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  • Page 1 © Copyright 2004. Black Box Corporation. All rights reserved. 1000 Park Drive • Lawrence, PA 15055-1018 • 724-746-5500 • Fax 724-746-0746...
  • Page 2 Order toll-free in the U.S.: Call 877-877-BBOX (outside U.S. call 724-746-5500) SUPPORT FREE technical support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: Call 724-746-5500 or fax 724-746-0746 INFORMATION Mailing address: Black Box Corporation, 1000 Park Drive, Lawrence, PA 15055-1018 Web site: www.blackbox.com • E-mail: info@blackbox.com...

  • Page 4: Federal Communications Commission

    FCC AND IC RFI STATEMENTS FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and INDUSTRY CANADA RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STATEMENTS Class B Digital Device. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B computing device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
  • Page 5 PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL NORMAS OFICIALES MEXICANAS (NOM) ELECTRICAL SAFETY STATEMENT INSTRUCCIONES DE SEGURIDAD 1. Todas las instrucciones de seguridad y operación deberán ser leídas antes de que el aparato eléctrico sea operado. 2. Las instrucciones de seguridad y operación deberán ser guardadas para referencia futura.
  • Page 6 NOM STATEMENT 12. Precaución debe ser tomada de tal manera que la tierra fisica y la polarización del equipo no sea eliminada. 13. Los cables de la fuente de poder deben ser guiados de tal manera que no sean pisados ni pellizcados por objetos colocados sobre o contra ellos, poniendo particular atención a los contactos y receptáculos donde salen del aparato.
  • Page 7 PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL TRADEMARKS USED IN THIS MANUAL AppleTalk, Mac, and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Centronics is a registered trademark of Centronics Corporation. DEC is a trademark of Digital Equipment Corporation. HP-UX is a registered trademark of Hewlett-Packard Company.

  • Page 8: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS Contents Chapter Page Specifications ..........8 Introduction .
  • Page 9 PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL Contents (continued) Chapter Page Configuration Utility ......... . . 75 General Information About the Print Server .
  • Page 10 12.1 Calling Black Box ........

  • Page 11: Specifications

    Indicators: (4) LEDs: (1) Power, (1) WLAN, (1) LAN, (1) Print Temperature Tolerance: 50 to 104ºF (10 to 40ºC) Humidity: 10 to 90%, noncondensing Size: LEP0000A: 0.8"H x 2.2"W x 2.4"D (2 x 5.6 x 6.1 cm); LEP0001A: 0.8"H x 2.2"W x 2.1"D (2 x 5.6 x 5.3 cm)

  • Page 12: Introduction

    Pure Networking 10/100 Mini Print Server. This single-port device makes LAN printing flexible and easy-to-manage. The LEP0000A model print server has a network port (10-/100-Mbps Ethernet) and one printer’s parallel port. The LEP0001A model print server provides a network port (10-/100-Mbps Ethernet) and one printer’s USB port.

  • Page 13: Contents Of This Manual

    PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL 2.3 Contents of This Manual Chapter 3 explains the print server’s hardware installation and configuration. We strongly recommend that you read this chapter. Chapters 4, 5, 6, and 7 introduce: • Windows peer-to-peer network (Chapter 4) •...

  • Page 14: Print Server Network Functions

    CHAPTER 2: Introduction Network Printing Environment Print Server Network Server Client User Unix Print Server Windows NT Server NetWare Server Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 98 Workstation Figure 2-1. Users and servers installed. The print server, client user, and network server roles are discussed in Sections 2.4.1 through 2.4.3.
  • Page 15 PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL Because the print server supports IPX, TCP/IP, AppleTalk, and NetBEUI network protocols, any networked computer can directly print from any of its installed protocols. See Figure 2-3. The printing path is highlighted in gray. * TCP/IP * IPX * NetBEUI...

