LevelOne FPS-9023 manual

LevelOne FPS-9023/WPS-9123 Wired/Wireless Printer Se rver w/Multi - P ort User Manual V1.0.0-0606[...]

CONTE NTS 1. INTROD UCTION ................................ ....................................... ...................................... .................... 1 1.1 P RODUCT I NTRODU CTION ................ ....................................... ................................ .......................... 2 1.2 P RODUCT P ACKAGE ...................[...]

7.8 A PPLE T ALK C ONF IGUR ATIO N .................................... ....................................... ...............................6 9 7.9 B ONJOUR C ONFIGURATION .................................. ...................................... ......................................7 1 7.10 SNMP C ONFIGURAT ION ............................... .[...]

10.2.1 P rinter server Sid e ................. ....................................... ....................................... .. ..............133 10.2.2 Cl ient Side................................................ ....................................... .................. .............. ....133 11. LPR SET TING IN MAC OS .............. ..........[...]

1 1. Introduction[...]

2 1.1 Product Introduction Thank yo u for purchas ing LevelOne FPS-9023/W PS-9123 pri nter server. T his printer server allo ws your print er to bec ome a shared dev ice on the netw ork. It offers printing fl exibility and manageability on your Local Area Network at an ext remely low c ost and with an abso lute minimum s etup and mainte nance requi[...]

3 1.2 Product Package This packa ge contains the following compone nts:  FPS-9023 or WPS-9123  Antenna (For WPS -9123 only)  Power Adapter  CD Manual/Driver/Utility  Quick Installation Guide[...]

4 1.3 Network Printi ng Architecture This sect ion illustrate s how printer se rver functi ons and oper ates on the netw ork. Before you inst all and use printe r server, it is st rongly recomm ended that you read this section completely, and sel ect only the chapters you n eed according to your network op erating system by “Contents of the User?[...]

5 Because printe r server suppor ts IPX/SPX, NetBE UI, TCP/IP and AppleTalk ne twork protoc ols, any netw orked compute r can directly print to the printer se rver from any of its inst alled protoc ol. 1.3.2 Network P rinting Functions for Client s Window s NT Se rver NetWare Server Window s 98 Window s NT Work st ati on Windows 2000 Unix Print Se [...]

6 In the client installation procedure, after PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing Drive r) is installe d into Windows, the system will aut omatically (manual configurat ion is a lso allo wed) search all the pr inter ser vers on the netw ork, and then add t heir printing ports in to Windows ’ printing port (see below ). W indow s 98 PTPP Prin t Server MIS[...]

7 UNIX (inclu de HP/UX, SCO Unix, SunOS, Solaris, Unixware DECUnix, IBM AIX and others ) and Linux use the sys tem-standard LPR to print throug h printer serv er. MAC OS MAC OS can use the system-standard AppleTalk networ k to print throug h printer serv er. 1.3.3 Network P rinting Functions for Network Ser ver Window s NT Se rver NetWare Server Wi[...]

8 1.4 Network Printi ng Environment Common netw ork environment are class ified as following: Windows Peer- to-Peer Network The client’s PTPP d river will use TCP/IP pro tocol to print through printer server. Window s 2000 Network Network p rinting funct ion will become av ailable aft er PTPP driver is installed into Wind ows 2000. Adding this p [...]

9 NetWare Network ( see below)[...]

10 1.5 Contents of the User Manual Chapt er 2 explains pr inter serve r’s hardw are installat ion and configurat ion. It is strongly reco mmended for you to read. The follow ing chapters introduce: Chapter 3. Win dows Peer-to -Peer Network Chapter 4. Wi ndows 2000 Server-Ba sed Network s Chapter 5. NetWare Network Chapter 6. UNIX System Network Y[...]

11 1.6 Firmware & Printing Functi on The printer serv er provides a comple te network printi ng solution. The feature set is listed below :  PTPP (Peer-to-Peer-P rinting)  TCP/IP (LP R)  IPP Printing  NetWare Binder y Printing  AppleTalk  SMB Printing[...]

12 2. Hardware Installation 1. Unpack th e printer server pac kage and verify t hat all the items listed in the sectio n 1.2 are provided. 2. Connect the p rinter server to t he printer you w ant to share on the network. 3. Connect the p rinter server to your netw ork by attached t he network cable to th e UTP port of the print er server. 4. Connec[...]

13 2.1 LED Status Instruction Wired Printer Server: FPS-9023 LED Color Status Description On The LAN cable is connected to th e Printer Server. Off No network connection . LAN Green Blinking Network traffic transfe rring or receiving through the LAN port. On If the Printer Server is upgraded failed, the LED will be lighted steadily. Off No printing[...]

14 Wireless Printer Server: WPS-9123 LED Color Status Description On The L AN cable is connected to the Print Server . Off No network connection . LAN Green Blinking Network traffic transfe rring or receiving through the LAN port. On If the Printer Server is upgraded failed, the LED will be lighted steadily. Off No printing jobs. Print 1 ~ 3 Green [...]

15 2.2 Hardware Description Front Panel for WPS-9123 Front Panel for FPS-9023 Rear Side[...]

