Fast Ethernet Print Server

Users Manual

Version: 1.0(July, 2005)

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Contents
1. PRODUCT INTRODUCTION 1.1 PRODUCT INTRODUCTION................................................................................1
1.3 Network Printing Architecture.............................................2
Print Server Network Functions...................................................................2 Network Printing Functions for Clients .......................................................3 Network Printing Functions for Network Server.........................................5

1.4 Network Printing Environment............................................6 1.6 Firmware & Printing Function.............................................8

3. WINDOWS PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK 3.1 SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE...............................................................................9

3.2 Administrator Installation and Setup.................................10 3.4 Client Installation and Setup ............................................16 3.5 Client Utilities...................................................................20
3.5.1 Network Ports Quick Setup...........................................................20 3.5.2 Remote Ports (Utility)......................................................................21

3.6

Windows Add Printer Procedure ...................................24

4. WINDOWS NT/2000/2003 NETWORK 4.1 SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE.............................................................................28

4.2 Windows NT/2000/2003 Server Installation and Setup.....29 4.3 User Installation and Setup..............................................30

5. NETWARE NETWORK 5.1 SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE.............................................................................31

5.2.1 Installation Using PCONSOLE .......................................................32

6. UNIX SYSTEM NETWORK

6.1 INTRODUCTION ....35

6.3.1 DHCP...............................................................................................36 6.3.2 BOOTP.............................................................................................36

7. CONFIGURATION UTILITY

7.1 INTRODUCTION ..39

7.3 Status of Print Server.......................................................41 7.4 Setup the Print Server......................................................42 7.5 AppleTalk Configuration...................................................43 7.6 General Configuration......................................................44 7.7 Netware Print Server Configuration..................................45 7.8 System Configuration.......................................................46

7.9 TCP/IP Configuration.......................................................48 7.10 Wireless Configuration...................................................50 7.11 SNMP Configuration ......................................................57

8. WEB MANAGEMENT
8.3.1 8.3.2 8.3.3 8.3.4 8.3.5 8.3.6 8.3.7 8.4.1 8.4.2 8.4.3 8.4.4 8.4.5 8.4.6 8.4.7 8.4.8

8.1 INTRODUCTION.......62

8.3 Device Status ..................................................................63

System..............................................................................................63 Printer..............................................................................................63 TCP/IP.............................................................................................64 SM B................................................................................................64 SNM P..............................................................................................65 NetWare ..........................................................................................65 AppleTalk........................................................................................66 System...........................................................................................66 Advanced Settings............................................................................67 TCP/IP............................................................................................68 SM B..............................................................................................69 SNM P............................................................................................69 NetWare ........................................................................................70 AppleTalk......................................................................................71 Save Settings .................................................................................72 Load Default .................................................................................73 Upgrade Firmware from Browser .................................................73 Print Server Side ...........................................................................75 Client Side.....................................................................................75

8.5

System Tools................................................................73
8.5.1 8.5.2 9.2.1 9.2.2

9.2 System Setup .................................................................75

10. WINDOWS XP SP2 SETUP..................................................78

1. Product Introduction
1 .1 P r o d u c t In t r o d u c t io n Thank yo u for p urc hasi ng a nd using o ur p rint ser ver . This print ser ver a llo ws yo ur pri nter to become a s hared device on the network. It o ffers printing flexibility a nd manageability o n yo ur Local Area Ne two rk at a n e xtremely low cos t a nd with a n absolute minim um setup a nd mainte na nce req uired. This print ser ve r pro vides IEEE 802.11g/b wireless LAN ( up to 54Mbps data trans fer rate) , a n E the r net ne twork port (10/100Mbps Ether net) a nd o ne p rint por t fo r pri nter . This print ser ve r s uppor ts IPX/SPX, NetBEUI, TCP/IP a nd AppleTalk protoco ls. It is the bes t network printing solutions for various commo n ne two rk operati ng s ys tems suc h as Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003, NetWare , Uni x/Li nux a nd MAC OS, e tc. With the help of Insta lla tion Wizard , yo u ca n easily a nd insta ntly comp lete the se ttings for the printing enviro nme nt, and s tart e njo ying the fa ntastic features pro vided by the print ser ver. In the followi ng c hapte rs, we will introd uce i n detail the printi ng fea tures, ins tallation methods, a nd s ys tem config uratio n for differe nt ne twork e nvironme nts. If yo u wo uld like to set up a nd i nsta ll print ser ve r q uickly, please refer to the Quick Ins tallation Guide tha t comes along with this pri nt se r ver. 1.2 Prod uct Package This package contains the followi ng compo ne nts :

One Print Server One Antenna One Power Adapter One Quick Installation Guide One CD-ROM (Including all the software utilities, drivers and Users Manual)

1.3 Network Print ing Architecture This section illus trates how print ser ve r func tions and operates o n the netwo rk. Before yo u i nsta ll a nd use pri nt server , it is strong ly recomme nded tha t yo u read this section comp lete ly, and select o nly the c hap ters yo u need according to your network operating s ystem b y Conte nts of the Users Ma nua l in next sec tion. This section will first introd uce the role e ver y co mpone nt plays in the ne twork -printing enviro nme nt. Print Ser ver Client User Netwo rk Ser ver (optio nal)
Network Printing Environment
Print Server Client User Network Server

Unix

Pr int Server

Windows NT Server NetWare Server

Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 98 Workstation

Pr in t Server Ne two rk Fu n ction s

Print Server

Unix

Print Server

Windows NT Server NetWare Server

Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 98 Wor kstation

Because print se r ver s uppor ts IPX/SPX, NetBEUI, TCP/IP and Apple Talk network pro tocols , a ny ne tworked comp uter
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can directly p rint to the p rint ser ver from a ny of its ins talled protocol.

Ne twor k Pr in tin g F u nctio n s for Clien ts

Client User

Unix

Print Server

Windows NT Server NetWare Server

Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 98 Wor kstation

Common opera ting s ystems for clie nts are c lassified as follo wing : Windows 95 /98/Me /NT/2000/XP/2003 Our pri nt ser ver s ystem pro vides PTPP (Peer- to-Peer Printing ) dri ver a nd utilities fo r Wi ndows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 users. PTPP (Peer -to-Peer Printing ) s upports TCP/IP protoco l.

In the c lient i nsta lla tion p rocedure , a fter PTPP (Peer- toPeer Printi ng Drive r) is i nsta lled into Windo ws, the s ys tem will automatically (ma nual co nfiguration is also allowed) search a ll the print ser ve rs o n the network, a nd the n add their printing po rts into Windo ws printing port (see be low) .

PTPP

Windows 98

P1

P1

P2 P3

Print Server MIS-2

Print Server MIS-1

UNIX / Linux UNIX (inc lude HP/UX, SCO Unix, S unOS, So laris, Unixware DECUnix, IBM A IX a nd others ) a nd Li nux use the s yste mstandard LPR to pri nt thro ug h p rint ser ver . MAC OS MAC OS can use the s ystem -sta ndard Apple Ta lk network to print thro ug h p rint ser ver .
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Ne twor k Pr in tin g F u nctio n s for Ne two rk Se rver

Network Server

Unix

Print Server

Windows NT Server NetWare Server

Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 98 Wor kstation

Common ne twork ser vers are c lassified as fo llo wing : Windows NT/2000/2003 Our pri nt ser ver s ystem pro vides PTPP (Peer- to-Peer Printing ) dri ver a nd utilities fo r Wi ndows NT/2000/2003. After P TPP is insta lled , the ser ver can directly pri nt thro ug h print ser ver. Adding this printing function into Wi ndows NT/2000/2003 Ser ver a llo ws p rint q ueue , user a uthority manageme nt, a nd ma ny other ad va nced features to be used. NetWare 3.x/4 .x/5.x In Ne tWare e nviro nme nt, p rint ser ver offers vario us pri nti ng modes like pri nt q ue ue, remo te pri nter , e tc.