  • Page 16: Network Printing Functions For Clients

    CHAPTER 2: Introduction 2.4.2 N ETWORK RINTING UNCTIONS FOR LIENTS Another network component is the client user, shown highlighted in gray in Figure 2-4. Client User Unix Print Server Windows NT Server NetWare Server Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 98 Workstation Figure 2-4.
  • Page 17 PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL Application PTPP * TCP/IP * IPX TCP/IP NetBEUI * NetBEUI Windows 98 PTPP NetBEUI PTPP TCP/IP Application PTPP Windows 2000 TCP/IP NetBEUI Figure 2-5. Choose IPX, NetBEUI, or TCP/IP to transport data from your PC to the LAN printer via the print server.
  • Page 18 CHAPTER 2: Introduction PTPP Windows 98 Print Server MIS-2 Print Server MIS-1 Figure 2-6. Transport printer data to the print server via PTPP. • UNIX/Linux: UNIX (including HP-UX ® , SCO ® UNIX, Sun ® OS, Solaris ® , Unixware ®...

  • Page 19: Network Printing Functions For The Network Server

    PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL 2.4.3 N ETWORK RINTING UNCTIONS FOR THE ETWORK ERVER A LAN can have more than one network server installed. For example, if you need to connect to your company’s Accounting server and the Human Resources server, you can connect via your PC and a single LAN.

  • Page 20: Network Printing Environment

    CHAPTER 2: Introduction 2.5 Network Printing Environment Three common network environments are described below. • 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 (shown in Figure 2-8).

  • Page 21: Netware Network

    PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL Print Queue * TCP/IP Windows 98 * IPX Windows NT Server PTPP * NetBEUI TCP/IP TCP/IP Windows 2000 Figure 2-9. The Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows XP network uses print queue to print via PTPP. •...

  • Page 22: Hardware Installation

    CHAPTER 3: Hardware Installation 3. Hardware Installation 1. Unpack the print server package and verify that all the items listed in Section 2.2 are included. CAUTION To prevent a compatibility problem between the print server and the printer, power on the print server before the printer. 2.

  • Page 23: Windows Peer-To-Peer Network

    PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL 4. Windows Peer-to-Peer Network The print server supports the Windows peer-to-peer network printing mode; it’s suitable for most medium and small network environments. Through the quick and simple installation procedure, you can immediately enjoy the convenience of network printing.

  • Page 24: Administrator Installation And Setup

    CHAPTER 4: Windows Peer-to-Peer Network In addition, after PTPP is installed, the system will automatically search for all print servers on the network and add the print server’s printing port into Windows. (Refer to Section 2.4 for more detailed information.) 4.1 Administrator Installation and Setup The administrator installation can be performed on Windows 95/98/Me/XP, Windows 2000, or Windows NT with the same user interface.
  • Page 25 PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL Figure 4-3. The Utilities Setup screen. 4. Click on Next to go on to the next screen (Figure 4-4), or Cancel to stop the setup.
  • Page 26 CHAPTER 4: Windows Peer-to-Peer Network Use the Browse button to search through the possible destination folders and specify the destination folder where the utilities will be installed. Click on Back to go back to the previous screen, Cancel to stop the setup, or Next to save the setup and go to the next screen.
  • Page 27 PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL 5. If you click on Next, Figure 4-5 appears. Check the appropriate boxes to select the components you want to install. We recommend that you install all of the provided components. Click on Back to go back to the previous screen, Cancel to stop the setup, or Next to save the setup and go on to the next screen.
  • Page 28 CHAPTER 4: Windows Peer-to-Peer Network 6. If you click on Next, Figure 4-6 appears. From the existing folders list, highlight the program folder where the program icons will be added. Or, type in a program folder name in the program folders box. Click on Back to go back to the previous screen, Cancel to stop the setup, or Next to save the setup and go on to the next screen.
  • Page 29 PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL 7. If you click on Next, the installation starts. See Figure 4-7. Click on Cancel to interrupt the installation. Figure 4-7. Installation is in progress.
  • Page 30 CHAPTER 4: Windows Peer-to-Peer Network 8. To complete the installation, do not click on the Cancel button; just wait for the program to finish the installation. Once the installation phase is complete, prepare to configure the print server. To do this, click on Next (this screen not shown) and the Choose Print Server dialog box will display as shown in Figure 4-8.
  • Page 31 PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL 9. If you click on Next, the Name the Print Server dialog box will appear as shown in Figure 4-9. Figure 4-9. Type in the device name. In the Alias Name field, type in a meaningful name for the print server. This name will also be the identifier for the peer-to-peer printing (PTPP).
  • Page 32 CHAPTER 4: Windows Peer-to-Peer Network 10. If you click on Next, you can configure the network protocol in the screen shown in Figure 4-10. Figure 4-10. Network protocol configuration. This screen is divided into two sections, one for IPX/NetBEUI, the other for TCP/IP.
  • Page 33 PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL 11. If you click on Next, the Add Network Port screen appears (see Figure 4-11). The print server setup is complete. If you click on Finish, the system will add the print server to your PC. Or, click on Back to go back to the previous screen or Cancel to cancel the port addition.
  • Page 34 CHAPTER 4: Windows Peer-to-Peer Network 12. Finally, the Setup Complete window (Figure 4-12) appears; the Administrator Installation procedure is finished. Click on Finish to restart your computer, or Back to go back to the previous screen. Figure 4-12. The Setup Complete window. So far, you have completed the following tasks.
  • Page 35 PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL If you want to print from this administrator’s PC to the print server, all you need to do is to perform the procedure as described below. If you don’t care to, proceed to Section 4.2 to perform the client installation procedure.
  • Page 36 CHAPTER 4: Windows Peer-to-Peer Network 4. Select Local printer in Figure 4-14 and click Next. Figure 4-14. Select the desired printer.
  • Page 37 PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL 5. If your printer came with an installation disk, click on the Have Disk button (see Figure 4-15). The Install prompt will appear, and the system will ask where the disk is located. Type in the disk’s location (for example, C:\) and press Enter.
  • Page 38 CHAPTER 4: Windows Peer-to-Peer Network 6. To configure the port to a local printer port, simply click on Next. To go back to the previous screen, click on the Back button. Click on Cancel to cancel your changes. To connect the print server to a network port, highlight the print server’s network port that was created during the client installation process (see the Available Ports list in Figure 4-16).

