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Version: 3.0 (July, 2007)

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  • Page 1 Print Server Series PS-1207U/PS-1208UWg PS-1206U/PS-1206UWg PS-1206P/PS-1206PWg PS-3207U/PS-3207UWg User’s Manual Version: 3.0 (July, 2007)
  • Page 2 COPYRIGHT Copyright ©2007/2008 by this company. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of this company.

  • Page 3: Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement

    Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
  • Page 4 FCC Caution This equipment must be installed and operated in accordance with provided instructions and a minimum 20 cm spacing must be provided between computer mounted antenna and person’s body (excluding extremities of hands, wrist and feet) during wireless modes of operation.
  • Page 5 Safety This equipment is designed with the utmost care for the safety of those who install and use it. However, special attention must be paid to the dangers of electric shock and static electricity when working with electrical equipment. All guidelines of this and of the computer manufacture must therefore be allowed at all times to ensure the safe use of the equipment.
  • Page 6 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 licensed "as is". Should the programs prove defective following their purchase, the buyer (and not this company, its distributor, or its dealer) assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, and any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect in...

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    Client Installation and Setup ... 24 Client Utilities ... 29 3.5.1 Network Ports Quick Setup...30 3.5.2 Remote Ports (Utility) ...32 Windows Add Printer Procedure... 34 3.6.1 Windows Vista ...34 3.6.2 Windows XP ...38 Windows NT/2000/2003 Network ...42 System Architecture... 42 Windows NT/2000/2003 Server Installation and Setup .
  • Page 8 UNIX System Network...52 Introduction ... 52 Enable Print Server’s TCP/IP Support ... 53 Setup Print Server’s IP Address ... 53 6.3.1 DHCP ...53 6.3.2 BOOTP ...54 Verify Print Server’s IP Address ... 56 Configure Remote LPD Printing on the Host ... 56 Configuration Utility ...59 Introduction ...
  • Page 9 Web Management ...89 Introduction ... 89 Login ... 90 Device Status... 91 8.3.1 System ...91 8.3.2 Printer...92 8.3.3 TCP/IP ...93 8.3.4 SMB...94 8.3.5 SNMP ...95 8.3.6 NetWare ...96 8.3.7 AppleTalk...97 Setup Wizard ... 98 8.4.1 System ...98 8.4.1.1 Advanced Settings...99 8.4.2...
  • Page 10 10. LPR Printing ...123 10.1 Introduction ... 123 10.2 Standard LPR Settings in Windows XP ... 124 10.3 Standard LPR Settings in Windows Vista ... 131 10.4 Standard LPR Settings in MAC OS 10.x ... 138 10.4.1 MAC 10.4...138 10.4.2 MAC 10.4...139 11.

  • Page 11: Introduction

    Introduction Product Introduction Thank you for purchasing and using our print server. This print server allows your printer to become a shared device on the network. It offers printing flexibility and manageability on your Local Area Network at an extremely low cost and with an absolute minimum setup and maintenance required.

  • Page 12: Product Package

    Product Package This package contains the following components: One Print Server One Antenna One Power Adapter One Quick Installation Guide One CD-ROM (Including all the software utilities, drivers and User’s Manual)

  • Page 13: Network Printing Architecture

    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”...

  • Page 14: Print Server Network Functions

    1.3.1 Print Server Network Functions Print Server Unix Print Server Windows NT Server NetWare Server Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 98 Workstation Because print server supports IPX/SPX, NetBEUI, TCP/IP and AppleTalk network protocols, any networked computer can directly print to the print server from any of its installed protocol.

  • Page 15: Network Printing Functions For Clients

    1.3.2 Network Printing Functions for Clients Client User Unix Print Server Windows NT Server NetWare Server Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 98 Workstation Common operating systems for clients are classified as following: Windows 98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista Our print server system provides PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) driver and utilities for Windows 98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista users.
  • Page 16 In the client installation procedure, after PTPP (Peer-to- Peer Printing Driver) is installed into Windows, the system will automatically (manual configuration is also allowed) search all the print servers on the network, and then add their printing ports into Windows’ printing port (see below). PTPP Windows 98 Print Server...

  • Page 17: Network Printing Functions For Network Server

    Adding this printing function into Windows NT/2000/2003 Server allows print queue, user authority management, and many other advanced features to be used. NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.x In NetWare environment, print server offers various printing modes like print queue, remote printer, etc.

