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    Micronet R Faster and Easier Networks User Manual Wireless Print Server Model No.: SP766W http://www.micronet.info[...]

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    Federal Communication Co mmission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested a nd fou nd to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These li mits are designed to provide reasonable protection again st harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipme nt generates, uses, and ca[...]

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    Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment complies with FCC radia tion exposure set forth for an uncontrolled environment. In order to avoid the possi bility of exceeding the FCC radio frequency exposu re lim its, human proximity to the antenna shall not be less than 20cm (8 inches) during no rmal operation.[...]

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    COPYRIGHT Copyright © 2006/2007 by this com pan y. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, tran smitted, tran scribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translat ed into any langu age or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, m ech anical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the[...]

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    CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTI ON .......................................................................................... 1 1.1 P RODUCT I NTRODUCTION ........................................................................... 1 1.2 P RODUCT P ACKAGE .................................................................................. 1 1.3 N ETWORK P RINT[...]

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    5.2.1 I nstallation Using PCONSOLE ....................................................... 40 6. UNIX SYSTEM NETWORK ..................................................................... 43 6.1 I NTRODUCTION ........................................................................................ 43 6.2 E NABLE P RINT S ERVER ’ S TCP/IP S UPPORT .[...]

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    8.3 D EVICE S TATUS ...................................................................................... 75 8.3.1 Syste m .............................................................................................. 75 8.3.2 Printer ............................................................................................. 75 8.3.3 TCP/I P....[...]

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    9.4 M ODIFY S ETTING V ALUES – “ SET ” C OMMAND ........................................ 103 9.5 O THER C OMMANDS ................................................................................. 108 9.5.1 i pconfig .......................................................................................... 108 9.5.2 r eboot ...................[...]

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    1 1. Introduction 1.1 Product Introduction Thank you for purchasing and using ou r print se rver. This print server allows your printer to become a sh ared device on the network. It offers printing flexibility and manageability on your Local Area Network at an extremely low cost and with an absolute minimum setup and maintenan ce required. This pri[...]

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    2 z Quick Installation Guide 1.3 Network Printing Architecture This section illustrates how print se rver functions and operates o n the network. Before you install and use print serve r, it is strongly recommended that you read this section compl etely, and select only the chapters you need according to your network op eratin g system by “ Conte[...]

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    3 1.3.1 Print Serv er Network Functions Window s NT Ser ver NetWare Server Window s 98 Win d ows NT Works tat i on Window s 2000 Unix Print Serv er Print Serve r Because print server supports IPX/ SPX, NetBEUI, TCP/IP and AppleTalk network protocols, any networked co mput er can directly print to the print server from any of its installed protocol.[...]

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    4 1.3.2 Network Prin ting Functions for Clients Window s NT Ser ver NetWare Server Window s 98 Win d ows NT Works tat i on Window s 2000 Unix Print Serv er Client User Common operating sy stem s for clients are classified a s following: Windows 95/98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Our print server sy stem pro vides PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) driv er and ut[...]

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    5 In the client installation procedur e, after PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing Driver) is installed into Wi n dows, the system will automatically (manual configuration is also allowed) se arch all t he print servers on the network, and then add their printing ports into Windows’ printing port (see below). Window s 98 PTPP Print Server MIS-2 P1 P2 P3 [...]

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    6 1.3.3 Network Printing Functions for Network Server Window s NT Ser ver NetWare Server Window s 98 Wi n d ows N T Works tat i on Window s 2000 Unix Print Serv er Network Server Common network servers are cl assified as following: Windows NT/2000/2003 Our print server sy stem pro vides PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) driv er and utilities for Windows[...]

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    7 1.4 Network Printing Environment Common network environ ment are classified as following: Windows Peer-to-Peer Net work The client’s PTPP driver will use TCP /IP protocol to print through p ri nt server. Windows NT/2000/2003 Network Network printing function will become available after P TPP driver is installed into Windows NT/2000/2003. Adding[...]

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

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    9 1.5 Contents of the User’s Manual Chapter 2 explains print server’s hard ware installation and configuration. It is strongly recommended for you to read. The following chapters int r odu ce: Chapter 3. Windows Peer-to-Peer Net work Chapter 4. Windows NT/ 2000/2003 S erver-Based Networks Chapter 5. NetWare Network Chapter 6. UNIX System Networ[...]

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    10 1.6 Firmware & Printing Function The print server provides a complete net work printing solution. The feature set is listed below: z PTPP (Peer-to-Peer-Printing) z TCP/IP (LPR) z IPP Printing z NetWare Bindery Printing z AppleTalk z SMB Printing[...]