1.4 Network Print ing Environment Common ne twork e nvironment a re classified as followi ng: Windows Peer- to-Peer Network The c lients P TPP drive r will use TCP/IP pro tocol to pri nt throug h print se r ver.

Windows NT/2000/2003 Network Netwo rk pri nti ng func tion will become availab le a fter PTPP driver is i nsta lled into Windo ws NT/2000/2003. Adding this printi ng func tion i nto Windo ws NT/2000/2003 Ser ver a llo ws print que ue , user authority manageme nt, and ma ny o ther adva nced fea tures to be used.

NetWare Network (see be low)

1.5 Con ten ts o f the User s M an u al

Chapter 2 e xplains pri nt se r vers hardwa re ins tallatio n a nd config uratio n. It is strong ly recomme nded fo r yo u to read. The fo llo wing c hapters introduce : Chapter 3 . Windo ws Peer- to-Peer Netwo rk Chapter 4 . Windo ws NT/2000/2003 Ser ver-Based Network Chapter 5 . Ne tWare Network Chapter 6 . UNIX S yste m Network You ma y select the appropriate c hapters a nd sectio ns to read depending on yo ur ne twork pri nti ngs require ment. Chapter 7 a nd c hapter 8 introd uce p rint ser vers manageme nt a nd co nfig uratio n utilities o n Windo ws a nd Web Browsers e nviro nme nt respecti vely. Yo u ma y se lect the appropriate ma nageme nt utility according to the administrators co mp uter platform . Chapter 9 introd uces Print Ser vers IPP Printing function and setup proced ure. The IPP Printing pro vides a conve nient wa y to print doc ume nts across the Inter net b y the IPP protoco l. Chapter 10 introd uces how to dea l with the proble m tha t if yo u ca nt find a ny pri nt ser ver listed o n the A vailab le Ports i n Network Por ts Quick Setup i n Wi ndows XP SP2.

1.6 Firmware & Print ing Function The pri nt ser ver p ro vides a comple te network printing solution. The feature se t is listed belo w: PTPP (Peer-to-Peer-Pri nti ng) TCP/IP (LPR) IPP Pri nti ng NetWare Binder y Pri nti ng AppleTalk SMB Printing 2. Hardware Installation Unpack the p rint ser ver package a nd verify that all the items listed i n the sectio n 1 .2 are p ro vided. Connec t the print se r ver to the printer yo u wa nt to s hare o n the netwo rk. Connec t the print se r ver to yo ur ne two rk b y a ttac hed the network cab le to the UTP por t of the print ser ve r. Connec t the power adapter to the pri nt ser ver. The pri nt server wi ll perfor m the Power -On-Self- Test (POS T) a fter it is powered o n. Duri ng the POST, the Status a nd Read y LEDs will be o n. W he n the LEDs are unlighted , the print server is read y.
NOTE1: MUST use the power adapter shipped with the print server, do NOT use any other power adapter from any sources. NOTE2: To prevent the compatibility problem between print server and a few printer, it is recommended that you power on the print server before the printer.

3 . W i n d o w s Pe e r - t o - Pe e r Ne tw o r k
3 .1 S y s t e m A r c h it e c t u r e Print se r ver s uppor ts Wi ndows Peer -to-Peer ne twork printi ng mode, whic h is s uitable for mos t medi um a nd small network e nviro nme nts. Thro ug h q uick a nd simp le installatio n proced ure , users can immediately enjo y the conve nience o f network printing.

Ins tallation proced ure is separa ted into followi ng two par ts: 1. Admi nistrator Ins tallation a nd Setup (refer to section 2 for mo re detailed info rmatio n). System administrators m ust:
In s ta ll a dm in is tra to rs u til i ti es in to h is /h e r comp u te r.

Configure pri nt se r ver from administrator s configura tion utility. 2. Client Ins tallatio n a nd Configuration (re fer to sec tion 3 for mo re detailed info rmatio n). Client users m us t ins tall Wi ndows PTPP dri ver (Peer-to Peer Printi ng) for ne twork pri nting . In addition, after P TPP is insta lled , the s ystem will automa tically searc h for a ll pri nt se r vers o n the ne twork , and add the pri nti ng port of the p rint ser vers into Wi ndows printi ng port ( refer to Network Printi ng Arc hitecture in section 1.4 fo r mo re detailed i nfor mation).

3.2 Adminis trator Installation and Setup The Administrator Ins tallation can be per formed on Windows 95 /98/Me /NT/2000/XP/2003 with the same user inter face. Befo re the insta lla tion, please verify that yo ur network p rotocol is ins talled o n yo ur PC ( TCP/IP, IPX and/or Ne tBEUI) . Inse rt the CD s hipped along with the p rint ser ver into yo ur CD-ROM dri ve. The Autor un.e xe program sho uld be exec uted a utomatically. If not, r un Autor un.e xe ma nua lly from CD-ROM drives root directo r y. The Insta llatio n Manager will be displa yed o n the scree n as followi ng. C lick Admin Uti lity the n click Eng lish Version .

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The Utilities Setup wi ndow will be displayed . Click Ne xt.

Click Ne xt to ins tall the utilities i n the defa ult folder or click Browse to specify the destina tion folde r whe re yo u would like to i nsta ll the utilities.

Select the compo nents yo u wa nt to i nsta ll. It is highly recomme nded to insta ll all p rovided compo ne nts . Click Ne xt to co ntinue . Specify the program fo lder where the program icons will be added to, c lick Ne xt

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. The s yste m will star t to i nsta ll the utilities automatically.

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You ha ve comp leted the ins tallatio n p hase a nd prepare to config ure the Print Ser ver . The Choose Pri nt Serve r will list all Pri nt Ser vers within the ne twork . Selec t the Print Server you wo uld like to co nfigure and click Ne xt.

NOTE 1: If this is the first time you configure the Print Server, the Print Server Name is the last 6-digit of MAC ID with prefix PS. Please check the MAC ID on the print server. NOTE 2: The list can only display the devices from the same manufacturer.

Specify a recogni zable na me fo r the Print Ser ver and click Ne xt.

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Specify the IP Address for the Pri nt Ser ve r ma nua lly or click Ne xt to keep de fa ult IP Address, i.e. 192.168.2 .2.

The co nfig uratio n s um mar y is displayed in the wi ndow. No w, yo u ha ve co mpleted the Print Ser ver Setup . Click Finis h and yo ur s ystem will add netwo rk por t of the Print Ser ver to yo ur PC auto matically.

The Administrator Ins tallation procedure is totally completed. Click Finis h .

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The Administrator Ins tallation Program ha ve exec uted the installatio n proced ure that perfor ms the fo llo wing tasks: Ins tall a ll utilities a nd dri vers to the admi nistrato rs PC. Configure the print ser ve r (i ncludi ng the print ser ve r name and network protoco l) Add the netwo rk por t of the print ser ve r to the administrators PC. If yo u wa nt to print from this admi nistrators PC to the print server , a ll yo u need to do is to perfo rm Windows s ta ndard Add Printer proced ure (please refer to Section 3.6) . 3.3 Administrator Utilities After Admi nistrator Ins tallation is comp leted, there will be four utilities i n pri nt ser vers p rogram folder . .

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3.4 Client Insta llat ion and Setup The Client Insta lla tion ca n be perfo rmed o n Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 with the sa me user inte rface. Before the i nsta lla tion p rocedure , p lease co nfirm that yo ur PC has co nnected to the netwo rk a nd i nsta lled a t least o ne network p rotocol. Inse rt the CD s hipped along with the p rint ser ver into yo ur CD-ROM dri ve. The Autor un.e xe program sho uld be exec uted a utomatically. If not, r un Autor un.e xe ma nua lly from CD-ROM drives root directo r y. The " Insta lla tion Ma nager" wi ll be displa yed o n the scree n as follows . Click Client Utility the n c lick E nglis h Version.

