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

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Product Introduction............6 Product Models..............7 Product Package ............. 9 Network Printing Architecture ........11 1.4.1 Print Server Network Functions........... 12 1.4.2 Network Printing Functions for Clients........12 1.4.3 Network Printing Functions for Network Server......15 Network Printing Environment ........16 Contents of the User’s Manual ........
  • Page 3 NW RP Cfg - NetWare Remote Printer Configuration . 104 NW Information - NetWare Printing Summary ..... 105 Print Server Cfg – Print Server Network Ability Setting 106 7.10 Restore Default - Restore to Default......108 7.11 Upgrade - Firmware Upgrade / Update ....... 109 7.12 DHCP Cfg - DHCP Server Configure ......
  • Page 4 Introduction ..............121 Web Manager Utility ............ 122 8.2.1 Installation and Execution............122 8.2.2 Starting Web Manager Utility............ 122 Web Management of Print Server ....... 124 8.3.1 Using Browser ................124 8.3.2 Getting Print Server Information ..........126 8.3.3 Getting Printer Status..............126 8.3.4...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    Introduction...

  • Page 6: Product Introduction

    In the following chapters, we will introduce in detail the printing features, installation methods, and system configuration for different network environments. If you would like to set up and install print server quickly, please refer to the Quick Installation Guide that comes along with this print server.

  • Page 7: Product Models

    Product Models Model PS-901 PS-1001 PS-1103 PS-1203 PS-1203m PS-3103 PS-3103P 10/100M 10/100M 10/100M 10/100M 10/100M Model Printer 1 Port 1 Port 1 Port 1 Port 1 Port 3 Port 3 Port Case Plastic Plastic Metal Plastic Plastic Metal Plastic Hardware Size Pocket Pocket...
  • Page 8 DOS Utility Others Email Printing Direct Print Logical Printer English English English English English English English Language Chinese Chinese Chinese Chinese Chinese Chinese Chinese CD-ROM...

  • Page 9: Product Package

    Product Package This package contains the following components: Print Server x 1 Power Adapter x 1 CD x 1 Quick Installation Guide x 1...

  • Page 11: Network Printing Architecture

    Network Printing Architecture This section illustrates how print server functions and operates on the network. Before you install and use print server, it is strongly suggested that you read this section completely, and select only the chapters you need according to your network operating system by “Contents of the User’s...

  • Page 12: Print Server Network Functions

    Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 98 Workstation Because print server supports IPX, TCP/IP, AppleTalk and NetBEUI network protocols, any networked computer can directly print to the print server from any of its installed protocol. * TCP/IP * IPX * NetBEUI Unix...
  • Page 13 Printing) supports IPX, TCP/IP, and NetBEUI protocols. While printing after installation, PTPP will 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).
  • Page 14 Print Server MIS-1 UNIX / Linux UNIX (include HP/UX, SCO Unix, SunOS, Solaris, Unixware DECUnix, IBM AIX and others) and Linux use the system-standard LPR to print to print server. MAC OS system-standard AppleTalk network to print to print server.

  • Page 15: Network Printing Functions For Network Server

    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 print server. Adding this printing function into Windows NT/2000 Server allows print queue, user authority management, and many other advanced features to be used.

  • Page 16: Network Printing Environment

    Common network environment are classified as following: Windows Peer-to-Peer Network Since both the print server and client’s PTPP driver fully support IPX, TCP/IP, and NetBEUI protocols, when printing, the PTPP driver will automatically search and match up the protocol for both client and print server’s sides.
  • Page 17 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. Print Queue * TCP/IP Windows 98 * IPX Windows NT Server...
  • Page 18 Print Queue * TCP/IP Windows 98 * IPX NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.x * NetBEUI IPX / IP Windows 2000...

  • Page 19: Contents Of The User's Manual

    Chapter 6. UNIX System Network You may select the appropriate chapters and sections to read depending on your network printing’s requirement. Chapter 7 and chapter 8 introduce print server’s management and configuration utilities on Windows and Web Browser’s environment respectively. You may select the...

  • Page 20: Firmware & Printing Function

    Firmware & Printing Function In order to provide a complete network printing solution, Multiple Feature Sets this print server supports function for users to select the appropriate Printing Feature Set to use depending on individual’s printing requirement. Currently, the system provides two Feature Sets for users to choose:...
  • Page 21 NetWare Remote Printer (Only some models, see 1.2) All feature sets are included in print server’s CD. <CD Driver>\FLASHROM\<Model Name>\PSxxROM.BIN Please refer to section 7.11 for instructions on how to select and setup the Feature Set. For example, if you need to use NetWare NDS Printing, then you must change the system’s default Standard Feature...