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    11 2. Hardware Inst allation 1. Unpack the print server package and verify that all the items listed in the section 1.2 are provided. 2. Connect the print server to the printer you want to sh a re on the network. 3. Connect the print server to your network by attached the network cable to the UTP port of the print server. 4. Connect the power adapt[...]

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    12 3. Windows Peer-to-Peer Network 3.1 System Architecture Print server supports Wi nd ows Peer-to-Peer net wo rk printing mode, which is suitable for most medium and small network e nvironment s. Through quick and simple installation proced ur e, use rs can immediately enjoy the convenience of network printing. Installation procedure is separat ed[...]

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    13 3.2 Administrator Installation and Setup The Administrator Installation ca n be pe rformed on Windows 95/98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 with the same user interface. Befo re the installation, please verify that your network protocol is installed on your PC (TCP/IP, IPX and/or NetBEUI). It w ill be helpful in your installation proces s. 1. Insert the CD[...]

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    14 3. The “ Utilities Setup ” window will be displayed. Click “ Next ”. 4. Click “ Next ” to install the utilities in the default folder or click “ Bro wse ” to specify the destination folder where y ou wo uld like to install the utilities.[...]

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    15 5. Select the components you want to install. It is highly reco mmended to install all provided components. Click “ Next ” to cont inue. 6. Specify the program folder where the program i cons will be added to, click “ Next ”.[...]

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    16 7. The system will start to in stall the utilities automatically. 8. You have completed the installati on phase a nd prepare to configure the Print Server. The “ Choose Print Server ” will list all Print Servers within the network. Select the Print Server you wo uld like to configure and click “ Next ”.[...]

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    17 NOTE 1: If this is the first time you configure the Print Server, the “Print Server Name” is the last 6-digit of MAC ID with prefix “PS”. Please check the MAC ID on the print server. NOTE 2: The list can only display the devices from the sam e manufacturer. 9. Specify a recognizable name for the Pri nt Server and click “ Next ”.[...]

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    18 10. Specify the IP Address for the Print Server manually or click “ Next ” to keep default IP Address, i.e. 192.168.2.2. 11. The configuration summary is di splayed i n the window. Now, you have completed the “ Print Server Setup ”. Click “ Finish ” and your system will add network port of the Print Server to your PC automatically.[...]

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    19 12. The Administrator Installation procedure is totally completed. Cli ck “ Finish ”. The Administrator Installation Program h as executed the installation procedure that performs the following tasks: z Install all utilities and drivers to the administrator’s PC. z Configure the print server (inclu ding the print server name and network pr[...]

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    20 3.3 Administrator Utilities After Administrator Installation is comp leted, there will be four utilities in print server’s Program folder. z Network Port s Quick Setu p – A dd the network ports of print servers within the network to your PC. z PS Admin – Allows you to configure the print server’s IP Address, network protocols and othe r [...]

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    21 3.4 Client Installation and Setup The Client Installation can be performe d on Windows 95/98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 with the same user interface. Befo re the installation procedure, please confir m that your PC has connected t o the network and installed at least one n etwork protocol. 1. Insert the CD shipped along with the pri nt serve r into yo[...]

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    22 3. The “ Utilities Setup ” window will be displayed. Click “ Next ”. 4. Click “ Next ” to install the utilities in the default folder or click “ Bro wse ” to specify the destination folder where y ou wo uld like to install the utilities.[...]

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    23 5. Specify the program folder where the program i cons will be added to, click “ Next ”. 6. The system will start to in stall the utilities automatically. 7. Now, the installation procedure i s co mpl eted, you are ready to set up the client’s computer. All network ports of the Print Servers detected on the network will be added to your PC[...]

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    24 8. Note that if there are no print serv ers detected in the network currently, please click “ Con tinue ” to finish the installation. Please refer to Section 3.5.1 to add network ports of print servers man ually. 9. The Client Installation procedure is co mpleted. Cli ck “ Finish ”.[...]

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    25 After the installation, you have completed the following tasks: z Install all utilities and dr ivers to the client’s PC. z Add all the print server’s network po rts of the network to the client’s PC. You can then perform the Windows’ standard “ Add P rinter ” procedure to add network printers to your PC . Please refer to Section 3.6.[...]

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    26 3.5 Client Utilities After Client Installation is completed, there will be three tools in print server’s Program folder. z Network Port s Quick Setu p z Remote Ports z Uninstall Network Driver The Uninstall Network Driver will assist you in removi ng all installed client software. The other two tool s are described as follows.[...]

