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Contents
1. INTRODUCTION...............................................................................1
1.1 Product Introduction......................................................... 2
1.2 Product Package ............................................................. 3
1.3 Network Printing Architecture..........................................4
1.3.1 Print Server Network Functions.....................................................5
1.3.2 Network Printing Functions for Clients......................................... 5
1.3.3 Network Printing Functions for Network Server........................... 8
1.4 Network Printing Environment......................................... 9
1.5 Contents of the User’s Manual ...................................... 11
1.6 Firmware & Printing Function ........................................ 13
2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION.........................................................14
3. WINDOWS PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK.......................................15
3.1 System Architecture....................................................... 16
3.2 Installation Wizard.......................................................... 18
3.3 Administrator Installation and Setup............................... 19
3.4 Administrator Utilities..................................................... 26
3.5 Client Installation and Setup.......................................... 27
3.6 Client Utilities................................................................. 32
3.6.1 Network Ports Quick Setup .................................. .......................33
3.6.2 Remote Ports (Utility).................................................................. 35
3.7 Windows Add Printer Procedure.................................... 37
3.7.1 Windows Vista............................................................................. 37
3.7.2 Windows XP................................................................................41
4. WINDOWS NT/2000/2003 NETWORK...........................................45
4.1 System Architecture....................................................... 46
4.2 Windows NT/2000/2003 Server Installation and Setup .47
4.3 User Installation and Setup............................................ 49
5. NETWARE NETWORK...................................................................50
5.1 System Architecture....................................................... 51
5.2 NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.x Installation & Setup ....................... 53
5.2.1 Installation Using PCONSOLE...................................................53
6. UNIX SYSTEM NETWORK.............................................................57
6.1 Introduction.................................................................... 58
6.2 Enable Print Server’s TCP/IP Support........................... 59
6.3 Setup Print Server’s IP Address.................................... 60
6.3.1 ARP & Ping Assignment.............................. ...............................60
6.3.2 DHCP....................................... .................................. .................. 61
6.3.3 BOOTP ................................................................. .......................62
6.3.4 RARP............................................................ ...............................64
6.4 Verify Print Server’s IP Address .................................... 65
6.5 Configure Remote lpd Printing on the Host................... 66
6.6 Print a Test Page........................................................... 69
7. CONFIGURATION UTILITY............................................................70
7.1 Introduction.................................................................... 71
7.2 Search for All Available Print Server.............................. 73
7.3 Status of Print Server..................................................... 74
7.4 Setup the Print Server ................................................... 76
7.5 General Configuration.................................................... 78
7.6 TCP/IP Configuration..................................................... 79
7.7 Netware Print Server Configuration...............................81
7.8 AppleTalk Configuration ................................................ 82
7.9 SNMP Configuration...................................................... 83
7.10 SMB Configuration......................................................... 84
7.11 System Configuration .................................................... 85
7.12 Wizard............................................................................ 87
7.13 Report............................................................................ 91
8. WEB MANAGEMENT......................................................................92
8.1 Introduction.................................................................... 93
8.2 Getting Print Server Information.................................... 96
8.3 Getting Printer Status .................................................... 97
8.4 Getting NetWare Information......................................... 98
8.5 Getting DHCP Status..................................................... 99
8.6 Changing Device Configuration................................... 100
8.7 Setting IP Address....................................................... 102
8.8 Configuring DHCP Parameters.................................... 103
8.9 Configuring E-Mail Printing.......................................... 105
8.10 Configuring SMB.......................................................... 107
8.11 Configuring AppleTalk ................................................. 108
8.12 Configuring SNMP Parameters ................................... 109
8.13 System Utilities............................................................110
8.14 Firmware Upgrading.................................................... 112
9. IPP PRINTING................................................................................113
9.1 Introduction....................................................................114
9.2 System Setup ................................................................ 115
9.2.1 Print Server Side........................................................................ 115
9.2.2 Client Side........................................................................ .......... 115
10. LPR PRINTING ............................................................................120
10.1 Introduction................................................................ 121
10.2 Standard LPR Settings in Windows XP..................... 122
11.3 Standard LPR Settings in Windows Vista..................129
11.4 Standard LPR Settings in MAC OS 10.x ................... 135
11.4.1 MAC 10.4.x.............................................................................135
11.4.2 MAC 10.3.x.............................................................................136
12. WINDOWS XP SP2 SETUP.........................................................140
1. Introduction
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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 a network port (10/100Mbps
Ethernet) and three printer ports.
