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LevelOne
WPS-9121/WPS-9122
11g Wireless Mini Printer Server w/Parallel (USB2.0) Port
User Manual
V1.0.0-0601
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Contents
1. INTRODUCTION....................................................................6
1.1 Product Introduction................................... 7
1.2 Product Package ......................................... 8
1.3 Network Printing Architecture ................... 9
1.3.1 Printer Server Network Functions ............................... 9
1.3.2 Network Printing Functions for Clients ...................... 11
1.3.3 Network Printing Functions for Network Server ........ 13
1.4 Network Printing Environment................. 14
1.5 Contents of the User Manual.................... 16
1.6 Printing Function....................................... 17
2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION ............................................18
3. WINDOWS PEER TO PEER NETWORK............................21
3.1 System Architecture............................. 22
3.2 Administrator Installation and Setup . 23
3.3 Administrator Utilities .......................... 32
3.4 Client Installation and Setup ............... 33
3.5 Client Utilities ........................................ 38
3.5.1 Network Ports Quick Setup .................................. 38
3.5.2 Remote Ports (Utility) ........................................... 41
3.6 Windows Add Printer Procedure........... 43
4. WINDOWS 2000 NETWORK ..............................................47
4.1 System Architecture ................................. 48
4.2 Windows 2000 Installation and Setup ..... 49
4.3 User Installation and Setup ...................... 50
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5. Netware Network ......................................... 55
5.1 System Architecture .............................. 56
5.2 NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.x Installation & Setup57
5.2.1 Installation Using PCONSOLE ............................. 57
5.2.1.1 Configuring as Printer server Mode.................. 57
6. UNIX SYSTEM NETWORK .................................................60
6.1 Unix Introduction.................................... 61
6.2 Enable Printer server’s TCP/IP Support62
6.3 Setup Printer server’s IP Address ........ 63
6.3.1 DHCP..................................................................... 63
6.3.2 BOOTP................................................................... 63
6.4 Verify Printer server’s IP Address ...... 66
6.5 Configure Remote LPD Printing on the
Host................................................................... 67
7. ADMINISTRATOR CONFIGURATION UTILITY .................69
7.1 Introduction........................................... 70
7.2 Search for All Available Printer server.. 71
7.3 Status of Printer server........................ 72
7.4 Setup the Printer server....................... 73
7.5 AppleTalk Configuration...................... 74
7.6 General Configuration.......................... 79
7.7 Netware Printer server Configuration.. 80
7.8 System Configuration .......................... 81
7.9 TCP/IP Configuration ........................... 83
7.10 Wireless Configuration....................... 85
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7.11 SNMP Configuration ........................... 92
7.12 SMB Configuration ............................. 93
7.13 Wizard .................................................. 94
7.14 Report .................................................. 99
8. WEB MANAGEMENT........................................................100
8.1 Introduction .......................................... 101
8.2 Login .................................................... 102
8.3 Device Status ...................................... 103
8.3.1 System ............................................................... 103
8.3.2 Printer................................................................. 104
8.3.3 TCP/IP................................................................ 105
8.3.4 SMB.................................................................... 106
8.3.5 SNMP ................................................................. 107
8.3.6 NetWare ............................................................. 108
8.3.7 AppleTalk............................................................ 109
8.4 Setup Wizard ....................................... 110
8.4.1 System ............................................................... 110
8.4.1.1 Advanced Settings ..........................................111
8.4.2 Wireless...............................................................111
8.4.2.1 General Setting .............................................. 112
8.4.2.2 Encryption ...................................................... 113
8.4.2.3 Site Survey..................................................... 115
8.4.3 TCP/IP................................................................ 116
8.4.4 SMB.................................................................... 117
8.4.5 SNMP ................................................................. 118
8.4.6 NetWare ............................................................. 119
8.4.7 AppleTalk............................................................ 120
8.4.8 Save Settings ..................................................... 121
8.5 System Tools ...................................... 122
8.5.1 Load Default ....................................................... 122
8.5.2 Upgrade Firmware from Browser ....................... 123
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9. IPP PRINTING....................................................................124
9.1 Introduction ......................................... 125
9.2 System Setup ...................................... 126
9.2.1 Printer server Side.............................................. 126
9.2.2 Client Side .......................................................... 126
10. WINDOWS XP SP2 SETUP ............................................130
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1. Introduction
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1.1 Product Introduction
Thank you for purchasing LevelOne printer server. This printer 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 printer server provides IEEE 802.11g/b wireless LAN (up to 54Mbps data transfer rate),
an Ethernet network port (10/100Mbps Ethernet) and one print port for printer. also 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/2000/XP,
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 printer 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 printer server quickly, please refer to the Quick Installation
Guide that comes along with this printer server.
