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1-Port USB Print Server Hardware User`s Guide

1. EEN 5 Enter the network path for your network print server specifying which port you want to connect to For instance to use the printer connected to the port named PS 142634 P2 on the print server named PS 142634 enter NNPS 142634NPS 142634 P2 As an alternative to entering the network path you can also use the Browse button to locate the print server and printer Press the Next button to continue 66 Setting up Microsoft Network Printing Print Server Administration User s Guide Add Printer Wizard Type the network path or the queue name of your printer If you don t know its name click Browse to view available network printers Network path or queue name ves 42634 ps 142634 p2 Do you print from MS DOS based programs C Yes No lt Back Next gt Cancel 6 At this point Windows will ask you to choose the correct printer driver for the printer Choose your printer s make and model from the list or use the driver disk included with the printer When you have chosen the correct printer click Next gt to continue Add Printer Wizard Click the manufacturer and model of your printer If your printer came with an installation disk click Have Disk If your printer is not listed consult your printer documentation for a compatible printer Manufacturers Printers 2 HP DraftMaster HP DraftMaster II HP LaserJet 5L PCL HP Lasenet 5P 5MP HP HP LaserJ
2. 4 Select the NDS context again and choose Create from the Object menu Choose the Printer object class and click OK New Object Parent COMPANY Class of New Object 28 Group Faq Message Routing Group l Netware Server ir Organizational Role P Organizational Unit Print Queue B Print Server 5 Enter a name for the printer object The name should be the same as the print server s configured port name Click Create to create the printer in your NDS context Create Printer Printer Hame PS 142634 P4 Define Additional Properties Create Another Printer 6 Double click on the printer then choose the Assignments tab Click on the Add button to select the print queue s you want Setting up Novell NetWare 4 x Printing 53 Print Server Administration User s Guide 9o 54 the print server to serve and optionally set their priority Press OK to finish making print queue assignments for the printer Assignments TS Identification Print Server x Print Queues i Configuration s Priority ae Q OMPA Notification Features x i See Also Default Print Queue Q LJSL COMPANY sl oK Cancel Help 7 Repeat from step 4 for each print server port you will be using Select the context again and choose Create from the Object menu Choose
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4. PRINT SERVER WIRELESS SETTING IN PS ADMIN PROGRAM 13 Print Server Administration User s Guide Select the print server and click on Server Device as illustrated Print server selection Printer Statue Device Diagnostics y VMett far e Print Jobs Download Pymes Piet Test In the Server Device Configuration window click on Wireless button as indicated below 14 Print Server Administration User s Guide The Wireless Configuration window will appear The default wireless channel is set to 11 and ESS ID is set as default You can alter the channel and ESS ID setting to your requirement however keep in mind the PC Notebook must also be set to the same channel and ESS ID Press the OK button to return to the PS Admin main window PRINT SERVER WIRELESS 15 Print Server Administration User s Guide Note 1 When changes are made on the print server s wireless channel and ESS ID it must correspond to the PC Notebook channel and ESS ID for direct wireless communication Note 2 The print server s ad hoc mode supports two modes 802 11 ad hoc mode and proprietary ad hoc mode You can position the DIP switch on the print server to the mode you want to operate Please refer to your hardware manual on how to position the DIP switch as 802 11 ad hoc or proprietary ad hoc mode Which option of the ad hoc mode is required depends on the operation of your print server It depends
5. server 3 Create a spool di 0 On SunOS sy rectory for the printer stems create the directory as a subdirectory of var spool with the same name as the printer e g var spool hp51 On Linux sys tems create the directory as a subdirectory of usr spool lp Setting up Unix TCP IP Printing 85 Print Server Administration User s Guide 9 On BSD OS FreeBSD or NetBSD systems create the directory as a subdirectory of var spool 4 Change the owner and permissions of the directory so that it is owned and writable by group daemon using the following commands chown bin daemon var spool hp51 chmod 775 var spool hp51 5 Add an entry for the printer to etc printcap similar to the following hp51 N lpe sd var spool hp51 mx40 rm ps 142634 rp PS 142634 P1 The meaning of each of the entries is described below The directory path in the sd spool directory entry should match the directory name you created above If your entry requires more than one line you can escape the newline with a backslash 6 Issue the command lpc start hp5l to start a spool daemon for the printer The printer will now be available for use 7 Optionally add another printcap entry and issue another 1pc start command for a second printer using the port TEXT port This second printer name can be used for printing text files Entries in et c printcap begin with a name for the printer or a list of names
6. 3 Choose a port and click OK The print server should print out a Print Server Test Page 4 Repeat this procedure for each printer port with an attached printer NOTE The Print Test function may not work with PostScript printers that do not accept plain text files 30 Getting Started Setting up Your Print Server Print Server Administration User s Guide setting up Novell NetWare 3 x Printing NOTE This chapter explains how you can set up your print server so that clients of your Novell NetWare 3 x server can print to attached printers This chapter also applies if any workstations on your network are using a Novell NetWare 4 x server in bindery emulation mode For information on setting up your print server for use with NetWare 4 x servers in NDS NetWare Directory Services mode see the next chapter Setting up Novell NetWare 4 x Printing Please check your hardware manual to confirm your print server supports NetWare IPX SPX protocol If it does not support NetWare IPX SPX protocol please skip this chapter Introduction to Novell NetWare Printing On Novell NetWare networks when a workstation user wants to print a document the workstation network software sends a file containing commands for the printer to the NetWare file server which places it in a print queue Some software may be written to send print jobs directly to NetWare print queues Windows 3 1 using the NetWare network driver is an example of this
7. Add Port x IP Address 202 39 74 188 Port Name PS AA20AC P1 OK Cancel 6 Click OK to leave the LPR for TCP IP Printing Properties window 4 Setting up Windows 95 98 Me TCP IP Printing LPR for Windows 95 98 Me 2000 XP TCP IP Printing User s Guide LPR for TCP IP Printing Properties Pots Settings p Port List Printing from Windows 95 98 Me After you have added the necessary printer ports you can add a printer device for printing to the port To enable printing to an 1p r accessible printer port from Windows 95 98 Me 1 From the Start menu choose the Settings submenu then the Printers item within it Windows will display the Printers folder 2 Double click on the Add Printer icon in the Printers folder z Windows will start the Add Printer Wizard This wizard will help you to install your printer quickly and easily To begin installing your printer click Next Setting up Windows 95 98 Me TCP IP Printing 5 LPR for Windows 95 98 Me 2000 XP TCP IP Printing User s Guide Click the Next gt button to continue to the next screen 3 Choose the Network Printer selection and click the Next gt button to continue Add Printer Wizard How is this printer attached to your computer If it is directly attached to your corn puter click Local Bis If it is attached to another computer click Network ter L loce pier lt Back Nest Cancel 4 Enter the
8. accessible by selecting the print server and choosing Server Device from the Configuration window Choose Netware Protocol from the Configuration menu or click the Configure NetWare button in the toolbar Click on the Bindery Print Server tab Click on the port button corresponding to the port you want to serve the print queue Click on the name of the NetWare file server where you wish the print queue to be stored Clicking on the H symbol to the left of the file server name will expand the list of print queues on the file server Unless you want to use an existing print queue on the server you will need to create a new print queue Click the Create Queue button then type in the name of the new print queue and determine the file server volume where you want the print queue to be stored Click OK to create the queue Setting up Novell NetWare 3 x Printing 35 Print Server Administration User s Guide 36 Create NetWare Print Queue Hetware File Server SERVER EM Queue Name Q LJ5L Te Volume Hame SYS zl 7 Click on the print queue name 8 Click on the Add gt gt button to add the print queue to the Serviced Queues list for the port NetWare Configuration Select Port LPT1 LPT2 COM NDS Print Server Bindery Print Server Remote Printer Queue Service Settings Print Queues Serviced Queues Password K SERVER Q LJSL a lt
9. is done with a command of the form arp s ip address ethernet address For example to assign he address 202 39 74 40 to the print server with MAC address 00 80 C8 14 26 34 use the command arp s 202 39 74 40 0080C8142634 Note on a UNIX based system you will need to have superuser root permission to execute the arp command From the host with the modified ARP table send an ICMP echo request to the print server using the ping command ping 202 39 74 40 When the print server receives an ICMP request at its own Ethernet address but with a different IP address than the one it was expecting it changes its IP address setting The print server will now respond to the new IP address At this point you can use the telnet interface as described below to change the host s other settings Accessing the Telnet Interface You can access your print server s telnet interface using an ordinary te te t lnet client program On many systems the command to invoke a lnet client is lnet ip address Appendix Telnet Interface Administration 115 Print Server Administration User s Guide Where ip address is the IP address you have assigned to the print server When you first telnet to the print server it displays its log in message At this point you can enter the password you have assigned to your print server If you have not yet assigned a password just press Enter The print server will then disp
10. lt Remove Create Queue Login 9 Click OK then choose Save Configuration from the Configuration menu or press the Save Configuration toolbar button to change the settings in the print server and the NetWare server The print server will restart itself and begin serving the specified print queue If you created the print queue in step 6 you may need to assign queue operators and queue users to the print queue using PS Admin or the NetWare PCONSOLE program By default SUPERVISOR is assigned as the print queue s operator and all members of the group EVERYONE are allowed to use the print queue For information Setting up Novell NetWare 3 x Printing Print Server Administration User s Guide about assigning print queue users and operators using PS Admin see the Managing Print Queues section Setting up as a NetWare Remote Printer Your network print server can also be set up as NetWare remote printer printing delays To set up a printer port as a remote printer port 1 Make sure you are logged on to your NetWare server as SUPERVISOR or that you have permissions equivalent to SUPERVISOR Make sure that the NetWare protocol is enabled in the server This setting is found in the Server Device Configuration window accessible by selecting the print server and choosing Server Device from the Configuration window Make sure you have a NetWare print server created and runni
11. status Running comum 7 status Running The Statistics tab shows collected statistics also divided into various categories Many of these categories correspond to standard SNMP management information base categories Device Diagnostics x Configuration Status Statistics Log acm 4 2 ifinoctets 326822 7 ifinucastPkts 2382 E ifinHUcastPkts 881 2 ifinDiscards 329 7 ifinErrors o E ifinUnknownProtos 5 7 ifoutoctets 167281 7 ifoutucastPkts 1946 ifoutHUcastPkts 573 2 ifoutDiscards 9 7 ifoutErrors 0 iPx Refresh Save to File Close The Log tab contains a tree branch for each error that occurs Error log entry branches contain detailed information about the problem 112 Troubleshooting Print Server Problems Print Server Administration User s Guide which should be able to assist your or technical support representative to locate the problem The Save to File button at the bottom of the dialog window allows you to save a text file listing all of the entries in the Device Diagnostic window You can use this function to keep a record d your print server s settings for future reference The contents of this file may also be useful to your technical support representative if you encounter problems you are unable to resolve Troubleshooting Print Server Problems 113 Print Server Administration User s Guide Appendix Telnet
12. 82 Printing Text Files from Umi nnn ERR RR ve ettet ind 83 Printing from BSD Unix Versions aaar A REKEN ENEE a ATRE tenete tenete teens 84 Printing from SCO Unix System V 386 eese estet tette tete tenete tenete tenete tenete teens 86 Printing from Solaris esci CR RE EORR ARR RR AKEE R Rege 88 Printing from WindoWs NT stie teeth a e a 89 Printing using T P ee eoo ien e ERREUR E Eee ERR RR RE ES 91 Printing using FEED eeu MI E A 92 PS ADMIN ADMINISTRATION eere rennen nnn narum nnnm a n tana tuna anna arra an ca 93 The PS Admin Main Window us s ee egent te er n eee pre e Fri rie 93 Filtering the List f Print SeFVers issued e bn ete ese diete teens 94 Working with Environment Files and Preferences eese 95 Monitoring Printer Status i ese ee ARE RENS REESE Re DUE 98 Checking NetWare Print JODS cccscscscscscscscssscscecssecssssesecesesesecececesecececesececeseseceseseeeeeeeeeseeteneeees 99 Configuring NetWare Print S rvice ssssscssssssssssssesssssssssesseesessseseseseeeeeseseeeeeseseeeeeseseetenseseeneees 101 Managing Print Queues cett ttt ttt ttt ttt ranan 101 Managing PHuteluocted under DM Lie LC DES ANA p DU E EE e 104 Mariaging Print Servers bep nta gem p e cases oe bib e a Og e ede deve 105 Resetting the PrintServer i ion ERU RR HERE ada BOR GAS 108 Upgrading the Print Server s Internal Firmware eese intente 109 TROUBLESHOOTING PRINT SERVER P
13. BLINWKS NBC H esa E PS MOS GP PS M2534 P3 From Prinicap Printer Information Description print n amp Status Ready Documents Waiting 4 Windows will display the following message Press OK to continue The server on which the printer resides does not have a suitable NULL printer driver installed Click on OK if you wish to install the driver on your local machine 5 Windows will ask you to choose the correct printer driver for the printer Select a driver and press OK 6 The printer should now be available for use Windows for Workgroups Client Workstations To enable network printing to your network print server from your Windows for Workgroups 3 11 workstation 1 Start the Print Manager by double clicking its icon in the Main program group 2 From the Print Manager s Options menu choose Printer Setup The Print Manager will display the Printers dialog window Setting up Microsoft Network Printing 71 Print Server Administration User s Guide 72 Default Printer No Default Printer Installed Printers Set As Default Printer List of Printers HP LaserJet IIIP PostScript HP LaserJet IIISi HP PaintJet XL HP ThinkJet 2225 C D IBM ExecJet HP LaserJet IIISi PostScript HP LaserJet 474M HP PaintJet Li i e 3 From the List of Printers choose the appropriate printer type and click Install If yo
14. Hardware User s Guide be certain that you have One l Port USB Print Server One AC Power adapter suitable for your country s electric power service One l Port USB Print Server Installation CD ROM One Quick Installation Guide If any item is missng or if you find any damage or mismatch promptly contact your dealer for assistance General Features 9 9 9 9 9 9 Compact pocket size Compliant with USB 1 1 Equipped one 10Base T 100BASE TX LAN port Multi protocol support is ideal for shared printing in mixed LAN environments Bi directional communication allows collection of information for attached printer s status Windows based administrative program makes it possible to set up in a few minutes Latest MIB II RFC 1213 for SNMP standard management Offer LPR program for Windows 95 98 Me TCP IP printing IP assignment support for DHCP BOOTP and RARP Support Web configuration Provide Flash memory for easy firmware upgrade Service Features This 1 Port USB Print Server can improve network printing services of your network in three ways It picks up the workload of managing print file traffic to its connected printers This provides workload relief to your file servers and allows the file servers full pacity to be used for file access or other direct services to network users On peer to peer networks workstations can print directly to this print server without increasing the l
15. IPX Network Segments x 4 v C All Network Segments 4 V selected Network Segments 00 96 10 17 DIII Sort Server Name List Determines whether or not the list of servers should be sorted Save Settings on Exit Determines whether or not PS Admin settings for example filter definitions should be saved when you exit PS Admin Monitoring Printer Status By choosing Printer Status from the Management menu you can monitor the status of each of the printers attached to the print server Pressing the Select Port buttons determines which port s status will be displayed Printer Model LASERJET 5L On line Printer Status Code HP PJL Status Code 10001 Printer Panel Disp PRINTER READY PS Admin Administration 99 Print Server Administration User s Guide The Printer Status field shows whether the printer is on line off line is out of paper or has an error If the printer is compatible with HP s PJL Printer Job Lanaguage protocol and you have enabled the use of PJL on the port see the Changing Print Server Port Settings section for instructions on how to do this then the Printer Model Printer Status Code and Printer Panel Display fields will display information about the printer and its status Checking NetWare Print Jobs 100 The NetWare Print Jobs window accessible from the NetWare Print Jobs selection of the Management menu can be used to monitor NetWare b
16. Interface Administration This appendix describes the use the telnet interface for controlling and configuring print servers Setting an IP Address without PS Admin 114 The PS Admin program allows you to set your print server s IP address and other TCP IP parameters If you don t have a Windows based workstation and you need to set your print server s address you can use a BOOTP Boot Protocol server or the manual method described below If you want to use BOOTP your local Ethernet network needs to have a BOOTP server The BOOTP server table needs to have an entry listing the print server s Ethernet MAC address the IP address you want to assign to the print server the network s mask and the default gateway router address Consult your BOOTP server documentation for information about how to add an entry to the server table If you aren t using BOOTP you can manually set the IP address using the following method 1 Note your print server s Ethernet MAC address The Ethernet address is a 12 digit hex number printed on a sticker on the bottom of your print server 2 Use a host on the same local Ethernet network as the print server Change your host s ARP address resolution protocol table to Appendix Telnet Interface Administration g Print Server Administration User s Guide add a mapping from the IP address you want to assign to the print server s Ethernet address For many TCP IP systems this
17. Printers Double Click Add Printer Select Local Printer Local or Network Printer Is the printer attached to your computer gt If the printer is directly attached to your computer click Local printer If it is attached to another computer or directly to the network click Network printer C Network printer cde Cor Create a new Standard TCP IP Port LT Select the Printer Port Computers communicate with printers through ports Select the port you want your printer to use If the port is not listed you can create a new port C Use the following port Port Description Printer a LPT1 Printer Port LPT2 Printer Port LPT3 Printer Port COMI Serial Port COM2 Serial Port CNM Serial Part xl Note Most computers use the LPT1 port to communicate with a local printer Create a new port Type Standard TCP IP Port lt Back Cancel 10 Setting up Windows 2000 TCP IP Printing LPR for Windows 95 98 Me 2000 XP TCP IP Printing User s Guide Click Next Add Standard TCP IP Printer Port Wizard Welcome to the Add Standard TCP IP Printer Port Wizard You use this wizard to add a port for a network printer Before continuing be sure that 1 The device is turned on 2 The network is connected and configured To continue click Next Input the IP Address of the Print Server and the Port name of the Port that will be printed to then click N
18. and Linux Mac OS Appletalk Management Standard SNMP MIBs MIB II RFC 1213 LEDs PW LAN USB Environmental and Physical Power Supply External power supply providing 5VDC input Operating Temperature 0 C to 50 C Storage Temperature 25 C to 55 C Humidity 5 to 95 non condensing at 30 C EMI Compliance FCC Class B CE Class B 14
19. and enter the Management link the first screen appears is the System Status option Otherwise you can click on the System Status link in the left column of the Management screen to return here from the other screens This option will show you the system information as below providing general information regarding the print server Click on the lt Refresh gt button below to capture the most updated information Management Configuration Management See pc 1118E will USB Print Server Hardware Version A1 Firmware Version Bey 2002 10 31 CEEE 0003 1B 1118 E1 WS 192 168 0 167 Manual SALLA 0 days 01 36 08 Refresh Printer Status Click on the Printer Status link in the left column of the Management screen to enter the Printer Status option This option will show you the information regarding the printer s status Click on the lt Refresh gt button below to capture the most updated information Once the print server is connected to a printer the Printer Status in the table will show Online Management Configuration Tools Help System Status Printer Status Printer Name PS 1118E1 U1 Printer Status Off line Refresh Configuration Click on Configuration link from the tools bar of the main screen to enter the Configuration Table and it provides the configuration options that include Server Device TCP IP Protocol NetBEUI Protocol and AppleTalk Protocol Server Device When you choose and
