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- Page 1 LevelOne WPS-9121/WPS-9122 11g Wireless Mini Printer Server w/Parallel (USB2.0) Port User Manual V1.0.0-0601...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Contents 1. INTRODUCTION..............6 1.1 Product Introduction........7 1.2 Product Package ......... 8 1.3 Network Printing Architecture ....9 1.3.1 Printer Server Network Functions ....... 9 1.3.2 Network Printing Functions for Clients ...... 11 1.3.3 Network Printing Functions for Network Server ..13 1.4 Network Printing Environment.... - Page 3 5. Netware Network ......... 55 System Architecture ......56 NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.x Installation & Setup57 5.2.1 Installation Using PCONSOLE ......57 5.2.1.1 Configuring as Printer server Mode....57 6. UNIX SYSTEM NETWORK ..........60 Unix Introduction........61 Enable Printer server’s TCP/IP Support62 Setup Printer server’s IP Address ..
- Page 4 7.11 SNMP Configuration ......92 7.12 SMB Configuration ......93 7.13 Wizard ..........94 7.14 Report ..........99 8. WEB MANAGEMENT............100 Introduction .......... 101 Login ............ 102 Device Status ........103 8.3.1 System ............... 103 8.3.2 Printer..............104 8.3.3 TCP/IP..............105 8.3.4 SMB..............
- Page 5 9. IPP PRINTING..............124 Introduction ......... 125 System Setup ........126 9.2.1 Printer server Side..........126 9.2.2 Client Side ............126 10. WINDOWS XP SP2 SETUP ..........130...
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Page 6: Introduction
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Page 7: Product Introduction
1.1 Product Introduction Thank you for purchasing LevelOne printer server. This printer server allows your printer to become a shared device on the network. It offers printing flexibility and manageability on your Local Area Network at an extremely low cost and with an absolute minimum setup and maintenance required. -
Page 8: Product Package
1.2 Product Package LevelOne WPS-9121/WPS-9122 contains the following components: Printer Server Antenna Power Adapter Quick Installation Guide CD-ROM (Including all the software utilities, drivers and User Manual) -
Page 9: Network Printing Architecture
1.3 Network Printing Architecture This section illustrates how printer server functions and operates on the network. Before you install and use printer server, it is strongly recommended that you read this section completely, and select only the chapters you need according to your network operating system by “Contents of the User Manual”... -
Page 11: Network Printing Functions For Clients
1.3.2 Network Printing Functions for Clients Client User Unix Print Server Windows NT Server NetWare Server Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 98 Workstation Common operating systems for clients are classified as following: Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP Our printer server system provides PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) driver and utilities for Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP users. - Page 12 PTPP Windows 98 Print Server MIS-2 Print Server MIS-1 UNIX / Linux UNIX (include HP/UX, SCO Unix, SunOS, Solaris, Unixware DECUnix, IBM AIX and others) and Linux use the system-standard LPR to print through printer server. MAC OS MAC OS can use the system-standard AppleTalk network to print through printer server.
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Page 13: Network Printing Functions For Network Server
1.3.3 Network Printing Functions for Network Server Network Server Unix Print Server Windows NT Server NetWare Server Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 98 Workstation Common network servers are classified as following: Windows 2000 Our printer server system provides PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) driver and utilities for Windows 2000. -
Page 14: Network Printing Environment
1.4 Network Printing Environment Common network environment are classified as following: Windows Peer-to-Peer Network The client’s PTPP driver will use TCP/IP protocol to print through printer server. Windows 2000 Network Network printing function will become available after PTPP driver is installed into Windows 2000 Adding this printing function into Windows 2000 allows print queue, user authority management, and many other advanced features to be used. -
Page 16: Contents Of The User Manual
1.5 Contents of the User Manual Chapter 2 explains printer server’s hardware installation and configuration. It is strongly recommended to go over. The following chapters introduce: Chapter 3. Windows Peer-to-Peer Network Chapter 4. Windows 2000-Based Networks Chapter 5. NetWare Network Chapter 6. -
Page 17: Printing Function
1.6 Printing Function The printer server provides a complete network printing solution. The feature set is listed below: PTPP (Peer-to-Peer-Printing) TCP/IP (LPR) IPP Printing NetWare Bindery Printing AppleTalk SMB Printing... -
Page 18: Hardware Installation
2 . H a r d w a r e I n s t a l l a t i o n... - Page 19 1. Unpack the printer server package and verify that all the items listed in the section 1.2 are provided. 2. Connect the printer server to the printer you want to share on the network. 3. Connect the printer server to your network by attached the network cable to the UTP port of the printer server.
