Wireless Print Server User’s Manual Version: 1.
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Contents 1. PRODUCT INTRODUCTION 1.1 PRODUCT INTRODUCTION ..................................................................... 1 1.3 Network Printing Architecture .............................................. 2 Print Server Network Functions ............................................................... 2 Network Printing Functions for Clients.................................................... 3 Network Printing Functions for Network Server ...................................... 5 1.
7.9 TCP/IP Configuration ......................................................... 48 7.10 Wireless Configuration..................................................... 50 7.11 SNMP Configuration ........................................................ 57 8. WEB MANAGEMENT 8.1 INTRODUCTION ..... 62 8.3 Device Status ..................................................................... 63 8.3.1 System ......................................................................................... 63 8.3.
1. Product 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.
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.
can directly print to the print server from any of its installed protocol. 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 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Our print server system provides PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) driver and utilities for Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 users. PTPP (Peer-to-Peer 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).
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. NetW are Network Chapter 6. UNIX System Network You may select the appropriate chapters and sections to read depending on your network printing’s requirement.
1.6 Firmware & Printing Function The print server provides a complete network printing solution. The feature set is listed below: PTPP (Peer-to-Peer-Printing) TCP/IP (LPR) IPP Printing NetW are Bindery Printing AppleTalk SMB Printing 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.
3 . Wi n d o w s P e e r - t o - P e e r N e t w o r k 3 . 1 S ys t e m Ar c h i t e c t u r e 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).
3.2 Administrator Installation and Setup The Administrator Installation can be performed on Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 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). Insert the CD shipped along with the print server into your CD-ROM drive. The Autorun.exe program should be executed automatically. If not, run Autorun.exe manually from CD-ROM drive’s root directory.
The “Utilities Setup” window will be displayed. Click “Next”. Click “Next” to install the utilities in the default folder or click “Browse” to specify the destination folder where you would like to install the utilities. Select the components you want to install. It is highly recommended to install all provided components. Click “Next” to continue.
. The system will start to install the utilities automatically.
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 the same manufacturer.
Specify the IP Address for the Print Server manually or click “Next” to keep default IP Address, i.e. 192.168.2.2. 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. 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. If you want to print from this administrator’s PC to the print server, all you need to do is to perform Windows’ standard “Add Printer” procedure (please refer to Section 3.6). 3.
3.4 Client Installation and Setup The Client Installation can be performed on Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 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. Insert the CD shipped along with the print server into your CD-ROM drive. The Autorun.exe program should be executed automatically. If not, run Autorun.exe manually from CD-ROM drive’s root directory.
Click “Next” to install the utilities in the default folder or click “Browse” to specify the destination folder where you would like to install the utilities. Specify the program folder where the program icons will be added to, click “Next”. The system will start to install the utilities automatically.
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”. 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 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 l l l 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.
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.
Step2. Enter print server’s name, IP address, select used ports, and enter LPR queue name of each port. Click “Ok”. Step3. The new remote 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.
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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 procedure described below to add printer to the Windows. Note that following “Add Printer” steps are running in Windows XP, the steps in other Operating Systems are similar. 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.
Step5. Choose the suitable “Print Server Network Port” which was created by the Administrator Installation or Client Installation process and 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. Name your printer and setup the default printer, click “Next”. Step8. Choose to print the test page or not. It is recommended to print a test page. Click “Next”.
Step9. You have added the printer to the PC successfully. The information of the printer is displayed in the windows. Click “Finish”.
4 . Wi n d o w s N T / 2 0 0 0 / 2 0 0 3 N e t w o r k 4 . 1 S ys t e m Ar c h i t e c t u r e 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.
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 W indows 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.
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 . N e t Wa r e N e t w o r k 5 . 1 S ys t e m Ar c h i t e c t u r e 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 NetW are print server. Embedded print server, which emulates the “queue management functionality” of NetW are print server, PSERVER program running on the NetWare server.
