3 Ports Print Server Series User’s Manual Version: 1.0 (December, 2005)
2 1.1 Product Introduction Thank you for purchasing and using our print server. This print server allows your printer to become a shared device o
92 7.14 Wizard Click “Wizard” icon on the tool bar, the setup wizard item of the current selected print server will be showed on the right side
93 Step 1: Set up the name of this print server, SMB Group Name and the port name for the print server. Step 2: Select to enable required printing
94 Step 3: Setup the IP of this print server and the DHCP server. Please refer to section 7.6 for detail information. Step 4: Setup the NetWare pri
95 Step 5: Select the Wireless Adapter mode and complete wireless LAN settings. The other procedures are the same with “Wireless” Setting in “Setup”
96 7.15 Report Click “Report” icon on the tool bar, the Report window will pop up. The report lists basic information of all available print se
97 8. Web Management
98 8.1 Introduction Print server can be configured and managed on the Web. Through Local Area Network, or even Internet, administrator can easily
99 8.2 Login You may use any Web Browser to review the status or configure the settings of the print server. After entering the IP address of the
100 8.3 Device Status 8.3.1 System System Information includes “Device Name”, “Print Server Name”, “Model Type”, “System Up Time”, “Fir
101 8.3.2 Printer This page lists information of printers connected to all printer ports.
3 1.2 Product Package This package contains the following components: n One Print Server n One Antenna n One Power Adapter n One Quick Instal
102 8.3.3 TCP/IP This page lists all TCP/IP settings of the print server including “IP Address”, “Subnet Mask” and “Gateway”. It also lists DHC
103 8.3.4 SMB This page lists the SMB group setting of the print server.
104 8.3.5 SNMP This page lists the SNMP settings of the print server. It includes the settings of “SNMP System Contact” and “SNMP System Locat
105 8.3.6 NetWare This page lists NetWare settings, including “Polling Time”, “Use Bindery Mode”, “Name of the File Server” and “Port Attached
106 8.3.7 AppleTalk This page lists AppleTalk settings, including “AppleTalk Zone Name” and “Printer Type” of printers connected to all print
107 8.3.8 Rendezvous This page lists Rendezvous settings, including “Port Service Name” of each port.
108 8.4 Setup Wizard 8.4.1 System You can change the print server name and port name of the print server from here. Print Server Name, the
109 8.4.1.1 Admin Password It allows you to change the password of the print server. USER Name, the administrator name of the print server. If
110 8.4.1.2 Advanced Settings You can enable/disable the printing protocols from the screen. To enable the function, please select “Enable”; to
111 8.4.2 Wireless If you want to use the print server through wireless LAN, please set up the print server through Ethernet first and make sur
4 1.3 Network Printing Architecture This section illustrates how print server functions and operates on the network. Before you install and use p
112 Mode is the operation mode of wireless station. You can choose ether “Ad Hoc” or “Infrastructure” mode. If you do not have any access point and w
113 8.4.2.1 Site Survey You can use this “Site Survey” function to search for available access points in you location. In the list is the inform
114 8.4.2.2 Encryption This print server supports WEP and WPA-PSK security mode. If you want to use WEP encryption to protect your wireless networ
115 Ÿ Key Format – You may select to use ASCII Characters (alphanumeric format) or Hexadecimal digits (in the "A-F", "a-f" and &
116 WPA-shared key Security Mode: When “WPA-shared key”, also named “WPA-PSK” requires users to select one of the advanced encryption methods, i.e
117 network. If “Hex” is selected, please enter 64 digits of Hex code which should be “0-9” and “A-F”. Ÿ Pre-Shared Key – The “Pre-Shared Key” is
118 If you need the print server to automatically get an IP from DHCP server, select “Enable Obtain TCP/IP Settings Automatically (Use DHCP/ BOOTP)”.
