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Version: 1.0
(December, 2005)

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  • Page 1 3 Ports Print Server Series User’s Manual Version: 1.0 (December, 2005)
  • Page 2 COPYRIGHT Copyright ©2005/2006 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 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 Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure set forth for an uncontrolled environment. In order to avoid the possibility of exceeding the FCC radio frequency exposure limits, human proximity to the antenna shall not be less than 20cm (8 inches) during normal operation.
  • Page 5 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...

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    Contents INTRODUCTION ............... 1 Product Introduction............2 Product Package ............3 Network Printing Architecture.......... 4 1.3.1 Print Server Network Functions............. 5 1.3.2 Network Printing Functions for Clients ......... 5 1.3.3 Network Printing Functions for Network Server......8 Network Printing Environment......... 9 Contents of the User’s Manual........
  • Page 7 Setup Print Server’s IP Address........56 6.3.1 DHCP ................... 56 6.3.2 BOOTP ..................56 Verify Print Server’s IP Address........59 Configure Remote LPD Printing on the Host ....60 CONFIGURATION UTILITY ..........63 Introduction..............64 Search for All Available Print Server ......66 Status of Print Server............
  • Page 8 8.4.1.1 Admin Password ..............109 8.4.1.2 Advanced Settings ..............110 8.4.2 Wireless..................111 8.4.2.1 Site Survey ................113 8.4.2.2 Encryption................114 8.4.3 TCP/IP..................117 8.4.4 SMB ................... 118 8.4.5 SNMP..................119 8.4.6 NetWare..................120 8.4.7 AppleTalk .................. 121 8.4.8 Rendezvous ................122 8.4.9 Save Settings ................

  • Page 9: Introduction

    Int ro duction...

  • Page 10: Product Introduction

    Product Introduction Thank you for pur cha sin g and usin g ou r print ser ver. Th is pr int serve r allows your printer to becom e a sha red de vice on the netwo rk. It o ffe rs pr int ing flexib ility and mana geabil it y on you r Local Are a Networ k at an e xtremel y low cost and w ith an ab solute minimum setup and ma inten ance requir ed.

  • Page 11: Product Package

    Product Package This pac kage conta ins the following co mpon ents: One P rint Ser ve r One Antenna One Power Adapter One Qu ick In stallation Guide One CD-R OM ( Includin g all the soft war e ut ilit ies, drive r s and U ser’s M anual)

  • Page 12: Network Printing Architecture

    Netw ork Printing Arc hitecture This section illustr ate s how pr int se rver funct ion s and operate s on the networ k. Be for e you in stall and u se pr int se r ver, it is strongl y recommend ed that you read this se ction co mpletel y, and select onl y the chapter s you n eed accordin g to your networ k ope rat ing syste m by “Content s of th e U ser ’s Manual ”...

  • Page 13: Print Server Network Functions

    1 .3 .1 Print S erve r Netw ork Functions Print Server Un ix Print Server Windows NT Server NetWare Server Windo ws NT Windo ws 2 000 Windows 9 8 Wor kstation Becau se p rint ser ver supports IPX/ SPX, N etBEUI, TC P/ IP and Appl e Talk networ k p rotocols, any networ ked compute r can dire ctly pr int to the print ser ve r from any o f its in stalled p rotocol.
  • Page 14 Common op eratin g syste ms for clients ar e cl assified a s followin g: Windows 95/98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Our print ser ver syste m provide s PTPP (Pee r-to-Peer Pr inting) dr ive r utilitie s Windows 95/98SE/M e/NT/2000/XP/2003 users. P TPP (Pee r-to-Peer Pr inting) supports TC P/ IP p rotocol.
  • Page 15 PTPP Windows 98 Print Server MIS-2 Print Server MIS-1 UN IX / Linux UN IX ( include HP/UX, SCO Unix, SunO S, Solar is, Unixware DECUnix, IB M AIX and others) and Linu x use the syste m- stand ard LPR to print through p rint se rver. MAC OS MAC OS can use the system-standard Appl eTal k network to pr int throu gh pr int serve r.

  • Page 16: Network Printing Functions For Network Server

    1 .3 .3 Ne tw ork Printing Functions for Netw ork Se rver Network Server Un ix Print Server Windows NT Server NetWare Server Windo ws NT Windo ws 2 000 Windows 9 8 Wor kstation Common networ k se rver s are classified a s following: Windows N T/2000/2003 Our print ser ver syste m provide s PTPP (Pee r-to-Peer Pr inting) d river and utilities for Windows N T/2000/2003.

  • Page 17: Network Printing Environment

    Netw ork Printing Env ironment Common netwo rk environment ar e cla ssified followin g: Windows Pe er-to -P eer Networ k The cl ient’ s P TP P dr ive r will u se TC P/ IP protocol to print throu gh pr int se r ver.
  • Page 18 NetWa re Networ k ( see below)

  • Page 19: Contents Of The User's Manual

    Conte nts of the User’s Manual Chapter 2 e xplains pr int se r ve r’ s hardwa re installat ion and con figuration. It is stron gl y r ecom mended for you to read. The following chapter s introduce : Chapter 3.
  • Page 20 Chapter 11 In Window s XP SP2, you ma y not find any print se rver l isted on the “Ava ilabl e Ports” in “Networ k Port s Quic k Setup”. Plea se follow the in struct ion in this chapter and r esolve the proble m.