Improve productivity by locating the printer near the workgroup. Each print server should log into a NetWare server before servicing the print jobs. Each print server will occupy a user account with which it can log into the NetWare server. 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 Installation Using PCONSOLE 5.2.1.1 Configuring as Print Server Mode 1.
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.
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. You should be able to redirect printing to your print server using a CAPTURE command such as the one shown in the previous section.
6 . U N I X S ys t e m N e t w o r k 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.
The print server will use the last three methods to obtain its IP address automatically if its IP address is configured as Auto (0.0.0.0). 6.3.1 DHCP There are many Unix syste ms that sup port DHCP protocol, and the procedures to configure the DHCP server database are different. This manual does not describe the DHCP server configuration on the Unix syste ms . It is highly recommended that the DHCP server should be located on the sa me net work as the print server. 6.3.
must be preceded by the ht tag. The ip= tag should correspond to the IP address you want to assign to the print server. For exa mple, a print server with the following configuration: Node ID: 0000B4010101 (this implies Ethernet address is 0000B4010101), IP address: 203.66.191.12 The entry for this print server in the /etc/bootptab file should be: PS010101:\ :ht=1:\ :ha=0000B4010101:\ :ip=203.66.191.12: 6.
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.
7. Configuration Utility 7.1 Introduction This chapter introduces print server’s system configuration utility in Windows environment. This utility is automatically installed during W indows 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.
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 “Print 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 on the tool bar, the status of the Click “Status” icon 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, NetW are file server name, NetWare file server polling interval, NetW are printer queue names, IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, AppleTalk printer type, AppleTalk zone and print server printing ability…etc.
7.4 Setup the Print Server on the tool bar, the setup items of the Click “Setup” icon 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 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.
7.6 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 “Print Server Name”, “SMB Group Name”, “User Name” and “Password” here. Printer 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.
7.7 Netware Print Server Configuration Double Click “NetW are” icon and the NetW are 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 NetW are server name, print server polling interval and the name of queue on the NetWare server for each printer port.
7.8 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, 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. Click “ ” button and select the correct firmware in your PC.
enable or disable the wireless function. The print server only can work in ether Ethernet or wireless LAN mode. It cannot work in both Ethernet and wireless LAN mode at the same time. W hen the print server starts up, it will autodetect if the LAN port is connected to an active network by an Ethernet cable. If the print server is connected to an active network by Ethernet cable when starting up, the print server will run in Ethernet mode.
7.9 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”.
set “Auto” and assign a range of IP addresses here. The DHCP server is disabled by default. If “Auto” is selected, the DHCP Server of print server will be enabled only when there is no other DHCP Server within the network. When “Enable” or “Auto” is selected, you have to configure “Starting Address”, “Range”, “Subnet Mask”, “Gateway Address” and “DNS”. The print server will assign a unique IP for each client.
7.10 Wireless Configuration 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.
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”.
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”.
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”. 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. Ÿ 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)”.
When “WPA-shared key”, also named “WPA-PSK” requires users to select the advanced encryption methods, i.e. TKIP and enter a set of shared key. Ÿ TKIP – TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) changes the temporal key every 10,000 packets. This insures much greater security than the standard WEP security. Ÿ 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. If you manually assign the IP settings, you have to enter IP address, subnet mask and default gateway address. When you finish configuring the IP settings, click “Next” to confirm the IP Address configuration. Click “Save” to save the wireless configuration.
7.11 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.
on the tool bar, the setup wizard Click “Wizard” icon 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 the SMB Group Name for the print server. Also set up “Enable”, “Disable” or “Auto” for the wireless function here. Please refer to section 7.6 and 7.8 for detail information.
Step 3: Setup the IP of this print server and the DHCP server. Please refer to section 7.9 for detail information. Step 4: Setup the AppleTalk printing. Please refer to section 7.5 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 “W ireless” Setting in “Setup” screen. Please refer to section 7.10 for detail information. Step 7: Click “Save” to finish setting.