  • Page 18: Network Printing Environment

    Network Printing Environment Common network environment are classified as following: Windows Peer-to-Peer Network The client’s PTPP driver will use TCP/IP protocol to print through print server.
  • Page 19 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. NetWare Network (see below)

  • Page 20: Contents Of The User's Manual

    Contents of the User’s Manual Chapter 2. explains print server’s hardware installation and configuration. It is strongly recommended for you to read. The following chapters introduce: Chapter 3. Windows Peer-to-Peer Network Chapter 4. Windows NT/2000/2003 Server-Based Network Chapter 5. NetWare Network Chapter 6.

  • Page 21: Firmware & Printing Function

    Chapter 10. introduces Print Server’s LPR Printing function and Windows XP/Vista and MAC OS 10.x standard setup procedures. The LPR Printing (Line Printer Remote technology) allows users to connect to printers via TCP/IP for printing sharing. Chapter 11. introduces how to deal with the problem that if you can’t find any print server listed on the “Available...

  • Page 22: Hardware Installation

    Unpack the print server package and verify that all the items listed in the section 1.2 are provided. Connect the print server to the printer you want to share on the network. Connect the print server to your network by attached the network cable to the UTP port of the print server.

  • Page 23: Windows Peer-To-Peer Network

    Windows Peer-to-Peer Network System Architecture 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.
  • Page 24 Installation procedure is separated into following two parts: 1. Administrator Installation and Setup (refer to section 2 for more detailed information). System administrators must: Install administrator’s utilities into his/her computer. Configure print server from administrator’s configuration utility. 2. Client Installation and Configuration (refer to section 3 for more detailed information).

  • Page 25: Ezmax Installation Wizard

    EZMax Installation Wizard This wizard can be run in Windows 2000/XP/Vista. The following procedures are operated in Windows XP. You can install the Print Server by EZMAX Setup Wizard in the CD- ROM including in the package. The wizard is an easy and quick configuration tool for internet connection with series process.

  • Page 26: Administrator Installation And Setup

    IP Address). Add the network port of the print server to your PC. After the installation, perform the standard “Add Printer” procedure and choose the print server’s “Network Port” in the “Available Ports” list. Then, you can test printing function from the Administrator PC.
  • Page 27 2. The “Print Server Utilities” window will be displayed. Click “Next”. 3. 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.
  • Page 28 4. Select the components you want to install. It is highly recommended to install all provided components. Click “Next” to continue. 5. Click “Install”.
  • Page 29 6. The system will start to install the utilities automatically. 7. You have completed the installation phase and prepare to configure the Print Server. The “Choose Print Server” will list all Print Servers within the network. Select the Print Server you would like to configure and click “Next”.
  • Page 30 NOTE 1: If this is the first time you configure the Print 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 Ediamx. 8.
  • Page 31 9. Specify the IP Address for the Print Server manually or click “Next” to keep default IP Address, i.e. 192.168.2.2. 10. The configuration summary is displayed in the window. Now, you have completed the Print Server setup. Click “Finish” and your system will add network port of the Print Server to your PC automatically.
  • Page 32 Add the network port of the print server to the administrator’s PC. If you want to print from this administrator’s PC to the print server, all you need to do is to perform Windows’ standard “Add Printer” procedure (please refer to Section 3.6).

  • Page 33: Administrator Utilities

    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...

  • Page 34: Client Installation And Setup

    Since both the print server side and client side support multi-protocols, the configuration process of the client side is fully automatic. After the installation, perform the standard “Add Printer” procedure and choose the print server’s “Network Port” in the “Available Ports”...
  • Page 35 2. The “Print Server Utilities” window will be displayed. Click “Next”. 3. 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.
  • Page 36 4. Click “Install” 5. The system will start to install the utilities automatically.
  • Page 37 6. Now, the installation procedure is completed, you are ready to set up the client’s computer. All network ports of the Print Servers detected on the network will be added to your PC automatically, click “Continue”. Note that if there are no print servers detected in the network currently, please click “Continue”...
  • Page 38 Install all utilities and drivers to the client’s PC. Add all the print server’s network ports of the network to the client’s PC. You can then perform the Windows’ standard “Add Printer” procedure to add network printers to your PC. Please refer to Section 3.6.

