Print Server Series PS-1207U/PS-1208UWg PS-1206U/PS-1206UWg PS-1206P/PS-1206PWg PS-3207U/PS-3207UWg User’s Manual Version: 3.
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Contents 1. Introduction........................................................................................1 1.1 Product Introduction......................................................... 1 1.2 Product Package ............................................................. 2 1.3 Network Printing Architecture .......................................... 3 1.3.1 1.3.2 1.3.3 Print Server Network Functions ..........................................4 Network Printing Functions for Clients.............
6. UNIX System Network.....................................................................52 6.1 Introduction .................................................................... 52 6.2 Enable Print Server’s TCP/IP Support ........................... 53 6.3 Setup Print Server’s IP Address .................................... 53 6.3.1 6.3.2 7. DHCP ...............................................................................53 BOOTP .................................................................
8. Web Management ...........................................................................89 8.1 Introduction .................................................................... 89 8.2 Login .............................................................................. 90 8.3 Device Status................................................................. 91 8.3.1 8.3.2 8.3.3 8.3.4 8.3.5 8.3.6 8.3.7 8.4 Setup Wizard ................................................................. 98 8.4.1 8.4.1.
. LPR Printing .................................................................................123 10.1 Introduction ................................................................ 123 10.2 Standard LPR Settings in Windows XP ..................... 124 10.3 Standard LPR Settings in Windows Vista .................. 131 10.4 Standard LPR Settings in MAC OS 10.x ................... 138 10.4.1 10.4.2 MAC 10.4......................................................................138 MAC 10.4...........
1. Introduction 1.1 Product Introduction Thank you for purchasing and using our print server. This print server allows your printer to become a shared device on the network. It offers printing flexibility and manageability on your Local Area Network at an extremely low cost and with an absolute minimum setup and maintenance required. This print server provides IEEE 802.11g/b wireless LAN (up to 54Mbps data transfer rate), an Ethernet network port (10/100Mbps Ethernet) and one print port for printer.
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1.3 Network Printing Architecture This section illustrates how print server functions and operates on the network. Before you install and use print server, it is strongly recommended that you read this section completely, and select only the chapters you need according to your network operating system by “Contents of the User’s Manual” in next section. This section will first introduce the role every component plays in the network-printing environment.
1.3.1 Print Server Network Functions Print Server Unix Print Server NetWare ServerWindows NT Server Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 98 Workstation Because print server supports IPX/SPX, NetBEUI, TCP/IP and AppleTalk network protocols, any networked computer can directly print to the print server from any of its installed protocol.
1.3.2 Network Printing Functions for Clients Client User Unix Print Server NetWare ServerWindows NT Server Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 98 Workstation Common operating systems for clients are classified as following: Windows 98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista Our print server system provides PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) driver and utilities for Windows 98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista users. PTPP (Peer-toPeer Printing) supports TCP/IP protocol.
In the client installation procedure, after PTPP (Peer-toPeer Printing Driver) is installed into Windows, the system will automatically (manual configuration is also allowed) search all the print servers on the network, and then add their printing ports into Windows’ printing port (see below).
1.3.3 Network Printing Functions for Network Server Network Server Unix Print Server NetWare ServerWindows NT Server Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 98 Workstation Common network servers are classified as following: Windows NT/2000/2003 Our print server system provides PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) driver and utilities for Windows NT/2000/2003. After PTPP is installed, the server can directly print through print server.
1.4 Network Printing Environment Common network environment are classified as following: Windows Peer-to-Peer Network The client’s PTPP driver will use TCP/IP protocol to print through print server.
Windows NT/2000/2003 Network Network printing function will become available after PTPP driver is installed into Windows NT/2000/2003. Adding this printing function into Windows NT/2000/2003 Server allows print queue, user authority management, and many other advanced features to be used.
1.5 Contents of the User’s Manual Chapter 2. explains print server’s hardware installation and configuration. It is strongly recommended for you to read. The following chapters introduce: Chapter 3. Windows Peer-to-Peer Network Chapter 4. Windows NT/2000/2003 Server-Based Network Chapter 5. NetWare Network Chapter 6. UNIX System Network You may select the appropriate chapters and sections to read depending on your network printing’s requirement. Chapter 7.
Chapter 10. introduces Print Server’s LPR Printing function and Windows XP/Vista and MAC OS 10.x standard setup procedures. The LPR Printing (Line Printer Remote technology) allows users to connect to printers via TCP/IP for printing sharing. Chapter 11. introduces how to deal with the problem that if you can’t find any print server listed on the “Available Ports” in “Network Ports Quick Setup” in Windows XP SP2. 1.
2. Hardware Installation Unpack the print server package and verify that all the items listed in the section 1.2 are provided. Connect the print server to the printer you want to share on the network. Connect the print server to your network by attached the network cable to the UTP port of the print server. Connect the power adapter to the print server. The print server will perform the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) after it is powered on. During the POST, the Status and Ready LEDs will be on.