20. been set up by an administrator End Cancel 68 Setting up Microsoft Network Printing Print Server Administration User s Guide 4 Enter the network path for your network print server specifying which port you want to connect to For instance to use the printer connected to the port named PS 142634 P2 on the print server named PS 142634 enter PS 142634 PS 142634 P2 As an alternative to entering the network path you can also browse the network to locate the print server and port Press the OK button to continue Pinter WPS T42500 P5 142634F2 Shared Printers IV Expand by Default Help Y NetWare or Compatible Network a amp Microsoft Windows Network i ENGINEER amp WORKGROUP BLINWKS NBC Ba P5 142634 PS 142634 P1 From Printcap e PS 142634 P2 From Printcap amp P5 142634 P3 From Printcap Description printer ok Printer Information Status Ready Documents Waiting 0 5 Windows will display the following message Press OK to continue Connect to Printer The server on which the printer resides does not have a suitable NULL printer driver installed Click on OK if you wish to install the driver on your local machine EEK Cancer 6 At this point Windows will ask you to choose the correct printer driver for the printer Choose your printer s make and model from the list or use the driver disk included with the printer When you have chosen the
21. enter the Configuration link the first screen appears is the Server Device option Otherwise you can click on the Server Device link in the left column of the Configuration screen to return here from the other screens This option will show you settings required to configure the print server Click the lt Save gt button to ensure the settings are updated and saved Managemen Configuration Sorvet Device TEPIP Protocol suu PS 111BE1 NeiBEUI Protocol Apple Talk Protocol hhh Admin Contact ee Jibiti New Password Confirm Again Port Name Ps rieen ut Descnpnon PIL Prnter Mo Sas Cancel TCP IP Protocol Click on the TCP IP Protocol link in the left column of the Configuration screen to enter the TCP IP Protocol option This option will show you settings required to configure the print server Click the lt Save gt button to ensure the settings are updated and saved Configuration HL 192 168 0 167 NetBEUI Protocol le Talk Protocol Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 192 168 0 1 IP Assignment 5 Manually Assign C Assign Automatically Using C RARP C BOOTP C DHCP SNMP Community 1 ESA ie 1 Access Right Read wWrite z E Nanc 1 Access Right Read Only z Community 3 Wane m NetBEUI Protocol Click on the NetBEUI Protocol link in the left column of the Configuration screen to enter the NetBEUI Protocol option This option will show you settings r
22. mand Vo edd a por Erber the Porter teres ct P oddest and a pot nares br the darsod device Pier horeg adders C1690 Pot arse Psarere Select Custom and click Settings Add Standard TRAP Printer Part Wizard Additional Pos owain Hoanod The dence codd nel ber iier l wc The detected device amp ch unknown ppe Ba cue that 1 Tha deson ir propady cor garedi The ecidieie on fhe pend cus pope ih oireet Einer current the addas and pedoni another saath on the netovod by retuming Vo he previas iod page or select the deos tyoe jou Ne que fv addes bp oonect Dever Type D Starelasci Sum Servo Select LPR and put the Port name in the field labeled Queue Name Then Click OK Setting up Windows XP TCP IP Printing 19 LPR for Windows 95 98 Me 2000 XP TCP IP Printing User s Guide Click Next Click Finish ongure Standard TCP IP Port Monitor pam Peat Settnos Pot Name Pe ucei2e1 Pieter Name ai IP Addiess 19216801 Protocol OAw Ran Samo LPR Selling Queue Hams PS 000FITP 1 LFR Bue Courting Enackat LL SNMP Status Enabled ome TCP Printer Port Wizard Additonal Pert Infsrmalisn Heqened The dece could not be iden les The detected device i of unknovetppe Be wether 1 The dence amp 2 The adest onthe previous pepe k corect Erte conect the addres and pet mihe search on fe natok bs iae o fee pernour weed paga
23. on which ad hoc mode is supported by your wireless card driver on the PC Notebook Some driver supports both modes however some driver support only one of the modes The names of each ad hoc mode may not be consistent between each wireless card vendor therefore you may need to try each of the ad hoc mode 802 11 mode and proprietary mode and select the mode that can communicate with each other 16 PRINT SERVER WIRELESS SETTING IN PS ADMIN PROGRAM Print Server Administration User s Guide Infrastructure Mode Before initiating set up procedure for the print server make sure your print server has setup already in your LAN environment Start up PS Admin The PS Admin main window will appear like the one below Bey 0 PPMeSemem PRINT SERVER WIRELESS SETTING IN PS ADMIN PROGRAM 17 Print Server Administration User s Guide Select the print server and click on Server Device as illustrated IS Print server selection letra isis F Bau wDewes Fi Server Mame Praet Sewer Reset Factory eset Download Pe mwas Piet Test In the Server Device Configuration window click on Wireless button as indicated below 4111 E fee T 18 ADMIN PROGRAM Print Server Administration User s Guide The Wireless Configuration window will appear Make sure to set the ESS ID to match with Access Point s ESS ID The default ESS ID of the print server is set as default P
24. separated by a vertical bar The entries used above are 86 Setting up Unix TCP IP Printing Print Server Administration User s Guide lp The 1p entry is used to specify a local printer device Since the printer is a remote printer this entry should be blank sd dir The location of the printer s local spool directory mx blocks The limit for print job files in the local spool directory 0 means no limit rm address The host where the remote printer is located in this case your print server rp printer The name of the printer on the remote host For the print server the port name should be used Note this entry is case sensitive Printing from SCO Unix System V 386 To allow printing to a printer attached to your print server from a SCO Unix System V 386 host 1 Login as the superuser root 2 Add an entry for the print server in the host s etc hosts file giving a hostname for the print server s IP address A line in etc hosts contains an IP address and one or more aliases for the host For example 202 39 74 40 ps 142634 ps 142634 company com If you use DNS the Domain Naming Services protocol you can add an address record entry to your DNS database for the print server 3 Change to the dev directory and issue the command mkdev rlp Setting up Unix TCP IP Printing 87 Print Server Administration User s Guide 88 4 ee 9 The script will ask Do you wan
25. the host s etc hosts file giving a hostname for the print server s IP address A line in etc hosts contains an IP address and one or more aliases for the host For example 202 39 74 40 ps 142634 ps 142634 company com If you use DNS the Domain Naming Services protocol you can add an address record entry to your DNS database for the print server 3 In OpenWindows start the admintool program 4 Click on the Printer Manger icon 5 From the Edit menu select Add Printer then Add Access to Remote Printer 6 Enter values for the fields as follows Setting up Unix TCP IP Printing 89 Print Server Administration User s Guide o Printer Name This field should contain the name of the printer port you wish to use The field is case sensitive Printer Server This field should contain the IP address of the print server or the alias name you added in step 2 o Printer Server OS This field should be set to BSD 7 Confirm the addition 8 Optionally repeat the addition to add another printer for printing text files with TEXT appended to the port name Once you have added the new printer you can use the 1p command to print files to the printer Consult your Solaris documentation for details Printing from Windows NT 90 Windows NT versions 3 51 and later support printing using the 1pd protocol To print to your print server from a Windows NT 4 0 workstation or server 1 Make sure that you have installed th
26. up printing on these network types is covered in the following chapters Choosing a Name for Your Print Server Each network print server has a server name When the print server is shipped from the factory it has a default name of the form PS XXXXXxX Where xxxxxx represents the last six digits of the Ethernet address found on the print server s underside sticker You can choose any name you like for your print servers provided that Getting Started Setting up Your Print Server 23 Print Server Administration User s Guide 24 The server name is less than 15 characters long The server does not have the same name as any Novell NetWare fileserver on your network The server does not have the same name as any of the print servers configured for your Novell network The server does not have the same name as any Microsoft Networking client or server Uppercase and lowercase letters are not distinguished in print server names It is recommended that you limit your print server name to 15 characters chosen from the letters A to Z the digits 0 to 9 and the character Names that violate this recommendation may ee 99 hyphen not be usable with some networks To change your print server s name 1 Select the print server in the PS Admin main window s server name display or extended server display 2 Choose Server Device from the Configuration menu or press the Configure Server button in the
27. x Click the type of network component you want to install Add J Adapter f Protocol Cancel 3 Service client enables your computer to connect to other computers 6 When Windows asks you to select a network client click the Have Disk button 7 Insert the Print Server installation CD in your computer s CD ROM enter the proper pathname for example D Ipr and click OK 8 Select the LPR for TCP IP Printing client and click OK Click the Network Client that you want to install then click OK If you have an installation disk for this device click Have Disk Models L LPR for TCP IP Printing Have Disk J tend 9 Windows will copy the necessary files and return to the Network dialog Click OK to let Windows restart Setting up Windows 95 98 Me TCP IP Printing LPR for Windows 95 98 Me 2000 XP TCP IP Printing User s Guide Network x Configuration Identification Access Control The following network components are installed E Client for Microsoft Networks E Client for NetWare Networks LPR for TCP IP Printing S NE 2000 Compatible Y IPX SPX compatible Protocol f NetBEUI zi Bess Pes Primary Network Logon Client for NetWare Networks a Eile and Print Sharing Description LPR for TCP IP Printing v1 00 1997 08 08 enables you to connect to and use the printers connected on the Print Server devices that support TCP IP LPR printing
28. x Printing 57 Print Server Administration User s Guide Windows 95 and later Workstations Unless you are using the 32 bit NetWare requester from Novell Windows 95 or later does not directly support NDS access You can access NetWare 4 x printer queues using bindery emulation as described in the previous chapter Windows NT 4 0 and later Client Workstations To print to a NetWare 4 x print queue from Windows NT 4 0 or later 1 From the Start menu choose the Settings submenu then the Printers item within it Windows will display the Printers folder 2 Double click on the Add Printer icon in the Printers folder Windows will start the Add Printer Wizard 3 Choose the Network printer server selection and click the Next gt button to continue Add Printer Wizard This wizard helps you install your printer or make printer connections This printer will be managed by My Computer All settings will be managed and configured on this omputer Connect to a printer on another machine All settings for this printer are managed by a print server that has been set up by an administrator Beck Cancel 58 Setting up Novell NetWare 4 x Printing Print Server Administration User s Guide 4 Locate the print queue you wish to attach to in the browser and click OK NetWare NDS contexts may be found beneath the NetWare or Compatible Network item Connect to Printer x Printer COMPANY NW
29. 13 LEDs Environmental and Physical Power Supply External power supply providing SVDC input Operating Temperature 0 C to 50 C Storage Temperature 25 C to 55 C Humidity 5 to 95 non condensing at 30 C EMI Compliance FCC Class B CE Class B 14 1 Port USB Print Server Web Configuration User s Manual Rev 01 July 2002 Made In Taiwan RECYCLABLE TABLE OF CONTENTS WEB CONFIGURATION eere ee eese eese esses eee eee e eee e e eee eee 3 CONFIGURING THE PRINT SERVER ee ee ee eee een nnn 4 MANAGEMENT 5 252 656 nc co ao ar ao nene nene aon ra rao eoa aoa ur acutae ua uc coe 5 SYSTEM STATUS ehe NRI 5 PRINTER S TATUS 45 5 s ARE LASS RAUM 6 CONFIGURATION e eee ee eee tete tette te tete tees sees eoos 7 SERVER DEVICE ete ive ode a OG vectes 7 TCP IPPROTOCOE etti tesiteetezeteeteoeiebeeeexetee etes pevetece dew aeui eive 8 NETBEUI PROTOCOL eene nennt eene ne nnn ener eee 9 APPLETALK PROTOCOL ccccsseeccccescececcescccccceseececceeececeeneess 10 iL SP E E 11 RESET 525 ioter eet eerte dete tee touches ee EE DIU EAA 11 FACTORY RESET 2 5 a e tecieveeddeest e ette tendre se et dati ovp iade 12 HELD B 2 ses e a cete eeaee a eevso nt eee ace esos vasa ete eae e Cosa p vaa DN e NEN 13 ABOU Esset chere d Denes eens su er tiie eus cath oerte 13 Web Configuration This manual describes the use of the Web Configuration for co
30. 567890123 On Confirm WEP Key field input the same string input on the Encryption Code field Make sure the Encryption Code is the same with the access point s encryption code that the print server is to be connected under Infrastructure mode Your PC Notebook s encryption code also needs to be setup the same with the print server s encryption code under either Infrastructure mode or Ad hoc mode Note Carefully input Encryption Code any error setting will cause communication link to fail If failure occurs please reset to factory reset for the print server and follow the setup procedure Ad hoc or Infrastructure mode again PRINT SERVER WIRELESS SETTING IN PS ADMIN PROGRAM Print Server Administration User s Guide Getting Started Setting up Your Print Server Before you can print over the network using your print server you may need to perform some basic setup tasks These include Choosing a name for your print server Setting a password to protect your print server s settings from unauthorized modifications Choosing names for the print server s individual printer ports and changing the port settings Testing the operation of the print server and checking that the print server is connected properly Once you have finished with these tasks you can proceed to set up network printing for Novell NetWare Microsoft Networks AppleTalk networks and UNIx TCP IP systems Information about setting
31. Interface Administration 121 Print Server Administration User s Guide 5 When you are done changing port settings choose 0 to return to the main menu 6 Choose the Save Configuration menu item The print server will ask for confirmation Do you really want to save the configuration y n Answer Y to confirm the save The telnet connection will drop and the print server will reset itself letting the new port settings take effect Changing AppleTalk Settings 122 You can also change AppleTalk network settings from the telnet interface On Macintosh only networks you can use a telnet client such as NCSA Telnet to configure your print server without requiring a Windows compatible machine Selecting AppleTalk Configuration displays the AppleTalk Configuration menu Appendix Telnet Interface Administration Print Server Administration User s Guide AppleTalk Configuration 1 Zone Name lt gt Port Printer Type LaserWriter gt Port PostScript Level lt Level 2 gt Port 2 Printer Type LaserWriter gt Port 2 PostScript Level lt Level 2 gt Port 3 Printer Type LaserWriter gt Port 3 PostScript Level lt Level 2 gt Return to Main Menu Enter Selectio To modify a selection select its menu item and enter a new value The meanings of each of the AppleTalk settings is described in the Setting up the Print Server for AppleTalk Printing section Displaying C
32. LAN card I O error 1 long 18 short USB controller error In the event of a Firmware Reload Required error at startup proceed according to instructions given in the PS Admin User s Guide PS Admin Administration section under the heading Upgrading the Print Server s Internal Firmware In the event that any of the other listed error conditions is encountered on startup contact your dealer for correction of the fault 12 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS Printer Connection Printer Interface One USB port compliant with USB 1 1 standard Network Connection Wireless Network Network Standards Wireless LAN standard IEEE 802 11b Network Data Transfer Rate 11Mbps with fallback to 5 5Mbps 2Mbps and 1Mbps Network Mode Through ad hoc or infrastructure mode Wired Network Network Interface One 10Base T 100BASE TX shielded port RJ 45 connector Network Standards IEEE 802 3 10Base T Ethernet IEEE 802 3u 100BASE TX Fast Ethernet Network Data Transfer Rate 10 100 Mbps megabits per second 13 Network Protocol Support Transport Protocols TCP IP NetBEUI AppleTalk EtherTalk TCP IP Protocols Supported BOOTP SNMP Telnet TFTP FTP LPD RARP DHCP Operating System Support Windows 95 98 Me Windows NT 2000 XP NetWare 5 x NDPS LPR remote printing HP UX UNIX Sun OS Solaris SCO UNIX AIX Unixware and Linux Mac OS Management Standard SNMP MIBs MIB II RFC 12
33. ROBLEMS eee eenn nnn 111 About This Guide v Print Server Administration User s Guide vi Using the PS Admin Device Diagnostics Window essent 111 APPENDIX TELNET INTERFACE ADMINISTRATION eee enne nnne 114 Setting an IP Address without PS Admin ceccccscecsscssecssssesecesssesecessseseeeseseceeeseseeeseseseeeeeeneeeeees 114 Accessing the Telnet Interface eese entente tette tete rennen 115 Changing TCP IP Settini Sirenian arina RETRO IRE CH e EEE E ERRA 116 Changing Server Settings annonae decided eie te sed 117 Changing the Print Server Password esee tenete tette 119 Changing Port Setting Sareri siris i na E e FENNE PROP ee beue Ai NETSE 120 Changing AppleTalk Settings eese esses estet tenete tenete tette tenente tenente eene tenen 122 Displaying Configuration Information eese tette tette tenete tenente 123 Resetting the PrintServer si FR ROI IR ER RENNES I NERA E 124 Upgrading Print Server Firmware eese teinte tn tntntntntntntntntntntntntntntntntntnte 125 About This Guide Print Server Administration User s Guide About This Guide This User s Guide describes the operation of the PS Admin program which can be used to conveniently configure and manage your print server from any personal computer running the Windows 3 1x Windows for Workgroups 3 11 Windows NT 3 51 Windows NT 4 0 or later o
34. Refresh gt button below to capture the most updated information Management Configuration Tools Help System Status Printer Status ELM PS 2002E2 Woo Wireless USB Print Server Hardware Version A UE 2 20 2002 11 21 LLISLLLLLLM 0003 1B 20 02 E2 USC 192 168 0 169 Manual LLLI O0 days 00 01 34 Refresh Printer Status Click on the Printer Status link in the left column of the Management screen to enter the Printer Status option This option will show you the information regarding the printer s status Click on the lt Refresh gt button below to capture the most updated information Once the print server is connected to a printer the Printer Status in the table will show Online Management Configuration Tools Help System Status Printer Status Printer Name PS 2002E2 U1 Printer Status Off line Refresh Configuration Click on Configuration link from the tools bar of the main screen to enter the Configuration Table and it provides the configuration options that include Server Device TCP IP Protocol NetBEUI Protocol and AppleTalk Protocol Server Device When you choose and enter the Configuration link the first screen appears is the Server Device option Otherwise you can click on the Server Device link in the left column of the Configuration screen to return here from the other screens This option will show you settings required to configure the print server Click the
35. UD TCP IP and AppleTalk protocols Allows administrators to view the status of each of the server s printer ports including the printer status display if the printer supports PJL Printer Job Language Can display server statistics and status for troubleshooting purposes Provides a convenient interface for setting up Novell NetWare 5 x servers Native NDS Allows the print server s internal software to be conveniently upgraded to a new version 6 Introduction Introduction Print Server Administration User s Guide In addition to PS Admin server based administration print servers also support a telnet based interface for networks that do not use Windows based personal computers This interface supports viewing and modifying all server port TCP IP and AppleTalk related settings Network administrators using the industry standard SNMP network management protocol can also monitor the print server from any network management console Print Server Administration User s Guide Installing and Starting the PS Admin Program This chapter lists the requirements that your computer system should meet before you can install PS Admin tells how to install the program and how to start it System Requirements We recommend that your system meet the following requirements to be able to use the PS Admin program A PC compatible computer with a 486 or faster processor One of the following Windows operating sy
36. User s Guide Changing Server Settings From the Server Configuration menu you can change the server name as well as the Location and Contact fields used for identifying the location of the print server and the person responsible for maintaining it To change one of these settings 1 From the main menu choose Server Configuration The print server will display the Server Configuration menu Server Configuration 1 Server Name lt PS 142634 gt 2 Location Central office 3 Admin Contact Benjamin Lin 4 0 Change Password Return to Main Menu Enter Selection Ls To change the server name location or admin contact choose the appropriate menu item The print server will prompt for the new value If you are setting the server name be sure to follow the recommendations described in the Choosing a Name for Your Print Server section of this manual 3 When you are done changing the server settings choose 0 to return to the Main Menu 4 Choose the Save Configuration menu item The print server will ask for confirmation 118 Appendix Telnet Interface Administration Print Server Administration User s Guide Do you really want to save the configuration y n Answer Y to confirm the save The telnet connection will drop and the print server will reset itself letting the new server configuration take effect Changing the Print Server Password The pr
37. a new filter 1 Press the Define Filter Strings button 2 Enter a filter string and press the Add button 3 Select the new filter string from the Server Name Filter pulldown list The server list will be restricted to the list of servers that match the filter string 4 To display all servers choose All Devices from the Server Name Filter pulldown Working with Environment Files and Preferences 96 When PS Admin starts up it first checks the network looking for all network print servers Since this may take awhile if you have a large network you may want to use environment files to reduce the wait An environment file stores the list of servers it has discovered along with information about them PS Admin Administration Print Server Administration User s Guide To save an environment file 1 Make sure that PS Admin s list of servers is up to date Press the Discover Print Servers button to update the list if necessary 2 Choose Save As from the File menu Choose a file name for the file By default the file will have a ENV extension To tell PS Admin to open the environment file when it starts up instead of trying to discover all of the devices on the network 1 Choose Preferences from the File menu 2 Click on the Load Environment File on Startup selection Type in a filename or use the Browse button to locate the file on your hard disk 3 Click OK The