  • Page 22: Hardware Installation

    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 23: Windows Peer-To-Peer Network

    Windows Peer-to-Peer Network...

  • Page 24: System Architecture

    System Architecture Print server supports Windows Peer-to-Peer network printing mode, which is suitable for most medium and small network environments. Through quick and simple installation procedure, users can immediately enjoy the convenience of network printing. * TCP/IP * IPX * NetBEUI...
  • Page 25 Install administrator’s utilities into his/her computer. Configure print server from administrator’s 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 26: 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 directory.
  • Page 27 Click “Next”, and specify the destination folder where the utilities will be installed. Click “Next”, and select the components you want to install. It is highly recommended to install all provided components.
  • Page 28 Click “Next”, and specify the program folder where the program icons will be added to. Click “Next” to start installation.
  • Page 29 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. NOTE: If this is the first time you configure the print server, the “Print Server Name”...
  • Page 30 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. Click “Next”, and the configuration summary is displayed in the window.
  • Page 31 Finally, the “Installation complete” window is displayed to indicate that the Administrator Installation procedure is finished. After the installation, you have completed the following tasks, Install utilities drivers administrator’s PC. Configure the print server (including the print server name and network protocol)
  • Page 32 “Client Installation” procedure (section 3.4) on all client’s 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 “Add Printer” procedure as described below. Step1.
  • Page 33 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 34 Step6. Complete the rest of the questions to finish the network printer setup.

  • Page 35: Administrator Utilities

    Administrator Utilities After Administrator Installation is completed, there will be six utilities in print server’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...
  • Page 36 Web based management tool (see chapter 8 – Web Manager Configuration).

  • Page 37: 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 directory.
  • Page 38 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.
  • Page 39 6. Click “Next” to start installation. installation procedure 7. Now, the 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 PC.
  • Page 40 Client Installation procedure is finished. 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.
  • Page 41 You can then perform the Windows’ standard “Add Printer” procedure as described below to add network printers to your PC. Step1. Click “Start” button, choose Setting => Printers Step2. Double click “Add New Printer”. Step3. Select Local printer => click Next. Step4.
  • Page 42 Step5. Choose the print server’s Network Port which has been created in the client installation process and then click Next. Step6. Complete the rest of the questions to finish the network printer setup.

  • Page 43: Client Utilities

    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. During the client’s installation procedure, the system will automatically search for all print servers on...
  • Page 44 (see below) If you have just installed another new print server on the network, you must run this program first. This program will search for new print servers and allow you to add the new network printer port into client’s computer conveniently.

  • Page 45: Remote Ports (Utility)

    Chosen Please be aware that Network Ports Quick Setup Utility can only detect and configure all print servers on the same network, it cannot search and configure print servers on other subnets across network segments. You must use Remote Ports Utility described in the next section to manage remote (across network segments) print servers.
  • Page 46 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 will have to proceed with normal Add Printer procedure and select your printer port as the newly added remote printer port.

  • Page 48: Windows Nt/2000 Network

    Windows NT/2000 Network...

  • Page 49: System Architecture

    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 50: Windows Nt/2000 Server Installation And Setup

    TCP/IP TCP/IP Windows 2000 Step1. If this is your first time installing 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 print server and your Windows NT/2000 server has not yet installed the PTPP driver, please install the client software.
  • Page 51 Step3. Share the above server’s printer to the network by performing the standard Windows printer sharing process.

  • Page 52: User Installation And Setup

    User Installation and Setup Print Queue * TCP/IP Windows 98 * IPX Windows NT Server PTPP * NetBEUI NetBEUI TCP/IP Windows 2000 After server side’s installation is completed, client side will be able to find the server’s shared printer in Network Neighborhood.

  • Page 53: Netware Network

    NetWare Network...

