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  • Page 1 Print Server User’s Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    1. INTRODUCTION ...4 1.1 Product Introduction ...4 1.2 Product Models ...5 1.3 Product Package...6 1.4 Network Printing Architecture ...7 1.5 Network Printing Environment ...11 1.6 Contents of the User’s Manual...14 1.7 Firmware & Printing Function...15 2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION ...17 3. WINDOWS PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK ...18 3.1 System Architecture ...18 3.2 Administrator Installation and Setup ...20 3.3 Administrator Utilities ...28...
  • Page 3 7.4 Printer Status - Attached Printer Status ...81 7.5 IP Cfg - IP Address Configuration ...82 7.6 NW PS Cfg - NetWare Print Server Configuration ...82 7.7 NW RP Cfg - NetWare Remote Printer Configuration...84 7.8 NW Information - NetWare Printing Summary ...84 7.9 PrintSir Cfg - PrintSir Network Ability Setting...85...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    1. Introduction 1.1 Product Introduction Thank you for purchasing and using Edimax's PrintSir series print server. PrintSir 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 5: Product Models

    1.2 Product Models Model PS-901 Hardware Size Pocket Direct Attached Number of Printer Ports Printer Connector Centronics Network Speed Network Connector Bi-Directional Flash Memory Size 512K Network LED 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...

  • Page 6: Product Package

    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...

  • Page 7: Network Printing Architecture

    “Contents of the User’s Manual” in next section. This section will first introduce the role every component plays in the network-printing environment. PrintSir Print Server Client User Network Server (optional) Network Printing Environment...

  • Page 8: Network Printing Functions For Clients

    Unix Windows NT Windows 2000 Workstation Because PrintSir NetBEUI network protocols, any networked computer can directly print to the print server from any of its installed protocol. Unix Windows NT Windows 2000 Workstation 1.4.2 Network Printing Functions for Clients Client User...
  • Page 9 Windows 95/98/NT/2000 users. PTPP (Peer-to-Peer TCP/IP, and NetBEUI protocols. While printing automatically select the proper transport protocol to connect to the print server depending on the protocols installed in each computer (client computer may only have IPX or TCP/IP installed). Application...
  • Page 10 automatically (manual configuration also allowed) search through PrintSir print servers on the network, and then their printing ports into Windows’ printing port. (See below) PTPP Windows 98 PrintSir MIS-2 PrintSir 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 to PrintSir.

  • Page 11: Network Printing Environment

    Windows Peer-to-Peer Network driver NetBEUI protocols, when printing, the PTPP driver will automatically search and match up the protocol for both client and print server’s sides. Our print server system provides PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) driver and utilities for Windows NT/2000. After PTPP is installed, the server can directly print to PrintSir.
  • Page 12 * TCP/IP * IPX * NetBEUI Unix TCP/IP PTPP PTPP NetBEUI Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 98 Workstation Windows NT/2000 Network Network printing function will become available after PTPP driver is installed into Windows function allows print management, features to be used. NetWare Server PTPP TCP/IP...
  • Page 13 Windows 98 TCP/IP Windows 2000 NetWare Network (see below) Windows 98 IPX / IP Windows 2000 Print Queue Windows NT Server PTPP TCP/IP Print Queue NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.x * TCP/IP * IPX * NetBEUI * TCP/IP * IPX * NetBEUI...

  • Page 14: Contents Of The User's Manual

    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. Windows NT/2000 Server-Based Network Chapter 5.

  • Page 15: Firmware & Printing Function

    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 Printing Feature Set to depending Currently, the system provides two Feature Sets for users to choose: Standard Feature Set PTPP (Peer-to-Peer-Printing)
  • Page 16 For example, if you need to use NetWare NDS Printing, then you must change the system’s default Standard Feature Set to the NetWare Enhancement Feature Set. In the meantime, PrintSir will support NetWare NDS / Remote Printer and other printing functions; however, it will not support NetBEUI, Email Printing and other Standard Feature Set’s special functions.