38. an alternative to entering the network path you can also browse the network to locate the file server and print queue Press the OK button to continue Printer SSERVER O LJ5L Cancel Shared Printers Expand by Default Help Description Status Ready Documents Waiting 0 Printer Information 5 Windows will display the following message Press OK to continue Setting up Novell NetWare 3 x Printing Print Server Administration User s Guide The server on which the printer resides does not have a suitable printer driver installed Click on OK if you wish to install the driver on your local machine 6 At this point Windows will ask you to choose the correct printer driver for the printer Choose your printer s make and model from the list or use the driver disk included with the printer When you have chosen the correct printer click OK to continue 7 If you already have a default printer Windows will ask if you wish to use the newly installed printer as the default 8 When installation is complete Windows will display the following dialog Press the Finish button to complete installation The network printer has been successfully installed Windows NT 3 51 Client Workstations To access a NetWare 3 x printer queue from your Windows NT 3 51 workstation 1 Double click on the Print Manager icon found in the Main program group 2 In the Print Manager choose Connect to P
39. ands issued to the print server via Telnet See the PS Admin User s Guide for configuration procedures The print server also supports web configuration which allows users to configure settings through the web browser The print server s default IP address settings are 8 Default IP address 192 168 0 1 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Please note that the PC s IP address must correspond with the print server s IP address in the same segment for the two devices to communicate INSTALLATION This chapter explains how to install your print server and connect it to the network It also describes the automatic power on self test POST Installing the Print Server Follow these steps for a trouble free start of print server operations with your 1 Port USB Print Server Please take particular notice of the warning in step 4 the network connection should be made before supplying power to the print server 1 2 Confirm proper operation of the printer to be connected to the print server When you have confirmed proper operation of the printer turn off the power Confirm that your network is operating normally Connect the print server to the network through the RJ 45 connector of the print server WARNING Configuration problems may result if the print server is powered up without first establishing its network connection Please follow this procedure to avoid complications at
40. arge number of servers can become Setting up Novell NetWare 4 x Printing Print Server Administration User s Guide difficult to manage because each server has to be configured separately In large enterprises this can result in disorganization as each department tries to administer its own NetWare servers each in a different way It can become troublesome or impossible to coordinate the administration of file servers across the entire enterprise For this reason NetWare version 4 x introduced NetWare Directory Services which allows administration on a global as well as a local scale NDS organizes objects not by file server but by administrative domain The Network Directory Services database stores objects in a tree structure Branches in the tree represent different regional offices divisions departments or other ways of dividing administrative responsibility Objects such as users servers server volumes print servers print queues etc can be placed anywhere within the tree structure The whole tree structure is shared by all servers using the same tree Changing a setting in the tree affects all servers making it less necessary to manage servers individually For compatibility with existing NetWare 3 x clients and servers NetWare 4 x provides Bindery emulation which exposes objects in the server s context as Bindery objects Setting up as a NetWare Print Server To set up your print server as a NetWar
41. ation User s Guide Port Name p s606 7 COo ZEE NN il PJL Printer Ho Le For example the printer connected to the port named DJ 660C on server PS 142634 would be referred to by the path PS 142634 DJI 660C Printing from Client Workstations This section tells how to make it possible for your Microsoft Networking client workstations to access printers connected to your network print server Windows 95 and later Client Workstations To allow your Windows 95 or later workstation to print over the network directly through your network print server 1 From the Start menu choose the Settings submenu then the Printers item within it Windows will display the Printers folder 2 Double click on the Add Printer icon in the Printers folder Windows will start the Add Printer Wizard Add Printer Setting up Microsoft Network Printing 65 Print Server Administration User s Guide 3 Press the Next gt button to continue to the next screen Add Printer Wizard This wizard will help you to install your printer quickly and easily To begin installing your printer click Next 4 Choose the Network printer selection and click the Next gt button to continue Add Printer Wizard How is this printer attached to your computer If itis directly attached to your computer click Huet If itis attached to another computer ici Ne Network E Loca pina
42. ble for use Setting up Novell NetWare 4 x Printing 61 Print Server Administration User s Guide Print Manager MS DOS PC DOS Workstations 62 The use of the CAPTURE command on NetWare 4 x networks is the same as for NetWare 3 x networks The CAPTURE command is described in the previous chapter of this manual and in your NetWare documentation Setting up Novell NetWare 4 x Printing Print Server Administration User s Guide setting up Microsoft Network Printing Microsoft Networking services based on the NetBEUI protocol provide network users with peer to peer network services In addition to accessing files and printers on a central server any workstation can share its file directories and printer ports making them accessible to other workstations Your print servers are also capable of making attached printers accessible to Microsoft Networking workstations running network operating systems such as Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3 x Microsoft Windows 95 or later Microsoft Windows NT 3 51 4 0 or later Microsoft LAN Manager IBM LAN Server To improve printing efficiency Microsoft Networking services clients can choose to print to a print queue stored on a Windows NT server which can then forward the print jobs to the print server Setting up the Print Server for Microsoft Networking Little additional setup is necessary for the print server to be usable from Micr
43. can click on the Reset link in the left column of the Tools screen to return here from the other screen Click the lt Yes gt button to activate the reset procedure Management Configuration Tools Help Reset Factory Reset Do you really want to reset this device ies 12 Factory Reset Click on the Factory Reset link in the left column of the Tools screen to enter the Factory Reset option Click the lt Yes gt button to resume the factory settings Management Configuration Tools Help Reset Factory Reset Do you really want to factory reset this device YES 13 Help Click on Help link from the tools bar of the main screen to enter the Help Table and it provides general information about the print server About When you choose and enter the Help link the screen appears is the About option This option will show you the system information as below providing general information regarding the print server Management Configuration Tools Help About m Print Server v2 20 14 Wireless USB Print Server Hardware User s Guide Rev 01 July 2002 Made In Taiwan RECYCLABLE TABLE OF CONTENTS ABOUT THIS GUIDE ccssssssssssssssssssscsssssssssssssssssssssssnsesscssseesssssssssssssesssesessssesees 3 INTRODUCTION MYP 4 PACKAGE CONTENTS 4 utr Ead ere Re aereo seh see D RR ERR a E GENERAL FEATURE G cccccesscssecssssssecsecessecsecesse
44. cifying which print queue you want to connect to For instance to use the printer serving the queue named Q LJ5L on the NetWare file server named SERVER enter NNSERVERNQ LJ5L As an alternative to entering the network path you can also use the Browse button to locate the file server and print queue Press the Next button to continue Add Printer Wizard Type the network path or the queue name of your printer If you don t know its name click Browse to view available network printers Network path or queue name serveras Do you print from MS DOS based programs C Yes No Bex Wea conoa_ At this point Windows will ask you to choose the correct printer driver for the printer Choose your printer s make and model from the list or use the driver disk included with the printer When you have chosen the correct printer click Next gt to continue Setting up Novell NetWare 3 x Printing Print Server Administration User s Guide 6 Windows will then ask for a name for the new printer and ask whether or not you want to set the printer as the Windows default printer Click Finish to continue Add Printer Wizard You can type a name for this printer or you can use the name supplied below When you are ready click Finish to install the printer and add it to the Printers ler Printer name Jr LaserJet 5L Do you want your Windows based programs to use this printer as the default print
45. ck on the Remote Printer tab 5 Click on the port number button corresponding to the port you will be using for remote printer service 6 Click on the NDS Remote Printer selection PS Admin will display the tree structure of the NetWare NDS contexts accessible from your network Setting up Novell NetWare 4 x Printing Print Server Administration User s Guide 7 Enter the name of the context you will be using and enter the name of the print server in that context NetWare Configuration x Select Port LPT LPT2 COM NDS Print Server Bindery Print Server Remote Printer Queue Service Settings C Disable NDSRemote Printer C Bindery Remote Printer esl Preferred NDS Tree COMPANY Context o company Print Server psmm o7 Printer Number NER E 8 Determine what printer numbers are available on the given print server and enter an unused printer number in the Printer Number field Printer numbers can range from 0 to 15 9 Click OK then choose Save Configuration from the Configuration menu or press the Save Configuration toolbar button to change the settings in the print server The print server will restart itself and begin serving as a remote printer for the specified print server Printing from Client Workstations Once your print server is set up for printing from the file server your network s client workstations can connect to the file server s print queue Setting up Novell NetWare 4
46. configure the settings of your wireless network For the detail operation please refer to the Web Configuration manual The default settings of wireless mode are Connection Mode Infrastructure ESS ID default Wireless Channel 11 Power up and Self Test Whenever the print server is powered up two kinds of testing procedures follow automatically The first procedure is just a programmed series of LED flashes to confirm proper operation of the three LED indicators The second procedure comprises programmed tests of each of the print servers major components LED Test Series Immediately upon power up all four of the LED indicators will show steady green for a few seconds Then the USB indicator will flash three times while the Power LED remains steady Irregularity of any of the LEDs during this LED test series indicates that there is a problem with the LEDs themselves Contact your dealer for correction of any LED problems before proceeding 11 Component Test Series The actual component tests immediately follow the LEDs test If any error condition is found during the component test series then the test will halt with the USB LED continuously signaling the particular error according to the following table 1 long 7 short LAN memory error 1 long 11 short LAN I O base error 1 long 15 short Wireless LAN card detect error 1 long 16 short Wireless LAN card CIS error 1 long 17 short Wireless
47. correct printer click OK to continue 7 If you already have a default printer Windows will ask if you wish to use the newly installed printer as the new default Setting up Microsoft Network Printing 69 Print Server Administration User s Guide 8 When installation is complete Windows will display the following dialog Press the Finish button to complete installation Add Printer Wizard The network printer has been successfully installed Windows NT 3 51 Client Workstations To allow your Windows NT 3 51 workstation to print over the network directly through your network print server 1 Double click on the Print Manager icon found in the Main program group 2 In the Print Manager choose Connect to Printer from the Printer menu 3 Enter the network path for the print server specifying which printer port you want to connect to For instance to use the printer connected to the port named PS 142634 P2 on the print server named PS 142634 enter PS 142634 PS 142634 P2 As an alternative to entering the network path you can also browse the network to locate the print server and port Press the OK button to continue 70 Setting up Microsoft Network Printing Print Server Administration User s Guide Connect to Printer Printer PS 142634 PS 142634 P1 Shared Printers DX Expand by Default Y Netware or Compatible Network 3 Microsoft Windows Network amp WORKGROUP TE
48. ct saec ite deve type d pou we ure fys ackbarz c comet Setting up Windows XP TCP IP Printing LPR for Windows 95 98 Me 2000 XP TCP IP Printing User s Guide Add Siaederd TCP Printer Port Wizard Completing the Add Standard TCP IP Printer Port Wizard You have cala ciad a pat vih the lollceang caches SINP No Proiocot LPR PSHODET7 PT Devic T9 TER 01 Pat Name FS atoF17 P1 Adapts Types To copiste ther weeed cick Fach lt Bek Run Coma The Printer Install Wizard will now prompt for drivers Select the correct Make and Model or click Have Disk to provide the Manufacturer s Driver Disk x 14 55 Click Next trictall Porter Software The reeradectzer andi reoctel deterrere miech porter sofia iocos Select the mart scfuser and mocked of you perdes pour prin came vifi an eitallon d did cick Have Do 11 your printed i nor lere conii you printes docunentaion fal Gori pal le prie coles Pee Sr aspect 23 S a recess SF 23 para WAGE Aceasset 900 APPS gl MABEA Accus ar GODSF N82 3 3 Tha dew a chia arad Wicker Updos Have Dick Ted ve wt A tori lt Back het gt cca ec 55 Select a Printer Name Setting up Windows XP TCP IP Printing 21 LPR for Windows 95 98 Me 2000 XP TCP IP Printing User s Guide Add Printer Wiza Hame Yowi Prints You munt aagn a nares to fee printer PA Type n e fox thie p ket Becauie some prograne do not supper printer and s
49. dministration User s Guide Troubleshooting Print Server Problems This chapter gives advice for identifying problems with your print server Using the PS Admin Device Diagnostics Window Choosing Device Diagnostics from the PS Admin Management menu displays the Device Diagnostics window From the Device Diagnostics window you can display many of the print server s settings and status items allowing you to identify many types of print server problems The Configuration tab displays the print server s configuration settings divided into different categories in a tree structure You can expand branches of the tree to display entries beneath the branch Configuration Status Statistics Log E 3 system HG Hetware EI E rcPaP 2 IP Address 168 8 100 52 Manual Subnet Mask 255 255 0 0 E Default Gateway 168 8 100 254 E 3 simpe B 3 trap Bom Workgroup Hame WORKGROUP E Station Humber 32 2 Session Humber 32 AppleTalk Troubleshooting Print Server Problems 111 Print Server Administration User s Guide The Status tab shows the status of the print server s various subsystems Configuration Status Statistics Log Current Job s Protocol 2 Current Job s Hame 7 Current Job s Spooling Size 0 Bytes Bj Current Job s Printing Size 0 Bytes HO LrT2 E 3 comport HG netware BE tcra status Running BG netseuv E
50. e NDS print server you will first need to create several NDS objects You can do this using the DOS based PCONSOLE or NETADMIN programs or the Setting up Novell NetWare 4 x Printing 51 Print Server Administration User s Guide Windows based NWADMIN NetWare Administrator program In this example NWADMIN is used consult your NetWare documentation for information about using PCONSOLE or NETADMIN to perform the setup To configure your print server for NetWare NDS printing 1 Start the NWADMIN program Expand the tree to display the context in the tree where you want to place the print server and select the context 2 Choose Create from the Object menu Select the object class Print Queue and press OK New Object Parent COMPANY Class of Hew Object 28 Group h Message Routing Group l Netware Server Organizational Role PE Organizational Unit Print Server B Printer El Profile pee 3 Enter a name for the print queue and specify the NDS volume object of the file server volume where you want the print queue to be stored Click the Create button 52 Setting up Novell NetWare 4 x Printing Print Server Administration User s Guide Create Print Queue Directory Service Queue o Reference a Bindery Queue Print Queue Hame Q LJSL Print Queue Volume NW41_SYS COMPANY A Define Additional Properties Create Another Print Queue
51. e TCP IP protocol and the Microsoft TCP IP Printing service You can install these from the Network control panel if necessary 2 From the Start menu choose the Settings submenu then the Printers item within it Windows will display the Printers folder 3 Double click on the Add Printer icon in the Printers folder Add Printer Windows will start the Add Printer Wizard Setting up Unix TCP IP Printing Print Server Administration User s Guide 4 Choose the My Computer selection and click the Next gt button to continue Add Printer Wizard 5 Click the Add Port button to add the 1pd print server to the list of ports Add Printer Wizard Local Port Local Port Local Port Local Port Local Port Local Port Local Port 6 Choose the LPR Port type and press New Port Printer Ports Digital Network Port Lexmark DLC Network Port Lexmark TCP IP Network Port Lor LP Setting up Unix TCP IP Printing 91 Print Server Administration User s Guide 7 Enter the IP address of your print server and the port name of the printer you wish to use Add LPR compatible printer x Name or address of server providing Ipd 168 8 100 52 Name of printer or print queue on that server PS 142634 P1 Cancel Help 8 Click OK to return to the Printer Ports window and then click Close to return to the Add Printer Wiza
52. e owners Setting up Windows 95 98 Me TCP IP Printing The Print Server can provide print services to TCP IP networks using the 1lpr 1pd network printing protocol Most UNix systems are capable of supporting 1pd as is Windows NT 2000 This LPR for TCP IP Printing client gives Windows 95 98 Me workstations the ability to print using the 1pr 1pd printing protocol Though it is possible to print to Print Servers from Windows 95 98 Me this capability is useful if primarily administer your network from UNix systems or if you want to print from workstations that are only accessible through IP routing Installing the LPR for TCP IP Printing Client Before your Windows 95 98 Me workstation can print using the lpr protocol you will need to install the client program as follows 1 Make sure that you have installed the TCP IP protocol and have properly configured the Windows 95 98 Me TCP IP settings You can install the protocol from the Network control panel if necessary 2 From the Start menu choose the Settings submenu then the Control Panel item within it Windows will display the Control Panel folder 3 Double click on the Network icon in the Control Panel folder a Network 4 Click on the Add button on the Configuration tab 5 Windows will ask for the type of component to add Select Client and click Add to continue LPR for Windows 95 98 Me 2000 XP TCP IP Printing User s Guide Select Network Component Type
53. e the correct printer driver and click Install ie persi te Installed Printers Eonnect 5 Setup i f Set As Default Printer List of Printers HP LaserJet IIISi HP LaserJet IIISi PostScript HP Laserjet 474M HP PaintJet HP PaintJet XL HP ThinkJet 2225 C D IBM ExecJet IBM Graphics 60 Setting up Novell NetWare 4 x Printing Print Server Administration User s Guide 4 When the printer driver has been correctly installed select the printer in the Installed Printers list and click the Connect button HP LaserJet 474M Cancel Local Port Local Port Not Present Local Port Not Present COM2 Local Port Timeouts seconds Device Not Selected 15 Transmission Retry 45 amp East Printing Direct to Port 5 Click the Network button to display the NetWare printer connections dialog Click on the printer port you wish to capture and the printer queue you want it redirected to and press Capture Press Permanent to insure that the port will be redirected every time you start Windows Click on the exit button when you are finished NetWare Printer Connections BAEO Queue MAQ LJ5L Resources x COMPANY Cy PS 142634 P1 IE PS 142634 P2 Q LJ5L Printer Connections Alt P LPT Settings End Capture Capture 6 The printer should now be availa
54. e to the print server port named dest port Case is sensitive in the dest port name Setting up Unix TCP IP Printing 93 Print Server Administration User s Guide PS Admin Administration This chapter explains the PS Admin main window display and tells how you can use PS Admin to perform common print server administration tasks including Monitoring the status of printers connected to the print server s ports Checking the status of NetWare print jobs Configuring NetWare print services including print servers print queues and printers Resetting the print server Upgrading the print server s internal flash memory using an updated flash memory file The PS Admin Main Window The main window of the PS Admin contains the following elements Toolbar buttons The toolbar buttons are shortcuts for their corresponding menu choices The buttons on the toolbar are from left to right Configure Server Configure NetWare Configure TCP IP Configure NetBEUI Configure AppleTalk Save Configuration Printer Status and Device Diagnostics 94 PS Admin Administration Print Server Administration User s Guide Menu Shortcuts There are four groups of menu shortcuts on the main window corresponding to the Configuration Management NetWare and Tools menus in the menu bar Expand Server List button The expand server list button expands the Server Name List into an extended format The extended server