16 3. Windows P eer-to-Peer Networ k[...]

17 3.1 System Architecture Printer serv er supports Windo ws Peer-to-Peer ne twork printing mode, which is s uitable for most medi um and small n etwork environm ents. Through quick and simple installation pro cedure, users can immed iately enjoy the conv enience of n etwork p rinting. Installation procedure is s eparated into foll owing two parts [...]

18 In addition, afte r PTPP is ins talled, the sys tem will automa tically search for all printer serve rs on the network, and add the printing port of the printer servers into Windows’ pr inting port (refer to Network Printing Architecture in sectio n 1.4 for more detaile d information).[...]

19 3.2 Administrator Installation and Setup The Adminis trator Installatio n can be perfor med on Window s 98SE/ME/ 2000/XP/ w ith the same use r interface. B efore the ins tallation, please verify that y our network prot ocol is install ed on your PC (TCP/IP, IPX and/or NetBEU I). It will be helpful in yo ur installation proces s. 1. Insert the CD[...]

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21 3. The “Printe r server Utilities” w indow will be dis played. Click “Next”.[...]

22 4. Click “Next” t o install the utilities in the default fold er or click “Change” to s pecify the desti nation folder where you w ould like to install the utilities.[...]

23 5. Select the comp onents you w ant to install. It is highly recomm ended to install all p rovided compone nts. Click “Nex t” to continue. 6. The system w ill start to install the util ities automatically .[...]

24 7. You have co mpleted the i nstallation phase a nd prepare to co nfigure the Printer serv er. The “Choos e Printer server” w ill list all Printer se rvers within the netw ork. Select the Printer s erver you would lik e to configure and click “Next”. NOTE 1: If this is the first t ime you configure the Printer se rver, the “Printer ser[...]

25 8. Specif y a recognizable name for the Printer s erver and clic k “Next”. 9.Specify th e IP Addres s for the Prin ter server ma nually or click “Next” to kee p default IP Ad dress, i.e. 192. 168.2.2.[...]

26 10. The configu ration summary is dis played in the window . Now, you have completed the Printer ser ver setup. Click “ Finish” and your system will add netw ork port of the Print er server to your PC aut omatically.[...]

27 11. The Ad ministrator In stallation procedure is to tally comple ted. Click “Finish”. The Adminis trator Installatio n Program have ex ecuted the installation pro cedure that performs the following ta sks:  Install all utilities and drivers to the administ rator’s PC.  Configure the printer serv er (including t he printer serv er na[...]

28 3.3 Administ rator Utilities After A dministrat or Inst allatio n is complet ed, ther e will be fo ur utilities in printer server’s Program folder.  Netw ork Ports Quick Setup – A dd the network ports of printer servers w ithin the network to yo ur PC.  Printer serv er Configuration – A llows you to confi gure the printer s erver’s[...]

29 3.4 Client In stallation and Setup The Client Install ation can be per formed on Window s 98SE/ME/ 2000/XP/ w ith the same use r interface. B efore the installation procedure, please confirm that your PC h as connected to t he network and installed at le ast one network protocol . 1. Insert the CD shipped al ong wi th the printer server into you[...]

30 3. The “Printer serv er Utilities” wi ndow will be displ ayed. Click “Next”. 4. Click “Next” to install the utilities in the default folder or click “Brows e” to specify the des tination folde r where you w ould like to insta ll the utilities.[...]

31 5. The system w ill start to install the util ities automatically . 6. Now, th e installation procedure is completed, you are ready to set up the client’s computer. All network ports of the Printer servers detected on th e network will be ad ded to your PC a utomatically, click “Continue” . Note that if there are no printer serve rs detect[...]

32 7. The Client Install ation procedure is com pleted. Click “Finish”. After the in stallation, you have completed t he followin g tasks:  Install all utilities and drivers t o the client’s P C.  Add all the printer server’s network ports of the network t o the client’s PC. You can then perform the Windows’ standar d “Add Print[...]

33 3.5 Client Utilities After Client Installation is comple ted, there will be thre e tools in printer server’s Program folder.  Network Ports Quick Setup  Remote Ports  Uninstall Network Driver The Uninstall Network Driver will assist you in removing all in stalled client softw are. The oth er two tools are described as follow s. 3.5.1 [...]

34 During the client’s installation procedu re, the system will automatical ly search for all printer s ervers on the net work, and add t hem into the printer ports of the cl ient’s com puter (see be low). If you have just inst alled another new printe r server in the n etwork, you must run t his program first. This program w ill search for new[...]

35 search and co nfigure pri nter serve rs on other subne ts across ne twork segments. You must use Remote Por ts Utility described in the next section to manage remote (across networ k segments) prin ter servers. Select the network ports in the “Available Ports” list and click “>” to add ports. If you w ant to add all av ailable ports, [...]

36 Step3. The new remote print port is display ed as follows. In order to us e the remote printing func tion, you w ill have to procee d with normal Add Printer pro cedure and select your pr inter por t as the newly ad ded remote p rinter port.[...]