  • Page 17: Hardware Installation

    2. Hardware Installation 1. Unpack the print server package and check all the items listed in section 1.3. 2. Connect the print server to the printer you want to share on the network For direct attach models, plug the print server directly to the printer’s centronics port.

  • Page 18: Windows Peer-To-Peer Network

    3. Windows Peer-to-Peer Network 3.1 System Architecture PrintSir supports 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. PTPP NetBEUI Windows NT Workstation Installation procedure is separated into following two parts:...
  • Page 19 Install administrator’s computer. Configure PrintSir configuration utility. 2. Client Installation and Configuration (refer to section 3 for more detailed information). Client users must install Windows PTPP driver (Peer-to-Peer Printing) for network printing. In addition, after PTPP is installed, the system will automatically search for all print servers on the network, and add all printing ports (P1/P2/P3) of the print servers into Windows’...

  • Page 20: Administrator Installation And Setup

    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. If not, run Autorun.exe manually from CD-ROM drive’s root...
  • Page 21 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.
  • Page 22 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.
  • Page 23 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...
  • Page 24 In the system default, IPX and NetBEUI protocols are enabled. About the TCP/IP, you can either (1) assign a fixed IP address for the print server or (2) configure it later by the configuration utility. 11. Click “Next”, and the configuration summary is displayed in the window.
  • Page 25 “Client Installation” procedure (Section 3.4) on all clients’ sides of the network. If you want to print from this administrator’s PC to the print server, all you need to do is to perform Windows’ standard described below.
  • Page 26 Step3. Select “Local printer” => click “Next”. Step4. Select a suitable printer manufacturer and model, then click “Next”. Step5. Choose the “Print Server’s Network Port” which was created by the administrator installation process and click “Next”.
  • Page 27 Step6. Complete the rest of the questions to finish the network printer setup.

  • Page 28: Administrator Utilities

    3.3 Administrator Utilities After Administrator Installation is completed, there will be six utilities in PrintSir’s Program folder. Network Ports Quick Setup Local printer port management tool (see section 3.5). Remote Ports Remote printer port management tool (see section 3.5). NetWare Quick Setup NetWare quick installation software (see chapter 5).
  • Page 29 Assistant for removing all installed administrator software. WebDESK Administrator Web based management tool (see chapter 8 – WebDESK Configuration).

  • Page 30: Client Installation And Setup

    PC has connected to the network and installed at least one network protocol. 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...
  • Page 31 4. Click “Next”, and specify the destination folder where the utilities will be installed. 5. Click “Next”, and specify the program folder where the program icons will be added. 6. Click “Next” to start installation.
  • Page 32 7. Now, the installation procedure is completed, and the next step is to set up the client’s computer. “Continue”, and all the print server’s network ports detected on the network will be added to your PC. 8. Finally, “Installation displayed to indicate that the Client Installation procedure is finished.
  • Page 33 Install all utilities and drivers to the client’s 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 as described below to add network printers to your PC.
  • Page 34 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”.

  • Page 35: Client Utilities

    The other two tools are described as following: 3.5.1 Network Ports Quick Setup Network Ports Quick Setup Utility offers a very simple method to add or remove print server’s printer port from the client’s computer.
  • Page 36 During the client’s installation procedure, the system will automatically search for all PrintSir 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 PrintSir on the network, you must run this program first.
  • Page 37 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.
  • Page 38 Step1. Run Remote Ports Utility Step2. Press Add, then enter the print server’s name, IP address, and port number. Step3. Press OK to add the remote printer port into your computer’s printer ports. In order to use the remote printing function, you...

  • Page 40: Windows Nt/2000 Network

    4. Windows NT/2000 Network 4.1 System Architecture In Windows network environment, other than the Peer- to-Peer network printing architecture described in the previous chapter, we also offer the Server-Based Printing architecture for Windows NT/2000 server. Only one Windows NT/2000 is required to have Windows PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) driver installed and share the printing service on the network.