  • Page 21: Firmware & Printing Function

    Firmw are & Printing Function The pr int server provide s a complete network print ing solution. The feature set is listed below: PTPP ( Peer-to-Peer-Printin g) TC P/ IP (LPR ) IPP Printin g NetWare B ind er y Printin g Apple Talk SMB Pr inting...

  • Page 22: Hardware Installation

    Hard w are In stall ation 1. Unpac k the pr int server pac ka ge and ve rify that all the item s list ed in the sect ion 1.2 a re pro vid ed. 2. Connect the print ser ver to the printer you want to sha re on the n etwor k.

  • Page 23: Windows Peer-To-Peer Network

    W ind ow s P eer- to -Peer Net wo rk...

  • Page 24: System Architecture

    System Arc hitecture Print ser ve r supports Window s Pe er-to- Pe er networ k print ing mode, which is su itable for most med ium and small network en viron ments. Th rough quic k simple in stallation pro cedure, user s c an immed iat ely en jo y the convenienc e o f n etwork pr int ing.
  • Page 25 C lient In stallation and Configurat ion (re fer to se ction 3 for more detailed in formation). Client u ser s must install Window s PTPP drive r (Peer- to-Pe er Pr inting) for netwo rk pr inting. In add ition, a fte r P TPP is in stalled, the syst em will automat ically search for all pr int se r vers on the network, and add the pr int in g port o f the print ser ve r s into W indows’...

  • Page 26: Administrator Installation And Setup

    Administrator Insta llation and Setup The Admin istrator In stallation can b e per for med on Window s 95/98SE/M e/NT/2000/X P/2003 with the sa me use r inter face. Be for e the in stallation, plea se ver ify that your netwo rk proto col is in stalled on your PC (TC P/IP, IPX and/or NetBEUI).
  • Page 27 3. The “Utilitie s Setup” w indow will be displ ayed. Click “Ne xt”. 4. Clic k “Next ” to in stall the utilitie s in the default folder or clic k “B rowse” to spe cify the destination folder where you would like to in stall the utilities.
  • Page 28 5. Select the component s you want to inst all. It is highl y recom mend ed to install all pro vided components. Click “Ne xt” to cont inue. 6. Specify the program folder where the pro gr a m icons will be add ed to, cl ic k “...
  • Page 29 7. The system will start in stall the ut ilit ie s automat ically.
  • Page 30 8. You ha ve co mplet ed the in stallation phase and prepa re to configu re the Print Ser ve r. The “Choose Pr int Ser ve r” will list all Pr int Ser ver s with in the networ k. Select the Print Ser ve r you would l ike to con figu re and cl ick “Next”.
  • Page 31 9. Specify a recognizabl e na me fo r the P rint S er ve r and clic k “Ne xt”. Specify the IP Addr ess for the Pr int S er ve r manu ally or click “N ext” to keep de fault IP Add ress, i.e. 192.168.2.2.
  • Page 32 The configuration sum mary is displayed in the window. Now, you ha ve completed th e “ Pr int Se r ver S etup”. Click “Fin ish ” and your system will add network po rt of the Pr int Se rve r to you r PC automat ically. The Ad ministrator In stallation procedu re is totally completed.
  • Page 33 The Adm in istrator Installat ion Progra m have e xe cuted the in stallation procedur e that perform s the followin g tasks: In stall util itie s dr ivers administrator ’ s PC . Configure the print se rver (including the pr int se r ver n ame and networ k p rotocol) Add the networ k po rt of the p rint ser ve r to the administrator ’...

  • Page 34: Administrator Utilities

    Administrator Utilities After Ad ministr ator Inst allation is complet ed, there will be fou r util itie s in p rint ser ver’ s Pro gr am folder. Networ k Port s Quic k Setup – Add the networ k ports of pr int ser ve rs within the network to your PC .

  • Page 35: Client Installation And Setup

    Clie nt Insta llation and Setup The C lient In stallation c an be performed on Windows 95/98SE/M e/NT/2000/XP/2003 with the sa me user interfa ce. Befo re the in stallation pro cedure, please con fir m that your PC has connected to the networ k and in stalled at lea st one network protocol.
  • Page 36 3. The “Utilitie s Setup” w indow will be displ ayed. Click “Ne xt”. 4. Clic k “Next ” to in stall the utilitie s in the default folder or clic k “B rowse” to spe cify the destination folder where you would like to in stall the utilities.
  • Page 37 5. Specify the program folder where the pro gr a m icons will be add ed to, cl ic k “ Ne xt”. 6. The system will start in stall the ut ilit ie s automat ically.
  • Page 38 7. Now, the installation procedure is co mpleted, you are re ad y to set up the cl ient’s computer. All netwo rk port s of the P rint S er ve r s detect ed on the network will be added to your PC automaticall y, clic k “Continue”.
  • Page 39 After th e inst allation, have co mplet ed followin g tasks: In stall all utilit ies and d r iver s to the client’ s PC. Add all the print server’ s netwo rk ports o f the network to the cl ient’ s PC. You can th en per for m the W indows’...