37 3.6 Windows Add Printer Procedure After add ing a “ Network Por t” of th e printer server to your PC by Administrato r or Client Ins tallation Progr am, you can follo w the procedure described below to add printer to the Win dows. Note that follow ing “Add Printer” st eps are runni ng in Window s XP, the steps in other Ope rating Syste m[...]

38 Step4. Select “L ocal printer attac hed to this compute r” and make sure that “Automatica lly detect and instal l my Plug a nd Play printer” is not selected. Click “Next”. Step5. Choos e the suitable “P ri nter server N etwork Port” which was created by t he Administrat or Installation or Client Installation proc ess and click ?[...]

39 Step6. Select a s uitable printer m anufacturer and the printer model a nd click “N ext”. If y our print er is not in the list, click “Have Disk… ” to install the driver of the pri nter. After installation, t he printer mod el will be add ed to the list. Step7. Name your p rinter and setup the d efault printer, click “Next”.[...]

40 Step8. Choose to pr int the test p age or not. It is recommended to print a test page. Click “Nex t”. Step9. You have ad ded the printer to th e PC successfully. The information of the p rinter is displayed in the w indows. Click “Finis h”.[...]

41 4. Windows 2000 Network[...]

42 4.1 System Architecture In Windows ne twork environment, o ther than the Peer-to-Peer network pri nting archit ecture describe d in the previous cha pter, we also offer the Serv er-Based P rinting architect ure for Window s 2000 Only one Windows 2000 is required to hav e Window s PTPP (Peer-to -Peer Printing) driver insta lled and share t he pri[...]

43 4.2 Windows 2000 Installation and Setup Please fo llow the proce dures descr ibed belo w for insta llation and construct a pee r-to-peer conn ection (PTPP) betw een Window s 2000 and Printer server. Step1. If this is your first time installing printer server, pl ease install the administrator software on Windows 2000 first. Re fer to section 3.2[...]

44 4.3 User Installation and Setup After server side’s installation is completed, client side will be able to find the serv er’s shared printe r in Network Neighb orhood. You only need to perfo rm Window’s standa rd Add New Printe r procedure, se lect “Network Pri nter” shown in the sc reen below , and com plete the configurat ions afterw[...]

45 5. NetWare Network[...]

46 5.1 System Architecture We implemen ted NetWare prin ter sharing functiona lity into the printer server itself, thus al lowing one or m ore printers attached by a printer server to be conn ected to the network . We have developed t he printer server to supp ort NetWare printer s erver. Embedded print er server, which em ulates the “queue mana [...]

47 Each print er server sho uld log into a NetWare s erver before servicing t he print jobs. Each printer s erver will occupy a user account with which it can log into th e NetWare server.[...]

48 5.2 NetWare 3.x/ 4.x/ 5.x Installation & Set up Once your print er server is connect ed to your Ethernet netw ork, you can set it up for use with your networking s oftware. 5.2.1 Installa tion Using PCO NSOLE 5.2.1.1 Configuring as Printer server Mode 1. Run the NetWare PCONSOLE pr ogram. 2. Change the curre nt file server, if neces sary, us[...]

49 8. Press the Insert k ey to add a new NetWare printer serv er object. The print er server name can b e identical to the PSxxxxxx name printed on the la bel of the prin ter server. 9. Pre ss Enter to sel ect the newly created pr inter ser ver. 10. Select Printer serve r Configuration. 11. Select Printer C onfiguration. 12. Select Print er 0 (or P[...]

50 14. Sele ct Queues Ser viced by Prin ter, then sel ect Printer 0 (or Printer 1, Printer 2) an d press Enter. 15. Press Insert and add your newly cre ated print que ue to the li st of queue s serviced by th e printer. Enter a priori ty number for the queue service, or press Ent er to accept the default. 16. Repeatedly p ress Escape to ex it the P[...]

51 6. UNIX Sy stem Network[...]

52 6.1 Introduction The printer serv er is available for TC P/IP printing by U nix LPD (Line Printer D aemon) pro tocol. The LPD pr otocol origin ated with Uni x release is based o n the BSD version of Unix and support ed under most versions of Unix. This chapt er explains how to configure the p rinter server for TCP/IP operation, and how to modify[...]

53 6.2 Enable Printer server’s TCP/IP Support The default config uration of the p rinter server is w ith TCP/IP support enabled. Anyw ay, you can configure t he printer server to enable TCP/IP support using th e configuration program.[...]

54 6.3 Setup Printe r server’s IP Address The printer ser ver must ha ve a unique I P address in or der to be recogniz ed by the netw ork. You can set u p the IP addres s on the various Un ix systems using any one of the follow ing methods: 1. DHCP (Dynamic H ost Configuration P rotocol) 2. BOOTP (Bootstra p Protocol) The printer se rver will use[...]

55 2. Add an entry to the host ’ s /etc/bootptab file, similar to the follow ing: hostname: :ht= 1: :ha=print_server_ethernet _address: :ip=print_server_ip_address: Lines should be indented with t abs. Where hostname is the device name of a printer ser ver, the ht=1 tag specifies t he hardware type is E thernet, the ha= t ag specifies the Ethe[...]