This print server supports IPX/SPX, NetBEUI, TCP/IP and
AppleTalk protocols. It is the best network printing
solutions for various common network operating systems
such as Windows 98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista,
NetWare, Unix/Linux and MAC OS, etc.
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 the print server.
In the following chapters, we will introduce in detail the
printing features, installation methods, and system
configuration for different network environments.
If you would like to set up and install print server quickly,
please refer to the Quick Installation Guide that comes
along with this print server.
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1.2 Product Package
This package contains the following components:
One Print Server
One Power Adapter
One Quick Installation Guide
One CD (Utility, Multi-language Quick Installation G uide &
User Manual)
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1.3 Network Printing Architecture
This section illustrates how print server funct ions 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 introdu ce the role every component
plays in the network-printing environment.
Print Server
Client User
Network Server (optional)
Network Printing Environment
Print Server
Workstation
Client User
Unix Print Server
Windows 2000
Windows 98Windows NT
Network Server
NetWare Server
Windo ws NT Server
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1.3.1 Print Server Network Functions
Print Server
Unix Print Server
Windows 2000
Worksta tion
Windows 98Windows NT
NetWare Server
Windows NT Server
Because print server supports IPX/SPX, NetBEUI, TCP/IP
and AppleTalk network protocols, any networked computer
can directly print to the print server from any of its
installed protocol.
1.3.2 Network Printing Functions for Clients
Client User
Unix Print Server
Windows 98Windows NT
Windows 2000
Worksta tion
NetWare Server
Windows NT Server
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Common operating systems for clients are classified as
following:
Windows 98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista
Our print server system provides PTPP (Peer-to-Peer
Printing) driver and utilities for Windows
98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista users. PTPP (Peer-toPeer Printing) supports TCP/IP protocol.
In the client installation procedure, after PTPP (Peer-toPeer Printing Driver) is installed into Wind ows, the system
will automatically (manual conf iguration is also allowed)
search all the print servers on the network, and then add
their printing ports into Windows’ printing port (see below).
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PTPP
Windows 98
P1
Print Server
MIS-2
P1
P2
P3
Print Server
MIS-1
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 through print server.
MAC OS
MAC OS can use the system-standard AppleTalk network
to print through print server.
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1.3.3 Network Printing Functions for Network Server
Network Server
Unix Print Server
Windows 2000
Worksta tion
Windows 98Windows NT
NetWare Server
Windows NT Server
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. Adding this printing function into
Windows NT/2000/2003 Server allows print queue, user
authority management, and many other advanced features
to be used.
NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.x
In NetWare environment, print server offers various
printing modes like print queue, remote printer, etc.
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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.
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NetWare Network (see below)
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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 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.
Chapter 7 and chapter 8 introduce print server ’s
management and configuration ut ilities on Windows and
Web Browser’s environment respectively. You may select
the appropriate management utility according to the
administrator’s computer platform.
Chapter 9 introduces Print Server ’s Email Printing
function and setup procedure. The Email Printing provides
a new way to print documents across the Internet by the
Email.
Chapter 10 introduces Print Server ’s IPP Printing function
and setup procedure. The IPP Printing provides a
convenient way to print documents across the Internet by
the IPP protocol.
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Chapter 11 introduces Print Server ’s LPR Printing function
and Windows XP/Vista and MAC OS 10.x standard setup
procedures. The LPR Printing (Line Printer Remote
technology) allows users to connect to printers via TCP/IP
for printing sharing.
