TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. 1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................ 1 WIRELESS SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................................................ 1 COMPONENTS AND FEATURES ..............................................................................................
9. TROUBLESHOOTING .............................................................................................. 76 GENERAL TROUBLESHOOTING OVERVIEW................................................................. 76 POWER RELATED PROBLEMS ..............................................................................................76 PRINT PORT RELATED PROBLEMS .........................................................................................77 WINDOWS 2000/XP TROUBLESHOOTING ......................
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802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 1.Introduction Product Overview The external print servers enhance capability by letting you place your printers at convenient locations directly on the Ethernet network, and by increasing network printer performance and management. Please note that the print server does not support printing with host-based printers, e.g. CAPT, GDI, PPA.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Components and Features 802.11n Wireless Print Server ˙1 USB2.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Hardware Installation To install the print servers, you need to complete these steps: ˙Confirm that your printer USB port works well. ˙Connect the print server to the network and printer, and plug in the print server. Follow these instructions to install the print servers, please refer to any peripheral you are connecting to the print server: 1. Turn off the printer’s power. 2. Connect the print server to your printer with the USB cable. 3.
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802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 2. Print Server Installation Preparation To meet users’ network printing needs in today’s heterogeneous and multiple protocol networking environments, the print server supports industrial standard protocols, including TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, NetBEUI and AppleTalk. This means that the print server supports the most popular network operating systems today, including Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7, UNIX/Linux systems and Macintosh computer.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Internet Printing Protocol Windows Printing via the internet Allows saving distribution of 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7 to Internet Printing HQ hardcopy document over Protocol- enabled print Internet, replacing fax, mail server Comment Configuration solution Table has many installations way to setup Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7, UNIX / Linux system and Mac computer. Firstly, we introduce PSAdmin utility, HP Web JetAdmin program and Internet Printing Protocol solution.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 3. Software Installation The PSAdmin is a proprietary Windows-based management program that can assist you in configuring and managing your print server in NetWare environments. The program can be installed from the setup CD of print server. Installing the PSAdmin and Print Server’s Driver 1. To enable network communication with print server, your computer must have a proper IP address, e.g. 192.168.0.100 (the print server’s default IP is 192.168.0.10) 2.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 3. Choose Setup Wizard to install the print server and configure the connected printer. Note: The setup CD will install the print server’s driver, PSAdmin and Setup Wizard into your computer. The default installation directory will be C:\Program files\Network Print Monitor. 4. Click Next, the wizard will automatically discover the print server.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 5. From the Select A Print Sever page, select the print server that you want to configure and click Next. 6. On Change Settings page, select No or Yes: a.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Click No if you want the print server to keep using the default IP address and keep the default settings: IP address: 192.168.0.10 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 WLAN default settings Password: None (Leave it blank) Ad-Hoc mode SSID: WLAN-PS Channel: 6 Encryption: none DHCP client: off IP address: 192.168.0.10 b.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual On Wireless Security page, enable or disable WEP/WPA/WPA2 encryption, configure according to your wireless network and click Next. On TCP/IP Settings page, specify a fixed or dynamic IP address for the print server, a fixed IP address is highly recommended. Click Next.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Note: 1. The IP address of print server must be within the same subnet as your network adapter. 2. After you save the new IP address, the print server will automatic reboot once to make ready for the new IP address. It may take a couple of seconds.