  • Page 40: Client Utilities

    Clie nt Utilities After Client Installation is completed, the re w ill be three tools in print se r ver’ s P rogra m fold er. Networ k Port s Quick Setup Remote Port s Unin stall Netwo rk Dr ive r The Uninstall Netwo rk Driver w ill assist you in re mo vin g all in stalled client so ftware.
  • Page 41 Durin g the cl ient’s in stallat ion pro cedur e, the system will automat ically sear ch for all pr int se rve rs on the network, and add the m into the print er port s of the cl ient’ s compute r ( se e below).

  • Page 42: Remote Ports (Utility)

    Please be a war e that N etwor k Ports Qu ick Setup Utilit y can onl y dete ct and con figur e all print ser ver s on the sa me network, it cannot search and configu re pr int ser ve rs on other subnet s across networ k se gm ent s.
  • Page 43 Step2. Enter pr int ser ver ’ s name, IP addr ess, select used po rts, and ent er LPR queue na me o f e ach port. Click “Ok”. Step3. Th e ne w re mote print po rt is d isplayed as follows.

  • Page 45: Windows Add Printer Procedure

    Window s Add Printer Proced ure After addin g a “Networ k Port” of the p rint ser ver to your PC b y Administrator or C lient In stallat ion Pro gr a m, you can follow the procedure d escribed b elow to add printe r to the Windows.
  • Page 46 Step4. S elect “Loc al print er atta ched to this compute r” and m ake sure that “ Automatic ally detect and install my Plu g and Pla y pr inte r” is not selected. C lic k “Ne xt”. Step5.
  • Page 47 Step6. S elect a suit able pr inter manufacture r and the printe r mod el and cl ic k “Ne xt”. If your pr inter is not in the l ist, cl ick “Have D isk… ” to inst all the drive r o f th e pr inter.
  • Page 48 Step8. Choose to print the test page o r not. It is recom mend ed to print a test pa ge. C l ic k “Ne xt”. Step9. You have added the pr inter to the PC suc ce ssfull y. The in fo r mation of the pr inter is displa yed in the windo ws.

  • Page 49: Windows Nt/2000/2003 Network

    W indow s NT/2000/ 2003 Net wo rk...

  • Page 50: System Architecture

    System Arc hitecture In Windows n etwor k environment, other than the Peer- to-Pe er n etwor k pr int ing a rch ite cture d escrib ed in the pre vious chapter, we al so offer the Ser ve r-B ased Print ing architecture for Windows NT/2000/2003 ser ver.

  • Page 51: Windows Nt/2000/2003 Server Installation And Setup

    Window s NT/2000/2003 Server Installatio n and Setup Please follow the procedur e s de scr ibed below for in stallation and construct a peer-to-p eer conn ect ion (P TPP) between Windows NT/2000/2003 Ser ver and Print Ser ver. Step1.
  • Page 52 Step3. Share the abo ve ser ver ’ s pr inter to the n etwor k by per form ing the standard Window s p rinter sharing p roc ess.

  • Page 53: User Installation And Setup

    User Installatio n and Setup After ser ve r side’ s installation is co mplet ed, cl ient side will be abl e to find the ser ve r’s sh ar ed pr inter in Networ k Neighbo rhood. You onl y need to per form W indow’ s stand ard Add New Printer proc edure, select “Network Printer”...

  • Page 54: Netware Network

    NetWare Net w ork...

  • Page 55: System Architecture

    System Arc hitecture We imple mented NetWar e printe r shar ing functionalit y into the print se r ver it self, thus allowin g on e or more printe rs attached by a print ser ver to be connected to the network.
  • Page 56 Pr inting perfo rm ance is enhan ced. Relie ve NetW ar e file se r ver’s bu rden. Relie ve th e need o f a wor kstat ion runn in g the re mote printer ut ility. Impro ve productivity b y loc atin g th e printe r near the wor kgroup.

  • Page 57: Netware 3.X/4.X/5.X Installation & Setup

    NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.x Insta llation & Setup Once your pr int ser ve r is conne cted to your Ethernet network, you can set it up for use with you r networking so ftw are. 5 .2 .1 Insta lla tion Using PCONS OLE 5.2.1.1 Configuring as Print Server Mode R un the NetWare PC ONSOLE pro gr am.
  • Page 58 You ha ve now succe ssfully c reated the print queue that your pr int ser ver w ill ser ve. Pre ss the Escape ke y unt il the Availabl e Options m ain menu is displayed. 7. Sele ct Print S er ve r In for mation. Press the In sert key to add a new NetWare p rint se rver object.
  • Page 59 Pr e ss E scape, and an swer Ye s to the S a ve Chan ges qu estion. Select Queue s S er vic ed b y P rinter, then select Pr inter 0 (or P rinter 1, Pr inter 2) and pre ss Enter. Pr e ss Insert and add your n ewly created pr int queue to th e l ist of qu eue s ser vic ed by th e printe r.
  • Page 60 Repeatedly pr ess E scape to e xit the PCONSO LE pro gra m. Reset the print ser ve r to have the chan ge s t a ke e ffect. NO TE : If the print server you ha ve is with mult iple printe r conne ctors, you may create multiple pr int queue s and printer ob je cts.