56 6.4 Verify Printer server ’s IP Address To verify that your prin ter server is respondin g to the newly assigned IP address using a PING comm and: ping ip-address[...]

57 6.5 Configure Remote LPD Printing on the Host The proced ure you use to config ure your Unix host (s) to allow printing to your netw ork remote print er server varies betw een different varieties of Unix. The proc edure below can be used for Un ix variants that are related t o BSD Unix, such as S unOS or Linux . For other versions of Unix, consu[...]

58 printer-name: :lp=: :rm=203.66.191.186: :rp=lpt1: :lf=/var/spool/lpd/pserverd.log: :sd=/var/spool/lpd/pserverd: :mx#0: Lines should b e indented with t abs. More than one printer name can be used, with variants separated by vertic al bars (name1| name2). The rm= entry sh ould corre spond to the IP addre ss you have assigned t o the printer[...]

59 7. Configuration U tility[...]

60 7.1 Introduction This chapt er introduces p rinter serv er’s system c onfiguration utility in Windows env ironment. This util ity is automatically installed during Window s Administ rato r Utility i nstallati on proce dure - r efer to sec tion 3.2 and 3.3. This utility prov ides the most com plete management and configuration functi ons on the[...]

61  Setup W izard : Guide You Through All the Settin gs.  Report : List the Status of All Availa ble Printer serve rs on the Network. We will explain e ach function s eparately in the fol lowing secti on. * Please refer to the below chart for printing type and s upport OS OS VS Protocol Printer server IPP LPR SMB Bonjour others Win 98SE No Ye[...]

62 7.2 Search for All Available Printer server Every time when you run printer server’s config uration utility, click the “Search” ico n on the tool ba r. The configurati on utility will d elay for several se conds because t he utility is using system’s a vailable network protoc ols to search for all printer servers on the netw ork. All ava[...]

63 7.3 Status of Printer server Click “Status” icon on the tool bar, the stat us of the current selected print er server w ill be showed on th e right side of the w indow. The information of the printer s erver displ ayed are MAC ID , Model Type, Firm ware Version, stat us of each printe r port, NetWare file serv er name, NetWar e file server p[...]

64 7.4 Setup the Printer server Click “Setup” icon on the tool bar, the s etup items of the c urrent selected print er server w ill be showed on th e right side of the w indow. Double cl ick one of the icons to set up the selec ted printer serv er. A screen w ill pop up to verify “U ser Name” and “Password” of the print er server. The d[...]

65 7.5 Genera l Configuration Double Click “General” icon an d the Gene ral configurat ion w indow will pop-up. You can see basic p rinter server information in th is page. You also can config ure the “Printer serve r Name”, “SMB Group Nam e”, “User Name” and “Password” here. Server Name , the name of the printer se rver. You ca[...]

66 7.6 TCP/ IP Confi guration Double Click “TCP /IP” icon and the TCP/IP configuration w indow will pop-up. You can config ure the prin ter server to automatically get IP from DHCP server or manually speci fy static IP. The pri nter server al so has a built-in DH CP server. You ca n enable this DHCP se rver and let it manages IP for you. Click [...]

67 IP”. You als o can sele ct “Static IP” to manual ly assign “IP Address”, “Subnet Ma sk” and “Gateway” for th e printer server. Click the “DHCP Server” button to enter the DHCP server’ s setting page. You c an “Enable/Dis able” the DHCP server and as sign a range of IP address es here. The DHCP s erver is disabled by d[...]

68 7.7 Netware Printer ser ver Configuration Double Click “NetWare ” icon and the NetWare config uration window will pop-up. This printer server suppor ts NetWare Bindery Printi ng method . The printer server per iodically polls the NetWare server printer queues for printing jobs. You have to assign the NetWare ser ver name, pri nter server pol[...]

69 7.8 AppleTalk Configuration Double Clic k “AppleT alk” icon and the Appl eTalk config uration window will pop-up. AppleTalk is a da ta communica tion protocol often used by Macintoshe s. The printer serve r can use these parameters to joi n the AppleTalk n etwork and shar e the printer to other AppleT alk workstatio ns. You have t o setup th[...]

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71 7.9 Bonjour Configuration Bonjour tec hnology (“Re ndezvous” was rename d “Bonjour” with the release of Mac OS X v10.4), also kn own in the indust ry as Zero Configurat ion netw orking, enables aut omatic disc overy of com puters, devices, and s ervice s on IP netw orks. It uses industry standard IP protocols to allow devices to autom at[...]

72 7.10 SNMP Confi guration Double Click “S NMP” icon and the SNM P configuration w indow will pop up. Contact: You can enter the printer server admi nistrator’s c ontact information here. This informatio n w ill be displayed in the SNMP management to ol. Location: You can enter the installed l ocation of t he printer server here. This inf or[...]

73 7.11 SMB Configuration SMB Group Name , the name of SMB gro up that this p rinter server belongs to . All PC sh ould join the same group before th ey can use th is printer server by SM B protocol. Pass Job when Err or Occurre d: When the printer is interrupted because of pa per out or off line w hile printing, user can enabl e this function and [...]