Chapter 12 In Windows XP SP2, you may not find any
print server listed on the “Available Ports” in “Network
Ports Quick Setup”. Please follow the instruction in this
chapter and resolve the problem.
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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
NetWare Bindery Printing
AppleTalk
SMB Printing
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2. Hardware Installation
1. Unpack the print server package and verify that all the
items listed in the section 1.2 are provided.
2. Connect the print server to the printer you want to
share on the network by standard Parallel cable.
3. Connect the print server to your network by attached
the network cable to the UTP port of the print server.
4. 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 will flash.
When the status LED is unlighted, the print server is ready.
NOTE1: MUST use the power adapter shipped with the print
server, do NOT use any other power adapter from any
sources.
NOTE2: To prevent the compatibility problem between print
server and a few printer, it is recommended that you
power on the print server before the printer.
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3. Windows Peer-to-Peer
Network
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3.1 System Architecture
Print server supports Windows Peer-to-Peer network
printing mode, which is suitable for most medium and
small network environments. Through quick and simple
installation procedure, users can immediately enjoy the
convenience of network printing.
Installation procedure is separated into following two parts:
1. Administrator Installation and Setup (refer to section 2
for more detailed information).
System administrators must:
Install administrator’s utilities into his/her computer.
Configure print server from administrator’s configuration
utility.
2. Client Installation and Configuration (refer to section 3
for more detailed information).
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Client users must install Windows PTPP driver (Peer-toPeer Printing) for network printing.
In addition, after PTPP is installed, the system w ill
automatically search for all print servers on the network,
and add the printing port of the print servers into
Windows’ printing port (refer to Network Printing
Architecture in section 1.4 for more detailed information).
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3.2 Installation Wizard
This wizard can be run in Windows 2000/XP/Vista. The following
procedures are operated in Windows XP.
If you lose the CD ROM or you prefer the traditional setup
procedure, please follow the instruction as following step in this
quick installation guide.
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3.3 Administrator Installation and Setup
**PLEASE FIND THE UTILITY MANUALLY FROM CD-ROM
DRIVE’S ROOT DIRECTORY OR DOWNLOAD IT FROM EDIMAX
WEBISTE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION PLEASE CHECK WITH
EDIMAX LOCAL TECHNICAL SUPPORT TEAM.
The Administrator Installation Program executes a wizard-driven
procedure that performs the following tasks:
Install all necessary utilities and drivers in your PC (including
the client utilities).
Prompt to configure the print server (including the print server
name and IP Address).
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
2000/XP/2003/Vista 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). Note that the following steps
are running in Windows XP, for other Operation Systems the
procedures are similar.
1.Please execute the Administrator installation software
manually.
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2.The “Print Server Utilities” window will be displayed.
Click “Next”.
3.Click “Next” to install the utilities in the default folder or
click “Change” to specify the destination folder where you
would like to install the utilities.
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4.Select the components you want to install. It is highly
recommended to install all provided compon ents. Click
“Next” to continue.
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5.The system will start to install the utilities automatically.
6.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”.
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NOTE 1: If this is the first time you configure the Print
Server, the “Print Server Name” is the last 6digit 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.
7.Specify a recognizable name for the Print Server and
click “Next”.
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8.Specify the IP Address for the Print Server manually or
click “Next” to keep default IP Address, i.e. 10.0.0.1
9.The configuration summary is displayed in the window.
Now, you have completed the Print Server se tup. Click
“Finish” and your system will add network port of the Print
Server to your PC automatically.
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10.The Administrator Installation procedur e 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).
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3.4 Administrator Utilities
After Administrator Installation is completed, there will be
four utilities in print server ’s Program folder.
Network Ports Quick Setup – Add the network ports of
print servers within the network to your PC.
Print Server Configuration – Allows you to configure the
print server’s IP Address, network protocols and other
advanced functions. Please refer to Chapter 7 for the
detail instruction of the configuration.
Remote Ports – Add the network port of remote printer
server to your PC.
Uninstall – Assistant for removing all installed
administrator software.