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1.2 Product Package
LevelOne WPS-9121/WPS-9122 contains the following components:
Printer Server
Antenna
Power Adapter
Quick Installation Guide
CD-ROM (Including all the software utilities, drivers and User Manual)
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1.3 Network Printing Architecture
This section illustrates how printer server functions and operates on the network. Before you
install and use printer 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 Manual” in next section.
This section will first introduce the role every component plays in the network-printing
environment.
Printer Server
Client User
Network Server (optional)
Windows NT Server
NetWare Server
Windows 98Windows NT
Workstation
Windows 2000
Unix Print Server
Network Printing Environment
Print Server
Client User
Network Server
1.3.1 Printer Server Network Functions
Windows NT Server
NetWare Server
Windows 98
Windows NT
Workstation
Windows 2000
Unix
Print Server
Print Server
Because printer server supports IPX/SPX, NetBEUI, TCP/IP and AppleTalk network protocols,
any networked computer can directly print to the printer server from any of its installed
protocol.
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1.3.2 Network Printing Functions for Clients
Windows NT Server
NetWare Server
Windows 98
Windows NT
Workstation
Windows 2000
Unix
Print Server
Client User
Common operating systems for clients are classified as following:
Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP
Our printer server system provides PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) driver and utilities for
Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP users. PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) supports TCP/IP protocol.
In the client installation procedure, after PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing Driver) is installed into
Windows, the system will automatically (manual configuration is also allowed) search all the
printer servers on the network, and then add their printing ports into Windows’ printing port
(see below).
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Windows 98
PTPP
Print Server
MIS-2
P1
P2
P3
P1
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 printer server.
MAC OS
MAC OS can use the system-standard AppleTalk network to print through printer server.
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1.3.3 Network Printing Functions for Network Server
Windows NT Server
NetWare Server
Windows 98
Windows NT
Workstation
Windows 2000
Unix
Print Server
Network Server
Common network servers are classified as following:
Windows 2000
Our printer server system provides PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) driver and utilities for
Windows 2000. After PTPP is installed, the server can directly print through printer server.
Adding this printing function into Windows 2000 allows print queue, user authority
management, and many other advanced features to be used.
NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.x
In NetWare environment, printer 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 printer server.
Windows 2000 Network
Network printing function will become available after PTPP driver is installed into Windows
2000 Adding this printing function into Windows 2000 allows print queue, user authority
management, and many other advanced features to be used.
NetWare Network (see below)
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1.5 Contents of the User Manual
Chapter 2 explains printer server’s hardware installation and configuration. It is strongly
recommended to go over.
The following chapters introduce:
Chapter 3. Windows Peer-to-Peer Network
Chapter 4. Windows 2000-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 printer 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 Printer 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.
Chapter 10 In Windows XP SP2, you may not find any printer 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 Printing Function
The printer 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
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1. Unpack the printer server package and verify that all the items listed in the section 1.2 are
provided.
2. Connect the printer server to the printer you want to share on the network.
3. Connect the printer server to your network by attached the network cable to the UTP port
of the printer server.
4. Connect the power adapter to the printer server. The printer server will perform the
Power-On-Self-Test (POST) after it is powered on. During the POST, the Status and
Ready LEDs will be on. When the LEDs are unlighted, the printer server is ready.
NOTE: MUST use the power adapter shipped with the printer server, do NOT use any
other power adapter from any sources.
NOTE: To prevent the compatibility problem between printer server and a few printers, it
is recommended that you power on the printer server before the printer.
Wireless Printer Server
LED Color Status Description
On
The LAN cable is connected to the Printer
Server.