74 7.12 System Configuration Double Click “System” icon a nd the System configuration w indow will pop-up. In the System configuration page, you can select to enable /disable each printing o r management prot ocol, assign name for each printe r port of this printer ser ver, upgrade the new firmware for this printer server, and enable/disab le w[...]

75 Upgrade : You can use this “Upgrade” tool to update the new est firmware of the printer serv er. Click “ ” button and sel ect the correct firmware in your PC. After selecting the firmware file, click the “Upgrade” button to finish the f irmware update process. Note that before you up grade the firmw are please make sure that the IP A[...]

76 7.13 Wireless Configurat ion (For WPS-9123 only) If you want to us e the printer s erver through w ireless LAN, please set up t he printer serv er through Ethern et first and make sure your wireless LA N setting is correct . After setting the wireless LAN, unplug the Ethe rnet cable and rest art the printer serve r, then you can start to use the[...]

77 Infrastructure Mode: In the Infrastructure mode, y ou have to le t the print er server associat e with an access point. You let the printer server scan f or an availabl e access poin t automati cally or manuall y assign the SSID of the access point you w ant to use. If you select to let the print er server sc an for an avail able access point, t[...]

78 The list is t he scanned available access points. Select an access point in the lis t and click “Next”. If you c annot find the access point that you want t o use, click “Sc an” to let the printe r server scan again. Ad Hoc Mode: In the Ad-Hoc mode, you can let the pri nter server automatic ally associat e with other wi reless station or[...]

79 The list is the sc anned active w ireless stations . Select a wireles s station in t he list and cl ick “Next”. If you ca nnot find the w ireless station that you want t he printer serve r to communicate w ith, click “Scan” to let the printer server scan aga in. Both “Infra structure” and “A d-Hoc” mode have to go throu gh the fo[...]

80 WEP Security M ode: You can selec t “64 bit” or “1 28 bit” length and “H exadecimal” or “ASCII” format fo r the encryption key. L onger key length can pr ovide stronger security but w orth communication perf ormance. Enter four key values by fol lowing the rule s below and sele ct one key as the def ault key. y PassPhrase – A p[...]

81 y Key 1 to Key 4 – If the key length is 64-bit, enter 10-digit Hex values or 5-digit ASCII values as the encr yption keys. For example : “0123456aef“ or “Gu est“. If the key le ngth is 128- bit, enter 26-dig it Hex values or 13-digit ASCII va lues as the encryption keys. For exa mple: “01234567890123456789abcdef“ or “administrato[...]

82 You can select to let the printer serv er automatically obtain I P settings with DHCP client or manually assign the IP settings. If you manuall y assign the IP settings , you have to enter IP addr ess, subnet mask and defaul t gateway address. When you fi nish configuri ng the IP settings , click “Nex t” to confirm the IP Address config urat[...]

83 7.14 Wizard Click “Wizard” icon on the tool bar, the setup wizard item of the current selected printer server will be s howed on the right si de of the win dow. Double clic k the “Printer server S etup Wizard” the setup w izard will guide you t hrough all the setup process.[...]

84 Step 1: Set up the n ame of this printer server, a nd the port name for each printe r port. Step 2: Sele ct to enable r equired prin ting protocol . Please refer to section 7.12 for detai l information.[...]

85 Step 3: Setup the IP of this pr inter server an d the DHCP server . Please refer to section 7. 6 for detail information. Step 4: Setup th e NetWare printi ng. Please refe r to section 7.7 fo r detail information. Step 5: Sele ct the Wire less Adapter mode and comple te wireless LAN settings. The other procedur es are the same with “Wireless”[...]

86 in “Setup” sc reen. Please refer to sect ion 7.13 for det ail informat ion. Note: This function available for WP S-9123 only Step 6: Click “Sav e” to finish setting.[...]

87 7.15 Report Click “Repor t” ico n on the tool bar, the Report w indow will po p up. The repo rt lists basic inform ation o f all av ailable printer servers on the netw ork. The inf ormation inc ludes Devic e Name, MAC ID, Model Type and Firmw are Versi on of printer se rver.[...]

88 8. Web Ma nagement[...]

89 8.1 Introduction Printer server can be configu red and managed on the Web. Through Local Area Network, or even Int ernet, administ rator can easily c onfigure and manage p rinter server’s vari ous main functions in browsers. Sim ply enter prin ter server’s IP address into your browser’s address fiel d to manage a printer s erver by printer[...]

90 8.2 Login You may use a ny Web Brow ser to review the status or c onfigure the setting s of the prin ter server . After en tering the IP address of the printer server, a lo gin page display. You have to ent er correct “Use r Name” and “Passw ord” before goi ng to the Web M anagement pa ges. Notes: Defaul t User Name i s “admin”, def [...]

91 8.3 Device Status 8.3.1 System System Inf ormation includes “D evice Name”, “Pri nter serve r Name”, “Model Type”, “System Up Tim e”, “Firmware Version”, “MA C Address”, “Wireless LAN configurati on” and the pro tocols enabled sta tus, etc. Note: Wireless LAN configur ation availa ble for WPS -9123 only .[...]