The Utilities Setup wi ndow will be displayed . Click Ne xt.

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Click Ne xt to ins tall the utilities i n the defa ult folder or click Browse to specify the destina tion folde r whe re yo u would like to i nsta ll the utilities.

Specify the program fo lder where the program icons will be added to, c lick Ne xt .

The s yste m will star t to i nsta ll the utilities automatically.

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Now, the insta lla tion procedure is comp leted, yo u are read y to set up the clients comp ute r. All network ports of the Print Ser vers detec ted o n the netwo rk will be added to yo ur PC automatically, click Continue .

The Client Insta lla tion p rocedure is comple ted. Click Finish .

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After the ins tallatio n, yo u have comple ted the fo llo wing tasks: Ins tall a ll utilities a nd dri vers to the c lients PC. Add all the pri nt ser vers network ports of the network to the clie nts PC. You ca n then perfo rm the Wi ndows sta ndard Add Printer procedure to add ne twork pri nters to yo ur PC. Please refer to Section 3.6.

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3.5 Client Utilities After Clie nt Insta lla tion is comple ted, there will be three tools i n pri nt ser vers Progra m fo lder. Network Ports Quick Setup Remote Ports Uninstall Network Driver

3.5.1

Networ k Por ts Qu ick Se tup

Network Ports Quick Setup Utility offe rs a ve r y simple method to add or remo ve pri nt ser vers pri nte r por t from the clients co mputer. During the c lients ins tallation procedure, the s ys tem will automa tically searc h for a ll pri nt se r vers o n the ne twork , and add them i nto the pri nte r por ts of the clients comp ute r

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If yo u ha ve jus t i nstalled a nother new print se r ver i n the network, yo u m us t r un this prog ram first. This program will search for ne w p rint ser vers a nd allow yo u to add the new network p rinter por t i nto clients comp ute r co nve niently. Perform the sta ndard Add Printer proced ure , then yo u ca n print directly to the pri nte r throug h the ne wly ins talled pri nt server .

Please be aware that Ne twork Ports Quick Setup Utility ca n only detect a nd co nfig ure a ll print ser ve rs o n the same network, it ca nnot searc h a nd co nfigure print se r vers o n other s ub nets ac ross network seg ments. Yo u m ust use Remote Por ts Utility described in the ne xt sectio n to manage remote (across ne twork segme nts ) pri nt ser vers.
3.5.2 Re mote Por ts (Utility)

Remote Por ts Utility offers a conve nie nt wa y for yo u to manage a nd add printer por t o f the remo te pri nt ser ver . From the assista nt of this utility, you ca n pri nt to o ther p rint servers o utside the s ubne t across netwo rk segme nt. Howe ver , please note that this functio n o nly s upports TCP/IP network p rotocol. Please follow the p rocedures described belo w: Step1. Run Re mote Por ts Utility. Clicks Add to add a remote pri nt port.

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Step2. E nter print se r vers name, IP address , selec t used ports, a nd enter LPR q ue ue name o f eac h po rt. Click Ok .

Step3.

The new remo te pri nt port is displayed as follows.

In order to use the remote printing functio n, yo u will ha ve to proceed with nor mal Add Printe r proced ure a nd select yo ur printer port as the newly added re mote p rinter por t.
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3.6

Windows Add Printer Procedure

After adding a Network Port of the pri nt ser ver to yo ur PC by Admi nistrato r or Client Ins tallatio n Program , yo u ca n follo w the proced ure described below to add printer to the Windows. No te tha t followi ng Add Pri nter steps are running in Windo ws XP, the steps in other Operati ng Systems are simila r. Step1. Click Star t , c hoose Settings a nd se lect Printers and Fa xes. Step2. Click Add a Pri nter . Step3. The Add Printer Wizard is displa yed. C lick Ne xt .

Step4. Select Local printer a ttac hed to this co mputer and make s ure that Automatically de tect a nd insta ll m y Plug a nd Pla y pri nte r is no t selec ted. C lick Ne xt .

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Step5. C hoose the s uitab le Pri nt Ser ver Network Por t whic h was c reated b y the Administrator Ins tallation or Client Insta llatio n p rocess a nd click Ne xt.

Step6. Select a s uitable p rinter manufacture r a nd the printer model a nd c lick Ne xt . If yo ur pri nter is not i n the list, c lick Ha ve Disk to ins tall the dri ver o f the printer . After i nsta llatio n, the p rinter model will be added to the list.

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Step7. Name yo ur p rinte r a nd se tup the defa ult pri nter , click Ne xt .

Step8. Choose to pri nt the test page or not. It is recomme nded to print a test page. Click Ne xt.

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Step9. Yo u ha ve added the p rinte r to the PC successfully. The informa tion of the pri nter is displa yed in the wi ndows. Click Finish .

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4 . W i n d o w s N T / 2 0 0 0 / 2 0 0 3 Ne tw o r k
4 .1 S y s t e m A r c h it e c t u r e In Windo ws network enviro nme nt, other tha n the Peer-to Peer network printing arc hitecture described in the pre vio us chapter , we a lso offer the Ser ver -Based Printi ng architecture fo r Wi ndows NT/2000/2003 se r ver. Only o ne Windows NT/2000/2003 is required to ha ve Wi ndows PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Pri nti ng) d river ins talled a nd s hare the printi ng ser vice o n the network. Other ne twork users ca n simply co nnec t to the ser ver and access the s hared pri nter (see below).

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4.2 W indows NT/2000/2003 Server Installat ion and Setup Please follow the p rocedures described belo w fo r installatio n a nd co nstr uct a peer- to-peer co nnectio n (PTPP) between Windo ws NT/2000/2003 Ser ver a nd Print Ser ver .

Step1. If this is your first time i nstalli ng pri nt se r ver, please i nsta ll the administrator software on Windo ws NT/2000/2003 server firs t. Refe r to sectio n 3.2 for ins tallation ins tr uctio ns. If yo ur network has alread y insta lled a working print ser ve r and yo ur Windo ws NT/2000/2003 ser ver has not yet installed the PTPP dri ver , please insta ll the clie nt so ftware. Refer to sec tion 3.4 a nd 3 .5 fo r i nstallatio n i nstr uc tions . Step2. Please add/configure the Peer -to-Peer Printi ng o f the Windows NT/2000/2003 network printer a nd verify that yo u can pri nt from Wi ndows NT/2000/2003 to the pri nt ser ver b y the ins talled PTPP dri ver . Step3. Share the abo ve ser vers p rinte r to the ne two rk b y performi ng the sta ndard Wi ndows printer s ha ring p rocess.

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4.3 User Installa tion and Setup

After ser ve r sides insta lla tion is comple ted, c lient side wi ll be able to fi nd the ser vers s hared p rinter i n Network Neighbor hood. Yo u o nly need to per form Windows standard Add New Printer procedure, select Network Printer s hown in the sc reen belo w, a nd comple te the config uratio ns after wards to access the s hared p rinte r.

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5 . N e t Wa re Ne tw o r k
5 .1 S y s t e m A r c h it e c t u r e We impleme nt Ne tWare pri nte r s hari ng func tionality into the print ser ver itse lf, thus allowi ng o ne o r mo re pri nters attac hed b y a print ser ve r to be co nnected to the network. We ha ve deve loped the print ser ve r to s upport Ne tWare print ser ver. Embedded print se r ver, whic h em ulates the q ue ue manageme nt func tionality of Ne tWare p rint ser ver , PSERVER program r unning o n the Ne tWare ser ve r. A user first pri nts a job at a worksta tion, the job is routed to a NetWare ser ver, the Ne tWare ser ve r s tores the job in a print que ue and the n the pri nt se r ver ge ts the print job from the que ue to p rinters.