3. Windows Peer-to-Peer Network 3.1 System Architecture Print server supports Windows Peer-to-Peer network printing mode, which is suitable for most medium and small network environments. Through quick and simple installation procedure, users can immediately enjoy the convenience of network printing.
Installation procedure is separated into following two parts: 1. Administrator Installation and Setup (refer to section 2 for more detailed information). System administrators must: Install administrator’s utilities into his/her computer. Configure print server from administrator’s configuration utility. 2. Client Installation and Configuration (refer to section 3 for more detailed information). Client users must install Windows PTPP driver (Peerto-Peer Printing) for network printing.
3.2 EZMax Installation Wizard This wizard can be run in Windows 2000/XP/Vista. The following procedures are operated in Windows XP. You can install the Print Server by EZMAX Setup Wizard in the CDROM including in the package. The wizard is an easy and quick configuration tool for internet connection with series process. When you start EZMAX Setup Wizard, you will get the following welcome screen. Please choose the language to start the configuration.
3.3 Administrator Installation and Setup **Please find the utility manually from CD-ROM drive’s root directory or download it from Edimax webiste. If you have any question please check with Edimax local technical support team. The Administrator Installation Program executes a wizard-driven procedure that performs the following tasks: Install all necessary utilities and drivers in your PC (including the client utilities).
2. The “Print Server Utilities” window will be displayed. Click “Next”. 3. Click “Next” to install the utilities in the default folder or click “Change” to specify the destination folder where you would like to install the utilities.
4. Select the components you want to install. It is highly recommended to install all provided components. Click “Next” to continue. 5. Click “Install”.
6. The system will start to install the utilities automatically. 7. You have completed the installation phase and prepare to configure the Print Server. The “Choose Print Server” will list all Print Servers within the network. Select the Print Server you would like to configure and click “Next”.
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 Ediamx. 8. Specify a recognizable name for the Print Server and click “Next”.
9. Specify the IP Address for the Print Server manually or click “Next” to keep default IP Address, i.e. 192.168.2.2. 10. The configuration summary is displayed in the window. Now, you have completed the Print Server setup. Click “Finish” and your system will add network port of the Print Server to your PC automatically.
11. The Administrator Installation procedure is totally completed. Click “Finish”. The Administrator Installation Program have executed the installation procedure that performs the following tasks: Install all utilities and drivers to the administrator’s PC. Configure the print server (including the print server name and network protocol) Add the network port of the print server to the administrator’s PC.
3.3 Administrator Utilities 1. After Administrator Installation is completed, there will be four utilities in print server’s Program folder. Network Ports Quick Setup – Add the network ports of print servers within the network to your PC. Print Server Configuration – Allows you to configure the print server’s IP Address, network protocols and other advanced functions. Please refer to Chapter 7 for the detail instruction of the configuration.
3.4 Client Installation and Setup *Please find the utility manually from CD-ROM drive’s root directory or download it from Edimax webiste. If you have any question please check with Edimax local technical support team. The Client Installation Program is a wizard driven procedure which will perform the following tasks: Install client utilities and drivers into your PC. Automatically add all Network Ports to your PC. The network port driver supports network protocol auto-detection.
2. The “Print Server Utilities” window will be displayed. Click “Next”. 3. Click “Next” to install the utilities in the default folder or click “Change” to specify the destination folder where you would like to install the utilities.
4. Click “Install” 5. The system will start to install the utilities automatically.
6. Now, the installation procedure is completed, you are ready to set up the client’s computer. All network ports of the Print Servers detected on the network will be added to your PC automatically, click “Continue”. Note that if there are no print servers detected in the network currently, please click “Continue” to finish the installation. Please refer to Section 3.5.1 to add network ports of print servers manually.
7. The Client Installation procedure is completed. Click “Finish”. After the installation, you have completed the following tasks: Install all utilities and drivers to the client’s PC. Add all the print server’s network ports of the network to the client’s PC. You can then perform the Windows’ standard “Add Printer” procedure to add network printers to your PC. Please refer to Section 3.6.
3.5 Client Utilities 1. After Client Installation is completed, there will be three tools in print server’s Program folder. Network Ports Quick Setup Remote Ports Uninstall Network Driver The Uninstall Network Driver will assist you in removing all installed client software. The other two tools are described as follows.
3.5.1 Network Ports Quick Setup Network Ports Quick Setup Utility offers a very simple method to add or remove print server’s printer port from the client’s computer. During the client’s installation procedure, the system will automatically search for all print servers on the network, and add them into the printer ports of the client’s computer (see below).