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    27 3.5.1 Network Ports Quick Setup Network Ports Quick Setup Utility offers a very simple method to add or remove print server’s printer port from the clie nt’s co mputer. During the client’s installation proced ure, the system will automatically search for all print servers on the net work, and ad d them into the printer ports of the client?[...]

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    28 Please be aware that Network Ports Quick Setup Utility can only detect and configure all print servers on the same netwo rk, it cannot search an d configure print servers on other su bnets across netwo rk segments. You must use Remote Ports Utility described in the next section to man age remote (across n etwork segment s) print serve rs. Select[...]

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    29 3.5.2 Remote Ports (Utility) Remote Ports Utility offers a convenient way for you to manage an d add printer port of the remote print server. From the assistant of this utility, you can print to other print servers outside the subnet across network segment. However, please note that this f unction only supports TCP/IP network protocol. Please fo[...]

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    30 3. The new remote print port is displayed as follows. In order to use the remote printing fu nction, you will have to proceed with normal Add Printer procedure and sel ect your printer port as the newly added remote printer port.[...]

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    31 3.6 Windows Add Printer Procedure After adding a “ Net work Port ” of the print server to your PC by Administrator or Client Installation Program, you can follow the p ro ced ure described below to add pri nter to the Wi ndows. Note that following “ Add Printer ” steps are running in Windows XP, the steps in other Operating Systems are s[...]

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    32 5. Choose the suitable “ Print Server Net work Port ” which was created by the Administrator Installation or Client Installation pro ce ss and click “ Next ”.[...]

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    33 6. Select a suitable printer manufacture r and the printer model and click “ Next ”. If your printer is not in the list, click “ Have Disk… ” to install the driver of the printer. After insta llation, the printer model will be added to the list. 7. Name your printer and setup the default printer, click “ Next ”.[...]

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    34 8. Choose to print the test page or no t. It is recommended to print a test page. Click “ Next ”. 9. You have added the printer to the PC successfully. The informatio n of the printer is displayed in the windo ws. Click “ Finish ”.[...]

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    35 4. Windows NT/2000/2003 Network 4.1 System Architecture In Windows network environment, ot her than the Peer-to-Pee r net work printing architecture descri bed in the previous chapter, we also offer the Server-Based Printing architecture for Windo ws NT/2000/2003 server. Only one Windows NT/2000/2003 i s required to have Windows PTPP (Peer-to-Pe[...]

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    36 4.2 Windows NT/2000/2003 Server Installation and Setup Please follow the procedures described below for installation and construct a peer-to-peer connection (P TPP) between Windows NT/2000/2003 Server and Print Server. Step1. If this is your first time installi ng print server, please install the administrator software on Windows NT/ 2000/2003 s[...]

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    37 4.3 User Installation and Setup After server side’s installation is comp leted, client side will be able t o find the server’s shared printer in Ne twork Neighborh ood. You only need to perform Window’s stan dard Add New Prin ter procedure, select “Network Printer” shown in the screen below, and complete the config urations afterwards [...]

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    38 5. NetW are Network 5.1 System Architecture We implemented NetWare printer sh aring functionality into the print server itself, thus allowing one or more printers attached by a print se rver to be connected to the network. We have developed the pri nt serve r to suppo rt NetWare print server. Embedded print server, which emulates the “ queu e [...]

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    39 Relieve the need of a workstation ru nning the remote printe r utility. Improve productivity by locati ng the printer near the workgroup. Each print server should log into a NetWare serve r be fore se rvicing the print jobs. Each print server will occu py a user account with which it can log into the NetWare server.[...]

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    40 5.2 NetWare 3.x/4. x/5.x Installation & Setup Once your print server is connected to your Ethernet network, you can set it up for use with your networking software. 5.2.1 Installation Using PCONSOLE 5.2.1.1 Configuring as Print Serv er Mode 1. Run the NetWare PCON SOLE prog ram. 2. Change the current file server , if necessary, using the Cha[...]

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    41 8. Press the Insert key to add a new NetWare print server object. The print server name can be identical to the PSxxxxxx name pri nted on the label of the print server. 9. Press Enter t o select t he newly created print server. 10. Select Print Server Configuration. 11. Select Printer Configuration. 12. Select Printer 0 (or Printer 1, Printer 2)[...]

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    42 13. Press Escape, and answer Yes to the Save Changes questio n. 14. Select Queues Serviced by Printer, then sele ct Printer 0 (or Printer 1, Printer 2) and press Enter. 15. Press Insert and add your newly created print que ue to the list of queues serviced by the printer. Enter a prio rity numb er for the queue service, or press Enter to accept [...]