  • Page 39: Client Installation And Setup

    PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL 4.2 Client Installation and Setup You can install the client in Windows 95/98/Me/XP, Windows 2000, or Windows NT with the same user interface. Before starting this installation procedure, confirm that your PC is connected to the network and has at least one network protocol installed.
  • Page 40 CHAPTER 4: Windows Peer-to-Peer Network 3. Click on Client Installation and the Utilities Setup window appears. See Figure 4-18. Click on Next to go on to the next screen or Cancel to stop the installation. Figure 4-18. Utilities Setup window.
  • Page 41 PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL Figure 4-19. Choosing the destination folder. 4. Click on the Browse button to view the available destination folders. Select the destination folder where the program icons will be added, then click on the Next button to save the changes.
  • Page 42 CHAPTER 4: Windows Peer-to-Peer Network 5. Using the scroll-down menu, select the folder where the program icons will be added. (See Figure 4-20.) Click on Next to start the installation. Or, click on Back to go back to the previous screen, or Cancel to cancel the selection. Figure 4-20.
  • Page 43 PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL 6. Once installation begins, Figure 4-21 will appear. Click on Cancel to interrupt the installation. Figure 4-21. Installation in progress.
  • Page 44 CHAPTER 4: Windows Peer-to-Peer Network 7. If you don’t click on the Cancel button, the installation procedure will finish. Once it’s done, Figure 4-22 will appear. Click on the Continue button, and all the print server’s network ports detected on the network will be added to your Figure 4-22.
  • Page 45 PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL Figure 4-23. Setup Complete window. So far, you have completed the following tasks: • Installed all utilities and drivers on the client’s PC. • Added all the print server’s network ports to the client’s PC. You can perform the procedure described next if you want to add network printers to your PC.
  • Page 46 CHAPTER 4: Windows Peer-to-Peer Network 2. Double click on Add Printer. The Add Printer Wizard screen appears (see Figure 4-24). Click on Next to continue, Back to go back to the previous screen, or Cancel to stop the installation. Figure 4-24. The Add Printer Wizard screen.
  • Page 47 PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL 3. Select Local printer, then click on Next. See Figure 4-25. Or, click on Back to go back to the previous screen, or Cancel to stop the installation. Figure 4-25. Select the local printer.
  • Page 48 CHAPTER 4: Windows Peer-to-Peer Network 4. If your printer came with an installation disk, click on the Have Disk button (see Figure 4-26). The Install prompt will appear, and the system will ask where the disk is located. Type in the disk’s location (for example, C:\) and press Enter.
  • Page 49 PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL 5. To configure the port to a local printer port, simply click on Next. To go back to the previous screen, click on the Back button. Click on Cancel to cancel your changes. To connect the print server to a network port, highlight the print server’s network port that was created during the client installation process (see the Available Ports list in Figure 4-27).