If you have just installed another new print server in the network, you must run this program first. This program will search for new print servers and allow you to add the new network printer port into client’s computer conveniently. Perform the standard Add Printer procedure, then you can print directly to the printer through the newly installed print server.
3.5.2 Remote Ports (Utility) 1. Remote Ports Utility offers a convenient way for you to manage and add printer port of the remote print server. From the assistant of this utility, you can print to other print servers outside the subnet across network segment. However, please note that this function only supports TCP/IP network protocol. 2. Please follow the procedures described below: Step1. Run Remote Ports Utility. Clicks “Add” to add a remote print port. Step2.
Step3. The new remote print port is displayed as follows. In order to use the remote printing function, you will have to proceed with normal Add Printer procedure and select your printer port as the newly added remote printer port.
3.6 Windows Add Printer Procedure After adding a “Network Port” of the print server to your PC by Administrator or Client Installation Program, you can follow the procedures described in the following sections to add printer to the Windows. 3.6.1 Windows Vista 1. The following “Add Printer” steps are running in Windows Vista. 2. Click “Start”, select “Settings\Printers”. 3. Click “Add a Printer”. 4. The “Add Printer” wizard is displayed. Select “Add a local printer”.
5. Choose the suitable printer port which was created by the installation process and click “Next”. 6. Select the printer manufacturer and the printer model and click “Next”. If your printer is not in the list, click “Have Disk…” to install the driver of the printer. After installation, the printer model will be added to the list.
7. Name your printer and set the default printer, click “Next”. 8. The printer drivers are being installed.
9. It is recommended to print a test page. Click “Finish”. 10. The printer is added to “Printers” page, you have added the printer to your computer successfully. Now you can start to print from your computer to the print server.
3.6.2 Windows XP 1. The following “Add Printer” steps are running in Windows XP, the steps in other Operating Systems such as Windows 98SE/Me/2000 are similar. 2. Click “Start”, choose “Settings” and select “Printers and Faxes”. 3. Click “Add a Printer”. 4. The “Add Printer Wizard” is displayed. Click “Next”.
5. Select “Local printer attached to this computer” and make sure that “Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer” is not selected. Click “Next”. 6. Choose the suitable “Print Server Network Port” which was created by the Administrator Installation or Client Installation process and click “Next”.
7. Select a suitable printer manufacturer and the printer model and click “Next”. If your printer is not in the list, click “Have Disk…” to install the driver of the printer. After installation, the printer model will be added to the list. 8. Name your printer and setup the default printer, click “Next”.
9. Choose to print the test page or not. It is recommended to print a test page. Click “Next”. 10. You have added the printer to the PC successfully. The information of the printer is displayed in the windows. Click “Finish”. 11. Now you can start to print from your PC to the print server.
4. Windows NT/2000/2003 Network 4.1 System Architecture In Windows network environment, other than the Peer-toPeer network printing architecture described in the previous chapter, we also offer the Server-Based Printing architecture for Windows NT/2000/2003 server. Only one Windows NT/2000/2003 is required to have Windows PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) driver installed and share the printing service on the network. Other network users can simply connect to the server and access the shared printer (see below).
4.2 Windows NT/2000/2003 Server Installation and Setup Please follow the procedures described below for installation and construct a peer-to-peer connection (PTPP) between Windows NT/2000/2003 Server and Print Server. Step1. If this is your first time installing print server, please install the administrator software on Windows NT/2000/2003 server first. Refer to section 3.2 for installation instructions.
Step2. Please add/configure the Peer-to-Peer Printing of the Windows NT/2000/2003 network printer and verify that you can print from Windows NT/2000/2003 to the print server by the installed PTPP driver. Step3. Share the above server’s printer to the network by performing the standard Windows printer sharing process.
4.3 User Installation and Setup After server side’s installation is completed, client side will be able to find the server’s shared printer in Network Neighborhood. You only need to perform Window’s standard Add New Printer procedure, select “Network Printer” shown in the screen below, and complete the configurations afterwards to access the shared printer.
5. NetWare Network 5.1 System Architecture We implement NetWare printer sharing functionality into the print server itself, thus allowing one or more printers attached by a print server to be connected to the network. We have developed the print server to support NetWare print server. Embedded print server, which emulates the “queue management functionality” of NetWare print server, PSERVER program running on the NetWare server.
Compare with NetWare printing functionality, the advantages of embedding the NetWare network printing functionality in the print server include: 1. Installation is easier and quicker. 2. Network management is easier. 3. Printing performance is enhanced. 4. Relieve NetWare file server’s burden. 5. Relieve the need of a workstation running the remote printer utility. 6. Improve productivity by locating the printer near the workgroup. 7.
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 your networking software. 5.2.1 5.2.1.1 1. 2. Installation Using PCONSOLE Configuring as Print Server Mode Run the NetWare PCONSOLE program. Change the current file server, if necessary, using the Change Current File Server menu selection. 3. Choose the Print Queue Information menu selection. 4. Press the Insert key to add a new print queue. 5.