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    43 6. UNIX System Network 6.1 Introduction The print server is available for TCP/IP printing by Unix LPD (Line Printer Daemon) protocol. The LP D protocol originated with Unix rele ase is ba sed on the BSD version of Unix and suppo rte d under most versions of Unix. This chapter explains how to conf igure the print server for TCP/IP operation, and [...]

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    44 6.3 Setup Print Server’s IP Address The print server must have a uniqu e IP addre ss in order to be recognized by the network. You can set up the IP address on the various Unix sy stems using any one of the following methods: 1. DHCP (Dynamic Host C onfigur ation Protocol) 2. BOOTP (Bootstrap Protocol) The print server will use the last three [...]

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    45 2. Add an entry to the host ’ s /etc/bootptab file, similar to the following: hostname: :ht=1: :ha=print_server_ethernet_add re ss: :ip=print_server_ip_addre ss: Lines should be indented with tabs. Where hostname is the device name of a print server, the ht=1 tag specifies the hardware type is Etherne t, the ha= tag specifie s the Ethernet [...]

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    46 6.5 Configure Remote LPD Printing on the Host The procedure you use to configure your Unix host(s) to allow printing to your network remote print server varie s between different varieties of Unix. The procedure below can be used for Un ix variants that are related to BSD Unix, such as SunOS or Linux. For other versions of Unix, consult your sys[...]

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    47 :lp=: :rm=203.66.191.186: :rp=lpt1: :lf=/var/spool/lpd/pserverd.log: :sd=/var/spool/lpd/pserverd: :mx#0: Lines should be indented with tabs. More than one printer name can be used, with variants separated by vertical bars (name1|name2). The rm= entry should correspond to the IP address you have a ssigned to the print server. You can a l so [...]

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    48 7. Configuration Utility 7.1 Introduction This chapter introduce s print server ’s system configur ation utility in Windows environment. This utility is automatically installed during Windows Administrator Utility installation procedure - refer to section 3.2 and 3.3. This utility provides the most co mplete management and configura t ion func[...]

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    49 7.2 Search for All Available Print Servers Every time when you run print server ’s configuration utility, click the “ Search ” icon on the tool bar. The configuration utility will delay for several seconds because the utility is using system’s available network protocols to search for all print serv ers o n the netwo rk. All available pr[...]

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    50 7.3 Status of Print Server Click “ Status ” icon on the tool bar, the status of the current selected print server will be showed on t he right side of the window. The information of the print server displayed are MAC ID, Model Type, Firmware Version, status of each printer port, NetWare file serve r n ame, NetWare file server polling interva[...]

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    51 7.4 Setup the Print Server Click “ Setup ” icon on the tool bar, the setup items of the current selected print server will be showed on the right side of the window. Double click one of the icons to set up t he selected print server. A screen will pop up to verify “ User Name ” and “ Password ” of the print server. The default values[...]

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    52 7.5 General Configuration Double Click “ General ” icon and the General configuration win dow will pop-up. You can see basic print se rver inform ation in this page. You also can configure the “ Print Server Name ”, “ SMB Group Na me ”, “ User Name ” and “ Password ” here. Server Name, the name of the print server. You can u [...]

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    53 7.6 TCP/IP Configuration Double Click “ TCP/IP ” icon and the TCP /IP configuration window will pop- up.[...]

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    54 You can configure the print serve r to automatically get IP from DHCP server or manually specify static IP. The print server also has a built-in DHCP server. You can enabl e this DHCP server an d let it manages IP for you. Click the “ IP ” button to enter the IP setting page. If you need the print server to automatically get an IP from DHCP [...]

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    55 7.7 Netware Print Server Configuration Double Click “ Net Ware ” icon and the NetWare configuration win d ow will pop-up. This print server supports NetWar e Bindery Printing method. The print server periodically polls the NetWa re server printer queues for pri nting jobs. You have to assign the NetWare se rver name, print server polling int[...]

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    56 7.8 AppleTalk Configuration Double Click “ AppleTalk ” icon and the AppleTalk co nfiguratio n window will pop-up. AppleTalk is a data comm unication prot ocol often used by Macintoshes. The print server can use these p arameters to join the AppleTalk net work and share the printer to other AppleT alk workstation s. You have to setup the “ [...]

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    57 7.9 Bonjour Configuration Bonjour enables automatically disc overy of computers, devices and services on IP network. The servic e name will be seen by users on IP network, you have to designate the uniq ue and friendly name to describe the device.[...]

