N A I O L A N P O F E S S R L Print Server User’s Manual 1
1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................4 1.1 Product Introduction ..........................................................4 1.2 Product Models .................................................................5 1.3 Product Package...............................................................6 1.4 Network Printing Architecture ...........................................7 1.5 Network Printing Environment ........................................11 1.
6.6 Print a Test Page ............................................................77 7. CONFIGURATION UTILITY..........................................79 7.1 Introduction .....................................................................79 7.2 General - General Information of PrintSir........................80 7.3 PrintSir Status - PrintSir Network Status.........................81 7.4 Printer Status - Attached Printer Status ..........................81 7.5 IP Cfg - IP Address Configuration ...........
1. Introduction 1.1 Product Introduction Thank you for purchasing and using Edimax's PrintSir series print server. PrintSir 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. PrintSir provides a network port (10Mbps or 10/100Mbps Ethernet) and one or three printer's parallel ports.
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1.4 Network Printing Architecture This section illustrates how PrintSir functions and operates on the network. Before you install and use PrintSir, it is strongly suggested 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.
1.4.1 Print Server Network Functions Print Server PrintSir Unix NetWare ServerWindows NT Server Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 98 Workstation Because PrintSir supports IPX, TCP/IP, and NetBEUI network protocols, any networked computer can directly print to the print server from any of its installed protocol. * TCP/IP * IPX * NetBEUI NetWare ServerWindows NT Server Unix IPX TCP/IP TCP/IP TCP/IP IPX NetBEUI Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 98 Workstation 1.4.
Common operating systems for clients are classified as following: z Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000 Our print server system provides PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) driver and utilities for Windows 95/98/NT/2000 users. PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) supports IPX, TCP/IP, and NetBEUI protocols.
automatically (manual configuration is also allowed) search through all the PrintSir print servers on the network, and then add their printing ports into Windows’ printing port. (See below) PTPP P1 Windows 98 P1 P2 P3 PrintSir MIS-2 PrintSir MIS-1 z UNIX / Linux UNIX (include HP/UX, SCO Unix, SunOS, Solaris, Unixware DECUnix, IBM AIX and others) and Linux use the system-standard LPR to print to PrintSir. 1.4.
z Windows NT/2000 Our print server system provides PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) driver and utilities for Windows NT/2000. After PTPP is installed, the server can directly print to PrintSir. Adding this printing function into Windows NT/2000 Server allows print queue, user authority management, and many other advanced features to be used. z NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.x In NetWare environment, PrintSir offers various printing modes like print queue, remote printer, etc. 1.
* TCP/IP * IPX * NetBEUI NetWare Server Windows NT Server Unix IPX TCP/IP PTPP NetBEUI PTPP IPX PTPP TCP/IP PTPP TCP/IP Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 98 Workstation z Windows NT/2000 Network Network printing function will become available after PTPP driver is installed into Windows NT/2000. Adding this printing function into Windows NT/2000 Server allows print queue, user authority management, and many other advanced features to be used.
Print Queue Windows 98 Windows NT Server TCP/IP PTPP TCP/IP * TCP/IP * IPX * NetBEUI IPX Windows 2000 z NetWare Network (see below) Print Queue Windows 98 * TCP/IP * IPX * NetBEUI NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.
1.6 Contents of the User’s Manual Chapter 2 explains PrintSir’s hardware installation and configuration. It is strongly recommended for you to read. The following chapters 3, 4, 5, and 6 introduces: Chapter 3. Windows Peer-to-Peer Network Chapter 4. Windows NT/2000 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.
1.7 Firmware & Printing Function In order to provide a complete network printing solution, PrintSir supports Multiple Feature Sets function for users to select the appropriate Printing Feature Set to use depending on individual’s printing requirement.
For example, if you need to use NetWare NDS Printing, then you must change the system’s default Standard Feature Set to the NetWare Enhancement Feature Set. In the meantime, PrintSir will support NetWare NDS / Remote Printer and other printing functions; however, it will not support NetBEUI, Email Printing and other Standard Feature Set’s special functions.
2. Hardware Installation 1. Unpack the print server package and check all the items listed in section 1.3. 2. Connect the print server to the printer you want to share on the network z For direct attach models, plug the print server directly to the printer’s centronics port. z For palmtop/desktop models, connect the printer to print server by the standard printer cable. 3. Connect the power adapter to the print server. 4. The print server will perform the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) after it is powered on.
