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10/100M Print Server
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  • Page 1: User Manual

    Micronet Faster and Easier Networks User Manual 10/100M Print Server Model No.: SP755D, SP756 http://www.micronet.info...

  • Page 2: Fcc Compliance Statement

    COPYRIGHT Copyright ©2006/2007 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: Table Of Contents

    Client Installation and Setup... 21 3.5.1 to add network ports of print servers manually..24 Client Utilities... 26 3.5.1 3.5.2 Windows Add Printer Procedure ... 31 WINDOWS NT/2000/2003... 35 System Architecture ... 35 Installation and Setup... 36 Contents Print Server Network Functions ... 3 Network Printing Functions for Clients...
  • Page 4 NETWARE NETWORK ... 38 System Architecture ... 38 NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.x Installation & Setup... 39 5.2.1 UNIX SYSTEM NETWORK... 43 Introduction... 43 Enable Print Server’s TCP/IP Support ... 43 Setup Print Server’s IP Address... 44 6.3.1 6.3.2 Verify Print Server’s IP Address ... 46 Remote LPD Printing on the Host ...
  • Page 5 9. IPP PRINTING... 83 9.1 Introduction... 83 9.2 System Setup ... 83 9.2.1 9.2.2 10. WINDOWS XP SP2 SETUP ... 88 System ... 66 Printer... 67 TCP/IP... 68 SMB ... 69 SNMP... 70 NetWare ... 71 AppleTalk ... 72 System ... 73 Advanced Settings ...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    1.1 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 7: Network Printing Architecture

    1.2 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 8: Print Server Network Functions

    1.2.1 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 9: Network Printing Functions For Clients

    1.2.2 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 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.
  • Page 10 PTPP Windows 98 Print Server MIS-2 Print Server MIS-1 UNIX / Linux UNIX (include HP/UX, SCO Unix, SunOS, Solaris, Unixware DECUnix, IBM AIX and others) and Linux use the system-standard LPR to print through print server. MAC OS MAC OS can use the system-standard AppleTalk network to print through print server.

  • Page 11: 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 12: 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. 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.
  • Page 13 NetWare Network (see below)

  • Page 14: 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 15: Firmware & Printing Function

    Firmware & 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...

  • Page 16: 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 17: Peer-To-Peer Network

    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. Installation procedure is separated into following two parts: 1.

  • Page 18: Administrator Installation And Setup

    servers into Windows’ printing port (refer to Network Printing Architecture in section 1.4 for more detailed information). Administrator Installation and Setup The Administrator Installation can be performed on Windows 95/98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 with the same user interface. Before the installation, please verify that your network protocol is installed on your PC (TCP/IP, IPX and/or NetBEUI).
  • Page 19 Click “Next” to install the utilities in the default folder or click “Browse” to specify the destination folder where you would like to install the utilities.
  • Page 20 Select the components you want to install. It is highly recommended to install all provided components. Click “Next” to continue. Specify the program folder where the program icons will be added to, click “Next”.
  • Page 21 The system will start to install the utilities automatically. 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 22 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 the same manufacturer.
  • Page 23 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 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 24 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 25: Administrator Utilities

    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.

  • Page 26: Client Installation And Setup

    Client Installation and Setup The Client Installation can be performed on Windows 95/98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 with the same user interface. Before the installation procedure, please confirm that your PC has connected to the network and installed at least one network protocol. Insert the CD shipped along with the print server into your CD-ROM drive. The Autorun.exe program should be executed automatically.
  • Page 27 Click “Next” to install the utilities in the default folder or click “Browse” to specify the destination folder where you would like to install the utilities.
  • Page 28 Specify the program folder where the program icons will be added to, click “Next”. The system will start to install the utilities automatically.

  • Page 29: To Add Network Ports Of Print Servers Manually

    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 30 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 31: Client Utilities

    Client Utilities 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 32: Network Ports Quick Setup

    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 computer (see below). If you have just installed another new print server in the network, you must run this program first.
  • Page 33 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 configure print servers on other subnets across network segments. You must use Remote Ports Utility described in the next section to manage remote (across network segments) print servers.

  • Page 34: Remote Ports (Utility)

    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.
  • Page 35 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 36: Windows Add Printer Procedure

    After adding a “Network Port” of the print server to your PC by Administrator or Client Installation Program, you can follow the procedure described below to add printer to the Windows. Note that following “Add Printer” steps are running in Windows XP, the steps in other Operating Systems are similar.
  • Page 37 Step5. Choose the suitable “Print Server Network Port” which was created by the Administrator Installation or Client Installation process and click “Next”.
  • Page 38 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.
  • Page 39 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 PC successfully. The information of the printer is displayed in the windows. Click...