  • Page 54: System Architecture

    We implement NetWare printer sharing functionality into the print server itself, thus allowing one or more printers attached by a print server to be connected to the network. We have developed the print server to support both NetWare print server and remote printer functions: Embedded print server, which emulates the “queue...
  • Page 55 NetWare server, the NetWare server stores the job in a print queue, then the print server moves the print job from the queue to the remote printer then to the printer. Print Server Function Print Queue...
  • Page 56 The print server 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 57: Netware 3.X Installation & Setup

    INSTALL program included on the CD-ROM can be used to quickly set up the print server for use on the NetWare environment. It can only be used to set up the print server as Printer Server mode; it cannot be used to configure the print server as Remote Printer mode.
  • Page 58 Ex. e:\dosutil\ 3. Run the INSTALL program 4. Select your new print server from the displayed list and press Enter. The name listed will be the same as the Device Name printed on a label on your print server.
  • Page 59 6. The quick installation program will not only set up the print server, 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 print server.

  • Page 60: Installation Using Psetup

    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.
  • Page 61 2. Run the PSETUP program included on the CD-ROM. ( Ex. e:\dosutil\psetup.exe ) 3. Select your new print server 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.
  • Page 62 8. Press Escape to exit the Print Server Configuration screen, confirm that the changes should be saved, and exit PSETUP. At this point the print server setup is complete, and you can begin setting up the NetWare print server and print queue objects: Run the NetWare PCONSOLE program.
  • Page 63 Select Printer 0 (or Printer 1, Printer 2), and press Enter, then select Parallel LPT1 (or LPT2, LPT3) in the Type field. If your print server is with only one port, you do not need to configure this Type field.
  • Page 64 Press Escape, and answer Yes to the Save Changes question. Select Queues Serviced by Printer, then select Printer 0 (or Printer 1, Printer 2) and press Enter. Press Insert and add your newly created print queue to the list of queues serviced by the printer. Enter a priority number for the queue service, or press Enter to accept the default.
  • Page 65 Your print server should now be ready to use. You should be able to redirect printing to your print server using a CAPTURE command such as the one shown in the previous section.
  • Page 66 6. You have now successfully created the print queue Escape that your NetWare print server will serve. Press the key until the Available Options main menu is displayed. 7. Select Print Server Information. Insert 8. Press the key to add a new NetWare print server.
  • Page 67 You must load NetWare print server on the NetWare file server so that the print server 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”...
  • Page 68 Print server 6. Type the print server‘s name in the field. The print server will be serviced by the print server that is being configured as a remote printer now. 7. Type the printer number assigned in PCONSOLE in Printer Number...
  • Page 69 Escape Press to exit the NetWare Configuration screen, confirm that the changes should be saved, and exit PSETUP. 9. At this point the print server setup is complete. Reset the print server to have the changes take effect.

  • Page 70: Netware 4.X/5.X Installation & Setup

    NetWare 4.x/5.x Installation & Setup This chapter tells how to configure your print server for operation with NetWare 4.x/5.x file servers and clients using NDS (NetWare Directory Services). Only some print server models can support NDS. Please see section 1.2. If you need to install NetWare 4.x/5.x bindery mode network printing,...

  • Page 71: Quick Installation Using "Install" Program

    Quick Installation Using “Install” program The INSTALL program included on the CD-ROM can be used to quickly set up the print server for use. It can only be used to set up the print server as Server mode; it cannot be used to configure the print server as Remote Printer mode.
  • Page 72 Enter. The name listed will be the same as the Device Name printed on a label at the your print server. 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.
  • Page 73 INSTALL program. 6. The quick installation program will not only set up the print server but create and setup all required objects on the network. 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 print server.

  • Page 74: Netware 4.X/5.X Installation Using Psetup

    Services (NDS) mode, 1. Log in to your NetWare server as ADMIN. Run the PSETUP program included on the print server CD-ROM. (ex. e:\dosutil\psetup.exe) 3. Select your new print server from the list provided. NetWare Configuration 4. Choose from the menu.
  • Page 75 11. Choose Quick Setup from the menu. 12. Enter the print server name (either the PSxxxxxx name or an alias name you have assigned) in the Print server field. 13. Assign printer and print queue names. Banner type PostScript 14.
  • Page 76 NetWare Directory Services context because of the large number of calculations NDS security requires. Your print server should now be ready for use by workstation users. You should be able to redirect printing to your print server using a CAPTURE command.
  • Page 77 3. Choose Quick Setup from the menu. 4. Enter the print server name in the Print server field. 5. Assign printer and print queue names. Banner type PostScript 6. Set the if you are using a Text PostScript printer, and to otherwise.
  • Page 78 Printers 9. Choose menu. Printers Select your newly created Printer from the list You can view or edit the Printer number from 0 to 255. PCONSOLE 12. Save the new configuration and exit...
  • Page 79 You must load NetWare print server on the NetWare file server so that the print server configured as a remote printer can connect to that print server and service the print jobs. To “LOAD PSERVER.NLM load the NetWare print server, type PrintServer”...
  • Page 80 Print server 6. Type the print server‘s name in the field. The print server will be serviced by the print server that is being configured as a remote printer now. PCONSOLE 7. Type the printer number assigned in Printer Number field.