- Page 20 The wireless mode of the Printer Server is disabled. The Printer Sever is trying to connect to the AP Blinking or station. Reset (Press the reset button with a pencil tip for less than 2 seconds) When the Printer Server is rebooting, the Status/WLAN will be ON and then OFF for two times. When the Status is OFF, the Print Server is ready to use.
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Page 21: Windows Peer To Peer Network
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Page 22: System Architecture
System Architecture Printer server supports Windows Peer-to-Peer network printing mode, which is suitable for most medium and small network environments. Through quick and simple installation procedure, users can immediately enjoy the convenience of network printing. Installation procedure is separated into following two parts: Administrator Installation and Setup (refer to section 2 for more detailed information). -
Page 23: Administrator Installation And Setup
Insert the CD shipped along with the printer server into your CD-ROM drive. The Autorun.exe program should be executed automatically. If not, run Autorun.exe manually from CD-ROM drive’s root directory. The “Installation Manager” will be displayed on the screen as following. Select “WPS-9121/9122”... - Page 24 Click “Administrator Utility”. The “Utilities Setup” window will be displayed. Click “Next”.
- Page 25 Click “Next” to install the utilities in the default folder or click “Browse” to specify the destination folder where you would like to install the utilities.
- Page 26 Select the components you want to install. It is highly recommended to install all provided components. Click “Next” to continue.
- Page 27 Specify the program folder where the program icons will be added to, click “Next”. The system will start to install the utilities automatically.
- Page 28 You have completed the installation phase and prepare to configure the Printer server. The “Choose Printer server” will list all Printer servers within the network. Select the Printer server you would like to configure and click “Next”. * If there is no printer server found, please check the printer server has been installed to the network properly.
- Page 29 Specify a recognizable name for the Printer server and click “Next”.
- Page 30 Specify the IP Address for the Printer server manually or click “Next” to keep default IP Address, i.e. 192.168.2.2. The configuration summary is displayed in the window. Now, you have completed the “Printer server Setup”. Click “Finish” and your system will add network port of the Printer server to your PC automatically.
- Page 31 The Administrator Installation procedure is totally completed. Click “Finish”. The Administrator Installation Program has executed the installation procedure that performs the following tasks: Install all utilities and drivers to the administrator’s PC. Configure the printer server (including the printer server name and network protocol) Add the network port of the printer server to the administrator’s PC.
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Page 32: Administrator Utilities
Administrator Utilities After Administrator Installation is completed, there will be four utilities in printer server’s Program folder. Network Ports Quick Setup – Add the network ports of printer servers within the network to your PC. Printer server Configuration – Allows you to configure the printer server’s IP Address, network protocols and other advanced functions. -
Page 33: Client Installation And Setup
Insert the CD shipped along with the printer server into your CD-ROM drive. The Autorun.exe program should be executed automatically. If not, run Autorun.exe manually from CD-ROM drive’s root directory. The "Installation Manager" will be displayed on the screen as follows. Select “WPS-9121/9122” Click “Client Utility”. - Page 34 The “Utilities Setup” window will be displayed. Click “Next”. Click “Next” to install the utilities in the default folder or click “Browse” to specify the destination folder where you would like to install the utilities.
- Page 35 Specify the program folder where the program icons will be added to, click “Next”. The system will start to install the utilities automatically.
- Page 36 Now, the installation procedure is completed, you are ready to set up the client’s computer. All network ports of the Printer servers detected on the network will be added to your PC automatically, click “Continue”. Note: If there are no printer servers detected in the network currently, please click “Continue” to finish the installation.
- Page 37 Add all the printer server’s network ports of the network to the client’s PC. You can then perform the Windows’ standard “Add Printer” procedure to add network printers to your PC. Please refer to Section 3.6.