  • Page 39: Client Utilities

    Client Utilities 1. After Client Installation is completed, there will be three tools in print server’s Program folder. Network Ports Quick Setup Remote Ports Uninstall Network Driver The Uninstall Network Driver will assist you in removing all installed client software. The other two tools are described as follows.

  • Page 40: Network Ports Quick Setup

    3.5.1 Network Ports Quick Setup Network Ports Quick Setup Utility offers a very simple method to add or remove print server’s printer port from the client’s computer. During the client’s installation procedure, the system will automatically search for all print servers on the network, and add them into the printer ports of the client’s...
  • Page 41 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.

  • Page 42: Remote Ports (Utility)

    Remote Ports (Utility) 1. 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.
  • Page 43 Step3. The new remote print port is displayed as follows. In order to use the remote printing function, you will have to proceed with normal Add Printer procedure and select your printer port as the newly added remote printer port.

  • Page 44: Windows Add Printer Procedure

    Windows. 3.6.1 Windows Vista 1. The following “Add Printer” steps are running in Windows Vista. 2. Click “Start”, select “Settings\Printers”. 3. Click “Add a Printer”. 4. The “Add Printer” wizard is displayed. Select “Add a local printer”.
  • Page 45 “Next”. 6. Select the 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.
  • Page 46 7. Name your printer and set the default printer, click “Next”. 8. The printer drivers are being installed.
  • Page 47 9. It is recommended to print a test page. Click “Finish”. 10. The printer is added to “Printers” page, you have added the printer to your computer successfully. Now you can start to print from your computer to the print...

  • Page 48: Windows Xp

    3.6.2 Windows XP 1. The following “Add Printer” steps are running in Windows XP, the steps in other Operating Systems such as Windows 98SE/Me/2000 are similar. 2. Click “Start”, choose “Settings” and select “Printers and Faxes”. 3. Click “Add a Printer”.
  • Page 49 5. Select “Local printer attached to this computer” and make sure that “Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer” is not selected. Click “Next”. 6. Choose the suitable “Print Server Network Port” which was created by the Administrator Installation or Client...
  • Page 50 7. 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.
  • Page 51 9. Choose to print the test page or not. It is recommended to print a test page. Click “Next”. 10. You have added the printer to the PC successfully. The information of the printer is displayed in the windows. Click “Finish”.

  • Page 52: Windows Nt/2000/2003 Network

    Windows NT/2000/2003 server. Only one Windows NT/2000/2003 is required to have Windows PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) driver installed and share the printing service on the network. Other network users can simply connect to the server and access the shared printer (see below).

  • Page 53: Windows Nt/2000/2003 Server Installation And Setup

    Windows NT/2000/2003 Server Installation and Setup Please follow the procedures described below for installation and construct a peer-to-peer connection (PTPP) between Windows NT/2000/2003 Server and Print Server. Step1. If this is your first time installing print server, please install the administrator software on Windows NT/2000/2003 server first.
  • Page 54 Please add/configure the Peer-to-Peer Printing of the Windows NT/2000/2003 network printer and verify that you can print from Windows NT/2000/2003 to the print server by the installed PTPP driver. Step3. Share the above server’s printer to the network by performing the standard Windows printer sharing process.

  • Page 55: User Installation And Setup

    User Installation and Setup After server side’s installation is completed, 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...

  • Page 56: Netware Network

    NetWare Network System Architecture We implement NetWare printer sharing functionality into the print server itself, thus allowing one or more printers attached by a print server to be connected to the network. We have developed the print server to support NetWare print server.
  • Page 57 4. Relieve NetWare file server’s burden. 5. Relieve the need of a workstation running the remote printer utility. 6. Improve productivity by locating the printer near the workgroup. 7. 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.

  • Page 58: Netware 3.X/4.X/5.X Installation & Setup

    NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.x Installation & Setup Once your print server is connected to your Ethernet network, you can set it up for use with your networking software. 5.2.1 Installation Using PCONSOLE 5.2.1.1 Configuring as Print Server Mode Run the NetWare PCONSOLE program. Change the current file server, if necessary, using the Change Current File Server menu selection.
  • Page 59 Press the Insert key to add a new NetWare print server object. The print server name can be identical to the PSxxxxxx name printed on the label of the print server. Press Enter to select the newly created print server. Select Print Server Configuration. Select Printer Configuration.
  • Page 60 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. Press Escape, and answer Yes to the Save Changes question.
  • Page 61 Press Insert and add your newly created print queue to the list of queues serviced by the printer. Enter a priority number for the queue service, or press Enter to accept the default. Repeatedly press Escape to exit the PCONSOLE program.

