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5 Windows 98PTPPPrint ServerMIS-2P1P2P3P1Print ServerMIS-1 UNIX / Linux UNIX (include HP/UX, SCO Unix, SunOS, Solaris, Unixware DECUnix, IBM AIX and

6 1.2.3 Network Printing Functions for Network Server Windows NT ServerNetWare ServerWindows 98Windows NTWorkstationWindows 2000Unix Print Server

7 1.3 Network Printing Environment Common network environment are classified as following: Windows Peer-to-Peer Network The client’s PTPP driver

8 NetWare Network (see below)

9 1.4 Contents of the User’s Manual Chapter 2. explains print server’s hardware installation and configuration. It is strongly recommended for y

10 1.5 Firmware & Printing Function The print server provides a complete network printing solution. The feature set is listed below: PTPP (Pe

11 2. Hardware Installation Unpack the print server package and verify that all the items listed in the section 1.2 are provided. Connect the pr

12 3. Peer-to-Peer Network 3.1 System Architecture Print server supports Windows Peer-to-Peer network printing mode, which is suitable for mos

13 servers into Windows’ printing port (refer to Network Printing Architecture in section 1.4 for more detailed information). 3.2 Administrator

14 Click “Next” to install the utilities in the default folder or click “Browse” to specify the destination folder where you would like to install t

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15 Select the components you want to install. It is highly recommended to install all provided components. Click “Next” to continue. Specify the pro

16 The system will start to install the utilities automatically. You have completed the installation phase and prepare to configure the Print Server

17 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 c

18 Specify the IP Address for the Print Server manually or click “Next” to keep default IP Address, i.e. 192.168.2.2. The configuration summary is d

19 The Administrator Installation procedure is totally completed. Click “Finish”. The Administrator Installation Program have executed the installat

20 3.3 Administrator Utilities After Administrator Installation is completed, there will be four utilities in print server’s Program folder. Netw

21 3.4 Client Installation and Setup The Client Installation can be performed on Windows 95/98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 with the same user interface.

22 Click “Next” to install the utilities in the default folder or click “Browse” to specify the destination folder where you would like to install t

23 Specify the program folder where the program icons will be added to, click “Next”. The system will start to install the utilities automatically.

24 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 t

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25 After the installation, you have completed the following tasks: Install all utilities and drivers to the client’s PC. Add all the print server’s

26 3.5 Client Utilities After Client Installation is completed, there will be three tools in print server’s Program folder. Network Ports Quick S

27 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 fr

28 Please be aware that Network Ports Quick Setup Utility can only detect and configure all print servers on the same network, it cannot search and

29 3.5.2 Remote Ports (Utility) Remote Ports Utility offers a convenient way for you to manage and add printer port of the remote print server. F

30 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 A

31 3.6 Windows Add Printer Procedure After adding a “Network Port” of the print server to your PC by Administrator or Client Installation Program

32 Step5. Choose the suitable “Print Server Network Port” which was created by the Administrator Installation or Client Installation process and cl

33 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

34 Step8. Choose to print the test page or not. It is recommended to print a test page. Click “Next”. Step9. You have added the printer to the P

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35 4. Windows NT/2000/2003 4.1 System Architecture In Windows network environment, other than the Peer-to-Peer network printing architecture

36 4.2 Installation and Setup Please follow the procedures described below for installation and construct a peer-to-peer connection (PTPP) betwee

37 4.3 User Installation and Setup After server side’s installation is completed, client side will be able to find the server’s shared printer i

38 5. NetWare Network 5.1 System Architecture We implement NetWare printer sharing functionality into the print server itself, thus allowing o

39 Relieve the need of a workstation running the remote printer utility. Improve productivity by locating the printer near the workgroup. Each print

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

41 9. Press Enter to select the newly created print server. 10. Select Print Server Configuration. 11. Select Printer Configuration. 12. Select P

42 16. Repeatedly press Escape to exit the PCONSOLE program. 17. Reset the print server to have the changes take effect. NOTE: If the print serve

43 6. UNIX System Network 6.1 Introduction The print server is available for TCP/IP printing by Unix LPD (Line Printer Daemon) protocol. The L

44 6.3 Setup Print Server’s IP Address The print server must have a unique IP address in order to be recognized by the network. You can set up th

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45 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 s

46 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: pin

47 chgrp daemon /var/spool/lpd/pserverd chmod 775 /var/spool/lpd/pserverd 3. Add an entry to the host’s /etc/printcap file, similar to the following

48 7. Configuration Utility 7.1 Introduction This chapter introduces print server’s system configuration utility in Windows environment. This

49 7.2 Search for All Available Print Server Every time when you run print server’s configuration utility, click the “Search” icon on the tool b

50 7.3 Status of Print Server Click “Status” icon on the tool bar, the status of the current selected print server will be showed on the right s

51 7.4 Setup the Print Server Click “Setup” icon on the tool bar, the setup items of the current selected print server will be showed on the r

52 7.5 General Configuration Double Click “General” icon and the General configuration window will pop-up. You can see basic print server infor