3. Windows Peer-to-Peer Network 3.1 System Architecture PrintSir 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. * TCP/IP * IPX * NetBEUI Windows NT Server PTPP TCP/IP PTPP PTPP IPX NetBEUI Windows NT Workstation Windows 2000 PTPP TCP/IP Windows 98 Installation procedure is separated into following two parts: 1.
z Install administrator’s computer. z Configure PrintSir configuration utility. utilities from into his/her administrator’s 2. Client Installation and Configuration (refer to section 3 for more detailed information). Client users must install Windows PTPP driver (Peer-to-Peer Printing) for network printing.
3.2 Administrator Installation and Setup The Administrator Installation can be performed on Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000 with the same user interface. Before the installation, please verify that your network protocol is installed on your PC (TCP/IP, IPX and/or NetBEUI). It will be helpful in your installation process. 1. Insert the CD shipped along with the print server into your CD-ROM drive. The Autorun.exe program should be executed automatically by Windows. If not, run Autorun.
4. Click “Next”, and specify the destination folder where the utilities will be installed. 5. Click “Next”, and select the components you want to install. It is highly recommended to install all provided components.
6. Click “Next”, and specify the program folder where the program icons will be added. 7. Click “Next” to start installation. 8. In a while, the program will finish installing all the utilities and drivers you selected. Thus far you have completed the installation phase and prepare to configure the Print Server. Click “Next”, and the “Choose Print Server” dialog box will be displayed as following.
NOTE: If this is the first time you configure the print server, the “Print Server Name” is the same as the “Device Name” printed at the rear side of the print server. 9. Click “Next”, and the “Name the print Server” dialog box will be displayed as following, You can assign a meaningful name for the management consideration. But note that, this name will be the “Identifier” for the Peer-to-Peer Printing (PTPP). 10. Click “Next” to configure network protocol in the following screen.
In the system default, IPX and NetBEUI protocols are enabled. About the TCP/IP, you can either (1) assign a fixed IP address for the print server or (2) configure it later by the configuration utility. 11. Click “Next”, and the configuration summary is displayed in the window. Now, you have completed the “Print Server Setup”. By clicking “Next”, your system will perform “Add network port” of the print server to your PC. 12.
After the installation, you have completed the following tasks, z Install all utilities administrator’s PC. and drivers to the z Configure the print server (including the print server name and network protocol) z Add the network port of the print server to the administrator’s PC. Now, you have completed the administrator’s setup for most of the network environment. You can then perform the “Client Installation” procedure (Section 3.4) on all clients’ sides of the network.
Step3. Select “Local printer” => click “Next”. Step4. Select a suitable printer manufacturer and model, then click “Next”. Step5. Choose the “Print Server’s Network Port” which was created by the administrator installation process and click “Next”.
Step6. Complete the rest of the questions to finish the network printer setup.
3.3 Administrator Utilities After Administrator Installation is completed, there will be six utilities in PrintSir’s Program folder. z Network Ports Quick Setup Local printer port management tool (see section 3.5). z Remote Ports Remote printer port management tool (see section 3.5). z NetWare Quick Setup NetWare quick installation software (see chapter 5). z PrintSir Configuration Complete PrintSir management tool (see chapter 7 – PrintSir Configuration).
Assistant for removing all installed administrator software. z WebDESK Administrator Web based management tool (see chapter 8 – WebDESK Configuration).
3.4 Client Installation and Setup The Client Installation can be performed on Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000 with the same user interface. Before the installation procedure, please confirm that your PC has connected to the network and installed at least one network protocol. 1. Insert the CD shipped along with the print server into your CD-ROM drive. The Autorun.exe program should be executed automatically by Windows. If not, run Autorun.exe manually from CD-ROM drive’s root directory. 2.
4. Click “Next”, and specify the destination folder where the utilities will be installed. 5. Click “Next”, and specify the program folder where the program icons will be added. 6. Click “Next” to start installation.
7. Now, the installation procedure is completed, and the next step is to set up the client’s computer. Click “Continue”, and all the print server’s network ports detected on the network will be added to your PC. 8. Finally, the “Installation complete” window is displayed to indicate that the Client Installation procedure is finished.
After the installation, following tasks: you have completed the z Install all utilities and drivers to the client’s PC. z 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 as described below to add network printers to your PC. Step1. Click “Start” button, choose Setting => Printers Step2. Double click “Add New Printer”. Step3. Select “Local printer” => click “Next”.