  • Page 50: Client Utilities

    CHAPTER 4: Windows Peer-to-Peer Network 4.3 Client Utilities After the client installation is complete, there will be three tools in the print server’s Program folder. • Network ports quick setup • Remote ports • Uninstall network driver The uninstall network driver will help you remove all installed client software. The first two tools are described in Sections 4.3.1 and 4.3.2.
  • Page 51 PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL Figure 4-29. Select ports from the Details tab screen. 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 the client’s computer conveniently.
  • Page 52 CHAPTER 4: Windows Peer-to-Peer Network Table 4-1. Details tab options. Parameter Setting Print to the Following Port This lists available network ports. Add Port button Click on this button to add a the selected print server network port. Delete Port button Click on this button to delete the selected port.
  • Page 53 PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL Chosen Figure 4-30. Add a new network printer port. Select the desired port in the Available Ports list in Figure 4-30. Click on the configuration type in the Configure Port section of the screen (chose from Auto, IPX, TCP/IP, or NetBEUI).

  • Page 54: Remote Ports Utility

    CHAPTER 4: Windows Peer-to-Peer Network Be aware that Network Ports Quick Setup screen 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 the Remote Ports Utility described in Section 4.3.2 to manage remote (across network segments) print servers.
  • Page 55 PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL Figure 4-33. Create Remote Port screen. 3. Press OK to add the remote printer port to your computer’s printer ports. Figure 4-34 appears. Or, click on Cancel to cancel the port selection. Figure 4-34.
  • Page 56 CHAPTER 4: Windows Peer-to-Peer Network MIS-1-P1 (Print Server Network Port) MIS-1-P2 (Print Server Network Port) MIS-1-P3 (Print Server Network Port) MIS-2-P1 (Print Server Network Port) MIS-Remote-P1 (Print Server Network Port) Figure 4-35. Select a printer port from the Details tab screen. The Details tab screen parameters are described in Table 4-1 on page 49.

  • Page 57: Windows Nt, Windows 2000, Or Windows Xp Network

    PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL 5. Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows XP Network In the Windows network environment, other than the peer-to-peer network printing described in the previous chapter, you can also use the server-based printing for a Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows XP server. Only one Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows XP server is required to have the Windows PTPP driver installed and share the printing service on the network.

  • Page 58: Windows Nt, Windows 2000, Or Windows Xp Server Installation And Setup

    CHAPTER 5: Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows XP Network 5.1 Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows XP Server Installation and Setup Figure 5-2 shows a peer-to-peer connection between a Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows XP server and the print server. The PTPP connection is highlighted in gray.

  • Page 59: User Installation And Setup

    PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL 5.2 User Installation and Setup Figure 5-3 shows a typical user installation and setup. Windows workstations are connected to the Windows NT server via TCP/IP and IPX protocols. The NT server then connects to the printer via PTPP and TCP/IP. The workstation (client) side is highlighted in gray.
  • Page 60 CHAPTER 5: Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows XP Network Figure 5-4. Select the network printer. Click on Back to go back to the previous screen, or click on Cancel to cancel the selection. Click on Next to select the network printer and go to the next screen.

