If you would like to set up and install PrintSir quickly, please refer to the Quick Installation Guide that comes along with this PrintSir. 1.2 Product Models Model GP-10P GP-10PC Hardware Size Pocket Pocket...
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User's Manual Network UTP/BNC Connector Bi-Directional Yes Flash Memory 512K 512K Size Network LED Yes Status LED Firmware Upgrade Power-On- Self-Test Network Protocol Support IPX/SPX TCP/IP NetBEUI Network Environment Windows Peer-to-Peer Printing Windows Server-Based Printing NetWare Bindary Mode Printing NetWare NDS Mode Printing NetWare Remote...
Language EnglishChinese EnglishChinese EnglishChinese EnglishChinese EnglishChinese EnglishChinese EnglishChinese CD-ROM 1.3 Product Package This package contains the following components: PrintSir Print Server x 1 Power Adapter x 1 CD x 1 Quick Installation Guide x 1 1.4 Network Printing Architecture This section illustrates how PrintSir functions and operates on the network.
D e t a i l e d e x a m p l e s w i l l t h e n b e i l l u s t r a t e d t h r o u g h a c t u a l n e t w o r k environment. 1.4.1 Print Server Network Functions Because PrintSir supports IPX, TCP/IP, and NetBEUI network protocols, any networked computer can directly print to the print server from any of its installed protocol.
Windows 98 Workstation Our print server system provides PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) driver and utilities for Windows 95/98/NT/2000 u s e r s . P T P P ( P e e r - t o - P e e r P r i n t i n g ) s u p p o r t s I P X , TCP/IP, and NetBEUI protocols.
User's Manual In the client installation procedure, after PTPP (Peer-to- P e e r P r i n t i n g D r i v e r ) i s i n s t a l l e d i n t o W i n d o w s , t h e system will automatically (manual configuration is also allowed) search through all the PrintSir print servers on t h e n e t w o r k , a n d t h e n a d d t h e i r p r i n t i n g p o r t s i n t o...
I P X , T C P / I P , a n d N e t B E U I p r o t o c o l s , w h e n printing, the PTPP driver will automatically search and match up the protocol for both client and print server’s sides.
User's Manual Windows NT/2000 Network Windows 98 Windows 2000 NetWare Network (see below) Windows 98 Network printing function will become available after PTPP driver is installed into Windows NT/2000. Adding this printing function into Windows NT/2000 Server allows print queue, user authority management, and many other advanced features to be used.
User's Manual Windows 2000 1.6 Contents of the User’s Manual Chapter 2 explains PrintSir’s hardware installation and configuration. It is strongly recommended for you to read. The following chapters 3, 4, 5, and 6 introduces: Chapter 3. Windows Peer-to-Peer Network Chapter 4.
User's Manual 1.7 Firmware & Printing Function In order to provide a complete network printing solution, PrintSir supports Multiple Feature Sets function for users to select the appropriate P r i n t i n g F e a t u r e S e t t o u s e d e p e n d i n g o n i n d i v i d u a l ’ s p r i n t i n g requirement.
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User's Manual NetWare NDS / Remote Printer and other printing functions; however, it will not support NetBEUI, Email Printing and other Standard Feature Set’s special functions.
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The Status LED will flash 6 times to indicate that the print server is ready. NOTE1: MUST use the power adapter shipped with the print server, do NOT use any other power adapter from any sources. NOTE2: To prevent the compatibility problem between PrintSir and a few printers, it is...
User's Manual 3 . W i n d o w s P e e r - t o - P e e r N e t w o r k 3.1 System Architecture PrintSir supports Windows Peer-to-Peer network printing mode, w h i c h i s s u i t ab l e f o r mo s t med i u m and small network environments.
PC (TCP/IP, IPX and/or NetBEUI). It will be helpful in your installation process. 1. Insert the CD shipped along with the print server into your CD-ROM drive. The Autorun.exe program should be executed automatically by Windows.
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User's Manual 3. Click “Administrator Installation” and the “Utilities Setup” window will be displayed. 4. Click “Next”, and specify the destination folder where the utilities will be installed. 5. Click “Next”, and select the components you want to install. It is highly recommended to install all provided components.
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8. In a while, the program will finish installing all the utilities and drivers you selected. Thus far you have completed the installation phase and prepare to configure the Print Server. Click “Next”, and the “Choose Print Server” dialog box will be displayed as following.
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User's Manual NOTE: If this is the first time you configure the print server, the “Print Server Name” is the same as the “Device Name” printed at the rear side of the print server. 9. Click “Next”, and the “Name the print Server” dialog box will be displayed as...