Step4. Select the suitable printer manufacturer and model, then click “Next”. Step5. Choose the “Print Server’s Network Port” which has been created in the client installation process and then click “Next”.
Step6. Complete the rest of the questions to finish the network printer setup. 3.5 Client Utilities After Client Installation is completed, there will be three tools in PrintSir’s Program folder (see below). z Network Ports Quick Setup z Remote Ports z Uninstall Network Driver The Uninstall Network Driver will assist you in removing all installed client software. The other two tools are described as following: 3.5.
During the client’s installation procedure, the system will automatically search for all PrintSir 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 PrintSir on the network, you must run this program first. This program will search for new print servers and allow you to add the new network printer port into client’s computer conveniently.
Chosen Chosen Please be aware that Network Ports Quick Setup Utility can only detect and configure all PrintSir print servers on the same network, it cannot search and configure print servers on other subnets across network segments. You must use Remote Ports Utility described in the next section to manage remote (across network segments) PrintSir print servers. 3.5.2 Remote Ports (Utility) Remote Ports Utility offers a convenient way for you to manage and add printer port of the remote PrintSir.
Step1. Run Remote Ports Utility Step2. Press Add, then enter the print server’s name, IP address, and port number. Step3. Press OK to add the remote printer port into your computer’s printer ports. 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.
4. Windows NT/2000 Network 4.1 System Architecture In Windows network environment, other than the Peerto-Peer network printing architecture described in the previous chapter, we also offer the Server-Based Printing architecture for Windows NT/2000 server. Only one Windows NT/2000 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.
4.2 Windows NT/2000 Server Installation and Setup Please follow the procedures described below for installation and construct a peer-to-peer connection (PTPP) between Windows NT/2000 Server and PrintSir Print Server. Print Queue Windows 98 Windows NT Server TCP/IP PTPP TCP/IP * TCP/IP * IPX * NetBEUI IPX Windows 2000 Step1. If this is your first time installing PrintSir print server, please install the administrator software on Windows NT/2000 server first. Refer to section 3.
Please add/configure the Peer-to-Peer Printing of the Windows NT/2000 network printer and verify that you can print from Windows NT/2000 to the PrintSir by the installed PTPP driver. Step3. Share the above server’s printer to the network by performing the standard Windows printer sharing process. 4.
5. NetWare Network 5.1 System Architecture We implement NetWare printer sharing functionality into the PrintSir itself, thus allowing one or more printers attached by a PrintSir to be connected to the network. We have developed the PrintSir to support both NetWare print server and remote printer functions: Embedded print server, which emulates the “queue management functionality” of NetWare print server, PSERVER program running on the NetWare server.
then the print server moves the print job from the queue to the remote printer then to the printer. Print Server Function Print Queue Windows 98 Netware Server Remote Printer Windows 2000 Compare with NetWare printing functionality, the advantages of embedding the NetWare network printing functionality in the PrintSir include: z Installation is easier and quicker. z Network management is easier. z Printing performance is enhanced. z Relieve NetWare file server’s burden.
a NetWare server; it will connect to a NetWare print server and get the print jobs from the print server. A remote printer does not occupy any user account. A NetWare print server can control many remote printers; thus a print server account can be shared to many remote printers as your requirement. But the printing performance of a remote printer will be slower than a print server‘s, because a remote printer does not get a print job directly from the print queue, it gets a print job from the print server.
5.2 NetWare 3.x Installation & Setup Once your PrintSir is connected to your Ethernet network, you can set it up for use with your networking software. There are two methods you can use to do this easily: Please note that, you need install the IPX protocol before the following procedure, 1. On DOS environment or DOS box of Windows, use the “INSTALL” quick-installation program found on the \DOSUTIL of CD-ROM included with the PrintSir. 2.
To use this method, 1. Log into your NetWare server as SUPERVISOR. 2. Insert the CD-ROM included with the PrintSir, and change to the appropriate drive and directory. Ex. e:\dosutil\ 3. Run the INSTALL program 4. Select your new PrintSir from the displayed list and press Enter. The name listed will be the same as the Device Name printed on a label on your PrintSir. 5. A list of defaults will be displayed.
