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1.3 Network Printing Architecture

This section illustrates how print server functions and operates on the

network. Before you install and use print server, it is strongly

recommended that you read this section completely, and select only the

chapters you need according to your network operating system by

“Contents of the User’s Manual” in next section.

This section will first introduce the role every component plays in the

network-printing environment.

Print Server

Client User

Network Server (optional)

Windows NT Server

NetWare Server

Windows 98

Windows NT

Workstation

Windows 2000

Unix

Print Server

Network Printing Environment

Print Server

Client User

Network Server

1.3.1 Print Server Network Functions

Windows NT Server

NetWare Server

Windows 98

Windows NT

Workstation

Windows 2000

Unix

Print Server

Print Server

Summary of Contents for AirLive WP-203G

Page 1: ...WP 203G 3 Ports Wireless Print Server User s Manual ...

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: ...mote Ports Utility 20 3 4 Windows Add Printer Procedure 23 4 WINDOWS NT 2000 2003 NETWORK 4 1 SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE 27 4 2 Windows NT 2000 2003 Server Installation and Setup 28 4 3 User Installation and Setup 29 5 NETWARE NETWORK 5 1 SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE 30 5 2 NetWare 3 x 4 x 5 x Installation Setup 32 5 2 1 Installation Using PCONSOLE 32 6 UNIX SYSTEM NETWORK 6 1 INTRODUCTION 35 6 2 Enable Print Ser...

Page 4: ...3 5 SNMP 75 8 3 6 NetWare 76 8 3 7 AppleTalk 77 8 3 8 Bonjour 78 8 4 Setup Wizard 79 8 4 1 System 79 8 4 1 1 Admin Password 80 8 4 1 2 Advanced Settings 81 8 4 2 Wireless Setting 82 8 4 2 1 Site Survey 84 8 4 2 2 Encryption 85 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 94 8 5 System Tools 95 8 5 1 Load Default 95 8 5 2 Upgrad...

Page 5: ...reboot 105 9 5 3 exit 105 9 5 4 help 106 10 IPP PRINTING 10 1 INTRODUCTION 107 10 2 System Setup 108 10 2 1 Print Server Side 108 10 2 2 Client Side 108 11 LPR SETTING IN MAC OS 113 12 UPNP SETUP 117 13 WINDOWS XP SP2 SETUP 122 ...

Page 6: ...etBEUI 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 the print server In the fol...

Page 7: ...uct Package This package contains the following components One Print Server One Power Adapter One Antenna One Quick Installation Guide One CD ROM Including all the software utilities drivers and User s Manual 2 ...

Page 8: ...ents of the User s Manual in next section This section will first introduce the role every component plays in the network printing environment Print Server Client User Network Server optional Windows NT Server NetWare Server Windows 98 Windows NT Workstation Windows 2000 Unix Print Server Network Printing Environment Print Server Client User Network Server 1 3 1 Print Server Network Functions Wind...

Page 9: ...nctions for Clients Windows NT Server NetWare Server Windows 98 Windows NT Workstation Windows 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 driver and utilities for Windows 95 98SE Me NT 2000 XP 2003 users PTPP Peer to Peer Printing supports TCP IP p...

Page 10: ...nstalled 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 Windows 98 PTPP Print Server MIS 2 P1 P2 P3 P1 Print Server MIS 1 UNIX Linux 5 ...

Page 11: ...000 Unix Print Server Network Server Common network servers are classified as following Windows NT 2000 2003 Our print 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 an...

Page 12: ... 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 7 ...

Page 13: ...NetWare Network see below 8 ...

Page 14: ...s 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 Chapter 10 introduces Print Server s IPP Printing function and setup procedure The IPP Printing provides a convenient way to print documents across the Internet ...

Page 15: ...Chapter 13 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 10 ...

Page 16: ...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 11 ...

Page 17: ...r 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 be...

Page 18: ...cture Print server supports Windows Peer to Peer network printing mode which is suitable for most medium and small network environments Through quick and simple installation procedure users can immediately enjoy the convenience of network printing 13 ...

Page 19: ...verify that your network protocol is installed on your PC TCP IP IPX and or NetBEUI It will be helpful in your installation process 1 Insert the CD shipped along with the print 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 Click Driver and Utility from the Auto Run menu screen 14 ...

Page 20: ... Server Utilities window will be displayed Click Next 4 Click Next to install the utilities in the default folder or click Change to specify the destination folder where you would like to install the utilities 15 ...