  • Page 81: Unix System Network

    UNIX System Network...

  • Page 82: Introduction

    This chapter explains how to configure the print server for TCP/IP operation, and how to modify configuration files on your Unix system to allow printing to the print server. The configuration examples in this manual follow the syntax for BSD based Unix systems. Please refer to the related system documentation for the correct syntax of your systems.

  • Page 83: Enable Print Server's Tcp/Ip Support

    Enable Print Server’s TCP/IP Support The default configuration of the print server is with TCP/IP support enabled. Anyway, you can configure the print server to enable TCP/IP support using the configuration program or PSETUP program in the CD-ROM included with...

  • Page 84: Setup Print Server's Ip Address

    Setup Print Server’s IP Address The print server must have a unique IP address in order to be recognized by the network. You can set up the IP address on the various Unix systems using any one of the following methods: 1.

  • Page 85: Dhcp

    BOOTP protocol to set up the IP address of the print server. We recommend that the BOOTP server should be located on the same subnet as the print server. 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.
  • Page 86 Ethernet, the ha= tag specifies the Ethernet address of a print server, which is the Node ID located on the print server. The ha tag must be preceded by the ht tag. The ip= tag should correspond to the IP address you want to assign to the print server.

  • Page 87: Rarp

    203.66.191.12 pserver 3. Add the Ethernet address and the host name for the print server to the /etc/ethers file, by adding a line such as: 00:00:B4:01:01:01 pserver Where the Ethernet address of the print server is the...
  • Page 88 4. If your system uses Network Information Services (NIS), you will need to make changes to the NIS host and ethers databases. 5. Check if the RARP daemon is running using the ps and grep commands. If the RARP daemon is not running on your host, type “rarpd -a”...

  • Page 89: Verify Print Server's Ip Address

    Verify Print Server’s IP Address To verify that your print server is responding to the newly assigned IP address using a PING command: ping ip-address...

  • Page 90: Configure Remote Lpd Printing On The Host

    Configure Remote lpd Printing on the 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 91 (name1|name2). The rm= entry should correspond to the IP address you have assigned to the print server. You can also use a host name if you have assigned one in the /etc/hosts file. The sd= entry should correspond to the spool directory you created in the previous step.
  • Page 92 The print server should now be available for printing from your Unix host.

  • Page 93: Print A Test Page

    Print a Test Page To print to the print server, you can use the lpr command: lpr -Pprinter-name file ... or, you can use the lp command on SCO Open Server: 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.

  • Page 94: Configuration Utility

    Configuration Utility...

  • Page 95: Introduction

    - refer to section 3.2 and 3.3. This utility provides the most complete management and configuration functions on the print server side. This utility only provides configuration functions for print server itself; it does not include configuration functions for client side or...
  • Page 96 Print Server Cfg : Print Server Network Ability Setting Restore Default : Restore to Default Value Upgrade : Firmware Upgrade / Update DHCP Cfg : DHCP Server Configuration DHCP Information : DHCP Information Mail Print Cfg : Email Printing Setting...

  • Page 97: General - General Information Of Print Server

    Therefore, you must first select the print server Print you would like to configure from the Server Name General ’s field under the...
  • Page 98 network for you to select a newly added print server.

  • Page 99: Print Server Status

    Print Server Status Print Server Status page displays the network ability and status of the print server in detail.

  • Page 100: Printer Status - Attached Printer Status

    Printer Status - Attached Printer Status Printer Status page displays the printer status for each port.

  • Page 101: Ip Cfg - Ip Address Configuration

    IP Cfg - IP Address Configuration IP Cfg page allows you to configure the IP address where the print server is to be located. The print server will obtain its IP address automatically if you configure the IP Auto address as...

  • Page 102: Nw Ps Cfg - Netware Print Server Configuration

    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 print server works at remote printer mode.
  • Page 103 Write button: save the configuration to the print server. Reset button: reset the print server to let the changes take effect.

  • Page 104: Nw Rp Cfg - Netware Remote Printer Configuration

    The Printer Number, which is assigned in PCONSOLE. The remote printer, which determines if the print server works at remote printer mode. The Write button: save the configuration to the print server. The Reset button: reset the print server to let the changes take effect.

