Edimax PS-3103P Manual

Edimax PS-3103P Manual

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    , or its dealer) assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, and any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect the User's Manual on the CD-ROM. The software and specifications are subject to change without notice. Please visit our web site www.edimax.com for
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    can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference radio technician for help. Please check the declaration of conformity on www.edimax.com
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    or fitness for any particular purpose. Any software described in this manual is sold or licensed "as is". Should the programs prove defective distributor, or its dealer) assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, and any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect
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    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
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    3.x/4.x/5.x Installation & Setup 53 5.2.1 Installation Using PCONSOLE 53 6. UNIX SYSTEM NETWORK 57 6.1 Introduction 58 6.2 Enable Print Server's TCP/IP Support 59 6.3 Setup Print Server's IP Address 60 6.3.1 ARP & Ping Assignment 60 6.3.2 DHCP 61 6.3.3 BOOTP 62 6.3.4 RARP 64 6.4 Verify
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    108 8.12 Configuring SNMP Parameters 109 8.13 System Utilities 110 8.14 Firmware Upgrading 112 9. IPP PRINTING 113 9.1 Introduction 114 9.2 System Setup 115 9.2.1 Print Server Side 115 9.2.2 Client Side 115 10. LPR PRINTING 120 10.1 Introduction 121 10.2 Standard LPR Settings in Windows XP
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    1. Introduction 1
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    /100Mbps Ethernet) and three printer ports. This print server supports IPX/SPX, NetBEUI, TCP/IP and AppleTalk protocols. It is the best network printing solutions for various common network operating systems such as Windows 98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista, NetWare, Unix/Linux and MAC OS, etc. With the
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    1.2 Product Package This package contains the following components: One Print Server One Power Adapter One Quick Installation Guide One CD (Utility, Multi-language Quick Installation Guide & User Manual) 3
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    the User's Manual" in next section. This section will first introduce the role every component plays in the network-printing environment. Print Server Client User Network Server (optional) Network Printing Environment Client User Print Server Network Server Unix Print Server NetWare ServeWr
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    Print Server Network Functions Print Server Unix Print Server NetWare ServeWr indows NT Server Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 98 Workstation Because print server supports IPX/SPX, NetBEUI, TCP/IP and AppleTalk network protocols, any networked computer can directly print to the print server
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    /Vista users. PTPP (Peer-toPeer Printing) supports TCP/IP protocol. In the client installation procedure, after PTPP (Peer-toPeer 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
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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
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    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
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    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
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    NetWare Network (see below) 10
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    1.5 Contents of the User's Manual Chapter 2 explains print server's hardware installation and configuration. It is strongly recommended for you to read. The following chapters 3, 4, 5, and 6 introduces: Chapter 3. Windows Peer-to-Peer Network Chapter 4. Windows NT/2000 Server-Based Network Chapter
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    Printer Remote technology) allows users to connect to printers via TCP/IP for printing sharing. Chapter 12 In Windows XP SP2, you may not find any print server listed on the "Available Ports" in "Network Ports Quick Setup". Please follow the instruction in this chapter and resolve the problem. 12
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    1.6 Firmware & Printing Function The print server provides a complete network printing solution. The feature set is listed below: PTPP (Peer-to-Peer-Printing) TCP/IP (LPR) IPP Printing NetWare Bindery Printing A p p l e Ta l k SMB Printing 13
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    flash. When the status LED is unlighted, the print server is ready. NOTE1: MUST use the power adapter shipped with the print server, do NOT use any other power adapter from any sources. NOTE2: To prevent the compatibility problem between print server and a few printer, it is recommended that you
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    3. Windows Peer-to-Peer Network 15
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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
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    Windows PTPP driver (Peer-toPeer 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
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    3.2 Installation Wizard This wizard can be run in Windows 2000/XP/Vista. The following procedures are operated in Windows XP. If you lose the CD ROM or you prefer the traditional setup procedure, please follow the instruction as following step in this quick installation guide. 18