Off No network connection.
LAN Green
Blinking
Network traffic transferring or receiving through
the LAN port.
On
Firmware is being upgraded to the Printer
Server. If the Printer Server is upgraded failed,
the LED will be lighted steadily.
Paper jam or paper out while printing.
Off No printing jobs.
Status Green
Blinking
The Printer Server is sending printing jobs to
printer.
WLAN Green
On
The Printer Server is connected to a wireless AP
or station successfully.
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Off
The wireless mode of the Printer Server is
disabled.
Blinking
The Printer Sever is trying to connect to the AP
or station.
Reset (Press the reset button with a pencil tip for less than 2 seconds)
When the Printer Server is rebooting, the Status/WLAN will be ON and then OFF for two times.
When the Status is OFF, the Print Server is ready to use.
Reset to Factory Default (Press the reset button with a pencil tip for longer than 5 seconds)
When the Printer Server is reset to default, the Status/WLAN will be OFF in the beginning and
then ON and OFF for two times. After rebooting, the Printer Server is reset to factory default
settings.
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3. Windows Peer to Peer Network
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3.1 System Architecture
Printer 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 printer server from administrator’s configuration utility.
2. Client Installation and Configuration (refer to section 3 for more detailed information).
Client users must install Windows PTPP driver (Peer-to-Peer Printing) for network printing.
In addition, after PTPP is installed, the system will automatically search for all printer
servers on the network, and add the printing port of the printer 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 98SE/ME/2000/XP 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.
Insert the CD shipped along with the printer server into your CD-ROM drive. The Autorun.exe
program should be executed automatically. If not, run Autorun.exe manually from CD-ROM
drive’s root directory.
The “Installation Manager” will be displayed on the screen as following. Select
“WPS-9121/9122”
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Click “Administrator Utility”.
The “Utilities Setup” window will be displayed. Click “Next”.
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Click “Next” to install the utilities in the default folder or click “Browse” to specify the destination
folder where you would like to install the utilities.
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Select the components you want to install. It is highly recommended to install all provided
components. Click “Next” to continue.
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Specify the program folder where the program icons will be added to, click “Next”.
The system will start to install the utilities automatically.
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You have completed the installation phase and prepare to configure the Printer server. The
“Choose Printer server” will list all Printer servers within the network. Select the Printer server
you would like to configure and click “Next”.
* If there is no printer server found, please check the printer server has been installed to the
network properly.
* If you want to configure the printer server later, please click “Cancel”. Then the drivers and
utilities installation will be finished.
NOTE : If this is the first time you configure the Printer server, the “Printer server Name”
is the last 6-digit of MAC ID with prefix “PS”. Please check the MAC ID on the printer
server.
NOTE : The list can only display the devices from the same manufacturer.
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Specify a recognizable name for the Printer server and click “Next”.
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Specify the IP Address for the Printer server manually or click “Next” to keep default IP
Address, i.e. 192.168.2.2.
The configuration summary is displayed in the window. Now, you have completed the “Printer
server Setup”. Click “Finish” and your system will add network port of the Printer server to your
PC automatically.
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The Administrator Installation procedure is totally completed. Click “Finish”.
The Administrator Installation Program has executed the installation procedure that performs
the following tasks:
Install all utilities and drivers to the administrator’s PC.
Configure the printer server (including the printer server name and network protocol)
Add the network port of the printer server to the administrator’s PC.
If you want to print from this administrator’s PC to the printer 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 printer server’s
Program folder.
Network Ports Quick Setup – Add the network ports of printer servers within the network
to your PC.
Printer server Configuration – Allows you to configure the printer 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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3.4 Client Installation and Setup
The Client Installation can be performed on Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP with the same user
interface. Before the installation procedure, please confirm that your PC has connected to the
network and installed at least one network protocol.
Insert the CD shipped along with the printer server into your CD-ROM drive. The Autorun.exe
program should be executed automatically. If not, run Autorun.exe manually from CD-ROM
drive’s root directory.
The "Installation Manager" will be displayed on the screen as follows.
Select “WPS-9121/9122”
Click “Client Utility”.
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The “Utilities Setup” window will be displayed. Click “Next”.
