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Wireless Parallel Port Print

Server

D-Link DP-G301

Air

Plus G

Summary of Contents for AirPlus G DP-G301

Page 1: ...Manual Wireless Parallel Port Print Server D Link DP G301 AirPlus G ...

Page 2: ...ndows 2000 38 TCP IP Printing for Windows 98SE Me 48 Unix Linux Printing See PS Admin Manual on CD ROM 60 Setting up AppleTalk or LPR Printing in MAC OSX 61 Setting up AppleTalk Printing in MAC OS9 66 Printing from Mac OS Client Workstation 67 Networking Basics 69 Technical Speciﬁcations 81 Contacting Technical Support 82 Warranty 83 Registration 86 Appendix DP G301 Printer Compatibility List 87 ...

Page 3: ...eller System Requirements A computer with an installed Ethernet adapter for initial conﬁguration purposes only Windows XP 2000 ME 98SE Mac OS with AppleTalk or Linux Internet Explorer 6 0 or Netscape Navigator version 6 0 or above with JavaScript enabled The printer must support the required Operating System Contents of Package A computer or a network of computers with wireless capability ...

Page 4: ...IP The DP G301 also supports Telnet as an alternative method to conﬁgure the unit The DP G301 improves network printing services in the following ways The DP G301 delegates print jobs to the connected parallel port printer This provides workload relief to your ﬁle servers and allows the ﬁle servers full capacity to be used for ﬁle access or other direct services to network users On peer to peer ne...

Page 5: ...g systems and protocols TCP IP UNIX lpr lpd Windows NT 2000 Windows 95 98SE ME Windows XP NetWare 5 x NDPS LPR Remote Printing NetBEUI Windows 2000 XP Windows 95 98SE ME Microsoft LAN Manager IBM LAN Server AppleTalk MacOS EtherTalk Windows based setup and administration software PS Admin is supplied with the Print Server making conﬁguration and management quick and easy The Print Server also supp...

Page 6: ...teady lit LED indicates your Parallel printer is printing Network Cable Connector The Print Server rear panel has a LAN port for CAT5 Ethernet cabling The port supports the NWay protocol allowing the Print Server to automatically detect or negotiate the transmission speed of the network DC Power Connector The DC power input connectors is located on the Print Server s rear panel and is labeled DC 5...

Page 7: ...ple use wireless LAN technology for many different purposes Mobility Productivity increases when people have access to data in any location within the operating range of the WLAN Management decisions based on real time information can signiﬁcantly improve worker efﬁciency Low Implementation Costs WLANs are easy to set up manage change and relocate Networks that frequently change can beneﬁt from WL...

Page 8: ...et 1 30 meters Position your devices so that the number of walls or ceilings is minimized 2 Be aware of the direct line between network devices Awall that is 1 5 feet thick 5 meters at a 45 degree angle appears to be almost 3 feet 1 meter thick At a 2 degree angle it looks over 42 feet 14 meters Position devices so that the signal will travel straight through a wall or ceiling instead of at an ang...

Page 9: ...that your network is operating normally 3 Connect the DP G301 to your network using a straight through CAT5 cable 4 While the printer is powered OFF install the DP G301 parallel port connector into the parallel port on the network printer 5 Switch ON your connected printer 6 Plug the DC power adapter into the DC 5V power socket on the rear panel of the Print Server 7 Plug the power adapter into a ...

Page 10: ...st on each of its major components The ﬁnal result of the Self Test is signaled by the state of the LPT LED indicator following the Self Test Preliminary to the actual component tests the LED indicators are tested to conﬁrm their steady and ﬂashing operation Power ON Self Test LPT LED Faulty Component Low speed ﬂashing Need to reload ﬁrmware Steady ON SDRAM error 1 long 2 short 1 long 3 short 1 lo...

Page 11: ...Ethernet connection for the conﬁguration of the DP G301 Using a CAT5 cable connect the DP G301 to the Ethernet adapter equipped computer in your network that you will be using for conﬁguration Open your web browser and type http 192 168 0 10 in the address box and press Enter This set of numbers is the default IPAddress of your Print Server Please note that the PC s IP Address must correspond with...

Page 12: ...r including the ﬁrmware version MAC IP address and the up time can be found in this ﬁeld Printer Status The items in this ﬁeld display information about the printer such as the given name of the printer speed printer status and the status of your printing tasks etc Ethernet Status You can monitor the networking status in this ﬁeld including the network connection speed and the packets status Using...