  • Page 40: Windows Nt/2000/2003

    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).

  • Page 41: Installation And Setup

    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/2000/2003 to the print server by the installed PTPP driver. Step3. Share the above server’s printer to the network by performing the...

  • Page 42: 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 configurations...

  • Page 43: 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 44: Netware 3.X/4.X/5.X Installation & Setup

    Relieve the need of a workstation running the remote printer utility. Improve productivity by locating the printer near the workgroup. Each print server should log into a NetWare server before servicing the print jobs. Each print server will occupy a user account with which it can log into the NetWare server.
  • Page 45 You have now successfully created the print queue that your print server will serve. Press the Escape key until the Available Options main menu is displayed. Select Print Server Information. 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.
  • Page 46 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.
  • Page 47 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.

  • Page 48: 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 49: Setup Print Server's Ip Address

    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 the IP address on the various Unix systems using any one of the following methods: 1.
  • Page 50 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: 203.66.191.12 2. Add an entry to the host’s /etc/bootptab file, similar to the following: hostname:\ :ht=1:\ :ha=print_server_ethernet_address:\...

  • Page 51: Verify Print Server's Ip Address

    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. You will need to perform the tasks below, logged in as the superuser (root).
  • Page 52 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 your Unix host.

  • Page 53: 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 54: 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. All available print servers will be listed under “Server Group”...

  • Page 55: 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 56: Setup The Print Server

    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 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”...

  • Page 57: 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 58: Tcp/Ip Configuration

    TCP/IP Configuration...
  • Page 59 Double Click “TCP/IP” icon and the TCP/IP configuration window will pop- 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.

  • Page 60: Netware Print Server Configuration

    NetWare server printer queues for printing jobs. 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 61: Appletalk Configuration

    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.

  • Page 62: Snmp Configuration

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

  • Page 63: 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 64: System Configuration

    7.11 System Configuration Double Click “System” icon and the System configuration window will pop- In the System configuration page, you can select to enable/disable each printing or management protocol, upgrade the new firmware for this print server, and load factory defaults to the print server. Upgrade Firmware: You can use this “Upgrade Firmware”...

  • Page 65: Wizard

    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 of the window. Double click the “Print Server Setup Wizard” the setup wizard will guide you through all the setup process.
  • Page 66 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 information.
  • Page 67 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 printing. Please refer to section 7.8 for detail information.
  • Page 68 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 print server to let these settings take effect.

  • Page 69: 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 70: 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 71: Device Status

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

  • Page 72: Printer

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

  • Page 73: 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 74: Smb

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

  • Page 75: 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 76: 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 77: Appletalk

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

  • Page 78: 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 79: Advanced Settings

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

  • Page 80: Tcp/Ip

    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 also has a built-in DHCP server. You can enable this DHCP server and let it manages IP for you.

  • Page 81: Smb

    “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.

  • Page 82: Snmp

    8.4.4 SNMP 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 83: Netware

    NetWare server printer queues for printing jobs. 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 84: 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”...

  • Page 85: Save Settings

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

  • Page 86: 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 87: 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 88: Ipp Printing

    IPP printing, for example Windows 2000/XP, can directly use the print server by IP. By using the IPP printing, you can share the printer to all the PCs that can access the print server by IP. You can even share your printer to Internet users.
  • Page 89 Step4. Select “A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer”. Click “Next”.
  • Page 90 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 91 Step7. Choose to set the print whether as a default printer or not. Click “Next”.
  • Page 92 Step8. You have added the network printer to the PC successfully. The information of the printer is displayed in the windows. Click “Finish”.

  • Page 93: Windows Xp Sp2 Setup

    10. 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 94 Step3. Select “Advanced” tab and click “Settings…”.
  • Page 95 Step4. Select “Exceptions” tab and click “Add Program…”.
  • Page 96 Step5. Click “Browse” to add a new program.
  • Page 97 Step6. Open the “NPUtil” file from “C:\Program Files\PrintServer Utilities” (where C:\ is the system drive).
  • Page 98 Step7. A new program “Network Ports Quick Setup” is displayed in the list, click “OK”.
  • Page 99 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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