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3.5 Client Installation and Setup
*PLEASE FIND THE UTILITY MANUALLY FROM CD-ROM DRIVE’S
ROOT DIRECTORY OR DOWNLOAD IT FROM EDIMAX WEBISTE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION PLEASE CHECK WITH EDIMAX
LOCAL TECHNICAL SUPPORT TEAM.
The Client Installation Program is a wizard driven procedure which
will perform the following tasks:
Install client utilities and drivers into your PC.
Automatically add all Network Ports to your PC.
The network port driver supports network protocol auto-detection. It
will automatically select an available network protocol (TCP/IP, IPX or
NetBEUI) of the client computer to connect to the print server.
Since both the print server side and client side support multi-protocols,
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
2000/XP/2003/Vista 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. Note that the following
steps are running in Windows XP, for other Operation Systems the
procedures are similar.
1.Please execute the Client installation software manually.
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2.The “Print Server Utilities” window will be displayed.
Click “Next”.
3.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.
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4.The system will start to install the utilities automatically.
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5.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 ne twork will be added to
your PC automatically, click “Continue”.
Note that if there are no print servers detected in the
network currently, please click “Continue” to finish the
installation. Please refer to Section 3.5.1 to add network
ports of print servers manually.
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6.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.
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3.6 Client Utilities
After Client Installation is comp leted, there will be three
tools in print server’s Program folder.
Network Ports Quick Setup
Remote Ports
Uninstall Network Driver
The Uninstall Network Driver will assist you in re moving
all installed client software. The other two tools are
described as follows.
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3.6.1 Network Ports Quick Setup
Network Ports Quick Setup Utility offers a very s imple
method to add or remove print server’s printer port from
the client’s computer.
During the client’s installation procedure, the system will
automatically search for all print servers on the network,
and add them into the printer ports of the client’s
computer (see below).
If you have just installed another new print server in the
network, you must run this program first. This program will
search for new print servers and allow you to add the new
network printer port into client’s computer conveniently.
Perform the standard Add Printer procedure, then you can
print directly to the printer through the newly installed
print server.
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Please be aware that Network Ports Quick Setu p Utility
can only detect and configure all print servers on the
same network, it cannot search and configure print
servers on other subnets across network segments. You
must use Remote Ports Ut ility described in the next
section to manage remote (across network segments)
print servers.
Select the network ports in the “Available Ports” list and
click “>” to add ports. If you want to add all available ports,
please click “>>”. To cancel some of the network ports or
all ports from the “Chosen Ports” list, please click “<” or
“<<”.
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3.6.2 Remote Ports (Utility)
Remote Ports Utility offers a convenient way for you to
manage and add printer port of the remote print server.
From the assistant of this utility, you can print to other
print servers outside the subnet across network segment.
However, please note that this function only supports
TCP/IP network protocol.
Please follow the procedures described below:
Step1. Run Remote Ports Utility. Clicks “Add” to add a
remote print port.
Step2. Enter print server ’s name, IP address, se lect
used ports, and enter LPR queue name of each port. Click
“Ok”.
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Step3. The new remote prin t port is displayed as follows.
In order to use the remote printing functio n, 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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3.7 Windows Add Printer Procedure
After adding a “Network Port” of the print server to your
PC by Administrator or Client Installation Program, you
can follow the procedures described in the following
sections to add printer to the Windows.
3.7.1 Windows Vista
The following “Add Printer” steps are running in Windows
Vista .
Click “Start”, select “Settings\Printers”.
Click “Add a Printer”.
The “Add Printer” wizard is displayed. Select “Ad d a local
printer”.
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Choose the suitable printer port which was created by the
installation process and click “Next”.
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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Name your printer and set the default printer, click “Next”.
The printer drivers are being installed.
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It is recommended to print a test page. Click “Finish”.
The printer is added to “Printers” page, you have added
the printer to your computer successfully. Now you can
start to print from your computer to the print server.