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11. Click “Next”, and the configuration summary is displayed in the window. Now, you have completed the “Print Server Setup”. By clicking “Next”, your system will perform “Add network port” of the print server to your PC. 12. Finally, the “Installation complete” window is displayed to indicate that the Administrator Installation procedure is finished.
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User's Manual Now, you have completed the administrator’s setup for most of t h e n e t w o r k e n v i r o n m e n t . Y o u c a n t h e n p e r f o r m t h e “ C l i e n t I n s t a l l a t i o n”...
User's Manual Step5. Choose the “Print Server’s Network Port” which was created by the administrator installation process and click “Next”. Step6. Complete the rest of the questions to finish the network printer setup. 3.3 Administrator Utilities A f t e r A d m i n i s t r a t o r I n s t a l l a t i o n i s c o m p l e t e d , t h e r e w i l l b e s i x...
User's Manual Network Ports Quick Setup Remote Ports NetWare Quick Setup PrintSir Configuration Uninstall WebDESK Administrator 3.4 Client Installation and Setup T h e C l i e n t I n s t a l l a t i o n c a n b e p e r f o r m e d o n W i n d o w s 95/98/Me/NT/2000 with the same user interface.
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User's Manual 1. Insert the CD shipped along with the print server into your CD-ROM drive. The Autorun.exe program should be executed automatically by Windows. If not, run Autorun.exe manually from CD-ROM drive’s root directory. 2 . T h e " I n s t a l l a t i o n M a n a g e r " w i l l b e d i s p l a y e d o n t h e s c r e e n a s following.
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User's Manual 5. Click “Next”, and specify the program folder where the program icons will be added. 6. Click “Next” to start installation. 7. Now, the installation procedure is completed, and the next step is to set up the client’s computer. Click “Continue”, and all the print server’s network ports detected on the network will be added to your...
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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 network ports of the network to the client’s PC. Y o u c a n t h e n p e r f o r m t h e W i n d o w s ’ s t a n d a r d “ A d d P r i n t e r ”...
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User's Manual Step3. Select “Local printer” => click “Next”. Step4. Select the suitable printer manufacturer and model, then click “Next”. Step5. Choose the “Print Server’s Network Port” which has been created in the client installation process and then click “Next”.
User's Manual Step6. Complete the rest of the questions to finish the network printer setup. 3.5 Client Utilities After Client Installation is completed, there will be three tools in PrintSir’s Program folder (see below). Network Ports Quick Setup Remote Ports Uninstall Network Driver The Uninstall Network Driver will assist you in removing all installed client software.
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Network Ports Quick Setup Utility offers a very simple method to add or remove print server’s printer port from the client’s computer. D u r i n g t h e c l i e n t ’ s i n s t a l l a t i o n p r o c e d u r e , t h e s y s t e m w i l l automatically search for all PrintSir print servers on the network, and add them into the printer ports of the client’s computer.
User's Manual Please be aware that Network Ports Quick Setup Utility can only detect and configure all PrintSir 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) PrintSir print servers.
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User's Manual Step2. Press Add, then enter the print server’s name, IP address, and Step3. Press OK to add the remote printer port into your computer’s In order to use the remote pr inting function, you will have to proceed with normal Add Printer procedure and select your printer port as the newly added remote printer port.
Windows 98 Windows 2000 4.2 Windows NT/2000 Server Installation and Setup Please follow the procedures described below for installation and construct a peer-to-peer connection (PTPP) between Windows NT/2000 Server and PrintSir Print Server. Print Queue Windows NT Server TCP/IP * TCP/IP...
User's Manual Step1. If this is your first time installing PrintSir print server, please install the administrator software on Windows NT/2000 server first. Refer to section 3.2 for installation instructions. If your network has already installed a working PrintSir print server and your Windows NT/2000 server has not yet installed PrintSir PTPP driver, please install the client software.
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User's Manual Windows 2000 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 “ N e t w o r k P r i n t e r ” s h o w n i n t h e s c r e e n b e l o w , a n d c o m p l e t e t h e configurations afterwards to access the shared printer.
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NetWare server. A user first prints a job at a workstation, the job is routed to a NetWare server, the NetWare server stores the job in a print queue, then the print server gets the print job from the queue to printers.
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Summarize the comparison between a print server and a remote printer as...