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Page 38: Client Utilities
Client Utilities After Client Installation is completed, there will be three tools in printer server’s Program folder. Network Ports Quick Setup Remote Ports Uninstall Network Driver The Uninstall Network Driver will assist you in removing all installed client software. The other two tools are described as follows. - Page 39 If you have just installed another new printer server in the network, you must run this program first. This program will search for new printer servers and allow you to add the new network printer port into client’s computer conveniently. Perform the standard Add Printer procedure, then you can print directly to the printer through the newly installed printer server.
- Page 40 Please be aware that Network Ports Quick Setup Utility can only detect and configure all printer servers on the same network, it cannot search and configure printer servers on other subnets across network segments. You must use Remote Ports Utility described in the next section to manage remote (across network segments) printer servers.
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Page 41: Remote Ports (Utility)
3.5.2 Remote Ports (Utility) Remote Ports Utility offers a convenient way for you to manage and add printer port of the remote printer server. From the assistant of this utility, you can print to other printer servers outside the subnet across network segment. However, please note that this function only supports TCP/IP network protocol. - Page 42 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.
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Page 43: Windows Add Printer Procedure
Windows Add Printer Procedure After adding a “Network Port” of the printer server to your PC by Administrator or Client Installation Program, you can follow the procedure described below to add printer to the Windows. Note that following “Add Printer” steps are running in Windows XP, the steps in other Operating Systems are similar. - Page 44 Step5. Choose the suitable “Printer server Network Port” which was created by the Administrator Installation or Client Installation process and click “Next”. Step6. Select a suitable printer manufacturer and the printer model and click “Next”. If your printer is not in the list, click “Have Disk…” to install the driver of the printer. After installation, the printer model will be added to the list.
- Page 45 Step7. Name your printer and setup the default printer, click “Next”. Step8. Choose to print the test page or not. It is recommended to print a test page. Click “Next”.
- Page 46 Step9. You have added the printer to the PC successfully. The information of the printer is displayed in the windows. Click “Finish”.
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Page 47: Windows 2000 Network
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Page 48: System Architecture
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 2000 server. Only one Windows 2000 is required to have Windows PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) driver installed and share the printing service on the network. -
Page 49: Windows 2000 Installation And Setup
4.2 Windows 2000 Installation and Setup Please follow the procedures described below for installation and construct a peer-to-peer connection (PTPP) between Windows 2000 and Printer server. Step1. If this is your first time installing printer server, please install the administrator software on Windows 2000 first. -
Page 50: User Installation And Setup
4.3 User Installation and Setup After server side’s installation is completed, client side will be able to find the server’s shared printer in Network Neighborhood. You only need to perform Window’s standard Add New Printer procedure, select “Network Printer” shown in the screen below, and complete the configurations afterwards to access the shared printer. - Page 51 2. Select “A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer” and click “Next”. 3. Select “Connect to this printer (or to browse for a printer, select this option and click Next):” and click “Next”.
- Page 52 4. Search the printer you want to share from the “Shared printers” and click “Next”. 5. The following message is informed you that you will start installing the drivers for the network printer. Click “Yes” to continue. The following message is popped up to let you know that your computer doesn’t have the drivers for the network printer, please click “Ok”...
- Page 53 7. Insert the CD attached with the network printer and designate the file path to the CD. Click “Ok” to start the installation. 8. Select to let the network printer be your default printer or not. Click “Next” to continue.
- Page 54 9. The network printer is installed completely. Click “Finish”.
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Page 55: Netware Network
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Page 56: System Architecture
System Architecture We implemented NetWare printer sharing functionality into the printer server itself, thus allowing one or more printers attached by a printer server to be connected to the network. We have developed the printer server to support NetWare printer server. Embedded printer server, which emulates the “queue management functionality”... -
Page 57: Installation Using Pconsole
NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.x Installation & Setup Once your printer server is connected to your Ethernet network, you can set it up for use with your networking software. 5.2.1 Installation Using PCONSOLE 5.2.1.1 Configuring as Printer server Mode 1. Run the NetWare PCONSOLE program. 2. - Page 58 Press Enter to select the newly created printer server. 10. Select Printer server Configuration. 11. Select Printer Configuration. 12. Select Printer 0 (or Printer 1, Printer 2), and press Enter, then select LPT1 (or LPT2, LPT3) in the Type field. If your printer server is with only one port, you do not need to configure this Type field.
- Page 59 16. Repeatedly press Escape to exit the PCONSOLE program. 17. Reset the printer server to have the changes take effect. NOTE: If the printer server you have is with multiple printer connectors, you may create multiple print queues and printer objects. Your printer server should now be ready to use.