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 7. On Change Settings page a. Select an already configured printer from the list, and click Next. b. Select Add New Printer if the print server is connected to a printer that hasn’t been installed before and does not appear in the list.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual When Windows Add Printer Wizard appears, click Next to continue. Select Local Printer, make sure the Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer check box is NOT checked. Then click Next.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Make sure the Use the following port radio-button is selected and select LPT1: (recommended Printer Port) from the drop-down menu. Then click Next. Select Manufacturer and Printer from the lists of printer’s driver. Then click Next.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual If you already have the printer’s driver installed, you will be asked whether to keep it or to replace it. Click Next. Supply a name for the printer and choose whether you want to make it your default printer. Then click Next.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Select No to not to print a test page and click Next. Click Finish to close the Add Printer Wizard.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 8. Back to Select A Printer Page in Setup Wizard, highlight the installed printer in the list and click Next. Choose whether you want to make it your default printer.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 9. Click Finish to close the Setup Wizard. 10. From Windows system, go to start → Printers and Faxes then right-click your newly installed printer and select Properties.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 11. Go to Ports tab to verify the print server’s port appears. 12. Go to General tab and click Print Test Page button to verify the configuration.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 13. Done. Note: If you want to install more print servers, start setup wizard from your Windows Start All Programs 802.11n Wireless Print Server PSWizard and menu: start repeat the installation procedure.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Using PSAdmin After the software of setup CD is successfully installed, starts PSAdmin utility from your Windows Start menu: start -> All Programs -> 802.11n Wireless Print Server -> PSAdmin. The screen will then appear as follow picture. All print server(s) feature Novell NetWare function on the LAN will be displayed along with their respective device name, MAC Address, print server name, firmware version, and status.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual TCP/IP Wizard 1. Click Wizard button just like a picture < 2 Select “Obtain an IP address from DHCP server”. If there is a DHCP server on your network. This option allows the print server to obtain IP-related settings automatically from your DHCP server. This setting, by default, is disabled. If you would like to manually specify an IP address to the device, please skip to the following step. 3 In the IP Address option, type an IP address for the print server.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 6 When done, click OK button. The program will save the above settings into the print server. 7 Done NetWare Wizard 1. Log into your NetWare file server as a Supervisor (Admin.) or equivalent. 2. Click Wizard button just like a picture < Wizard, as follow picture. 3. Select the NetWare File Server to which the print server device will be attached. 4. Type in a Print server. 5. Type in a Print Queue Names. > .
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Manual Setup Manual Setup is a configuration program designed for more experienced users of NetWare. To setup the print server by using Manual Setup follow the steps: 1. Run PCONSOLE in NetWare 3.x or NetWare 4.x and create the necessary parameters (Refer to your Novell NetWare print server/Services manual for details). 2. Log into your NetWare file server as a Supervisor (Admin.) or equivalent. From your Windows 95/98/Me, run PSAdmin. 3.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Properties –TCP/IP Options The TCP/IP options allow you to modify the print server’s TCP/IP settings. Each option is detailed as follows. Obtain an IP address from a DHCP server: This option enables or disables the DHCP feature of the print server. When this option is enabled, the print server will obtain an IP address automatically from the DHCP server on your LAN. The default value is “Disabled”. Note: 1.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Gateway: This option shows the print server’s current gateway address maybe obtained from the DHCP server or manually specified. The option also allows you to manually specify the IP address of the gateway to the print server, if DHCP option is disabled. This value is optional Upgrade Upgrade allows the user to upgrade the print server device. In order to upgrade the unit please perform the steps as follows: 1.