7.13 Report Click “Report” icon on the tool bar, the Report window will pop up. The report lists basic information of all available print servers on the network. The information includes Device Name, MAC ID, Model Type, Firmware Version and Status of print server.
8 . We b M a n a g e m e n t 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 W eb Server. The default IP Address, User Name and Password settings of the Print server are as follows. IP Address: 192.168.2.
8.3 Device Status 8.3.1 S ystem Syste m Infor mation includes “Device Na me”, “Print Server Na me”, “ Model Type”, “Syste m Up Time”, “Fir mware Version”, “MAC Address”, “W ireless LAN Statu s” 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 t he print server including “IP Address”, “Subnet Mask” and “Gate wa y”. It also lists DHCP server setting. 8.3.4 SMB This page lists the SMB group setting of the print server.
8.3.5 SNMP This page lists the SNMP set tings of the print server. It includes the settings of “SNMP Syste m Contact” and “SNMP Syste m Location”. 8.3.6 NetWare This page lists NetW are settings, including “Polling Time”, “Use Bindery Mode”, “Na me of the File Server” and “Port Attached Queue”.
8.3.7 AppleTalk This page lists AppleTalk settings, including “AppleTalk Zone Na me” and “Printer Type” of printers connected to all print ports. 8.4 8.4.1 Setup Wizard S ystem 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.
server through wireless LAN. If the wireless configuration does not work, please plug the Ethernet cable again, restart the print server and configure the print server through Ethernet until the wireless LAN settings are correct. 8.4.2.1 General Setting 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”.
wireless LAN mode. It cannot work in both Ethernet and wireless LAN mode at the same time. When the print server starts up, it will auto-detect if the LAN port is connected to an active network by an Ethernet cable. If the print server is connected to an active network by Ethernet cable when starting up, the print server will run in Ethernet mode. If the print server is not connected to an active network by Ethernet cable when starting up, the print server will run in wireless LAN mode.
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.
64-bit WEP: input 10-digit Hex values (in the "A-F", "a-f" and "0-9" range) or 5-digit ASCII character as the encryption keys. For example: “0123456aef“ or “Guest“. 128-bit WEP: input 26-digit Hex values (in the "A-F", "a-f" and "0-9" range) or 10-digit ASCII characters as the encryption keys. For example: “01234567890123456789abcdef“ or “administrator“. WPA-PSK Security Mode: When “WPA-PSK”, also named “WPA-shared key” requires users to select the advanced encryption methods, i.e.
8.4.2.3 Site Survey 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.
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)”.
8.4.4 SMB 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. 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 ent er the installed location of the print server here. This information will be displayed in the SNMP manage ment tool. 8.4.6 NetWare This print server supports NetWare Bindery Printing method.
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”.
8.4.8 Save Settings You can click the “Save Settings” to save the settings and restart the system.
8.5 8.5.1 System Tools Load Default You can use this page to restore the factory default settings. All of your previous setup will be cleared. 8.5.
You can upgrade ne w fir mware for this print server in this page. Click “Browse” to select the new fir mware in your storage and then click “OK”, the firmware will be updated in several minutes. Be a ware that if you have started upgrading firmware, you ha ve to follow all the upgrading steps or the print server can’t turn back to nor mal configuration. 9. 9.1 IPP Printing Introduction IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) Printing provides a convenient way of remote printing service by TCP/IP.
9.2 System Setup 9.2.1 Print Server Side It is needless to do any setting on the print server side. Make sure the print server has correct IP settings. If you want to share the printers to Internet users, you have to set a real IP to the print server. You also have to make sure that any gateway, router or firewall does not block IPP protocol if you have these gateway devices installed in your network. 9.2.2 Client Side You only need to perform Window’s standard Add New Printer procedure. Step1.
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.
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. Wi n d o w s X P S P 2 S e t u p 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.
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.