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    EDIMAX LOCAL TECHNICAL SUPPORT TEAM. The Administrator Installation Program executes a wizard-driven procedure that performs the following tasks: „ Install all necessary utilities and drivers in your PC (including the client utilities). „ Prompt to configure the print server (including the print
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    2.The "Print Server Utilities" window will be displayed. Click "Next". 3.Click "Next" to install the utilities in the default folder or click "Change" to specify the destination folder where you would like to install the utilities. 20
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    4.Select the components you want to install. It is highly recommended to install all provided components. Click "Next" to continue. 21
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    5.The system will start to install the utilities automatically. 6.You have completed the installation phase and prepare to configure the Print Server. The "Choose Print Server" will list all Print Servers within the network. Select the Print Server you would like to configure and click "Next". 22
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    time you configure the Print Server, the "Print Server Name" is the last 6digit of MAC ID with prefix "PS". Please check the MAC ID on the print server. NOTE 2: The list can only display the devices from the same manufacturer. 7.Specify a recognizable name for the Print Server and click "Next". 23
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    8.Specify the IP Address for the Print Server manually or click "Next" to keep default IP Address, i.e. 10.0.0.1 9.The configuration summary is displayed in the window. Now, you have completed the Print Server setup. Click "Finish" and your system will add network port of the Print Server to your PC
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    : 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
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    - Add the network ports of print servers within the network to your PC. Print Server Configuration - Allows you to configure the print server's IP Address, network protocols and other advanced functions. Please refer to Chapter 7 for the detail instruction of the configuration. Remote Ports - Add
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    PC. The network port driver supports network protocol auto-detection. It will automatically select an available network protocol (TCP/IP, IPX or NetBEUI) of the client computer to connect to the print server. Since both the print server side and client side support multi-protocols, the configuration
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    2.The "Print Server Utilities" window will be displayed. Click "Next". 3.Click "Next" to install the utilities in the default folder or click "Browse" to specify the destination folder where you would like to install the utilities. 28
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    4.The system will start to install the utilities automatically. 29
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    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
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    procedure is completed. Click "Finish". After the installation, you have completed the following tasks: Install all utilities and drivers to the client's PC. Add all the print server's network ports of the network to the client's PC. You can then perform the Windows' standard "Add Printer
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    3.6 Client Utilities After Client Installation is completed, there will be three tools in print server's Program folder. Network Ports Quick Setup Remote Ports Uninstall Network Driver The Uninstall Network Driver will assist you in removing all installed client software. The other two tools are
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    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
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    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. Select the network ports in the "Available Ports" list and click ">" to add ports. If you want to add all available ports, please
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    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
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    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. 36
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    3.7 Windows Add Printer Procedure After adding a "Network Port" of the print server to your PC by Administrator or Client Installation Program, you can follow the procedures described in the following sections to add printer to the Windows. 3.7.1
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    ". Select the printer manufacturer and the printer model and click "Next". If your printer is not in the list, click "Have Disk..." to install the driver of the printer. After installation, the printer model will be added to the list. 38
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    Name your printer and set the default printer, click "Next". The printer drivers are being installed. 39
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    It is recommended to print a test page. Click "Finish". The printer is added to "Printers" page, you have added the printer to your computer successfully. Now you can start to print from your computer to the print server. 40
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    3.7.2 Windows XP The following "Add Printer" steps are running in Windows XP, the steps in other Operating Systems such as Windows 98SE/Me/2000 are similar. Click "Start", choose "Settings" and select "Printers and Faxes". Click "Add a Printer". The "Add Printer Wizard" is displayed. Click "Next".