  • Page 62: Unix System Network

    UNIX System Network Introduction The print server is available for TCP/IP printing by Unix LPD (Line Printer Daemon) protocol. The LPD protocol originated with Unix release is based on the BSD version of Unix and supported under most versions of Unix.

  • Page 63: Enable Print Server's Tcp/Ip Support

    Enable 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. Setup Print Server’s IP Address The print server must have a unique IP address in order to be recognized by the network.

  • Page 64: Bootp

    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 print server.
  • Page 65 Lines should be indented with tabs. Where hostname is the device name of a print server, the ht=1 tag specifies the hardware type is Ethernet, the ha= tag specifies the Ethernet address of a print server, which is the Node ID located on the print server. The ha tag must be preceded by the ht tag.

  • Page 66: Verify Print Server's Ip Address

    2. The host name should be the name (or IP address) that you have assigned to the print server. 3. The printer name (or queue name) on the remote host should be lpt1, lpt2 or lpt3, the name of the printer port on the print server.
  • Page 67 IP address. You can add this address to the /etc/hosts file, by adding a line such as: 203.66.191.186 2. Create a spool directory for the printer in the same directory where spool directories are normally kept on the machine, such as /var/spool or /var/spool/lpd:...
  • Page 68 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 available for printing from...

  • Page 69: Configuration Utility

    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.
  • Page 70 SNMP Configuration: SNMP Information Configuration. SMB: Configure the SMB Group Name. System Configuration: Print Server Network Ability Setting and Firmware Upgrade. Wireless Configuration: Wireless LAN Configuration. Setup Wizard: Guide You Through All the Settings. Report: List the Status of All Available Print Servers on the Network.

  • Page 71: Search For All Available Print Server

    Search for All Available Print Server Every time when you run print server’s configuration utility, click the “Search” icon on the tool bar. The configuration utility will delay for several seconds because the utility is using system’s available network protocols to search for all print servers on the network.

  • Page 72: Status Of Print Server

    The information of the print server displayed are MAC ID, Model Type, Firmware Version, status of each printer port, NetWare file server name, NetWare file server polling interval, NetWare printer queue names, IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, AppleTalk printer type, AppleTalk zone and print server printing ability…etc.

  • Page 73: Setup The Print Server

    You can restart the print server by pressing the “Reboot” button Setup the Print Server Click “Setup” icon the current selected print server will be showed on the right side of the window. Double click one of the icons to set up the selected print server.

  • Page 74: General Configuration

    General Configuration Double Click “General” icon and the General configuration window will pop-up. You can see basic print server information in this page. You also can configure the “Server Name”, “User Name” and “Password” here. Server Name, the name of the print server. You can use this name to identify the print server when you are searching for the print server by the administration and client utilities.

  • Page 75: Tcp/Ip Configuration

    User Name / Password is used to authenticate the administrator by the Web administration tool. TCP/IP Configuration Double Click “TCP/IP” icon and the TCP/IP configuration window will pop-up.
  • Page 76 You can configure the print 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”...

  • Page 77: Netware Print Server Configuration

    You have to assign the NetWare server name, print server polling interval and the name of queue on the NetWare server for each printer port. Polling Time is the polling interval of the print server for waiting printing jobs on the NetWare server.

  • Page 78: Appletalk Configuration

    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.

  • Page 79: Snmp Configuration

    SNMP Configuration Double Click “SNMP” icon and the SNMP configuration window will 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.

  • Page 80: Smb Configuration

    All PC should join the same group before they can use this print server by SMB protocol. Pass Job when Error Occurred: When the printer is interrupted because of paper out or off line while printing, user can set the interval time to bypass the current printing job.

  • Page 81: System Configuration

    In the System configuration page, you can select to enable/disable each printing or management protocol, assign name for each printer port of this print server, upgrade the new firmware for this print server, and enable/disable wireless function.
  • Page 82 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. Load Default: If you want to reset the Print Server to default factory settings, please click “Load Default”. Wireless Function: You can select “Auto”, Enable”...