55. ead Only Community 3 Name A Access Right Read Only z NetBEUI Protocol Click on the NetBEUI Protocol link in the left column of the Configuration screen to enter the NetBEUI Protocol option This option will show you settings required to configure the print server Click the lt Save gt button to ensure the settings are updated and saved Management Configuration Tools Help Configuration Server Device TCPAP Protocol NetBEUI Protocol AppleTalk Protocol LEE WORKGROUP vss LLL Maximum Connected Stations 2 Maximum Number of Sessions 22 Save Cancel 10 AppleTalk Protocol Click on the AppleTalk Protocol link in the left column of the Configuration screen to enter the AppleTalk Protocol option This option will show you settings required to configure the print server Click the lt Save gt button to ensure the settings are updated and saved Management Configuration Server Device TCPAP Protocol NetBEUI Protocol AppleTalk Protocol AppleTalk Zone F weil Chooser Name PS 2002b2 U1 Printer Type laserWriter PostScript Level Level 2 Font Group Standard 35 Save Cancel 11 Tools Click on Tools link from the tools bar of the main screen to enter the Tools Table and it provides the control options that include Reset and Factory Reset Reset When you choose and enter the Tools link the first screen appears is the Reset option Otherwise you
56. ed on the Print Server devices that support TCP IP LPR printing protocol 4 Click on the Settings tab to access the 1pr client settings Change the settings as necessary and press OK to let the changes take effect 8 Setting up Windows 95 98 Me TCP IP Printing LPR for Windows 95 98 Me 2000 XP TCP IP Printing User s Guide LPR for TCP IP Printing Properties x Ports Settings Communication Settings Communication Timeout s seconds Retry Interval 5 seconds Retry Times 5 times V infinite Spool Settings Spool Path CWWINSSISYSTEMILPRSPOOL Browse The parameters are as follows Communication Timeout Determines how long in seconds the system will wait before determining that it has lost connection with lpr lpd print servers Retry Interval Determines how long in seconds the system will wait before retrying a lost connection Retry Times Determines how many times the system will retry a lost connection with an 1p 1pd print server If Infinite is checked it will retry indefinitely Spool Path Gives the directory path where the system will temporarily store 1pr 1pd print server job files Setting up Windows 95 98 Me TCP IP Printing 9 LPR for Windows 95 98 Me 2000 XP TCP IP Printing User s Guide Setting up Windows 2000 TCP IP Printing Following is the correct procedure for setting up TCP IP LPR printing under Windows 2000 Click Start gt Settings gt
57. eecsssessecsecessecaeceaseceecesseceecssseeeseaaes SERVICE EEATURES o n toc EE d e teat a re P DE OE LE e urea Ce EXTERNAL FEATURES nA ICE RENE INSTALLATION ssssssssssssssssssssscsssesssessssssessssssssnsscsssssesssnssnsesessssesssessessssssessnses 10 INSTALLING THE PRINT SERVER u ccceccssesessessescseesceecsesenecaesecaeeeesecaeeeeseeeeaneaes 10 POWER UP AND SELF TEST LED Test Series Component Test Series doeet reped ee ettet PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS eese ee ente esten entntae stata tanen nent tenen en anenen 13 ABOUT THIS GUIDE This manual describes the Wireless USB Print Server including full description of its features detailed installation procedures and product specification This Wireless USB Print Server package also includes important software components and additional user s manuals The software components the procedures for installation and setup of the software are covered in the PS Admin User s Guide INTRODUCTION Congratulations on purchasing your Wireless USB Print Server the easiest and fastest way to deploy printers on your network This compact pocket sized print server can connect your network through an Access Point under the infrastructure mode or can be used in ad hoc mode for direct communication between PC Notebook and print server anywhere you wish to locate wireless printer services It manages the flo
58. eesecaeeeens INSTALLATION u sssssssssssssssssssscscsesssssssssssssssscsesscsssssesssnssnsesessssesssssessssesssessnses 10 INSTALLING THE PRINT SERVER u ccccceccssescesessescsecsceecseescneceesecaeceesecaeeeeseeeeanaes 10 POWER UP AND SELF TEST LED Test Series Component Test Series do ed HERO ONE DER e HR ERUAUR PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS eese ee entes esten enata ntn ta tenens ento tenens a sena 13 ABOUT THIS GUIDE This manual describes the 1 Port USB Print Server including full descriptions of its features detailed installation procedures and product specification This l Port USB Print Server package also includes important software components and additional user s manuals The software components the procedures for installation and setup of the software are covered in the PS Admin User s Guide INTRODUCTION Congratulations on purchasing your 1 Port USB Print Server the easiest and fastest way to deploy printers on your network This compact pocket sized print server can connect your Ethernet network directly to your printer wherever itis It manages the flow of print files from your workstation or file server to its connected printers delivering print jobs to high performance printers much faster than a file server or a PC acting as a print server can Package Contents Carefully remove all items from the package In addition to this
59. ent may void warranty Reset Button 1 Press and release this button to reset the print server 2 Press and hold this button for three seconds the USB LED on the front panel lights up and then release it the print server will resume the factory default settings USB Port The USB port allows you connecting the print server to a printer with USB connector Antenna To accept transmit the data from to your wireless network LAN This LAN connector RJ 45 provides the Connector printer server with connection to the network through the Ethernet cabling This printer port is configurable by commands in the PS Admin program or by commands issued to the print server via Telnet See the PS Admin User s Guide for configuration procedures The print server also supports web configuration which allows users to configure settings through the web browser The print server s default IP address settings are Default IP address 192 168 0 1 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Please note that the PC s IP address must correspond with the print server s IP address in the same segment for the two devices to communicate INSTALLATION This chapter explains how to install your print server and connect it to the network It also describes the automatic power on self test POST Installing the Print Server Follow these steps for a trouble free start of print server operations with your Wireless USB P
60. ent tests immediately follow the LEDs test If any error condition is found during the component test series then the test will halt with the USB LED continuously signaling the particular error according to the following table 11 In the event of a Firmware Reload Required error at startup proceed according to instructions given in the PS Admin User s Guide PS Admin Administration section under the heading Upgrading the Print Server s Internal Firmware In the event that any of the other listed error conditions is encountered on startup contact your dealer for correction of the fault 12 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS Printer Connection Printer Interface One USB port compliant with USB 1 1 standard Network Connection Network Interface One 10Base T 100BASE TX shielded port RJ 45 connector Network Standards IEEE 802 3 10Base T Ethernet IEEE 802 3u 100BASE TX Fast Ethernet Network Data Transfer Rate 10 100 Mbps megabits per second Network Protocol Support Ethernet Frame Types 802 2 802 3 Ethernet II SNAP auto switching Transport Protocols TCP IP NetBEUI AppleTalk EtherTalk TCP IP Protocols Supported BOOTP SNMP Telnet TFTP FTP LPD RARP DHCP 13 Operating System Support Windows 95 98 Me Windows NT 2000 XP NetWare 5 x NDPS LPR remote printing HP UX UNIX Sun OS Solaris SCO UNIX AIX Unixware
61. equired to configure the print server Click the lt Save gt button to ensure the settings are updated and saved Management Configuration Tools Help Configuration Server Device TCPAP Protocol NetBEUI Protocol AppleTalk Protocol BOLE WORKGROUP oO WI Miasimmm Connected Stations 2 Maximum Number of Sessions B2 AppleTalk Protocol Click on the AppleTalk Protocol link in the left column of the Configuration screen to enter the AppleTalk Protocol option This option will show you settings required to configure the print server Click the lt Save gt button to ensure the settings are updated and saved Management Configuration Server Device TCPAP Protocol AppleTalk Zone F4 NetBEUI Protocol AppleTalk Protocol USB Chooser Name PS 1118E1 U1 Printer Type LaserWriter PostScript Level Level 2 Font Group Standard 35 Save Cancel 10 Tools Click on Tools link from the tools bar of the main screen to enter the Tools Table and it provides the control options that include Reset and Factory Reset Reset When you choose and enter the Tools link the first screen appears is the Reset option Otherwise you can click on the Reset link in the left column of the Tools screen to return here from the other screen Click the lt Yes gt button to activate the reset procedure Management Configuration Tools Help Reset Do you really want to reset this device Factory R
62. er C Yes C No Back Cancel 7 Windows may ask you whether or not you wish to print a test page to make sure that the printer will work correctly When the test page is done printing you will be asked whether or not the test page printed Windows NT 4 0 and later Client Workstations To enable your Windows NI 4 0 or later workstation to print to a NetWare print queue 1 From the Start menu choose the Settings submenu then the Printers item within it Windows will display the Printers folder 2 Double click on the Add Printer icon in the Printers folder Add Printer Windows will start the Add Printer Wizard 3 Choose the Network printer server selection and click the Next button to continue Setting up Novell NetWare 3 x Printing 41 Print Server Administration User s Guide 42 Add Printer Wizard This wizard helps you install your printer or make printer connections This printer will be managed by C My Computer All settings will be managed and configured on this computer Connect to a printer on another machine All settings for this printer are managed by a print server that has been set up by an administrator Bade Cancel 4 Enter the network path for the NetWare file server specifying which print queue you want to connect to For instance to use the printer serving the queue named Q LJ5L on the NetWare file server named SERVER enter NNSERVERNQ LJ5L As
63. er s Guide Installing PS Admin Follow the procedure outlined below to install PS Admin 1 Insert the Print Server installation CD 2 Click Install PS Admin Program 3 The Setup program will begin by copying some files and ask for your confirmation Click the Next gt button to continue 4 The Setup program will then ask you to select a directory on your hard disk where you want it to install the PS Admin program If you want a destination directory path other than the one shown click the Browse button to select it Click the Next gt button to continue the installation 5 The setup program will copy PS Admin program files to the directory you selected as well as create a PS Admin program group Press the Finish button to complete the installation Once the installation is complete you can begin using PS Admin Starting PS Admin If you are using Windows 95 98 Me or Windows NT 4 0 or a later version of Windows to start the PS Admin program 1 Press the Start button in the taskbar 10 Installing and Starting the PS Admin Program Print Server Administration User s Guide 2 Within the Programs menu select PS Admin 3 Select the PS Admin program For Windows 3 1 Windows for Workgroups 3 1x or Windows NT 3 51 1 In the Program Manager double click on the PS Admin program group icon to open it 2 Double click the PS Admin program icon The PS Admin program will then be ready for use Instruct
64. er Description File Printer Descriptions Y LaserJet 4 f Hard Disk LaserJet 4 300 dpi LaserWriter LaserWriter 16 600 PS Desktop LaserWriter 16 600 PS Fax LaserWriter 16 600 PS J Info LaserWriter 4 600 PS Laseril riter Color 12 600 PS LaserWriter 11 NT Cancel Eject T JLJEJEJDDJ J Use Generic J J L LaserWriter 11 NTH a Printer Model Apple LaserWriter 11 NTH v47 0 If you wish to access this setting in the future you can use the Setup button in the Chooser window 5 At this point the selected printer will become your computer s default printer You may need to choose Page Setup in any applications you might have open 82 Setting up AppleTalk Printing Print Server Administration User s Guide Setting up Unix TCP IP Printing Your print servers can provide print services to systems using the lpr lpd network printing protocol Most UNIX systems are capable of supporting 1pd This chapter explains how to use PS Admin to configure the print server for TCP IP printing and how to configure your Unix workstations to print to the print server For TCP IP networks without a Windows based workstation available you can use the telnet interface to configure the print server See Appendix Telnet Interface Administration for more information about using the telnet interface Configuring TCP IP Network Settings To configure your p
65. er status information There are two different ways to reset the print server An ordinary reset has the same effect as powering off the print server and powering it back on again Statistics counters will be cleared but all of the print server s configuration settings will be retained A factory reset not only restarts the print server but changes all of its configuration settings back to their original values as the print server was shipped from the factory PS Admin Administration Print Server Administration User s Guide WARNING Do not perform a factory reset unless you are absolutely sure this is what you want All settings will be erased and replaced with their original values To perform the reset 1 Select Reset or Factory Reset from the Tools menu 2 PS Admin will ask for confirmation for the reset 3 Click Yes to confirm The print server will reset itself If you selected Factory Reset all of the print server s default configuration values will be restored Upgrading the Print Server s Internal Firmware The print server s internal software is stored in Flash memory which allows you to upgrade it to an updated version without shipping the print server back to your distributor Consult your dealer for information about when updated print server firmware versions are available You will also need to have copies of the updated firmware Firmware updates are contained in to related files a la
66. erie ee Of rece than 3 Charectens th Dest toheep the nene ab door ox poss Prete nare L5 teen A Test Page can be printed to confirm proper configuration Add Printer Wizard Print Toz Page To conim thatthe prrter amp metaledpeccert pou oan pt a test paga Do pow mant opit a est page ANY Ova No When the Test Page has printed click Finish to complete the installation 22 Setting up Windows XP TCP IP Printing LPR for Windows 95 98 Me 2000 XP TCP IP Printing User s Guide Add Printer Wizard Setting up Windows XP TCP IP Printing Completing the Add Printer Wizard You have succes duly complied the Add Pinta Whad You speied the loli cedng printer settings Nore HP Coke Lanedet Shwe nee Mot Shed Pot F 40D0F17 P1 Nodet HP Coke Lavsdet Delaut Vex Tetpi Yee To chai fe noad chick Finch 59k f nun J te TABLE OF CONTENTS ABOUT THIS GUIDE ccssssssssssssssssssscsssssssssssssssssssssssnsesscssseesssssssssssssesssesessssesees 3 INTRODUCTION MYP 4 PACKAGE CONTENTS 4 utr Ead ere Re aereo seh see D RR ERR a E GENERAL FEATURE G cccccesscssecssssssecsecessecsecesseeecsssessecsecessecaeceaseceecesseceecssseeeseaaes SERVICE EEATURES o neto DE d e teat a eves P DE e Le E e a nca Ee EXTERNAL FEATURES Eront VJewx RR RESISTE RE oR CEN Rear ViGW c ccccccssssesscscssesecsesssscscesescesessessesesacssesessecesscsesecsaeaesecssecesecaeseenec
67. ervers normally the group EVERYONE of which all users are members is assigned to the queue users list This means that all users can send jobs to the queue If you want to restrict the use of the print queue you can remove the group EVERYONE and add a smaller group or you can add individual users For NetWare 4 x servers you will need to create such a group Print Queue Assignments x Assign NetWare Print Servers Assign Operators Assign Users NetWare File Server SERVER Users Assigned E Sous SUPERVISOR ADMIN Add gt gt lt lt Remove PS Admin Administration Print Server Administration User s Guide Managing Printers Selecting Printers from the PS Admin NetWare menu displays the NetWare Printers dialog window Netware Bindery Server Clicking on a printer and clicking Assignments displays the Printer Assignments dialog From the Assign NetWare Print Queues tab you can determine which print queues are served by the printer adding or removing queues from the assigned list Assign NetWare Print Queues Assign NetWare Notifications NetWare File Server SERVER Print Queues Defined Print Queues Assigned SITES E amp Ps 142634 1 PS 14263 45 OLJSL a From the Assign NetWare Notifications tab you can determine which users are notified if a problem
68. es however It increases the load on the file server The file server has a limited number of printer ports available If printers are attached to the file server then they have to be located near the server instead of near the users which may be inconvenient If printers are attached to user workstations then print jobs will be delayed or printed more slowly as they are sent to the workstation The remote printer software used on the workstation may also be incompatible with other software used on the workstation Print server devices such as the multi protocol network print servers make network printing more practical because Print Server Administration User s Guide Network print servers can be located anywhere on the network making it easy to place printers near the people who will be using them It is easy to centrally manage network print servers The load on network servers is reduced Multi protocol print servers make it possible for printers to be shared by people using different network operating systems Print Server Administration Features The print servers can be centrally administered using the PS Admin program making it convenient to manage all of your print servers from a single Windows based interface PS Admin features include Allows setup and modification of parameters for the server s printer ports the server itself and for the NetWare IPX SPX Microsoft Networking NetBE
69. eset fais 11 Factory Reset Click on the Factory Reset link in the left column of the Tools screen to enter the Factory Reset option Click the lt Yes gt button to resume the factory settings Management Configuration Reset Do you really want to factory reset this device Factory Reset YES i 12 Help Click on Help link from the tools bar of the main screen to enter the Help Table and it provides general information about the print server About When you choose and enter the Help link the screen appears is the About option This option will show you the system information as below providing general information regarding the print server Management Configuration Tools Help About Print Server v2 20 13 PS Admin program User s Guide Rev 02 February 2003 J Print Server Administration User s Guide Copyright Statement Copyright 1997 No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative such as translation transformation or adaptation without permission from the authors as stipulated by the United States Copyright Act of 1976 Trademarks All trademarks belong to their respective owners Limited Warranty The software and reference material are provided as are without warranty as to their performance merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose The authors reserve the right to revi
70. et 5 5M Standard gl IBM Lexmark Kodak zl Bex Wea conoa_ 7 Windows will ask for a name for the printer Enter a name or accept the default Press Finish to complete the installation Setting up Microsoft Network Printing 67 Print Server Administration User s Guide Add Printer Wizard You can type a name for this printer or you can use the name supplied below When you are ready click Finish to install the printer and add it to the Printers folder Printer name HP DeskJet 660C Do you want your Windows based programs to use this printer as the default printer C Yes No lt Back Gea Windows NT 4 0 and later Client Workstations To allow your Windows NT 4 0 or later workstation to print over the network directly through your network print server 1 From the Start menu choose the Settings submenu then the Printers item within it Windows will display the Printers folder 2 Double click on the Add Printer icon in the Printers folder Windows will start the Add Printer Wizard 3 Choose the Network printer server selection and click the Next button to continue Add Printer Wizard This wizard helps you install your printer or make printer connections This printer will be managed by C My Computer All settings will be managed and configured on this computer Connect to a printer on another machine All settings for managed by a print server that has
71. ettings DILE BM conan Serviced NDS Context JO CCOMPANY 12 Choose Save Configuration from the Configuration menu or press the Save Configuration toolbar button to change the Setting up Novell NetWare 4 x Printing 55 Print Server Administration User s Guide settings in the print server The print server will restart itself and begin serving the print queues assigned to its printer ports For more information about configuring print servers printers and print queues consult your NetWare documentation Setting up as a NetWare Remote Printer 56 Your network print server can also be set up as NetWare remote printer This allows slightly easier administration but may increase printing delays To set up a printer port as a remote printer port 1 Make sure you are logged on to your NetWare server as Admin or that you have permissions equivalent to Admin 2 Make sure that the NetWare protocol is enabled in the server This setting is found in the Server Device Configuration window accessible by selecting the print server and choosing Server Device from the Configuration window 3 Make sure you have a NetWare print server created and running on your NetWare file server Consult your NetWare documentation for instruction on how to do this 4 Choose NetWare Protocol from the PS Admin Configuration menu or click the Configure NetWare button in the toolbar Cli
72. ext Add Standard TCP IP Printer Port Wizard xj Add Port RS For which device do you want to add a port Enter the Printer Name or IP address and a port name for the desired device Printer Name or IP Address 192 168 0 1 Port Name PS OODF17 P4 Select Custom and click Settings Setting up Windows 2000 TCP IP Printing 11 LPR for Windows 95 98 Me 2000 XP TCP IP Printing User s Guide Add Standard TCP IP Printer Port Wizard Additional Port Information Required The device could not be identified Select LPR and put the Port name in the field labeled Queue Name Then Click ORK Configure Standard TCP IP Port Monitor PS 00DF17 P2 192 168 0 1 Port Number Click Next 12 Setting up Windows 2000 TCP IP Printing LPR for Windows 95 98 Me 2000 XP TCP IP Printing User s Guide Add Standard TCP IP Printer Port Wizard E xj Additional Port Information Required RS The device could not be identified N The detected device is of unknown type Be sure that 1 The device is properly configured 2 The address on the previous page is correct Either correct the address and perform another search on the network by returning to the previous wizard page or select the device type if you are sure the address is correct Device Type C Standard Generic Network Card Custom Back Next gt Cance