Page 13: ...mn to display information about the wireless LAN Clicking Refresh will update the information Wireless Status The items in this ﬁeld display information about the wireless LAN such as the connection mode Infrastructure orAd Hoc SSID channel data transfer rate WEP encryption and the packets status ...

Page 14: ...fTCP IP including DHCP BOOTP UPnP and MAC Rendezvous The items in this ﬁeld are conﬁgured in Conﬁgurat ion Network TCP IP TCP IP Printing In this ﬁeld you can monitor the status of your printing tasks through TCP IP Microsoft Network Printing In this ﬁeld you can monitor the status of your printing tasks through Microsoft Network Mac AppleTalk Printing In this ﬁeld you can monitor the status of yo...

Page 15: ...lumn to display the user s information Using the Web Conﬁguration continued Home User Users Printing Log The items in this ﬁeld display the user s information which include the user s Mac address IP address name and status of printing tasks ...

Page 16: ...and Port Setting System Device and Port Setting This option will show you settings required to conﬁgure the DP G301 Print Server Consult your printers owner manual for the PJL Printer Job Language and print speed supported on your printer Click the Save button on the bottom of the con ﬁguration page to ensure the settings are updated and saved Using the Web Conﬁguration continued ...

Page 17: ...the description for the parallel port It also allows you to select the PJL Printer setting Yes or System Device In this ﬁeld you can conﬁgure the basic information of your print server Password Enter the Administrator password 3 8 characters To set up the password please enter the password in the New Password box and then enter the same one again in the Conﬁrm Again box NOTE PJL Print Job Language...

Page 18: ...ou to conﬁgure the settings of data encryption Please remember that the WEP key must be set before the data encryption is enforced WEP Encryption This option allows you to select Disable 64 bit and 128 bit for encryption setting WEP Key Format You can decide the network key to be encoded by ASCII ASCII characters or HEX hexadecimal digitals 64 bit WEP encryption uses a 10 hexadecimal character key...

Page 19: ...19 Using the Web Conﬁguration continued Network ...

Page 20: ... to enable or disable MAC Rendezvous mode WEP Encryption This option allows you to select Disable 64 bit and 128 bit for encryption setting Microsoft Network Enter the name of the Workgroup that you want the print server associated with in this ﬁeld AppleTalk Enter theAppleTalk Zone name in the box In the following options enter the related conﬁguration such as the printer type LPT Chooser Name Di...

Page 21: ... Control option Yes or No the user in the User List is permitted to access the print server or not Deﬁne Users You can add delete the user s to from the User List The User List at the bottom of the screen displays the current deﬁned user and related information for the print server Click Apply to save the changes ...

Page 22: ...ement SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol is a set of protocols for managing complex networks Community 1 2 3 Enter a name in the Name box and conﬁgure the Access Right by selecting Read Only or Read Write from the pull down menu Click Apply if you have made changes ...

Page 23: ...tinued Print Test Click Test to print a test page Click on the Tools link from the tools bar of the main screen to enter the Tools Page it provides the control options that include Print Test E mail Reset Upgrade and Backup Tools Print Test ...

Page 24: ...ount in the Print Server E mail Address box Incoming E mail POP3 Server Address Enter the server address that is used to receive your E mail in this box Outgoing E mail SMTP Server Address Enter the server address that is used to send your E mail in this box E mail Account If your mail server needs to verify the user when sending E mail the DP G301 will apply the same Account Name and Password to ...

Page 25: ...ail Printing E mail Printing ASCII Text Only Select Enable to enable the E mail printing function Receive E mail Interval Enter the number in this box to set up the time in minutes to check receive E mail regularly Test E mail Account Click Test to send a test E mail to the given administrator s Email address Receive E mail Click Yes to immediately check and receive E mail and then print out the m...

Page 26: ...ntinued Tools Upgrade Firmware Upgrade When a new version of ﬁrmware is available e g downloaded from the manufacturer s web site you can upgrade the ﬁrmware of your print server Click Browse to locate the ﬁrmware ﬁle then click Apply ...

Page 27: ...guration to File Click Apply to backup your current conﬁguration of the print server to ﬁle and then save in the computer Restore Device Conﬁguration from File You can reload a conﬁguration that you saved before Click Browse to point to the backup ﬁle and then click Apply ...

Page 28: ...m the tools bar of the main screen to enter the Help Page It provides a link to D Link s support web site D Link s support web site will provide the most up to date information on your DP G301 Print Server Please check the web site regularly for product and ﬁrmware updates ...

