Edimax Technology PS-3207U User Manual

3 Ports Print Server Series

User’s Manual

Version: 1.0

(December, 2005)

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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 Administrator Installation and Setup...............................18

3.3 Administrator Utilities.......................................................26

3.4 Client Installation and Setup...........................................27

3.5 Client Utilities...................................................................32

3.5.1 Network Ports Quick Setup........................................................32

3.5.2 Remote Ports (Utility)................................................................34

3.6 Windows Add Printer Procedure.....................................37

4. WINDOWS NT/2000/2003 NETWORK............................41

4.1 System Architecture........................................................42

4.2 Windows NT/2000/2003 Server Installation and Setup..43

4.3 User Installation and Setup.............................................45

5. NETWARE NETWORK...................................................46

5.1 System Architecture........................................................47

5.2 NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.x Installation & Setup........................49

5.2.1 Installation Using PCONSOLE..................................................49

6. UNIX SYSTEM NETWORK.............................................53

6.1 Introduction......................................................................54

6.2 Enable Print Server’s TCP/IP Support............................55

6.3 Setup Print Server’s IP Address......................................56

6.3.1 DHCP........................................................................................56

6.3.2 BOOTP.....................................................................................56

6.4 Verify Print Server’s IP Address......................................59

6.5 Configure Remote LPD Printing on the Host..................60

7. CONFIGURATION UTILITY............................................63

7.1 Introduction......................................................................64

7.2 Search for All Available Print Server...............................66

7.3 Status of Print Server......................................................67

7.4 Setup the Print Server.....................................................69

7.5 General Configuration.....................................................71

7.6 TCP/IP Configuration......................................................72

7.7 Netware Print Server Configuration................................74

7.8 AppleTalk Configuration..................................................76

7.9 Rendezvous Configuration..............................................77

7.10 SNMP Configuration........................................................78

7.11 SMB Configuration..........................................................79

7.12 System Configuration......................................................80

7.13 Wireless Configuration(Wireless Version Only)..............83

7.14 Wizard.............................................................................92

7.15 Report..............................................................................96

8. WEB MANAGEMENT.....................................................97

8.1 Introduction......................................................................98

8.2 Login................................................................................99

8.3 Device Status................................................................100

8.3.1 System.....................................................................................100

8.3.2 Printer.....................................................................................101

8.3.3 TCP/IP....................................................................................102

8.3.4 SMB........................................................................................103

8.3.5 SNMP.....................................................................................104

8.3.6 NetWare..................................................................................105

8.3.7 AppleTalk................................................................................106

8.3.8 Rendezvous.............................................................................107

8.4 Setup Wizard.................................................................108

8.4.1 System.....................................................................................108

8.4.1.1 Admin Password....................................................................109

8.4.1.2 Advanced Settings.................................................................110

8.4.2 Wireless...................................................................................111

8.4.2.1 Site Survey............................................................................113

8.4.2.2 Encryption.............................................................................114

8.4.3 TCP/IP....................................................................................117

8.4.4 SMB........................................................................................118

8.4.5 SNMP.....................................................................................119

8.4.6 NetWare..................................................................................120

8.4.7 AppleTalk................................................................................121

8.4.8 Rendezvous.............................................................................122

8.4.9 Save Settings...........................................................................123

8.5 System Tools.................................................................124

8.5.1 Load Default............................................................................124

8.5.2 Upgrade Firmware from Browser............................................125

8.5.3 Backup Setting........................................................................126

9. TELNET MANAGEMENT...............................................127

9.1 Introduction......................................................................128

9.2 Login................................................................................129

9.3 Get Setting Values – “get” Command.............................130

9.4 Modify Setting Values – “set” Command........................133

9.5 Other Commands............................................................136

9.5.1 ipconfig...................................................................................136

9.5.2 reboot......................................................................................136

9.5.3 exit..........................................................................................136

9.5.4 help.........................................................................................136

10. IPP PRINTING..............................................................138

10.1 Introduction....................................................................139

10.2 System Setup................................................................140

10.2.1 Print Server Side....................................................................140

10.2.2 Client Side.............................................................................140

11. WINDOWS XP SP2 SETUP.........................................145

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 IEEE 802.11g/b wireless
LAN (up to 54Mbps data transfer rate), an Ethernet network
port (10/100Mbps Ethernet), two USB 2.0 ports and one
Parallel port for printers.