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    attached to this computer" and make sure that "Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer" is not selected. Click "Next". Choose the suitable "Print Server Network Port" which was created by the Administrator Installation or Client Installation process and click "Next". 42
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    a suitable printer manufacturer and the printer model and click "Next". If your printer is not in the list, click "Have Disk..." to install the driver of the printer. After installation, the printer model will be added to the list. Name your printer and setup the default printer, click "Next". 43
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    Choose to print the test page or not. It is recommended to print a test page. Click "Next". You have added the printer to the PC successfully. The information of the printer is displayed in the windows. Click "Finish". Now you can start to print from your PC to the print server. 44
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    4. Windows NT/2000/2003 Network 45
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    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
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    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
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    Step2. Please add/configure the Peer-to-Peer Printing of the Windows NT/2000/2003 network printer and verify that you can print from Windows NT/2000/2003 to the print server by the installed PTPP driver. Step3. Share the above server's printer to the network by performing the standard Windows
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    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
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    5. NetWare Network 50
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    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
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    the need of a workstation running the remote printer utility. Improve productivity by locating the printer near the workgroup. Each print server should log into a NetWare server before servicing the print jobs. Each print server will occupy a user account with which it can log into the NetWare
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    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
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    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
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    . 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. 55
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    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
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    6. UNIX System Network 57
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    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
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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. 59
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    & Ping Assignment You can use ARP and Ping commands with a web browser to complete print server's IP address setting. Parameters for the commands are as follows: arp -s ping For example, a print server with the following configuration: Node ID: 0000B4010101 60
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    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. 61
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    UNIX system that is accessible by the print server, you can use the BOOTP protocol to set up the IP address of the print server. We recommend that the BOOTP server should be located on the same subnet as the print server. If you use Network Information Services (NIS) in your system, you may need
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    specifies the Ethernet address of a print server, which is the Node ID located on the print server. The ha tag must be preceded by the ht tag. The ip= tag should correspond to the IP address you want to assign to the print server. For example, a print server with the following configuration: Node
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    is the Node ID located on the print server. 4. If your system uses Network Information Services (NIS), you will need to make changes to the NIS host and ethers databases. 5. Check if the RARP daemon is running using the ps and grep commands. If the RARP daemon is not running on your host, type
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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 65
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    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
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    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
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    The rp= entry should correspond to the port name of the remote printer. The values should be one of lpt1, lpt2 or lpt3 depends on the printer port. The print server should now be available for printing from your Unix host. 68
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    Page To print to the print server, you can use the lpr command: lpr -Pprinter-name file ... or, you can use the lp command on SCO Open Server: lp -d printer-name file ... Where printer-name is one of the names for the printer in the /etc/printcap file, which you created in the
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    7. Configuration Utility 70
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    management functions: Search Print Server: Search All Available Printer Servers on the Network. Print Server Status: Display Print Server Network Status. General Configuration: General Information of print server. TCP/IP Configuration: IP Address and DHCP Server Configuration. NetWare Configuration
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    SMB Group Name. System Configuration: Print Server Network Ability Setting and Firmware Upgrade. E-Mail Printing: E-Mail Printing configuration. Please refer to Chapter 9. Setup Wizard: Guide You Through All the Settings. Report: List the Status of All Available Print Servers on the Network. We will
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    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
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    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
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    You can restart the print server by pressing the "Reboot" button . 75
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    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. y User Name: admin
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    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
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    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. 79
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    7.9 SNMP Configuration Double Click "SNMP" icon and the SNMP configuration window will pop up. Contact: You can enter the print server administrator 's contact information here. This information will be displayed in the SNMP management tool. Location: You can enter the installed location of the
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    Name, the name of SMB group that this print server belongs to. All PC should join the same group before they can use this print server by SMB protocol. Pass Job when Error Occurred: When the printer is interrupted because of paper out or off line while printing, user can set the interval time to