119 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 print server
120 SNMP System Location: You can enter the installed location of the print server here. This information will be displayed in the SNMP management t
121 Name of the File Server is the name of the NetWare file server that provides printer queues. Attached Queue is the name of the printer queue on t
5 1.3.1 Print Server Network Functions Windows NT ServerNetWare ServerWindows 98Windows NTWorkstationWindows 2000Unix Print ServerPrint Server Be
122 AppleTalk Enable: Enable or disable “AppleTalk”. AppleTalk Zone Name: Print server has to join zones of AppleTalk before it can be shared to othe
123 The service name will be seen by users on IP network, you have to designate the unique and friendly name to describe the device. 8.4.9 Save
124 8.5 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 cl
125 8.5.2 Upgrade Firmware from Browser You can upgrade new firmware for this print server in this page. Click “Browse” to select the new firm
126 8.5.3 Backup Setting To backup the print server setting to a “config.bin” file, select “Backup settings from Print Server”. To apply the
127 9. Telnet Management
128 9.1 Introduction Print server can be configured and managed by Telnet. Through Local Area Network, or even Internet, administrator can easily c
129 9.2 Login Execute the Telnet client tool and connect to the print server IP. telnet 192.168.2.2 Then you will be prompted to enter the username
130 9.3 Get Setting Values – “get” Command “get” command is used to get the setting values of this print server. The format of “get” command is as
131 Argument Description Example channel Channel number used by wireless LAN admin# get channel CHANNEL=11 wep The mode of WEP 0: disable 1: 64 bit
6 Common operating systems for clients are classified as following: Windows 95/98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Our print server system provides PTPP (Peer-
132 Argument Description Example SMBDG The name of the SMB group name that this print server joins to admin# get SMBDG SMBD_NAME=’default’ SNMPC Th
133 9.4 Modify Setting Values – “set” Command “set” command is used to modify the setting values of this print server. The format of “set” command
134 Argument Description Example channel Channel number used by wireless LAN. The value should be 1~14. set channel 11 wep The mode of WEP. The val
135 Argument Description Example printertype1 The type of the printer attached to this print server set printertype1 LaserW riter SMBDG The name of
136 9.5 Other Commands 9.5.1 ipconfig “ipconfig” command is used to quickly get the IP settings (IP, subnet mask, default gateway) of the print
137 set argument value get argument ipconfig reboot exit
138 10. IPP Printing
139 10.1 Introduction IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) Printing provides a convenient way of remote printing service by TCP/IP. The print server ca
140 10.2 System Setup 10.2.1 Print Server Side It is needless to do any setting on the print server side. Make sure the print server has corre
141 Step3. The “Add Printer Wizard” is displayed. Click “Next”. Step4. Select “A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer”. Cl
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142 Step5. Select “Connect to a printer on the Internet or on a home or office network” and enter the URL of print server. The URL format is “http:/
143 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
144 Step8. You have added the network printer to the PC successfully. The information of the printer is displayed in the windows. Click “Finish”.
145 11. Windows XP SP2 Setup In Windows XP SP2, XP SP2’s firewall would block the unknown communications. This print server has allowed the communi