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Page 60: Unix System Network
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Page 61: Unix Introduction
Unix Introduction The printer server is available for TCP/IP printing by Unix LPD (Line Printer Daemon) protocol. The LPD protocol originated with Unix release is based on the BSD version of Unix and supported under most versions of Unix. This chapter explains how to configure the printer server for TCP/IP operation, and how to modify configuration files on your Unix system to allow printing to the printer server. -
Page 62: Enable Printer Server's Tcp/Ip Support62
Enable Printer server’s TCP/IP Support The default configuration of the printer server is with TCP/IP support enabled. Anyway, you can configure the printer server to enable TCP/IP support using the configuration program. -
Page 63: Setup Printer Server's Ip Address
Setup Printer server’s IP Address The printer 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 64 :ha=print_server_ethernet_address:\ :ip=print_server_ip_address: Lines should be indented with tabs. Where hostname is the device name of a printer server, the ht=1 tag specifies the hardware type is Ethernet, the ha= tag specifies the Ethernet address of a printer server, which is the Node ID located on the printer server.
- Page 65 For example, a printer server with the following configuration: Node ID: 0000B4010101 (this implies Ethernet address is 0000B4010101), IP address: 203.66.191.12 The entry for this printer server in the /etc/bootptab file should be: PS010101:\ :ht=1:\ :ha=0000B4010101:\ :ip=203.66.191.12:...
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Page 66: Verify Printer Server's Ip Address
Verify Printer server’s IP Address To verify that your printer server is responding to the newly assigned IP address using a PING command: “ping ip-address”... -
Page 67: 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 printer 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. For other versions of Unix, consult your system documentation, keeping in mind that: 1. - Page 68 The printer server should now be available for printing from your Unix host.
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Page 69: Administrator Configuration Utility
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Page 70: Introduction
Introduction This chapter introduces printer server’s system configuration utility in Windows environment. This utility is automatically installed during Windows Administrator Utility installation procedure - refer to section 3.2 and 3.3. This utility provides the most complete management and configuration functions on the printer server side. -
Page 71: Search For All Available Printer Server
Search for All Available Printer server Every time when you run printer server’s configuration utility, click the “Search” icon the tool bar. The configuration utility will delay for several seconds because the utility is using system’s available network protocols to search for all printer servers on the network. All available printer servers will be listed under “Printer server Group”... -
Page 72: Status Of Printer Server
Status of Printer server Click “Status” icon on the tool bar, the status of the current selected printer server will be showed on the right side of the window. The information of the printer server displayed are MAC ID, Model Type, Firmware Version, status of each printer port, NetWare file server name, NetWare file server polling interval, NetWare printer queue names, IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, AppleTalk printer type, AppleTalk zone and printer server printing ability…etc. -
Page 73: Setup The Printer Server
Setup the Printer server Click “Setup” icon on the tool bar, the setup items of the current selected printer server will be showed on the right side of the window. Double click one of the icons to set up the selected printer server. A screen will pop up to verify “User Name”... -
Page 74: Appletalk Configuration
AppleTalk Configuration Double Click “AppleTalk” icon and the AppleTalk configuration window will pop-up. AppleTalk is a data communication protocol often used by Macintoshes. The printer server can use these parameters to join the AppleTalk network and share the printer to other AppleTalk workstations. - Page 75 How to install the printer server in the MAC OS? 1. In the Desktop, click “System Preferences”. 2. Click “Print & Fax”. 3. From the “Print & Fax” screen, click “Set Up Printers…”.
- Page 76 4. Click “Add” to add the new printer server through TCP/IP.
- Page 77 5. Enter the Printer Type, Printer Address and Queue Name; then select the Printer Model to setup the printer server. Printer Type: LPD/LPR Printer Address: Input the IP Address of the printer server Queue Name: The queue name of the printer server is “lpt1”. Printer Model: Select the Printer Model that is attached to the printer server.
- Page 78 7. You can print a file to check whether the printer server is installed successfully.