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    58 7.10 SNMP Configuration Double Click “ SNMP ” i con and the SNM P configuration window will pop up. Contact : You can enter the print se rver administrator’s contact information here. This informati on will be displayed in the SNMP management tool. Location : You can enter the installed loca tion of the print server here. This information [...]

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    59 7.11 SMB Configuration SMB Group Name : the name of SMB group that this print server b elong s to. All PC should join the same group before they can use this print server by SMB protocol. Pass Job when Error Occurred : When the printe r is i nterrupted because of paper out or off line while printing, user can set the interval time to bypass the [...]

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    60 7.12 System Configuration Double Click “ Sy stem ” icon and the System configura t ion wind ow will pop-up. In the System configuration page, y ou can select to enable/di sable each printing or management protocol, assi gn name for each printer port of this print server, and upgrade the ne w firmware for this print server. Port Name is the n[...]

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    61 Upgrade Firm ware : You can use this “ Upgrade Fir mware ” tool to update the newest firmware of the print server. Click “ ” button and select the correct firmware in your PC. After selecting the firmware file, click the “ Upgrade ” button to finish the firmware update process. If you want to reset the Print Server to defaul t factor[...]

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    62 7.13 Wireless Configuration If you want to use the print server through wireless LA N, please set up the print server through Ethernet first and make sure your wirele ss LAN setting is correct. After setting the wireless LAN, unpl ug the Ethern et cable and restart the print server, then yo u can start to use the print server through wireless LA[...]

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    63 Infrastructure Mode : In the Infrastructure mode, you have to let the print server associate with an access point. You let the print server scan for an av ailable a ccess point automatically or manually assign the SSID of the access point you want to use. If you select to let the print server scan for an available access p oint, the following wi[...]

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    64 Ad Hoc Mode: In the Ad-Hoc mode, you can let the print server automatically associate with other wireless station or manually assign the SSID of your wi reless network. You can let the print server aut omatically sel e ct the channel that is the same with the peer or manually assign a chann el. If you select to let the print server sc an for an [...]

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    65 The list is the scanned active wirele ss stations. Select a wireless st ation in the list and click “ Next ”. If you ca nnot fin d the wireless station that you want the print server to communicate with, click “ Scan ” to let the print server scan again . Both “ Infrastructure ” and “ Ad- Hoc ” mode have to go through the followi[...]

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    66 WEP Security Mode: You can select “ 64 bit ” or “ 128 bit ” lengt h and “ Hexadecimal ” or “ ASCII ” format for the encryption key. Longer key length can provide stronger security but worth communication perfo r mance.[...]

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    67 Enter four key values by following the rules bel ow and select one key as the default key. z PassPhrase – A passphra se sim plifies the WEP encryption process by automatically generating the WEP encrypti on keys for the print server. This settin g is onl y valid when the security mode is in “ WEP (HEX) ”. z Key 1 to Key 4 – If the key le[...]

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    68 WPA-shared key Security Mode: When “ WPA-shared key ”, also n amed “ WPA-PSK ” requires user s to select the advanced encryption methods, i.e. TKIP or AES and enter a set of shared key. z TKIP – TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) changes the temporal key every 10,000 packets. This insures much greate r security than the standard WE[...]

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    69 You can select to let the print server automatically obt ain IP settings with DHCP client or manually assign the IP settings. If you manually assign the IP settings, you have to enter IP address, subnet mask and default gateway addre ss. When you finish configuring the IP settings, click “ Next ” to confirm the IP Address configuration. Clic[...]

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    70 7.14 Wizard Click “ Wizard ” icon on the tool bar, the setup wizard item of the current selected print server will be showed on the right side of the window. Double click the “ Print Serv er Setup Wizard ” the setup wizard will guide you through all the setup process.[...]

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    71 1. Set up the name of this print server and the port nam e for the print server. 2. Select to enable required printing protocol. Please refer to se ction 7.12 for detail information.[...]

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    72 3. Setup the IP of this print server and the DHCP server. Please refer to section 7.6 for detail information. 4. Setup the NetWare printing. Please refer to section 7. 7 for detail information.[...]

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    73 5. Click “ Save ” to finish setting. 7.15 Report Click “ Report ” icon on the tool bar, the Report window will pop up. The report lists basic information of all available p rin t servers on the network. The information includ es Device Name, MAC ID, Model Type and Firmware Version of print serve r.[...]

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    74 8. W eb Management 8.1 Introduction Print server can be configured and managed on the Web. Th rough Local Area Network, or even Internet, admin istrator can easi ly configure a nd manage print server’s various main fun ct ions in browsers. Simply enter print server’s IP address int o your browser’s address field to manag e a print server b[...]