146 Step3. Select “Advanced” tab and click “Settings…”. Step4. Select “Exceptions” tab and click “Add Program…”.
147 Step5. Click “Browse” to add a new program.
148 Step6. Open the “NPUtil” file from “C:\Program Files\PrintServer Utilities” (where C:\ is the system drive).
149 Step7. A new program “Network Ports Quick Setup” is displayed in the list, click “Ok”. Step8. Click “Ok”. You have completed the setting. Th
8 1.3.3 Network Printing Functions for Network Server Windows NT ServerNetWare ServerWindows 98Windows NTWorkstationWindows 2000Unix Print Server
9 1.4 Network Printing Environment Common network environment are classified as following: Windows Peer-to-Peer Network The client’s PTPP driver
10 NetWare Network (see below)
11 1.5 Contents of the User’s Manual Chapter 2 explains print server’s hardware installation and configuration. It is strongly recommended for yo
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12 Chapter 11 In Windows XP SP2, you may not find any print server listed on the “Available Ports” in “Network Ports Quick Setup”. Please follow th
13 1.6 Firmware & Printing Function The print server provides a complete network printing solution. The feature set is listed below: n PTPP
14 2. Hardware Installation 1. Unpack the print server package and verify that all the items listed in the section 1.2 are provided. 2. Connect
15 3. Windows Peer-to-Peer Network
16 3.1 System Architecture Print server supports Windows Peer-to-Peer network printing mode, which is suitable for most medium and small network
17 2. Client Installation and Configuration (refer to section 3 for more detailed information). Client users must install Windows PTPP driver (Peer
18 3.2 Administrator Installation and Setup The Administrator Installation can be performed on Windows 95/98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 with the same u
19 3. The “Utilities Setup” window will be displayed. Click “Next”. 4. Click “Next” to install the utilities in the default folder or click “Brow
20 5. Select the components you want to install. It is highly recommended to install all provided components. Click “Next” to continue. 6. Specify t
21 7. The system will start to install the utilities automatically.
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22 8. You have completed the installation phase and prepare to configure the Print Server. The “Choose Print Server” will list all Print Servers wit
23 9. Specify a recognizable name for the Print Server and click “Next”. 10. Specify the IP Address for the Print Server manually or click “Next”
24 11. The configuration summary is displayed in the window. Now, you have completed the “Print Server Setup”. Click “Finish” and your system will a
25 The Administrator Installation Program have executed the installation procedure that performs the following tasks: n Install all utilities and dr
26 3.3 Administrator Utilities After Administrator Installation is completed, there will be four utilities in print server’s Program folder. n N
27 3.4 Client Installation and Setup The Client Installation can be performed on Windows 95/98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 with the same user interface.
28 3. The “Utilities Setup” window will be displayed. Click “Next”. 4. Click “Next” to install the utilities in the default folder or click “Brow
29 5. Specify the program folder where the program icons will be added to, click “Next”. 6. The system will start to install the utilities automatic
30 7. Now, the installation procedure is completed, you are ready to set up the client’s computer. All network ports of the Print Servers detected o
31 After the installation, you have completed the following tasks: n Install all utilities and drivers to the client’s PC. n Add all the print serv
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32 3.5 Client Utilities After Client Installation is completed, there will be three tools in print server’s Program folder. n Network Ports Quic
33 During the client’s installation procedure, the system will automatically search for all print servers on the network, and add them into the print
34 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
35 Step2. Enter print server’s name, IP address, select used ports, and enter LPR queue name of each port. Click “Ok”. Step3. The new remote
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37 3.6 Windows Add Printer Procedure After adding a “Network Port” of the print server to your PC by Administrator or Client Installation Progra
38 Step4. Select “Local printer attached to this computer” and make sure that “Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer” is not se
39 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
40 Step8. Choose to print the test page or not. It is recommended to print a test page. Click “Next”. Step9. You have added the printer to the P
41 4. Windows NT/2000/2003 Network
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42 4.1 System Architecture In Windows network environment, other than the Peer-to-Peer network printing architecture described in the previous ch
43 4.2 Windows NT/2000/2003 Server Installation and Setup Please follow the procedures described below for installation and construct a peer-to-p