73. figuration and management of your print servers quickly and easily in a Windows environment This print server also has a Telnet interface for management communications If Windows is not available on the station you choose for print server administration then all configuration and management commands may be issued to this print server and all console messages and management report information will be returned via Telnet External Features This section describes the external features of your Wireless USB Print Server Front View Front Panel There are four green LED indicators on the front panel Power Steady light confirms that the Print Server is powered on Steady blinking briefly dark is initiated when the printer is printing otherwise it remains dark When it blinks briefly dark the print server is receiving transmitting data from to the network Steady light confirms that the print server has a good connection to your wireless network When it blinks briefly dark the print server is receiving transmitting data from to the wireless network Rear View Rear Panel DC Power The DC power input connector is located on Input the Print Server s rear panel and is labeled DC 5V Please note that the power supply included in the package is correct for this Wireless USB Print Server substitution of fl other equipm
74. file server where you want to create the queue and press Create Enter a name for the queue and press OK To remove a print queue select it and press Delete To view and or modify its list of assigned print servers queue operators or queue users press Assignments From the Assign NetWare Print Servers tab you can assign already defined print servers to the print queue you have selected or remove print queue assignments For information about defining print servers see the Managing Print Servers section below Print Queue Assignments x Assign HetWare Print Servers Assign Operators l Assign Users NetWare File Server SERVER Print Servers Defined Print Servers Assigned E 4 o Jesoc epum amp PSERVER From the Assign Operators tab you can determine what users are allowed to operate the queue Queue operators are allowed to edit other user s print jobs delete print jobs change the order of print jobs and modify the queue status PS Admin Administration 103 Print Server Administration User s Guide 104 Print Queue Assignments x Assign NetWare Print Servers Assign Operators Assign Users NetWare File Server SERVER SUPERVISOR lt lt Remove Operators Assigned E amp S e naseoc ADMIN From the Assign Users tab you can determine who is allowed to use the printer For NetWare 3 x s
75. ftware flow control requests from the printer When software flow control is used the printer will send an XOFF character Control S to the print server when its buffer is getting full and an XON character XON when the buffer is no longer full o Hardware Flow Control Determines whether or not the print server should respond to hardware flow control requests from the printer When hardware flow control is used the printer will use the DTR RTS or both RS 232 control lines to control the print server s transmission of data in order to prevent the printer s buffers from getting full 4 Click OK to exit the Port Configuration dialog 5 Click OK to exit the Server Device Configuration dialog window Getting Started Setting up Your Print Server 29 Print Server Administration User s Guide 6 Choose Save Configuration from the Configuration menu or press the Save Configuration button on the toolbar This will store the new settings into the print server and restart it Testing Your Print Server Once you have set all of the necessary parameters and have finished connecting your printer s to the print server you should test each of the printer ports using the Print Test function For each port you wish to test 1 Select the print server in the PS Admin main window s server name display or extended server display 2 Choose Print Test in the Tools menu PS Admin will prompt you for which port you wish to test
76. indery based print queues being served by your print server and to change the form type being used on a port The NetWare Print Jobs window is a convenient substitute for the NetWare PCONSOLE program for everyday queue management tasks NetWare Print Jobs x BS Ps 142634 P1 SEn E amp PS 142634P2 d SERVER 1 Q DJ660C amp PS 142634 P3 Selecting the d symbol to the left of the port name will expand the list of all of the queues served by the port Selecting a print queue and pressing the Print Jobs button will display the Manage Print Jobs window PS Admin Administration Print Server Administration User s Guide Operator hold User hold Job Details JobNumber 448 Size 758631 Entry Time 04 08 97 11 47 08 Copies 1 Form Hame Banner NO From this window you can view the list of jobs for the queue and remove jobs if necessary by pressing the Delete Job button Checking a job s Operator Hold box allows you to hold up the job in the print queue leaving it in the queue until it is released by un checking the box Similarly if a print job user has placed a hold on a job you can release the job to be printed by un checking the User Hold box Selecting a port and pressing the Form Type button will display the Form Type window provided the port is not set to service All Forms see the NetWare Settings section for more information about the For
77. indows 2000 TCP IP Printing 15 LPR for Windows 95 98 Me 2000 XP TCP IP Printing User s Guide Add Printer Wizard E Print Test Page To confirm that the printer is installed properly you can print a test page Do you want to print a test page Yes C No When the Test Page has printed click Finish to complete the installation Add Printer Wizard E Completing the Add Printer Wizard You have successfully completed the Add Printer wizard You specified the following printer settings Name HP DeskJet 500 Shared as lt Not Shared Port PS DODF17 P2 Model HP DeskJet 500 Default Yes Test page Yes To close this wizard click Finish Back 16 Setting up Windows 2000 TCP IP Printing LPR for Windows 95 98 Me 2000 XP TCP IP Printing User s Guide siting up Windows XP TCP IP Printing Following is the correct procedure for setting up TCP IP LPR printing under Windows 2000 Click Start gt Printer and Faxes Double Click Add a Printer Click Next Add Pieter Wizard Welcome to the Add Printer Wizard Th weed bale pou mita a prote a reeks perder corwactions 1 lives hens a Plug and Play partar rat comecty RD throug a USB pat jt any cfe bet phase pos curd ac IEEE 1394 nirased and ip anl you do nol read usa s ited Click Caned ta Glow the mowi and then cuo the ariere cabio hho pout oongpul o pori fe Dit nad pou compret stared port ord h
78. int Server Open your web browser and type http 192 168 0 1 in the address box and press lt Enter gt This set of number is the default IP address of your print server Please note that the PC s IP address must correspond with the print server s IP address in the same segment for the two devices to communicate t amp qao hip t2 168 01 When you entered the default IP address the main screen of the print server s configuration will appear as below In addition to the product information you can access and control the print server s configuration through four links on the top of this main screen Management Configuration Tools and Help Management Configuration Tools Sa clits DS 2002E2 GOLGE Wireless USB Print Server Hardware Version A CAEL 2 20 2002 11 21 LLILLCLLLM 0003 1B 20 02 E2 UE TTI 192 168 0 169 Manual Wiss O days 00 00 31 Management Click on Management link from the tools bar of the main screen to enter the Management Table and it provides information of the print server s System Status and Printer Status System Status When you choose and enter the Management link the first screen appears is the System Status option Otherwise you can click on the System Status link in the left column of the Management screen to return here from the other screens This option will show you the system information as below providing general information regarding the print server Click on the lt
79. int server password is used to protect the print server s configuration from changes either through the PS Admin program or through the telnet interface To change the print server s password 1 From the main menu choose Server Configuration The print server will display the Server Configuration menu Server Configuration 1 Server Name lt PS 142634 gt 2 Location lt Central office gt 3 Admin Contact lt Benjamin Lin gt 4 0 Change Password Return to Main Menu Enter Selection r Choose the Change Password menu item The print server will prompt for the old password Input Old Password Appendix Telnet Interface Administration 119 Print Server Administration User s Guide If there is no password just press Enter 3 The print server will prompt you to enter the new password All password characters will be displayed as asterisks You will then be prompted a second time Enter the same password as before to confirm that you have typed it correctly Input New Password KKK KKK Confirm New Password 4 Choose 0 to return to the Main Menu 5 Choose the Save Configuration menu item The print server will ask for confirmation Do you really want to save the configuration y n Answer Y to confirm the save The telnet connection will drop and the print server will reset itself letting the new password setting take effect Changing Port Setti
80. ions for using PS Admin to perform network print server initial setup tasks are found in the next chapter Getting Started Setting up Your Print Server For information about using PS Admin for other types of print server administration see the PS Admin Administration chapter Installing and Starting the PS Admin Program 11 Print Server Administration User s Guide PRINT SERVER WIRELESS SETTING IN PS ADMIN PROGRAM NOTE 12 Installation procedure for wireless print server consists of two modes Ad hoc and infrastructure mode each with it s own setting In the ad hoc mode it provides direct communication between PC Notebook and print server with setting to the same wireless channel and ESS ID In infrastructure mode communication between PC Notebook and print server is through the Access Point acting as a bridge between wired and wireless network with ESS ID setting matching the Access Point The following contains important information about what steps need to be taken to prepare for your wireless print server setting If your print server is not a wireless print server please skip this chapter PRINT SERVER WIRELESS SETTING IN PS ADMIN PROGRAM Print Server Administration User s Guide Ad Hoc Mode Before initiating set up procedure for the print server make sure your print server has setup already in your LAN environment Start up PS Admin The PS Admin main window will appear like the one below
81. is idle printer ok MS DOS PC DOS Workstations 74 To connect your MS DOS PC DOS workstation using client software such as Microsoft LAN Manager client Microsoft NT Server client Microsoft Windows for Workgroups DOS client you will normally use the NET USE command To connect a DOS based NetBEUI client to a printer attached to your print server Setting up Microsoft Network Printing Print Server Administration User s Guide 1 Choose a free printer port LPT1 LPT2 or LPT3 not being used on the workstation If you never connect a printer directly to the workstation s physical printer port you should probably choose LPT 1 2 Type the command N ET USE port computer name printer name where port is the name of the free printer port computer name is the name of the print server and printer name is the name of the print server s port For example to connect LPT1 to the printer on port PS 142634 P1 on the print server PS 142634 use the command NE 3 You can add the above line to your AUTOEXE T USE LPT1 PS 142634 PS 142634 P1 Cs BAT file if you always wish to be connected to the printer Keeping the Print Queue on a Windows NT Server Because Microsoft Windows Networking is a peer to peer network it is possible for clients workstations to connect directly to the network print server However because the print server s mem
82. l Click Finish Add Standard TCP IP Printer Port Wizard E Completing the Add Standard TCP IP Printer Port Wizard You have selected a port with the following characteristics SNMP No Protocol LPR PS OODF17 P2 Device 192 168 0 1 Port Name PS OODF17 P2 Adapter Type To complete this wizard click Finish The Printer Install Wizard will now prompt for drivers Select the correct Make and Model or click Have Disk to provide the Manufacturer s Driver Disk Setting up Windows 2000 TCP IP Printing 13 LPR for Windows 95 98 Me 2000 XP TCP IP Printing User s Guide Add Printer Wizard Add Printer Wizard The manufacturer and model determine which printer to use HP DeskJet 340 HP DeskJet 340 Monochrome HP DeskJet 400 HP DeskJet 400 Monochrome HP D 420 4 iis i Click Next Add Printer Wizard Use Existing Driver P driver is already installed for this printer You can use or replace the existing iver Select a Printer Name 14 Setting up Windows 2000 TCP IP Printing LPR for Windows 95 98 Me 2000 XP TCP IP Printing User s Guide Name Your Printer You must assign a name for this printer Sharing can be enabled here Li Printer Sharing You can share this printer with other network users Also a Test Page can be printed to confirm proper configuration Setting up W
83. l Port USB Print Server Hardware User s Guide Rev 01 July 2002 Made In Taiwan RECYCLABLE Wireless USB Print Server Web Configuration User s Manual Rev 01 October 2002 Made In Taiwan RECYCLABLE TABLE OF CONTENTS WEB CONFIGURATION eere ee eese eese esses eee eee e eee e e eee eee 3 CONFIGURING THE PRINT SERVER ee ee ee eee een nnn 4 MANAGEMENT 5 252 656 nc co ao ar ao nene nene aon ra rao eoa aoa ur acutae ua uc coe 5 SYSTEM STATUS ehe NRI 5 PRINTER S TATUS 45 5 s ARE LASS RAUM 6 CONFIGURATION ee eere eee oett tette tete tette sete esses eese eeos 7 SERVER DEVICE i ete Eh ode E OG VEO eee 7 TCP IPPROTOCOE etti tesbteeteseteet eoe ebeeeexetee vies pevetece tow aeui siue 9 NETBEUI PROTOCOL osionsa ios esia 10 APPLETALK PROTOCOL ccccsseecccceccececcescccccceseecscceeececeeneess 11 LP cise desi ste da vscuvu na sha dale duce tavasavetevstaveteveshvetevs theta 12 RESET 25 2 2o EOE Sed erbe dete ee veste ee E DIU EAN 12 FACTORY RESET heas a a tecieveedeest e ette ten dese eat EE ERES 13 Ium 14 ABOUT sete AEE tities woes Dena nemi su eir ss eus oed net nd 14 Web Configuration This manual describes the use of the Web Configuration for controlling and configuring print servers Note The figures listed in this manual are for your reference the actual settings showed may be different on your system because of different network environment Configuring the Pr
84. lay the telnet interface main menu Changing TCP IP Settings Once you have set the print server s IP address for the first time using the method described above you may wish to change the address or other TCP IP configuration information such as the local network mask or the default gateway To change these TCP IP settings 1 From the main menu choose TCP IP Configuration The print server will display the TCP IP Configuration menu 116 Appendix Telnet Interface Administration Print Server Administration User s Guide IP Configuration IP Address lt 168 8 100 52 gt Subnet Mask 255 255 0 0 Default Gateway 168 8 100 254 SNMP Community SNMP Traps IP Assignment Method Manual Return to Main Menu Enter Selectio S To change the IP address local subnet mask or default gateway choose the appropriate menu item The print server will prompt you for a new value for the setting Enter the new value and press Enter 3 When you are done changing TCP IP settings choose O to return to the Main Menu 4 Choose the Save Configuration menu item The print server will ask for confirmation Do you really want to save the configuration n Answer y to confirm the save The telnet connection will drop and the print server will reset itself letting the new TCP IP settings take effect Appendix Telnet Interface Administration 117 Print Server Administration
85. list format contains additional information about each server To shrink the list back to the abbreviated format press the button again Server Name Filter The server name filter pulldown list allows you to choose an already defined filter for limiting the Server Name List to a smaller set You can use the Define Filter Strings button to define new filters as described below in the Filtering the List of Print Servers section Discover Print Servers button When a new print server is added to the network you need to press the Discover Print Servers button to update the PS Admin display Pressing this button is the equivalent of choosing Discover from the File menu Filtering the List of Print Servers In an environment with a large number of print servers you may wish to set up filters to make it easier to find individual print servers or groups of print servers Filters are similar to wildcards in DOS or other operating systems A filter wildcard uses the wildcard characters and to select a set of print servers The wildcard character matches any character in a print server name and the character represents zero or more characters PS Admin Administration 95 Print Server Administration User s Guide For example to limit the print server display to servers MKT 01 MKT 02 MKT 03 you could use the filter MKT To display all servers with names beginning with S you can use the filter S To establish and use
86. lk Zone field should contain a single asterisk For each printer port that will be used for AppleTalk printing you may need to change the AppleTalk port settings Press the appropriate Port Setting button to open the AppleTalk Port Configuration dialog window PS Admin will display the port s Chooser Name which is the same as the port name and allow you to change the port s settings Printer Type Describes the type of printer Most PostScript printers should use the LaserWriter type PostScript Level Describes whether the printer supports Level 1 PostScript or Level 2 PostScript This information can usually be found in the printer s documentation or on the printer test page Font Group Describes the print font options supported by the printer such as No Font All Font Standard 35 and Standard 13 Setting up AppleTalk Printing Print Server Administration User s Guide 5 Press OK to return to the AppleTalk Configuration dialog Repeat these steps for as many ports as necessary 6 Press OK then choose Save Configuration from the Configuration menu or press the Save Configuration toolbar button to change the settings in the print server The print server will restart itself and begin serving print jobs Printing from MacOS Client Workstations The exact procedure for selecting a PostScript printer connected to your print server may vary slightly depending on what printer driver version you a
87. lt 41 COMPANY Cancel Shared Printers Expand by Default Help Y NetWare or Compatible Network xf COMPANY COMPANYSCOMPANY COMPANY NW41 COMPANY COMPANYSO LJSL COMPANY E Nw41 A Microsoft Windows Network Description Status Ready Documents Waiting 0 Printer Information 5 Windows will display the following message Press OK to continue The server on which the printer resides does not have a suitable printer driver installed Click on OK if you wish to install the driver on your local machine 6 The Add Printer Wizard will ask you to choose the appropriate printer driver and may ask you to insert your Windows NT installation diskettes to locate driver files 7 When installation is complete the Add Printer Wizard will display the following screen Click Finish to complete printer installation Setting up Novell NetWare 4 x Printing 59 Print Server Administration User s Guide Add Printer Wizard The network printer has been successfully installed Windows 3 1 and Windows for Workgroups 3 11 Workstations To access a NetWare 4 x printer queue from your Windows 3 1 or Windows for Workgroups 3 11 workstation 1 Double click on the Print Manager icon found in the Main program group 2 In the Print Manager choose Printer Setup from the Options menu Print Manager will display the Printers dialog window 3 If necessary click on the Add gt gt button Choos
88. lt Save gt button to ensure the settings are updated and saved Please note that the default settings of wireless mode are Connection Mode Infrastructure ESS ID default Wireless Channel 11 You can change the three settings to fit for your wireless network Management Configuration Server Device TCP IP Protocol Server Name NetBEUI Protocol AppleTalk Protocol Location Admin Contact Password Wireless Interface Tools Help New Password Confirm Again Port Name PS 2002E2 U1 Description il PIL Printer No Connection Mode Infrastructure C 802 11 Adhoc C Adhoc ESS ID Wireless Channel n Transmission Rate Fully Automatic Encryption WEP Key l ASCI C HEX Confirm WEP Key TCP IP Protocol Click on the TCP IP Protocol link in the left column of the Configuration screen to enter the TCP IP Protocol option This option will show you settings required to configure the print server Click the lt Save gt button to ensure the settings are updated and saved Configuration Tools Help Servet Device TCPAP Protocol AE 192 168 0 169 NetBEUI Protocol AppleTalk Protocol EE ate Pite uuum 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 21 801 92 168 01 IP Assignment Manually Assign C Assign Automatically Using RARP C BOOTP r DHCP SNMP Community 1 Name pubie SCS Access Right ReadWrite z Community 2 Name isd Access Right R
89. m Type setting From the Form Type dialog window you can change the current form type available on the printer Waiting Form Type No Job Waiting for Form TT Current Form Type p Form types can be defined with the NetWare PCONSOLE program Each of the different kinds of paper that a printer might contain can be PS Admin Administration 101 Print Server Administration User s Guide assigned a different form type and print jobs can be configured to request the type of form they need For more information about form types consult your NetWare documentation Configuring NetWare Print Services For convenience the PS Admin program provides many of the same NetWare print services administration features as NetWare s PCONSOLE or the NetWare Windows based administration tools The PS Admin program allows you to conveniently manage NetWare Bindery based print queues printers and print servers on any of your NetWare file servers Note that for managing print services on servers using NDS NetWare Directory Services you will need to use Novell provided administration programs Managing Print Queues 102 Selecting Print Queues from the PS Admin NetWare menu displays the NetWare Print Queues dialog window E fy SERVER 5 o DJ6soc SEM PS Admin Administration Print Server Administration User s Guide To create a new print queue click on the name of the
90. n Print Servers Introduction Before personal computer networking became common users who wanted to print from their personal computers needed to have a directly connected printer As laser printers became common it became too expensive for each user to have a dedicated printer and some form of print sharing became even more necessary The simplest form of print sharing involves a switch box Print Server Administration User s Guide A switch box can make it more convenient for two or more users to share a single printer but it requires long print cables unless the two users are close together The users also have to coordinate their printing which becomes difficult if more than two computers share a printer Server based network operating systems such as Novell NetWare make it possible for a larger number of users to share printers When a workstation user prints a document network software on the workstation takes a file of instructions for the printer and stores them in a print queue on the server The server takes each job in the print queue and sends it to the printer which is either attached to the server itself or to one of the workstations on the network 4 Introduction Introduction Print Server Administration User s Guide This arrangement allows a large number of people to share printers and makes it possible to centrally manage the printers and their print queues This method has several disadvantag