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3.7.2 Windows XP
The following “Add Printer” steps are running in Windows
XP, the steps in other Operating Systems such as
Windows 98SE/Me/2000 are similar.
Click “Start”, choose “Settings” and select “Printers and
Faxes”.
Click “Add a Printer”.
The “Add Printer Wizard” is displayed. Click “Next”.
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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”.
Choose the suitable “Print Server Network Port” which
was created by the Administrator Installation or Client
Installation process and click “Next”.
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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.
Name your printer and setup the default printer, click
“Next”.
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Choose to print the test page or not. It is recommended to
print a test page. Click “Next”.
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.
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4. Windows NT/2000/2003
Network
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4.1 System Architecture
In Windows network environment, other than the Peer-toPeer network printing architecture described in the
previous chapter, we also offer the Server-Based Printing
architecture for Windows NT/2000/2003 server. Only one
Windows NT/2000/2003 is required to have Windows
PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) driver installed and share
the printing service on the network. Other network users
can simply connect to the server and access the shared
printer (see below).
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4.2 Windows NT/2000/2003 Server
Installation and Setup
Please follow the procedures described below for
installation and construct a peer-to-peer connection
(PTPP) between Windows NT/2000/2003 Server and Print
Server.
Step1.
If this is your first time installing print server, please
install the administrator software on Windows
NT/2000/2003 server first. Refer to section 3.2 for
installation instructions.
If your network has already installed a working print
server and your Windows NT/2000/2003 server has not
yet installed the PTPP driver, please install the client
software. Refer to section 3.4 and 3.5 for installation
instructions.
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Step2.
Please add/configure the Peer-to-Peer Printing of the
Windows NT/2000/2003 network printer and verify that
you can print from Windows NT/2000/2003 to the print
server by the installed PTPP driver.
Step3.
Share the above server’s printer to the network by
performing the standard Windows printer sharing process.
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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 c omplete the
configurations afterwards to access the shared printer.
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5. NetWare Network
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5.1 System Architecture
We implemented NetWare printer sharing functionality into
the print server itself, thus allowing one or more printers
attached by a print server to be connected to the network.
We have developed the print server to support NetWare
print server.
Embedded print server, which emulates the “queue
management functionality” of NetWare print server,
PSERVER program running on the NetWare server. A user
first prints a job at a workstation, the job is routed to a
NetWare server, the NetWare server stores the job in a
print queue and then the print server gets the print job
from the queue to printers.
Print Queue
Windows 98
Windows 2000
Netware Server
Print Server
Compare with NetWare printing functionality, the
advantages of embedding the NetWare network printing
functionality in the print server include:
Installation is easier and quicker.
Network management is easier.
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Printing performance is enhanced.
Relieve NetWare file server’s burden.
Relieve the need of a workstation running the remote
printer utility.
Improve productivity by locating the printer near the
workgroup.
Each print server should log into a NetWare server before
servicing the print jobs. Ea ch print server will occupy a
user account with which it can log into the NetWare server.
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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. Run the NetWare PCONSOLE program.
2. Change the current file server, if necessary, using the
Change Current File Server menu selection.
3. Choose the Print Queue Information menu selection.
4. Press the Insert key to add a new print queue.
5. Type in a print queue name, such as “PQ” or “Q1”.
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6. You have now successfully created the print queue
that your print server will serve. Press the Escape key
until the Available Options main menu is displayed.
7. Select Print Server Information.
8. Press the Insert key to add a new NetWare print
server object. The print server name can be identical to
the PSxxxxxx name printed on the label of the print server.
9. Press Enter to select the n ewly created print server.
10. Select Print Server Configuration.
11. Select Prin ter 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.
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13. Press Escape, and answer Yes to the Save Changes
question.
14. Select Queues Serviced by Printer, then select
Printer 0 (or Printer 1, Printer 2) and press Enter.
15. Press Insert and add your newly created print queue
to the list of queues serviced by the printer. Enter a
priority number for the queue service, or press Enter to
accept the default.
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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.