Page 29: ... IP Address must be in the same subnet as the Print Server s IP Address for the two devices to communicate For example if your Print Server s IP Address is 192 168 0 10 with a subnet mask of 255 255 255 0 then your computer s IP Address should be 192 168 0 x where x is a value between 1 254 excluding 10 See Networking Basics Assigning a Static IP Address in this manual to ﬁnd out how to change an ...

Page 30: ...30 TCP IP Printing for Windows XP continued At the Conﬁguration window write down the Port Name for future reference You will need this information later in the conﬁguration process ...

Page 31: ...ndows XP continued Select your Connection Mode Enter the SSID of the remote access point or wireless router you wish to connect to If you would like to set WEP Encryption select the encryption level and the key here Click Apply ...

Page 32: ...elect TCP IP Protocol at the Network window the screen below appears We recommend that you keep the default settings as shown If you need to make changes make sure to click Apply after you have made the changes You may wish to make a note of the IP address ...

Page 33: ...33 Go to Start Settings Printers and Faxes Add a Printer Click Next TCP IP Printing for Windows XP continued ...

Page 34: ...or Windows XP continued Select Local Printer Click Next Select Create a new port At the pull down menu highlight Standard TCP IP Port Click Next Click Next Deselect Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer ...

Page 35: ...me of the port being used by the printer Select LPR Select Custom Then click Settings TCP IP Printing for Windows XP continued Type in the IP address of the Print Server i e 192 168 0 10 The Port Name will automatically be ﬁlled in ...

Page 36: ...for Windows XP continued Click Next Highlight the printer as shown If the desired printer is not on the list click Have Disk and insert the printer driver disk that came with your printer to install the printer drivers Click Next ...

Page 37: ...37 At this screen you can input a name for the printer Click Next Click Next TCP IP Printing for Windows XP continued Click Finish ...

Page 38: ...dress ﬁeld Press the Enter or Return Key Note The PC s IP Address must be in the same subnet as the Print Server s IP Address for the two devices to communicate For example if your Print Server s IP Address is 192 168 0 10 with a subnet mask of 255 255 255 0 then your computer s IP Address should be 192 168 0 x where x is a value between 1 254 excluding 10 ...

Page 39: ...39 TCP IP Printing for Windows 2000 continued At the Conﬁguration window write down the Port Names for future reference You will need this information later in the conﬁguration process ...

Page 40: ...Windows 2000 continued Select your Connection Mode Enter the SSID of the remote access point or wireless router to which you wish to connect If you would like to set WEP Encryption select the encryption level and the key here ...

Page 41: ...select TCP IP Protocol at the Network window the screen below appears We recommend that you keep the default settings as shown If you need to make changes make sure to click Apply after you have made the changes You may wish to make a note of the IP Address ...

Page 42: ...42 Go to Start Settings Printers Double click on the Add Printer icon Click Next TCP IP Printing for Windows 2000 continued ...

Page 43: ...43 TCP IP Printing for Windows 2000 continued Select Local Printer Click Next Select Create a new port at the pull down menu highlight Standard TCP IP Port Click Next ...

Page 44: ... for Windows 2000 continued Click Next Click Next Type in the IP address of the Print Server in the Printer Name or IP Ad dress ﬁeld The Port Name ﬁeld will automatically be ﬁlled in Select Custom Then click on Settings ...

Page 45: ...45 TCP IP Printing for Windows 2000 continued Click Finish Click OK Input the port name of the port being used by the printer Select LPR Click Next ...

Page 46: ...his screen you can input a name for the printer Click Next Click Next Highlight the printer as shown If the desired printer is not on the list click Have Disk and insert the printer driver disk that came with your printer to install the printer drivers ...

Page 47: ... Finish The printer is now ready for print ing with Windows 2000 on your network TCP IP Printing for Windows 2000 continued Click Next Select Do not share this printer Select Yes to print a test page Click Next ...

Page 48: ...ddress ﬁeld Press the Enter or Return Key Note Your PC s IP Address must be in the same subnet as the Print Server s IP Address for the two devices to communicate For example if your Print Server s IP Address is 192 168 0 10 with a subnet mask of 255 255 255 0 then your computer s IP Address should be 192 168 0 x where x is a value between 1 254 excluding 10 ...

Page 49: ...ting for Windows 98SE Me continued At the Conﬁguration window write down the Port Name for future reference You will need this information later in the conﬁguration process The Port Name shown here is only an example ...

Page 50: ...98SE Me continued Select your Connection Mode Enter the SSID of the remote access point or wireless router to which you wish to connect If you would like to set WEP Encryption select the encryption level and the key here Click Apply ...