6. The quick installation program will not only set up the PrintSir, but create and setup all required objects on the file server. When the setup is complete, it will also display an execution command as following that you can run after logging in to the file server to redirect print commands to the new PrintSir. : capture /S=III /Q=PRINTSIR_Q1 /nt /nff /nb /l=1 /ti=10 This redirects the LPT1 port (/l=1) to the print queue PRINTSIR_Q1 on the file server named III.
file server, is using the correct network frame type, and so on. You may also want to use the NetWare PCONSOLE program to verify that: A NetWare print server and one, two or three print queue(s) have been created on the file server. The number of print queues created is equal to the number of printer port of your PrintSir. Printer 0 (or Printer 1, Printer 2) on the print server is serving the new print queue(s).
3. Select your new PrintSir from the list provided. 4. Choose NetWare Configuration from the menu. 5. Select Print server in the Printing mode field. 6. Change the Alias name if you want. 7. Set the Primary File Server to be the file server where the PrintSir’s queue will be located. 8. Press Escape to exit the PrintSir Configuration screen, confirm that the changes should be saved, and exit PSETUP.
At this point the PrintSir setup is complete, and you can begin setting up the NetWare print server and print queue objects: 9. Run the NetWare PCONSOLE program. 10. Change the current file server, if necessary, using the Change Current File Server menu selection. 11. Choose the Print Queue Information menu selection. 12. Press the Insert key to add a new print queue. 13. Type in a print queue name, such as “PQ” or “Q1”. 14. You have now successfully created the print queue that your PrintSir will serve.
identical to the PSxxxxxx name printed on the label of the PrintSir, or you can use an alias name you have assigned using PSETUP. 17. Press Enter to select the newly created print server. 18. Select Print Server Configuration. 19. Select Printer Configuration. 20. Select Printer 0 (or Printer 1, Printer 2), and press Enter, then select Parallel LPT1 (or LPT2, LPT3) in the Type field. If your PrintSir is with only one port, you do not need to configure this Type field.
21. Press Escape, and answer Yes to the Save Changes question. 22. Select Queues Serviced by Printer, then select Printer 0 (or Printer 1, Printer 2) and press Enter. 23. 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. 24. Repeatedly press Escape to exit the PCONSOLE program. 25. Reset the PrintSir to have the changes take effect.
5.2.2.2 Configuring as Remote Printer Mode This remote printer feature is not available for the 10/100Mbps 3-port PrintSir models. Make sure that you have created the NetWare print server with Type Remote using PCONSOLE utility before you configure the PrintSir. For more detailed information about PCONSOLE, please refer to NetWare’s manual. You can set up the NetWare print server and print queue objects by following the steps below: 1. Run the NetWare PCONSOLE program. 2.
10. Select Print Server Configuration. 11. Select Printer Configuration. 12. Select Printer 0 (or Printer 1, Printer 2), press Enter, and then select Remote Parallel in the Type field. 13. Press Escape, and answer Yes to the Save Changes question. 14. Select Queues Serviced by Printer, then select Printer 0 and press Enter. 15. Press Insert and add your newly created print queue to the list of queues serviced by the printer.
16. Repeatedly press Escape PCONSOLE program. to exit the 17. You must load NetWare print server on the NetWare file server so that the PrintSir configured as a remote printer can connect to that print server and service the print jobs. To load the NetWare print server, type “LOAD PSERVER.NLM PrintServer” command at the system console of the NetWare file server, where PrintServer is the print server name newly created by the PCONSOLE program.
4. Choose NetWare Configuration from the menu. 5. Select Remote Printer in the Printing mode field. 6. Type the print server‘s name in the Print server field. The print server will be serviced by the PrintSir that is being configured as a remote printer now. 7. Type the printer number assigned in PCONSOLE in the Printer Number field. 8. Press Escape to exit the NetWare Configuration screen, confirm that the changes should be saved, and exit PSETUP. 9. At this point the PrintSir setup is complete.
10. Reset the PrintSir to have the changes take effect.
5.3 NetWare 4.x/5.x Installation & Setup This chapter tells how to configure your PrintSir for operation with NetWare 4.x/5.x file servers and clients using NDS (NetWare Directory Services). If you need to install NetWare 4.x/5.x bindary mode network printing, please refer to the previous chapter. The installation procedure is the same as NetWare 3.x. How NetWare 4.x/5.x is Different Novell NetWare version 3.