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Refresh 1. Click Reset button just like a picture < 2. Refresh searches the network for all attached print server(s). >. Note: Configure the print speed in the Advanced label, must match the printer’s speed which connect to the print server. Undependable configuration will cause printer to abnormal printing. If there are printing problem for some dot matrix printers, please try to set print speed to “slow”.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Note: Please refer to NetWare’s Print server/Services manuals for detailed PCONSOLE commands. Uninstalling the PSAdmin on Windows PC To help users easily remove all installed software components of the PSAdmin from their Windows PC, and the PSAdmin software comes with un-installation wizard program that can automatically remove the software components from their Windows PC systems in minutes.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 4. Internet Printer Connection and HP Web JetAdmin IPP Overview Print server(s) support the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP). Using the appropriate software on your system, you can create an IPP print path from your system as Windows PC over the Internet. Note: For incoming print path requests, the network administrator have to configure the firewall to accept incoming IPP requests.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 6. In URL’s box, input print server’s IP address, for example, http://192.168.10.182/lp1. Then Click Next. ** One port should be the port name as lp1. 7. It will check print server to connect to HP printer, if not, it will appear as follow picture. Then Click OK. 8. Select the appropriate printer manufacturer and printer type and click “Next”, appear as follow picture. 9.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 10. Click Finish button. 11. Done. HP Web JetAdmin Overview HP Web JetAdmin allows you to use a Web browse to revise, view, manage and diagnose devices connected to the print server or any standard printer MIB devices. For more information about a procedure or Windows in the HP Web JetAdmin software, see about HP’s relation document.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Confirming Installation and Supply Access ˙Confirming that the HP Web JetAdmin software is correctly installed by navigating to it with your browser as shown in the following. For example, http:// server domain port/ where server domain is the host name of your web server and port is the port number assigned during installation.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 5. Configuration Server from Embedded Web Overview The Print Server contains an embedded web server that can be accessed through a supported web browser on a LAN, for example, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher, Mozilla Firefox 3.0 or higher, etc. The embedded web server provides access to configuration and management pages for the print server and the connected peripheral device.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Print Server Name: This option allows you to view device name of the print server. To correct the print server’s device name. System Contact: This option allows you to view contact name of the print server. To check the print server’s contact name who in charge of this device. System Location: This option allows you to view Location name of the print server. To confirm the print server’s location name where the print server is located in the office’s LAN.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Print Jobs: This option allows you to view all the print jobs sent by any network user. Printer Status 1. Click Status, it then appears the sub-menu. 2. Click Printer, it then as shown in the following picture. Manufacturer: This option allows you to view manufacturer of the printer. When the printer connected with the print server, it will be show in the manufacture box. Model Number: This option allows you to view model of the printer.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Current Status: This option allows you to view status of the printer. When the printer connected with the print server, it will be show in the status box. For Example, Waiting for job. It is means the printer already to printing. Wireless Status 1. Click Status, it then appears the sub-menu. 2. Click Wireless, it then as shown in the following picture. Mode: This option shows the wireless operation mode of your print server.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Transmit Rate: Current wireless transmit rate. Rx Signal Intensity and Link Quality: The wireless behavior of print server. Authentication Type: The status of wireless authentication. Encryption: This option shows the encryption type. TCP/IP Status 1. Click Status, it then appears the sub-menu. 2. Click TCPIP, it then as shown in the following picture. Use DHCP/BOOTP: This option allows you to view DHCP/ BOOTP status.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Subnet Mask: This option allows you to view subnet mask from the print server. Gateway: This option allows you to view gateway from the print server. Netware Status: 1. Click Status, it then appears the sub-menu. 2. Click Netware it then as shown in the following picture. General Settings: Print Server Name: This option allows you to view print server’s name would be configured by PSAdmin utility.