  • Page 61: Unix System Network

    UNIX S ystem Netw or k...

  • Page 62: Introduction

    Introd uction The print ser ver is a va ilable for TCP/ IP printing by Unix LPD ( Line Pr inter D ae mon) protocol. The LPD protocol originated w ith Unix r elease is ba sed on the B SD ve r sion of Un ix and supported under mo st versions of Unix.

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

    Enable Print Server’s TCP/IP S upport The default con figu rat ion of the p rint ser ver is w ith TC P/ IP support enabled. An yw ay, you can configur e the print ser ver enable TC P/ IP support using configurat ion progr am.

  • Page 64: Setup Print Server's Ip Address

    Setup Print Server’s IP Address The pr int serve r mu st have a unique IP addre ss in order to be recognized b y the network. You can set up the IP addre ss on the va rious Unix syste ms using an y one o f the follow in g m ethods: 1.
  • Page 65 se r vices b e fo re do ing th e follow in g BOOTP con figurat ion. To r ebu ild the N IS map, ple ase r efer to your system documentation. To con fi gure the IP addre ss data for the BOOTP ser ve r, you will need to log in the ho st of BOOTP ser ve r a s the supe ruser (root).
  • Page 66 For e xa mple, a print serve r w ith the following configurat ion : Node ID: 0000B4010101 (th is impl ies Ethernet addre ss is 0000B 4010101), IP add re ss: 203.66.191.12 The entr y for this print ser ver in the /et c/bootptab file should be: PS010101:\ :ht=1:\...

  • Page 67: Verify Print Server's Ip Address

    Verify Print Server’s IP Address To ve rify that your print ser ver is r e spond in g to the newly a ssign ed IP add re ss using a P ING comm and: ping ip-address...

  • Page 68: Configure Remote Lpd Printing On The Host

    Configure Remote LPD Printing on the Host The proc edur e you use to con figure you r Unix host(s) to allow printin g to your networ k remote pr int se rver var ie s between diffe rent va r iet ies o f Unix. Th e procedu re below can be u sed for Unix va r iant s that are relat ed to BSD Un ix, such as Sun OS o r Linux.
  • Page 69 mkdir /var/spool/lpd/pserverd chown daemon /var/spool/lpd/pserverd chgrp daemon /var/spool/lpd/pserverd chmod 775 /var/spool/lpd/pserverd 3. Add an entry to the host’ s /et c/pr intcap file, similar to the following: printer-name:\ :lp=:\ :rm=203.66.191.186:\ :rp=lpt1:\ :lf=/var/spool/lpd/pserverd.log:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/pserverd:\ :mx#0: Lines should be indented with tab s. M or e than one printe r name can be used, w ith var iant s sepa rated by ve rtical ba r s (na me1|n am e2).
  • Page 70 The pr int ser ver should now be available for print ing from your Un ix ho st.

  • Page 71: Configuration Utility

    Configur ation Utility...

  • Page 72: Introduction

    Introd uction This chapter introduces pr int ser ver ’s system configurat ion util ity in Window s environment. Th is utilit y is automaticall y installed durin g Window s Ad ministr ator Utilit y installat ion proc edure - r e fe r to sect ion 3.2 and 3.3. This util it y provide s th e most compl ete man agement and con figur ation fun ction s on the print ser ver side.
  • Page 73 Rendezvous: Allow configure Rendez vou s fun ction. SN MP Configuratio n: SNMP Informat ion Configuration. SMB : C on figure the SMB Group Nam e. Syste m C onfi guration : Pr int Ser ve r Networ k Abil ity Settin g and Firmwa re Up gr ade. W ireless Configu ration: W ir ele ss...

  • Page 74: Search For All Available Print Server

    Search for All Available Print Server Every time wh en you run print ser ve r’s configurat ion utilit y, click the “Search” icon on the tool ba r. The configurat ion utility will dela y for se ve r al se conds because the util ity is using syst e m’...

  • Page 75: Status Of Print Server

    Status of Print Server Clic k “Statu s” icon on the tool bar, the status of the current selected p rint ser ver will be showed on the r ight side o f the window. The in for mation of the p rint server displa yed a re MAC ID, Model Type, F ir mware V er sion, statu s o f e ach p rinter port, NetWar e file ser ve r name, NetWar e file ser ve r polling inter val, NetWare pr inte r queue n ame s, IP address, subnet...
  • Page 76 You can r estart the p rint ser ver b y pressin g the “R eboot” button...

  • Page 77: Setup The Print Server

    Setup the Print Server Clic k “S etup” icon on the tool b ar, the setup ite ms of th e cur rent sele cted pr int se r ver w ill be showed on the right side o f the window. Double clic k one o f the icon s to set up the selected print ser ve r.

  • Page 79: General Configuration

    General Configuratio n Double Clic k “Gen er al” icon Gene ral configurat ion window w ill pop-up. You can see b a sic print server infor mat ion in this pa ge. You also can con figure the “P rint Ser ve r Name ”, “SMB Group Name”, “User Na me”...