6. You have now successfully created the print queue that your print server will serve. Press the Escape key until the Available Options main menu is displayed. 7. Select Print Server Information. 8. Press the Insert key to add a new NetWare print server object. The print server name can be identical to the PSxxxxxx name printed on the label of the print server. 9. Press Enter to select the newly created print server. 10. Select Print Server Configuration. 11. Select Printer Configuration.
12. Select Printer 0 (or Printer 1, Printer 2), and press Enter, then select LPT1 (or LPT2, LPT3) in the Type field. If your print server is with only one port, you do not need to configure this Type field. 13. Press Escape, and answer Yes to the Save Changes question. 14. Select Queues Serviced by Printer, then select Printer 0 (or Printer 1, Printer 2) and press Enter.
15. Press Insert and add your newly created print queue to the list of queues serviced by the printer. Enter a priority number for the queue service, or press Enter to accept the default. 16. Repeatedly press Escape to exit the PCONSOLE program. 17. Reset the print server to have the changes take effect. NOTE: If the print server you have is with multiple printer connectors, you may create multiple print queues and printer objects. Your print server should now be ready to use.
6. UNIX System Network 6.1 Introduction The print server is available for TCP/IP printing by Unix LPD (Line Printer Daemon) protocol. The LPD protocol originated with Unix release is based on the BSD version of Unix and supported under most versions of Unix. This chapter explains how to configure the print server for TCP/IP operation, and how to modify configuration files on your Unix system to allow printing to the print server.
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 configure the print server to enable TCP/IP support using the configuration program. 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 the IP address on the various Unix systems using any one of the following methods: 1. DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) 2.
6.3.2 BOOTP If you have the BOOTP daemon, bootpd, running on your UNIX system that is accessible by the print server, you can use the BOOTP protocol to set up the IP address of the print server. We recommend that the BOOTP server should be located on the same subnet as the print server. If you use Network Information Services (NIS) in your system, you may need to rebuild the NIS map with the BOOTP services before doing the following BOOTP configuration.
Lines should be indented with tabs. Where hostname is the device name of a print server, the ht=1 tag specifies the hardware type is Ethernet, the ha= tag specifies the Ethernet address of a print server, which is the Node ID located on the print server. The ha tag must be preceded by the ht tag. The ip= tag should correspond to the IP address you want to assign to the print server.
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: ping ip-address 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 print server varies between different varieties of Unix. The procedure below can be used for Unix variants that are related to BSD Unix, such as SunOS or Linux.
1. Optionally, assign a name corresponding to the print server’s IP address. You can add this address to the /etc/hosts file, by adding a line such as: 203.66.191.186 pserver 2. Create a spool directory for the printer in the same directory where spool directories are normally kept on the machine, such as /var/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.
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. You can also use a host name if you have assigned one in the /etc/hosts file. The sd= entry should correspond to the spool directory you created in the previous step. The rp= entry should correspond to the port name of the remote printer.
7. Configuration Utility 7.1 Introduction This chapter introduces print server’s system configuration utility in Windows environment. This utility is automatically installed during Windows Administrator Utility installation procedure - refer to section 3.2 and 3.3. This utility provides the most complete management and configuration functions on the print server side.
SNMP Configuration: SNMP Information Configuration. SMB: Configure the SMB Group Name. System Configuration: Print Server Network Ability Setting and Firmware Upgrade. Wireless Configuration: Wireless LAN Configuration. Setup Wizard: Guide You Through All the Settings. Report: List the Status of All Available Print Servers on the Network. We will explain each function separately in the following section.
7.2 Search for All Available Print Server Every time when you run print server’s configuration utility, on the tool bar. The click the “Search” icon configuration utility will delay for several seconds because the utility is using system’s available network protocols to search for all print servers on the network. All available print servers will be listed under “Server Group” on the left side of the window. You must select the print server you would like to configure from the list.
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 side of the window. The information of the print server displayed are MAC ID, Model Type, Firmware Version, status of each printer port, NetWare file server name, NetWare file server polling interval, NetWare printer queue names, IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, AppleTalk printer type, AppleTalk zone and print server printing ability…etc.
You can restart the print server by pressing the “Reboot” . button 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 right side of the window. Double click one of the icons to set up the selected print server. A screen will pop up to verify “User Name” and “Password” of the print server. The default values are as follows.
7.5 General Configuration Double Click “General” icon and the General configuration window will pop-up. You can see basic print server information in this page. You also can configure the “Server Name”, “User Name” and “Password” here. Server Name, the name of the print server. You can use this name to identify the print server when you are searching for the print server by the administration and client utilities.