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual NetWare NDS Setting: Use NDS Mode: Enabled or Disabled. Name of the NDS Tree. Name of the NDS Content. Current Status: Connected or Disconnected. NetWare Bindery Setting: Use Bindery Mode: Enabled or Disabled. Name of the File Server: Current Status: Connected or Disconnected. AppleTalk Status 1. Click Status, it then appears the sub-menu. 2. Click AppleTalk, it then as shown in the following picture.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual AppleTalk Settings: If no any zone exists, the print server itself displays the zone name as an asterisk (*) in the current AppleTalk Status of the print server in the web browser. Port Name: -xxxxxx-1, where xxxxxx represents the last six digits of the print server’s Node ID. Printer Type: This option allows you to view printer type from the print server. If you are using a PostScript printer you can select the LaserWriter 8 icon from your Mac computer.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual SNMP Communities: This option allows you to view SNMP communities from the print server. There are two communities that control message from the network management of the print server. SNMP Traps: This option allows you to view SNMP traps from the print server. SMB Status 1. Click Status, it then appears the sub-menu. 2. Click SMB, it then as shown in the following picture.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Setup Menu Meanwhile, you have finished the IP address configuration with print server. You should use web browser to configure the print server. The setup menu of the print server helps administrator to setup the print server’s System, Printer, NetWare, TCP/IP, SNMP and AppleTalk. Preparation Enter the IP address of the print server as the URL, default: 192.168.0.10. Then the print server’s home page will appear in content of the web browser.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Email Alert: This option allows you to Enable/Disable the Email Alert service. SMTP Server IP Address: This option allows you to input the IP address of your Email SMTP server. Administrator E-mail Address: This option allows you to input your Email address that you want to receive the notification by Email. Print Server Name: This option allows you to input device name of the print server. To correct the print server’s device name.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Wireless Setup: 1. Click Setup, it then appears the sub-menu. 2. Click Wireless, it then as shown in the following picture. Basic Setting Network Type: Infrastructure or Ad-Hoc mode SSID: Enter SSID name Channel: Specify a Channel number that meet your wireless environment. Transmit Rates: Choose the transmit rate of your wireless print server Wireless Mode: Select transmit mode for B only, G only, B/G Mixed or B/G/N Mixed.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Advanced Settings Security Type Disable: Disable the security settings WEP: Enable the WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption security. Encryption Type: Select the level of encryption, 64-bit or 128-bit for hex or character Key Index: Keys are used to encrypt data. Both the device and the wireless stations must use the same WEP key for data transmission. If you chose 64-bit, then enter any five ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal characters ("0-9", "A-F").
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Encryption Type: Select the level of encryption, TKIP or CCMP(AES). Network Security key: Enter a simple common password for the PSK. The pre-shared key is from 8 to63 ASCII characters 64 HEX characters ("0-9", "A-F"). Site Survey Displays all current associated wireless site.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual TCP/IP Setup: 1. Click Setup, it then appears the sub-menu. 2. Click TCP/IP, it then as shown in the following picture. DHCP/BOOTP: This option allows you to select DHCP/ BOOTP option. If there is a DHCP/BOOTP server on your network. This option allows the print server to obtain IP-related settings automatically from your DHCP server. IP Address: This option allows you to input IP address from the print server.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual NetWare Setup 1. Log into your NetWare file server as a Supervisor (Admin.) or equivalent. 2. Select NetWare and type in the Print server that created during PCONSOLE Select the NetWare File Server to which the print server device will be attached. 3. Click Setup, it then appears the sub-menu. 4. Click NetWare, it then as shown in the following picture.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Polling Time: The time interval in which the print server unit polls the file server for servicing of print queues. Logon Password: This option allows you to input encrypted password from the print server. The print server login to NetWare server that administrator set password from selected print server. Use NDS Mode: To Enable NDS Mode, if you want to setup NDS environment. To select Tree Name of NetWare then input context name in the Context box.