Page 51: ...elect TCP IP Protocol at the Network window the screen below will appear We recommend that you keep the default settings as shown If you need to make changes make sure to click Apply after you have made the changes You may wish to make a note of the IP address ...

Page 52: ...52 TCP IP Printing for Windows 98SE Me continued Click Add Highlight Client Click Add Go to Start Settings Control Panel Double click on Network ...

Page 53: ...ick Have Disk Click OK to accept the location of the ﬁle 2 3 1 4 1 2 3 Highlight lpr inf 4 Click OK Insert the DP G301 CD ROM into your CD ROM drive Select the letter representing the CD ROM drive on your computer from the pull down menu Double click on the folder lpr ...

Page 54: ...54 TCP IP Printing for Windows 98SE Me continued Click OK You should now be back to the Network Properties Page Highlight LPR for TCP IP Printing Click Properties ...

Page 55: ...inued The Port name and IP Address will be displayed The Port Name at right is just an example Click OK Type in the IP Address of the DP G301 Make sure the Port Name is accu rate The Port Name at right is just an example Click OK Click Add Port ...

Page 56: ...56 Click OK Windows will ask for a restart Click Yes TCP IP Printing for Windows 98SE Me continued ...

Page 57: ...oted click on Start Settings Printers Add Printer When the Add Printer Wizard screen appears click Next Select Network Printer Click Next Type in the path if you know it or click Browse TCP IP Printing for Windows 98SE Me continued ...

Page 58: ...speciﬁed type in the IP Address of the DP G301 and the Port Name The Port Name shown at right is just an example Select Yes or No to answer the question Do you print from MS DOS based pro grams Click Next Click Next Click Next Highlight the printer as shown If your desired printer is not on the list click Have Disk and insert the printer driver disk that came with your printer to install the print...

Page 59: ...59 TCP IP Printing for Windows 98SE Me continued Select Yes to print a test page Click Finish Go to Start Settings Printers Check to see that your printer is installed ...

Page 60: ...60 Unix Linux Printing Please refer to the PS Admin Manual on the CD included with your purchase for information on setting up the Print Server in Unix Linux ...

Page 61: ...rinters using IP protocols for print ing through Print Servers Follow the instructions below for setting up the Print After attaching the Print Server to your network using the directions provided in the Quick Installation Guide change the IP address of your Macintosh to access the Print Server s web conﬁguration Note Mac OS printing with this print server is sup ported by PostScript printers only...

Page 62: ...102 168 0 x where x is any number between 1 and 254 except 10 which is the IP Address of the Print Server The IP Addresses and Subnet Mask shown here are examples only Setting up Apple Talk or LPR Printing in Mac OS X continued Select the AppleTalk tab in this window and check Make AppleTalk Active ...

Page 63: ...63 Setting up Apple Talk or LPR Printing in Mac OS X continued To print open a document and select File Print from the menu Select Edit Printer List from the Printer dialog box Click Add Printer ...

Page 64: ...played The Port Name shown here is an example only Click on the Port to which the PostScript printer is connected In this example AppleTalk has been selected PS 116688 U1 Laserwriter Then select the printer model from the dialog box displayed here Click Add Printer and the Printer Port conﬁguration is complete Select the Printer Port just conﬁgured in the Print window Click Print to print your doc...

Page 65: ...nected to the Print Server The Port Name illustrated here is only an example Select the printer model from the dialog box In the Queue Name ﬁeld type in the Port Name of the PostScript printer that is connected to the Print Server The Port Name illustrated here is only an example Select the printer model from the dialog box Click Add and the process is complete Close all Print Center windows selec...

Page 66: ... Name is unique among all of the network printers in Setting up the Print Server for AppleTalk Printing To set up your Print Server so that it can be used for AppleTalk printing Note Mac OS printing with this print server sup ports PostScript printers only If your AppleTalk network is divided into AppleTalk zones you will have to specify which zone the Print Server should be in You should locate t...

Page 67: ...you are using the LaserWriter 8 To choose a printer connected to your Print Server as your Mac OS workstation s default printer Open the Chooser by selecting Chooser from the Apple menu Select the LaserWriter 8 icon on the left Make sure that AppleTalk is set to Active A list of all network PostScript printers will be displayed Double click the name of the Printer Port you wish to use The Printer ...

Page 68: ...ect PPD If you wish to access this setting in the future you can use the Setup button in the Chooser window The selected printer will become your computer s default printer You may need to choose Page Setup in any applications you have open Select the appropriate printer description ﬁle for your printer Click Open If your printer is not listed click Generic to use a generic printer description ...