Click “Next” to install the utilities in the default folder or click “Browse” to specify the destination
folder where you would like to install the utilities.
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Specify the program folder where the program icons will be added to, click “Next”.
The system will start to install the utilities automatically.
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Now, the installation procedure is completed, you are ready to set up the client’s computer.
All network ports of the Printer servers detected on the network will be added to your PC
automatically, click “Continue”.
Note: If there are no printer 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 printer servers
manually.
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.
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Add all the printer 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 printer server’s Program folder.
Network Ports Quick Setup
Remote Ports
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 printer
server’s printer port from the client’s computer.
During the client’s installation procedure, the system will automatically search for all printer
servers on the network, and add them into the printer ports of the client’s computer (see
below).
Note: When you have followed the steps in Section 3.6 to add a new printer. You can right click
the printer from “Printer and Faxes” in the Windows and select “Properties” to see the figure in
the left side. Select “Ports” to check which network ports of printer servers have been added to
your computer.
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If you have just installed another new printer server in the network, you must run this program
first. This program will search for new printer 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 printer server.
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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Please be aware that Network Ports Quick Setup Utility can only detect and configure all
printer servers on the same network, it cannot search and configure printer servers on other
subnets across network segments. You must use Remote Ports Utility described in the next
section to manage remote (across network segments) printer servers.
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3.5.2 Remote Ports (Utility)
Remote Ports Utility offers a convenient way for you to manage and add printer port of the
remote printer server. From the assistant of this utility, you can print to other printer 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 printer 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.
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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 printer server to your PC by Administrator or Client
Installation Program, you can follow the procedure described below to add printer to the
Windows. Note that following “Add Printer” steps are running in Windows XP, the steps in other
Operating Systems are similar.
Step1. Click “Start”, choose “Settings” and select “Printers and Faxes”.
Step2. Click “Add a Printer”.
Step3. The “Add Printer Wizard” is displayed. Click “Next”.
Step4. Select “Local printer attached to this computer” and make sure that “Automatically
detect and install my Plug and Play printer” is not selected. Click “Next”.
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Step5. Choose the suitable “Printer server Network Port” which was created by the
Administrator Installation or Client Installation process and click “Next”.
Step6. Select a suitable printer manufacturer and the printer model and click “Next”. If your
printer is not in the list, click “Have Disk…” to install the driver of the printer. After installation,
the printer model will be added to the list.
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Step7. Name your printer and setup the default printer, click “Next”.
Step8. Choose to print the test page or not. It is recommended to print a test page. Click
“Next”.
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Step9. You have added the printer to the PC successfully. The information of the printer is
displayed in the windows. Click “Finish”.
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4. Windows 2000 Network
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4.1 System Architecture
In Windows network environment, other than the Peer-to-Peer network printing architecture
described in the previous chapter, we also offer the Server-Based Printing architecture for
Windows 2000 server. Only one Windows 2000 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 2000 Installation and Setup
Please follow the procedures described below for installation and construct a peer-to-peer
connection (PTPP) between Windows 2000 and Printer server.
Step1.
If this is your first time installing printer server, please install the administrator software on
Windows 2000 first. Refer to section 3.2 for installation instructions.
If your network has already installed a working printer server and your Windows 2000 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 2000 network printer and verify
that you can print from Windows 2000 to the printer 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 complete the
configurations afterwards to access the shared printer.
1. Open “Start\Settings\Printers and Faxes” and click ”Add a Printer“, then the following screen
is popped up.
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2. Select “A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer” and click
“Next”.
3. Select “Connect to this printer (or to browse for a printer, select this option and
click Next):” and click “Next”.
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4. Search the printer you want to share from the “Shared printers” and click “Next”.
5. The following message is informed you that you will start installing the drivers for
the network printer. Click “Yes” to continue.
6.
The following message is popped up to let you know that your computer doesn’t
have the drivers for the network printer, please click “Ok” to manually install
drivers.
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7. Insert the CD attached with the network printer and designate the file path to the
CD. Click “Ok” to start the installation.
8. Select to let the network printer be your default printer or not. Click “Next” to
continue.
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9. The network printer is installed completely. Click “Finish”.