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Installation Procedure 1. At your file server console, type “load install”. 2. Select “NCF files options”. 3. Select “Edit AUTOEXEC.NCF file”. 4. Add or Modify the “SET BINDERY CONTEXT =” line to include the NDS organization (O) and all organization unit (OU) objects where users are located. For example: SET BINDERY CONTEXT = O=ABC; OU=SALES.OU=ABC-USA.O=ABC; OU=TECH.OU=ABC-USA.O=ABC ; 5. When done, save the new AUTOEXEC.NCF file.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 3. 4. AppleTalk Zone: In this option, type an AppleTalk Zone name that you want the print server to belong to or leave it in default (This enables the print server automatically search and link itself to the default zone that is set on the AppleTalk router, if found). We also assume that at least an AppleTalk Zone exists on the network.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Setting Up a Macintosh Computer (Mac 8.x/9.x) 1. At a Macintosh computer, from the Apple menu, select Chooser. 2. The Chooser window then displays an Apple Zone list. Select the Zone name that you specified when configuring the PRINT SERVER. Note: If you select a Zone that the PRINT SERVER doesn’t belong to, as you specified in the previous section, no print server will be displayed in the Step 4. 3.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual A host on the network running Network Management System (NMS) software can access the print server device by reading and writing the MIB objects stored in the device. The Network Management Systems are available from many third-party vendors, such as Hewlett-Packard's OpenView. When accessing (traversing) MIB objects in the print server using NMS software called SNMP manager, you need to provide a community name in each SNMP request for authentication purpose.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Users can set up print server’s SNMP functions by using their browsers. 1. Click Setup, it then appears the sub-menu. 2. Click SNMP, it then as shown in the following picture. SNMP Community: The print server supports up to two community names. The default community name is public (case-sensitive), with Read Only access right in default. Support HP WebJetAdmin: This option allows user determine to disable/enable the Support HP WebJetAdmin.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual SMB Setup The print server supports the SMB (Server Message Block) protocol, user can send the print jobs through Network Neighborhood without installing print server’s driver. 1. Click Setup, it appears the sub-menu. 2. Click SMB, it as shown in the following picture. 3. Workgroup Name: This option allows you to assign a workgroup name to print server on the Network Neighborhood. Windows uses it to identify the print server on the Network. 4.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 6. Network Print Monitor (9X/ME/NT4/2000/XP 32-bit.) Preparation The print server supports TCP/IP, IPX/SPX and NetBEUI protocols under Windows computer. Please make sure that the following steps have been completed before proceeding with installation under Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP 32bit edition/server 2003 32bit edition. Select A Desired Protocol TCP/IP The TCP/IP Protocol must be installed.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual TCP/IP Protocol Installation 1. Click Start, point to Settings and select Control Panel. 2. Double click the Network icon. 3. If the TCP/IP Protocol is not already installed, click Add. 4. Select Protocol and click Add. 5. Select Microsoft from the Manufacturers list. 6. Select TCP/IP Protocol from the Network Protocols list. 7.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual NetBEUI Protocol Installation (9X/ME/NT4/2000) 1. Click Start, point to Settings, and select Control Panel. 2. Double click the Network icon. 3. If the NetBEUI is not already installed, click Add. 4. Select Protocol and click Add. 5. Select Microsoft from the Manufacturers list. 6. Select NetBEUI from the Network Protocols box and follow the instructions on the screen. 7. Restart your computer for new settings to take effect. 8. Done.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 9. Type in the Printer Name and click Next. 10. A message reading, “After your printer is installed, Windows can print a test page so you can confirm that the printer is set up properly.” Select No and click Finish. 11. Double-click the newly created Printer Name icon. 12. Select Printer and Properties. 13. Click Details tab and select Add Port. 14. In the Add Port dialog box, select Other, as shown in the following picture. 15.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual By default, the computer will first search for the print server(s) on the network by using the IPX/SPX protocol. If the IPX/SPX protocol is installed, the print server will be displayed along with its Node ID, as shown in Node column. (The last 6 digits of the Node ID, located on the back of the print server unit). Select one of the print server’s ports from the list.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Procedure: 1. Click Start, point to Settings, and select Control Panel. 2. Double click the Add/Remove Programs icon. 3. Click Add/Remove tab. 4. 