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92. n found in the Main program group 2 In the Print Manager choose Printer Setup from the Options menu The Print Manager will display the Printers dialog window 3 If necessary click on the Add gt gt button Choose the correct printer driver and click Install a CUN Default Printer No Default Printer Installed Printers Set Av Default Printer List of Printers HP LaserJet IIISi HP LaserJet IlISi PostScript HP PaintJet XL HP ThinkJet 2225 C D IBM ExecJet IBM Graphics inl ini 4 When the printer driver has been correctly installed select the printer in the Installed Printers list and click the Connect button Local Port Local Port Not Present Local Port Not Present Local Port Timeouts seconds Device Not Selected 15 Transmission Retry 45 amp East Printing Direct to Port Setting up Novell NetWare 3 x Printing 45 Print Server Administration User s Guide 5 Click the Network button to display the NetWare printer connections dialog If you are using Windows for Workgroups you will also have to push the NetWare button in the Connect Network Printer dialog 6 Click on the printer port you wish to capture and the printer queue you want it redirected to and press Capture Press Permanent to insure that the port will be redirected every time you start Windows Click on the exit but
93. n the print server and the NetWare server The print server will restart itself and begin serving as a remote printer for the specified print server Printing from Client Workstations Once your print server is set up for printing from the file server your network s client workstations can connect to the file server s print queue 38 Setting up Novell NetWare 3 x Printing Print Server Administration User s Guide Windows 95 and later Client Workstations To enable your Windows 95 or later workstation to print to a NetWare print queue 1 From the Start menu choose the Settings submenu then the Printers item within it Windows will display the Printers folder 2 Double click on the Add Printer icon in the Printers folder Add Printer Windows will start the Add Printer Wizard ele will help you to install your printer quickly and easily To begin installing your printer click Next Press the Next gt button to continue to the next screen 3 Choose the Network printer selection and click the Next gt button to continue Setting up Novell NetWare 3 x Printing 39 Print Server Administration User s Guide 40 4 Add Printer Wizard How is this printer attached to your computer If itis directly attached to your computer click Printer If it is attached to another computer ae Network Printer C Local Eg lt Back Ga Enter the network path for the NetWare file server spe
94. name of the port as displayed in the LPR for TCP IP Printing Port List m Da Soros polices E EE Network path or queue name 202 39 74 188 ps aa20ac p1 Do you print from MS DOS based programs C Yes No lt Back Next gt Cancel Alternatively you can click Browse and locate the printer port TCP IP printing ports are located under the Entire Network icon within the Print Servers TCP IP LPR icon 6 Setting up Windows 95 98 Me TCP IP Printing LPR for Windows 95 98 Me 2000 XP TCP IP Printing User s Guide Browse for Printer 71x Select the network printer that you want to add Note Printers are usually attached to computers Network Neighborhood El Entire Network E a Print Servers TCP IP LPR 202 39 74 188 fe ps aacllac p Press OK when you have located the proper printer port Click Next gt to continue to the next step 5 At this point Windows will ask you to choose the correct printer driver for the printer Choose you printer s make and model from the list or use the driver disk included with the printer When you have chosen the correct printer click Next gt to continue 6 Windows will then ask for a name for the new printer and ask whether or not you want to set the printer as the Windows default printer Click Finish or Next gt to continue Add Printer Wizard You can type a name for this printer or you can use the name supplied bel
95. ned via Telnet External Features This section describes the external features of your 1 Port USB Print Server Front View Front Panel There are three green LED indicators on the front panel Steady light confirms that the Print Server is powered on Steady blinking briefly dark is initiated when the printer is printing otherwise it remains dark LAN Steady light confirms that the print server has a good connection to your network When it blinks briefly dark the print server is receiving transmitting data from to the network Rear View Rear Panel DC Power The DC power input connector is located on the Input Print Server s rear panel and is labeled DC 5V Please note that the power supply included in the package is correct for this 1 Port USB Print Server substitution of other equipment may void warranty Reset Button 1 Press and release this button to reset the print server 2 Press and hold this button for three seconds the USB LED on the front panel lights up and then release it the print server will resume the factory default settings USB Port The USB port allows you connecting the print server to a printer with USB connector LAN This LAN connector RJ 45 provides the printer Connector server with connection to the network through the Ethernet cabling This printer port is configurable by commands in the PS Admin program or by comm
96. ng on your NetWare file server Consult your NetWare documentation for instruction on how to do this Choose Netware Protocol from the PS Admin Configuration menu or click the Configure NetWare button in the toolbar Click on the Remote Printer tab Click on the port number button corresponding to the port you will be using for remote printer service Click on the Bindery Remote Printer selection PS Admin will display a list of NetWare servers accessible from your network Setting up Novell NetWare 3 x Printing This allows slightly easier administration but may increase 37 Print Server Administration User s Guide 7 Click on the H symbol to the left of the server name to expand the list of print servers on the file server Click on the name of the print server you will be using NetWare Configuration Select Port LPT1 LPT2 COM NDS Print Server Bindery Print Server Remote Printer Queue Service Settings C Disable C NDSRemote Printer Bindery Remote Printer E fy SERVER amp Ps 142634 File Server ISERVER Print Server IPSERVER Printer Number 8 Determine what printer numbers are available on the given print server and enter an unused printer number in the Printer Number field Printer numbers can range from 0 to 15 9 Click OK then choose Save Configuration from the Configuration menu or press the Save Configuration toolbar button to change the settings i
97. ngs Each port on the print server has several settings that you may need to change to suit your configuration and the printer you have attached to the port Complete descriptions of each of these settings may be found in the Changing Print Server Port Settings section To change one or more port settings 1 Choose Port Configuration from the main menu The print server will display the Port Configuration menu 120 Appendix Telnet Interface Administration Print Server Administration User s Guide 2 Select the port you wish to configure The print server will display a menu appropriate to the port s type For a parallel port a menu similar to the following will be displayed Port 1 1 Port Name lt PS 142634 P1 gt 2 Description lt HP LaserJet 5L gt 3 Speed lt High gt 4 0 PJL Printer lt Yes gt Return to Port Menu Enter Selection For a serial port the menu will be similar to the following lt PS 142634 S3 gt Description lt gt Baud Rate lt 9600 gt Data Bits lt 8 gt Stop Bits 1 Parity Bits None S W Flow Control XON XOFF H W Flow Control lt DTR RTS gt Return to Port Menu Enter Selection 3 To change any of the displayed settings choose the appropriate menu item The print server will prompt for the new value B5 When you are done changing settings for the port choose 0 to return to the Port Configuration menu Appendix Telnet
98. ntrolling and configuring print servers Note The figures listed in this manual are for your reference the actual settings showed may be different on your system because of different network environment Configuring the Print Server Open your web browser and type http 192 168 0 1 in the address box and press lt Enter gt This set of number is the default IP address of your print server Please note that the PC s IP address must correspond with the print server s IP address in the same segment for the two devices to communicate Fie Edit View Favorites Tools Help A d o m g E Back Refresh Home Search Favorites History Mail Print ee Adds http 192 168 0 1 nL When you entered the default IP address the main screen of the print server s configuration will appear as below In addition to the product information you can access and control the print server s configuration through four links on the top of this main screen Management Configuration Tools and Help Management Configuration Tools Help ELE PS 1118E1 WS USB Print Server Hardware Version ys CCE gt 20 2002 10 31 MALLA 0003 1B 11 18E1 UELLE 192 168 0 167 Manual LIUM 0 days 01 34 54 Management Click on Management link from the tools bar of the main screen to enter the Management Table and it provides information of the print server s System Status and Printer Status System Status When you choose
99. oad of another workstation or server This print server s USB interface can transmit to a high speed laser printer with USB port much faster than a PC s parallel port A high speed laser printer can be driven at its full capacity Because this 1 Port USB Print Server is very portable pocket sized and inexpensive compared to a PC based print server and because it connects to your file servers through the network the printer can be stationed at the location of maximum convenience to users This 1 Port USB Print Server offers extraordinary flexibility operating with all major network operating systems and protocols TCP IP UNIX Ipr Ipd HP UX SunOS Solaris SCO UnixWare IBM AIX Windows NT 2000 XP Windows 95 98 Me NetWare 5 x NDPS LPR remote printing NetBEUI Windows NT 2000 XP Windows 95 98 Me Windows for Workgroups Microsoft LAN Manager IBM LAN Server AppleTalk MacOS EtherTalk Your 1 Port USB Print Server s package includes PS Admin a Windows based setup and administration program making configuration and management of your print servers quickly and easily in a Windows environment This print server also has a Telnet interface for management communications If Windows is not available on the station you choose for print server administration then all configuration and management commands may be issued to this print server and all console messages and management report information will be retur
100. occurs with the print job By default only the owner of the individual print job receives notification PS Admin Administration 105 Print Server Administration User s Guide Printer Assignments x Assign NetWare Print Queues Assign NetWare Notifications NetWare File Server SERVER Notifications Defined Notifications Assigned a anm PS 142634 PS 14263 SUPERVISOR Print Job Owner amp Print Job Owner Managing Print Servers Selecting Print Servers from the PS Admin NetWare menu displays the NetWare Printers dialog window NetWare Print Servers x T B fy SERVER Create EN m foe T Assignments TES Login Selecting a file server and clicking Create allows you to create a new print server Selecting a print server and clicking Delete allows you to delete it and clicking Assignments displays the Print Server Assignments dialog window From the Assign NetWare Printers tab you can define new printers in the selected print server or remove printers from the server 106 PS Admin Administration Print Server Administration User s Guide Print Server Assignments x Assign NetWare Printers Assign Operators AssignUsers NetWare File Server SERVER New Printer Printers Assigned Printer Hame El amp Ps 142634 PS 142634 P4 From the Assign Operators tab you can add or remove u
101. on to be done before Unix text files can be printed on most printers For this purpose you can define two printers for the same printer port one that prints to the port itself and one that prints to the port name with _TEXT added to the name Files printed to the second port will be translated so that the printer has the carriage return linefeed pairs that it needs 84 Setting up Unix TCP IP Printing Print Server Administration User s Guide For example you could define a printer hp51 that prints to port PS 142634 P1 and a printer hp51t that prints to port PS 142634 P1 TEXT Your graphics files could hen be printed to the np51 printer and raw text files could be printed to the hp51t printer Printing from BSD Unix Versions For flavors of the Unix operating system derived from or related to the BSD releases such as SunOS 4 x Linux BSD OS FreeBSD or NetBSD you can u se the following procedure to enable users to print to a printer connected to your print server 1 Log in as the sup 2 Add an entry for eruser root the print server in the hos s etc hosts file giving a hostname for the print server s IP address A line in etc hosts contains an IP address and one or more aliases for the host For example 202 39 74 40 ps 142634 ps 142634 company com If you use DNS the Domain Naming Services protocol you can add an address record entry to your DNS database for the print
102. on window In the Password field enter the password you have chosen for the server and press OK PS Admin will ask you to confirm your new password Enter the password a second time and press OK Getting Started Setting up Your Print Server 25 Print Server Administration User s Guide You have modified password Enter Password Again 5 Choose Save Configuration from the Configuration menu or press the Save Configuration button on the toolbar This will store the new settings into the print server and restart it WARNING Do not forget or lose your print server password If you forget it you will have to contact your service representative to change the password Changing Print Server Port Settings 26 Your network print server provides a number of parallel and or serial printer ports For each port you can determine The name of the port A comment describing the port For parallel ports o Whether or not data can be sent to the port at high speed O Whether or not the attached printer supports HP s PJL Printer Job Language protocol For serial ports Q The serial port speed baud rate in bits per second Getting Started Setting up Your Print Server Print Server Administration User s Guide How many data bits are sent per byte o How many stop bits are sent with each byte O Whether or not a parity bit is sent and if so what kind even or odd parity o Whether o
103. onfiguration Information The print server telnet interface provides two menu selections for displaying information about the print server and about the printers connected to it From the main menu you can select the Display Information selection to display the Display Information menu Display Information Display Configuration Display Port Status Return to Main Menu Enter Selection Appendix Telnet Interface Administration 123 Print Server Administration User s Guide The Display Configuration selection displays several pages of information about the print server s hardware and internal software as well as its configuration settings Information about the port settings is also included The Display Port Status selection displays statistics and information about the jobs printed on each of the print server s ports Current Job Printer Status On Line Off Line 1 NETWARE 00C60001 172032 153600 1 Refresh Port Status 0 Return to Display Information Menu Resetting the Print Server Sometimes it may be desirable to restart the print server in order to reset its internal statistics counters or to clear other status information The telnet interface provides two different types of reset 124 Appendix Telnet Interface Administration Print Server Administration User s Guide An ordinary reset has the same effect as powering off the print ser
104. ools Menu Enter Selection m Choose the TFTP Server IP Address selection Enter the IP address of the system you have designated as the TFTP server Input TFTP Server IP Address 203 69 140 234 6 Choose the Download selection Provided all files are set up correctly the print server will download the DWL file reset itself closing the telnet connection and begin downloading the BIN file When this is complete the print server will restart using the updated version of the firmware WARNING When downloading the image file be very careful not to interrupt the transfer by powering down the print server or disconnecting it from the network The print server should be able to recover from an interrupted transfer in most cases provided the TFTP server remains available However in some situations it may be necessary to return your print server for servicing in order to recover from an interrupted download Appendix Telnet Interface Administration 127 LPR for Windows 95 08 Me2000 XP TCP IP Printing User 5 Guide Rev 08 November 2001 Copyright Statement Copyright 1997 No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative such as translation transformation or adaptation without permission from the authors as stipulated by the United States Copyright Act of 1976 Trademarks All trademarks are the property of their respectiv
105. or network communications over standard Ethernet or Fast Ethernet using the EtherTalk transport or over a proprietary low speed LocalTalk transport Your print server can be used for network printing to PostScript printers You can print from any MacOS computer connected to your Ethernet network either directly using an EtherTalk connection or indirectly through a LocalTalk to EtherTalk router NOTE The Chooser name of a printer connected to one of the print server s ports is the same as its port name If you are using AppleTalk printing you will need to make sure that every port name is unique among all of the network printers in your AppleTalk zone Setting up the Print Server for AppleTalk Printing To set up your print server so that it can be used for AppleTalk printing 1 Make sure the AppleTalk protocol is enabled The AppleTalk check box in the Server Device Configuration window needs to be checked Select the print server and choose Server Device from the Configuration menu to display this window 2 Choose AppleTalk Protocol from the Configuration menu Setting up AppleTalk Printing 79 Print Server Administration User s Guide 80 3 If your AppleTalk network is divided into AppleTalk zones you will have to specify which zone the print server should be in You should locate the print server in the same zone as most of the users who will be using it If your network is not divided into zones the AppleTa
106. ort O COM4 Local Port zi Add Pott Configure Port Enable printer pooling eee al ere c 5 At this point Windows will ask you to choose the correct printer driver for the printer Choose your printer s make and model from the list or use the driver disk included with the printer When you have chosen the correct printer click Next gt to continue 76 Setting up Microsoft Network Printing Print Server Administration User s Guide 6 Windows will give you opportunity to share the printer Click the Shared selection and give the printer a share name then click Next gt to continue Add Printer Wizard Indicate whether this printer will be shared with other network users If you choose sharing give this printer share name Shared C Not shared Share Name es Select the operating systems of all computers that will be printing to this printer Windows 95 Windows NT 4 0 MIPS Windows NT 4 0 Alpha Windows NT 4 0 PPC Windows NT 3 5 or 3 51 x86 Windows NT 3 5 or 3 51 MIPS zi E a 7 After you are finished adding the printer to the server you need to redirect the local port to the print server using a NET USE command typed in from the Command Prompt NET USE LPT2 NNPS 142634NPS 142634 P1 You will need to execute this command every time the server is rebooted You may wish to place it in a batch file executed from the Startup program grou
107. ory is limited a client may have to wait for large print jobs to complete instead of letting the print server queue the entire job To reduce wait times for clients you may wish to store the print queue on a Windows NT Server For a Windows NT 4 0 server 1 From the Start menu choose the Settings submenu then the Printers item within it Windows will display the Printers folder Setting up Microsoft Network Printing 75 Print Server Administration User s Guide 2 Double click on the Add Printer icon in the Printers folder Add Printer Windows will start the Add Printer Wizard 3 Choose the My Computer selection and click the Next gt button to continue This wizard helps you install your printer or make printer connections This printer will be managed by Myce All settings computer ill be managed and configured on this C Network printer server Connect to a printer on another machine All settings for this printer are managed by a print server that has been set up by an administrator cea 4 Check the box for an unused local port on your server usually LPT2 or LPT3 Click the Next gt button to continue Add Printer Wizard Click the check box next to the port s you want to use Documents will print to the first available checked port Available ports Description Local Port Local Poit OOLPT3 Local Port O COMI Local Port O come Local Port O COM3 Local P
108. osoft Networking clients First the NetBEUI check box in the Server Device Configuration window needs to be checked Select the Setting up Microsoft Network Printing 63 Print Server Administration User s Guide 64 print server and choose Server Device from the Configuration menu to display this window You should also set the workgroup name and maximum allowed connections These settings are accessible from the NetBEUI Configuration dialog window which you can display by choosing NetBEUI Protocol from the Configuration menu Each Microsoft Networking workstation or server has a workgroup name The workgroup name determines what servers and resources will show up by default in lists of accessible resources You should assign to the print server the same workgroup name as the users who will be accessing it most often NetBEUI Configuration workaroup WORKGROUP Sie Maximum Connected Stations 32 Te ue Maximum Number of Sessions 32 Network path names for printers on Microsoft Networking systems are of the form computer name printer name When the print server is used with Microsoft Networking the Server Name set from the Server Device Configuration window is used for the computer name in the path and the Port Name set from the Parallel Port Configuration or Serial Port Configuration window is used for the printer name Setting up Microsoft Network Printing Print Server Administr