Your PrintSir can operate either in bindery mode or NDS mode. Bindery mode works with NetWare 3.x servers and with NetWare 4.x/5.x servers using bindery emulation. NDS mode works with NetWare 4.x/5.x servers. NOTE : Though the PrintSir supports both bindery mode and NDS mode, it cannot support both at the same time. If you are using both NetWare 3.x and 4.x/5.x servers, you need to set up the PrintSir to use bindery mode. If you need to install NetWare 4.x/5.
5. A list of defaults will be displayed. If you need to change any of these items, use the arrow keys to choose the item you need to change, then press Enter to display a list of choices. When all of the values are correct, select the Continue Installation item and press Enter. The Current Tree and Current Context settings cannot be changed within the INSTALL program.
following that you can run after logging in to the file server to redirect print commands to the new PrintSir. 7. Reset the PrintSir to have the changes take effect. NOTE: The PrintSir may require up to a minute after power-up to log into a NetWare Directory Services context because of the large number of calculations NDS security requires.
5.3.2 NetWare 4.x/5.x Installation Using PSETUP 5.3.2.1 Configuring as Print Server Mode For more complex setup needs, you can use the PSETUP program in conjunction with the NetWare PCONSOLE program. To install the PrintSir using NetWare Directory Services (NDS) mode, 1. Log in to your NetWare server as ADMIN. 2. Run the PSETUP program included on the PrintSir CD-ROM. (ex. e:\dosutil\psetup.exe) 3. Select your new PrintSir from the list provided. 4. Choose NetWare Configuration from the menu. 5.
10. Change the current context, if necessary, using the Change Context menu selection. 11. Choose Quick Setup from the menu. 12. Enter the PrintSir name (either the PSxxxxxx name or an alias name you have assigned) in the Print server field. 13. Assign printer and print queue names. 14. Set the Banner type to PostScript if you are using a PostScript printer, and to Text otherwise. 15. Press F10 to save the new configuration. 16. Reset the PrintSir to have the changes take effect.
NOTE: The PrintSir may require up to a minute after power-up to log into a NetWare Directory Services context because of the large number of calculations NDS security requires. Your PrintSir should now be ready for use by workstation users. You should be able to redirect printing to your PrintSir using a CAPTURE command. 5.3.2.2 Configuring as Remote Printer Mode This remote printer feature is not available for the 10/100Mbps 3-port PrintSir models.
4. Enter the print server name in the Print server field. 5. Assign printer and print queue names. 6. Set the Banner type to PostScript if you are using a PostScript printer, and to Text otherwise. 7. Set the Location to Manual Load. 8. Press F10 to save the new configuration and return to the main menu. 9. Choose Printers menu. 10. Select your newly created Printer from the Printers list. 11. You can view or edit the Printer number from 0 to 255. 12. Save the new PCONSOLE.
You must load NetWare print server on the NetWare file server so that the PrintSir configured as a remote printer can connect to that print server and service the print jobs. To load the NetWare print server, type “LOAD PSERVER.NLM PrintServer” command at the system console of the NetWare file server, where PrintServer is the print server name newly created by the PCONSOLE program. To configure the PrintSir as a NetWare remote printer, perform the following steps: 1. Log in to your NetWare server as ADMIN.
7. Type the printer number assigned in PCONSOLE in the Printer Number field. 8. Press Escape to exit the NetWare Configuration screen, confirm that the changes should be saved, and exit PSETUP. 9. Reset the PrintSir to have the changes take effect.
6. UNIX System Network 6.1 Introduction The PrintSir 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 PrintSir for TCP/IP operation, and how to modify configuration files on your Unix system to allow printing to the PrintSir. The configuration examples in this manual follow the syntax for BSD based Unix systems.
6.2 Enable PrintSir’s TCP/IP Support The default configuration of the PrintSir is with TCP/IP support enabled. Anyway, you can configure the PrintSir to enable TCP/IP support using the configuration program or PSETUP program in the CD-ROM included with the PrintSir. 6.3 Setup PrintSir’s IP Address The PrintSir 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.
ping For example, configuration: a PrintSir with the following Node ID: 0000B4010101 (the Node ID is printed on the rear side of the PrintSir) Assign IP address: 203.66.191.12 arp –s 203.66.191.12 00-00-B4-01-01-01 ping 203.66.191.12 At the mean time, PrintSir’s IP will “temporarily” be set to 203.66.191.12 (will restore after reboot). Therefore, you need to run your web browser to set a permanent IP address (refer to section 8.3.7 for detailed IP configuration). 6.3.
server should be located on the same subnet as the PrintSir. 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. To rebuild the NIS map, please refer to your system documentation. To configure the IP address data for the BOOTP server, you will need to log in the host of BOOTP server as the super user (root). Perform the following steps to add address entries, 1.
correspond to the IP address you want to assign to the PrintSir. For example, configuration: a PrintSir with the following Node ID: 0000B4010101 (this implies Ethernet address is 0000B4010101), IP address: 203.66.191.12 The entry for this PrintSir in the /etc/bootptab file should be: PS010101:\ :ht=1:\ :ha=0000B4010101:\ :ip=203.66.191.12: 6.3.