44 Step3. Share the above server’s printer to the network by performing the standard Windows printer sharing process.
45 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 i
46 5. NetWare Network
47 5.1 System Architecture We implemented NetWare printer sharing functionality into the print server itself, thus allowing one or more printers
48 n Printing performance is enhanced. n Relieve NetWare file server’s burden. n Relieve the need of a workstation running the remote printer util
49 5.2 NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.x Installation & Setup Once your print server is connected to your Ethernet network, you can set it up for use with
50 6. You have now successfully created the print queue that your print server will serve. Press the Escape key until the Available Options main m
51 13. Press Escape, and answer Yes to the Save Changes question. 14. Select Queues Serviced by Printer, then select Printer 0 (or Printer 1,
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52 16. Repeatedly press Escape to exit the PCONSOLE program. 17. Reset the print server to have the changes take effect. NOTE: If the print serve
53 6. UNIX System Network
54 6.1 Introduction The print server is available for TCP/IP printing by Unix LPD (Line Printer Daemon) protocol. The LPD protocol originated wit
55 6.2 Enable Print Server’s TCP/IP Support The default configuration of the print server is with TCP/IP support enabled. Anyway, you can configu
56 6.3 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 th
57 services before doing the following BOOTP configuration. To rebuild the NIS map, please refer to your system documentation. To configure the IP ad
58 For example, a print server with the following configuration: Node ID: 0000B4010101 (this implies Ethernet address is 0000B4010101), IP address: 2
59 6.4 Verify Print Server’s IP Address To verify that your print server is responding to the newly assigned IP address using a PING command: pin
60 6.5 Configure Remote LPD Printing on the Host The procedure you use to configure your Unix host(s) to allow printing to your network remote pr
61 mkdir /var/spool/lpd/pserverd chown daemon /var/spool/lpd/pserverd chgrp daemon /var/spool/lpd/pserverd chmod 775 /var/spool/lpd/pserverd 3. Add
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62 The print server should now be available for printing from your Unix host.
63 7. Configuration Utility
64 7.1 Introduction This chapter introduces print server’s system configuration utility in Windows environment. This utility is automatically ins
65 n Rendezvous: Allow you to configure the Rendezvous function. n SNMP Configuration: SNMP Information Configuration. n SMB: Configure the SMB G
66 7.2 Search for All Available Print Server Every time when you run print server’s configuration utility, click the “Search” icon on the tool
67 7.3 Status of Print Server Click “Status” icon on the tool bar, the status of the current selected print server will be showed on the right
68 You can restart the print server by pressing the “Reboot” button .
69 7.4 Setup the Print Server Click “Setup” icon on the tool bar, the setup items of the current selected print server will be showed on the r
71 7.5 General Configuration Double Click “General” icon and the General configuration window will pop-up. You can see basic print server info
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72 7.6 TCP/IP Configuration Double Click “TCP/IP” icon and the TCP/IP configuration window will pop-up. You can configure the print server t
73 Click the “IP” button to enter the IP setting page. If you need the print server to automatically get an IP from DHCP server, select “Auto IP”. Y
74 7.7 Netware Print Server Configuration Double Click “NetWare” icon and the NetWare configuration window will pop-up. This print server suppo
75 NetWare Server is the name of the NetWare file server that provides printer queues.
76 7.8 AppleTalk Configuration Double Click “AppleTalk” icon and the AppleTalk configuration window will pop-up. AppleTalk is a data communicat
77 7.9 Rendezvous Configuration Rendezvous enables automatically discovery of computers, devices and services on IP network. The service name wi
78 7.10 SNMP Configuration Double Click “SNMP” icon and the SNMP configuration window will pop up. Contact: You can enter the print server admin
79 7.11 SMB Configuration SMB Group Name, the name of SMB group that this print server belongs to. All PC should join the same group before they
80 7.12 System Configuration Double Click “System” icon and the System configuration window will pop-up. In the System configuration page, you
81 Upgrade Firmware: You can use this “Upgrade Firmware” tool to update the newest firmware of the print server. Click “ ” button and select the cor
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82 Country setting is for you to set the available channels according to your location.
83 7.13 Wireless Configuration If you want to use the print server through wireless LAN, please set up the print server through Ethernet first
84 If you use access point to build up wireless network, you have to select “Infrastructure Mode”. If you do not have any access point and want to u
85 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 yo
86 In the Ad-Hoc mode, you can let the print server automatically associate with other wireless station or manually assign the SSID of your wireless
87 This print server supports WEP and WPA-PSK security mode. If you want to use WEP encryption to protect your wireless network, you have to select
88 You can select “64 bit” or “128 bit” length and “Hexadecimal” or “ASCII” format for the encryption key. Longer key length can provide stronger
89 WPA-shared key Security Mode: When “WPA-shared key”, also named “WPA-PSK” requires users to select the advanced encryption methods, i.e. TKIP o
90 You can select to let the print server automatically obtain IP settings with DHCP client or manually assign the IP settings. If you manually assi
91 Click “Save” to save the wireless configuration.
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