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Page 79: General Configuration
General Configuration Double Click “General” icon and the General configuration window will pop-up. You can see basic printer server information in this page. You also can configure the “Printer server Name”, “User Name” and “Password” here. Printer Server Name, the name of the printer server. You can use this name to identify the printer server when you are searching for the printer server by the administration and client utilities. -
Page 80: Netware Printer Server Configuration
Netware Printer server Configuration Double Click “NetWare” icon and the NetWare configuration window will pop-up. This printer server supports NetWare Bindery Printing method. The printer server periodically polls the NetWare server printer queues for printing jobs. You have to assign the NetWare server name, printer server polling interval and the name of queue on the NetWare server for each printer port. -
Page 81: System Configuration
System Configuration Double Click “System” icon and the System configuration window will pop-up. In the System configuration page, you can select to enable/disable each printing or management protocol, upgrade the new firmware for this printer server, and enable/disable wireless function. Upgrade Firmware: You can use this “Upgrade Firmware”... - Page 82 Ethernet cable when starting up, the printer server will run in Ethernet mode. If the printer server is not connected to an active network by Ethernet cable when starting up, the printer server will run in wireless LAN mode. The printer server default is in “Auto” mode. Domain Country: The wireless channels are different from country to country.
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Page 83: Tcp/Ip Configuration
TCP/IP Configuration Double Click “TCP/IP” icon and the TCP/IP configuration window will pop-up. You can configure the printer server to automatically get IP from DHCP server or manually specify static IP. The printer server also has a built-in DHCP server. You can enable this DHCP server and let it manages IP for you. - Page 84 be enabled only when there is no other DHCP Server within the network. When “Enable” or “Auto” is selected, you have to configure “Starting Address”, “Range”, “Subnet Mask”, “Gateway Address” and “DNS”. The printer server will assign a unique IP for each client.
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Page 85: Wireless Configuration
7.10 Wireless Configuration If you want to use the printer server through wireless LAN, please set up the printer server through Ethernet first and make sure your wireless LAN setting is correct. After setting the wireless LAN, unplug the Ethernet cable and restart the printer server, then you can start to use the printer server through wireless LAN. - Page 86 In the Infrastructure mode, you have to let the printer server associate with an access point. You let the printer server scan for an available access point automatically or manually assign the SSID of the access point you want to use. If you select to let the printer server scan for an available access point, the following window will pop up.
- Page 87 The list is the scanned available access points. Select an access point in the list and click “Next”. If you cannot find the access point that you want to use, click “Scan” to let the printer server scan again. Ad Hoc Mode: In the Ad-Hoc mode, you can let the printer server automatically associate with other wireless station or manually assign the SSID of your wireless network.
- Page 88 The list is the scanned active wireless stations. Select a wireless station in the list and click “Next”. If you cannot find the wireless station that you want the printer server to communicate with, click “Scan” to let the printer server scan again. Both “Infrastructure”...
- Page 89 You can select “64 bit” or “128 bit” length and “Hexadecimal” or “ASCII” format for the encryption key. Longer key length can provide stronger security but worth communication performance. Enter four key values by following the rules below and select one key as the default key. PassPhrase –...
- Page 90 WPA-shared key Security Mode: When “WPA-shared key”, also named “WPA-PSK” requires users to select the advanced encryption methods, i.e. TKIP and enter a set of shared key. TKIP – TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) changes the temporal key every 10,000 packets. This insures much greater security than the standard WEP security.
- Page 91 When you finish configuring the IP settings, click “Next” to confirm the IP Address configuration. Click “Save” to save the wireless configuration.
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Page 92: Snmp Configuration
7.11 SNMP Configuration Double Click “SNMP” icon and the SNMP configuration window will pop up. Contact: You can enter the printer server administrator’s contact information here. This information will be displayed in the SNMP management tool. Location: You can enter the installed location of the printer server here. This information will be displayed in the SNMP management tool. -
Page 93: Smb Configuration
7.12 SMB Configuration SMB Group Name, the name of SMB group that this printer server belongs to. All PC should join the same group before they can use this printer server by SMB protocol. Pass Job when Error Occurred: When the printer is interrupted because of paper out or off line while printing, user can set the interval time to bypass the current printing job. -
Page 94: Wizard
7.13 Wizard Click “Wizard” icon on the tool bar, the setup wizard item of the current selected printer server will be showed on the right side of the window. Double click the “Printer server Setup Wizard” the setup wizard will guide you through all the setup process. - Page 95 Step 1: Set up the name of this printer server and select to enable/disable or auto the wireless function. Step 2: Select to enable required printing protocol. Please refer to section 7.6 for detail information.