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    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
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    Note that before you upgrade the firmware please make sure that the IP Address settings of the MFP Server are in the same network as your computer. 86
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    7.12 Wizard Click "Wizard" icon on the tool bar, the setup wizard item of the current selected print server will be showed on the right side of the window. Double click the "Print Server Setup Wizard" the setup wizard will guide you through all the setup process. 87
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    Step 1: Set up the name of this print server. Step 2: Select to enable required printing protocol. Please refer to section 7.11 for detail information. 88
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    Step 3: Setup the IP of this print server and the DHCP server. Please refer to section 7.6 for detail information. Step 4: Setup the AppleTalk printing. Please refer to section 7.8 for detail information. 89
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    Step 5: Setup the NetWare printing. Please refer to section 7.7 for detail information. Step 5: Click "Save" to finish setting. 90
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    7.13 Report Click "Report" icon will pop up. on the tool bar, the Report window The report lists basic information of all available print servers on the network. The information includes Device Name, MAC ID, Model Type and Firmware Version of print server. 91
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    8. Web Management 92
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    main functions in browsers. Simply enter print server's IP address into your browser's address field to manage a print server by print server's built-in Web Server. The default IP Address is 10.0.0.1. If the configuration requires you to enter user name and password, please enter "Admin" as user
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    . Utilities: Some utilities for print server. Upgrade: Upgrade the new firmware of the print server. In order to protect your print server, you can get all information pages at any time you like, but you can not save the configuration pages before password verification. You will be asked
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    password at that moment and reload the configuration pages again. The configuration pages will now be displayed in the browser window. 95
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    8.2 Getting Print Server Information Each time you run browser to connect to a print server, you will get this print server information page initially. The print server information page displays some general information of print server. 96
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    8.3 Getting Printer Status The Printer status page can be used to display the status of attached printer(s) for each port. 97
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    8.4 Getting NetWare Information The NetWare status page displays the NetWare connection information of the print server. 98
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    8.5 Getting DHCP Status The DHCP status page can be used to display the print server's IP address and the DHCP Server information. 99
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    (in addition to the PSxxxxxx name printed on the label). NetWare Protocol Support, which determines whether or not the print server support NetWare printing function. NetBEUI Protocol Support, which determines whether or not the print server support NetBEUI network protocol. POST diagnostic printout
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    change to new password. Re-type new password, confirm the new password. Change password button: save the new password to the print server. The print server will verify your password (it will ignore the User Name item) when you save the configuration. Make sure to reset the print server (described in
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    if you configure the IP address as Automatic. Click Save to print server button to save the configuration to the print server. The print server will verify your password (it will ignore the User Name item) when you save the configuration. Make sure to reset the print server (described in section
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    DHCP Parameters The print server can be configured as DHCP server to provide dynamic IP addresses assignment. The DHCP Cfg page allows you to set. The DHCP server startup, which determine if the print server will act as DHCP server. If this item is set to Auto, the print server will detect if
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    Net mask: gives the network mask. Gateway IP: gives the IP address of the default gateway. DNS server: gives the IP address of the domain name server. Save to Print Server button: save the configuration to the print server. Make sure to reset the print server (described in section 8.13) to have the
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    . The detail function description is described in the Email Printing Chapter. The page allows you to set: Mail Polling Time, default value is one minute. It means the system polling time for getting the email from mail server. Mail Server, the mail server IP address of the mailbox located. 105
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    Mail Account, the account of the mailbox in the mail server. Mail Password, the password of the mail account. Print Mail Header, which determines whether or not the printing job will print out the mail header. 106
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    join the same group before they can use this print server by SMB protocol. SMB Group Name, the name of SMB group that this print server belongs to. Save to Print Server, save the configuration to the print server. Make sure to reset the print server (described in section 8.13) to have the changes
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    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
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    Parameters The SNMP Cfg page allows you to configure the SNMP parameters of this print server. These information can be browsed by the SNMP MIB browser. The page allows you to set: System Contact, the system Administrator information of this print server. System Location, the System location of this
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    page, as described below: The Software reset: which determines whether or not to reset the print server. The Restore to factory default: which determines whether or not to erase all of the print server's setting and restore to the default configuration the print server had when it was shipped from
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    make sure it is operating properly, or to isolate any installation problems. The Do it button: do the action specified in the above. 111
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    page allows you to upgrade firmware of the print server. Click "Do it" button and enter the password, the system will guide you to finish the firmware upgrading. Be aware that if you have started upgrading firmware, you have to follow all the upgrading steps or the print server can't turn back to
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    9. IPP Printing 113