92 8.3.2 Printer The Printer serve r can communicate w ith the printer to get th e printer in formation in cluding prin ter manufacturer , model number , printing languag e supported, and al so the printer ’s statu s. This page lists the information of printers connected to all printer ports.[...]

93 8.3.3 TCP/IP This page l ists all TCP/IP setti ngs of the printe r server includi ng “IP Address”, “Subn et Mask” and “Gateway”. It als o lists DHCP server setting.[...]

94 8.3.4 SMB This page lists the S MB group and the pass job in terval time setting s of the printer serv er.[...]

95 8.3.5 SNMP This page lists the S NMP settings of the printer server. It includes the settings of “SNMP System Contact” and “SNMP System Location”.[...]

96 8.3.6 NetW are This page lists NetWar e settings, includin g “Polling Time”, “Use Bindery Mod e”, “Name of t he File Server” and “Port A ttached Queue” .[...]

97 8.3.7 Appl eTalk This page li sts AppleTa lk settings, includ ing “AppleTalk Zone Name” and “Pri nter Type” of printers c onnected to all print po rts.[...]

98 8.3.8 Bonj our This page lists Bonjour settings , including “Pr inter Service Name” of each port.[...]

99 8.4 Setup Wizard 8.4.1 System You can ch ange the pri nter server n ame and port nam e of the pri nter server from here . Printer serv er Name , the name of the p rinter server. Y ou can use this name to identify the printer server when you are sea rching for the printer server by th e administration an d client utilities. By defaul t, the print[...]

100 8.4.1.1 Admin P assword It allows you to chan ge the passw ord of the print er server. Name is the administrator name of the print er server. If you ch ange the user name, y ou have to login to the printer server from admi nistrator utility or web management w ith the new name. T he default use r name is ”admin”. Password, enter the passwor[...]

101 8.4.1.2 Adv anced Settings You can enab le/disable the p rinting protocol s and management to ols from the scree n. To enable the function, pl ease select “E nable”; to disable the fun ction, please select “Disabl e”.[...]

102 8.4.2 Wireless Setting (For WPS-9123 on ly) If you want to use t he printer server throu gh wireless LAN , please set up the printe r server through Ethe rnet first and make s ure your wireless LAN settin g is correct. Aft er setting the wireles s LAN, unplug the Ethernet cabl e and restart th e printer serve r, then you can start to use the pr[...]

103 active network by an Ethernet cable. If th is is the case, the printer server will run in Ethernet mode. If the printer serve r is not connected to an active network by Ethernet cable, the printer server w ill run in w ireless LAN mode. Users can plug the Ether net cable to the printer server at th e first, after configuring the printer server [...]

104 8.4.2.1 Site Surv ey (For WPS-91 23 only) You can us e this “Site Survey” func tion to searc h for availa ble access points in you location. I n the list is t he informat ion of all availabl e access point s or wireless stat ions, include s SSID, BSSID, Cha nnel, Type, Encrypti on and Sign al Strength . You can sele ct one wire less devi ce[...]

105 8.4.2.2 Encryp tion (For WPS -9123 only) This printe r server supports WE P and WPA-PSK s ecurity mode. If you want t o use WEP encryption to prot ect your wirel ess network , you have to select “WEP”. If you w ant to use WPA-PSK, you have to select “WPA-shared ke y”. The wirele ss security setti ng should be th e same with other wirele[...]

106 y Key 1 – Key 4 – The WEP keys are used to encrypt data transmitted within the wireless network. Fill the text box by follow ing the rules below. 64-bit WEP: input 10-digit Hex values (in the "A-F", "a-f" and "0-9" range) or 5 - digit ASCII charac ter as the encr yption keys. For example: “01234 56aef“ or ?[...]

107 y AES – AES has been developed to ensure the highest degree of security and authenticity for digital information and it is the mo st advanced solution defined by IEEE 802.11i for the security in the wireless network. y Pre-shared Key Format – Select “Passphr ase” or “Hex” key format. If “Passphrase” is selected, plea se enter 8 [...]

108 8.4.3 TCP/IP You can config ure the prin ter server to automatically get IP from DHCP server or manually speci fy static IP. The pri nter server al so has a built-in DH CP server. You ca n enable this DHCP se rver and let it manages IP for you. If you need t he printer ser ver to au tomatically get an IP fro m DHCP server, select “Enable Obta[...]

109 8.4.4 SMB You can enab le/disable the SMB protocol from here. If SMB is enabled, ente r the “SMB Group Name” to specify the SMB group that t his printer server belong s to. All PC should join the s ame group before th ey can use this p rinter serve r by SMB protoc ol. Pass Job when Err or Occurre d: When the printer is interrupted because o[...]

110 8.4.5 SNMP The printer ser ver suppor ts SNMP configuratio n. If it is enab led, please set up t he followi ng parameters. SNMP System Cont act: You can enter the print er server administ rator’s contac t information here. Th is information w ill be displayed in t he SNMP managemen t too l. SNMP System Location: You can ent er the installed l[...]

