MicroNet Technology SP755D, SP756 User Manual
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Micronet
Faster and Easier Networks
User Manual
10/100M Print Server
Model No.: SP755D, SP756
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Contents
1. INTRODUCTION.......................................................1
1.1 Product Introduction ...............................................................1
Product Package................................................................. 1
1.2 Network Printing Architecture................................................. 2
1.2.1 Print Server Network Functions............................. 3
1.2.2 Network Printing Functions for Clients................... 4
1.2.3 Network Printing Functions for Network Server..... 6
1.3 Network Printing Environment............................................ 7
1.4 Contents of the User’s Manual........................................... 9
1.5 Firmware & Printing Function........................................... 10
2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION............................. 11
3. PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK...............................12
3.1 System Architecture ......................................................... 12
3.2 Administrator Installation and Setup ................................ 13
3.3 Administrator Utilities........................................................ 20
3.4 Client Installation and Setup............................................. 21
3.5.1 to add network ports of print servers manually........ 24
3.5 Client Utilities.................................................................... 26
3.5.1 Network Ports Quick Setup..................................27
3.5.2 Remote Ports (Utility)........................................... 29
3.6 Windows Add Printer Procedure...................................... 31
4. WINDOWS NT/2000/2003....................................35
4.1 System Architecture ......................................................... 35
4.2 Installation and Setup....................................................... 36
5. NETWARE NETWORK........................................38
5.1 System Architecture ......................................................... 38
5.2 NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.x Installation & Setup.......................... 39
5.2.1 Installation Using PCONSOLE ............................ 39
6. UNIX SYSTEM NETWORK..................................43
6.1 Introduction.......................................................................43
6.2 Enable Print Server’s TCP/IP Support............................. 43
6.3 Setup Print Server’s IP Address.......................................44
6.3.1 DHCP................................................................... 44
6.3.2 BOOTP................................................................. 44
6.4 Verify Print Server’s IP Address....................................... 46
6.5 Remote LPD Printing on the Host.................................... 46
7. CONFIGURATION UTILITY.................................48
7.1 Introduction.......................................................................48
7.2 Search for All Available Print Server................................49
7.3 Status of Print Server ....................................................... 50
7.4 Setup the Print Server...................................................... 51
7.5 General Configuration...................................................... 52
7.6 TCP/IP Configuration ....................................................... 53
7.7 Netware Print Server Configuration ................................. 55
7.8 AppleTalk Configuration................................................... 56
7.9 SNMP Configuration......................................................... 57
7.10 SMB Configuration........................................................... 58
7.11 System Configuration....................................................... 59
7.12 Wizard .............................................................................. 60
7.13 Report...............................................................................64
8. WEB MANAGEMENT.......................................... 65
8.1 Introduction.......................................................................65
8.2 Login................................................................................. 65
8.3 Device Status ...................................................................66
8.3.1 System................................................................. 66
8.3.2 Printer................................................................... 67
8.3.3 TCP/IP.................................................................. 68
8.3.4 SMB ..................................................................... 69
8.3.5 SNMP...................................................................70
8.3.6 NetWare............................................................... 71
8.3.7 AppleTalk.............................................................72
8.4 Setup Wizard.................................................................... 73
8.4.1 System................................................................. 73
8.4.1.1 Advanced Settings............................................. 74
8.4.2 TCP/IP.................................................................. 75
8.4.3 SMB ..................................................................... 76
8.4.4 SNMP...................................................................77
8.4.5 NetWare............................................................... 78
8.4.6 AppleTalk.............................................................79
8.4.7 Save Settings....................................................... 80
8.5 System Tools....................................................................81
8.5.1 Load Default......................................................... 81
8.5.2 Upgrade Firmware from Browser......................... 82
9. IPP PRINTING.......................................................83
9.1 Introduction......................................................................... 83
9.2 System Setup..................................................................... 83
9.2.1 Print Server Side..................................................83
9.2.2 Client Side............................................................ 83
10. WINDOWS XP SP2 SETUP................................ 88
1. Introduction
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 an Ethernet network port (10/100Mbps Ethernet)
and one print port for printer connection. It supports IPX/SPX, NetBEUI,
TCP/IP and AppleTalk protocols, and 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.
This manual 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.
Product Package
♦ Print Server
♦ Quick Installation Guide
♦ User manual and Utility CD
♦ Power Adapter
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1.2 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.
z Print Server
z Client User
z Network Server (optional)
Network P rinting Environment
Print Server
Network Server
Client User
Workstation
Unix Print Server
Windows 2000
Windows 98Windows NT
NetWare Server
Windows NT Server
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1.2.1 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.
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1.2.2 Network Printing Functions for Clients
Client User
Unix Print Server
Windows 2000
Workstation
Windows 98Windows NT
NetWare Server
Windows NT Server
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 (Peerto-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 print servers on the network,
and then add their printing ports into Windows’ printing port (see below).