5. Select Network Print Monitor and click Add/Remove button. The un-installation wizard program will be launched. 6. Follow the directions on the screen to complete the un-installation procedure. Note: We recommend you restart your computer after un-installation is finished.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 7. TCP/IP LPR Port Printing Installation Basic TCP/IP Installation Overview When installing your print server in a TCP/IP environment, IP addresses are essential as a basic means of communications. It is therefore necessary to first assign an IP address to your print server unit. After assigning an IP address, the print server can be configured accordingly.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 3. The Add Printer Wizard screen will appear, Select My Computer and click Next. 4. Click Add Port. 5. From the Printer Ports box as shown in the following picture, select the LPR Port. 6. The Add LPR compatible printers box will then appear as shown in the following picture. Type in the IP address assigned to the print server in the Name or address of server providing lpd box. 7.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 12. A message reading, “After your printer is installed, Windows can print a test page so you can confirm that the printer is set up properly.”, Select Yes (Recommended) and click Finish. 13. Done. Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7 Printing Installation Standard TCP/IP Port 1. Click Start, point to Settings, and select Printer. 2. Run Add Printer, Click Next. 3. The Add Printer Wizard screen will appear, Select Local Printer and click Next. 4.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 5. The Add Standard TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard box will then appear as shown the picture as below, and type in the IP address assigned to the print server in the Printer Name or IP Address box, Click Next. 6. In the Add Standard TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard box as shown in the following picture, Select Custom, Click Settings button, and click Next. 7.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 8. Click OK, and Next. Note: Please DO NOT type any other name than lp1 in this step. 9. Click Finish. 10. Select the appropriate printer manufacturer and printer type list and click Next. 11. Type in a new Printer name or leave it in default, and click Next button. 12. A message reading, “To confirm that the printer is installed properly, you can print a test page”. Select Yes (Recommended) and click Finish. 13. Done.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual UNIX Installation After the static IP address is assigned, the Print Server is ready to be configured. For some UNIX/Linux systems, we include the detailed installation procedures below. If you can’t find the installation procedure corresponding to your UNIX system, please refer to your UNIX manuals for details about configuring your UNIX for the “remote printing system”. SCO UNIX 8.0.0 (Caldera Open Unix 8.0.0) 1. Select “SCO Admin”. 2.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual System V Release 4 Unix 1. For example: the print server has a static IP address: 192.168.1.100 2. Input “lpsystem –tbsd 192.168.1.100”. 3. Input “lpadmin –pa1 –s 192.168.1.100!lp1”. lp1 for the first print server port. 4. Input “accept a1”. 5. Input “enable a1”. Red Hat Linux 9 and Fedora The Print Server can work under any Linux-based systems, including Slackware, RedHat, etc, without any problems.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 5. Open Printer Configuration. 6. Click New button. 7. Click Forward button.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 8. In the Name field, type a user-defined name, click Forward. 9. In the Queue Type field, choose Networked UNIX. 10. 11. In the Server field, type the IP address of print server In the Queue field, type a print server’s port name, which connect to the printer. For example: lp1. 12. Click Forward button. 13. In the Printer field, choose Postscript Printer.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 14. Choose the model of printer and click Forward. 15. Done.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 8. Upgrading Print Server Overview Upgrading print server will allow you to upgrade its firmware inside the print server while the newer software version of the print server is available from your local dealer. Depending on the different systems users might use, this chapter is divided into several Sections; please refer to the following lists for your systems. 1. Upgrading the print server from PSAdmin 2.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Upgrading the print server from UNIX (Through TCP/IP) 1. Log in as root 2. Ensure binary file is located in your current working directory. 3. Type “tftp ”. 4. 5. At tftp prompt, type “get upgrade”. Change to binary mode. 6. At tftp prompt, type “put mpsXX.bin”. 7. Wait for the file transfer to complete. 8. Quit from tftp. 9. Done. Upgrading the print server from Browser 1.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 4. Click Browse… and select the firmware file. 5. Click Upgrade. 6. Done.