109. ow When you have finished click Next Printer name P LaserJet 4Si MX Do you want your Windows based programs to use this printer as the default printer C Yes C No Corca 7 Windows may ask you whether or not you wish to print a test page to make sure that the printer will work correctly When the test page is done printing you will be asked whether or not the test page printed Setting up Windows 95 98 Me TCP IP Printing 7 LPR for Windows 95 98 Me 2000 XP TCP IP Printing User s Guide Setting TCP IP Printing Settings The 1pr client s Properties dialog allows you to change several of the client s settings To change these settings 1 Fromthe Start menu choose the Settings submenu then the Control Panel item within it Windows will display the Control Panel folder 2 Double click on the Network icon in the Control Panel folder Network 3 Choose the LPR for TCP IP Printing client and click the Properties button Network x Configuration Identification Access Control The following network components are installed L1 Client for Microsoft Networks E Client for NetWare Networks l LPR for TCP IP Printing 9 NE2000 Compatible Y IPX SPX compatible Protocol NetBEUI zl deos Boetes Primary Network Logon Client for NetWare Networks hd File and Print Sharing Description LPR for TCP IP Printing v1 00 1997 08 08 enables you to connect to and use the printers connect
110. p For a Windows NT 3 51 server 1 Double click on the Print Manager icon found in the Main program group 2 Choose Create Printer from the Printer menu 3 In the Create Printer dialog window choose a name for the printer select the proper driver and choose an unused local printer port Click the check box to allow the printer to be shared and choose a share name the name by which the printer will be known to network clients Click OK to continue Setting up Microsoft Network Printing 77 Print Server Administration User s Guide 78 Create Printer Printer Name ANDYLW2 Driver Apple Laserwriter II NT v47 0 Description Andy s LaserWriter Print to LPT2 amp Share this printer on the network Share Name ANDYL W2 Location Andy s cubicle 4 After you are finished adding the printer to the server you need to redirect the local port to the print server using a NET US command typed in from the Command Prompt NET USE LPT2 NNPS 142634NPS 142634 P1 Li You will need to execute this command every time the server is rebooted You may wish to place it in a batch file executed from the Startup program group Setting up Microsoft Network Printing Print Server Administration User s Guide Setting up AppleTalk Printing The AppleTalk network protocol is used with computers using the MacOS operating system It can be used f
111. protocol Adding LPR Printer Ports Once you have installed the client and have enabled TCP IP printing for the Print Servers then you need to add a printer port for each printer you will be printing to using the 1p 1pd protocol To add a printer port 1 Fromthe Start menu choose the Settings submenu then the Control Panel item within it Windows will display the Control Panel folder 2 Double click on the Network icon in the Control Panel folder Network 3 Choose the LPR for TCP IP Printing client and click the Properties button Setting up Windows 95 98 Me TCP IP Printing 3 LPR for Windows 95 98 Me 2000 XP TCP IP Printing User s Guide Network x Configuration Identification Access Control The following network components are installed Client for Microsoft Networks BI Client for NetWare Networks l LPR for TCP IP Printing NE2000 Compatible IPX SPX compatible Protocol V NetBEUI zi Bess potee Primary Network Logon Client for NetWare Networks s File and Print Sharing Description LPR for TCP IP Printing v1 00 1997 08 08 enables you to connect to and use the printers connected on the Print Server devices that support TCP IP LPR printing protocol 4 Click the Add Port button to add a new 1pd accessible printer port 5 Enter the IP address of the Print Server and the name of the printer port that you will be printing to then press OK
112. r Windows 95 or later operating systems Once your print server is configured you can use it for printing from any Novell NetWare TCP IP AppleTalk or Microsoft network This Guide also describes the telnet interface which you can use to configure your print server without the use of a Windows based PC What s Not Covered in This User s Guide This User s Guide concentrates on the software setup and management of your print server Information about how to connect the print server to the network to power and to your printer s is covered in the print server s hardware User s Guide Print Server Administration User s Guide Contents of the User s Guide This User s Guide is divided into three parts Part I gives an overview of your print server and of the Windows based PS Admin program you can use to manage it Part II covers the initial steps you will need to take to set up your print server configure it for printing from various network systems and allow client workstations to use it to print documents Part III covers daily administration tasks how to troubleshoot problems with your print server and how to use the telnet interface 2 About This Guide Print Server Administration User s Guide Introduction This chapter introduces the printing and administration features of the print server products and of the PS Admin program that you can use to set up and administer print server Background o
113. r not software flow control is used XON XOFF Whether or not hardware flow control should be used and if so what kind DTR RTS or DTR RTS To set the parameters for a printer port 1 Select the print server in the PS Admin main window s server name display or extended server display 2 Choose Server Device from the Configuration menu or press the Configure Server button in the toolbar If you have assigned a password to the server you will have to enter it at this point PS Admin will display the Server Device Configuration window 3 Press the button corresponding to the port you wish to change For parallel ports the following dialog will be displayed Parallel Port Configuration Port Name ps 142634 P1 Description HP LaserJet 5L e us M foe PJL Printer Yes i The fields that can be changed are Getting Started Setting up Your Print Server 27 Print Server Administration User s Guide Port Name The name by which the port is known on various network systems The port name should be at most 32 characters long and may consist of letters numbers and hyphens Spaces are not allowed If the port will be used for LAN Manager clients the port name can not exceed 8 characters Description A comment describing the port Speed Determines whether or not the print server can send data to the printer at high speed Most newer printers can accept high speed data transmis
114. rd 9 Click Next gt to continue installing the printer following the on screen instructions The Add Printer Wizard will ask you to select the proper driver for the printer and will ask you to give a name to the printer When you are done installing the printer you will be able to use any of the usual printing commands to print to your printer Printing using TFTP 92 For testing purposes you can also use the Trivial File Transfer Protocol TFTP to print to the print server This is not a recommended method for ordinary printing since it will not work if the print server is already printing On most systems you can enter the command tftp ip address to start the t ftp client program At the t ftp prompt you can type put file dest port Setting up Unix TCP IP Printing Print Server Administration User s Guide to print the local file named file to the print server port named dest port Case is sensitive in the dest port name Printing using FTP You can also use the Internet s standard File Transfer Protocol FTP to print to the print server As with the TFTP method this is recommended only for testing You can use any FIP client including client programs with graphical interfaces To use a command line version of FTP on most systems you can enter the command ftp ip address to start the t p client program At the ftp prompt you can type put file dest port to print the local file named fil
115. re using The procedure described below assumes you are using the LaserWriter 8 print driver included with recent versions of the MacOS operating system To choose a printer connected to your print server as your MacOS workstation s default printer 1 Open the Chooser by selecting Chooser from the Apple menu 2 Select the LaserWriter 8 icon on the left Make sure that AppleTalk is set to Active 3 A list of all networked PostScript printers will be displayed Setting up AppleTalk Printing 81 Print Server Administration User s Guide EL Chooser K Select a PostScript Printer d PR237C06 P2 AppleShare ImageWriter PR237C06 81 d PS 22256tkP IE P5 222568 P2 gt PS 22256B P3 LaserWriter LaserWriter 300 PS 22357B P1 PS 22357B P2 amp PS 22357B P3 LaserWriter 8 Personal Writer SC PS 22384B P1 PS 22384B P2 amp PS 22384B P3 StyleWriter Il Background Printing 6 0n Oorr AppleTalk Active Q Inactive 754 Click on the name of the printer port you wish to use 4 If you previously have not set this printer as the default your computer will prompt you for a PostScript Printer Description file Choose the appropriate printer description file for your printer and click Select If your printer is not listed click Use Generic to use a generic printer description Select a PostScript Print
116. ress on the OK button to return to the PS Admin main window Click on Save Configuration to store your setting Bik Cortigaroon Merapemeot Keim Jook Help F3 d 22 Instruction e m 7 Click the sext to execute the corresponding function A Devacs Contiquration MotWare a Server Device Mit Ourees vr setae Protocol dp Primers TOP Protocol db Prime Servers db Beam Proto Aste Tate Preteoet s Surv ang unser Mirsaupetiieat sols E Device Diagnoetes kal Factory Reset fetwtare Piit obs Q Drw Fh nmware Print Text Ready 2 Print Servers PRINT SERVER WIRELESS SETTING IN PS ADMIN PROGRAM 19 Print Server Administration User s Guide After setting up ESS ID from the PS Admin alter the DIP switch on the print server to infrastructure mode and the print server will re start Note 1 Please make sure to change your PC Notebook to infrastructure mode The ESS ID on PC Notebook and print server must match with the Access Point s ESS ID Note 2 Print server supports two Infrastructure operation modes Cfg ESS ID mode and Any ESS ID mode Cfg ESS ID mode The print server will connect to the access point that has the same ESS ID with the print server s configured ESS ID Any ESS ID mode The print server will connect to any access point that the print server finds first however the ESS ID may not be the same with each other This is an easier way to connect to the acce
117. rger one with a bin extension and a smaller one having a dw1 extension Both of these files are necessary for the download to be completed successfully To perform the download 1 Make sure you have backup copies of the previous version of the firmware image files before overwriting them with the new ones PS Admin Administration 109 Print Server Administration User s Guide WARNING 110 2 Choose Download Firmware from the PS Admin Tools menu The print server will ask for the filename of the updated bin image file c Please input firmware file name hie File n a 3 Type in the pathname of the bin file or click the Browse button to locate the file using a standard dialog box 4 Click OK PS Admin will display an informational warning message 5 Click OK The download will begin PS Admin will display the progress of the download Downloading File A DES70PS BIN meum 315 6 When downloading is complete PS Admin will display an informational message When downloading the image file be very careful not to interrupt the transfer by powering down the print server or disconnecting it from the network The print server should be able to recover from an interrupted transfer in most cases However in some situations it may be necessary to return your print server for servicing in order to recover from an interrupted download PS Admin Administration Print Server A
118. rint Server Please take particular notice that the network connection should be made before supplying power to the print server WARNING Configuration problems may result if the print server is powered up without first establishing its network connection Please follow this procedure to avoid complications at the configuration stage 1 Confirm proper operation of each of the printers to be connected to the print server 2 When you have confirmed proper operation of the printer switch its power off 3 Confirm that your network is operating normally 4 Connect the print server to the network through the RJ 45 connector of the print server 5 While the printer is powered off connect the print server through the cable to the printer s USB port 6 Turnon the printer s power 10 7 Connect the DC end of the AC Power adapter to the DC power input socket of the print server and the AC end to the wall outlet This will supply power to the print server and the POST routines will proceed automatically Note This print server is built with a default IP setting To prevent from any conflict in your network it is recommended to use the PS Admin program to change the IP setting when there is some other device s IP address is the same as the print server s default IP If it is necessary to set up the wireless networking 8 Confirm that your wireless network is operating normally 9 Use the Web browser to
119. rint server to allow TCP IP based printing as well as SNMP and te1net based management 1 Make sure the TCP IP protocol is enabled The TCP IP check box in the Server Device Configuration window needs to be checked Select the print server and choose Server Device from the Configuration menu to display this window 2 Choose TCP IP Protocol from the Configuration menu 3 Configure the print server s IP address local network subnet mask and default gateway Setting up Unix TCP IP Printing 83 Print Server Administration User s Guide TCP IP Configuration TCPAP Settings IP Address 8 K 8 b 100 152 SubnetMask pss pss p f Default Gateway 168 8 M00 54 C e Eme 4 Press OK then choose Save Configuration from the Configuration menu or press the Save Configuration toolbar button to change the settings in the print server The print server will restart itself and will be available for 1pd protocol printing as well as management using the telnet protocol and SNMP based centralized network management Printing Text Files from Unix Text files on Unix systems contain lines that end with newline characters as opposed to MS DOS and the Windows related operating systems that end with a carriage return followed by a linefeed Most printers require a carriage return linefeed pair at the end of each line making it necessary for some translati
120. rinter from the Printer menu Setting up Novell NetWare 3 x Printing 43 Print Server Administration User s Guide 3 Enter the network path for the NetWare file server specifying which print queue you want to connect to For instance to use the printer serving the queue named Q LJ5L on the NetWare file server named SERVER enter NNSERVERNQ LJ5L As an alternative to entering the network path you can also browse the network to locate the file server and print queue Press the OK button to continue Printer ASERVERNQ LJSL Shared Printers X Expand by Default NetWare or Compatible Network 4 Microsoft Windows Network Printer Information Description Status Ready Documents Waiting 4 Windows will display the following message Press OK to continue The server on which the printer resides does not have a D suitable printer driver installed Click on OK if you wish to install the driver on your local machine 5 Windows will ask you to choose the correct printer driver for the printer Select a driver and press OK 6 The printer should now be available for use 44 Setting up Novell NetWare 3 x Printing Print Server Administration User s Guide Windows 3 x and Windows for Workgroups 3 11 Workstations To access a NetWare 3x printer queue from your Windows 3 x or Windows for Workgroups 3 11 workstation 1 Double click on the Print Manager ico
121. se this publication and to make changes to its contents at any time without obligation to notify any person or entity of such revisions or changes di About This Guide Print Server Administration User s Guide Table of Contents ABOUT THIS GUIDE sist a e a aa Aaaa ERR TER dv 2e ci cba aaia aat 1 What s Not Covered in This User s Guide seen 1 Contents of the User s Guide i e e eere iere epo INT DES 2 INTRODUCTION e 3 Background on Print Servers Ate e a dd e t rtl een 3 Print Server Administration Features eese tette tenete tenente eene 5 INSTALLING AND STARTING THE PS ADMIN PROGRAM 7 System Requirem enls cette ta avit e be ER Or TO D I E soseeases 7 Installing PS Admin eee eter EI Re E REG EROR RE Hee cese te 9 Star ng PS Admin ERR RR RO RI RSEN Sa ER RIEN 9 PRINT SERVER WIRELESS SETTING IN PS ADMIN PROGRAM 11 Ad Hoc Mode cg ERREUR t RS 12 Infrastructure Modes t be en Oe EO ERO e RR e se 16 WEP Encryplion K6y ae e tere eot de ite iude tetas 20 GETTING STARTED SETTING UP YOUR PRINT SERVER 22 Choosing a Name for Your Print Server eese tntntntntntntntntes 22 Setting a Password for Your Print Server eese estet 24 Changing Print Server Port Setting Sienne E a E ENEE 25 Testing Your Print Seryer iic e eie eta ER Re E E ET es 29 About This Guide iii Print Server Administratio
122. sers from the print server s operators list Print server operators are allowed to attach the print server to other file servers set printers forms and notification lists change the list of queues served and queue priorities or down the print server Print Server Assignments x Assign NetWare Printers Assign Operators Assign Users NetWare File Server SERVER Operators Defined Operators Assigned ______ ADMIN E amp ps 142634 SUPERVISOR ADMIN From the Assign Users tab you can set the print server s user list Print server users are allowed to monitor the print server s status It is not necessary to be a print server user to print to a queue served by the printer one need only be a queue user By default on NetWare 3 x PS Admin Administration 107 Print Server Administration User s Guide servers the group EVERYONE is included making it possible for all users on the file server to view the server s status Print Server Assignments x Assign NetWare Printers Assign Operators Assign Users NetWare File Server SERVER Users Defined Users Assigned aon BE 1203 SUPERVISOR Add gt gt lt lt Remove Resetting the Print Server 108 Sometimes it may be desirable to restart your network print server in order to reset its internal statistics counters or to clear oth
123. server firmware versions are available To upgrade your print server s firmware you will need to have a TFTP server on your network A TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol server is provided with most versions of the UNIX operating system as well as with many other operating systems that support TCP IP networking Consult your system documentation for detailed information about establishing a TFTP server You will also need to have copies of the updated firmware Firmware updates are contained in to related files a larger one with a BIN extension and a smaller one having a DWL extension Both of these files are necessary for the download to be completed successfully The files should be stored on your TFTP server with uppercase filenames To perform the download 1 Make sure you have backup copies of the previous version of the firmware image files before overwriting them with the new ones 2 Place the two firmware image files in the root of your TFTP server directory On some versions of the UNIX operating system the TFTP server directory is found in t ftpboot Appendix Telnet Interface Administration Print Server Administration User s Guide 3 Connect to the print server using telnet and select Tools from the Main Menu 4 Choose Download Firmware The print server will display the Download Firmware menu nload Firmware TFTP Server IP Address 0 0 0 0 Download Return to T
124. settings accessible from the PS Admin Preferences dialog window are PS Admin Administration 97 Print Server Administration User s Guide 98 Load Environment File on Startup Discover Environment on Startup Determines whether PS Admin should load a file listing all of the print servers on the network and their addresses or if it should search the network each time it starts Communication Timeout Determines how long PS Admin will wait for a request sent to the print server to receive a response You may have to increase this number if you have a large network Communication Retries Determines how many times PS Admin will try again if it doesn t receive a response from a print sever Communication Protocol Determines the communication protocol between PS Admin and the print server for configuration by either TCP IP or IPX Discover Local Network Discover Selected Networks Determines whether PS Admin should discover print servers on your local IPX network only or if it should also search other networks reachable from your workstation Pressing the More button will display the IPX Network Segments window which allows you to choose which networks will be searched You can choose All Network Segments to discover servers on all reachable networks or Selected Network Segments to select which networks you want to search in the displayed list PS Admin Administration Print Server Administration User s Guide
125. sion if your printer loses characters then you may need to choose the low speed mode PJL Printer Determines whether or not the printer accepts Hewlett Packard s PJL printer job control language commands PJL allows users to get feedback on the printer s status If the printer connected to the port supports PJL set this field to Yes For serial ports the following dialog will be displayed Serial Port Configuration Port Name PS 142634 53 Description Baud Rate DataBits g z Stop Bits 1 Parity Bits Hone M XON XOFF Flow Control Yes M Hardware Flow Control ntaRts zl The fields that can be changed are Port Name See above 28 Getting Started Setting up Your Print Server Print Server Administration User s Guide Description See above 9 Baud Rate Sets the serial communications bit rate in bits per second Most printers default to 9600bps rates from 300bps to 115200bps are available Data Bits Sets the number of bits transmitted per byte on the serial port Most modern printers use 8 bit data Stop Bits Sets the number of stop bits transmitted per byte on the serial port Most modern printers use serial protocol with 1 stop bit Parity Bits Sets the type of parity check bit sent with each byte on the serial port Most modern printers use a non parity serial protocol XON XOFF Flow Control Determines whether or not the print server should respond to so
126. ss point if you only have one access point But be careful it may connect to your neighbor s access point Regarding how to setup print server to these two operation modes 20 PRINT SERVER WIRELESS SETTING IN PS ADMIN PROGRAM Print Server Administration User s Guide WEP Encryption Key WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy Encryption Key is used to secure communication data on the wireless communication The print server support IEEE 802 11 64 bit WEP key and 128 bit WEP key To enable WEP encryption operation follow setup procedure either Ad hoc mode or Infrastructure mode under Wireless Configuration windows setup ESS ID and wireless channel also type in Encryption Code The factory default WEP encryption is disabled Encryption Code field is blank To input Encryption Code first Click on ASCII or HEX check box to select input format as ASCII format or HEX format ASCII input format To setup 64 bit WEP key input 5 ASCII characters for example 12345 PRINT SERVER WIRELESS SETTING IN PS ADMIN PROGRAM 21 Print Server Administration User s Guide 22 To setup 128 bit WEP key input 13 ASCII characters for example 1234567890123 HEX input format To setup 64 bit WEP key input 10 HEX code for example 3132333435 this is the same with ASCII input 12345 To setup 128 bit WEP key input 26 HEX code for example 31323334353637383930313233 this is the same with ASCII input 1234