- Page 96 Step 3: Setup the IP of this printer server and the DHCP server. Please refer to section 7.9 for detail information. Step 4: Select the Wireless Adapter mode and complete wireless LAN settings. The other procedures are the same with “Wireless” Setting in “Setup” screen. Please refer to section 7.10 for detail information.
- Page 97 * Setup the AppleTalk printing. Please refer to section 7.5 for detail information. * Setup the NetWare printing. Please refer to section 7.7 for detail information.
- Page 98 Step 5: Click “Save” to finish setting and reboot computer for effect to take place.
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Page 99: Report
7.14 Report Click “Report” icon on the tool bar, the Report window will pop up. The report lists basic information of all available printer servers on the network. The information includes Device Name, MAC ID, Model Type, Firmware Version and Status of printer server. -
Page 100: Web Management
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Page 101: Introduction
Introduction Printer server can be configured and managed on the Web. Through Local Area Network, or even Internet, administrator can easily configure and manage printer server’s various main functions in browsers. Simply enter printer server’s IP address into your browser’s address field to manage a printer server by printer server’s built-in Web Server. -
Page 102: Login
Login You may use any Web Browser to review the status or configure the settings of the printer server. After entering the IP address of the printer server, a login page display. You have to enter correct “User Name” and “Password” before going to the Web Management pages. Notes: Default User Name is “admin”, default password is “1234”. -
Page 103: Device Status
Device Status 8.3.1 System System Information includes “Device Name”, “Printer server Name”, “Model Type”, “Firmware Version”, “MAC Address”, “Wireless LAN Status” and the protocols enabled status, etc. -
Page 104: Printer
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Page 105: Tcp/Ip
8.3.3 TCP/IP This page lists all TCP/IP settings of the printer server including “IP Address”, “Subnet Mask” and “Gateway”. It also displays if the DHCP server is enable or not. -
Page 106: Smb
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Page 107: Snmp
8.3.5 SNMP This page lists the SNMP settings of the printer server. It includes the settings of “SNMP System Contact” and “SNMP System Location”. -
Page 108: Netware
8.3.6 NetWare This page lists NetWare settings, including “Polling Time”, “Use Bindery Mode”, “Name of the File Server” and “Port Attached Queue”. -
Page 109: Appletalk
8.3.7 AppleTalk This page lists AppleTalk settings, including “AppleTalk Zone Name” and “Printer Type” of printers connected to all print ports. -
Page 110: Setup Wizard
Setup Wizard 8.4.1 System You can change the printer server name and password of the printer server from here. Printer server Name, the name of the printer server. You can use this name to identify the printer server when you are searching for the printer server by the administration and client utilities. -
Page 111: Advanced Settings
8.4.1.1 Advanced Settings You can enable/disable the printing protocols from the screen. To enable the function, please select “Enable”; to disable the function, please select “Disable”. 8.4.2 Wireless If you want to use the printer server through wireless LAN, please set up the printer server through Ethernet first and make sure your wireless LAN setting is correct. -
Page 112: General Setting
8.4.2.1 General Setting You can enable/disable and auto the wireless function and set parameters that are used for the wireless stations to connect to this printer server from here. The parameters include “Function”, “Mode”, “ESSID” and “Channel Number”. You can manually set the parameters of wireless LAN in this page or use the “Site Survey”... -
Page 113: Encryption
ESSID is the unique name identified by in a wireless LAN. The ID prevents the unintentional merging of two co-located WLANs. Please make sure that the ESSID of all stations and access points in the same WLAN network are the same. Channel Number is the channel number of your wireless LAN. - Page 114 generating the WEP encryption keys for the printer server. Default Key – Select one of the four keys to encrypt your data. Only the key you select it in the “Default key” will take effect. Key 1 – Key 4 – The WEP keys are used to encrypt data transmitted within the wireless network.