  • Page 61: Netware Network

    PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL 6. NetWare Network The print server has built-in NetWare printer sharing. This allows one or more printers attached by a print server to be connected to the network. The print server supports both NetWare and the print server. The embedded print server, which emulates the NetWare print server’s queue management functionality, is a PSERVER program running on the NetWare server.
  • Page 62 CHAPTER 6: NetWare Network • Workstations need not be running the remote printer utility. • Improves productivity by locating the printer near the workgroup. 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 63 PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL 3. Select your new print server from the displayed list (see Figure 6-2) and press the Enter key. The name listed will be the same as the Device Name printed on your print server’s label. Figure 6-2.
  • Page 64 CHAPTER 6: NetWare Network 4. 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 the Enter key to display a list of choices. When all of the values are correct, select Yes for Continue Installation, and press Enter.
  • Page 65 PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL Before printing, you may want to verify that the setup is complete. Using the PSETUP command’s Print Server Status option (as described in the following section), you can verify that the print server is connected to the right file server, is using the correct network frame type, and so on.
  • Page 66 CHAPTER 6: NetWare Network 3. Select your new print server from the list provided and press the Accept key. See Figure 6-4. Figure 6-4. Print server list.
  • Page 67 PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL 4. Choose NetWare Configuration from the menu in the NetWare server screen (not shown in this manual). 5. Select Print Server in the Printing mode field (screen not shown). Figure 6-5 will appear. Figure 6-5.
  • Page 68 CHAPTER 6: NetWare Network 11. Choose the Print Queue Information menu selection. (This screen is not shown in this manual.) 12. Press the Insert key to add a new print queue. 13. Type in a print queue name, such as PQ or Q1. See Figure 6-6. Figure 6-6.
  • Page 69 PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL Figure 6-7. New Print Server Name screen. 17. Press the Enter key 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. See Figure 6-8. Since your print server has only one port, you do not need to configure the Type field.
  • Page 70 CHAPTER 6: NetWare Network Figure 6-8. Printer configuration screen. 21. Press the Escape key, and answer Yes to the “Save Changes?” question. 22. Select Queues Serviced by Printer, then select Printer 0 (or Printer 1, Printer 2). Press the Enter key. 23.
  • Page 71 PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL Figure 6-9. Add a new print queue. 24. Repeatedly press the Escape key to exit the PCONSOLE program. 25. Reset the print server to have the changes take effect. Your print server is now ready for use. You should be able to redirect printing to your print server using a CAPTURE command.

  • Page 72: Unix System Network

    CHAPTER 7: UNIX System Network 7. UNIX System Network The print server is available for TCP/IP printing by UNIX lpd (Line Printer Daemon) protocol. The lpd protocol that originated with the UNIX release is based on the BSD version of UNIX and supported under most UNIX versions. 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.

  • Page 73: Arp And Ping Assignment

    PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL 4. RARP (Reverse Address Resolution Protocol) The print server will use the last three methods to obtain its IP address automatically if its IP address is configured as auto (0.0.0.0). 7.2.1 ARP SSIGNMENT You can use ARP and Ping commands with a Web browser to complete the print server’s IP address setting.

  • Page 74: Bootp

    CHAPTER 7: UNIX System Network 7.2.3 BOOTP If you have the BOOTP daemon (bootpd) running on your UNIX system that’s accessible by the print server, you can use the BOOTP protocol to set up the print server’s IP address. We recommend that you locate the BOOTP server on the same subnet as the print server.

  • Page 75: Rarp

    PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL :ht=1:\ :ha=0000B4010101:\ :ip=203.66.191.12: 7.2.4 RARP The procedure below enables the RARP daemon running on your system to respond to a RARP request from the print server and to assign the IP address to the print server.

  • Page 76: Configure Remote Lpd Printing On The Host

    CHAPTER 7: UNIX System Network 7.4 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 UNIX varieties. The procedure below can be used for UNIX variants that are related to BSD UNIX, such as Sun OS or Linux.

  • Page 77: Print A Test Page

    PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL :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 print server.

  • Page 78: Configuration Utility

    CHAPTER 8: Configuration Utility 8. Configuration Utility This chapter introduces the print server’s system configuration utility in a Windows environment. This utility is automatically installed during the Windows Administrator utility installation procedure—refer to Section 4.1. This utility provides the most complete management and configuration functions on the print server side.

  • Page 79: General Information About The Print Server

    PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL 8.1 General Information About the Print Server Every time you run the print server’s configuration utility, the system will initially delay for several seconds because the utility is using the system’s available network protocols to search for all print servers on the network.