User Name / Password is used to authenticate the administrator by the Web administration tool. 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 to automatically get IP from DHCP server or manually specify static IP. The print server also has a built-in DHCP server. You can enable this DHCP server and let it manages IP for you. 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”. You also can select “Static IP” to manually assign “IP Address”, “Subnet Mask” and “Gateway” for the print server.
7.7 Netware Print Server Configuration Double Click “NetWare” icon and the NetWare configuration window will pop-up. This print server supports NetWare Bindery Printing method. The print server periodically polls the NetWare server printer queues for printing jobs. You have to assign the NetWare server name, print server polling interval and the name of queue on the NetWare server for each printer port.
7.8 AppleTalk Configuration Double Click “AppleTalk” icon and the AppleTalk configuration window will pop-up. AppleTalk is a data communication protocol often used by Macintoshes. The print server can use these parameters to join the AppleTalk network and share the printer to other AppleTalk workstations. You have to setup the “Zone Name” and “Printer Type” for each printer port of this print server. Zone Name: Print server has to join zones of AppleTalk before it can be shared to other workstations.
7.9 SNMP Configuration Double Click “SNMP” icon and the SNMP configuration window will pop up. Contact: You can enter the print server administrator’s contact information here. This information will be displayed in the SNMP management tool. Location: You can enter the installed location of the print server here. This information will be displayed in the SNMP management tool.
7.10 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 can use this print server by SMB protocol. Pass Job when Error Occurred: When the printer is interrupted because of paper out or off line while printing, user can set the interval time to bypass the current printing job. Or the printing document will not be printed completely or with unformatted messages. The range is from 1 to 120 seconds.
7.11 System Configuration Double Click “System” icon and the System configuration window will pop-up. In the System configuration page, you can select to enable/disable each printing or management protocol, assign name for each printer port of this print server, upgrade the new firmware for this print server, and enable/disable wireless function. Upgrade Firmware: You can use this “Upgrade Firmware” tool to update the newest firmware of the print server.
Note that before you upgrade the firmware please make sure that the IP Address settings of the print server are in the same network as your computer. Load Default: If you want to reset the Print Server to default factory settings, please click “Load Default”. Wireless Function: You can select “Auto”, Enable” or “Disable” to manually configure the wireless function. Auto – “Auto” is the default setting of the print server.
Domain Country: The wireless channels are different from country to country. Generally, the channels are from 1 to 11 in USA and from 1 to 13 in Europe. The operating channel will be set to the print server before importing. If you are in different country, please make sure you have set the available channels according to your location. 7.
Double Click “Wireless” icon and the wireless configuration window will pop-up. 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 use peer-to-peer connection to build up wireless network, you have to select “Ad-Hoc Mode”. For the “Wireless Function” setting, you can select “Auto”, Enable” or “Disable” to manually configure the wireless function of the print server.
Users can plug the Ethernet cable to the print server at the first, after configuring the print server features and wireless settings; they can unplug the Ethernet cable to enable the wireless connection. It makes the configuration much easier without creating the wireless connection in advance. Note: After you have set the wireless function, please remove the Ethernet cable and then re-plug the power jack of the print server to activate the wireless connection.
In the Infrastructure mode, you have to let the print server associate with an access point. You let the print server scan for an available access point automatically or manually assign the SSID of the access point you want to use. If you select to let the print server scan for an available access point, the following window will pop up. The list is the scanned available access points. Select an access point in the list and click “Next”.
Ad Hoc Mode: 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 network. You can let the print server automatically select the channel that is the same with the peer or manually assign a channel. If you select to let the print server scan for an active wireless station, the following window will pop up.
The list is the scanned active wireless stations. Select a wireless station in the list and click “Next”. If you cannot find the wireless station that you want the print server to communicate with, click “Scan” to let the print server scan again.
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 “WEP(ASCII)” or “WEP(HEX)”. If you want to use WPA-PSK, you have to select “WPA-shared key” or “WPA-None” specified for Ad Hoc mode. The wireless security setting should be the same with other wireless devices in the same network.
You can select “64 bit” or “128 bit” length and “Hexadecimal” or “ASCII” format for the encryption key. Longer key length can provide stronger security but worth communication performance. Enter four key values by following the rules below and select one key as the default key. PassPhrase – 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)”.
WPA-shared key or WPA-None Security Mode: “WPA-shared key” (for an infrastructure network) or “WPA-None” (enables WPA security for your ad hoc network) requires users to set the advanced encryption methods, i.e. TKIP and enter a set of shared key.
TKIP – TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) changes the temporal key every 10,000 packets. This insures much greater security than the standard WEP security. Shared Key – Enter 8 to 63 digits of ASCII format to be the key for the authentication within the network. When you finish configuring the wireless security, click “Next” to go to next step. You can select to let the print server automatically obtain IP settings with DHCP client or manually assign the IP settings.