PrintSir as Printer Server mode; it cannot be used to configure the PrintSir as Remote Printer mode. It handles changing the PrintSir’s internal settings, the creation of NetWare print server and print queue objects on the file server, and the assignment of the print server to the queue.
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User's Manual To use this method, 1. Log into your NetWare server as SUPERVISOR. 2. Insert the CD-ROM included with the PrintSir, and change to the appropriate drive and directory. Ex. e:\dosutil\ 3. Run the INSTALL program 4 . S e l e c t y o u r n e w P r i n t S i r f r o m t h e d i s p l a y e d l i s t a n d p r e s s Enter.
PrintSir. Printer 0 (or Printer 1, Printer 2) on the print server is serving the new print queue(s). The print queue(s) and print server have the right permissions and notification settings.
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2 . R u n t h e P S E T U P p r o g r a m i n c l u d e d o n t h e C D - R O M . ( E x . e:\dosutil\psetup.exe ) 3. Select your new PrintSir from the list provided. 4. Choose NetWare Configuration from the menu. 5. Select Print server in the Printing mode field.
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14. You have now successfully created the print queue that your PrintSir will serve. Press the Escape key until the Available Options main menu is displayed. 15. Select Print Server Information. 16. Press the Insert key to add a new NetWare print server object.
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User's Manual The print server name can be identical to the PSxxxxxx name printed on the label of the PrintSir, or you can use an alias name you have assigned using PSETUP. 17. Press Enter to select the newly created print server.
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P r i n t S i r . F o r m o r e d e t a i l e d i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t PCONSOLE, please refer to NetWare’s manual. You can set up the NetWare print server and print queue objects by following the steps below: 1.
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NetWare print server will serve. Press the Escape key until the Available Options main menu is displayed. 7. Select Print Server Information. 8. Press the Insert key to add a new NetWare print server. 9. Press Enter to select the newly created print server. 10. Select Print Server Configuration.
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PrintSir configured as a remote printer can connect to that print server and service the print jobs. To load t h e N e t W a r e p r i n t s e r v e r , t y p e “ L O A D P S E R V E R . N L M PrintServer”...
4. Choose NetWare Configuration from the menu. 5. Select Remote Printer in the Printing mode field. 6. Type the print server‘s name in the Print server field. The print server will be serviced by the PrintSir that is being configured as a remote printer now.
User's Manual How NetWare 4.x/5.x is Different Novell NetWare version 3.x uses a database called the bindery for s t o r i n g i n f o r m a t i o n s u c h a s u s e r a n d g r o u p i n f o r m a t i o n , s e r v e r configuration, and information about network services.
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User's Manual 1. Log in to your NetWare server as ADMIN. 2 . I n s e r t t h e C D - R O M a n d c h a n g e t o t h e a p p r o p r i a t e d r i v e a n d directory.
2. Run the PSETUP program included on the PrintSir CD-ROM. (ex. e:\dosutil\psetup.exe) 3. Select your new PrintSir from the list provided. 4. Choose NetWare Configuration from the menu. 5. Select Print server in the Printing mode field. 6. Change Alias name if you want.
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11. Choose Quick Setup from the menu. 12. Enter the PrintSir name (either the PSxxxxxx name or an alias name you have assigned) in the Print server field. 13. Assign printer and print queue names. set a Primary file server, as that would force the...
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5.3.2.2 Configuring as Remote Printer Mode This remote printer feature is not available for the 10/100Mbps 3-port PrintSir models. Make sure that you have created the NetWare print server with Type Remote using PCONSOLE utility before you configure the PrintSir. For more detailed information about PCONSOLE, please refer to NetWare‘s manual.
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You must load NetWare print server on the NetWare file server so that the PrintSir configured as a remote printer can connect to that print server and service the print jobs. To load the NetWare print server, type “LOAD PSERVER.NLM PrintServer” command at the system console of the NetWare file server, where PrintServer is the print server name newly created by the PCONSOLE program.
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4. Choose NetWare Configuration from the menu. 5. Select Remote Printer in the Printing mode field. 6. Type the print server‘s name in the Print server field. The print server will be serviced by the PrintSir that is being configured as a remote printer now.
User's Manual 6 . U N I X S y s t e m N e t w o r k 6.1 Introduction T h e P r i n t S i r i s a v a i l a b l e f o r T C P / I P p r i n t i n g b y U n i x l p d ( L i n e Printer Daemon) protocol.
User's Manual 6.3 Setup PrintSir’s IP Address The PrintSir 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.