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    75 8.3 Device Status 8.3.1 System System Information includes “ Dev i ce Name ”, “ Print Server Name ”, “ Model Type ”, “ System Up Time ”, “ Firm ware Version ”, “ MAC Address ” and the protocols ena bled status, etc. 8.3.2 Printer This page lists information of printers co nnected to all printer ports.[...]

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    76 8.3.3 TCP/IP This page lists all TCP/IP settings of the print server includi ng “ IP Address ”, “ Subnet Mask ” and “ Gate w ay ”. It also lists DHCP server setting. 8.3.4 SMB This page lists the SMB group and the pass job interv al time settings of the print server.[...]

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    77 8.3.5 SNMP This page lists the SNMP settings of the print server. It includes the settings of “ SNMP Sy stem Contact ” and “ SNMP Sy stem Location ”. 8.3.6 NetWare This page lists NetWare se ttings, inclu ding “ Polling Time ”, “ Use Bindery Mode ”, “ Name of the File Serv er ” and “ Port Attache d Queue ”.[...]

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    78 8.3.7 AppleTalk This page lists AppleTalk settings, incl uding “ AppleTalk Zone Name ” and “ Printer Type ” of printers con ne cted to all print ports. 8.3.8 Bonjour This page lists Bonjour settings, includin g “ Port Service Name ” of each port.[...]

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    79 8.4 Setup Wizard 8.4.1 System You can change the print server name a nd port na me of the print server from here. Print Server Name, the name of the pr int server. You can use this name to identify the print server when you are searching for the print se rver by the administration and client utilities. Port Name is the name of the printer port. [...]

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    80 8.4.1.1 Admin Password It allows you to change the password of the print server. USER Name : the administrator name of the print serv er. If you change the user name, you have to login to the pr int server from administrator utility or web management with t he ne w name. The default user name is ” admin ”. Password, enter the password you wa[...]

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    81 8.4.1.2 Advanced Settings You can enable/disable the printing prot ocols and management too ls from the screen. To enable the function, please sele ct “ Enabled ”; to disable the function, please select “ Disabled ”.[...]

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    82 8.4.2 Wireless If you want to use the print server through wireless LA N, please set up the print server through Ethernet first and make sure your wirele ss LAN setting is correct. After setting the wireless LAN, unpl ug the Ethern et cable and restart the print server, then yo u can start to use the print server through wireless LAN. If the wir[...]

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    83 2. If “ Auto ” is selected, the print server can automatically decide to enable or disable the wirel ess function. The print server only can work in ether Ethernet or wireless LAN mode. It cannot work in both Ethernet and wireless LAN mode at the same time. When the pri nt server starts up, it will auto-detect if the LAN port is connected to[...]

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    84 8.4.2.1 Site Survey You can use this “ Site Survey ” function to search for available access points in you location. In the list is the information of all available access points or wireless stations, in cludes SSID, BSSID, Channel, Type, Encryption and Signal Strength. You can sele ct one wireless device in the list for this print server to[...]

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    85 8.4.2.2 Encryption This print server supp orts WEP and WPA-PSK security mode. If you want to use WEP encryption to protect your wireless network, you have to select “ WEP ”. If you want to use WPA-P SK, you have to select “ WPA- shared key ”. The wireless security settin g should be the same with other wireless devices in the same networ[...]

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    86 z Key 1 – Key 4 – The WEP keys a re used to encrypt data transmitted within the wireless network. Fill the text box by following 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 characte r as the encryption keys. For example: “ 0123456aef “ [...]

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    87 z AES – AES has been developed to ensure the highest degree of security and authenticity for digital information and it is the most advanced solution defined by IEEE 802.11i for the security in the wireless network. z Pre-shared Key Format – Select “ Pass phrase ” or “ Hex ” key format. If “ Pass phrase ” is selected, please ente[...]

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    88 8.4.3 TCP/IP You can configure the print serve r to automatically get IP from DHCP server or manually specify static IP. The print server also has a built-in DHCP server. You can enabl e this DHCP server an d let it manages IP for you. If you need the print server to automatic ally get an IP from DHCP server, select “ Enable Obtain TCP/IP Sett[...]

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    89 8.4.4 SMB You can enable/disable the SMB protocol from here. If SMB is enabled, enter the “ SMB Group Name ” to specify the SMB group that this print server belongs to. All PC should join the same group before they can use this print server by SMB protocol. Pass Job When Erro r O ccurred is for yo u to set the interval time for bypassing the[...]