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PTPP
Windows 98
P1
Print Server
MIS-2
P1
P2
P3
Print Server
MIS-1
UNIX / Linux
UNIX (include HP/UX, SCO Unix, SunOS, Solaris, Unixware DECUnix,
IBM AIX and others) and Linux use the system-standard LPR to print
through print server.
MAC OS
MAC OS can use the system-standard AppleTalk network to print through
print server.
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1.2.3 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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1.3 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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1.4 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 Network
Chapter 5. NetWare Network
Chapter 6. UNIX System Network
You may select the appropriate chapters and sections to read depending
on your network printing’s requirement.
Chapter 7 and chapter 8 introduce print server’s management and
configuration 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 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.
Chapter 10 introduces how to deal with the problem that if you can’t find
any print server listed on the “Available Ports” in “Network Ports Quick
Setup” in Windows XP SP2.
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1.5 Firmware & Printing Function
The print server provides a complete network printing solution. The
feature set is listed below:
PTPP (Peer-to-Peer-Printing)
TCP/IP (LPR)
IPP Printing
NetWare Bindery Printing
AppleTalk
SMB Printing
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2. Hardware Installation
Unpack the print server package and verify that all the items listed in the
section 1.2 are provided.
Connect the print server to the printer you want to share on the network.
Connect the print server to your network by attached the network cable to
the UTP port of the print server.
Connect the power adapter to the print server. The print server will
perform the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) after it is powered on. During the
POST, the Status and Ready 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. Peer-to-Peer Network
3.1 System Architecture
Print server supports Windows Peer-to-Peer network printing mode, which
is suitable for most medium and small network environments. Through
quick and simple installation procedure, users can immediately enjoy the
convenience of network printing.
Installation procedure is separated into following two parts:
1. Administrator Installation and Setup (refer to section 2 for more
detailed information).
System administrators must:
Install administrator’s utilities into his/her computer.
Configure print server from administrator’s configuration utility.
2. Client Installation and Configuration (refer to section 3 for more
detailed information).
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 print servers on the network, and add the printing port of the print
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servers into Windows’ printing port (refer to Network Printing Architecture
in section 1.4 for more detailed information).
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.
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.
The “Installation Manager” will be displayed on the screen as following.
Click “Administrator Installation”.
The “Utilities Setup” window will be displayed. Click “Next”.
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Click “Next” to install the utilities in the default folder or click “Browse” to
specify the destination folder where you 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.
Specify the program folder where the program icons will be added to, click
“Next”.
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The system will start to install the utilities automatically.
You have completed the installation phase and prepare to configure the
Print Server. The “Choose Print Server” will list all Print Servers within the
network. Select the Print Server you would like to configure and click
“Next”.
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NOTE 1: If this is the first time you configure the Print Server, the “Print
Server Name” is the last 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.
Specify a recognizable name for the Print Server and click “Next”.
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Specify the IP Address for the Print 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 ha ve
completed the “Print Server Setup”. Click “Finish” and your system will
add network port of the Print Server to your PC automatically.
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The Administrator Installation procedure is totally completed. Click “Finish”.
The Administrator Installation Program have executed the installation
procedure that performs the following tasks:
Install all utilities and drivers to the administrator’s PC.
Configure the print server (including the print server name and network
protocol)
Add the network port of the print server to the administrator’s PC.
If you want to print from this administrator’s PC to the print server, all you
need to do is to perform Windows’ standard “Add Printer” procedure
(please refer to Section 3.6).
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3.3 Administrator Utilities
After Administrator Installation is completed, there will be four utilities in
print server’s Program folder.
Network Ports Quick Setup – Add the network ports of print servers within
the network to your PC.
PS Admin – Allows you to configure the print server’s IP Address, network
protocols and other advanced functions. Please refer to Chapter 7 for the
detail instruction of the configuration.
Remote Ports – Add the network port of remote printer server to your PC.
Uninstall – Assistant for removing all installed administrator software.
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3.4 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.
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.
The "Installation Manager" will be displayed on the screen as follows.
Click “Client Installation”.
The “Utilities Setup” window will be displayed. Click “Next”.
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Click “Next” to install the utilities in the default folder or click “Browse” to
specify the destination folder where you 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 Print Servers detected on the
network will be added to your PC automatically, click “Continue”.
Note that if there are no print servers detected in the network currently,
please click “Continue” to finish the installation. Please refer to Section
3.5.1 to add network ports of print servers manually.
The Client Installation procedure is completed. Click “Finish”.
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After the installation, you have completed the following tasks:
Install all utilities and drivers to the client’s PC.
Add all the print server’s network ports of the network to the client’s PC.
You can then perform the Windows’ standard “Add Printer” procedure to
add network printers to your PC. Please refer to Section 3.6.
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