  • Page 41: Windows Nt/2000 Server Installation And Setup

    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. Refer to section 3.4 and 3.5 for installation instructions.

  • Page 42: User Installation And Setup

    Please add/configure the Peer-to-Peer Printing of the Windows NT/2000 network printer and verify that you can print from Windows NT/2000 to the PrintSir by the installed PTPP driver. Step3. Share the above server’s printer to the network by performing the standard Windows printer sharing process. 4.3 User Installation and Setup Windows 98 After server side’s installation is completed, client...

  • Page 44: Netware Network

    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. Windows 98...
  • Page 45 The PrintSir can operate either in print server mode or in remote printer mode. 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 46 NetWare server; it will connect to a NetWare print server and get the print jobs from the print server. A remote printer does not occupy any user account. A NetWare print server can control many remote printers; thus a print server account can be shared to many remote printers as your requirement.

  • Page 47: Netware 3.X Installation & Setup

    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. Unless you need to configure the NetWare settings to conform to special requirements for your network, you can...
  • Page 48 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. Select your new PrintSir from the displayed list and press Enter.
  • Page 49 6. The quick installation program will not only set up the PrintSir, but create and setup all required objects on the file server. When the setup is complete, it will also display an execution command as following that you can run after logging in to the file server to redirect print commands to the new PrintSir.
  • Page 50 You may also want to use the NetWare PCONSOLE program to verify that: A NetWare print server and one, two or three print queue(s) have been created on the file server. The number of print queues created is equal to the number of printer port of your PrintSir.
  • Page 51 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 the Alias name if you want. 7. Set the Primary File Server to be the file server where the PrintSir’s queue will be located.
  • Page 52 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. The print server name can be...
  • Page 53 PSETUP. 17. Press Enter to select the newly created print server. 18. Select Print Server Configuration. 19. Select Printer Configuration. 20. Select Printer 0 (or Printer 1, Printer 2), and press Enter, then select Parallel LPT1 (or LPT2, LPT3) in the Type field.
  • Page 54 21. Press Escape, and answer Yes to the Save Changes question. 22. Select Queues Serviced by Printer, then select Printer 0 (or Printer 1, Printer 2) and press Enter. 23. Press Insert and add your newly created print queue to the list of queues serviced by the printer.
  • Page 55 PrintSir. For more detailed information about 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. Run the NetWare PCONSOLE program. 2. Change the current file server, if necessary, using the Change Current File Server menu selection.
  • Page 56 10. Select Print Server Configuration. 11. Select Printer Configuration. 12. Select Printer 0 (or Printer 1, Printer 2), press Enter, and then select Remote Parallel in the Type field. 13. Press Escape, and answer Yes to the Save Changes question.
  • Page 57 16. Repeatedly PCONSOLE program. 17. You must load NetWare print server on the NetWare file 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...
  • Page 58 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.
  • Page 59 10. Reset the PrintSir to have the changes take effect.

  • Page 60: Netware 4.X/5.X Installation & Setup

    5.3 NetWare 4.x/5.x Installation & Setup This chapter tells how to configure your PrintSir for operation with NetWare 4.x/5.x file servers and clients using NDS (NetWare Directory Services). If you need to install NetWare 4.x/5.x bindary mode network printing, please refer to the previous chapter. The installation procedure is the same as NetWare 3.x.
  • Page 61 Your PrintSir can operate either in bindery mode or NDS mode. Bindery mode works with NetWare 3.x servers and with NetWare 4.x/5.x servers using bindery emulation. NDS mode works with NetWare 4.x/5.x servers. NOTE : Though the PrintSir supports both bindery mode and NDS mode, it cannot support both at the same time.
  • Page 62 5. A list of defaults will be displayed. If you need to change any of these items, use the arrow keys to choose the item you need to change, then press Enter to display a list of choices. When all of the values are correct, select the Continue Installation item and press Enter.
  • Page 63 following that you can run after logging in to the file server to redirect print commands to the new PrintSir. 7. Reset the PrintSir to have the changes take effect. NOTE: The PrintSir may require up to a minute after power-up to log into a NetWare Directory Services context because...
  • Page 64 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. 7. Set the NDS tree and NDS context where the PrintSir will be located.
  • Page 65 10. Change the current context, if necessary, using the Change Context menu selection. 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.
  • Page 66 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.
  • Page 67 4. Enter the print server name in the Print server field. 5. Assign printer and print queue names. 6. Set the Banner type to PostScript if you are using a PostScript printer, and to Text otherwise. 7. Set the Location to Manual Load.
  • Page 68 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...
  • Page 69 7. Type the printer number assigned in PCONSOLE in the Printer Number field. 8. Press Escape to exit the NetWare Configuration screen, confirm that the changes should be saved, and exit PSETUP. 9. Reset the PrintSir to have the changes take effect.