  • Page 83: Wireless Configuration

    Domain Country: The wireless channels are different from country to country. Generally, the channels are from 1 to 11 in USA and from 1 to 13 in Europe. The operating channel will be set to the print server before importing. If you are in different country, please make sure you have set the available channels according to your location.
  • Page 84 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 have any access point and want to use peer-to-peer connection to build up wireless network, you have to select “Ad-Hoc Mode”.
  • Page 85 Users can plug the Ethernet cable to the print server at the first, after configuring the print server features and wireless settings; they can unplug the Ethernet cable to enable the wireless connection. It makes the configuration much easier without creating the wireless connection in advance.
  • Page 86 In the Infrastructure mode, you have to let the print server associate with an access point. You let the print server scan for an available access point automatically or manually assign the SSID of the access point you want to use.
  • Page 87 Ad Hoc Mode: In the Ad-Hoc mode, you can let the print server automatically associate with other 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.
  • Page 88 The list is the scanned active wireless stations. Select a wireless station in the list and click “Next”. If you cannot find the wireless station that you want the print server to communicate with, click “Scan” to let the print server scan again.
  • Page 89 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” or “WPA-None” specified for Ad Hoc mode.
  • Page 90 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. Enter four key values by following the rules below and select one key as the default key. PassPhrase –...
  • Page 91 WPA-shared key or WPA-None Security Mode: “WPA-shared key” (for an infrastructure network) or “WPA-None” (enables WPA security for your ad hoc network) requires users to set the advanced encryption methods, i.e. TKIP and enter a set of shared key.
  • Page 92 TKIP – TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) changes the temporal key every 10,000 packets. This insures much greater security than the standard WEP security. Shared Key – Enter 8 to 63 digits of ASCII format to be the key for the authentication within the network.

  • Page 93: Wizard

    Click “Save” to save the wireless configuration. 7.12 Wizard...
  • Page 94 Click “Wizard” icon on the tool bar, the setup wizard item of the current selected print server will be showed on the right side of the window. Double click the “Print Server Setup Wizard” the setup wizard will guide you through all the setup process. Step 1: Set up the name of this print server and select to enable or disable the wireless function.
  • Page 95 Step 2: Select to enable required printing protocol. Please refer to section 7.11 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.
  • Page 96 Step 4: Setup the AppleTalk printing. Please refer to section 7.8 for detail information. Step 5: Setup the NetWare printing. Please refer to section 7.7 for detail information.
  • Page 97 Step 6: Select the Wireless Adapter mode and complete wireless LAN settings. The other procedures are the same with “Wireless” Setting in “Setup” screen. Please refer to section 7.12 for detail information. Step 7: Click “Save” to finish setting. Please reboot the print server to let these settings take effect.

  • Page 98: Report

    7.13 Report 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 Type and Firmware Version of the print server.

  • Page 99: Web Management

    Web Management Introduction Print server can be configured and managed on the Web. Through Local Area Network, or even Internet, administrator can easily 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.

  • Page 100: Login

    Login You may use any Web Browser to review the status or configure the settings of the print server. After entering the IP address of the print server, a login page display. You have to enter correct “User Name” and “Password” before going to the Web Management pages.

  • Page 101: Device Status

    Device Status 8.3.1 System System Information includes “Device Name”, “Print Server Name”, “Model Type”, “Firmware Version”, “MAC Address”, “Wireless LAN Configuration” and the protocols enabled status, etc.

  • Page 102: Printer

    8.3.2 Printer This page lists information of printers connected to all printer ports.

  • Page 103: Tcp/Ip

    8.3.3 TCP/IP This page lists all TCP/IP settings of the print server including “IP Address”, “Subnet Mask” and “Gateway”. It also lists DHCP server setting.

  • Page 104: Smb

    8.3.4 This page lists the SMB group and the pass job interval time settings of the print server.

  • Page 105: Snmp

    8.3.5 SNMP This page lists the SNMP settings of the print server. It includes the settings of “SNMP System Contact” and “SNMP System Location”.

  • Page 106: Netware

    8.3.6 NetWare This page lists NetWare settings, including “Polling Time”, “Use Bindery Mode”, “Name of the File Server” and “Port Attached Queue”.

  • Page 107: Appletalk

    8.3.7 AppleTalk This page lists AppleTalk settings, including “AppleTalk Zone Name” and “Printer Type” of printers connected to all print ports.

  • Page 108: Setup Wizard

    Setup Wizard 8.4.1 System You can change the print server name and password of the print server from here. Print 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.

  • Page 109: Advanced Settings

    Password, enter the password you want to change to the print server. The password can be up to 7-digit alphanumeric format. The default password is “1234”. Re-type Password, enter the password you want to change to the print server again. 8.4.1.1 Advanced Settings You can enable/disable the printing protocols from the...