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User's Manual ping 203.66.191.12 A t t h e m e a n t i m e , P r i n t S i r ’ s I P w i l l “ t e m p o r a r i l y ” b e s e t t o 203.66.191.12 (will restore after reboot).
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User's Manual Lines should be indented with tabs. Where hostname is the device name of a PrintSir, the ht=1 tag s p ecif ies the hardware type is Ethernet, the ha= tag specifies the Ethernet address of a PrintSir, which is the Node ID located on the PrintSir.
BSD Unix, such as SunOS or Linux. For other versions of Unix, consult your system documentation, keeping in mind that: 1. The PrintSir should be treated as a BSD networked print server host. 2. The host name should be the name (or IP address) that you have assigned to the PrintSir.
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User's Manual 3. The printer name (or queue name) on the remote host should be lpt1, lpt2 or lpt3, the name of the parallel port on the PrintSir. You will need to perform the tasks below, logged in as the superuser (root).
User's Manual Lines should be indented with tabs. More than one printer name can be used, with variants separated by vertical bars (name1|name2). The rm= entry should correspond to the IP address you have assigned to the PrintSir. You can also use a host name if you have assigned one in the /etc/hosts file.
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PrintSir Status : PrintSir Network Status Printer Status : Attached Printer Status IP Cfg : IP Address Configuration NW PS Cfg : NetWare Print Server Configuration NW RP Cfg : NetWare Remote Printer Configuration NW Information : NetWare Printing Summary...
User's Manual Upgrade : Firmware Upgrade / Update DHCP Cfg : DHCP Server Configuration DHCP Information : DHCP Information Mail Print Cfg : Email Printing Setting SNMP Cfg : SNMP Parameter Setting We will explain each function separately in the following section. 7.2 General - General Information of PrintSir Every time when you run PrintSir’s configuration utility, the system will initially delay for several seconds because the utility is using...
User's Manual 7.3 PrintSir Status - PrintSir Network Status The PrintSir Status page displays the network ability and status of the PrintSir in detail. 7.4 Printer Status - Attached Printer Status The Printer Status page displays the printer status for each port. 7.5 IP Cfg - IP Address Configuration...
The operation mode, which determines how the PrintSir logins to the network between Bindery mode and NDS mode. The primary file server where the NetWare print server object is located, or the print server’s NDS tree and context. The remote printer, which determines if the PrintSir works at remote printer mode.
User's Manual The Write button: save the configuration to the PrintSir. The Reset button: reset the PrintSir to let the changes take effect. 7.7 NW RP Cfg - NetWare Remote Printer Configuration The NW RP Cfg page allows you to set: T h e P r i n t S e r v e r , w h i c h w i l l b e s e r v i c e d b y t h e P r i n t S i r configured as a remote printer.
User's Manual 7.9 PrintSir Cfg - PrintSir Network Ability Setting The PrintSir Cfg page allows you to set: T h e D i a g n o s t i c P r i n t o u t , w h i c h d e t e r mi n e s w h e t h e r o r n o t a diagnostic printout should be printed on the printer to which the PrintSir is connected.
User's Manual The Restore Default page allows you to erase all of the PrintSir’s settings and restore them to the default settings the PrintSir had when it was shipped from the factory. The Restore button: save the default configuration displayed in this page to the PrintSir.
User's Manual an upgrade, Make sure the updated PSxxROM.BIN (depending on your model) file is stored in your computer or CD-ROM. Choose the updated firmware in File Name field. For example, <CD Driver>\FLASHROM\<Model Name>\PSxxROM.BIN Choose the suitable Feature Set (“Standard Feature Set - Type 1” or “NetWare Enhancement Feature Set –...
User's Manual IP Address: specifies the IP address of PrintSir itself. S t a r t i n g I P: specifies the starting IP ad d ress for assigning to DHCP clients. IP range: specifies how many IP addresses are available to DHCP clients.
User's Manual Next available IP: displays the next available IP address that can be assigned to a DHCP client. Gateway IP: displays the configured IP address of the default gateway. Netmask: displays the configured network mask. DNS server: displays the configured IP address of the domain name server.
User's Manual Mail Password, the password of the mail account. C o n f i r m P a s s w o r d , d o u b l e c h e c k t h e p a s s w o r d o f t h e m a i l account.
8 . W e b M a n a g e m e n t 8.1 Introduction PrintSir print server can be configured and managed on the Web. Through Local Area Network, or even Internet, administrator can easily configure and manage PrintSir’s vari ous main functions in browsers.