Click “Save” to save the wireless configuration. 7.
Click “Wizard” icon on the tool bar, the setup wizard item of the current selected print server will be showed on the right side of the window. Double click the “Print Server Setup Wizard” the setup wizard will guide you through all the setup process. Step 1: Set up the name of this print server and select to enable or disable the wireless function.
Step 2: Select to enable required printing protocol. Please refer to section 7.11 for detail information. 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 AppleTalk printing. Please refer to section 7.8 for detail information. Step 5: Setup the NetWare printing. Please refer to section 7.7 for detail information.
Step 6: Select the Wireless Adapter mode and complete wireless LAN settings. The other procedures are the same with “Wireless” Setting in “Setup” screen. Please refer to section 7.12 for detail information. Step 7: Click “Save” to finish setting. Please reboot the print server to let these settings take effect.
7.13 Report Click “Report” icon will pop up. on the tool bar, the Report window The report lists basic information of all available print servers on the network. The information includes Device Name, MAC ID, Model Type and Firmware Version of the print server.
8. Web Management 8.1 Introduction Print server can be configured and managed on the Web. Through Local Area Network, or even Internet, administrator can easily configure and manage print server’s various main functions in browsers. Simply enter print server’s IP address into your browser’s address field to manage a print server by print server’s built-in Web Server. The default IP Address, User Name and Password settings of the Print server are as follows. IP Address: 192.168.2.
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 print server, a login page display. You have to enter correct “User Name” and “Password” before going to the Web Management pages. Notes: Default User Name is “admin”, default password is “1234”.
8.3 Device Status 8.3.1 System System Information includes “Device Name”, “Print Server Name”, “Model Type”, “Firmware Version”, “MAC Address”, “Wireless LAN Configuration” and the protocols enabled status, etc.
8.3.2 Printer This page lists information of printers connected to all printer ports.
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 DHCP server setting.
8.3.4 SMB This page lists the SMB group and the pass job interval time settings of the print server.
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 Location”.
8.3.6 NetWare This page lists NetWare settings, including “Polling Time”, “Use Bindery Mode”, “Name of the File Server” and “Port Attached Queue”.
8.3.7 AppleTalk This page lists AppleTalk settings, including “AppleTalk Zone Name” and “Printer Type” of printers connected to all print ports.
8.4 Setup Wizard 8.4.1 System You can change the print server name and password of the print server from here. Print Server Name, the name of the print server. You can use this name to identify the print server when you are searching for the print server by the administration and client utilities.
Password, enter the password you want to change to the print server. The password can be up to 7-digit alphanumeric format. The default password is “1234”. Re-type Password, enter the password you want to change to the print server again. 8.4.1.1 Advanced Settings You can enable/disable the printing protocols from the screen. To enable the function, please select “Enable”; to disable the function, please select “Disable”.
8.4.2 Wireless If you want to use the print server through wireless LAN, please set up the print server through Ethernet first and make sure your wireless LAN setting is correct. After setting the wireless LAN, unplug the Ethernet cable and restart the print server, then you can start to use the print server through wireless LAN.
You can enable/disable the wireless function and set parameters that are used for the wireless stations to connect to this print server from here. The parameters include “Function”, “Mode”, “ESSID” and “Channel Number”. You can manually set the parameters of wireless LAN in this page or use the “Site Survey” function to automatically search for an available access point and associate with it.
Enable – Enable wireless function only, the print server’s wireless LAN will be always enabled and Ethernet will be always disabled. Disable – Disable the wireless function, the print server’s wireless LAN will be always disabled and Ethernet will be always enabled. 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 want to use peer-to-peer connection, you have to choose “Ad Hoc” mode.
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 network, you have to select “WEP”. If you want to use WPA-PSK, you have to select “WPA-PSK” (for an infrastructure network or “WPA-NONE” (enables WPA security for an ad hoc network). The wireless security setting should be the same with other wireless devices in the same network.
Key Length – You can choose “64-bit” to use WEP with 64-bit key length encryption or choose “128-bit” to use WEP with 128-bit key length encryption. The longer key length can provide better security but worse transmission throughput. Key Format – You may select to use ASCII Characters (alphanumeric format) or Hexadecimal digits (in the "A-F", "a-f" and "0-9" range) to be the WEP Key.
WPA-PSK or WPA-NONE Security Mode: “WPA-shared key” (for an infrastructure network) or “WPA-None” (enables WPA security for your ad hoc network) requires users to set the advanced encryption methods, i.e. TKIP and enter a set of shared key. TKIP – TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) changes the temporal key every 10,000 packets. This insures much greater security than the standard WEP security.
WPA Pre-Shared Key – Enter 8 to 63 digits of ASCII format to be the key for the authentication within the network. When you finish configuring the wireless security, click “Save & Next” to confirm the configuration. 8.4.2.