  • Page 70: Unix System Network

    6. UNIX System Network 6.1 Introduction The PrintSir is available for TCP/IP printing by Unix lpd (Line Printer Daemon) protocol. originated with Unix release is based on the BSD version of Unix and supported under most versions of Unix. This chapter explains how to configure the PrintSir for TCP/IP operation, and how to modify configuration files on your Unix system to allow printing to the PrintSir.

  • Page 71: Enable Printsir's Tcp/Ip Support

    6.2 Enable PrintSir’s TCP/IP Support The default configuration of the PrintSir is with TCP/IP support enabled. Anyway, you can configure the PrintSir to enable TCP/IP support using the configuration program or PSETUP program in the CD-ROM included with the PrintSir. 6.3 Setup PrintSir’s IP Address The PrintSir must have a unique IP address in order to be recognized by the network.
  • Page 72 ping <IP Address> example, configuration: Node ID: 0000B4010101 (the Node ID is printed on the rear side of the PrintSir) Assign IP address: 203.66.191.12 arp – s 203.66.191.12 00-00-B4-01-01-01 ping 203.66.191.12 At the mean time, PrintSir’s IP will “temporarily” be set to 203.66.191.12 (will restore after reboot). Therefore, you need to run your web browser to set a permanent IP address (refer to section 8.3.7 for detailed IP configuration).
  • Page 73 server should be located on the same subnet as the PrintSir. If you use Network Information Services (NIS) in your system, you may need to rebuild the NIS map with the BOOTP services before doing the following BOOTP configuration. To rebuild the NIS map, please refer to your system documentation.
  • Page 74 correspond to the IP address you want to assign to the PrintSir. example, configuration: Node ID: 0000B4010101 (this implies Ethernet IP address: 203.66.191.12 The entry for this PrintSir in the /etc/bootptab file should be: PS010101:\ :ht=1:\ :ha=0000B4010101:\ :ip=203.66.191.12: 6.3.4 RARP The procedure below enables the RARP daemon running on your system to respond to a RARP request from the PrintSir and to assign the IP address to the...

  • Page 75: Verify Printsir's Ip Address

    Host The procedure you use to configure your Unix host(s) to allow printing to your network remote print server varies between different varieties of Unix. The procedure below can be used for Unix variants that are related to BSD Unix, such as SunOS or Linux.
  • Page 76 1. The PrintSir networked print server host. 2. The host name should be the name (or IP address) that you have assigned to the PrintSir. 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.

  • Page 77: Print A Test Page

    :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 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.
  • Page 78 lp – d printer-name file ... Where printer-name is one of the names for the printer in the /etc/printcap file, which you created in the previous step. Consult your information about printer configuration and administration and about lpr and other printing commands.m system documentation more...

  • Page 79: Configuration Utility

    7. Configuration Utility 7.1 Introduction This chapter configuration utility in Windows environment. This utility is automatically installed during Windows Administrator Utility installation procedure - refer to section 3.2 and 3.3 (see below). This utility provides the most complete management and configuration functions on the PrintSir server side. This utility only provides configuration functions for PrintSir itself;...