Page 21: ...l the utilities automatically 6 The Print Server windows utilities Installation procedure is totally completed and All network ports of the Print Servers detected on the network will be added to your PC automatically click Continue 16 ...

Page 22: ...7 The Print Server windows utilities Installation procedure is totally completed Click Finish 17 ...

Page 23: ...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 3 3 1 Network Ports Quick Setup Network Ports Quick Setup Utilit...

Page 24: ...ter 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 19 ...

Page 25: ...click To cancel some of the network ports or all ports from the Chosen Ports list please click or 3 3 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 suppor...

Page 26: ...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 21 ...

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Page 28: ... 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 select...

Page 29: ...nstallation or Client Installation process and 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 the printer model will be added to the list 24 ...

Page 30: ...Step7 Name your printer and setup the default printer click Next Step8 Choose to print the test page or not It is recommended to print a test page Click Next 25 ...

Page 31: ...Step9 You have added the printer to the PC successfully The information of the printer is displayed in the windows Click Finish 26 ...

Page 32: ...d 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 27 ...

Page 33: ...r 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 network printer and verify that you can print from Windows NT...

Page 34: ... 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 29 ...

Page 35: ...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 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 network ...

Page 36: ...rinter 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 31 ...

Page 37: ...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 6 You have now successfully created the print queue that your print server will serve Press the Escape key until the Available Options main...

Page 38: ... 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 do not need to configure this Type field 13 Press Escape and answer Yes to the Save Changes question 33 ...

Page 39: ...ess 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 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 comma...

Page 40: ... files on 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 P...

Page 41: ...e 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 36 ...

Page 42: ...tion 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 the p...

Page 43: ...ame 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 im...

Page 44: ...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 39 ...

Page 45: ...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 address You can add this address to the etc hosts file by adding a line such as 203 66 191 186 pserver 2 Create a...

Page 46: ...spond 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 of lpt1 lpt2 or lpt3 depends on the printer port The print server should now be ...

Page 47: ...on 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 Search Print Server Search All Available Printer Servers on the Network Print Server Status Display Print Server Network Status General Configuration General Information of print server TCP IP Configuration IP Address...

Page 48: ...er Network Ability Setting and Firmware Upgrade Setup Wizard Guide You Through All the Settings Report List the Status of All Available Print Servers on the Network We will explain each function separately in the following section 43 ...

Page 49: ... 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 44 ...

Page 50: ... 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 You can restart the print server by pressing the Reboot bu...

Page 51: ...rent 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 y User Name admin y Password airlive 46 ...

Page 52: ...ou 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 47 ...

Page 53: ...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 Click the IP button to enter the IP setting page If you need the print server to automatically get an IP from DHCP server select Auto IP 48 ...

Page 54: ...rver button to enter the DHCP server s setting page You can Enable Disable the DHCP server and assign a range of IP addresses here The DHCP server is disabled by default When Enable is selected you have to configure Starting Address Ending Address Gateway and DNS The print server will assign a unique IP for each client 49 ...

Page 55: ...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 have to assign a printer queue for each printer ...

Page 56: ...tions 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 printer a...

Page 57: ...rvices on IP networks It uses industry standard IP protocols to allow devices to automatically find each other without the need to enter IP addresses or configure DNS servers This technology is used in MAC OS Service Name is a name to identify the device on IP network The Print Server has three printer ports please designate the unique and friendly service name for each printer connected to one of...

Page 58: ... 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 53 ...

Page 59: ...ccurred When the printer is interrupted because of paper out or off line while printing user can enable this function and set the interval time to bypass the current printing job Or the printing document will not be printed completely or with unformatted messages Waiting Time to Pass Job The range is from 1 to 60 seconds By default the parameter is enabled and the default waiting time is 20 second...

Page 60: ...ame of the printer port The Print Server has three printer ports two USB 2 0 ports and one parallel port Each printer port has to be assigned a name Then you can use this name to access the printer port By default the printer port name is p1 for port 1 p2 for port 2 and p3 for port 3 Upgrade You can use this Upgrade tool to update the newest firmware of the print server Click button and select the...

Page 61: ...Note that before you upgrade the firmware please make sure that the IP Address settings of the print server are in the same network as your computer 56 ...

Page 62: ...nt 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 Default y Channel 11 Double Click Wireless icon and the wireless configuration window will pop up If you use access point to build up wireless network you have to select Infrastructure Mode If you do not...

Page 63: ...ically 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 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 58 ...

Page 64: ...reless 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 select to let the print server scan for an active wireless station the following window will pop up 59 ...

Page 65: ...can 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 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 sa...