3. Add the Ethernet address and the host name for the PrintSir to the /etc/ethers file, by adding a line such as: 00:00:B4:01:01:01 pserver Where the Ethernet address of the PrintSir is the Node ID located on the PrintSir. 4. If your system uses Network Information Services (NIS), you will need to make changes to the NIS host and ethers databases. 5. Check if the RARP daemon is running using the ps and grep commands. If the RARP daemon is not running on your host, type “rarpd -a” to run the RARP server.
1. The PrintSir should be treated networked print server host. as a BSD 2. The host name should be the name (or IP address) that you have assigned to the PrintSir. 3. The printer name (or queue name) on the remote host should be lpt1, lpt2 or lpt3, the name of the parallel port on the PrintSir. You will need to perform the tasks below, logged in as the superuser (root). To configure your Unix host for printing, 1. Optionally, assign a name corresponding to the PrintSir’s IP address.
:lp=:\ :rm=203.66.191.186:\ :rp=lpt1:\ :lf=/var/spool/lpd/pserverd.log:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/pserverd:\ :mx#0: Lines should be indented with tabs. More than one printer name can be used, with variants separated by vertical bars (name1|name2). The rm= entry should correspond to the IP address you have assigned to the PrintSir. 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.
lp –d printer-name file ... Where printer-name is one of the names for the printer in the /etc/printcap file, which you created in the previous step. Consult your system documentation for more information about printer configuration and administration and about lpr and other printing commands.
7. Configuration Utility 7.1 Introduction This chapter introduces PrintSir’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 (see below). This utility provides the most complete management and configuration functions on the PrintSir server side.
NW PS Cfg : NetWare Print Server Configuration NW RP Cfg : NetWare Remote Printer Configuration NW Information : NetWare Printing Summary PrintSir Cfg : PrintSir Network Ability Setting Restore Default : Restore to Default Value Upgrade : Firmware Upgrade / Update DHCP Cfg : DHCP Server Configuration DHCP Information : DHCP Information Mail Print Cfg : Email Printing Setting SNMP Cfg : SNMP Parameter Setting We will explain each function separately in the following section. 7.
select the PrintSir you would like to configure from the PrintSir Name’s field under the General tag. The system will, at the same time, display the selected PrintSir’s model number and firmware version. z You may select any available printer port in the Printer Port’s field at the bottom of that page, and then press the “TestPrint” button to test print. z By pressing the “Refresh” button, you may manually search again for PrintSirs on the network for you to select a newly added PrintSir. 7.
The Printer Status page displays the printer status for each port. 7.5 IP Cfg - IP Address Configuration The IP Cfg page allows you to configure the IP address where the PrintSir is to be located. The PrintSir will obtain its IP address automatically if you configure the IP address as Auto. Click Write button to save the configuration to the PrintSir and Click Reset button to reset the PrintSir and have the changes take effect. 7.
The NW PS Cfg page allows you to set: z The Alias name, a nickname by which the PrintSir can be called (in addition to the PSxxxxxx name printed on the label). z The operation mode, which determines how the PrintSir logins to the network between Bindery mode and NDS mode. z The primary file server where the NetWare print server object is located, or the print server’s NDS tree and context. z The remote printer, which determines if the PrintSir works at remote printer mode.
7.7 NW RP Cfg - NetWare Remote Printer Configuration The NW RP Cfg page allows you to set: z The Print Server, which will be serviced by the PrintSir configured as a remote printer. z The Printer PCONSOLE. Number, which is assigned in z The remote printer, which determines if the PrintSir works at remote printer mode. z The Write button: save the configuration to the PrintSir. z The Reset button: reset the PrintSir to let the changes take effect. 7.