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User's Manual 8.2.2 Starting WebDESK Utility When you execute WebDESK Utility, system will display PrintSir Web Console Page for approximately 5 seconds. At the mean time, system will be searching for all PrintSir print servers on the same subnet. After searching is completed, the screen will be switched to the following:...
User's Manual The Window will be split into two parts: In the left frame, click on the PrintSir that you want to manage and configure, then the PrintSir’s Web configuration screen will be displayed in the right frame. Instead of executing WebDESK Utility, you may also directly enter PrintSir’s IP address into the address field o f a n y b r o w s e r t o d i s p l a y i t s W e b m a n a g e me n t s c r e e n .
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User's Manual Control Panel : Status Line : Configuration Pages : The browser will group the configuration items into the following topics, PrintSir Info: General Information of PrintSir. Printer Status: Current status of the attached printers. NetWare Status: PrintSir connection information of NetWare DHCP status: Current DHCP server status and information.
User's Manual window. 8.3.2 Getting PrintSir Information Each time you run browser to connect to a PrintSir, you will get this PrintSir information page initially. The PrintSir information page displays some general information of PrintSir. 8.3.3 Getting Printer Status T h e P r i n t e r s t a t u s p a g e c a n b e u s e d t o d i s p l a y t h e s t a t u s o f attached printer(s) for each port.
User's Manual 8.3.5 Getting DHCP Status T h e D H C P s t a t u s p a g e c a n b e u s e d t o d i s p l a y t h e D H C P information when the PrintSir’s client DHCP function is enabled.
User's Manual Alias name, an alternate name by which the PrintSir can be c a l l e d ( i n a d d i t i o n t o t h e P S x x x x x x n a me p r i n t e d o n t h e label).
User's Manual P r i n t S i r i s t o b e l o c a t e d . T h e P r i n t S i r w i l l o b t a i n i t s I P a d d r e s s automatically by the protocol DHCP, BOOTP, RARP if you configure t h e I P a d d r e s s a s A u t o .
User's Manual The Save to PrintSir button: save the configuration to the PrintSir. Make sure to reset the PrintSir (described in the section 8.3.11) to have the changes take effect. 8.3.9 Configuring E-Mail Printing Using PrintSir’s email printing function, the client user on the Internet can email the printing file to a dedicate mailbox, PrintSir will a u t o m a t i c a l l y g e t t h e e ma i l f r o m t h a t ma i l b o x a n d p r i n t i t t o t h e attached printer.
User's Manual Mail Account, the account of the mailbox in the mail server. Mail Password, the password of the mail account. Print Mail Header, which determines whether or not the printing job will print out the mail header. 8.3.10 Configuring SNMP Parameters T h e S N M P C f g p a g e a l l o w s y o u t o c o n f i g u r e t h e S N M P parameters of this PrintSir.
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User's Manual The Software reset: which determines whether or not to reset the PrintSir. The Restore to factory default: which determines whether or not to erase all of the PrintSir’s setting and restore to the default configuration the PrintSir had when it was shipped from the factory.
9.2 System Requirement 9.2.1 Print Server Side PrintSir must be connected to an Email server that provides an Email a c c o u n t f o r t h e P r i n t S i r . A t t h e m e a n t i m e , t h e E m a i l s e r v e r h a s t o permanently connect to the Internet for receiving user's email printing documents.
Windows only, it can’t be run on any other operating systems. The installation procedure is as following, 1. Insert the CD shipped along with the print server into your CD- ROM drive. Change the directory to “\Email Printing\English\” 2. Execute “setup.exe” program PrintSir to check Emails in the Mailbox.
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User's Manual 3. Click “Next” and choose a installation path or use the default, 4. Click “Next” and assign a program folder name, 5 . C l i c k “ N e x t ” a n d t h e s y s t e m w i l l i n s t a l l t h e “ E m a i l P r i n t i n g Driver”.
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User's Manual 6. Click the “AddPort” Button, and you can see the following dialog box, 7. Please input the proper value in the fields described as following, Port Name: The Printer Port Name for Email Printing. It will be E-Mail Address: The email address serviced by the PrintSir. Outgoing Mail Server: The mail server of your client computer Your E-mail address: The information which will be printed at 8.
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User's Manual command and choose the Email Printer Port Name assigned in the above procedure. Please refer section 3.4 for detail “Add Printer” procedure. 9.3.2.2 Directly send an Email to the email account serviced by the PrintSir. For a client user who want to pr int a text email to the printer attached by the PrintSir but without the “Email Printing Driver”, he (or she) can, just as usual, run the mailing tool, key in the content and send the email.
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