127. stems Microsoft Windows version 3 1x Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3 11 Microsoft Windows 95 or later o Microsoft Windows NT 3 51 4 0 or later 8 megabytes of main memory RAM At least 16 megabytes of free hard disk space A Windows compatible mouse or other pointing device 9 o An Ethernet Fast Ethernet network card with appropriate drivers either NDIS or ODI You should also check your computer s settings 8 Installing and Starting the PS Admin Program Print Server Administration User s Guide If you are using a screen resolution larger than 640 x 480 standard VGA the PS Admin display will look best if you use a Small Fonts setting You need to have the IPX network protocol and the Novell NetWare client services enabled or TCP IP network protocol enabled PS Admin uses the IPX and or TCP IP protocol for communicating with the print server You only need to have one workstation that meets the above requirements It is not necessary to run the PS Admin program on every workstation Ordinary network stations will still be able to print to your print server If you will only be using TCP IP UNIX and or AppleTalk protocols you can use the telnet interface instead of the Windows based PS Admin For more information about using the telnet interface see the Appendix Telnet Interface Administration section Installing and Starting the PS Admin Program 9 Print Server Administration Us
128. t jobs are becoming split up you may need to increase this setting F form Determines which form print jobs will use Forms can be defined using PRINTDEF B bannername Sets the text that appears on the banner for the job By default the banner text is LST You can disable the banner entirely using the NB option You can add the CAPTURE command to your network startup batch file or add it to your login script preceded with a symbol Setting up Novell NetWare 3 x Printing 47 Print Server Administration User s Guide NetWare Settings If necessary you can use the Queue Service Settings tab of the NetWare Configuration dialog window to set several of the print server s parameters To access the Queue Service Settings tab 1 Choose Netware Protocol from the PS Admin Configuration menu or click the Configure NetWare button in the toolbar Click on the Queue Service Settings tab 2 Click on the port number button corresponding to the port requiring a parameter change Select Port LPT1 LPT2 COM NDS Print Server Bindery Print Server Remote Printer Queue Service Settings Queue Polling Interval seconds Form Type Service All Forms zl Queue Service Mode Change form as needed zl emea The parameters listed are Queue Polling Interval This parameter determines how often the print server scans print queues on the file server s measured in seconds A smaller number may mean tha
129. t print jobs are printed with a smaller delay but will also greatly increase the load on the server 48 Setting up Novell NetWare 3 x Printing Print Server Administration User s Guide Form Type Service This parameter along with the queue service mode described below determines how the print server handles forms when it is serving print queues Using the PCONSOLE program you can define different forms which identify the different types of paper that the printer can use e g plain letterhead legal A4 B4 etc Print jobs may specify what print form they wish to use If a job requests a form that isn t currently loaded it may be necessary for the printer operator to manually change forms before printing can continue If the form type service is set to All Forms then the print server ignores the job s form and immediately prints all jobs sent to it If it is set to Current Form then the printer uses the Queue Service Mode parameter to determine how to handle form changes Queue Service Mode Determines how the printer responds to changes in the current printing form Change as needed Serves print jobs in order stopping to allow a forms change every time it becomes necessary o Minimize form changes within print queues Reorders jobs within an individual print queue in order to minimize the number of form changes required When a forms change is required printing will stop to allow the change o Service only c
130. t server named PS 142634 enter NNPS 142634NPS 142634 P1 As an alternative to entering the network path you can also browse the network to locate the print erver and printer Press OK to continue Connect Network Printer Device Name EipT2 Path APS 142634 PS 142634 P1 Reconnect at Startup Always Browse Show Shared Printers on WORKGROUP nec NBC n OBC OBC Workstation Shared Printers on PS 142634 PS 142634 P1 From Printcap GJ PS 142634 P2 From Printcap CjPS M2634P3 From Printcap 8 Select the newly connected printer port in the Connect dialog window and click OK Setting up Microsoft Network Printing 73 Print Server Administration User s Guide HP LaserJet 474M Ports lt Local Port Cancel MENGEBEROELUGERERBUELE Local Port Not Present Local Port Not Present COM2 Local Port Timeouts seconds Device Not Selected 15 Transmission Retry 45 Dj East Printing Direct to Port 9 Click Close to close the Printers dialog window 10 The printer will now appear in the Print Manager window and will be accessible from all Windows applications as well as for DOS applications executed from Windows Print Manager Printer Document View Options Help ET 2 Printer Document Name status Size Time HP LaserJet 4 4M on LPT2 PS 142634 PS 142634 P1 Ide O jabs a Te printer
131. t to install or delet remot printing i d q Answer i and press Enter to continue The script will ask Do you want to chang th remot printer description file etc printcap y n Answer y and press Enter to continue The script will ask Pleas nter the printer name q to quit Enter an alias for the printer on the bcal machine and press Enter This name should be the same as the destination port name Answer r remote printer to the question Is printer a remote printer or a local printer r 1 When prompted with the question Pleas nter the name of the remote host that printer is attached to then enter the address of the print server You can use the name you added to et c hosts in the step above Confirm that your entries are correct Is this correct y n 10 Answer the question Would you like this to be the system default printer y n Setting up Unix TCP IP Printing Print Server Administration User s Guide 11 When you are done adding remote printers enter q for the printer name 12 Answer y to the question Do you want to start remote daemon now y n Once remote printing is set up you can use the 1p command to print jobs to the new printer For more information consult your SCO Unix documentation Printing from Solaris To allow printing from a Sun Solaris workstation 1 Login as the superuser root 2 Add an entry for the print server in
132. tWare 3 x Printing 33 Print Server Administration User s Guide 34 the jobs to the locally connected printer This method however introduces delays in printing and the remote printer software may be incompatible with software used on the remote printer workstation Your print server acts as a NetWare print server scanning the print queues on one or more NetWare servers and directing them to its attached printers This reduces the load on the file server while making it convenient for printers to be located anywhere Print Wee um um um ey You can also use the print server for a remote printer connection instead of letting it scan the queues itself This has the advantage of reducing the number of print servers in a large network making management simpler However this causes the NetWare file server to be more heavily loaded and increases delays in network printing Setting up Novell NetWare 3 x Printing Print Server Administration User s Guide Setting up as a NetWare Print Server This section describes how to configure your print server to act as a NetWare print server and how to set up a print server port to serve a print queue on the file server 1 Make sure you are logged on to your NetWare server as SUPERVISOR or that you have permissions equivalent to SUPERVISOR Make sure that the NetWare protocol is enabled in the server This setting is found in the Server Device Configuration window
133. the Print Server object type and press OK Enter a name for the print server which must be the same as the network print server s name Click the Create button to create the print server object Create Print Server Print Server Hame PS 142634 Define Additional Properties Create Another Print Server Double click on the newly created print server object and click on the Assignments tab Click the Add button to add each of the printer objects you created to the print server Make sure that the printer number corresponds properly to the port number the first port should be printer number 0 the second port printer Setting up Novell NetWare 4 x Printing Print Server Administration User s Guide number 1 and so on Press OK to complete print server assignments for the print server Print Server PS 142634 Assignments Identification Printers x Printer Assignments PS 142634 P1 COMPANY BOUDETDS COMMA E T Operator Auditing Log Print Layout iei OK Cancel Help 10 Start PS Admin select the print server and choose NetWare Protocol from the Configuration menu Click on the NDS Print Server tab 11 Select the NDS tree and enter the context where you created the print server object then press OK Select Port LPT1 LPT2 COM NDS Print Server Bindery Print Server Remote Printer Queue Service S
134. the configuration stage While the printer is powered off connect the print server through the cable to the printer s USB port Turn on the printer s power 10 7 Connect the DC end of the AC Power adapter to the DC power input socket of the print server and the AC end to the wall outlet This will supply power to the print server and the POST routines will proceed automatically Note This print server is built with a default IP setting To prevent from any conflict in your network it is recommended to use the PS Admin program to change the IP setting when there is some other device s IP address is the same as the print server s default IP Power up and Self Test Whenever the print server is powered up two kinds of testing procedures follow automatically The first procedure is just a programmed series of LED flashes to confirm proper operation of the three LED indicators The second procedure comprises programmed tests of each of the print server s major components LED Test Series Immediately upon power up all three of the LED indicators will show steady green amber for a few seconds Then the USB indicator will flash three times while the Power LED remains steady Irregularity of any of the LEDs during this LED test series indicates that there is a problem with the LEDs themselves Contact your dealer for correction of any LED problems before proceeding Component Test Series The actual compon
135. ting services of your network in three ways It picks up the workload of managing print file traffic to its connected printers This provides workload relief to your file servers and allows the file servers full capacity to be used for file access or other direct services to network users On peer to peer networks workstations can print directly to this print server without increasing the load of another workstation or server This print server s USB interface can transmit to a high speed laser printer with USB port much faster than a PC s parallel port A high speed laser printer can be driven at its full capacity Because this Wireless USB Print Server is very portable pocket sized and inexpensive compared to a PC based print server and because it connects to your file servers through the network the printer can be stationed at the location of maximum convenience to users This Wireless USB Print Server offers extraordinary flexibility operating with all major network operating systems and protocols TCP IP UNIX Ipr Ipd HP UX SunOS Solaris SCO UnixWare IBM AIX Windows NT 2000 XP Windows 95 98 Me NetWare 5 x NDPS LPR Remote Printing NetBEUI Windows NT 2000 XP Windows 95 98 Me Windows for Workgroups Microsoft LAN Manager IBM LAN Server AppleTalk MacOS EtherTalk Your Wireless USB Print Server s package includes PS Admin a Windows based setup and administration program making con
136. ton when you are finished NetWare Printer Connections ej e erigjejsswieie Queue ASERVER G DJ660C Resources SERVER Q DJ660C SERVERXO LJ5L Printer Connections Alt P LPT Settings End Capture Capture 7 Exit the remaining dialogs by pressing OK The printer should now be available for use MS DOS PC DOS Workstations 46 For printing from DOS based workstations you can use the CAPTURE command to redirect one of the workstation s printer ports LPTI P LPT2 or LPT3 to the network print queue The syntax for the CAPTURE command is CAPTURE L n S server Q queue TI n F form B bannername Setting up Novell NetWare 3 x Printin g Print Server Administration User s Guide Choose values for the options as follows L n Determines which local port will be redirected to the network print queue L 1 corresponds to LPT1 L 2 corresponds to LPT2 and L 3 corresponds to LPT3 By default LPT1 is captured S server Determines which server the print queue is located on By default your login file server is used Q queue Determines which print queue your print jobs are redirected to TI n Sets the timeout for Autoendcap After your application starts printing if it goes for n seconds without any additional printer output then NetWare assumes that the print job is finished and sends it to the printer If your prin
137. toolbar If you have already assigned a password to the server you will have to enter it at this point PS Admin will display the Server Device Configuration window 3 In the Server Name field enter the name you have chosen for the server and press OK Getting Started Setting up Your Print Server Print Server Administration User s Guide 4 Choose Save Configuration from the Configuration menu or press the Save Configuration button on the toolbar This will store the new settings into the print server and restart it Your print server will now be accessible under the new name Setting a Password for Your Print Server Unless you set a password anyone on your network will be able to change your print server s settings If your local network is connected to the Internet then it may be possible to change your print server s configuration from anywhere in the world using the telnet interface To protect your print server s integrity you should set a password for your print server and record it in a safe place To set the print server s password 1 Select the print server in the PS Admin main window s server name display or extended server display Choose Server Device from the Configuration menu or press the Configure Server button in the toolbar If you have already assigned a password to the server you will have to enter it at this point PS Admin will display the Server Device Configurati
138. type of software Software written to print to a local Setting up Novell NetWare 3 x Printing 31 Print Server Administration User s Guide printer can print over the network if the printer port has been captured using the CAPTURE command or a similar method The file server makes its queues available to print servers which may be located on the same server on a different server or ina stand alone print server device If a printer is directly attached to a NetWare file server or if it is attached to a workstation on the network using the RPR NT ER program as described below then the print server needs to be run on the server itself 32 Setting up Novell NetWare 3 x Printing Print Server Administration User s Guide The PSERVER NLM program is the NetWare Loadable Module NLM that runs on the file server and scans print queues both on the file server where it is running and optionally on other servers When PSERVER NLM detects a new job it directs it to the proper printer port If it is inconvenient to attach a printer directly to a file server it may be desirable to connect it to a workstation using NetWare s remote printer facility and the RPRINTER EXE program When RPRI NT ER is used the print server takes print jobs from the queue and sends them to the remote printer workstation and the RPRINTER program then passes Setting up Novell Ne
139. ur printer type is not listed you may have to choose Install Unlisted or Updated Printer and use a driver diskette provided by the printer manufacturer The Print Manager program will install the printer s driver program prompting you to insert diskettes as necessary When driver installation is complete the printer will show up in the Installed Printers list Default Printer HP LaserJet 474M on LPT1 Installed Printers HP LaserJet 474M on LPT1 Set As Default Printer List of Printers HP LaserJet IIIP PostScript HP LaserJet IIISi HP PaintJet XL HP ThinkJet 2225 C D IBM ExecJet i HP LaserJet IlISi PostScript HP LaserJet 474M HP PaintJet Li lel 4 Select the printer in the Installed Printers list and click the Connect button Setting up Microsoft Network Printing Print Server Administration User s Guide 5 From the Connect dialog window click Network The Connect Network Printer window will be displayed 6 In the Device Name field choose a free printer port to be assigned to the network printer Any free port name will do Once the connection is made all requests to print to that printer port will be redirected to the network printer 7 Enter the network path for your network print server in the Path field specifying which port you want to connect to For instance to use the printer connected to the port named PS 142634 P1 on the prin
140. urrently mounted forms Only services printer queue jobs that use a form that the printer already has Jobs using other forms will be left in the queue to be served by other printers o Minimize form changes across print queues Reorders jobs across all of the print queues the printer serves in order to minimize the number of form changes required Setting up Novell NetWare 3 x Printing 49 Print Server Administration User s Guide setting up Novell NetWare 4 x Printing NOTE Your print servers support both the Bindery server database used with NetWare 3 x networks and the NetWare Directory Services NDS network wide database used with NetWare 4 x networks This chapter explains how to use the network print server in an NDS environment Additional information about NetWare printing may be found in the previous chapter Please check your hardware manual to confirm your print server supports NetWare IPX SPX protocol If it does not support NetWare IPX SPX protocol please skip this chapter NetWare Directory Services 50 NetWare version 3 x stores information about users file server volumes print servers print queues and other objects in a database called the Bindery NetWare server administration programs such as SYSCON PCONSOLE and so on modify entries in the Bindery to manage the operation of the file server The main disadvantage of the Bindery database is that it is limited to a single server Networks with a l
141. v te conten on landera vell adcrsalically nrial the parda bor pos Tocoatinas ched Ned Ca Come Select Local Printer Add Printer II Local s Hodak Petes The waned nando ta knee wich ype ot pine to tec up S uinci the agaon that descabrer the perder you mart bb ure D Local prie ateched bb the conte L1 Audarmalicalis deiet and iratal rp Plug and Pag partar A eter penes oe opahe sched co anle compu H To ve up nete i fist s net srtohed ho part seres BD ios te Lec parte cot Setting up Windows XP TCP IP Printing 17 LPR for Windows 95 98 Me 2000 XP TCP IP Printing User s Guide Create a new Standard TCP IP Port Aiid Printer Wiroril Select Primier Post Computer coninmunsca a seh pertan trough parts Sabsot the pot you vant pour prindario uve Vlhe pot ioma ted pou can osse a tempat Use the fobargpat Click Next Aiid Steedard TOPAP Printer Puri Wizard E Welcome to the Add Standard TCP IP Printer Port Wizard You arm the veard io add a port lor a revert prie Getze corfrumg be saw that 1 The desiceio haved on 2 The retort c conecte and combgued Tooortinas click Naa Input the IP Address of the Print Server and the Port name of the Port that will be printed to then click Next 18 Setting up Windows XP TCP IP Printing LPR for Windows 95 98 Me 2000 XP TCP IP Printing User s Guide Hild Steedurd TOP AS Printer Port Wirorid Add Pot S Fos which device do pou
142. ver and powering it back on again Statistics counters will be cleared but all of the print server s configuration settings will be retained A factory reset not only restarts the print server but changes all of its configuration settings back to their original values as the print server was shipped from the factory WARNING Do not perform a factory reset unless you are absolutely sure this is what you want All settings including the print server s TCP IP network address will be erased and replaced with their original values To reset the print server 1 Choose Tools from the Main Menu Factory Reset Download Firmware Return to Main Menu Enter Selection 2 Choose the Reset or Factory Reset menu item depending on the type of reset you wish to perform The print server will ask for confirmation 3 Confirm the reset by entering y and pressing Enter The telnet connection will drop and the print server will reset itself If you Appendix Telnet Interface Administration 125 Print Server Administration User s Guide selected Factory Reset all of the print server s default configuration values will be restored Upgrading Print Server Firmware 126 The print server s internal software is stored in Flash memory which allows you to upgrade it to an updated version without shipping the print server back to your distributor Consult your dealer for information about when updated print
143. w of print files from your workstation or file server to its connected printers delivering print jobs to high performance printers much faster than a file server or a PC acting as a print server can Package Contents Carefully remove all items from the package In addition to this Hardware User s Guide be certain that you have One Wireless USB Print Server One AC Power adapter suitable for your country s electric power service One Wireless USB Print Server Installation CD ROM One Quick Installation Guide If any item is missing or if you find any damage or mismatch promptly contact your dealer for assistance General Features ef 9 9 9 Compact pocket size Compliant with USB 1 1 Fast 11Mbps WLAN connectivity based on IEEE 802 11b wireless high speed standard Equipped one 10Base T 100BASE TX LAN port Multi protocol support is ideal for shared printing in mixed LAN environments Bi directional communication allows collection of information for attached printer s status Windows based administrative program makes it possible to set up in a few minutes Latest MIB II RFC 1213 for SNMP standard management Offer LPR program for Windows 95 98 Me TCP IP printing IP assignment support for DHCP BOOTP and RARP Support Web configuration Provide Flash memory for easy firmware upgrade Service Features This Wireless USB Print Server can improve network prin

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