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6. UNIX System Network
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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
configuration examples in this manual follow the syntax
for BSD based Unix systems. Please refer to the related
system documentation for the correct syntax of your
systems.
To configure the print server for LPD printing, perform the
procedures below:
1. Enable Print Server’s TCP/IP Support.
2. Set up Print Server’s IP address.
3. Verify Print Server’s IP Address.
4. Configure remote LPD printing on the host.
5. Print a test page.
In the next sections, we will describe these five
procedures step by step.
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6.2 Enable Print Server’s TCP/IP Support
The default configuration of the print server is with TCP/IP
support enabled. Anyway, yo u can configure the print
server to enable TCP/IP support using the configuration
program.
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6.3 Setup Print Server’s IP Address
The print server must have a unique IP address in order to
be recognized by the network.
You can set up the IP address on the various Unix
systems using any one of the following methods:
1. ARP & Ping Assignment (Recommend for Unix)
2. DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)
3. BOOTP (Bootstrap Protocol)
4. RARP (Reverse Address Resolution Protocol)
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 ARP & Ping Assignment
You can use ARP and Ping commands with a web
browser to complete print server ’s IP address setting.
Parameters for the commands are as follows:
arp –s <IP Address> <Ethernet ID>
ping <IP Address>
For example, a print server with the following
configuration:
Node ID: 0000B4010101
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(the Node ID is printed on the rear side of the print
server)
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, print server ’s IP will “temporarily”
be set to 203.66.191.12 (will restore after reb oot).
Therefore, you need to run your web browser to set a
permanent IP address (refer to section 8.3.7 for detailed
IP configuration).
6.3.2 DHCP
There are many Unix systems that support 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
systems. It is highly recommended that the DHCP server
should be located on the same network as the print server.
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6.3.3 BOOTP
If you have the BOOTP daemon, bootpd, running on
your UNIX system that is accessible by the print server,
you can use the BOOTP protocol to set up the IP address
of the print server. We recommend that the BOOTP server
should be located on the same subnet as the print server.
If you use Network Information Services (NIS) in your
system, you may need to rebuild the NIS map with the
BOOTP services before doing the following BOOTP
configuration. 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 superuser (root). Perform the following steps to add
address entries,
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:
203.66.191.12 pserver
2. Add an entry to the host’s /etc/bootptab file, similar to
the following:
hostname:\
:ht=1:\
:ha=print_server_ethernet_address:\
:ip=print_server_ip_address:
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Lines should be indented with tabs.
Where hostname is the device name of a print server,
the ht=1 tag specifies the hardware type is Ethernet, the
ha= tag specifies the Ethernet address of a print server,
which is the Node ID located on the print server. The ha
tag must be preceded by the ht tag. The ip= tag should
correspond to the IP address you want to assign to the
print server.
For example, 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:
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6.3.4 RARP
The procedure below enables the RARP daemon
running on your system to respond to a RARP request
from the print server and to assign the IP address to the
print server.
1. Log in the host of RARP server as the superuser (root).
2. 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:
203.66.191.12 pserver
3. Add the Ethernet address and the host name for the
print server to the /etc/ethers file, by adding a line such as:
00:00:B4:01:01:01 pserver
Where the Ethernet address of the print server is the
Node ID located on the print server.
4. If your system uses Network Infor mation Services
(NIS), you will need to make changes to the NIS h ost 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.
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6.4 Verify Print Server’s IP Address
To verify that your print server is responding to the newly
assigned IP address using a PING command:
ping ip-address
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6.5 Configure Remote lpd Printing on the
Host
The procedure you use to configure your Unix host(s) to
allow printing to your network remote print server varies
between different varieties of Unix. The procedure below
can be used for Unix variants that are related to BSD Unix,
such as SunOS or Linux. For other versions of Unix,
consult your system documentation, keeping in mind that:
1. The print server should be treated as a BSD networked
print server host.
2. The host name should be the name (or IP address) that
you have assigned to the print server.
3. The printer name (or queue name) on the remote host
should be lpt1, lpt2 or lpt3, the name of the printer port on
the print server.