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5. Netware Network
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5.1 System Architecture
We implemented NetWare printer sharing functionality into the printer server itself, thus
allowing one or more printers attached by a printer server to be connected to the network. We
have developed the printer server to support NetWare printer server.
Embedded printer server, which emulates the “queue management functionality” of NetWare
printer 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 printer server gets the print job from the queue to printers.
Netware Server
Windows 98
Windows 2000
Print Queue
Print Server
Compare with NetWare printing functionality, the advantages of embedding the NetWare
network printing functionality in the printer server include:
Installation is easier and quicker.
Network management is easier.
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 printer server should log into a NetWare server before servicing the print jobs. Each
printer 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 printer 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 Printer 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”.
6. You have now successfully created the print queue that your printer server will serve.
Press the Escape key until the Available Options main menu is displayed.
7. Select Printer server Information.
8. Press the Insert key to add a new NetWare printer server object. The printer server name
can be identical to the PSxxxxxx name printed on the label of the printer server.
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9. Press Enter to select the newly created printer server.
10. Select Printer 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 printer server is with only one port, you do not need to
configure this Type field.
13. Press Escape, and answer Yes to the Save Changes question.
14. Select Queues Serviced by Printer, then select Printer 0 (or Printer 1, Printer 2)
and press Enter.
15. 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 printer server to have the changes take effect.
NOTE: If the printer server you have is with multiple printer connectors, you may create
multiple print queues and printer objects.
Your printer server should now be ready to use. You should be able to redirect printing to your
printer 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 Unix Introduction
The printer 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 printer server for TCP/IP operation, and how to
modify configuration files on your Unix system to allow printing to the printer 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 printer server for LPD printing, perform the procedures below:
1. Enable Printer server’s TCP/IP Support.
2. Set up Printer server’s IP address.
3. Verify Printer 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 Printer server’s TCP/IP Support
The default configuration of the printer server is with TCP/IP support enabled. Anyway, you
can configure the printer server to enable TCP/IP support using the configuration program.
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6.3 Setup Printer server’s IP Address
The printer 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 printer 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 printer server.
6.3.2 BOOTP
If you have the BOOTP daemon, bootpd, running on your UNIX system that is accessible by
the printer server, you can use the BOOTP protocol to set up the IP address of the printer
server. We recommend that the BOOTP server should be located on the same subnet as the
printer 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 printer 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:\
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:ha=print_server_ethernet_address:\
:ip=print_server_ip_address:
Lines should be indented with tabs.
Where hostname is the device name of a printer server, the ht=1 tag specifies the hardware
type is Ethernet, the ha= tag specifies the Ethernet address of a printer server, which is the
Node ID located on the printer 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 printer server.
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For example, a printer server with the following configuration:
Node ID: 0000B4010101 (this implies Ethernet
address is 0000B4010101),
IP address: 203.66.191.12
The entry for this printer 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 Printer server’s IP Address
To verify that your printer 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
printer 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 printer server should be treated as a BSD networked printer server host.
2. The host name should be the name (or IP address) that you have assigned to the printer
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 printer 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 printer server’s IP address. You can add
this address to the /etc/hosts file, by adding a line such as:
203.66.191.186 pserver
2. Create a spool directory for the printer in the same directory where spool directories are
normally kept on the machine, such as /var/spool or /var/spool/lpd:
mkdir /var/spool/lpd/pserverd
chown daemon /var/spool/lpd/pserverd
chgrp daemon /var/spool/lpd/pserverd
chmod 775 /var/spool/lpd/pserverd
3. 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 printer 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 printer server should now be available for printing from your Unix host.
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7. Administrator Configuration Utility
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7.1 Introduction
This chapter introduces printer 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 printer
server side. This utility only provides configuration functions for printer 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:
Search Printer server: Search All Available Printer Servers on the Network.
Printer server Status: Display Printer server Network Status.
AppleTalk Configuration: AppleTalk Protocol Setting.
General Configuration: General Information of printer server.
NetWare Configuration: NetWare Printing Configuration.
System Configuration: Printer server Network Ability Setting and Firmware Upgrade.
TCP/IP Configuration: IP Address and DHCP Server Configuration.