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    a convenient way of remote printing service by TCP/IP. The print server can support IPP printing by default. It is needless to do any setting. Any PC that can support IPP printing, for example Windows 2000/XP, can directly uses the print server by IP. By using the IPP printing, you can share the
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    Side It is needless to do any setting on the print server side. Make sure the print server has correct IP settings. If you want to share the printers to Internet users, you have to set a real IP to the print server. You also have to make sure that any gateway; router or firewall does not block
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    Step3. The "Add Printer Wizard" is displayed. Click "Next". Step4. Select "A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer". Click "Next". 116
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    network" and enter the URL of print server. The URL format is "http://IP:631/Port Name". The IP should be the print server 's IP. The number 631 is IPP standard port number. Port Name is the port name of print server that your printer is connected to. The default port name is "lpt1". One example
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    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. Choose to set the print whether as a default printer or not. Click "Next". 118
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    Step8. You have added the network printer to the PC successfully. The information of the printer is displayed in the windows. Click "Finish". 119
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    10. LPR Printing 120
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    to printers via TCP/IP for printing sharing. The computer with Windows 98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003, Windows Vista and MAC OS 10.x Operating Systems can use the protocol to share printing in the network. Print Server can support LPR printing by default. If you install the Print Server in Windows 98SE/Me
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    10.2 Standard LPR Settings in Windows XP To configure the LPR setting in Windows XP, please follow the steps below. The LPR setup procedures in Windows 2000 and 2003 are similar. Click "Start", choose "Settings" and select "Printers and Faxes". Click "Add a Printer". The "Add Printer Wizard" is
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    Select "Local Printer attached to this computer" and click "Next". Choose "Create a new port" and "Standard TCP/IP Port". Click "Next". 123
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    Please make sure that the Print Server and the Printer have turned on and connected to the network correctly before you continue. Click "Next". Enter the IP Address of the Print Server in the "Printer Name or IP Address". Click "Next". 124
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    Select "Custom" and click "Settings". When you have finished the settings at step 9, click "Next" to continue. Select "LPR" and enter "lpt1" in the "Queue Name", click "OK". By default the queue name of the Print Server is "lpt1". 125
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    Click "Finish". 126
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    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. Choose to set the print whether as a default printer or not. Click "Next". 127
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    You have added the network printer to the PC successfully. The information of the printer is displayed in the windows. Click "Finish". 128
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    11.3 Standard LPR Settings in Windows Vista To configure the LPR setting in Windows Vista, please follow the steps below. Click "Start", select "Settings\Printers". Click "Add a Printer". The "Add Printer" wizard is displayed. Select "Add a local printer". 129
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    Choose "Create a new port" and select "Standard TCP/IP Port". Click "Next". Enter the IP Address of the Print Server in the "Hostname or IP address" field. Click "Next". 130
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    Select "Custom" and click "Settings". When you have finished the settings at step 7, click "Next" to continue. Select "LPR" and enter "lpt1" in the "Queue Name", click "OK". By default the queue name of the Print Server is "lpt1". 131
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    Select the printer manufacturer and the printer model and click "Next". If your printer is not in the list, click "Have Disk..." to install the driver of the printer. After installation, the printer model will be added to the list. 132
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    Name your printer and set the default printer, click "Next". The printer drivers are being installed. 133
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    It is recommended to print a test page. Click "Finish". The printer is added to "Printers" page, you have added the printer to your computer successfully. Now you can start to print from your computer to the print server. 134
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    Printer" screen, please configure as below. Protocol: Select Line Printer Daemon - LPD as the Protocol. IP Address: Set the address to the Print Server's IP Address, for example: 192.168.2.2. Queue: Set the queue name to lpt1. Name: You can designate a name for the printer. Location: You can enter
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    11.4.2 MAC 10.3.x To enable LPR Printing in Macintosh 10.3.x, please follow the procedures below. In the Desktop, click "System Preferences". Click "Print & Fax". 136
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    From the "Print & Fax" screen, click "Set Up Printers...". Click "Add" to add the new Print Server through TCP/IP. 137
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    " and "Queue Name" and select the "Printer Model" to setup the Print Server. Click "Add" to continue. Printer Type: LPD/LPR Printer Address: Input the IP Address of the Print Server Queue Name: The queue name of the Print Server is "lpt1". Printer Model: Select the Printer Model that is attached to
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    The Print Server is installed completely. You can see it in the "Printer List". You can print a file to check whether the Print Server is installed successfully. 139
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    has allowed the communications data passed through the XP SP2's firewall. In case that you do not find any print server listed on the "Available Ports" in "Network Ports Quick Setup", please follow the steps below. Step1. Click "Start", choose "Settings" and select "Network Connections". Step2
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    Step3. Select "Advanced" tab and click "Settings...". 141
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    Step4. Select "Exceptions" tab and click "Add Program...". 142
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    Step5. Click "Browse" to add a new program. Step6. Open the "NPUtil" file from "C:\Program Files\PrintServer Utilities" (where C:\ is the system drive). 143
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    Step7. A new program "Network Ports Quick Setup" is displayed in the list, click "Ok". 144
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    Step8. Click "Ok". You have completed the setting. The Windows XP SP2 will allow the incoming network connections activated by the program. 145 N20379
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