  • Page 105: Nw Information - Netware Printing Summary

    NW Information - NetWare Printing Summary NW Information page displays the print server connection information for NetWare.

  • Page 106: Print Server Cfg - Print Server Network Ability Setting

    The Print Server 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 print server is connected. The TCP/IP Support, which determines whether or not TCP/IP network printing is supported NetWare Support,...
  • Page 107 The Reset button: reset the print server to let the changes take effect.

  • Page 108: Restore Default - Restore To Default

    Restore Default - Restore to Default The Restore Default page allows you to erase all of the print server’s settings and restore them to the default settings the print server had when it was shipped from the factory. Restore button:...

  • Page 109: Upgrade - Firmware Upgrade / Update

    7.11 Upgrade - Firmware Upgrade / Update The print server stores its internal programs in “flash” memory, which you can upgrade when new versions of the print server’s software become available. To perform an upgrade, Make sure updated PxxxM_xP.BIN (depending on your model) file is stored in your computer or CD-ROM.
  • Page 110 Click Upgrade button to upgrade the print server’s flash memory. The yellow Status LED on the print server should be lit continuously.

  • Page 111: Dhcp Cfg - Dhcp Server Configure

    DHCP setup used configure TCP/IP parameters that will be assigned to a DHCP client. If this item is set to Auto, the print server will determine all TCP/IP parameters automatically; otherwise will configure following parameters:...
  • Page 112 Netmask: gives the network mask. DNS server: gives the IP address of the domain name server. The Write button: save the configuration to the print server. The Reset button: reset the print server to let the changes take effect.

  • Page 113: Dhcp Information - Dhcp Information

    7.13 DHCP Information - DHCP Information The DHCP Information page can be used to display the DHCP server information when the print server is with DHCP server function. The status: displays if the print server acts as DHCP server or not.

  • Page 114: Mail Print Cfg - Email Printing Setting

    Using print server’s email printing function, the client user on the Internet can email the printing file to a dedicate mailbox, print server will automatically get the email from that mailbox and print it to the attached printer. The detail function description is described in the Email Printing Chapter.
  • Page 115 Confirm Password, double check the password of the mail account. Print Mail Header, which determines whether or not the printing job will print out the mail header.

  • Page 116: Smb Cfg - Smb Printing Setting

    SMB Cfg – SMB Printing Setting The SMB Cfg page allows you to configure the SMB parameters of this print server. This can allow your PC to print to this print server by SMB protocol. The page allows you to set: Alias Name, the SMB alias name of this print server.

  • Page 117: Snmp Cfg - Snmp Parameter Setting

    7.16 SNMP Cfg - SNMP Parameter Setting The SNMP Cfg page allows you to configure the SNMP parameters of this print server. These information can be browsed by the SNMP MIB browser. The page allows you to set: System contact,...

  • Page 118: Appletalk Cfg - Appletalk Configuration

    You can get the printer type from the manufacturer of the printer. Zone, the Zone name that the print server want to join. Only workstations in the same zone can share the printer. If you want to share the printer...
  • Page 119 to all workstations in all Zones, you should enter only “*” in this field.

  • Page 120: Web Management

    Web Management...

  • Page 121: Introduction

    Simply enter print server’s IP address into your browser’s address field to manage a print server by print server’s built-in Web Server. In addition, in order to increase the convenience of...

  • Page 122: Web Manager Utility

    WWW Plug-in technology. After the installation of this utility on Windows, you do not need to memorize print server’s IP address nor the number of print servers installed on the same network. After executing Web Manager Utility, all print servers on Local Area Network will be detected by the system automatically and listed in the browser.
  • Page 123 In the left frame, click on the print server that you want to manage and configure, then the print server’s Web configuration screen will be displayed in the right frame.

  • Page 124: Web Management Of Print Server

    8.3.1 Using Browser You may use any Web Browser to review the status or configure the settings of the print server. Print Server’s management screen contains three frames: Control Panel : On the top, which contains several HyperText links that links to a information or configuration page respectively.
  • Page 125 SNMP Cfg: SNMP Information configuration Utilities: Some utilities for print server In order to protect your print server, you can get all information pages at any time you like, but you can not save the configuration pages before password verification. You...

  • Page 126: Getting Print Server Information

    The configuration pages will now be displayed in the browser window. 8.3.2 Getting Print Server Information Each time you run browser to connect to a print server, you will get this print server information page initially. The print server information...