2.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 9. Troubleshooting General Troubleshooting Overview The most common problems, which cause the print server to perform improperly, are covered in this chapter. If a problem still exists after reading this chapter, please contact your dealer for technical support. LED Light Indicators The print server is equipped with LED lights to assist in diagnosing problems that are the result of the network and/or the print server hardware itself.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Print Port Related Problems Printing data failure may be caused by a loose connection of the print server to the USB port of the printer. Check to see if any of the pins on the USB connector are damaged. In addition, check the cable connection. If the pins are damaged, contact your dealer for a replacement connector.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Multi-Segment Frame Type 802.2 Installation 1. From your Windows NT server that is used as a router, select Start from the bottom left hand corner of the screen. 2. Point to Settings, and select Control Panel. 3. Double-click the Network icon. 4. Select Protocols.Select the NWLink IPX/SPX Compatible Transport. 5. 6. Select Properties. Select your (first) network interface card and select Manual Frame Type Detection. 7. Click Add. 8.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 3. Select your printer connected to the print server, and right-click the printer icon. Select Properties. 4. Click Details tab. 5. Click Port Settings as shown in the picture below. The print server will be displayed on the next print server’s configuration screen. Find your original print server according to its Port Name or other distinguished name and click this print server. 6. Click OK and it returns to the printer’s Properties page. 7. Click OK. 8.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Moving Your Computer to A New Segment If you are using the print server through the Network Print Port on your NT or Windows 95/98/Me computer and your computer is going to be moved onto another segment, you have to reconfigure the print server on your computer to use your print server. However, this situation is like moving the print server to a new segment.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 2. Type "arp -s " to specify a new ARP entry. 3. Refer to Chapter 7 for the detailed instructions to complete the installation. B. The print server's IP address is duplicated or is as same as another computer's IP address on the network. If this is the case, please consult your network administrator to obtain an unused IP address for your print server. C.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 1. Find an unused IP address on Segment A for temporary use in the following steps, for example, 192.72.214.68. 2. Connect your print server to Segment A as a networked node. 3. On your NT server, type, for example, "arp -s 192.72.214.68 00-40-01-3F-02-AB". Please note, in this arp command you have to type 192.72.214.68 on purpose. Do not type this IP address as 192.72.214.100. 4. Type "tftp 192.722.214.68 get config.txt".
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Appendix SMB Printing with Windows XP 1. Enable the SMB settings from the print server’s WEB configuration. Assume your computers use the “WORKGROUP” as the SMB workgroup name in Windows. Please assign the same SMB name to your print server. If print server uses the different SMB name from computers’, the SMB printing won’t active. 1 2 3 2. Now you can find the print server from the SMB workgroup of Windows. Then, double click it.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 3. Double click it again.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 4. Now you have to install the printer’s driver. 5. Choose it from the “Add Printer Wizard”.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 6. Install printer successfully. 7. Now, you can find your printer’s icon and you can use the SMB printing mode.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Reset Button Reboot the Print server: 1. Verify the power of print server is turned on. 2. Press the reset button once, and then release it. WARNING: This will restart the print server and stop all on-going and pending print jobs! How to load factory default with the reset button? 1. Turn off the print server. 2. Press the reset button and keep it. I mean DON'T release the 3. Turn on the print server. 4. After seven seconds, release the reset button. 5.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Frequently Asked Questions Question A Print jobs are sent to the print queue successfully, but fail to be sent to the printer. Possible explanations 1. The Print server Name/Print Queue configuration in PCONSOLE is incorrect. 2. The Print server name specified and stored in the print server memory doesn’t match the same one set in PCONSOLE. 3. The network cable or power adapter connected to the print server is loose or disconnected. 4.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Question C The upgrading process indication bar stops and does not seem to proceed again while upgrading the print server. Possible Explanation There might be a network problem. This causes the upgrading procedure to fail. Solutions 1. Check the network cabling, especially from the workstation running the PSAdmin to the print server unit. 2. Run the PSAdmin and upgrade the print server again. Question D The Status LED light keeps blinking after POST.
802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Question F The PSAdmin reports “Print server Already Exists”, “Printer Already Exists”, or “Print Queue Already Exists” after specifying the print server name, or the print queue name in Auto Setup. Possible Explanation A same print server name or queue names exists in the specific NetWare file server as the one you specified in the Auto Setup dialogue box. Solution Specify a new print server name or queue name in the Auto Setup.