Wireless Configuration: Wireless LAN Configuration.
SNMP Configuration: SNMP Information Configuration.
SMB: Configure the SMB Group Name.
Setup Wizard: Guide You Through All the Settings.
Report: List the Status of All Available Printer servers on the Network.
We will explain each function separately in the following section.
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7.2 Search for All Available Printer server
Every time when you run printer 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 printer servers on the network. All
available printer servers will be listed under “Printer server Group” on the left side of the
window.
You must select the printer server you would like to configure from the list. The system will, at
the same time, display the selected printer server’s status on the right side of the window.
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7.3 Status of Printer server
Click “Status” icon
on the tool bar, the status of the current selected printer server will be
showed on the right side of the window.
The information of the printer 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 printer server printing ability…etc.
You can refresh the printer server’s status by pressing the “Refresh” button
.
You can restart the printer server by pressing the “Reboot” button
.
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7.4 Setup the Printer server
Click “Setup” icon
on the tool bar, the setup items of the current selected printer server
will be showed on the right side of the window.
Double click one of the icons to set up the selected printer server. A screen will pop up to verify
“User Name” and “Password” of the printer server. The default values are as follows.
User Name: admin
Password: 1234
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7.5 AppleTalk Configuration
Double Click “AppleTalk” icon and the AppleTalk configuration window will pop-up.
AppleTalk is a data communication protocol often used by Macintoshes. The printer 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 printer server.
Zone Name: Printer 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.
* Please refer to printer’s user manual for printer type, if default “LaserWriter” does not work.
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How to install the printer server in the MAC OS?
1. In the Desktop, click “System Preferences”.
2. Click “Print & Fax”.
3. From the “Print & Fax” screen, click “Set Up Printers…”.
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4. Click “Add” to add the new printer server through TCP/IP.
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5. Enter the Printer Type, Printer Address and Queue Name; then select the Printer Model to
setup the printer server.
Printer Type: LPD/LPR
Printer Address: Input the IP Address of the printer server
Queue Name: The queue name of the printer server is “lpt1”.
Printer Model: Select the Printer Model that is attached to the printer server.
6. The printer server is installed completely. You can see it in the printer list.
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7. You can print a file to check whether the printer server is installed successfully.
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7.6 General Configuration
Double Click “General” icon and the General configuration window will pop-up.
You can see basic printer server information in this page. You also can configure the “Printer
server Name”, “User Name” and “Password” here.
Printer Server Name, the name of the printer server. You can use this name to identify the
printer server when you are searching for the printer 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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7.7 Netware Printer server Configuration
Double Click “NetWare” icon and the NetWare configuration window will pop-up.
This printer server supports NetWare Bindery Printing method. The printer server periodically
polls the NetWare server printer queues for printing jobs. You have to assign the NetWare
server name, printer server polling interval and the name of queue on the NetWare server for
each printer port.
Polling Time is the polling interval of the printer server for waiting printing jobs on the NetWare
server, the range of polling time is from 3-29 seconds.
NetWare Server is the name of the NetWare file server that provides printer queues.
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7.8 System Configuration
Double Click “System” icon and the System configuration window will pop-up.
In the System configuration page, you can select to enable/disable each printing or
management protocol, upgrade the new firmware for this printer server, and enable/disable
wireless function.
Upgrade Firmware: You can use this “Upgrade Firmware” tool to update the newest firmware
of the printer 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 Printer 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 printer server’s wireless LAN
will be always enabled and Ethernet will be always disabled. If you manually disable the
wireless function, the printer server’s wireless LAN will be always disabled and Ethernet will be
always enabled. You also can select “Auto” to let the printer server automatically decide to
enable or disable the wireless function. The printer 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 printer server starts up, it will auto-detect if the LAN port is connected to an active
network by an Ethernet cable. If the printer server is connected to an active network by
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Ethernet cable when starting up, the printer server will run in Ethernet mode. If the printer
server is not connected to an active network by Ethernet cable when starting up, the printer
server will run in wireless LAN mode. The printer server default is in “Auto” mode.
Domain Country: The wireless channels are different from country to country. Generally, the
channels are from 1 to 11 in USA and from 1 to 13 in Europe. The Domain Country setting is
for you to set the available channels according to your location.