111 8.4.6 NetWar e This printer server suppor ts NetWare Bindery Printi ng method . The printer serve r periodicall y polls the Ne tWare server prin ter queues for printing jobs. You have to assign the NetWare ser ver name, pri nter server polli ng interva l and the name of queue on the NetWar e server for each printe r port. Polling Time i s the p[...]

112 8.4.7 AppleTalk AppleTalk is a da ta communica tion protocol often used by Macintoshe s. The printer serve r can use these parameters to joi n the AppleTalk n etwork and shar e the printer to other AppleT alk workstatio ns. You have to select t o enable or dis able AppleTalk, an d setup the “Zone Name” and “Pr inter Type” for each prin [...]

113 8.4.8 Bonjour “Bonjou r” technology (“Rendezv ous” was renam ed “Bonjou r” with the release of Mac OS X v10.4), also kn own in the indust ry as Zero Configurat ion netw orking, enables aut omatic disc overy of com puters, devices, and s ervice s on IP netw orks. It uses industry standard IP protocols to allow devices to autom atical[...]

114 8.4.9 Sav e Settings You can cli ck the “Save Se ttings” to save t he settings an d restart the system.[...]

115 8.5 System Tools 8.5.1 Load Defa ult You can us e this page to rest ore the facto ry default set tings. All of your previou s setup wil l be cleared .[...]

116 8.5.2 Upgrade You can upgrade new firmware for this print er ser ver in this page. Click “Browse” to select the new firmware i n your stor age and then click “OK”, the firmw are will be u pdated in sev eral minutes. Note that before you upgrade the fi rmware please make sure th at the IP Address se ttings of the print er server are i n [...]

117 8.5.3 Backu p System To backup the printer server setti ng to a “config. bin” file, sel ect “Backup S ystem” an d click “OK”.[...]

118 8.5.4 Restore S ystem To apply the sett ing from the bac kup file, click “Brow se” and specify a file to re store.[...]

119 8.5.5 Language The web manag ement tool can support two language s: English ( EN) and Traditional Chi nese (TW). Please selec t the language w hat you need.[...]

120 9. Telnet Management[...]

121 9.1 Introduction Printer server can be co nfigured a nd manage d by T elnet. Through Local Area Network, or even Int ernet, administ rator can easily c onfigure and manage p rinter server’s va rious main functio ns by a telnet client.[...]

122 9.2 L ogin Execute t he Telnet client to ol and connec t to the printer s erver IP. telnet 192.168.2 .2 Then you will be prompted to enter the usern ame and passw ord. After you s uccessfully enter the correct us ername and pas sword, the follow ing prompt will be dis played and you c an start to manage this printer server by comma nd. admin#[...]

123 9.3 Get Setting Values – “get” Command “get” com mand is used to get t he setting values of t his printer serv er. The format of “get” com mand is as foll owing: get argum ent Then the argument va lue will be displayed afte r the command. For example, if I want to get IP address of the printer server, I type “get ip” command a[...]

124 0: key 1 1: key 2 2: key 3 3: key 4 WEP_DEFAULT_KEY=0 key641 64 bit WEP ke y 1 admin# get key641 WEP64_KEY1=0123456789 key642 64 bit WEP ke y 2 admin# get key641 WEP64_KEY2=0123456789 key643 64 bit WEP ke y 3 admin# get key641 WEP64_KEY3=0123456789 key644 64 bit WEP ke y 4 admin# get key641 WEP64_KEY4=0123456789 key1281 128 bit WEP key 1 admin#[...]

125 disabled 0: disable 1: enable DHCPD=0 DHCP Get dynamic IP by DHC P is enabled o r disabled 0: disable 1: enable admin# get DHCP DYNAMIC_IP=0 appletalk AppleTalk pri nting is enabl ed or disabled 0: disable 1: enable admin# ge t appletal k APPLE_ENABLE=0 SMBD SMB printing is enabled or disabled 0: disable 1: enable admin# get SMBD SMBD_ENABLE=1 [...]

126 9.4 Modify Setting Va lues – “set” Command “set” comm and is used to modify the setting values of this print er server. Th e format of “set” com mand is as follow ing: set argument_name value Then the value will be written into the system confi guration. For example, if you w ant to set IP address of the p rinter server to 192.168[...]

127 3: key 4 key641 64 bit WEP ke y 1. The value should be 10 digit Hex value set key641 0123 456789 key642 64 bit WEP ke y 2. The value should be 10 digit Hex value set key641 0123 456789 key643 64 bit WEP ke y 3. The value should be 10 digit Hex value set key641 0123 456789 key644 64 bit WEP ke y 4. The value should be 10 digit Hex value set key6[...]

128 “enabled”. DHCP Enable or disable to get dynamic IP by DHCP. The value should be “disabled” or “enabled”. set DHCP disable appletalk Enable or disable AppleTalk printing The value should be “disabled” or “enabled”. set appletalk disable SMBD Enable or disable SMB pr inting The value should be “disabled” or “enabled”.[...]