You can use this “Site Survey” function to search for available access points in you location. In the list is the information of all available access points or wireless stations, includes SSID, BSSID, Channel, Type, Encryption and Signal Strength. You can select one wireless device in the list for this print server to associate with or you have to use General Setting to manually setup the wireless parameters. Select: click the radio button in the “Select” column, and then click “Submit”.
8.4.3 TCP/IP You can configure the print server to automatically get IP from DHCP server or manually specify static IP. The print server also has a built-in DHCP server. You can enable this DHCP server and let it manages IP for you. If you need the print server to automatically get an IP from DHCP server, select “Enable Obtain TCP/IP Settings Automatically (Use DHCP/ BOOTP)”.
You can enable/disable or set auto for the print server’s DHCP server. The DHCP server is disabled by default. If the DHCP Server is enabled or set Auto, you have to assign a range of IP addresses here. Fill in the “Start IP”, “Range”, “DNS”, “Subnet Mask” and “Gateway”, and the print server will assign a unique IP for each client. Note that when “Auto” is selected, the DHCP Server of the print server will be enabled only when there is no other DHCP Server within the network. 8.4.
You can enable/disable the SMB protocol from here. If SMB is enabled, enter the “SMB Group Name” to specify the SMB group that this print server belongs to. All PC should join the same group before they can use this print server by SMB protocol. “Pass Job When Error Occurred” is for you to set the interval time for bypassing the current printing job in order to avoid the printing job is not printed completely while the printer is interrupted unexpectedly because of paper out or off line. 8.4.
The print server supports SNMP configuration. If it is enabled, please set up the following parameters. SNMP System Contact: You can enter the print server administrator’s contact information here. This information will be displayed in the SNMP management tool. SNMP System Location: You can enter the installed location of the print server here. This information will be displayed in the SNMP management tool. 8.4.
This print server supports NetWare Bindery Printing method. The print server periodically polls the NetWare server printer queues for printing jobs. You have to assign the NetWare server name, print server polling interval and the name of queue on the NetWare server for each printer port. Polling Time is the polling interval of the print server for waiting printing jobs on the NetWare server. Name of the File Server is the name of the NetWare file server that provides printer queues.
8.4.7 AppleTalk AppleTalk is a data communication protocol often used by Macintoshes. The print server can use these parameters to join the AppleTalk network and share the printer to other AppleTalk workstations. You have to select to enable or disable AppleTalk, and setup the “Zone Name” and “Printer Type” for each printer port of this print server. AppleTalk Enable: Enable or disable “AppleTalk”.
AppleTalk Zone Name: Print server has to join zones of AppleTalk before it can be shared to other workstations. Only workstations in the same zone can share the printer. If you want to share the printer to all workstations in all Zones, you should enter only “*” in the “Zone Name” field. Printer Type, the type of printer attached to each printer port. You can get the printer type from the manufacturer of the printer. 8.4.
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 cleared.
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 firmware in your storage and then click “OK”, the firmware will be updated in several minutes. Be aware that if you have started upgrading firmware, you have to follow all the upgrading steps or the print server can’t turn back to normal configuration.
9. IPP Printing 9.1 Introduction IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) Printing provides a convenient way of remote printing service by TCP/IP. The print server can support IPP printing by default. It is needless to do any setting. Any PC that can support IPP printing, for example Windows 2000/XP, can directly uses the print server by IP. By using the IPP printing, you can share the printer to all the PC’s that can access the print server by IP. You can even share your printer to Internet users. 9.
9.2.2 Client Side You only need to perform Window’s standard Add New Printer procedure. Step1. Click “Start”, choose “Settings” and select “Printers and Faxes”. Step2. Click “Add a Printer”. Step3. The “Add Printer Wizard” is displayed. Click “Next”.
Step4. Select “A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer”. Click “Next”.
Step5. Select “Connect to a printer on the Internet or on a home or office network” and enter the URL of print server. The URL format is “http://IP:631/Port Name”. The IP should be the print server’s IP. The number 631 is IPP standard port number. Port Name is the port name of print server that your printer is connected to. The default port name is “lpt1”. One example of the URL is http://192.168.3.66:631/lpt1. After entering the URL of print server, click “Next”.
Step6. Select a suitable printer manufacturer and the printer model and click “Next”. If your printer is not in the list, click “Have Disk…” to install the driver of the printer. After installation, the printer model will be added to the list. Step7. Choose to set the print whether as a default printer or not. Click “Next”.
Step8. You have added the network printer to the PC successfully. The information of the printer is displayed in the windows. Click “Finish”.
10. 10.1 LPR Printing Introduction LPR Printing (Line Printer Remote technology) allows users to connect to printers via TCP/IP for printing sharing. The computer with Windows 98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003, Windows Vista and MAC OS 10.x Operating Systems can use the protocol to share printing in the network. Print Server can support LPR printing by default.