  • Page 80: Tcp/Ip Configuration

    TCP/IP Configuration Double C lic k “TC P/IP ” icon TCP/IP configurat ion window w ill pop-up. You can confi gure the pr int serve r to automaticall y get IP from DHC P ser ve r or manuall y spe cify stat ic IP. The print serve r al so ha s a built- in DHCP ser ve r.
  • Page 81 Clic k the “ IP” button to enter the IP setting pa ge . If you n eed the pr int server to automaticall y get an IP from DHC P ser ver, select “Auto IP”. You also c an select “ Static IP”...

  • Page 82: Netware Print Server Configuration

    Netw are Print Server Configuration Double Click “NetWar e” icon NetWare configurat ion window w ill pop-up. This print ser ve r suppo rts NetWare Binder y Print ing method. The pr int server periodic ally polls the NetWare se r ver printe r queu es for p rintin g job s. You h ave to a ssign the NetWa re ser ve r nam e, print se r ver poll in g inte rval and the name o f queue on the NetWare ser ver for each p rinter port.
  • Page 83 NetW are Server is the nam e of the NetWare file se r ver th at provide s printer qu eues.

  • Page 84: Appletalk Configuration

    App leTalk Co nfig uratio n Double Click “ Apple Tal k” icon and the Appl eTal k configurat ion window w ill pop-up. Apple Tal k is a d ata commun ic ation protocol often u sed by Mac intosh es. The pr int se rver can u se the se parameter s to jo in the AppleTalk networ k and sh are the p rint er to other Apple Talk wor kst ation s.

  • Page 85: Rendezvous Configuration

    Rendezvous Co nfig uration Rendezvous en ables autom atically discover y compute rs, de vice s and ser vic es on IP networ k. Th e service name will be seen b y users on IP n etwork, you ha ve to designate the unique and friendl y name to de scrib e the de vice.

  • Page 86: Snmp Configuration

    7.10 SNMP Configuratio n Double C lic k “ SNMP ” icon S NMP configurat ion window w ill pop up. Contact: You can ent er the pr int se r ver administr ator’ s contact in format ion here. This informat ion will...

  • Page 87: Smb Configuration

    7.11 SMB Co nfig uratio n SMB Group Name, the na me o f SMB group that this print ser ve r belongs to. All PC should join the same group be for e the y c an use this print ser ve r b y SMB protocol.

  • Page 88: 7.12 Sy Stem Configuration

    7.12 Sy stem Configuration Double C lic k “S ystem” icon S ystem configurat ion window w ill pop-up. In the S ystem con figur ation pa ge, you can select to enable/d isable ea ch pr int in g or m anage ment protocol, assign na me for each pr inter port of this pr int ser ver, up gr ade the ne w firmwa re fo r this pr int ser ver, and enable/d isable w ir ele ss fun ction.
  • Page 89 Upgra de Firmware: You can u se th is “ Up grade Firmwar e” tool to update the n ewest fir mwa re o f the pr int se r ver. Click “ ” button and select the correct fir mw are in your PC.
  • Page 90 Country setting is for you to set the available ch annel s accordin g to your location.

  • Page 91: Wireless Configuration(Wireless Version Only)

    7.13 Wireless Co nfiguration If you want to use the print serve r throu gh wireless LA N, plea se set up the print serve r throu gh Ethe rnet first and ma ke sure your wir ele ss LAN settin g is co rre ct. After settin g the wirele ss LA N, unplug the Ethernet c able and re start the pr int se rve r, then you c an start to u se the pr int se r ver through wir ele ss LAN.
  • Page 92 If you u se access point to bu ild up w irele ss network, you ha ve to select “ In fra structur e Mode”. If you do not ha ve any a cce ss point and want to use p eer -to-peer connect ion to bu ild up w ireless network, you ha ve to select “Ad-Ho c Mode”.
  • Page 93 The list is the sc anned a va ilable ac ce ss point s. Select an ac ce ss po int in the l ist and clic k “Next”. If you cannot find the ac ce ss point that you w ant to use, clic k “Scan” to let the print ser ver scan aga in.
  • Page 94 In the Ad- Hoc mode, you c an let the print ser ve r automat ically a ssociat e with other w ir ele ss station or manu ally a ssign the SS ID o f your w ir ele ss network. You can let the pr int ser ve r automaticall y select the channel that is the sa me with the p ee r or manually assign a channel.
  • Page 95 This print ser ver support s WEP and WPA-P SK secur it y mode. If you want to use WEP en cr yption to prot ect your wir eless networ k, you ha ve to select “WE P(ASC II)” or “WEP(HEX)”.
  • Page 96 You can sele ct “64 bit” or “128 bit” len gth and “Hexadecimal ” or “A SC II” format fo r the encr yption key. Longer ke y l ength can pro vide stronger se cur it y but worth commun ic ation per fo rmanc e.
  • Page 97 W PA-share d ke y S ec urit y Mode: When “ WPA- shared ke y”, al so named “WPA- PS K” requires u ser s to sel ect the advanced enc r yption methods, i.e. TKIP o r AE S and enter a set of shared key. TKIP –...
  • Page 98 You can sele ct to let the pr int server automat icall y obtain IP sett in gs with DHCP cl ient or manuall y a ssign the IP settin gs. If you manually assign the IP settin gs, you ha ve to enter IP addre ss, subnet ma sk and d efault gatewa y addre ss.
  • Page 99 Clic k “Sa ve ” to save the wirel e ss configur ation.