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 95/98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003, 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:

n One Print Server

n One Antenna

n One Power Adapter

n One Quick Installation Guide

n One CD-ROM (Including all the software utilities,

drivers and User’s Manual)

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1.3 Network Printing Architecture

This section illustrates how print server functions and
operates on the network. Before you install and use print
server, it is strongly recommended that you read this
section completely, and select only the chapters you need
according to your network operating system by “Contents
of the User’s Manual” in next section.

This section will first introduce the role every
component plays in the network-printing environment.

n Print Server

n Client User

n Network Server (optional)

Network Printing Environment

Print Server

NetWare Server

Workstation

Client User

Unix Print Server

Windows 2000

Windows 98Windows NT

Network Server

Windows NT Server

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1.3.1 Print Server Network Functions

Print Server

Unix Print Server

Windows 2000

Workstation

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

Workstation

NetWare Server

Windows NT Server

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Common operating systems for clients are classified as
following:

Windows 95/98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003

Our print server system provides PTPP (Peer-to-Peer
Printing) driver and utilities for Windows
95/98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 users. PTPP (Peer-to-Peer
Printing) supports TCP/IP protocol.

In the client installation procedure, after PTPP (Peer­to-Peer Printing Driver) is installed into Windows, the
system will automatically (manual configuration is also
allowed) search all the print servers on the network, and
then add their printing ports into Windows’ printing port
(see below).

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PTPP

Windows 98

P1

Print Server

MIS-2

P1

P2

Print Server

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

P3

MIS-1

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

Workstation

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 introduce:

Chapter 3. Windows Peer-to-Peer Network

Chapter 4. Windows NT/2000/2003 Server-Based
Networks

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 utilities 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 the commands that can be used in
print server management through Telnet.

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 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:

n PTPP (Peer-to-Peer-Printing)

n TCP/IP (LPR)

n IPP Printing

n NetWare Bindery Printing

n AppleTalk

n 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.

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 three Printer
Port LEDs will be on. When the LEDs are 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:

Ÿ Install administrator’s utilities into his/her

computer.

Ÿ Configure print server from administrator ’s

configuration utility.

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2. Client Installation and Configuration (refer to

section 3 for more detailed information).

Client users must install Windows PTPP driver (Peer­to-Peer Printing) for network printing.

In addition, after PTPP is installed, the system will
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 Administrator Installation and Setup

The Administrator Installation can be performed on
Windows 95/98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 with the same
user interface. Before the installation, please verify that
your network protocol is installed on your PC (TCP/IP, IPX
and/or NetBEUI). It will be helpful in your installation
process.

1. Insert the CD shipped along with the print server

into your CD-ROM drive. The Autorun.exe program should
be executed automatically. If not, run Autorun.exe
manually from CD-ROM drive’s root directory.

2. The Installation will be displayed on the screen as

following. Click “Admin Utility” then “English Version”.

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3. The “Utilities Setup” window will be displayed.

Click “Next”.

4. 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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5. Select the components you want to install. It is

highly recommended to install all provided components.
Click “Next” to continue.

6. Specify the program folder where the program icons

will be added to, click “Next”.

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7. The system will start to install the utilities

automatically.

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8. You have completed the installation phase and

prepare to configure the Print Server. The “Choose Print
Server” will list all Print Servers within the network. Select
the Print Server you would like to configure and click
“Next”.

NOTE 1: If this is the first time you configure the Print Server,

the “Print Server Name” is the last 6-digit of MAC ID
with prefix “PS”. Please check the MAC ID on the
print server.

NOTE 2: The list can only display the devices from the same

manufacturer.

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9. Specify a recognizable name for the Print Server

and click “Next”.

10. Specify the IP Address for the Print Server

manually or click “Next” to keep default IP Address, i.e.

192.168.2.2.

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11. 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.

12. The Administrator Installation procedure is

totally completed. Click “Finish”.