10.2 Standard LPR Settings in Windows XP To configure the LPR setting in Windows XP, please follow the steps below. The LPR setup procedures in Windows 2000 and 2003 are similar. 1. Click “Start”, choose “Settings” and select “Printers and Faxes”. 2. Click “Add a Printer”. 3. The “Add Printer Wizard” is displayed. Click “Next”.
4. Select “Local Printer attached to this computer” and click “Next”. 5. Choose “Create a new port” and “Standard TCP/IP Port”. Click “Next”.
6. Please make sure that the Print Server and the Printer have turned on and connected to the network correctly before you continue. Click “Next”. 7. Enter the IP Address of the Print Server in the “Printer Name or IP Address”. Click “Next”.
8. Select “Custom” and click “Settings”. When you have finished the settings at step 9, click “Next” to continue.
9. Select “LPR” and enter “lpt1” in the “Queue Name”, click “OK”. By default the queue name of the Print Server is “lpt1”.
10. Click “Finish”. 11. Select a suitable printer manufacturer and the printer model and click “Next”. If your printer is not in the list, click “Have Disk…” to install the driver of the printer. After installation, the printer model will be added to the list.
12. Choose to set the print whether as a default printer or not. Click “Next”. 13. You have added the network printer to the PC successfully. The information of the printer is displayed in the windows. Click “Finish”.
10.3 Standard LPR Settings in Windows Vista To configure the LPR setting in Windows Vista, please follow the steps below. 1. Click “Start”, select “Settings\Printers”. 2. Click “Add a Printer”. 3. The “Add Printer” wizard is displayed. Select “Add a local printer”.
4. Choose “Create a new port” and select “Standard TCP/IP Port”. Click “Next”. 5. Enter the IP Address of the Print Server in the “Hostname or IP address” field. Click “Next”.
6. Select “Custom” and click “Settings”. When you have finished the settings at step 7, click “Next” to continue.
7. Select “LPR” and enter “lpt1” in the “Queue Name”, click “OK”. By default the queue name of the Print Server is “lpt1”.
8. Select the printer manufacturer and the printer model and click “Next”. If your printer is not in the list, click “Have Disk…” to install the driver of the printer. After installation, the printer model will be added to the list. 9. Name your printer and set the default printer, click “Next”.
10. The printer drivers are being installed. 11. It is recommended to print a test page. Click “Finish”.
12. The printer is added to “Printers” page, you have added the printer to your computer successfully. Now you can start to print from your computer to the print server.
10.4 10.4.1 Standard LPR Settings in MAC OS 10.x MAC 10.4.x To enable LPR Printing in Macintosh 10.4.x, please follow the procedures below. Open Print and Fax from the System Preferences. With the Printing tab selected, click the “Add” button. When the Printer Browser opens, select “IP Printer”. In the “IP Printer” screen, please configure as below. Protocol: Select Line Printer Daemon - LPD as the Protocol. IP Address: Set the address to the Print Server’s IP Address, for example: 192.168.2.2.
10.4.2 MAC 10.3.x To enable LPR Printing in Macintosh 10.3.x, please follow the procedures below. 1. In the Desktop, click “System Preferences”. 2. Click “Print & Fax”.
3. From the “Print & Fax” screen, click “Set Up Printers…”. 4. Click “Add” to add the new Print Server through TCP/IP.
5. Enter the “Printer Type”, “Printer Address” and “Queue Name” and select the “Printer Model” to setup the Print Server. Click “Add” to continue. Printer Type: LPD/LPR Printer Address: Input the IP Address of the Print Server Queue Name: The queue name of the Print Server is “lpt1”. Printer Model: Select the Printer Model that is attached to the Print Server.
6. The Print Server is installed completely. You can see it in the “Printer List”. 7. You can print a file to check whether the Print Server is installed successfully.
11. Windows XP SP2 Setup In Windows XP SP2, XP SP2’s firewall would block the unknown communications. This print server has allowed the communications data passed through the XP SP2’s firewall. In case that you do not find any print server listed on the “Available Ports” in “Network Ports Quick Setup”, please follow the steps below. Step1. Click “Start”, choose “Settings” and select “Network Connections”. Step2. Right click “Local Area Connection” and select “Properties”.
Step3. Select “Advanced” tab and click “Settings…”.
Step4. Select “Exceptions” tab and click “Add Program…”.
Step5. Click “Browse” to add a new program.
Step6. Open the “NPUtil” file from “C:\Program Files\PrintServer Utilities” (where C:\ is the system drive).
Step7. A new program “Network Ports Quick Setup” is displayed in the list, click “Ok”.
Step8. Click “Ok”. You have completed the setting. The Windows XP SP2 will allow the incoming network connections activated by the program.