  • Page 100: Wizard

    7.14 Wizard Clic k “Wizard” icon on the tool bar, the setup wizard ite m of the current selected p r int ser ver w ill be show ed on the r ight side of the w indow. Double clic k the “Print Ser ver Setup Wiz ard” the setup wizard will guide you throu gh all the setup process.
  • Page 101 Step 1 : Set up the name of th is pr int serve r, SMB Group Name and the port n am e for the pr int server. Step 2: Select to enable r equired p rint in g protocol. Please refer to section 7.12 for d eta il information.
  • Page 102 Step 3 : S etup the IP o f this pr int serve r and the DHCP se r ver. Ple ase r e fe r to sect ion 7.6 for detail in for mation. Step 4 : Setup the NetW are printin g. Plea se re fer to se ction 7.7 for det ail information.
  • Page 103 Step 5 : Sele ct the W ireless Adapt er mode and complete wir eless LAN settings. Th e other pro cedu res a re the sa me with “W irele ss” S etting in “Setup” screen. Ple a se re fer to se ction 7.13 for det ail in fo rmation.

  • Page 104: Report

    7.15 Report Clic k “R eport ” icon on the tool bar, the R eport window will pop up. The r eport l ists basic infor mat ion o f all a va ilabl e pr int se r vers on the network. The in for mation include s Device Name, MAC ID, M odel Type, F irmwa re Version and Status of print ser ve r.

  • Page 105: Web Management

    Web M anagem ent...

  • Page 106: Introduction

    Introd uction Print ser ve r can be con figur ed and mana ged on the Web. Throu gh Local Area Networ k, or e ve n Internet, administrator can e asily con figure and mana ge pr int se r ver’ s va rious main functions in b row sers. Simply enter print ser ve r’...

  • Page 107: Login

    Login You may u se any W eb B rowser to r eview the status or configure the settin gs of the print ser ver. A fter enterin g the IP addr ess o f the pr int serve r, a login pa ge display. You ha ve to enter correct “U ser Na me”...

  • Page 108: Device Status

    Device Status 8 .3 .1 Sy stem S ystem Infor mation includes “Devic e Name”, “Pr int Ser ve r Nam e”, “Mod el Typ e”, “ Syste m Tim e”, “F irmware Ver sion ”, “MAC Addr ess”, and the protocol s enabled statu s, etc.

  • Page 109: Printer

    8 .3 .2 Printer This p age list s in fo rmation of pr inters conn ected to all printe r port s.

  • Page 110: Tcp/Ip

    8 .3 .3 TCP/IP This page l ist s all TC P/ IP sett in gs of the print ser ve r includin g “ IP Address”, “ Subnet Ma sk” and “Gatewa y”. It also l ists D HCP se r ver setting.

  • Page 111: Smb

    8 .3.4 SM B This page list s the SMB group sett ing o f the print se r ver.

  • Page 112: Snmp

    8 .3.5 SNM P This page list s the SNM P sett ings o f the p rint ser ver. It include s the settings of “ SNM P S ystem Contact” and “SNM P Syste m Lo cat ion”.

  • Page 113: Netware

    8 .3.6 Ne tWare This page list s NetWar e sett ings, in cludin g “Polling Time ”, “Use Bindery Mode ”, “Name o f the File Ser ve r” and “Port Atta ched Qu eue ”.

  • Page 114: Appletalk

    8 .3.7 Apple Talk This pa ge lists Apple Tal k settings, includ ing “AppleTal k Zon e Na me ” and “ Pr inter Type” of pr inter s connected to all print port s.

  • Page 115: Rendezvous

    8 .3.8 Re ndezvous This p age l ists Rende zvou s sett in gs, includin g “Port Ser vice Name” o f each port.

  • Page 116: Setup Wizard

    Setup Wizard 8 .4 .1 Sy stem You can ch ange the print ser ve r n am e and port na me o f the print se rver fro m he re. Print Serv er Name, the name of the print ser ver. You can use this name to identify the print ser ver when you are se archin g for the print se rver by the ad min ist rat ion and client ut ilit ie s.

  • Page 117: Admin Password

    8 .4 .1.1 Adm in Passw ord It allows you to change the password o f the pr int se r ver. USER Name, the administr ator name of the pr int se r ver. If you chan ge th e user name, you ha ve to lo gin to print ser ver from...

  • Page 118: Advanced Settings

    8 .4 .1.2 Advance d Se ttings You can enabl e/disabl e the print ing protocol s fro m the sc reen. To en able the function, plea se select “Enable”; to disable the funct ion, please sele ct “Disable ”.