7.9 PrintSir Cfg - PrintSir Network Ability Setting The PrintSir Cfg page allows you to set: z The Diagnostic Printout, which determines whether or not a diagnostic printout should be printed on the printer to which the PrintSir is connected.
7.10 Restore Default - Restore to Default The Restore Default page allows you to erase all of the PrintSir’s settings and restore them to the default settings the PrintSir had when it was shipped from the factory. z The Restore button: save the default configuration displayed in this page to the PrintSir. z The Reset button: reset the PrintSir to let the changes take effect. 7.
The PrintSir stores its internal programs in “flash” memory, which you can upgrade when new versions of the PrintSir’s software become available or when you want to switch between “Standard Feature Set - Type 1” or “NetWare Enhancement Feature Set – Type 2” -- The difference between these two feature sets is described at Chapter 1.6.(Contact your dealer for information about software upgrades.) To perform an upgrade, z Make sure the updated PSxxROM.
The PrintSir can be configured as DHCP server to provide dynamic IP addresses assignment. The DHCP Cfg page allows you to set: z The DHCP startup, which determine if the PrintSir will act as DHCP server. If this item is set to Auto, the PrintSir will detect if there is any DHCP server on the network when it boots up. If there is no DHCP server on the network, then the PrintSir will configure itself as DHCP server; otherwise it will disable this function.
z IP range: specifies how many IP addresses are available to DHCP clients. z Gateway IP: gives the IP address of the default gateway. z Netmask: gives the network mask. z DNS server: gives the IP address of the domain name server. z The Write button: save the configuration to the PrintSir. z The Reset button: reset the PrintSir to let the changes take effect. 7.
z Starting IP: displays the starting IP address for assigning to DHCP clients. z Next available IP: displays the next available IP address that can be assigned to a DHCP client. z Gateway IP: displays the configured IP address of the default gateway. z Netmask: displays the configured network mask. z DNS server: displays the configured IP address of the domain name server. 7.
z Mail Polling Time, default value is zero (1 minute). It means the system polling time for getting the email from mail server. z Mail Server, the mail server IP address of the mailbox located. z Mail Account, the account of the mailbox in the mail server. z Mail Password, the password of the mail account. z Confirm Password, double check the password of the mail account. z Print Mail Header, which determines whether or not the printing job will print out the mail header. 7.
z System contact, the system information of this PrintSir. z System location, PrintSir.
8. Web Management 8.1 Introduction PrintSir print server can be configured and managed on the Web. Through Local Area Network, or even Internet, administrator can easily configure and manage PrintSir’s various main functions in browsers. Simply enter PrintSir’s IP address into your browser’s address field to manage a print server by PrintSir’s built-in Web Server.
8.2.1 Installation and Execution Since WebDESK Utility is a part of Administrator Utility, after installing Windows Administrator Utility, it is already installed. See below for execution of the utility. 8.2.2 Starting WebDESK Utility When you execute WebDESK Utility, system will display PrintSir Web Console Page for approximately 5 seconds. At the mean time, system will be searching for all PrintSir print servers on the same subnet.
After searching is completed, the screen will be switched to the following: The Window will be split into two parts: z PrintSir List on the left portion, which lists all PrintSirs found on the same network. z Web Pages for the selected PrintSir on the right portion, which displays the configuration information for the PrintSir. In the left frame, click on the PrintSir that you want to manage and configure, then the PrintSir’s Web configuration screen will be displayed in the right frame.
8.3.1 Using Browser You may use any Web Browser to review the status or configure the settings of the PrintSir. PrintSir’s management screen contains three frames: Control Panel Configuration Pages Status Line z Control Panel : On the top, which contains several Hypertext links that links to a information or configuration page respectively. z Status Line : On the bottom, which is used to display warning or error message.
z PrintSir Info: General Information of PrintSir. z Printer Status: Current status of the attached printers. z NetWare Status: PrintSir connection information of NetWare z DHCP status: Current DHCP server status and information.
8.3.3 Getting Printer Status The Printer status page can be used to display the status of attached printer(s) for each port. 8.3.4 Getting NetWare Information The NetWare status page displays the NetWare connection information of the PrintSir.
8.3.5 Getting DHCP Status The DHCP status page can be used to display the DHCP information when the PrintSir’s client DHCP function is enabled. 8.3.