  • Page 80: Print Server Status

    CHAPTER 8: Configuration Utility By clicking on the Refresh button, you may manually search again for print servers on the network for you to select a newly added print server. Click on the Help button to show a help menu. To cancel the configuration, click on the Cancel button.

  • Page 81: Attached Printer Status

    PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL 8.3 Attached Printer Status The Printer Status page (see Figure 8-3) displays the printer status for each port. Figure 8-3. Printer Status tab. Click on Refresh to refresh the screen and view the port status list. Click on OK to select the highlighted port, Cancel to cancel the port, Apply to save the port selection and go to the next screen, or Help to view the Help menu for this screen.

  • Page 82: Ip Address Configuration

    CHAPTER 8: Configuration Utility 8.4 IP Address Configuration The IP Cfg page (see Figure 8-4) 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 address as Auto. Figure 8-4.

  • Page 83: Netware Print Server Configuration

    PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL 8.5 NetWare Print Server Configuration The NW PS Cfg page (see Figure 8-5) allows you to set several options. Figure 8-5. NW PS Cfg tab. Set the following from this screen: • The Alias name, which is a nickname by which the print server can be called (in addition to the PSxxxxxx name printed on the label).

  • Page 84: Netware Printing Summary

    CHAPTER 8: Configuration Utility • The Write button saves the configuration to the print server. • The Reset button resets the print server to let the changes take effect. Click on OK to select the configuration, Cancel to cancel, Apply to save the configuration and go on to the next screen, or Help to view the Help menu for this screen.

  • Page 85: Print Server Network Ability Setting

    PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL 8.7 Print Server Network Ability Setting The Print Server Cfg page (see Figure 8-7) allows you to set several options. Figure 8-7. Print ServerCfg tab. • The Diagnostic Printout determines whether or not a diagnostic printout should be printed on the printer that the print server is connected to.

  • Page 86: Restore To Default

    CHAPTER 8: Configuration Utility • The Write button saves the configuration to the print server. • The Reset button resets the print server to let the changes take effect. Click on OK to select the alias name, Cancel to cancel, Apply to save the alias name and go to the next screen, or Help to view the Help menu for this screen.

  • Page 87: Firmware Upgrade/Update

    PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL • The Restore button saves the default configuration displayed on this page to the print server. • The Reset button resets the print server to let the changes take effect. Click on OK to select the alias name, Cancel to cancel, Apply to save the alias name and go to the next screen, or Help to view the Help menu for this screen.
  • Page 88 CHAPTER 8: Configuration Utility To perform an upgrade: • Make sure the updated PxxxM_xP.BIN (depending on your model) file is stored in your computer or CD-ROM. • Click on the Browse button and select the firmware, or type in the updated firmware in the File Name field.

  • Page 89: Dhcp Server Configuration

    PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL 8.10 DHCP Server Configuration The print server can be configured as a DHCP server to assign IP addresses to other devices on the network. See Figure 8-10. Figure 8-10. DHCP Cfg tab. The DHCP Cfg page allows you to set: •...
  • Page 90 CHAPTER 8: Configuration Utility • DHCP setup is used to 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, you will configure the following parameters: •...

  • Page 91: Dhcp Information

    PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL 8.11 DHCP Information The DHCP Information page (see Figure 8-11) can be used to display the DHCP server information when the print server is functioning as a DHCP server. Figure 8-11. DHCP Information tab. •...

  • Page 92: Email Printing Setting

    CHAPTER 8: Configuration Utility • Gateway IP displays the default gateway’s configured IP address. • Netmask lists the configured network mask. • DNS Server displays the domain name server’s configured IP address. Click on OK to select the DHCP information, Cancel to cancel, Apply to save the DHCP information and go to the next screen, or Help to view the Help menu for this screen.

  • Page 93: Smb Printing Setting

    PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL The print server will automatically get the email from that mailbox and print it to the attached printer. The detailed function description is described in Chapter 10. The page allows you to set: •...
  • Page 94 CHAPTER 8: Configuration Utility Figure 8-13. SMB Cfg tab. This tab allows your PC to print to this print server using SMB protocol. The page allows you to set: • Alias Name: The print server’s SMB alias name. • Group Name: The SMB group’s name that this print server joins to.