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Page 115: Site Survey
WPA Key – Enter 8 to 63 digits of ASCII format to be the key for the authentication within the network. When you finish configuring the wireless security, click “Save & Next” to confirm the configuration. Note: Infrastructure Mode and Ad-Hoc mode support both WEP and WPA-PSK encryption. 8.4.2.3 Site Survey You can use this “Site Survey”... -
Page 116: Tcp/Ip
8.4.3 TCP/IP You can configure the printer server to automatically get IP from DHCP server or manually specify static IP. The printer server also has a built-in DHCP server. You can enable this DHCP server and let it manages IP for you. If you need the printer server to automatically get an IP from DHCP server, select “Enable Obtain TCP/IP Settings Automatically (Use DHCP/ BOOTP)”. -
Page 117: Smb
8.4.4 You can enable/disable the SMB protocol from here. If SMB is enabled, enter the “SMB Group Name” to specify the SMB group that this printer server belongs to. All PC should join the same group before they can use this printer server by SMB protocol. * Pass Job when Error Occurred: When the printer is interrupted because of paper out or off line while printing, user can set the interval time to bypass the current printing job. -
Page 118: Snmp
8.4.5 SNMP The printer server supports SNMP configuration. If it is enabled, please set up the following parameters. SNMP System Contact: You can enter the printer server administrator’s contact information here. This information will be displayed in the SNMP management tool. SNMP System Location: You can enter the installed location of the printer server here. -
Page 119: Netware
8.4.6 NetWare This printer server supports NetWare Bindery Printing method. The printer server periodically polls the NetWare server printer queues for printing jobs. You have to assign the NetWare server name, printer server polling interval and the name of queue on the NetWare server for each printer port. -
Page 120: Appletalk
8.4.7 AppleTalk AppleTalk is a data communication protocol often used by Macintoshes. The printer server can use these parameters to join the AppleTalk network and share the printer to other AppleTalk workstations. You have to select to enable or disable AppleTalk, and setup the “Zone Name” and “Printer Type”... -
Page 121: Save Settings
8.4.8 Save Settings You can click the “Save Settings” to save the settings and restart the system. -
Page 122: System Tools
System Tools 8.5.1 Load Default You can use this page to restore the factory default settings. All of your previous setup will be cleared. -
Page 123: Upgrade Firmware From Browser
8.5.2 Upgrade Firmware from Browser You can upgrade new firmware for this printer server in this page. Click “Browse” to select the new firmware in your storage and then click “OK”, the firmware will be updated in several minutes. Be aware that if you have started upgrading firmware, you have to follow all the upgrading steps or the printer server can’t turn back to normal configuration. -
Page 124: Ipp Printing
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Page 125: Introduction
Introduction IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) Printing provides a convenient way of remote printing service by TCP/IP. The printer server can support IPP printing by default. It is needless to do any setting. Any PC that can support IPP printing, for example Windows 2000/XP, can directly use the printer server by IP. -
Page 126: System Setup
System Setup 9.2.1 Printer server Side It is needless to do any setting on the printer server side. Make sure the printer server has correct IP settings. If you want to share the printers to Internet users, you have to set a real IP to the printer server. - Page 127 Step4. Select “A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer”. Click “Next”. Step5. Select “Connect to a printer on the Internet or on a home or office network” and enter the URL of printer server. The URL format is “http://IP:631/Port Name”. The IP should be the printer server’s IP.
- Page 128 Step6. Select a suitable printer manufacturer and the printer model and click “Next”. If your printer is not in the list, click “Have Disk…” to install the driver of the printer. After installation, the printer model will be added to the list. Step7.
- Page 129 Step8. You have added the network printer to the PC successfully. The information of the printer is displayed in the windows. Click “Finish”.
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Page 130: Windows Xp Sp2 Setup
1 0 . W i n d o w s X P S P 2 S e t u p In Windows XP SP2, XP SP2’s firewall would block the unknown communications. This printer server has allowed the communications data passed through the XP SP2’s firewall. In case that you do not find any printer server listed on the “Available Ports”... - Page 131 Step3. Select “Advanced” tab and click “Settings…”.
- Page 132 Step4. Select “Exceptions” tab and click “Add Program…”. Step5. Click “Browse” to add a new program.
- Page 133 Step6. Open the “NPUtil” file from “C:\Program Files\PrintServer Utilities” (where C:\ is the system drive). Step7. A new program “Network Ports Quick Setup” is displayed in the list, click “Ok”.
- Page 134 Step8. Click “Ok”. You have completed the setting. The Windows XP SP2 will allow the incoming network connections activated by the program.
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