Print Queue

Windows 98

Netware Server

Print Server

Windows 2000

Compare with NetWare printing functio nality, the adva ntages o f embedding the NetWa re network p rinti ng func tionality in the print ser ve r inc lude: Ins tallation is easier a nd q uicker. Netwo rk ma nageme nt is easier. Printing perfor ma nce is e nhanced . Relieve Ne tWare file se r vers b urde n. Relieve the need of a works tatio n r unni ng the remote printer utility.
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Impro ve prod uc tivity b y locating the pri nte r near the workgro up. Each pri nt se r ver s ho uld log into a NetWa re ser ver before servicing the pri nt jobs . Eac h pri nt ser ver will occ up y a user account with which it ca n log i nto the NetWare ser ver . 5.2 NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.x Installation & Setup Once your pri nt ser ver is co nnec ted to yo ur Ethe r net network, yo u ca n se t it up fo r use with yo ur networking softwa re.
5.2.1 In stallatio n Usin g PCONSOLE
5.2.1.1 Configuring as Print Server Mode

1. Run the NetWa re PCONSOLE prog ram. 2. Cha nge the c ur rent file ser ve r, if necessar y, using the Change C ur rent File Serve r me nu selectio n. 3. Choose the Pri nt Que ue Informa tion me nu selec tion. 4. Press the Inser t ke y to add a new print q ue ue. 5. Type in a pri nt que ue na me, s uc h as PQ or Q1 .

6. Yo u ha ve no w s uccess fully crea ted the print q ue ue tha t yo ur print ser ve r will ser ve. Press the Escape ke y until the Available Optio ns mai n me nu is displayed . 7. Select Pri nt Ser ver Infor mation. 8. Press the Inser t ke y to add a new NetWa re pri nt ser ver object. The print ser ve r name can be identical to the PSxxxxxx name pri nted on the label of the p rint ser ver .
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9. Press E nter to select the ne wly created print ser ve r. 10. Select Print Ser ver Config uratio n. 11. Select Printer Co nfiguration. 12. Select Printer 0 (or Printe r 1, Printer 2 ), and press Enter , the n selec t LPT1 (or LPT2, LPT3) in the Type field. If yo ur pri nt se r ver is with o nly o ne por t, you do not need to config ure this Type field.

13. Press Escape, a nd a ns wer Yes to the Sa ve Cha nges question. 14. Select Que ues Ser viced b y Pri nter , the n selec t Printer 0 (or Pri nter 1, Printer 2 ) a nd press Enter. 15. Press Inse rt a nd add yo ur ne wly created print q ue ue to the list of q ue ues se r viced by the p rinter. E nter a priority
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number for the que ue se r vice, or press E nter to accept the default.

16. Repeated ly press Escape to e xit the PCONSOLE program. 17. Reset the print ser ve r to ha ve the c hanges take e ffect. NOTE: If the pri nt ser ver yo u ha ve is with m ultiple printer connectors , yo u ma y crea te m ultiple print q ue ues a nd printer objects . Your pri nt ser ver s hould no w be ready to use. Yo u s hould be able to redirect printing to yo ur print se r ver usi ng a CAPTURE comma nd suc h as the o ne s hown in the p revio us section.

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6 . U N I X S y s te m Ne tw o r k
6 .1 In t r o d u c t io n The pri nt ser ver is a vailab le for TCP/IP pri nti ng b y Unix LPD (Line Printe r Daemo n) p rotocol. The LPD protoco l originated with Uni x re lease is based o n the BSD ve rsion o f Uni x a nd suppo rted under most versions of Uni x. This c hapter e xp lains how to co nfig ure the pri nt ser ver for TCP/IP operatio n, and how to modify co nfig uratio n fi les o n yo ur Uni x s yste m to allow pri nting to the pri nt ser ver . The config uratio n e xamp les in this manua l follow the s yntax fo r BSD based Unix s yste ms. P lease refe r to the rela ted syste m doc ume nta tion for the co rrect s ynta x o f yo ur syste ms. To co nfig ure the pri nt ser ver for LPD printi ng, perfor m the procedures be low: 1. E nable Print Ser vers TCP/IP S upport. 2. Set up Print Ser vers IP address. 3. Verify Print Ser vers IP Address. 4. Co nfigure re mote LPD pri nting o n the host. 5. Pri nt a tes t page. In the ne xt sec tions, we will describe these fi ve proced ures step b y step . 6.2 Enable Print Servers TCP/IP Support The defa ult configura tion of the pri nt ser ver is with TCP/IP support e nabled. Anywa y, you ca n co nfig ure the pri nt server to enab le TCP/IP s uppor t using the co nfigura tion program. 6.3 Setup Print Servers IP Addres s The pri nt ser ver m ust have a unique IP address in o rder to be recogni zed b y the network. You ca n se t up the IP address o n the various Uni x s ys tems using any o ne of the followi ng methods: 1. DHCP (D ynamic Host Co nfig uratio n Protoco l) 2. BOOTP (Bootstrap Protoco l)

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The pri nt ser ver will use the last three methods to obtai n its IP address a utoma tically if its IP address is configured as Auto (0.0.0 .0).
6.3.1 DHCP
Th e re a re m a n y U n i x s ys tems th a t s up p o rt D HC P p ro to col , a n d th e p ro ce du res to co n fi gu re th e D HC P se rve r d a ta b as e a re d i ffe re n t. Th i s m an u al d o es no t d es cri be th e D H C P s e rve r co n fi gu ra ti on o n th e U n i x s ys tems . It i s h i gh l y re co mme n de d th a t th e D H C P s e rve r sh o ul d b e lo ca te d o n th e sam e n e two rk as th e p ri n t s e rve r.

6.3.2 BOOTP
If yo u h a ve th e BO OTP d a e m o n , b oo tp d , ru n ni n g o n yo u r U N IX s ys te m th a t i s a ccess i bl e b y th e p ri n t s e rve r, yo u ca n u s e th e BOOTP p ro to co l to s e t u p th e IP a d d ress o f th e p ri n t se rve r. We re co mm e nd th a t th e BOOTP s e rve r s ho u ld b e l o ca te d o n th e s ame su b ne t a s th e p rin t s e rve r. If yo u u s e N e tw o rk In fo rm a ti on Se rvi ce s (N IS) i n yo u r s ys tem , yo u m a y n e e d to re bu i ld th e N IS m a p wi th th e BOOTP s e rvi ce s b e fo re d o in g th e fo l lo w in g BOOTP co n fi g u ra ti o n . To re b ui l d th e N IS m a p , p le as e re fe r to yo u r s ys tem d o cum en ta ti o n . To co n fi g u re th e IP a d d ress d a ta fo r th e BOOTP s e rve r, yo u w i l l n e e d to l og i n th e h os t o f BOOTP s e rve r a s th e s up e ruse r (ro o t). Pe rfo rm th e fo ll o wi n g s te ps to a dd a d d ress e n tri es ,

1. Optiona lly, assig n a name correspo nding to the pri nt server s IP address. Yo u ca n add this address to the /etc/hosts file , b y adding a line s uc h as:
203.66.191.12 pserver

2. Add a n e ntr y to the host s /e tc/bootp tab file , similar to the fo llo wing:
hostname:\ :ht=1:\ :ha=print_server_ethernet_address:\ :ip=print_server_ip_address: L i n es s ho u ld b e i nd e n ted w i th ta bs . Wh e re h os tn ame is th e d e vi ce n am e o f a p rin t s e rve r, th e h t=1 ta g s p e ci fi es th e h a rd wa re typ e i s Eth e rne t, th e h a = ta g s pe ci fi es th e Eth e rne t a d d ress o f a p ri n t se rve r, w h i ch is th e N o de ID l o ca te d on th e p ri n t s e rve r. Th e h a ta g 36

m us t b e p re ce de d b y th e h t ta g . Th e i p = ta g s h o u ld co rres po n d to th e IP a d d ress yo u w a n t to ass i gn to th e p ri n t se rve r. Fo r e xa m p l e , a p rin t s e rve r w i th th e fo l lo w in g co n fig u ra tio n : N o d e ID : 0 0 00 B4 01 0 10 1 (th is im pl i es Eth e rn e t a d d ress is 00 0 0 B4 0 10 1 01 ), IP a d d ress : 2 0 3 .6 6 .19 1 .1 2 Th e e n try fo r th i s p rin t s e rve r i n th e /e tc/b o o tp ta b fi le sh o ul d b e : PS010101:\ :ht=1 :\ :ha=0000B4010101:\ :ip=203.66.191.12:

6.4 Verify Print Servers IP Address To verify that yo ur p rint ser ve r is respo nding to the newly assigned IP address usi ng a P ING com mand :
ping ip-address

6.5 Configure Remote LPD Printing on the Host The proced ure you use to co nfigure yo ur Uni x host(s) to allow pri nting to your network remo te pri nt se r ver va ries between diffe rent varieties o f Uni x. The p rocedure belo w can be used for Uni x varia nts that are related to BSD Uni x, suc h as SunOS or Li nux. For o ther versio ns o f Unix, cons ult yo ur s ystem doc ume ntatio n, keeping i n mi nd that: 1. The pri nt ser ver s hould be trea ted as a BSD networked print ser ver hos t. 2. The host name s ho uld be the name (or IP address) that yo u ha ve assig ned to the p rint ser ver . 3. The pri nte r name (or que ue na me) o n the remote hos t sho uld be lp t1, lpt2 or lpt3 , the name o f the printer port on the print ser ve r. You wi ll need to pe rfor m the tasks be low, logged in as the super user (root). To co nfigure your Unix hos t for p rinti ng,

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1. Optiona lly, assig n a name correspo nding to the pri nt server s IP address. Yo u ca n add this address to the /etc/hosts file , b y adding a line s uc h as:
203.66.191.186 pserver

2. Create a spool director y for the p rinte r i n the same directory where spool directories are nor mally kept o n the machi ne, s uc h as /va r/spool or /var /spool/lpd:
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 a n e ntr y to the host s /e tc/pri ntcap file, similar to the fo llo wing:
printer-name:\ :lp=:\ :rm=203.66.191.186:\

:rp=lpt1:\ :lf=/var/spool/lpd/pserverd.log:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/p serverd:\ :mx#0:

Lines s hould be inde nted with tabs. More than o ne pri nter name ca n be used, with va riants separated by ver tical bars (name1 |na me2). The r m= e ntr y s ho uld cor respond to the IP address yo u ha ve assigned to the pri nt ser ver . You ca n a lso use a hos t name if yo u ha ve assig ned o ne in the /etc /hosts file. The sd= e ntr y s hould co rrespond to the spoo l director y yo u created in the p re vious s tep. The rp = e ntr y s ho uld correspo nd to the port name of the remote pri nte r. The values s ho uld be o ne o f lpt1, lp t2 or lpt3 depe nds o n the pri nter port. The pri nt ser ver s ho uld now be a vailable for pri nting from yo ur Uni x host.
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7. Configuration Utility
7 .1 In t r o d u c t io n This c hapter i ntroduces print se r vers s ystem co nfiguratio n utility in Windo ws e nviro nme nt. This utility is automatically installed d uri ng Wi ndows Admi nistrato r Utility ins tallation procedure - refer to sec tion 3.2 a nd 3 .3. This utility pro vides the most co mplete ma nageme nt and config uratio n func tions on the p rint ser ve r side. This utility only pro vides co nfiguration functio ns for p rint ser ver itself; it does no t i nclude co nfigura tion functio ns fo r c lient side or other file ser ver or NetWa re ser ver in the ne twork environme nt. The Configura tion Utility pro vides the fo llo wing config uratio n a nd manageme nt func tions : Search Print Server : Searc h All Availab le Pri nter Ser vers on the Ne two rk. Print Server Status : Display Print Ser ver Ne twork Status . AppleTalk Configuration : AppleTa lk Pro tocol Setting . General Configuration : Ge nera l Info rmatio n of print se r ver. NetWare Configuration : NetWare Printing Co nfig uratio n. System Configuration : Pri nt Ser ve r Netwo rk Ability Setting a nd Firm ware Upgrade. TCP/IP Configuration : IP Address a nd DHCP Serve r Configura tion. Wireless Configurat ion : Wireless LAN Co nfig uratio n. SNMP Configuration : SNMP Informa tion Config uratio n. Setup Wiz ard : Guide Yo u Thro ug h A ll the Settings. Report : List the S tatus o f All A vailable Print Ser vers on the Netwo rk. We will e xplai n eac h function separate ly i n the fo llo wing section.

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7.2 Search for All Available Pr int Server

Ever y time whe n yo u r un print ser ve rs configura tion utility, click the Search icon o n the too l bar . The config uratio n uti lity will dela y for se ve ral seco nds because the utility is usi ng s ys tems a vailable ne two rk pro tocols to search for all pri nt ser vers on the ne twork . A ll availab le print ser vers will be listed under Print Ser ver Group o n the le ft side o f the wi ndow. You m us t selec t the pri nt ser ver yo u wo uld like to co nfig ure from the list. The s ystem will, at the sa me time , displa y the selected pri nt ser vers s tatus o n the rig ht side of the window.

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7.3 Status o f Print Server

Click Status icon on the tool bar, the s tatus o f the cur rent se lected p rint ser ver will be s howed o n the right side of the windo w. The informa tion of the pri nt ser ver displayed are MAC ID, Model Type, Firm ware Version, sta tus of each printer port, NetWare file se r ver name , NetWa re file ser ver polling inter va l, NetWa re pri nter q ueue names, IP address , s ub net mask, defa ult gatewa y, Apple Talk printer type, AppleTa lk zo ne a nd p rint ser ver printing abilityetc. You ca n re fres h the pri nt ser vers s tatus b y pressing the Refresh b utto n . You ca n res tar t the print ser ve r b y p ressing the Reboot button .

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7.4 Setup the Pr int Server

Click Setup icon on the tool ba r, the setup items o f the cur rent se lected p rint ser ver will be s howed o n the right side of the windo w. Double c lick o ne of the ico ns to set up the selected print server . A sc reen wi ll pop up to verify Use r Name a nd Password o f the pri nt se r ver. The defa ult va lues are as follo ws.

User Name: admin Password: 1234

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7.5 AppleTalk Configuration

Double Click AppleTa lk icon a nd the Apple Talk config uratio n window wi ll pop-up . AppleTalk is a data comm unication protocol ofte n used b y Macintos hes. The print se r ver ca n use these para meters to join the Apple Talk netwo rk a nd s hare the p rinter to other AppleTalk works tatio ns. Yo u ha ve to se tup the Zone Name a nd Printer Type fo r eac h pri nter port of this pri nt server . Zone Name : Pri nt se r ver has to join zo nes of AppleTa lk before it ca n be s hared to other wo rkstatio ns. Only worksta tions i n the same zone can s hare the pri nter . If you want to s hare the pri nte r to all worksta tions in a ll Zo nes, yo u s ho uld e nter o nly * in the Zone Name field. Printer Type , the type of p rinter a ttac hed to eac h pri nter port. Yo u ca n get the pri nter type from the ma nufacturer o f the printer.

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7.6 General Configuration

Double Click Ge nera l ico n a nd the Ge nera l co nfigura tion window will pop- up . You ca n see basic pri nt ser ver informatio n i n this page. You also ca n co nfig ure the Pri nt Serve r Name , SMB Gro up Na me, User Name a nd Passwo rd here . Printer Server Name , the na me of the p rint ser ver . Yo u can use this name to identify the pri nt se r ver whe n yo u a re searching for the print ser ve r b y the admi nistratio n a nd client utilities. SMB Group Name , the na me of SMB gro up that this print server belo ngs to. All PC sho uld join the same gro up befo re the y can use this print ser ve r b y SMB p rotocol. User Name / Password is used to a uthe nticate the administrator b y the Web admi nistra tion tool.