  • Page 110: Wireless

    8.4.2 Wireless If you want to use the print server through wireless LAN, please set up the print server through Ethernet first and make sure your wireless LAN setting is correct. After setting the wireless LAN, unplug the Ethernet cable and restart the print server, then you can start to use the print server through wireless LAN.
  • Page 111 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”, “ESSID” and “Channel Number”. You can manually set the parameters of wireless LAN in this page or use the “Site Survey”...
  • Page 112 Enable – Enable wireless function only, the print server’s wireless LAN will be always enabled and Ethernet will be always disabled. Disable – Disable the 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.

  • Page 113: Encryption

    8.4.2.2 Encryption 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”. If you want to use WPA-PSK, you have to select “WPA-PSK” (for an infrastructure network or “WPA-NONE”...
  • Page 114 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. Key Format – You may select to use ASCII Characters (alphanumeric format) or Hexadecimal digits (in the "A-F", "a-f"...
  • Page 115 WPA-PSK or WPA-NONE Security Mode: “WPA-shared key” (for an infrastructure network) or “WPA-None” (enables WPA security for your ad hoc network) requires users to set the advanced encryption methods, i.e. TKIP and enter a set of shared key. TKIP – TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) changes the temporal key every 10,000 packets.

  • Page 116: Site Survey

    WPA Pre-Shared Key – Enter 8 to 63 digits of ASCII format to be the key for the authentication within the network. When you finish configuring the wireless security, click “Save & Next” to confirm the configuration. 8.4.2.3 Site Survey...
  • Page 117 You can use this “Site Survey” function to search for available access points in you location. In the list is the information of all available access points or wireless stations, includes SSID, BSSID, Channel, Type, Encryption and Signal Strength. You can select one wireless device in the list for this print server to associate with or you have to use General Setting to manually setup the wireless parameters.

  • Page 118: Tcp/Ip

    8.4.3 TCP/IP You can configure the print 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. If you need the print server to automatically get an IP from DHCP server, select “Enable Obtain TCP/IP Settings Automatically (Use DHCP/ BOOTP)”.

  • Page 119: Smb

    You can enable/disable or set auto for the print server’s DHCP server. The DHCP server is disabled by default. If the DHCP Server is enabled or set Auto, you have to assign a range of IP addresses here. Fill in the “Start IP”, “Range”, “DNS”, “Subnet Mask”...

  • Page 120: Snmp

    “Pass Job When Error Occurred” is for you to set the interval time for bypassing the current printing job in order to avoid the printing job is not printed completely while the printer is interrupted unexpectedly because of paper out or off line. 8.4.5...

  • Page 121: Netware

    The print server supports SNMP configuration. If it is enabled, please set up the following parameters. 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.
  • Page 122 You have to assign the NetWare server name, print server polling interval and the name of queue on the NetWare server for each printer port. Polling Time is the polling interval of the print server for waiting printing jobs on the NetWare server.

  • Page 123: Appletalk

    AppleTalk network and share the printer to other AppleTalk workstations. You have to select to enable or disable AppleTalk, and setup the “Zone Name” and “Printer Type” for each printer port of this print server. AppleTalk Enable: Enable or disable “AppleTalk”.

  • Page 124: Save Settings

    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.

  • Page 125: System Tools

    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 126: Upgrade Firmware From Browser

    8.5.2 Upgrade Firmware from Browser You can upgrade new firmware for this print server in this page. Click “Browse” to select the new firmware in your storage and then click “OK”, the firmware will be updated in several minutes. Be aware that if you have started upgrading firmware, you have to follow all the upgrading steps or the print server can’t turn back to normal configuration.

  • Page 127: Ipp Printing

    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.

  • Page 128: Client Side

    9.2.2 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 displayed. Click “Next”.
  • Page 129 Step4. Select “A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer”. Click “Next”.
  • Page 130 Step5. Select “Connect to a printer 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.
  • Page 131 “Next”. If your printer is not in the list, click “Have Disk…” to install the driver of the printer. After installation, the printer model will be added to the list. Step7. Choose to set the print whether as a default printer or not. Click “Next”.
  • Page 132 Step8. You have added the network printer to the PC successfully. The information of the printer is displayed in the windows. Click “Finish”.