  • Page 119: Wireless

    8 .4 .2 Wire le ss If you w ant to use the pr int ser ve r throu gh wireless LA N, plea se set up the print serve r throu gh Ethe rnet first and ma ke sure your wir ele ss LAN settin g is co rre ct. After settin g the wirele ss LA N, unplug the Ethernet c able and re start the pr int se rve r, then you c an start to u se the pr int se r ver through wir ele ss LAN.
  • Page 120 Mode is the operat ion mode of wireless stat ion. You can choose ethe r “ Ad Ho c” or “ Infrastru cture ” mode. If you do not have any ac ce ss po int and want to use p eer -to-peer connect ion, you h ave to choose “Ad Hoc”...

  • Page 121: Site Survey

    8 .4 .2.1 S ite S urvey You c an use this “ Sit e Sur vey” funct ion to sear ch for available a ccess points in you locat ion. In the list is the in for mation of all ava ilable acc ess point s or wireless stations, in clude s SSID, BS SID, Ch annel, Type, Encr ypt ion and S ignal Stren gth.

  • Page 122: Encryption

    8 .4 .2.2 E nc ry ption This print ser ver support s WEP and WPA-P SK secur it y mode. If you want to use WEP en cr yption to prot ect your wir eless networ k, you ha ve to sele ct “WEP”. If you w ant to use WPA-PSK, you have to sele ct “WPA- sha red ke y”.
  • Page 123 Key Format – You may select to use ASCII Characters (alphanumeric format) or Hexadecimal digits (in the "A-F", "a-f" and "0-9" range) to be the WEP Key. PassPhrase – A passphrase simplifies the WEP encryption process by automatically generating the WEP encryption keys for the print server.
  • Page 124 W PA-share d ke y S ec urit y Mode: When “ WPA- shared ke y”, al so named “WPA- PS K” requires u ser s to select one o f the ad va nc ed encr ypt ion methods, i.e. TK IP or AES and ent er a set o f shar ed ke y. TKIP –...

  • Page 125: Tcp/Ip

    network. If “Hex” is selected, please enter 64 digits of Hex code which should be “0-9” and “A-F”. Pre-Shared Key – The “Pre-Shared Key” is different from the key format selection. Please see above description. When you finish con figur ing the w ireless secur ity, click “S ave &...

  • Page 126: Smb

    If you n eed th e print ser ve r to automatic ally get an IP from DHC P ser ver, sele ct “Enable Obta in TC P/ IP Settings Automat ic ally (Use DHCP/ B OOTP) ”. You also c an select “Disable U se the followin g TC P/ IP Settin gs”...

  • Page 127: Snmp

    You can en able/d isable the SM B protocol from h ere. If SMB is en abled, ente r the “ SMB Group N ame” to spec ify the SMB group that th is pr int ser ve r belon gs to. All PC should join the sa me gr oup befor e they can use this pr int se r ver b y SMB protocol.

  • Page 128: Netware

    SNMP S yst em L ocation: You c an enter th e installed location o f the print se r ver h er e. This info rm ation w ill be displa yed in the SNM P managem ent tool. 8 .4 .6 Ne tWa re This print ser ve r suppo rts NetWare Binder y Print ing...

  • Page 129: Appletalk

    Name of the File Server is the na me o f the NetWar e file ser ver that pro vides pr inte r queue s. Attac he d Q ueue is the na me of the printer queue on the NetWa re serve r. The pr inte r queue keep s all print ing job s wa itin g on the NetWa re serve r.

  • Page 130: Rendezvous

    Appl eTalk Enable : Enable or disable “Appl eTal k”. Appl eTalk Zo ne N ame: Pr int ser ve r has to jo in zones of AppleTalk be fore it c an be shared to other workst ations. Only workstat ions in the sa me zone c an share the p rint er. If you want to sh ar e the pr inter to all wor kst ation s in all Zones, you should enter onl y “*”...

  • Page 131: Save Settings

    The se rvice na me will be seen by user s on IP network, you ha ve to de signate the uniqu e and fr iendl y na me to descr ibe the d evice. 8 .4 .9 Sa ve S ettings You can cl ick the “...

  • Page 132: System Tools

    System Tools 8 .5 .1 Load Default You c an u se this page to re store the fa ctor y d efault settin gs. All of your pre vious setup will be cle ared.

  • Page 133: Upgrade Firmware From Browser

    8 .5 .2 Upgrade Firmw are from Brow ser You can up grade ne w fir mwar e for this p rint ser ve r in this page. Clic k “Browse” to sele ct the n ew firmware in your stora ge and then click “OK ”, the firmwa re w ill be updated in se ver al minutes.

  • Page 134: Backup Setting

    8 .5 .3 Ba ck up Setting To ba ckup the pr int ser ve r sett in g to a “ con fig.b in” file, select “Bac kup settin gs fro m Pr int S erver”. To appl y the setting from the backup file, select “Re store settings from fil e”...

  • Page 135: Telnet Management

    Teln et M anag ement...

  • Page 136: 9.1 Introductio N

    9.1 Introductio n Print ser ver c an be configur ed and mana ged b y Telnet. Throu gh Local Ar ea Networ k, even Internet, administrator can e asily con figure and mana ge pr int se r ver’ s various ma in function s by a telnet cl ient.