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7.7 Netware Print Server Configuration

Double Click NetWare ico n a nd the NetWare configuration window will pop- up . This print se r ver s uppor ts NetWa re Binder y Printing method. The pri nt ser ver pe riodically polls the NetWare ser ver printer q ueues for pri nting jobs . You ha ve to assign the NetWare ser ver na me, p rint ser ver polling inte r val and the name o f q ue ue o n the NetWare ser ver for each pri nter port. Polling Time is the po lli ng inter va l of the p rint ser ver fo r waiting pri nti ng jobs o n the Ne tWare se r ver. NetWare Server is the name of the NetWare file ser ver that provides pri nter q ueues .

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7.8 System Configurat ion

Double Click Sys tem icon and the S yste m co nfig uratio n window will pop- up . In the S ys tem co nfigura tion page, yo u ca n se lect to enable/disable each printing or ma nagement pro tocol, upgrade the new firm ware for this pri nt se r ver, a nd enable/disable wire less func tion. Upgrade Firmware : Yo u ca n use this Upgrade Firm ware tool to update the newes t firmwa re of the print ser ve r. C lick b utto n a nd se lect the cor rect firm ware i n yo ur PC. Afte r selecting the firmwa re file, c lick the Upgrade b utto n to finish the firm ware update process. If yo u want to reset the Print Ser ver to defa ult factor y setti ngs, please c lick Load Default. Wireless Function: Yo u ca n selec t E nable or Disable to manually e nab le or disable the wireless functio n. If yo u manually e nab le wireless func tion, the pri nt se r vers wireless LAN will be alwa ys e nabled a nd Ether net will be alwa ys disabled. If yo u ma nua lly disable the wire less func tion, the print ser ve rs wire less LAN will be a lwa ys disabled and Ether ne t will be alwa ys e nab led. Yo u a lso ca n select Auto to let the pri nt ser ver automatically decide to
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enable o r disable the wireless func tion. The pri nt ser ver only ca n work i n e the r Ether ne t or wire less LAN mode. It cannot work in both Ether ne t a nd wireless LAN mode at the same time. W hen the print ser ve r s tarts up, it will a utodetect if the LAN port is co nnec ted to a n acti ve ne twork b y an Ether ne t cab le. If the p rint ser ver is co nnected to a n active network b y Ether ne t cable whe n s tarti ng up , the print server wi ll r un i n Ether ne t mode. If the pri nt se r ver is no t connected to a n ac tive ne two rk b y Ethe r net cab le whe n starti ng up, the p rint ser ver will r un in wire less LAN mode. The pri nt ser ver de fa ult is in A uto mode. Domain Country: The wireless c ha nne ls are differe nt from countr y to co untr y. Gene rally, the c ha nnels are from 1 to 11 in USA a nd from 1 to 13 i n E urope. The Domain Co untr y setting is for yo u to set the a vailable c ha nne ls accordi ng to yo ur locatio n.

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7.9 TCP/IP Configuration

Double Click TCP/IP icon a nd the TCP/IP configura tion window will pop- up . You ca n co nfig ure the pri nt ser ver to a utomatically get IP from D HCP serve r or ma nually specify static IP . The p rint server also has a b uilt-in DHCP ser ver . You ca n e nable this DHCP server and le t it ma nages IP for you. Click the IP b utto n to e nter the IP setting page . If yo u need the print se r ver to a utoma tically get a n IP from DHCP server , se lect Auto IP . Yo u also ca n select Sta tic IP to manually assig n IP Address , S ub net Mask a nd Gate way for the pri nt ser ver . Click the DHCP Ser ver b utto n to enter the DHCP ser vers setting page. Yo u ca n Enable /Disable the DHCP ser ver o r
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set A uto a nd assign a ra nge o f IP addresses here. The DHCP server is disabled b y defa ult. If Auto is se lected, the DHCP Serve r of pri nt se r ver will be e nabled only whe n the re is no o the r DHCP Ser ver within the ne twork . W he n Enable or Auto is selected , yo u ha ve to co nfigure Starti ng Address, Ra nge, Sub ne t Mask , Ga tewa y Address and DNS. The pri nt ser ver will assign a unique IP for each clie nt.

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7.10 W ireless Configurat ion

If yo u w a n t to u s e th e p ri n t s e rve r th ro u g h wi re less L AN , p l e as e s e t u p th e p ri n t se rve r th ro u g h Eth e rne t fi rs t a n d m a ke su re yo u r w i re less L AN s e tti n g i s co rre ct. Afte r s e tti n g th e w i rel ess L AN , u n p l ug th e Eth e rn e t ca b le a n d re s ta rt th e p rin t s e rve r, th e n yo u ca n s ta rt to u se th e p ri n t s e rve r th ro u g h w i re less L AN . If th e w i re l ess co n fig u ra tio n d oes n o t w o rk, p l eas e p l ug th e Eth e rn e t ca b le a g ai n , res ta rt th e p ri n t se rve r a n d co n fi g u re th e p ri n t s e rve r th ro u g h Eth e rn e t u n ti l th e wi re less L AN s e tti n gs a re co rre ct.

The defa ult setti ngs of the print ser ve r wireless function are as follows .

Mode: Ad-Hoc SSID: Default Channel: 11

Double Click Wireless icon a nd the wireless configura tion window will pop- up . If yo u use access point to b uild up wireless network, you ha ve to selec t Infrastr uc ture Mode. If yo u do no t ha ve a ny access point a nd wa nt to use peer- to-peer co nnectio n to build up wireless network, you ha ve to selec t Ad- Hoc Mode. After selecti ng the operation modes of the wireless func tion, click Ne xt to go to furthe r detailed configura tion. Infrastr ucture Mode:

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In the Infrastr uc ture mode, yo u ha ve to let the p rint ser ver associate with a n access poi nt. You le t the pri nt ser ver scan for a n a vailable access poi nt automatically o r manually assig n the SS ID of the access poi nt you wa nt to use. If yo u select to le t the print ser ve r sca n for a n a vailable access point, the followi ng windo w will pop up.

The list is the sca nned a vailable access poi nts . Selec t a n access point i n the list a nd c lick Next . If yo u canno t find the access point tha t yo u wa nt to use , c lick Sca n to let the print ser ve r sca n agai n. Ad Hoc Mode:

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In the Ad- Hoc mode, yo u ca n le t the print se r ver automa tically associate with other wire less sta tion o r manually assig n the SS ID of yo ur wireless network . Yo u can let the p rint ser ver a utoma tically select the c ha nne l tha t is the sa me with the peer or ma nually assig n a c ha nne l. If yo u select to le t the print ser ve r sca n for a n acti ve wireless s tation, the fo llo wing wi ndow will pop up .

The list is the sca nned acti ve wire less s tations . Selec t a wireless s tation in the list a nd click Ne xt. If yo u ca nnot find the wire less s tation that yo u want the pri nt ser ver to communicate with, click Scan to le t the pri nt se r ver sca n again. Both Infrastr uc ture a nd Ad- Hoc mode ha ve to go throug h the followi ng proced ure :
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This print ser ve r s uppor ts WEP a nd WPA-PSK security mode. If yo u wa nt to use WEP enc r yption to protec t yo ur wireless network , yo u ha ve to se lect WEP(ASCII) or WEP(HEX). If yo u want to use WPA-PSK, yo u ha ve to select WPA-shared ke y. The wire less sec urity setti ng sho uld be the same with other wire less de vices in the sa me network. WEP Security Mode :

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You ca n se lect 64 bit or 128 bit le ngth a nd He xadecimal or ASCII format fo r the e ncr yptio n ke y. Longer ke y le ngth can pro vide stronge r sec urity but worth communicatio n per forma nce. Enter fo ur ke y va lues b y following the r ules below a nd select o ne ke y as the defa ult ke y.