  • Page 80: General - General Information Of Printsir

    NW PS Cfg : NetWare Print Server Configuration NW RP Cfg : NetWare Remote Printer Configuration NW Information : NetWare Printing Summary PrintSir Cfg : PrintSir Network Ability Setting Restore Default : Restore to Default Value Upgrade : Firmware Upgrade / Update...

  • Page 81: Printsir Status - Printsir Network Status

    select the PrintSir you would like to configure from the PrintSir Name’s field under the General tag. The system will, at the same time, display the selected PrintSir’s model number and firmware version. You may select any available printer port in the Printer Port’s field at the bottom of that page, and then press the “TestPrint”...

  • Page 82: Ip Cfg - Ip Address Configuration

    IP address automatically if you configure the IP address as Auto. Click Write button to save the configuration to the PrintSir and Click Reset button to reset the PrintSir and have the changes take effect. 7.6 NW PS Cfg - NetWare Print Server Configuration...
  • Page 83 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.

  • Page 84: Nw Rp Cfg - Netware Remote Printer Configuration

    7.7 NW RP Cfg - NetWare Remote Printer Configuration The NW RP Cfg page allows you to set: The Print Server, which will be serviced by the PrintSir configured as a remote printer. Printer PCONSOLE. The remote printer, which determines if the PrintSir works at remote printer mode.

  • Page 85: Printsir Cfg - Printsir Network Ability Setting

    7.9 PrintSir Cfg - PrintSir Network Ability Setting The PrintSir Cfg page allows you to set: Diagnostic Printout, which determines whether or not a diagnostic printout should be printed on the printer to which the PrintSir is connected. The TCP/IP Support, which determines whether or not TCP/IP network printing is supported The NetWare Support, which determines whether or not NetWare network printing is supported...

  • Page 86: Restore Default - Restore To Default

    7.10 Restore Default - Restore to Default 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.

  • Page 87: Dhcp Cfg - Dhcp Server Configure

    The PrintSir stores its internal programs in “flash” memory, which you can upgrade when new versions of the PrintSir’s software become available or when you want to switch between “Standard Feature Set - Type 1” or “NetWare Enhancement Feature Set – Type 2” -- The difference between these two feature sets is described at Chapter 1.6.(Contact your dealer for information about software upgrades.) To perform an upgrade,...
  • Page 88 The PrintSir can be configured as DHCP server to provide dynamic IP addresses assignment. The DHCP Cfg page allows you to set: The DHCP startup, which determine if the PrintSir will act as DHCP server. If this item is set to Auto, the PrintSir will detect if there is any DHCP server on the network when it boots up.

  • Page 89: Dhcp Information - Dhcp Information

    IP range: specifies how many IP addresses are available to DHCP clients. Gateway IP: gives the IP address of the default gateway. Netmask: gives the network mask. DNS server: gives the IP address of the domain name server. The Write button: save the configuration to the PrintSir.

  • Page 90: Mail Print Cfg - Email Printing Setting

    Starting IP: displays the starting IP address for assigning to DHCP clients. 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.

  • Page 91: Snmp Cfg - Snmp Parameter Setting

    Mail Polling Time, default value is zero (1 minute). It means the system polling time for getting the email from mail server. Mail Server, the mail server IP address of the mailbox located. Mail Account, the account of the mailbox in the mail server.
  • Page 92 System contact, system Administrator information of this PrintSir. System location, the System location of this PrintSir.

  • Page 93: Web Management

    8. Web Management 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 various main functions in browsers. Simply enter PrintSir’s IP address into your browser’s address field to manage a print server by PrintSir’s built-in Web Server.
  • Page 94 8.2.1 Installation and Execution Since WebDESK Utility is a part of Administrator Utility, after installing Windows Administrator Utility, it is already installed. See below for execution of the utility. 8.2.2 Starting WebDESK Utility When you execute WebDESK Utility, system will display PrintSir Web Console Page for approximately 5 seconds.