Page 69: ...r work using Microsoft Windows XP Note Please refer to web sites such as http www homenethelp com and http www microsoft com windows2000 for information about networking computers using Windows 2000 ME or 98SE Go to Start Control Panel Network Connections Select Set up a home or small ofﬁce network When this screen appears click Next ...

Page 70: ...Please follow all the instructions in this window Click Next Click Next In this window select the best description of your computer If your computer connects to the Internet through a gateway router select the second option as shown ...

Page 71: ...71 Networking Basics continued Enter a Computer description and a Computer name optional Click Next Enter a Workgroup name All comput ers on your network should have the same Workgroup name Click Next ...

Page 72: ...Basics continued Please wait while the Network Setup Wizard ap plies the changes When the changes are complete click Next Please wait while the Network Setup Wizard conﬁgures the computer This may take a few minutes ...

Page 73: ...he best option In this example Create a Network Setup Disk has been selected You will run this disk on each of the computers on your network Insert a disk into the Floppy Disk Drive in this case drive A Format the disk if you wish and click Next Click Next ...

Page 74: ...Wizard copies the ﬁles Please read the information under Here s how in the screen below After you complete the Network Setup Wizard you will use the Network Setup Disk to run the Network Setup Wizard once on each of the computers on your network To continue click Next ...

Page 75: ...new settings will take effect when you restart the computer Click Yes to restart the computer You have completed conﬁguring this computer Next you will need to run the Network Setup Disk on all the other computers on your network After running the Network Setup Disk on all your computers your new wireless network will be ready to use ...

Page 76: ...ase follow these directions in Windows XP Click Start in the lower left corner of the screen Right click My Computer Select Properties Select the Computer Name tab in the System Properties window You may enter a Computer Description optional To rename the computer and join a domain Click Change ...

Page 77: ...e name of the Workgroup All computers on your network must have the same Workgroup name Click OK How to ﬁnd your IP Address in Windows XP The computers connected to your network must be in the same IP address range To verify the IP address please do the following Right click on the Local Area Con nection icon in the task bar Click Status ...

Page 78: ...P capable routers will automatically assign IP addresses to the computers on the network using DHCP Dynamic Host Conﬁguration Protocol technology If you are using a DHCP capable router you will not need to assign static IP addresses If you are not using a DHCP capable router or you need to assign a static IP address please follow these instructions Go to Start Double click Control Panel ...

Page 79: ...79 Networking Basics continued Assigning a Static IP Address in Windows XP 2000 Double click Network Connections Double click Properties Right click Local Area Connections ...

Page 80: ... must be the same for all the computers on the network Networking Basics continued Assigning a Static IP Address in Windows XP 2000 Input your DNS server addresses Note If you are entering a DNS server you must enter the IP address of the Default Gateway The DNS server information will be supplied by your ISP Internet Service Provider Click OK Click Internet Protocol TCP IP Click Properties Select...

Page 81: ...andard SNMP MIBs MIB II RFC 1213 Diagnostic LED Indicators Power ACT LPT Environmental and Physical Power Supply External power supply providing 5V 2 5A DC Dimensions 3 54 x 2 20 x 1 02 90mm x 56mm x 26mm Weight approx 3 527 oz 100g Operating Temperature 32 to122 F 0 to 50 C Storage Temperature 13 to 131 F 25 to 55 C Humidity 5 to 95 non condensing Emissions FCC Class B CE Class B Hewlett Packard ...

Page 82: ...Link Technical Support over the Telephone 877 453 5465 24 hours a day seven days a week D Link Technical Support over the Internet http support dlink com email support dlink com Tech Support for customers within Canada D Link Technical Support over the Telephone 800 361 5265 Monday to Friday 8 30am to 9 00pm EST D Link Technical Support over the Internet http support dlink ca email support dlink c...

Page 83: ... speciﬁcations for the Software as set forth in the applicable documentation from the date of original retail purchase of the Software for a period of ninety 90 days Warranty Period provided that the Software is properly installed on approved hardware and operated as contemplated in its documentation D Link further warrants that during the Warranty Period the magnetic media on which D Link deliver...

Page 84: ...d removal of the product for repair and shipping costs Operational adjustments covered in the operating manual for the product and normal maintenance Damage that occurs in shipment due to act of God failures due to power surge and cosmetic damage Any hardware software ﬁrmware or other products or services provided by anyone other than D Link Products that have been purchased from inventory clearan...

Page 85: ...ful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communication However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television...

Page 86: ...86 07 13 2005 Registration Product registration is entirely voluntary and failure to complete or return this form will not diminish your warranty rights ...

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