The Device Cfg page allows you to set: z Alias name, an alternate name by which the PrintSir can be called (in addition to the PSxxxxxx name printed on the label). z NetWare Protocol Support, which determines whether or not the PrintSir support NetWare printing function. z NetBEUI Protocol Support, which determines whether or not the PrintSir support NetBEUI network protocol. z POST diagnostic printout, which determines whether or not a diagnostic printout should be printed to the attached printer.
8.3.7 Setting IP Address The IP Cfg page allows you to configure the IP address where the PrintSir is to be located. The PrintSir will obtain its IP address automatically by the protocol DHCP, BOOTP, RARP if you configure the IP address as Auto. Click Save to PrintSir button to save the configuration to the PrintSir. The PrintSir will verify your password (it will ignore the User Name item) when you save the configuration. Make sure to reset the PrintSir (described in section 8.3.
z The DHCP server startup, which determine if the PrintSir will act as DHCP server. If this item is set to Auto, the PrintSir will detect if there is any other DHCP server on the network when it boots up. If there is no DHCP server on the network, then the PrintSir will configure itself as DHCP server; otherwise it will disable this function. z DHCP setting is used to configure TCP/IP parameters that will be assigned to a DHCP client.
z The Save to PrintSir button: configuration to the PrintSir. save the Make sure to reset the PrintSir (described in the section 8.3.11) to have the changes take effect. 8.3.9 Configuring E-Mail Printing Using PrintSir’s email printing function, the client user on the Internet can email the printing file to a dedicate mailbox, PrintSir will automatically get the email from that mailbox and print it to the attached printer. The detail function description is described in the Email Printing Chapter.
z Print Mail Header, which determines whether or not the printing job will print out the mail header. 8.3.10 Configuring SNMP Parameters The SNMP Cfg page allows you to configure the SNMP parameters of this PrintSir. These information can be browsed by the SNMP MIB browser. The page allows you to set: z System Contact, the system information of this PrintSir. Administrator z System Location, the System location of this PrintSir. 8.3.
z The Software reset: which determines whether or not to reset the PrintSir. z The Restore to factory default: which determines whether or not to erase all of the PrintSir’s setting and restore to the default configuration the PrintSir had when it was shipped from the factory. z The Print diagnostic page: which determines whether or not to print a diagnostic page to a attached printer connected at either LPT1, LPT2 or LPT3 of the PrintSir.
9. Email Printing 9.1 Introduction Email Printing provides a new way of printing service. After installation, Windows will establish a new Printer Driver which will convert the printing document to an Email and send to the mail account assigned by PrintSir. PrintSir will periodically retrieve Emails in the mail account and print it to the attached printer directly. 9.2 System Requirement 9.2.1 Print Server Side PrintSir must be connected to an Email server that provides an Email account for the PrintSir.
9.3 System Setup 9.3.1 Print Server Side Step1.Execute the PrintSir Configuration Utility。 Step2.In the IP Cfg page, configure the IP address. Step3.In the Mail Print Cfg page ， configure Mail polling time and Mailbox parameters. Mail Polling Time : Default is 1 minute; Intervals for PrintSir to check Emails in the Mailbox. Mail Server, Mail Account and Password are Mailbox’s Email server's IP address, account, and password respectively. Step4. Press "Write" then "Reset" button. 9.3.
print email from its Windows to your printer. The “Email Printing Driver” is implemented as a freeware that can be shared with every one. Please note that the “Email Printing Driver” is designed for Windows only, it can’t be run on any other operating systems. The installation procedure is as following, 1. Insert the CD shipped along with the print server into your CD-ROM drive. Change the directory to “\Email Printing\English\” 2. Execute “setup.exe” program 3.
5. Click “Next” and the system will install the “Email Printing Driver”. After the installation is completed, you need to configure the Printing Driver of Email Printing as following, 6.
7. Please input the proper value in the fields described as following, Port Name: The Printer Port Name for Email Printing. It will be used when you execute the “Add Printer” E-Mail Address: The email address serviced by the PrintSir. Outgoing Mail Server: The mail server of your client computer for sending the email. Your E-mail address: The information which will be printed at the header of the printing document. 8. Click OK and complete the “Email printing driver” installation procedure.
9.3.2.3 Send an Email with an attached document to the email account serviced by the PrintSir For a client user who wants to print a document to the printer attached the PrintSir but without the “Email Printing Driver”, he (or she) can first print the document to a file and send this document file as an email attachment to the email account serviced by the PrintSir. The detailed procedures are described as below: z Run the application, open the document and select the “Print” function.