Page 66: ...ecurity but worth communication performance Enter four key values by following the rules below and select one key as the default key y PassPhrase A passphrase 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 61 ...

Page 67: ...equires users to select the advanced encryption methods i e TKIP or AES and enter a set of shared key y TKIP TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol changes the temporal key every 10 000 packets This insures much greater security than the standard WEP security y AES AES has been developed to ensure the highest degree of security and authenticity for digital information and it is the most advanced sol...

Page 68: ...cally obtain IP 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 Click Save to save the wireless configuration 63 ...

Page 69: ...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 Step 1 Set up the name of this print server and the port name for each printer port 64 ...

Page 70: ...elect to enable required printing protocol Please refer to section 7 12 for detail information Step 3 Setup the IP of this print server and the DHCP server Please refer to section 7 6 for detail information 65 ...

Page 71: ...Step 4 Setup the NetWare printing Please refer to section 7 7 for detail information Step 5 Click Save to finish setting 66 ...

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Page 73: ...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 print server 68 ...

Page 74: ...y configure 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 IP Address 192 168 2 2 User Name admin Password airlive 69 ...

Page 75: ...nfigure 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 airlive 70 ...

Page 76: ...Device Status 8 3 1 System System Information includes Device Name Print Server Name Model Type System Up Time Firmware Version MAC Address Wireless LAN configuration and the protocols enabled status etc 71 ...

Page 77: ...ommunicate with the printer to get the printer information including printer manufacturer model number printing language supported and also the printer s status This page lists the information of printers connected to all printer ports 72 ...

Page 78: ...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 73 ...

Page 79: ...8 3 4 SMB This page lists the SMB group and the pass job interval time settings of the print server 74 ...

Page 80: ...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 75 ...

Page 81: ...8 3 6 NetWare This page lists NetWare settings including Polling Time Use Bindery Mode Name of the File Server and Port Attached Queue 76 ...

Page 82: ...8 3 7 AppleTalk This page lists AppleTalk settings including AppleTalk Zone Name and Printer Type of printers connected to all print ports 77 ...

Page 83: ...8 3 8 Bonjour This page lists Bonjour settings including Printer Service Name of each port 78 ...

Page 84: ... print server by the administration and client utilities By default the print server name is the last 6 digit of MAC ID with prefix PS Port Name is the name of the printer port The Print Server has three printer ports two USB 2 0 ports and one parallel port Each printer port has to be assigned a name Then you can use this name to access the printer port By default the printer port name is p1 for p...

Page 85: ...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 airlive Re type Password enter the password you want to change to the print server again 80 ...

Page 86: ...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 Enable to disable the function please select Disable 81 ...

Page 87: ...isable 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 ESSID and Channel Number You can manually set the parameters of wireless LAN in this page or use the Site Survey function to automatically search for an available access point and associate with it Function You can select Auto Enable...

Page 88: ... wireless function the print server s wireless LAN will be always disabled and Ethernet will be always enabled Mode is the operation mode of wireless station You can choose ether Ad Hoc or Infrastructure mode If you do not have any access point and want to use peer to peer connection you have to choose Ad Hoc mode If you have an access point as the wireless LAN infrastructure you have to choose In...

Page 89: ...ou 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 in the Select column and then click Submit The print server will be connected to the wireless device you have selected Refresh click Refresh to update the list Next Page go to next web page Submit Click...

Page 90: ...WEP Security Mode y 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 y Key Format You may select to use ASCII Characters alphanumeric format or Hexadecimal digits in the A F a f and 0 9 range to be the WEP Key y PassPhrase ...

Page 91: ...0 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 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 WPA shared key also named WPA PSK requires users to select on...

Page 92: ...802 11i for the security in the wireless network y Pre shared Key Format Select Passphrase or Hex key format If Passphrase 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 of Hex code which should be 0 9 and A F y Pre Shared Key The Pre Shared Key is different from the key format selection Plea...

Page 93: ...server select Enable Obtain TCP IP Settings Automatically Use DHCP BOOTP You also can 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 for the print server s DHCP server The DHCP server is disabled by default If the DHCP Server is enabled you have to assign a range of IP addresses here Fill in the Sta...

Page 94: ...SMB protocol Pass Job when Error Occurred When the printer is interrupted because of paper out or off line while printing user can enable this function and set the interval time to bypass the current printing job Or the printing document will not be printed completely or with unformatted messages Waiting Time to Pass Job The range is from 1 to 60 seconds By default the parameter is enabled and the...

Page 95: ...ters 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 90 ...