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The Administrator Installation Program have executed
the installation procedure that performs the following tasks:

n Install all utilities and drivers to the

administrator’s PC.

n Configure the print server (including the print

server name and network protocol)

n 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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3.3 Administrator Utilities

After Administrator Installation is completed, there
will be four utilities in print server’s Program folder.

n Network Ports Quick Setup – Add the network

ports of print servers within the network to your PC.

n 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.

n Remote Ports – Add the network port of remote

printer server to your PC.

n Uninstall – Assistant for removing all installed

administrator software.

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3.4 Client Installation and Setup

The Client Installation can be performed on Windows
95/98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 with the same user interface.
Before the installation procedure, please confirm that your
PC has connected to the network and installed at least one
network protocol.

1. Insert the CD shipped along with the print server

into your CD-ROM drive. The Autorun.exe program should
be executed automatically. If not, run Autorun.exe
manually from CD-ROM drive’s root directory.

2. The "Installation Manager" will be displayed on the

screen as follows. Click “Client Utility” then “English
Version”.

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3. The “Utilities Setup” window will be displayed.

Click “Next”.

4. 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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5. Specify the program folder where the program icons

will be added to, click “Next”.

6. The system will start to install the utilities

automatically.

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7. Now, the installation procedure is completed, you

are ready to set up the client’s computer. All network ports
of the Print Servers detected on the network will be added
to your PC automatically, click “Continue”.

8. The Client Installation procedure is completed.

Click “Finish”.

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After the installation, you have completed the
following tasks:

n Install all utilities and drivers to the client’s PC.

n 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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3.5 Client Utilities

After Client Installation is completed, there will be
three tools in print server’s Program folder.

n Network Ports Quick Setup

n Remote Ports

n Uninstall Network Driver

The Uninstall Network Driver will assist you in
removing all installed client software. The other two tools
are described as follows.

3.5.1 Network Ports Quick Setup

Network Ports Quick Setup Utility offers a very
simple method to add or remove print server’s printer port
from the client’s computer.

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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 Setup 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 Utility described in the next section to
manage remote (across network segments) print servers.

3.5.2 Remote Ports (Utility)

Remote Ports Utility offers a convenient way for you
to manage and add printer port of the remote 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.

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Step2. Enter print server’s name, IP address, select

used ports, and enter LPR queue name of each
port. Click “Ok”.

Step3. The new remote print port is displayed as

follows.

In order to use the remote printing function, you will
have to proceed with normal Add Printer procedure and
select your printer port as the newly added remote printer
port.

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3.6 Windows Add Printer Procedure

After adding a “Network Port” of the print server to
your PC by Administrator or Client Installation Program,
you can follow the procedure described below to add
printer to the Windows. Note that following “Add Printer”
steps are running in Windows XP, the steps in other
Operating Systems are similar.

Step1. Click “Start”, choose “Settings” and select

“Printers and Faxes”.

Step2. Click “Add a Printer”.

Step3. The “Add Printer Wizard” is displayed. Click

“Next”.

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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”.

Step5. 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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Step6. Select a suitable printer manufacturer and the

printer model and click “Next”. If your printer
is not in the list, click “Have Disk…” to install
the driver of the printer. After installation, the
printer model will be added to the list.

Step7. Name your printer and setup the default printer,

click “Next”.

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Step8. Choose to print the test page or not. It is

recommended to print a test page. Click
“Next”.

Step9. You have added the printer to the PC

successfully. The information of the printer is
displayed in the windows. Click “Finish”.

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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 Peer­to-Peer 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.

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.

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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 complete 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:

n Installation is easier and quicker.

n Network management is easier.

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n Printing performance is enhanced.

n Relieve NetWare file server’s burden.

n Relieve the need of a workstation running the

remote printer utility.

n Improve productivity by locating the printer near

the workgroup.

Each print server should log into a NetWare server
before servicing the print jobs. Each print server will
occupy a user account with which it can log into the
NetWare server.

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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 newly created print server.

10. Select Print Server Configuration.

11. Select Printer Configuration.

12. Select Printer 0 (or Printer 1, Printer 2), and press

Enter, then select LPT1 (or LPT2, LPT3) in the
Type field. If your print server is with only one
port, you do not need to configure this Type field.