  • Page 133: Lpr Printing

    LPR Printing 10.1 Introduction LPR Printing (Line Printer Remote technology) allows users to connect to printers via TCP/IP for printing sharing. The computer with Windows 98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003, Windows Vista and MAC OS 10.x Operating Systems can use the protocol to share printing in the network. Print Server can support LPR printing by default.

  • Page 134: Standard Lpr Settings In Windows Xp

    To configure the LPR setting in Windows XP, please follow the steps below. The LPR setup procedures in Windows 2000 and 2003 are similar. 1. Click “Start”, choose “Settings” and select “Printers and Faxes”. 2. Click “Add a Printer”. 3. The “Add Printer Wizard” is displayed. Click “Next”.
  • Page 135 4. Select “Local Printer attached to this computer” and click “Next”. 5. Choose “Create a new port” and “Standard TCP/IP Port”. Click “Next”.
  • Page 136 6. Please make sure that the Print Server and the Printer have turned on and connected to the network correctly before you continue. Click “Next”. 7. Enter the IP Address of the Print Server in the “Printer Name or IP Address”. Click “Next”.
  • Page 137 8. Select “Custom” and click “Settings”. When you have finished the settings at step 9, click “Next” to continue.
  • Page 138 9. Select “LPR” and enter “lpt1” in the “Queue Name”, click “OK”. By default the queue name of the Print Server is “lpt1”.
  • Page 139 10. Click “Finish”. 11. 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...
  • Page 140 12. Choose to set the print whether as a default printer or not. Click “Next”. 13. You have added the network printer to the PC successfully. The information of the printer is displayed in the windows. Click “Finish”.

  • Page 141: 10.3 Standard Lpr Settings In Windows Vista

    10.3 Standard LPR Settings in Windows Vista To configure the LPR setting in Windows Vista, please follow the steps below. 1. Click “Start”, select “Settings\Printers”. 2. Click “Add a Printer”. 3. The “Add Printer” wizard is displayed. Select “Add a local printer”.
  • Page 142 4. Choose “Create a new port” and select “Standard TCP/IP Port”. Click “Next”. 5. Enter the IP Address of the Print Server in the “Hostname or IP address” field. Click “Next”.
  • Page 143 6. Select “Custom” and click “Settings”. When you have finished the settings at step 7, click “Next” to continue.
  • Page 144 7. Select “LPR” and enter “lpt1” in the “Queue Name”, click “OK”. By default the queue name of the Print Server is “lpt1”.
  • Page 145 8. Select the 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.
  • Page 146 10. The printer drivers are being installed. 11. It is recommended to print a test page. Click “Finish”.
  • Page 147 12. The printer is added to “Printers” page, you have added the printer to your computer successfully. Now you can start to print from your computer to the print server.

  • Page 148: Standard Lpr Settings In Mac Os 10.X

    When the Printer Browser opens, select “IP Printer”. In the “IP Printer” screen, please configure as below. Protocol: Select Line Printer Daemon - LPD as the Protocol. IP Address: Set the address to the Print Server’s IP Address, for example: 192.168.2.2.

  • Page 149: Mac 10.4

    10.4.2 MAC 10.3.x To enable LPR Printing in Macintosh 10.3.x, please follow the procedures below. 1. In the Desktop, click “System Preferences”. 2. Click “Print & Fax”.
  • Page 150 3. From the “Print & Fax” screen, click “Set Up Printers…”. 4. Click “Add” to add the new Print Server through TCP/IP.
  • Page 151 5. 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 Printer Address: Input the IP Address of the Print Server Queue Name: The queue name of the Print Server is “lpt1”.
  • Page 152 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 153: Windows Xp Sp2 Setup

    Windows XP SP2 Setup In Windows XP SP2, XP SP2’s firewall would block the unknown communications. This print server has 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”...
  • Page 154 Step3. Select “Advanced” tab and click “Settings…”.
  • Page 155 Step4. Select “Exceptions” tab and click “Add Program…”.
  • Page 156 Step5. Click “Browse” to add a new program.
  • Page 157 Step6. Open the “NPUtil” file from “C:\Program Files\PrintServer Utilities” (where C:\ is the system drive).
  • Page 158 Step7. A new program “Network Ports Quick Setup” is displayed in the list, click “Ok”.
  • Page 159 Step8. Click “Ok”. You have completed the setting. The Windows XP SP2 will allow the incoming network connections activated by the program.

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