MKK is channel 14, for Japan area only. MKK1 means channel 1 ~ 14, for Japan area only as
well.
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7.9 TCP/IP Configuration
Double Click “TCP/IP” icon and the TCP/IP configuration window will pop-up.
You can configure the printer server to automatically get IP from DHCP server or manually
specify static IP. The printer server also has a built-in DHCP server. You can enable this DHCP
server and let it manages IP for you.
Click the “IP” button to enter the IP setting page. If you need the printer 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 printer 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 printer server will
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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 printer server will assign a unique IP for each client.
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7.10 Wireless Configuration
If you want to use the printer server through wireless LAN, please set up the printer 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 printer server, then you can start to
use the printer server through wireless LAN. If the wireless configuration does not work, please
plug the Ethernet cable again, restart the printer server and configure the printer server
through Ethernet until the wireless LAN settings are correct.
The default settings of the printer server wireless function are as follows.
Mode: Ad-Hoc
SSID: Default
Channel: 11
Double Click “Wireless” icon and the wireless configuration window will pop-up.
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:
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In the Infrastructure mode, you have to let the printer server associate with an access point.
You let the printer 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 printer 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 printer
server scan again.
Ad Hoc Mode:
In the Ad-Hoc mode, you can let the printer server automatically associate with other wireless
station or manually assign the SSID of your wireless network. You can let the printer server
automatically select the channel that is the same with the peer or manually assign a channel.
If you select to let the printer server scan for an active wireless station, the following window
will pop up.
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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 printer server to communicate
with, click “Scan” to let the printer server scan again.
Both “Infrastructure” and “Ad-Hoc” mode have to go through the following procedure:
This printer 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.
The WPA-PSK key can be from 8 to 63 characters and can be letters or numbers. This same
key must be used on all of the wireless stations in the 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.
PassPhrase – A passphrase simplifies the WEP encryption process by automatically
generating the WEP encryption keys for the printer server. This setting is only valid when the
security mode is in “WEP(HEX)”.
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 13-digit 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 and enter a set of shared key.
TKIP – TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) changes the temporal key every 10,000 packets.
This insures much greater security than the standard WEP security.
Shared Key – Enter 8 to 63 digits of ASCII format to be the key for the authentication within the
network.
When you finish configuring the wireless security, click “Next” to go to next step.
You can select to let the printer 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.
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When you finish configuring the IP settings, click “Next” to confirm the IP Address
configuration.
Click “Save” to save the wireless configuration.
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7.11 SNMP Configuration
Double Click “SNMP” icon and the SNMP configuration window will pop up.
Contact: You can enter the printer 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 printer server here. This information will
be displayed in the SNMP management tool.
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7.12 SMB Configuration
SMB Group Name, the name of SMB group that this printer server belongs to. All PC should
join the same group before they can use this printer server by SMB protocol.
Pass Job when Error Occurred: When the printer 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.
* “Waiting time to passjob” is for you to set up the interval time to bypass the current printing
job. The range is from 1 to 120 seconds.”
Note: SMB does not support Linux and MAC OS.
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7.13 Wizard
Click “Wizard” icon on the tool bar, the setup wizard item of the current selected printer
server will be showed on the right side of the window.
Double click the “Printer 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 printer server and select to enable/disable or auto the wireless
function.
Step 2: Select to enable required printing protocol. Please refer to section 7.6 for detail
information.
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Step 3: Setup the IP of this printer server and the DHCP server. Please refer to section 7.9 for
detail information.
Step 4: Select the Wireless Adapter mode and complete wireless LAN settings. The other
procedures are the same with “Wireless” Setting in “Setup” screen. Please refer to section
7.10 for detail information.
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* Setup the AppleTalk printing. Please refer to section 7.5 for detail information.
* Setup the NetWare printing. Please refer to section 7.7 for detail information.
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Step 5: Click “Save” to finish setting and reboot computer for effect to take place.
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7.14 Report
Click “Report” icon
on the tool bar, the Report window will pop up.
The report lists basic information of all available printer servers on the network. The
information includes Device Name, MAC ID, Model Type, Firmware Version and Status of
printer server.
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