USB-PRINTER
WIRELESS LAN PRINTSERVER
(DN-13014-2)
Quick Installation Guide
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
Wired or Wireless Local Area Network with an absolute minimum
setup and maintenance required.
This print server supports TCP/IP, NetBEUI, IPX/SPX, and
AppleTalk protocols. It is the best network printing solutions for
various common network operating systems such as
Windows Peer-to-Peer Printing (Windows
95/98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/7)
Microsoft Windows NT/2000/2003 Server-Based
Printing
Novell NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.x
Unix/Linux
MAC OS
With the help of Installation Wizard, you can easily and instantly
complete the settings for the printing environment, and start
enjoying the fantastic features provided by this print server.
This guide is used for quick installation on Windows peer-topeer printing environments. If you have a simple network you
can simply follow the procedures described in this guide stepby-step to complete the installation. If you find any problem,
please refer to the User’s Manual on the CD-ROM for more
detail information.
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1.2 Product Package
This package contains the following components:
One Print Server
One Antenna (Only for Wireless Print Server)
One Power Adapter
One Quick Installation Guide
One CD-ROM (Including all the software utilities,
drivers and User’s Manual)
1.3 Hardware Installation Procedure
Unpack the print server package and verify that all the items
listed in the previous section are provided.
Connect the print server to the printer yo u want to share on the
network.
Connect the print server to your network by attached the network
cable to the UTP port of the print server.
Connect the power adapter to the print server. The print server
will perform the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) after it is powered
on. During the POST, the Status LED w ill be blinking. When the
Status LED is unlighted, the print server is ready.
Note: You must use the power adapter ship ped along with the
print server, do NOT use any other power adapter from other
sources.
1.4 Administrator Installation and Setup
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The Administrator Installation Program executes a wizard-driven
procedure that performs t he following tas ks:
Install all necessary utilities and drivers in your PC
(including the client utilities).
Prompt to setup the print server (including the prin t
server name and network protocols).
Add the network port of the print server to your PC.
After the installation, perform the standard “Add Printer”
procedure and choose the print server’s “Network Port” in the
“Available Ports” list. Then, you can test printing function from
the Administrator PC.
The Administrator Installation can be performed on Windows
95/98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/7 with the same user int erface.
Before the installation, please verify that your network protocol
is installed on your PC (TCP/IP, IPX and/or NetBEUI). Please
follow the steps below to start installation. Note that the
following steps are running in Windows XP, for other Operating
Systems the procedures are similar.
Insert the CD shipped along with the print server into your CDROM drive. The Autorun.exe program should be executed
automatically. If not, run Autorun.exe m anually from CD-ROM
drive’s root directory.
The “Installation Manager” will be displayed on the screen as
following. Click “Administrator Installation”.
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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 w ould like
to install the utilities.
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Select the components you want to install. It is highly
recommended to install all provided components. Click “Next” to
continue.
Click “Install”.
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The system will start to install the utilities automatically.
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You have completed the installation phase and prepare to
configure the Print Server. The “Choos e 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.
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Specify a recognizable name for the Prin t Server and click
“Next”.
Specify the IP Address for the Print Server manually or click
“Next” to keep default IP Address.
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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 t otally completed.
Click “Finish”.
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1.5 Client Installation and Setup
The Client Installation Program is a wizard driven procedure
which will perform the following tasks:
Install client utilities and drivers into your PC.
Automatically add all Network Ports to your PC.
The network port driver supports network protocol auto-detection.
It will automatically select an available network protocol (TCP/IP,
IPX or NetBEUI) of the client computer t o connect to the print
server.
Since both the print server side an d client side support multiprotocols, the configuration process of the client side is fully
automatic.
After the installation, perform the standard “Add Printer”
procedure and choose the print server’s “Network Port” in the
“Available Ports” list. You can test printing from the PC to the
print server as your local printer.
The Client Installation can be performed on Windows
95/98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/7 with the same user
interface. Before installation, please confirm that your PC has
already connected to the network and installed at least one
network protocol. Please follow the steps below to start
installation. Note that the following steps are running in
Windows XP, for other Operating Systems the procedures ar e
similar.
Insert the CD shipped along with the print server into your CDROM drive. The Autorun.exe program should be executed
automatically. If not, run Autorun.exe m anually from CD-ROM
drive’s root directory.
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The "Installation Manager" will be displayed on the screen as
follows. Click “Client Installation”.
The “Utilities Setup” window will be displayed. Click “Next”.
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Click “Next” to install the utilities in the default folder or click
“Browse” to specify the destination folder where you w ould like
to install the utilities.
Click “Install”.
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The system will start to install the utilities automatically.
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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 yo ur PC
automatically, click “Continue”.
The Client Installation procedure is completed. Click “Finish”.
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1.6 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.
Procedure for Windows XP (similar for Windows 98SE/ME/2000)
Step1. Click “Start”, choose “Settings” and select “Printers and Faxes”.
Step2. Click “Add a Printer”.
Step3. The “Add Printer Wizard” is displayed. Click “Next”.
Step4. Select “Local printer attached to this computer” and make sure that
“Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer” is not
selected. Click “Next”.
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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
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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”.
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Step9. You have added the printer to the PC successfully. The information of
the printer is displayed in the windows. Click “Finish”.
Now you can start to print from your PC to the print server.
Procedure for Windows Vista and 7
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1. Click “St a rt ”, select “Setti ngs\Printers”.
2. Click “Add a Printer”.
3. The “Add Printer” wizard is displayed. Select “Add a local printer”.
4. Choose the suitable printer port which was created by the installation
process and click “Next”.
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5. Select the printer manufacturer and the printer model and click “Next”. If
your printer is not in the list, click “Have Disk…” to install the driver of the
printer. After installation, the printer model will be added to the list.
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6. Name your printer and set the default printer, click “Next”.
7. The printer drivers are being installed.
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8. It is recommended to print a test page. Click “Finish”.
9. The printer is added to “Printers” page, you have added the printer to your
computer successfully.
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Now you can start to print from your computer to the print server.
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