  • Page 95: Snmp Parameter Setting

    PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL • Abort Job When Print Error: If you check this item, the print server will abort the printing job when any printing error occurs. • The Write button saves the configuration to the print server. •...
  • Page 96 CHAPTER 8: Configuration Utility Use the SNMP MIB browser to browse through this information. The page allows you to set: • System contact: The print server’s system administrator information. • System location: The print server’s system location. • The Write button saves the configuration to the print server. •...

  • Page 97: Appletalk Configuration

    PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL 8.15 AppleTalk Configuration The AppleTalk Cfg page (see Figure 8-15) allows you to configure the print server’s AppleTalk network parameters. Figure 8-15. AppleTalk Cfg tab. AppleTalk is a data communication protocol often used by Macintosh ®...
  • Page 98 CHAPTER 8: Configuration Utility The page allows you to set: • Printer Type: The type of printer attached to the P1 printer port. You can get the printer type from the printer’s manufacturer. • Zone: The Zone name that the print server wants to join. Only workstations in the same zone can share the printer.

  • Page 99: Web Management

    PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL 9. Web Management The print server can be configured and managed on the Web. Through a Local Area Network—or even the Internet—the administrator can easily configure and manage the print server’s various main functions in browsers. Simply enter the print server’s IP address into your browser’s address field to manage a print server using the print server’s built-in Web server.
  • Page 100 CHAPTER 9: Web Management Figure 9-1. Web Console page. After searching is completed, the screen shown in Figure 9-2 will appear.
  • Page 101 PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL Figure 9-2. The Print Server Information screen appears once it has completed the search for all print servers. The window will be split into two parts: • The Print Server List is on the left portion. It lists all print servers found on the same network.

  • Page 102: Managing The Print Server Via The Web

    CHAPTER 9: Web Management 9.2 Managing the Print Server via the Web 9.2.1 U SING THE ROWSER You may use any Web browser to review the status or configure the print server’s settings. The print server’s management screen contains three frames: control panel, status lines, and configuration pages.
  • Page 103 PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL • Printer Status: The attached printers’ current status. • NetWare Status: Print server connection information for NetWare. • DHCP Status: Current DHCP server status and information. • Device Cfg: Device configuration. • IP Cfg: IP configuration. •...

  • Page 104: Getting Print Server Information

    CHAPTER 9: Web Management 9.2.2 G ETTING RINT ERVER NFORMATION Each time you run the browser to connect to a print server, you will get this Print Server Information page initially. The Print Server Information page (see Figure 9-4) displays general information about the print server. Figure 9-4.

  • Page 105: Getting Printer Status

    PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL 9.2.3 G ETTING RINTER TATUS The Printer Status page (see Figure 9-5) can be used to display the attached printer(s) status for each port. Figure 9-5. Display port status via the Printer Status page.

  • Page 106: Getting Netware Information

    CHAPTER 9: Web Management 9.2.4 G ETTING NFORMATION The NetWare Status page (see Figure 9-6) displays the print server’s NetWare connection information. Figure 9-6. View NetWare information for the print server.

  • Page 107: Getting Dhcp Status

    PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL 9.2.5 G DHCP S ETTING TATUS The DHCP Status page (see Figure 9-7) displays the DHCP information when the print server’s client DHCP function is enabled. Figure 9-7. DHCP Status page.

  • Page 108: Changing Device Configuration

    CHAPTER 9: Web Management 9.2.6 C HANGING EVICE ONFIGURATION The Device Configuration page (see Figure 9-8) allows you to set several options. Print Server info Save to Print Server Figure 9-8. Device Configuration page. • Alias name, an alternate name for the print server (in addition to the PSxxxxxx name printed on the label).