53 7.6 TCP/IP Configuration

54 Double Click “TCP/IP” icon and the TCP/IP configuration window will pop-up. You can configure the print server to automatically get IP from DHCP s

1 1. Introduction 1.1 Product Introduction Thank you for purchasing and using our print server. This print server allows your printer to become a s

55 7.7 Netware Print Server Configuration Double Click “NetWare” icon and the NetWare configuration window will pop-up. This print server suppor

56 7.8 AppleTalk Configuration Double Click “AppleTalk” icon and the AppleTalk configuration window will pop-up. AppleTalk is a data communicati

57 7.9 SNMP Configuration Double Click “SNMP” icon and the SNMP configuration window will pop up. Contact: You can enter the print server admini

58 7.10 SMB Configuration SMB Group Name, the name of SMB group that this print server belongs to. All PC should join the same group before they

59 7.11 System Configuration Double Click “System” icon and the System configuration window will pop-up. In the System configuration page, you ca

60 7.12 Wizard Click “Wizard” icon on the tool bar, the setup wizard item of the current selected print server will be showed on the right side o

61 Step 1: Set up the name of this print server. Step 2: Select to enable required printing protocol. Please refer to section 7.11 for detail infor

62 Step 3: Setup the IP of this print server and the DHCP server. Please refer to section 7.6 for detail information. Step 4: Setup the AppleTalk pr

63 Step 5: Setup the NetWare printing. Please refer to section 7.7 for detail information. Step 6: Click “Save” to finish setting. Please reboot the

64 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 serv

2 1.2 Network Printing Architecture This section illustrates how print server functions and operates on the network. Before you install and use print

65 8. Web Management 8.1 Introduction Print server can be configured and managed on the Web. Through Local Area Network, or even Internet, adm

66 8.3 Device Status 8.3.1 System System Information includes “Device Name”, “Print Server Name”, “Model Type”, “Firmware Version”, “MAC Ad

67 8.3.2 Printer This page lists information of printer connected to the printer port.

68 8.3.3 TCP/IP This page lists all TCP/IP settings of the print server including “IP Address”, “Subnet Mask” and “Gateway”. It also lists DHCP

69 8.3.4 SMB This page lists the SMB group and the pass job interval time settings of the print server.

70 8.3.5 SNMP This page lists the SNMP settings of the print server. It includes the settings of “SNMP System Contact” and “SNMP System Locatio

71 8.3.6 NetWare This page lists NetWare settings, including “Polling Time”, “Use Bindery Mode”, “Name of the File Server” and “Port Attached Q

72 8.3.7 AppleTalk This page lists AppleTalk settings, including “AppleTalk Zone Name” and “Printer Type” of the printer connected to the print

73 8.4 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 n

74 8.4.1.1 Advanced Settings You can enable/disable the printing protocols from the screen. To enable the function, please select “Enable”; to d

3 1.2.1 Print Server Network Functions Windows NT ServerNetWare ServerWindows 98Windows NTWorkstationWindows 2000Unix Print ServerPrint Server Be

75 8.4.2 TCP/IP You can configure the print server to automatically get IP from DHCP server or manually specify static IP. The print server als

76 8.4.3 SMB You can enable/disable the SMB protocol from here. If SMB is enabled, enter the “SMB Group Name” to specify the SMB group that thi

77 8.4.4 SNMP The print server supports SNMP configuration. If it is enabled, please set up the following parameters. SNMP System Contact: You

78 8.4.5 NetWare This print server supports NetWare Bindery Printing method. The print server periodically polls the NetWare server printer que

79 8.4.6 AppleTalk AppleTalk is a data communication protocol often used by Macintoshes. The print server can use these parameters to join the

80 8.4.7 Save Settings You can click the “Save Settings” to save the settings and restart the system.

81 8.5 System Tools 8.5.1 Load Default You can use this page to restore the factory default settings. All of your previous setup will be cl

82 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 firmwa

83 9. IPP Printing 9.1 Introduction IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) Printing provides a convenient way of remote printing service by TCP/IP. The

84 Step4. Select “A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer”. Click “Next”.

4 1.2.2 Network Printing Functions for Clients Windows NT ServerNetWare ServerWindows 98Windows NTWorkstationWindows 2000Unix Print ServerClient

85 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://

86 Step7. Choose to set the print whether as a default printer or not. Click “Next”.

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

88 10. Windows XP SP2 Setup In Windows XP SP2, XP SP2’s firewall would block the unknown communications. This print server has allowed the communic

89 Step3. Select “Advanced” tab and click “Settings…”.

90 Step4. Select “Exceptions” tab and click “Add Program…”.

91 Step5. Click “Browse” to add a new program.

92 Step6. Open the “NPUtil” file from “C:\Program Files\PrintServer Utilities” (where C:\ is the system drive).

93 Step7. A new program “Network Ports Quick Setup” is displayed in the list, click “OK”.

94 Step8. Click “OK”. You have completed the setting. The Windows XP SP2 will allow the incoming network connections activated by the program.