PassPhrase A passphrase simplifies the WEP encryption process by automatically generating the WEP encryption keys for the print server. This setting is only valid when the security mode is in WEP(HEX). Key 1 to Key 4 If the key length is 64-bit, enter 10-digit Hex values or 5-digit ASCII values as the encryption keys. For example: 0123456aef or Guest. If the key length is 128-bit, enter 26-digit Hex values or 13-digit ASCII values as the encryption keys. For example: 01234567890123456789abcdef or administrator.

WPA-shared ke y Sec urity Mode:

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Whe n WPA-shared ke y, also named WPA-PSK req uires users to se lect the ad va nced e ncr yp tion methods, i.e. TK IP and e nte r a se t o f s hared ke y.

TKIP TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) changes the temporal key every 10,000 packets. This insures much greater security than the standard WEP security. Shared Key Enter 8 to 63 digits of ASCII format to be the key for the authentication within the network.

Whe n yo u finis h co nfiguri ng the wire less sec urity, click Ne xt to go to ne xt step.

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You ca n se lect to let the pri nt ser ver automa tically obtain IP setti ngs with DHCP clie nt or manua lly assign the IP settings . If yo u ma nually assign the IP settings , yo u ha ve to e nte r IP address, s ub net mask a nd defa ult gatewa y address. Whe n yo u finis h co nfiguri ng the IP se ttings , c lick Ne xt to confirm the IP Address co nfigura tion.

Click Save to sa ve the wireless configuration.

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7.11 SNMP Configuration

Double Click SNMP icon a nd the SNMP co nfiguratio n window will pop up. Contact: Yo u ca n e nter the pri nt ser ver administra tors contac t informa tion here. This i nfor mation will be displa yed in the SNMP manageme nt tool. Location: Yo u ca n enter the i nsta lled location of the p rint server here. This i nfo rmatio n will be displa yed in the SNMP manageme nt too l. 7.12 Wizard

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Click Wizard icon on the tool ba r, the setup wi zard item of the c ur re nt se lected p rint ser ver wi ll be s howed o n the right side of the wi ndow. Double c lick the Print Ser ver Setup Wi zard the setup wizard will g uide yo u thro ugh all the setup process. Step 1: Set up the na me of this pri nt ser ver and the SMB Gro up Na me fo r the pri nt se r ver. Also se t up Enab le, Disable or A uto for the wireless func tion here. Please refer to sectio n 7 .6 a nd 7.8 for detail informatio n.

Step 2: Selec t to e nable required p rinting p rotocol. Please refer to sectio n 7 .8 fo r detail informa tion.

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Step 3: Setup the IP of this print se r ver a nd the DHCP server . P lease refe r to sectio n 7.9 for detail i nfo rmatio n.

Step 4: Setup the Apple Talk printing . Please refer to section 7.5 fo r detail informatio n.

Step 5: Setup the NetWare printing . Please refer to section 7.7 for detail info rmatio n.

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Step 6: Selec t the Wireless Adapter mode a nd comple te wireless LAN settings. The other proced ures are the same with Wire less Setting in Setup sc reen. P lease refe r to section 7.10 for detail info rmatio n.

Step 7: Click Save to fi nish se tti ng.

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Report

Click Report ico n on the tool bar, the Report wi ndow will pop up. The repor t lists basic i nfor mation of a ll a vailable p rint servers o n the network. The informa tion i ncludes Device Name, MAC ID, Model Type , Firmwa re Version a nd Status of print se r ver.

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8 .1 In t r o d u c t io n Print se r ver ca n be co nfigured a nd ma naged o n the Web. Thro ug h Local Area Netwo rk, or e ve n Inter ne t, administrator ca n easily configure a nd ma nage pri nt servers va rious main functio ns i n bro wsers. Simply e nte r print ser vers IP address into yo ur browse rs address field to ma nage a p rint ser ver b y pri nt ser vers b uilt-in Web Server . The defa ult IP Address, User Na me a nd Password settings of the Pri nt ser ver are as fo llo ws. IP Address: 192.168.2 .2 User Name: Admin Password: 1234 8.2 Login
Yo u m a y u s e a n y We b Bro ws e r to re vi e w th e s ta tus o r con fi g u re th e s e tti ngs o f th e p ri n t s e rve r. Af te r e n te ri n g th e IP a d d ress o f th e p rin t s e rve r, a l o g i n p a g e dis p la y. Yo u h a ve to e n te r co rre ct U s e r N am e an d Pass w ord b e fo re g o i ng to th e We b Ma n a g em e n t p ag es . N o tes : D e fa u l t Us e r Nam e is a dmi n , d e fa ul t p ass w o rd is 1 2 34 .

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8.3 Device Status

8.3.1 Syste m

Sys te m In fo rm a ti on i n clu d es De vi ce N am e , Pri n t Se rve r N a me , Mo d e l Typ e , S ys te m U p Tim e , Fi rmw a re Ve rsi o n , MAC Ad d re ss , Wi re l ess L AN Sta tu s a n d th e p ro to co ls e na b le d s ta tus , e tc.

8.3.2

Prin ter

Th i s pa g e lis ts in fo rm a ti on o f p ri n te rs co nn e cte d to a ll p ri n te r p o rts .

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8.3.3

TCP/IP

Th i s pa g e lis ts al l TC P/IP s e tti n gs o f th e p rin t s e rve r i n clu d in g IP Ad d re ss , Su b n e t Ma s k a nd Ga te w a y. It a l s o lis ts DH C P s e rve r s e tti ng .

8.3.4

SM B

Th i s pa g e lis ts th e SMB g ro u p s e tti n g o f th e p rin t s e rve r.

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8.3.5

SNM P

Th i s pa g e lis ts th e SN MP s e tti ngs o f th e p ri n t se rve r. It i n cl u d es th e s e tti n gs o f SN MP S ys te m C o n ta ct a nd SN MP S ys te m Lo ca ti on .

8.3.6

NetWare

Th i s pa g e lis ts Ne tWa re se tti n gs , i n clu d in g Po ll i ng Ti me , U se Bi n de ry Mo d e , N a m e o f th e Fi l e Se rve r a n d Po rt Atta ch e d Qu e u e .

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8.3.7

Ap p le Talk

Th i s pa g e lis ts Ap p l e Tal k se tti n gs , i n clu d in g Ap p l e Ta l k Zo ne N am e a nd Pri n te r Typ e o f p ri n te rs co nn e cte d to a ll p ri n t p o rts .

8.4
8.4.1

Setup W iz ard
Syste m

You ca n c ha nge the print se r ver name a nd password of the print ser ver from here.
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Print Server Name , the name of the pri nt ser ver . Yo u ca n use this na me to identify the print ser ve r when yo u are searching for the print ser ve r b y the admi nistratio n a nd client utilities. Password, enter the passwo rd yo u wa nt to c ha nge to the print ser ver. The passwo rd ca n be up to 7 -digit alpha nume ric for mat. The defa ult pass word is 1234 . Re-type Password, enter the pass word yo u wa nt to c ha nge to the p rint ser ve r again.
8.4.2 Adv ance d Se tting s

You ca n e nable /disable the p rinting p rotocols from the screen. To e nable the func tion, p lease selec t E nable ; to disable the func tion, please se lect Disable.