  • Page 137: 9.2 Login

    9.2 Login Execute the Telnet cl ient tool and connect to the pr int se r ver IP. telnet 192.168.2.2 Then you will b e prompted to enter th e use rname and password. After you suc cessfull y ent er the co rre ct use rname and password, the following p rompt w ill be displayed and you can start to manage this print ser ve r b y com mand.

  • Page 138: 9.3 Get Setting Values - "Get" Command

    9.3 Get Setting Values – “get” Command “ get” co mm and is u sed to get the setting value s o f this print se r ver. Th e form at of “get ” co mmand is a s followin g: get ar gument Then the ar gu ment value will be displa yed a ft er the command.
  • Page 139 Argument Description Example Channel number used by admin# get channel channel wireless LAN CHANNEL=11 The mode of WEP admin# get wep 0: disable WEP=0 1: 64 bit WEP enabled 2: 128 bit WEP enabled Default WEP key number admin# get defkey defkey 0: key 1 WEP_DEFAULT_KEY=0...
  • Page 140 Argument Description Example The name of the SMB group admin# get SMBDG SMBDG name that this print SMBD_NAME=’default’ server joins to The administrator contact admin# get SNMPC SNMPC information of this print SNMP_CONTACT=’sbdjohn@hot server for SNMP mail.com’ The installed location of admin# get SNMPL SNMPL this print server for...

  • Page 141: 9.4 Modify Setting Values - "Set" Command

    9.4 Modify Setting Values – “set” Command “set” comm and is u sed to mod ify the sett in g valu es o f this print se rver. The format o f “set” co mmand is a s followin g: set ar gument_name va lue Then the value will be written into the system configurat ion.
  • Page 142 Argument Description Example Channel number used by set channel 11 channel wireless LAN. The value should be 1~14. The mode of WEP. set wep disable The value should be “disable”, “wep64” or “wep128” Default WEP key number. set defkey 0 defkey The value should be 0~3.
  • Page 143 Argument Description Example The type of the printer set printertype1 LaserW printertype1 attached to this print riter server The name of the SMB group set SMBDG default SMBDG name that this print server joins to The administrator contact set SNMPC sbdjohn@hotm SNMPC information of this print ail.com...

  • Page 144: 9.5 Other Commands

    9.5 Other Commands 9 .5 .1 ipconfig “ip con fig” co mmand is used to quickl y get the IP settin gs ( IP, subn et ma sk, default gate wa y) o f the pr int se r ver: adm in# ipconfig IP_AD DR=192.168.2.2 SUBNET_M ASK =255.255.255.0...
  • Page 145 set ar gument value get ar gument ipconfig reboot exit...

  • Page 146: Ipp Printing

    IP P Printing...

  • Page 147: Introduction

    10.1 Introd uction IPP ( Int ernet Pr int in g P rotocol) Printin g pro vide s a convenient way of re mote pr int ing service by TCP/IP. The print serve r can suppo rt IP P pr inting b y de fault. It is needless to do any sett ing.

  • Page 148: System Setup

    10.2 System Setup 1 0.2.1 Print Server Side It is n eedle ss to do any sett ing on the print ser ve r side. Make su re the print ser ve r has corr ect IP settings. If you want to share the printer s to Int ernet users, you ha ve to set a real IP to the print server.
  • Page 149 Step3. The “Add Print er Wizard ” is displa yed. Click “Ne xt”. Step4. S elect “A networ k printer, o r a pr inter attached to anoth er co mpute r”. Clic k “Ne xt”.
  • Page 150 Step5. Sele ct “C onnect to a printer on the Internet or on a home or o ffice networ k” and ente r the UR L of pr int ser ver. The UR L format is “http://IP :631/Po rt Name”. The IP should be the print serve r’...
  • Page 151 Step6. S elect a suit able pr inter manufacture r and the printe r mod el and cl ic k “Ne xt”. If your pr inter is not in the l ist, cl ick “Have D isk… ” to inst all the drive r o f th e pr inter.
  • Page 152 Step8. You have added the networ k pr inter to the PC suc ce ssfull y. The in fo r mation of the pr inter is displa yed in the windo ws. C lic k “Finish”.

  • Page 153: Windows Xp Sp2 Setup

    W indow s XP S P 2 S etup In Windows X P SP2, XP SP2’s firewall would block the unknown co mmun ications. This pr int serve r has allowed the commun icat ions data pa ssed throu gh the XP SP2’ s fir ew all.
  • Page 154 Step3. S elect “Ad van ced ” tab and clic k “ Settings… ”. Step4. S elect “E xc eption s” tab and click “Add Pro gr am… ”.
  • Page 155 Step5. Clic k “B rowse ” to add a new pro gra m.
  • Page 156 Step6. Open the “NPUt il” file from “C :\Pro gr am Fil es\Pr intS er ver Ut ilit ie s” (where C :\ is the system dr ive).
  • Page 157 Step7. A new progra m “Networ k Ports Quic k Setup” is displa yed in the l ist, clic k “Ok”. Step8. Clic k “O k”. You ha ve co mpleted the setting. The W indows XP S P2 will allow the inco min g networ k connect ions activat ed by the pro gra m.

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