  • Page 95: Web Management Of Printsir

    After searching is completed, the screen will be switched to the following: The Window will be split into two parts: PrintSir List on the left portion, which lists all PrintSirs found on the same network. Web Pages for the selected PrintSir on the right configuration information for the PrintSir.
  • Page 96 8.3.1 Using Browser You may use any Web Browser to review the status or configure the settings of the PrintSir. PrintSir’s management screen contains three frames: Control Panel : Hypertext links that links to a information or configuration page respectively. Status Line : On the bottom, which is used to display warning or error message.
  • Page 97 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. Device Cfg: Device configuration IP Cfg: IP configuration DHCP Cfg: DHCP parameter configuration Mail Print Cfg: Email printing configuration SNMP Cfg: SNMP Information configuration Utilities: Some utilities to PrintSir...
  • Page 98 8.3.3 Getting Printer Status The Printer status page can be used to display the status of attached printer(s) for each port. 8.3.4 Getting NetWare Information The NetWare status page displays the NetWare connection information of the PrintSir.
  • Page 99 8.3.5 Getting DHCP Status The DHCP status page can be used to display the DHCP information when the PrintSir’s client DHCP function is enabled. 8.3.6 Changing Device Configuration...
  • Page 100 The Device Cfg page allows you to set: Alias name, an alternate name by which the PrintSir can be called (in addition to the PSxxxxxx name printed on the label). NetWare Protocol Support, which determines whether or not the PrintSir support NetWare printing function.
  • Page 101 8.3.7 Setting IP Address The IP Cfg page allows you to configure the IP address where the PrintSir is to be located. The PrintSir will obtain its IP address automatically by the protocol DHCP, BOOTP, RARP if you configure the IP address as Auto.
  • Page 102 The DHCP server startup, which determine if the PrintSir will act as DHCP server. If this item is set to Auto, the PrintSir will detect if there is any other DHCP server on the network when it boots up. If there is no DHCP server network, then configure itself as DHCP server;...
  • Page 103 Save 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 automatically get the email from that mailbox and print it to the attached printer.
  • Page 104 Print Mail Header, which determines whether or not the printing job will print out the mail header. 8.3.10 Configuring SNMP Parameters The SNMP Cfg page allows you to configure the SNMP parameters of this PrintSir. These information can be browsed by the SNMP MIB browser. The page allows you to set: System Contact, the system Administrator information of this PrintSir.
  • Page 105 The Software reset: which determines whether or not to reset the PrintSir. Restore 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. The Print diagnostic page: which determines whether or not to print a diagnostic page to a attached printer connected at either LPT1,...

  • Page 106: Email Printing

    PrintSir will periodically retrieve Emails in the mail account and print it to the attached printer directly. 9.2 System Requirement 9.2.1 Print Server Side PrintSir must be connected to an Email server that provides an Email account for the PrintSir. At the meantime, the Email server has to permanently connect to the Internet for receiving user's email printing documents.

  • Page 107: System Setup

    9.3 System Setup 9.3.1 Print Server Side Step1.Execute the PrintSir Configuration Utility。 Step2.In the IP Cfg page, configure the IP address. Step3.In the Mail Print Cfg page ， configure Mail polling time and Mailbox parameters. Mail Polling Time : Default is 1 minute;...
  • Page 108 “Email Printing Driver” is designed for 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\”...
  • Page 109 5. Click “Next” and the system will install the “Email Printing Driver”. After the installation is completed, you need to configure the Printing Driver of Email Printing as following, 6. Click the “AddPort” Button, and you can see the following dialog box,...
  • Page 110 7. Please input the proper value in the fields described as following, Port Name: The Printer Port Name for Email E-Mail Address: The email address serviced by Outgoing Mail Server: The mail server of your Your E-mail address: The information which will 8.
  • Page 111 9.3.2.3 Send an Email with an attached document to the email account serviced by the PrintSir For a client user who wants to print a document to the printer attached the PrintSir but without the “Email Printing Driver”, he (or she) can first print the document to a file and send this document file as an email attachment to the email account serviced by the PrintSir.

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