printer Type of printers connected to all print ports 8 3 8 Bonjour This page lists Bonjour settings including Port Service Nam...

Page 87: ...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 nam...

Page 88: ...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...

Page 89: ...8 4 1 2 Advanced Settings You can enable disable the printing protocols and management tools from the screen To enable the function please select Enabled to disable the function please select Disable...

Page 90: ...gs are correct You can enable disable the wireless function and set parameters that are used for the wireless stations to connect to this print server from here The parameters include Function Mode ES...

Page 91: ...rint server will run in wireless LAN mode 3 The print server default is in Auto mode Mode Mode is the operation mode of wireless station You can choose ether Ad Hoc or Infrastructure mode If you do no...

Page 92: ...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 Select click the radio button...

Page 93: ...EP 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 zKey Format You...

Page 94: ...EP input 26 digit Hex values in the A F a f and 0 9 range or 10 digit ASCII characters as the encryption keys For example 01234567890123456789abcdef or administrator WPA shared key Security Mode When...

Page 95: ...t Pass phrase or Hex key format If Pass phrase is selected please enter 8 to 63 digits of ASCII format to be the key for the authentication within the network If Hex is selected please enter 64 digits...

Page 96: ...n 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...

Page 97: ...erver 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 prin...

Page 98: ...meters 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...

Page 99: ...n 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 f...

Page 100: ...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 workstatio...

Page 101: ...uters 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 8 4 9 Save Settings You can clic...

Page 102: ...94 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 103: ...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...

Page 104: ...ing 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 8 5 4 Restore System From he...

Page 105: ...ge print server s various main functions by a telnet client 9 2 Login Execute the Telnet client tool and connect to the print server IP telnet 192 168 2 2 Then you will be prompted to enter the userna...

Page 106: ...is displayed admin get ip IP_ADDR 192 168 2 2 If you enter get only the system will list all available arguments of get command The following table lists all the arguments whose value can be got by g...

Page 107: ...d by wireless LAN admin get channel CHANNEL 11 wep The mode of WEP 0 disable 1 64 bit WEP enabled 2 128 bit WEP enabled admin get wep WEP 0 defkey Default WEP key number 0 key 1 1 key 2 2 key 3 3 key...

Page 108: ...y1283 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 D...

Page 109: ...B group name that this print server joins to admin get SMBDG SMBD_NAME default SNMPC The administrator contact information of this print server for SNMP admin get SNMPC SNMP_CONTACT sbdjo hn hotmail c...

Page 110: ...gement protocol is enabled or disabled 0 disable 1 enable admin get SNMP SNMP_ENABLE 1 IPX NetWare Bindery printing is enabled or disabled 0 disable 1 enable admin get IPX IPX_ENABLE 1 LPD LPR printin...

Page 111: ...guments 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 PS...

Page 112: ...ld be 10 digit Hex value set key641 0123456789 key643 64 bit WEP key 3 The value should be 10 digit Hex value set key641 0123456789 key644 64 bit WEP key 4 The value should be 10 digit Hex value set k...

Page 113: ...the NetWare server set polling 3 aq1 Name of the printer queue on the NetWare server set aq1 PQ1 applezone The name of AppleTalk zone that this print server joins to set applezone printertype 1 The t...

Page 114: ...pleTalk 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 m...

Page 115: ...gument Description Example IPP Enable or disable IPP printing The value should be disabled or enabled set IPP enable RAW Enable or disable RAW printing The value should be disabled or enabled set RAW...

Page 116: ...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...

Page 117: ...ver by IP You can even share your printer to Internet users 10 2 System Setup 10 2 1 Print Server Side It is needless to do any setting on the print server side Make sure the print server has correct...

Page 118: ...110 3 The Add Printer Wizard is displayed Click Next 4 Select A network printer or a printer attached to another computer Click Next...

Page 119: ...ort 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 cl...

Page 120: ...112 7 Choose to set the print whether as a default printer or not Click Next...

Page 121: ...113 8 You have added the network printer to the PC successfully The information of the printer is displayed in the windows Click Finish...

Page 122: ...nology allows Macintosh computers to connect to printers via TCP IP LPR Printing can be set up on any Macintosh with version 9 x above To enable LPR Printing in Macintosh please follow the procedures...

Page 123: ...115 3 From the Print Fax screen click Set Up Printers 4 Click Add to add the new Print Server through TCP IP...

Page 124: ...he Printer Model to setup the Print Server Click Add to continue Printer Type LPD LPR Printer Address Input the IP Address of the Print Server Queue Name The queue name of the Print Server is lpt1 Pri...

Page 125: ...117 6 The Print Server is installed completely You can see it in the Printer List 7 You can print a file to check whether the Print Server is installed successfully...

Page 126: ...by UPnP compliant system such as Windows XP The print server will be displayed in the Neighborhood of Windows XP so you can directly double click the print server or right click the print server and s...

Page 127: ...ng message when you double click the print server You have to check if UPnP function is blocked by the firewall Please follow the steps below to enable it 1 Click Yes on the above message or click Sta...

Page 128: ...120 3 In the Local Area Connection Properties select Advanced option menu and click Settings...

Page 129: ...121 4 The Windows Firewall screen will be popped up select Exceptions option menu...

Page 130: ...122 5 Enable UPnP Framework from the Programs and Services list and click OK...

Page 131: ...allowed 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 b...

Page 132: ...124 3 Select Advanced tab and click Settings...

Page 133: ...125 4 Select Exceptions tab and click Add Program...

Page 134: ...126 5 Click Browse to add a new program...

Page 135: ...127 6 Open the NPUtil file from C Program Files PrintServer Utilities where C is the system drive...

Page 136: ...128 7 A new program Network Ports Quick Setup is displayed in the list click OK...

Page 137: ...129 8 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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