129 9.5 Other Commands 9.5.1 ipconfig “ipconfig” command is used to quickly ge t the IP settings (IP, subnet mask, default gatew ay) of the printer serve r: admin# ipc onfig IP_ADDR=192.168 .2.2 SUBNET _MASK=25 5.255.255. 0 DEFAULT _GATEWAY =192.168.2 .254 9.5.2 reboot “reboot ” comman d is used t o restart th e printer s erver : admin# reb[...]

130 get argum ent ipconfig reboot exit[...]

131 10. IPP Printing[...]

132 10.1 I ntroducti on IPP (Internet Pri nting Protocol) Pr i nting provides a c onvenient way of remote print ing service by TC P/IP. The printer server c an support IPP printing by default. It is needless to do any s etting. Any PC that can support IPP p rinting, for example W indows 2000/X P, can directly uses the printer serv er by IP. By us i[...]

133 10.2 System Setup 10.2.1 Printer server Side It is needless to do an y setting on the printer ser ver side. Make sure the printer server has correct IP settings. If you want to share the printers to Internet users , you have to set a real IP to the printer server. You also have t o make sure that any g ateway; router or firewall does not block [...]

134 Step4. Select “A network print er, or a printer att ached to anothe r computer”. Click “Next”.[...]

135 Step5. Select “Co nnect to a printer o n the Internet or on a home or office ne twork” and ent er the URL o f printer server. The URL format is “http://I P:631/Port Name”. Th e IP should be the pr inter ser ver’s IP. The num ber 631 is IPP standard port number. Port Name i s the port name of pri nter server that your printer is connec[...]

136 Step6. Select a s uitable printer m anufacturer and the printer model a nd click “N ext”. If y our print er is not in the list, click “Have Disk… ” to install the driver of the pri nter. After installation, t he printer mod el will be add ed to the list. Step7. Choose t o set the print whether as a default printer o r not. Click “Ne[...]

137 Step8. You hav e added th e network print er to the PC successful ly. The info rmation of the print er is displaye d in the w indows . Click “Finish”.[...]

138 11. LPR Setting in MAC OS LPR Printing (Li ne Printer Remo te technology) allow s Macintosh computers to connect to printers via TCP/IP. LPR Printing can be set up on any Ma cintosh with ve rsion 9.x abov e. To enable LPR Printing in Macintosh, please follow the procedu res below. Step1. In the D esktop, click “System Pref erences”. Step2. [...]

139 Step3. From the “Print & Fax” screen, click “Set Up Printers…”. Step4. Click “Add” to add the new Prin ter server through T CP/IP.[...]

140 Step5. Enter t he “Printer Ty pe”, “Pri nter Address ” and “Queue Name” and sele ct the “Print er Model” to setup the Printer ser ver. Click “Add” t o conti nue. Printer T ype: LPD/LPR Printer A ddress: Inpu t the IP Address o f the Prin ter server Queue Na me: The queue na me of the Printer se rver is “lpt1” Printer Mod[...]

141 Step6. T he Printe r server is installe d complet ely. You ca n see it in the “Print er List”. Step7. You can p rint a file to check whether the P rinter server is installed succ essfully.[...]

142 12. UPnP Setup When the UPn P func tion is enabled, the printer ser ver can be detected by UPnP complia nt system such a s Windows XP . The printer server will b e displayed in the Neighborhood of Windows XP, so you can directly do uble click the printer server or right c lick the printer s erver and select “I nvoke” to directly get into th[...]

143 Enable UPnP in Windows XP SP2 If you can’t fin d the printer serv er in the Neighb orhood of Window s XP SP2 or you have seen the fol lowing mess age when you d ouble click the printer serv er. You have to check if UPnP funct ion is blocked by the firewall. Pl ease follow the steps below to enable it. Step1. Click “ Yes” on the above mess[...]

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145 Step3. In the “Loc al Area Connection P roperties”, s elect “Advanc ed” option me nu and click “Settings”.[...]

146 Step4. The “Windows Fir ewall” screen will be popped up, se lect “Except ions” option menu.[...]

147 Step5. Enable “UPnP Frame work” from the “ Programs and Ser vices list” and click “Ok”.[...]

148 13. Windows XP SP2 Setup In Windows XP SP2, XP SP2’s firewall w ould block the unk nown communica tions. This printer server h as allowed the com munications data passe d through the XP SP 2’s firewall. In case that you do not fi nd any prin ter server lis ted on the “Available Ports” in “Network Ports Quick Setup”, please fol low t[...]

149 Step3. Select “Advanced” t ab and click “S ettings…”.[...]

150 Step4. Select “Ex ceptions” tab a nd click “Add P rogram…”.[...]

151 Step5. Click “Brow se” to add a new prog ram. Step6. Open the “NPUti l” file fr om “C:Progra m FilesPr intServer Utilities” (w here C: is the syst em drive).[...]

152 Step7. A new prog ram “Netw ork Ports Quick Setup” is displ ayed in the l ist, click “O k”.[...]

153 Step8. Click “Ok”. Yo u have completed th e setting. The Wi ndows XP SP2 will allow the incomin g network connect ions activated by the p rogram.[...]

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