  • Page 109: Setting The Ip Address

    PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL Make sure to reset the print server (described in Section 9.2.11) in order for the changes to take effect. 9.2.7 S IP A ETTING THE DDRESS The IP Configuration page (see Figure 9-9) allows you to configure the IP address where the print server is to be located.
  • Page 110 CHAPTER 9: Web Management Print Server info Save to Print Server Figure 9-10. DHCP Configuration screen. The DHCP Configuration page allows you to set: • The DHCP server startup. This determines if the print server will act as a DHCP server. You can enable or disable this option, or set it to Auto. 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.

  • Page 111: Configuring Email Printing

    PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL Make sure to reset the print server (described in Section 9.2.11) in order for the changes to take effect. 9.2.9 C ONFIGURING MAIL RINTING Using the print server’s email printing function (see Figure 9-11), the client user on the Internet can email the printing file to a dedicated mailbox.

  • Page 112: Configuring Snmp Parameters

    CHAPTER 9: Web Management 9.2.10 C SNMP P ONFIGURING ARAMETERS The SNMP Configuration page (see Figure 9-12) allows you to configure the print server’s SNMP parameters. This information can be browsed with the SNMP MIB browser. Print Server info Save to Print Server Figure 9-12.

  • Page 113: System Utilities

    PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL 9.2.11 S YSTEM TILITIES You can perform several tasks from this page (see Figure 9-13), as described below. Print Server info Figure 9-13. System Utilities page. • The Software reset option determines whether or not to reset the print server. •...

  • Page 114: Email Printing

    CHAPTER 10: Email Printing 10. Email Printing Email printing provides an alternative to traditional printing procedures. After installation, Windows will establish a new printer driver that will convert the printing document to an email and send it to the mail account assigned by the print server.

  • Page 115: Client User Side

    PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL 4. Press the Write button, and then the Reset button. 10.2.2 C LIENT Confirm that the client computer has installed and set up the TCP/IP protocol correctly. Email printing provides three printing methods; the instructions and installation are described next.
  • Page 116 CHAPTER 10: Email Printing To install the driver: 1. Insert the included CD into your CD-ROM drive. Change the directory to \Email Printing\English\. 2. Type setup.exe and press Enter to activate the setup program. Figure 10-1 appears. Figure 10-1. The Email Printing Driver Welcome screen. 3.
  • Page 117 PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL Figure 10-2. Choose a new or default installation path. 4. Assign a program folder name, then click Next. See Figure 10-3.
  • Page 118 CHAPTER 10: Email Printing Figure 10-3. Name the program folder. 5. The system will install the Email printing driver. After the installation is complete, you need to configure the printing driver for email printing as follows (see Figure 10-4). Click on Add Port, and the print server will prompt you for the printer port’s IP address.
  • Page 119 PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL Figure 10-4. Add/configure printer ports. 6. When you click on the Add Port button (Figure 10-4), and the dialog box shown in Figure 10-5 will appear.
  • Page 120 CHAPTER 10: Email Printing PrintServer@blackbox.com.tw blackbox.com.tw PrintServer#chome.com.tw Figure 10-5. Add a port. 7. Type in the proper value in the fields described as follows. Port Name: The Printer Port Name for Email printing. It will be used when you execute the Add Printer command. E-Mail Address: The print server’s email address.
  • Page 121 PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL Directly send an email to the email account serviced by the print server 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 can run the mailing tool, type in the content, and send the email.

  • Page 122: Ipp Printing

    CHAPTER 11: IPP Printing 11. IPP Printing IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) printing provides convenient remote TCP/IP printing. The print server supports IPP printing by default. It is needless to do any configuring. Any PC that can support IPP printing (for example Windows 2000/XP) can directly use the print server via IP.
  • Page 123 PURE NETWORKING 10/100 MINI PRINT SERVERS USERS’ MANUAL Figure 11-1. Set up the printer. Select Connect to a printer on the Internet or on a home or office network (see Figure 11-2) and enter http://IP/LPT_PORT:631. The IP should be the print server’s IP.
  • Page 124 CHAPTER 11: IPP Printing Figure 11-2. Connect to the shared printer.

  • Page 125: Troubleshooting

    If you determine that your Pure Networking 10/100 Mini Print Server is malfunctioning, do not attempt to alter or repair the unit. It contains no user- serviceable parts. Contact Black Box at 724-746-5500. Before you do, make a record of the history of the problem. We will be able to...

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