Page 96: ...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 Attached Queue is the name of the printer queue on the NetWare server The printer queue keeps all printing jobs waiting on the NetWare server You have to assign a...

Page 97: ...pe 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 printe...

Page 98: ...ses industry standard IP protocols to allow devices to automatically find each other without the need to enter IP addresses or configure DNS servers Bonjour Function Enable or disable Bonjour protocol on the print server Service Name is a name to identify the device on the IP network The Print Server has three printer ports please designate the unique and friendly service name for each printer con...

Page 99: ...8 4 9 Save Settings You can click the Save Settings to save the settings and restart the system 94 ...

Page 100: ...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 95 ...

Page 101: ...he firmware will be updated in several minutes Note that before you upgrade the firmware please make sure that the IP Address settings of the print server are in the same network as your computer 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 96 ...

Page 102: ...8 5 3 Backup System To backup the print server setting to a config bin file select Backup System and click OK 97 ...

Page 103: ...8 5 4 Restore System To apply the setting from the backup file click Browse and specify a file to restore 98 ...

Page 104: ... 9 1 Introduction 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 99 ...

Page 105: ...rint 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 100 ...

Page 106: ...ents 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 airlive username Login username admin get username USER_NAME admin 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...

Page 107: ...PS The DHCP server is enabled or disabled 0 disable 1 enable admin get DHCPS DHCPD 0 DHCP Get dynamic 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 p...

Page 108: ...ent Description Example psname Print server name set psname PS001 password Login password set password airlive username Login username set username admin ip IP of the print server set ip 192 168 2 2 gateway Default gateway of the print server set gateway 192 168 2 254 submask Subnet mask of the print server set submask 255 255 255 0 polling Polling interval in second of the print server for waitin...

Page 109: ...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 IPX Enable or disable NetWare Bindery printing The value should be disabled or enabled set IPX enable LPD...

Page 110: ... mask default gateway of the print server admin 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 105 ...

Page 111: ...9 5 4 help help command is used to list all telnet management commands of the print server admin help set argument value get argument ipconfig reboot exit 106 ...

Page 112: ...nt server 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 107 ...

Page 113: ...et 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 Step3 The Add Printer Wizard is displa...

Page 114: ...inter on the Internet or on a home or office network and enter the URL of print server The URL 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 109 ...

Page 115: ...g 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 the printer model will be added to the list 110 ...

Page 116: ...hoose to set the print whether as a default printer or not Click Next Step8 You have added the network printer to the PC successfully The information of the printer is displayed in the windows Click Finish 111 ...

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Page 118: ...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 below Step1 In the Desktop click System Preferences Step2 Click Print Fax Step3 From the Print Fax screen click Set Up Printers 113 ...

Page 119: ...ck Add to add the new Print Server through TCP IP Step5 Enter the Printer Type Printer Address and Queue Name and select the Printer Model to setup the Print Server Click Add to continue Printer Type LPD LPR 114 ...

Page 120: ...s of the Print Server Queue Name The queue name of the Print Server is lpt1 Printer Model Select the Printer Model that is attached to the Print Server Step6 The Print Server is installed completely You can see it in the Printer List 115 ...

Page 121: ...Step7 You can print a file to check whether the Print Server is installed successfully 116 ...

Page 122: ...the print server or right click the print server and select Invoke to directly get into the web page of the print server for configuration Enable UPnP in Windows XP SP2 If you can t find the print server in the Neighborhood of Windows XP SP2 or you have seen the following message when you double click the print server You have to check if UPnP function is blocked by the firewall Please follow the ...

Page 123: ...Step1 Click Yes on the above message or click Start choose Settings and select Network Connections to enable UPnP manually Step2 Right click the Local Area Connection and select Properties 118 ...

Page 124: ...Step3 In the Local Area Connection Properties select Advanced option menu and click Settings 119 ...

Page 125: ...Step4 The Windows Firewall screen will be popped up select Exceptions option menu Step5 Enable UPnP Framework from the Programs and Services list and click Ok 120 ...

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Page 127: ...ata 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 Step3 Select Advanced tab and click Settings 122 ...

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Page 129: ...Step4 Select Exceptions tab and click Add Program 124 ...

Page 130: ...k Browse to add a new program Step6 Open the NPUtil file from C Program Files PrintServer Utilities where C is the system drive Step7 A new program Network Ports Quick Setup is displayed in the list click Ok 125 ...

Page 131: ...Step8 Click Ok You have completed the setting The Windows XP SP2 will allow the incoming network connections activated by the program 126 ...

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