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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, you 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. DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)

2. BOOTP (Bootstrap 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 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.

6.3.2 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,
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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:

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.

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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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6.4 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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3. Add an entry to the host’s /etc/printcap file, similar
to the following:

mkdir /var/spool/lpd/pserverd

chown daemon /var/spool/lpd/pserverd

chgrp daemon /var/spool/lpd/pserverd

chmod 775 /var/spool/lpd/pserverd

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.

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.

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The print server should now be available for printing
from your Unix host.

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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 environment. 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 the 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 provides the following
configuration and management functions:

n Search Print Server: Search All Available Printer

Servers on the Network.

n Print Server Status : Display Print Server Network

Status.

n General Configuration: General Information of

print server.

n TCP/IP Configuration: IP Address and DHCP

Server Configuration.

n NetWare Configuration: NetWare Printing

Configuration.

n AppleTalk Configuration : AppleTalk Protocol

Setting.

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n Rendezvous : Allow you to configure the

Rendezvous function.

n SNMP Configuration : SNMP Information

Configuration.

n SMB : Configure the SMB Group Name.

n System Configuration: Print Server Network

Ability Setting and Firmware Upgrade.

n Wireless Configuration : Wireless LAN

Configuration.

n Setup Wizard: Guide You Through All the

Settings.

n Report : List the Status of All Available Print

Servers on the Network.

We will explain each function separately in the
following 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 network protocols to
search for all print servers on the network. All available
print servers will be listed under “Print Server Group” on
the left side of the window.

You must select the print server you would like to
configure from the list. 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 the right
side of the window.

The information of the print server displayed are MAC
ID, Model Type, Firmware Version, status of each printer
port, 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 pressing 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 showed on the
right side of the window.

Double click one of the icons to set up the selected
print server. A screen will pop up to verify “User Name”
and “Password” of the print server. The default values are
as follows.

Ÿ User Name: admin

Ÿ Password: 1234

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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 information 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

Address” 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.

Queue Serviced by Printer is the name of the printer
queue on the NetWare server. The printer queue keeps all
printing jobs waiting on the NetWare server. You have to
assign a printer queue for each printer port of this print
server.

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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 Type” for each printer port of this print
server.

Zone Name: Print server has to join zones of
AppleTalk before it can be shared to other workstations.
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 Rendezvous Configuration

Rendezvous enables automatically discovery of
computers, devices and services on IP network. The service
name will be seen by users on IP network, you have to
designate the unique and friendly name to describe the
device.

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7.10 SNMP Configuration

Double Click “SNMP” icon and the SNMP
configuration window will pop up.

Contact: You can enter the print server administrator ’s
contact information here. This information will be
displayed in the SNMP management tool.

Location: You can enter the installed location of the
print server here. This information will be displayed in the
SNMP management tool.

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7.11 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.

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7.12 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,
upgrade the new firmware for this print server, and
enable/disable wireless function.

Port Name is the name of the printer port. Each printer
port has to be assigned a name. The client utility uses this
name to access the printer port.

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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”.

Wireless Function: You can select “Enable ” or
“Disable” to manually enable or disable the wireless

function. If you manually enable wireless function, the
print server’s wireless LAN will be always enabled and
Ethernet will be always disabled. If you manually disable
the wireless function, the print server’s wireless LAN will
be always disabled and Ethernet will be always enabled.
You also can select “Auto” to let the print server
automatically decide to enable or disable the wireless
function. The print server only can work in ether Ethernet
or wireless LAN mode. It cannot work in both Ethernet and
wireless LAN mode at the same time. When the print server
starts up, it will auto-detect if the LAN port is connected to
an active network by an Ethernet cable. If the print server
is connected to an active network by Ethernet cable when
starting up, the print server will run in Ethernet mode. If
the print server is not connected to an active network by
Ethernet cable when starting up, the print server will run in
wireless LAN mode. The print server default is in “Auto ”
mode.

Domain Country: The wireless channels are different
from country to country. Generally, the channels are from 1
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Country setting is for you to set the available channels
according to your location.