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    90 8.4.5 SNMP The print server suppo rts S NMP configuration. If it is enabled, please set up the following parameters. SNMP System Contact : You can enter t he print server administrator’s contact information here. This inform ation will be displayed in the SNMP management tool. SNMP System Location : You can ente r the installed location of the[...]

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    91 8.4.6 NetWare This print server supports NetWar e Bindery Printing method. The print server periodically polls the NetWa re server printer queues for pri nting jobs. You have to assign the NetWare se rver name, print server polling interval and the name of queue on the NetWare se rver for each printer port. Polling Time is the polling interval o[...]

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    92 8.4.7 AppleTalk AppleTalk is a data comm unication prot ocol often used by Macintoshes. The print server can use these p arameters to join the AppleTalk net work and share the printer to other AppleTal k workstation s. You have to select to enable or disable AppleTalk, and setup the “ Zone Name ” and “ Printer Typ e ” for each printer po[...]

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    93 8.4.8 Bonjour Bonjour enables automatically disc overy of computers, devices and services on IP network. The servic e name will be seen by users on IP network, you have to designate the uniq ue and friendly name to describe the device. 8.4.9 Save Settings You can click the “ Save Settings ” to save the settings and re start the system.[...]

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    94 8.5 System Tools 8.5.1 Load Default You can use this page to restore th e fact ory default settings. All of your previous setup will be cleared.[...]

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    95 8.5.2 Upgrade Firmware from Browser You can upgrade new firm ware for this print server in this page. Click “ Browse ” to select the ne w firmware in your storage and then click “ OK ”, the firmware will be updated in several minutes. Be aware that if you have started upgrading firm ware, you have to follow all the upgrading steps or the[...]

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    96 8.5.3 Backup Setting To backup the print server setting to a “ config.bin ” file, select “ Backup settings from Print Serv er ”. To apply the setting from the backup file, select “ Restore settings from file ” and specify a file to restore. 8.5.4 Restore System From here, you can select the file to restore this print server.[...]

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    97 9. T elnet Management 9.1 Introduction Print server can be configured and managed by Telnet. Throug h Local Area Network, or even Internet, admin istrator can easi ly configure a nd manage print server’s various main fun ct ions by a telnet client. 9.2 Login Execute the Telnet client tool and connect to the print server IP. telnet 192.168.2.2 [...]

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    98 9.3 Get Setting Values – “get” Command “ get ” command is used to get the setting values of this print server. The format of “get” command is as followi ng: get argument Then the argument value will be displa yed after the comm and. For example, if I want to get IP addr ess of the print server, I type “ get ip ” command and the[...]

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    99 Argument Description Example wlmode Wireless LAN mode is Infrastructure or Ad Hoc 0: Infrastructure 1: Ad Hoc admin# get wlmode AP_MODE=1 ESSID ESSID of the wireless LAN admin# get ESSID SSID=’default’ channel Channel number used by wireless LAN admin# get channel CHANNEL= 11 wep The mode of WEP 0: disable 1: 64 bit WEP enabled 2: 128 bit WE[...]

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    100 Argument Description Example key644 64 bit WEP key 4 admin# get key641 WEP64_KEY4=01234567 89 key1281 128 bit WEP key 1 admin# get key1281 WEP128_KEY1=0123456789 abcdef0123456789a key1282 128 bit WEP key 2 admin# get key1282 WEP128_KEY2=0123456789 abcdef0123456789a key1283 128 bit WEP key 3 admin# get key1283 WEP128_KEY3=0123456789 abcdef012345[...]

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    101 Argument Description Example aq1 Name of the printer queue on the NetWare server admin# get aq1 PORT1_QNAME=’PQ1’ applezone The name of AppleTalk zone that this print server joins to admin# get applezone PORT1_APPLEAONE=’*’ printertype1 The type of the printer attached to this print server admin# get printertype1 PORT1_PRINTTYPE=’La s[...]

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    102 Argument Description Example appletalk AppleTalk printing is enabled or disabled 0: disable 1: enable admin# get appletalk APPLE_ENABLE=0 SMBD SMB printing is enabled or disabled 0: disable 1: enable admin# get SMBD SMBD_ENABLE=1 SNMP SNMP management protocol is enabled or disabled 0: disable 1: enable admin# get SNMP SNMP_ENABLE=1 IPX NetWare [...]

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    103 9.4 Modify Setting Values – “set” Command “ set ” command is used to modify the setting values o f this print se rver. The format of “ set ” command is as following: set argument_name value Then the value will be written into the system configuration. For exa mple, if you want to set IP address of the print server to 192.168.2.2, [...]