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 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:
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mkdir /var/spool/lpd/pserverd
chown daemon /var/spool/lpd/pserverd
chgrp daemon /var/spool/lpd/pserverd
chmod 775 /var/spool/lpd/pserverd
3. Add an entry to the host’s /etc/printcap file, similar to
the following:
printer-name:\
: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 print server. You can also use a host
name if you have assigned one in the /etc/hosts file.
The sd= entry should correspond to the spool directory
you created in the previous step.
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The rp= entry should correspond to the port name of the
remote printer. The values should be one of lpt1, lpt2 or
lpt3 depends on the printer port.
The print server should now be available for printing from
your Unix host.
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6.6 Print a Test Page
To print to the print server, you can use the lpr command:
lpr -Pprinter-name file ...
or, you can use the lp command on SCO Open Server:
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.
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7. Configuration Utility
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7.1 Introduction
This chapter introduces print server’s system
configuration utility in Windows e nvironment. This utility is
automatically installed during Windows Administrator
Utility installation procedure - refer to section 3.2 and 3.3.
This utility provides the most complete management and
configuration functions on th e print server side. This utility
only provides configuration functions for print server itself;
it does not include configuration functions for client side
or other file server or NetWare server in the network
environment.
The Configuration Utility p rovides the following
configuration and management functions:
Search Print Server: Search All Available Printer Servers
on the Network.
Print Server Status: Display Print Server Network Status.
General Configuration: General Information of print
server.
TCP/IP Configuration: IP Address and DHCP Server
Configuration.
NetWare Configuration: NetWare Printing Configuration.
AppleTalk Configu ration: AppleTalk Protocol Setting.
SNMP Configuration: SNMP Information Configuration.
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SMB: Configure the SMB Group Name.
System Configuration: Print Server Network Ability
Setting and Firmware Upgrade.
E-Mail Printing: E-Mail Pr inting configuration. Please
refer to Chapter 9.
Setup Wizard: Guide You Through All the Settings.
Report: List the Status of All Available Print Servers on
the Network.
We will explain each function separately in the fo llowing
section.
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7.2 Search for All Available Print Server
Every time when you run print server’s configuration utility,
click the “Search” icon
on the tool bar. The
configuration utility will delay for several seconds because
the utility is using system’s available netw ork 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. The system will, at the same time,
display the selected print server’s status on the right side
of the window.
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7.3 Status of Print Server
Click “Status” icon on the tool bar, the status of the
current selected print server will be showed on t he right
side of the window.
The information of the print server displayed are MAC ID,
Model Type, Firmware Version, status of each printer port,
NetWare file server name, NetWare file server polling
interval, NetWare printer queue names, IP address,
subnet mask, default gateway, AppleTalk printer type,
AppleTalk zone and print server printing ability…etc.
You can refresh the print server ’s status by pressing the
“Refresh” button
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You can restart the print server by press ing the “Reboot”
button
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7.4 Setup the Print Server
Click “Setup” icon on the tool bar, the setup items of
the current selected print server will be show ed 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.
y User Name: admin
y Password: no password (keep it blank)
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7.5 General Configuration
Double Click “General” icon and the General configuration
window will pop-up.
You can see basic print server info rmation in this page.
You also can configure the “Print Server Name”, “SMB
Group Name”, “User Name” and “Password” here.
Server Name, the name of the print server. You can use
this name to identify the print server when you are
searching for the print server by the administration and
client utilities.
User Name / Password is used to authenticate the
administrator by the Web administration tool.
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7.6 TCP/IP Configuration
Double Click “TCP/IP” icon and the TCP/IP configuration
window will pop-up.
You can configure the print server to automatically get IP
from DHCP server or manually specify static IP. The print
server also has a built-in DHCP server. You can enable
this DHCP server and let it manages IP for you.
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Click the “IP” button to enter the IP setting page. If you
need the print server to automatically get an IP from
DHCP server, select “Auto IP”. You also can select “Static
IP” to manually assign “IP Address”, “Subnet Mask” and
“Gateway” for the print server.