  • Page 127: Getting Netware Information

    8.3.4 Getting NetWare Information NetWare status page displays NetWare connection information of the print server. 8.3.5 Getting DHCP Status The DHCP status page can be used to display the DHCP information when the print server’s client DHCP function is enabled.

  • Page 128: Changing Device Configuration

    Alias name , an alternate name by which the print server can be called (in addition to the PSxxxxxx name printed on the label). NetWare Protocol Support , which determines whether or not the print server support NetWare printing function.
  • Page 129 The print server will verify your password (it will ignore the User Name item) when you save the configuration. Make sure to reset the print server (described in section System Utilities 8.3.11...

  • Page 130: Setting Ip Address

    Setting IP Address The IP Cfg page allows you to configure the IP address where the print server is to be located. The print server will obtain its IP address automatically by the protocol DHCP, BOOTP, RARP if you configure the IP address as Auto. Click Save to print server button to save the configuration to the print server.
  • Page 131 The DHCP server startup, which determine if the print server will act as DHCP server. If this item is set to Auto, the print server will detect if there is any other DHCP server on the network when it boots up. If there is no DHCP server on the network, then the print server will configure itself as DHCP server;...

  • Page 132: Configuring E-Mail Printing

    DNS server: gives the IP address of the domain name server. The Save to Print Server button: save the configuration to the print server. Make sure to reset the print server (described in section 8.3.11) to have the changes take effect. 8.3.9 Configuring E-Mail Printing Using print server’s email printing function, the client...

  • Page 133: Configuring Snmp Parameters

    8.3.10 Configuring SNMP Parameters The SNMP Cfg page allows you to configure the SNMP parameters of this print server. These information can be browsed by the SNMP MIB browser. The page allows you to set:...

  • Page 134: System Utilities

    The Restore to factory default: which determines whether or not to erase all of the print server’s setting and restore to the default configuration the print server had when it was shipped from the factory.
  • Page 135 The Do it button: do the action specified in the above.

  • Page 136: Email Printing

    Email Printing...

  • Page 137: Introduction

    After installation, Windows will establish a new Printer Driver which will convert the printing document to an Email and send to the mail account assigned by print server. Print server will periodically retrieve Emails in the mail account and print it to the attached printer directly.

  • Page 138: System Requirement

    System Requirement 9.2.1 Print Server Side Print server must be connected to an Email server that provides an Email account for the print server. At the meantime, the Email server has to permanently connect to the Internet for receiving user's email printing documents.

  • Page 139: System Setup

    At first, the client user needs to install and setup the Print to Email Printing Driver “ ” from the CD-ROM shipped with the print server package. You can deliver the “Email Printing Driver” to any one who will print email from...
  • Page 140 Please note that the “Email Printing Driver” is designed for Windows only, it can’t be run on any other operating systems. The installation procedure is as following, Insert the CD shipped along with the print server into your CD-ROM drive. Change the directory to “\Email Printing\English\”...
  • Page 141 Click “Next” and assign a program folder name, Click “Next” and the system will install the “Email Printing Driver”. After installation completed, need configure the Printing Driver of Email Printing as following,...
  • Page 142 Port Name: The Printer Port Name for Email Printing. It will be used when you execute the “Add Printer” E-Mail Address: The email address serviced by the print server. Outgoing Mail Server: The mail server of your client computer for sending the email.
  • Page 143 For a client user who wants to print a text email to the printer attached by the Print Server 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. Please...
  • Page 144 Run the mailing tool, create a new email, attach the newly created printing file and enter the Email address serviced by the Print Server, then send out the email. The Print Server will automatically retrieve the email from the email box and print the attachment to the attached printer.

  • Page 145: Ipp Printing

    IPP Printing...

  • Page 146: Introduction

    Any PC that can support IPP printing, for example Windows 2000/XP, can directly uses the print server by IP. By using the IPP printing, you can share the printer to all the PC’s that can access the print server by IP.

  • Page 147: System Setup

    Make sure the print server has correct IP settings. If you want to share the printers to Internet users, you have to set a real IP to the print server. You also have to make sure that any gateway, router or firewall does not block IPP protocol if you have these gateway devices installed in your network.
  • Page 148 IP. LPT_PORT is the port name of print server that your print is connected to. For the one port print server, the port name is “lpt1”. For the three port print server, the port name is one of the three –...

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