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7.13 Wireless Configuration

If you want to use the print server through wireless

LAN, please set up the print server through Ethernet first
and make sure your wireless LAN setting is correct. After
setting the wireless LAN, unplug the Ethernet cable and
restart the print server, then you can start to use the print
server through wireless LAN. If the wireless configuration
does not work, please plug the Ethernet cable again, restart
the print server and configure the print server through
Ethernet until the wireless LAN settings are correct.

The default settings of the print server wireless
function are as follows.

Ÿ Mode: Ad-Hoc

Ÿ SSID: Default

Ÿ Channel: 11

Double Click “Wireless ” icon and the wireless
configuration window will pop-up.

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If you use access point to build up wireless network,
you have to select “Infrastructure Mode”. If you do not
have any access point and want to use peer-to-peer
connection to build up wireless network, you have to select
“Ad-Hoc Mode”.

After selecting the operation modes of the wireless
function, click “Next” to go to further detailed
configuration.

Infrastructure Mode:

In the Infrastructure mode, you have to let the print
server associate with an access point. You let the print
server scan for an available access point automatically or
manually assign the SSID of the access point you want to
use.

If you select to let the print server scan for an
available access point, the following window will pop up.

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The list is the scanned available access points. Select
an access point in the list and click “Next”. If you cannot
find the access point that you want to use, click “Scan ” to
let the print server scan again.

Ad Hoc Mode:

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In the Ad-Hoc mode, you can let the print server
automatically associate with other wireless station or
manually assign the SSID of your wireless network. You
can let the print server automatically select the channel that
is the same with the peer or manually assign a channel.

If you select to let the print server scan for an active
wireless station, the following window will pop up.

The list is the scanned active wireless stations. Select a
wireless station in the list and click “Next”. If you cannot
find the wireless station that you want the print server to
communicate with, click “Scan” to let the print server scan
again.

Both “Infrastructure” and “Ad-Hoc ” mode have to go
through the following procedure:

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This print server supports WEP and WPA-PSK security
mode. If you want to use WEP encryption to protect your
wireless network, you have to select “WEP(ASCII) ” or
“WEP(HEX)”. If you want to use WPA-PSK, you have to
select “WPA-shared key”. The wireless security setting
should be the same with other wireless devices in the same
network.

WEP Security Mode:

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You can select “64 bit” or “128 bit” length and
“Hexadecimal” or “ASCII” format for the encryption key.
Longer key length can provide stronger security but worth
communication performance.

Enter four key values by following the rules below and
select one key as the default key.

Ÿ PassPhrase – A passphrase simplifies the WEP encryption

process by automatically generating the WEP encryption keys
for the print server. This setting is only valid when the security
mode is in “WEP(HEX)”.

Ÿ Key 1 to Key 4 – If the key length is 64-bit, enter 10-digit Hex

values or 5-digit ASCII values as the encryption keys. For
example: “0123456aef“ or “Guest“.

If the key length is 128-bit, enter 26-digit Hex values or 13­digit ASCII values as the encryption keys. For example:
“01234567890123456789abcdef“ or “administrator“.

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WPA-shared key Security Mode:

When “WPA-shared key”, also named “WPA-PSK”
requires users to select the advanced encryption methods,
i.e. TKIP or AES and enter a set of shared key.

Ÿ TKIP – TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) changes the

temporal key every 10,000 packets. This insures much greater
security than the standard WEP security.

Ÿ AES – AES has been developed to ensure the highest degree

of security and authenticity for digital information and it is the
most advanced solution defined by IEEE 802.11i for the
security in the wireless network.

Ÿ Shared Key – Enter 8 to 63 digits of ASCII format to be the

key for the authentication within the network.

When you finish configuring the wireless security,
click “Next” to go to next step.

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You can select to let the print server automatically
obtain IP settings with DHCP client or manually assign the
IP settings.

If you manually assign the IP settings, you have to
enter IP address, subnet mask and default gateway address.

When you finish configuring the IP settings, click
“Next” to confirm the IP Address configuration.

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Click “Save” to save the wireless configuration.

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7.14 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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