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8.4.3

TCP/IP

You ca n co nfig ure the pri nt ser ver to a utomatically get IP from D HCP serve r or ma nually specify static IP . The p rint server also has a b uilt-in DHCP ser ver . You ca n e nable this DHCP server and le t it ma nages IP for you. If yo u need the p rint ser ver to automatically ge t a n IP from DHCP server , se lect Enab le Ob tain TCP/IP Settings Automa tically (Use DHCP/ BOOTP) . Yo u also ca n select Disable Use the fo llo wing TCP/IP Settings to ma nually assign IP Address, Sub ne t Mask a nd Gate wa y for the print ser ver. You ca n e nable /disable or se t a uto fo r the print ser ve rs DHCP server . The DHCP ser ver is disabled b y defa ult. If the DHCP Serve r is e nabled o r set Auto, you ha ve to assign a ra nge o f IP addresses here. Fill in the Star t IP , Ra nge, DNS , S ub net Mask and Ga tewa y , a nd the print ser ver will assign a unique IP for eac h c lient. No te tha t when A uto is selec ted, the DHCP Ser ver o f the pri nt server wi ll be e nabled o nly whe n there is no other DHCP Server within the netwo rk.

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SM B

You ca n e nable /disable the SMB protoco l from he re. If SMB is enabled, e nter the SMB Group Na me to specify the SMB group that this pri nt ser ver be lo ngs to . All PC s ho uld join the same gro up before the y ca n use this p rint ser ver b y SMB protocol.
8.4.5 SNM P

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The pri nt ser ver s uppor ts S NMP co nfig uratio n. If it is enabled, please se t up the followi ng parame ters. SNMP System Contact: Yo u ca n enter the pri nt ser ver administrators co ntact info rmatio n here . This informatio n will be displa yed in the SNMP manageme nt too l.
SNMP S ys te m Loc a tion : Yo u ca n e n te r th e i n s tal l ed l o ca tio n o f th e p ri n t s e rve r h e re . Th is i n fo rma ti o n wi l l be d is pl a ye d i n th e SN MP m a na g em en t to o l .

8.4.6

NetWare

This print se r ver s uppor ts NetWa re Binder y Printing method. The pri nt ser ver pe riodically polls the NetWare ser ver printer q ueues for pri nting jobs . You ha ve to assign the NetWare ser ver na me, p rint ser ver polling inte r val and the name o f q ue ue o n the NetWare ser ver for each pri nter port. Polling Time is the po lli ng inter va l of the p rint ser ver fo r waiting pri nti ng jobs o n the Ne tWare se r ver. Name of the File Server is the name o f the Ne tWare file server tha t pro vides pri nter q ueues .

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8.4.7

Ap p le Talk

AppleTalk is a data comm unication protocol ofte n used b y Macintos hes. The print se r ver ca n use these para meters to join the Apple Talk netwo rk a nd s hare the p rinter to other AppleTalk works tatio ns. Yo u ha ve to se lect to e nable or disable AppleTalk , a nd se tup the Zo ne Na me a nd Printer Type for eac h printer po rt o f this print ser ve r. AppleTalk Enable : E nable or disable AppleTa lk . AppleTalk Zone Name : Print se r ver has to join zones of AppleTalk before it ca n be s hared to o ther works tations . Only works tations in the sa me zo ne ca n s hare the p rinter. If yo u wa nt to s hare the p rinter to all works tations in all Zo nes, yo u s hould e nte r o nly * i n the Zo ne Name field. Printer Type , the type of p rinter a ttac hed to eac h pri nter port. Yo u ca n get the pri nter type from the ma nufacturer o f the printer.

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8.4.8

Save Se ttin gs

You ca n c lick the Save Setti ngs to sa ve the settings and restart the s ys tem .

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8.5
8.5.1

System Tools
Load Defau lt

You ca n use this page to restore the facto r y defa ult settings . All o f yo ur pre vious setup will be c leared.

8.5.2

Up gr ade F ir mware fro m Br owser

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Yo u ca n u p g ra de n e w fi rm wa re fo r th is p ri n t s e rve r i n th is p a ge . C l i ck Bro ws e to se l e ct th e n ew fi rmw a re in yo u r s to ra ge a n d th en cl i ck OK, th e fi rm wa re w il l b e up d a ted i n s e ve ra l m i nu tes . Be a w a re th a t i f yo u h a ve s ta rte d u p g ra d in g fi rm w a re , yo u h a ve to fo l l o w a l l th e u p g rad i ng s teps o r th e p ri n t s e rve r ca n t tu rn b a ck to n o rm a l co n fi g u ra ti o n .

9. 9.1

IPP Print ing Introduction

IPP ( Inte rne t Pri nti ng Protoco l) Pri nti ng pro vides a conve nient wa y of remote printing ser vice b y TCP/IP. The print ser ver ca n s upport IPP printing b y defa ult. It is needless to do any setting. Any PC that can s upport IPP printi ng, for e xa mple Windows 2000/XP, ca n directly uses the print ser ve r b y IP. By using the IPP pri nti ng, you ca n share the pri nte r to all the PCs tha t ca n access the p rint server b y IP . Yo u ca n e ve n sha re yo ur printer to Inter net users .

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9.2.1

System Setup
Pr int Se rver Side

It is needless to do a ny setting on the print ser ve r side. Make sure the pri nt se r ver has correct IP se tti ngs. If yo u want to s hare the pri nte rs to Inter net use rs, yo u ha ve to set a real IP to the print ser ve r. Yo u a lso ha ve to make s ure tha t a ny ga tewa y, ro ute r or fire wall does not block IPP protocol if yo u ha ve these gatewa y de vices insta lled in your network.
9.2.2 Clie nt Side

You o nly need to perfor m Wi ndows sta ndard Add New Printer proced ure . Step1. Click Star t , c hoose Settings a nd se lect Printers and Fa xes. Step2. Step3. Click Add a Pri nter . The Add Printer Wizard is displa yed. C lick Ne xt .

Step4. Select A network p rinter, or a printer a ttac hed to another comp uter . Click Ne xt .

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Step5. Selec t Co nnect to a printer o n the Inter ne t or on a home o r office network and e nter the URL of print ser ve r. The URL forma t is http ://IP:631/Por t Name . The IP sho uld be the pri nt ser vers IP . The number 631 is IPP sta ndard port number . Por t Name is the port name o f pri nt ser ver tha t yo ur printer is connec ted to . The defa ult port na me is lpt1 . One e xamp le of the URL is http://192.168.3 .66:631/lpt1. Afte r e nteri ng the URL o f pri nt server , c lick Ne xt .

Step6. Select a s uitable p rinter manufacture r a nd the printer model a nd c lick Ne xt . If yo ur pri nter is not i n the list, c lick Ha ve Disk to ins tall the dri ver o f the printer . After i nsta llatio n, the p rinter model will be added to the list.
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Step7. Choose to set the p rint whe ther as a defa ult printer or not. Click Ne xt .

Step8. Yo u ha ve added the ne twork printer to the PC successfully. The i nfor mation of the pri nte r is displa yed i n the wi ndows. Click Fi nish .

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W i n d o w s X P S P 2 Se t u p

In Windo ws XP SP2, XP SP2s firewall wo uld block the unk nown co mm unications . This print ser ve r has a llo wed the communicatio ns data passed thro ug h the XP SP2s firewall. In case tha t yo u do not find any pri nt se r ver listed o n the Available Ports in Network Por ts Quick Setup , p lease follo w the steps belo w. Step1. Click Star t , c hoose Settings a nd se lect Network Co nnections . Step2. Rig ht c lick Loca l Area Co nnec tion a nd se lect Properties.

Step3.

Select Adva nced tab a nd click Se ttings .

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Step4. Selec t E xceptio ns tab a nd c lick Add Program .

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Step5.

Click Browse to add a ne w prog ram.

Step6. Ope n the NPUti l file from C:\Prog ram Files\PrintSer ver Utilities ( where C:\ is the s yste m dri ve) .

Step7. A new program Ne two rk Ports Quick Setup is displayed i n the list, c lick Ok .

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Step8. Click Ok . Yo u have comple ted the setti ng. The Windows XP SP2 will a llow the i ncoming ne two rk connections acti vated b y the p rogram.

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