Click the “DHCP Server” button to enter the DHCP
server’s setting page. You can “Enable/Disable” the DHCP
server or 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” and “DNS”. The print server will assign a
unique IP for each client.
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7.7 Netware Print Server Configuration
Double Click “NetWare” icon and the NetWare
configuration window will pop-up.
This print server supports NetWare Bindery Printing
method. The print server periodically polls the NetWare
server printer queues for printing jobs. You have to assign
the NetWare server name, print server polling interval and
the name of queue on the NetWare server for each printer
port.
Polling Time is the polling interval of the print server for
waiting printing jobs on the NetWare server.
NetWare Server is the name of the NetWare file server
that provides printer queues.
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7.8 AppleTalk Configuration
Double Click “AppleTalk” icon and the AppleTalk
configuration window will pop-up.
AppleTalk is a data communication protocol often used by
Macintoshes. The print server can use these parameters
to join the AppleTalk network and share the printer to
other AppleTalk workstations. You have to setup the “Zone
Name” and “Printer Ty pe” 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. Only
workstations in the same zone can share the printer. If
you want to share the printer to all workstations in all
Zones, you should enter only “*” in the “Zone Name” field.
Printer Type, the type of printer attached to each printer
port. You can get the printer type from the manufacturer of
the printer.
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7.9 SNMP Configuration
Double Click “SNMP” icon and the SNMP configuration
window will pop up.
Contact: You can enter the print server adminis trator’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 displa yed in the
SNMP management tool.
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7.10 SMB Configuration
SMB Group Name, the name of SMB group that this print
server belongs to. All PC should join the same group
before they can use this print server by SMB protocol.
Pass Job when Error Occurred: When the prin ter is
interrupted because of paper out or off line while printing,
user can set the interval time to bypass the current
printing job. Or the printing document will not be printed
completely or with unformatted messages. The range is
from 1 to 120 seconds.
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7.11 System Configuration
Double Click “System” icon and the System configuration
window will pop-up.
In the System configuration page, you can select to
enable/disable each printing or management protocol,
assign name for each printer port of this print server, and
upgrade the new firmware for this print server.
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. After selecting the firmware file, click the “Upgrade”
button to finish the firmware update process. If you want
to reset the Print Server to default factory settings, please
click “Load Default”.
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Note that before you upgrade the firmware please make
sure that the IP Address settings of the MFP Server are in
the same network as your computer.
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7.12 Wizard
Click “Wizard” icon on the tool bar, the setup wizard
item of the current selected print server will be showed on
the right side of the window.
Double click the “Print Server Setup Wizard” the setup
wizard will guide you through all the setup process.
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Step 1: Set up the name of this print server.
Step 2: Select to enable required printing protocol. Please
refer to section 7.11 for detail information.
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Step 3: Setup the IP of this print server and the DHCP
server. Please refer to section 7.6 for detail information.
Step 4: Setup the AppleTalk printing. Please refer to
section 7.8 for detail information.
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Step 5: Setup the NetWare printing. Please refer to
section 7.7 for detail information.
Step 5: Click “Save” to finish setting.
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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 and Firmware Version of print
server.
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8. Web Management
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8.1 Introduction
Print server can be configured and managed on the Web.
Through Local Area Network, or even Internet,
administrator can easily configure and manage print
server’s various main functions in browsers. Simply enter
print server’s IP address into your browser’s address field
to manage a print server by print server’s built-in Web
Server. The default IP Address is 10.0.0.1. If the
configuration requires you to enter user name and
password, please enter “Admin” as user name and let the
password blank by default.
Print Server’s management screen contains three
frames:
Control Panel :
On the top, which contains several HyperText links that
links to an information or configuration page respectively.
Status Line :
On the bottom, which is used to display warning or error
message.
Configuration Pages :
In the middle, which contains several information pages
about print server and its attached printer(s), and several
configuration pages used to set up print server.
The browser will group the configurat ion items into
the following topics,
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