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    104 Argument Description Example wep The mode of WEP. The value should be “disable”, “wep64” or “wep128” set wep disable defkey Default WEP key number. The value should be 0~3. 0: key 1 1: key 2 2: key 3 3: key 4 set defkey 0 key641 64 bit WEP key 1. The value should be 10 digit Hex value set key641 0123456789 key642 64 bit WEP key 2. T[...]

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    105 Argument Description Example key1284 128 bit WEP key 4. The value should be 26 digit Hex value set key1284 0123456789a b cdef0123456789a ip IP of the print server set ip ‘192.168.2.2’ gateway Default gateway of the print server set gateway ‘192.168.2.254’ submask Subnet mask of the print server set submask ‘255.255.255. 0’ polling P[...]

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    106 Argument Description Example DHCPS Enable or disable the DHCP server. The value should be “disabled” or “enabled”. Set DHCPS disable 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 [...]

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    107 Argument Description Example IPP Enable or disable IPP printing The value should be “disabled” or “enabled”. set IPP enable RAW Enable or disable RAW printing The value should be “disabled” or “enabled”. set RAW enable[...]

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    108 9.5 Other Commands 9.5.1 ipconfig “ ipconfig ” command is used to quickly get the IP settings (IP, subnet mask, default gateway) of the print server: admin# ipconfig IP_ADDR=192.168.2.2 SUBNET_MASK=255.255.255.0 DEFAULT_GATEWAY=192.168.2.25 4 9.5.2 reboot “ reboot ” command is use d to restart the print server: admin# reboot 9.5.3 exit [...]

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    109 10. IPP Printing 10.1 Introduction IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) Printing provides a convenient way o f remote printing service by TCP/IP . The print server can support IPP printing by default. It is needless to do any setting. Any PC that can support IPP printing, for example Windo ws 2 000/XP, can directly uses the print server by IP. By u[...]

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    110 3. The “ Add Printer Wizard ” is displayed. Click “ Next ”. 4. Select “ A network printer, or a printer attached to anoth er computer ”. Click “ Next ”.[...]

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    111 5. Select “ Connect to a printer on the Internet or on a home or offi ce network ” and enter the URL of print server. The URL f ormat is “ http://IP:631/Port Name ”. The IP should be the print server’s IP. The number 631 is IPP standard port numbe r. Port Name is the port name of print server that your printer is connected to. The def[...]

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    112 7. Choose to set the print whether as a def ault printe r or not. Click “ Next ”.[...]

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    113 8. You have added the network printer to the PC su cce ssfully. The information of the printer is di splayed in the windo ws. Click “ Finish ”.[...]

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    114 1 1. LPR Setting in MAC OS LPR Printing (Line Printer Remote tech nology) allows Macintosh computers to connect to printers via TCP/IP. LPR Printing ca n be set up on any Macintosh with version 9.x above. To enable LPR Printing in Macinto sh, pl ease follow the procedures below. 1. In the Desktop, click “ System Preferen ces ”. 2. Click “[...]

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    115 3. From the “ Print & Fax ” screen, click “ Se t Up Printers… ”. 4. Click “ Add ” to add the new Print Server throu gh TCP/IP.[...]

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    116 5. Enter the “ Printer Type ”, “ Printer Addr ess ” and “ Queue Nam e ” a nd select the “ Printer Mode l” to setup the Print Server. Click “ Add ” to continue. Printer Type : LPD/LPR Printer Address : Input the IP Address of the Print Server Queue Name : The queue name of the Print Server is “ lpt1 ” Printer Mode l: Sele[...]

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    117 6. The Print Server is installed co mpletely. You can see it in the “ Printer List ”. 7. You can print a file to check whether the Print Server i s installed successfully.[...]

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    118 12. UPnP Setup When the UPnP function is enabled, t he print server can be dete cte d by UPnP compliant system such as Wi ndo ws XP. The print server will be displayed in the Neighborhood of Win dows XP, so you can directly double click the print server or right click the p rin t server and select “ Invoke ” to directly get into the web pag[...]

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    119 Enable UPnP in Windows XP SP2 If you can’t find the print server in the Neighborhood of Windows XP SP2 or you have seen the following message when you d ouble click the print server. You have to check if UPnP function is blo c ked by the firewall. Please follow the steps below to enable it. 1. Click “ Yes ” on the above message or click ?[...]

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    120 3. In the “ Local Area Connection Properties ”, select “ Advanced ” option menu and click “ Settings ”.[...]

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    121 4. The “ Windows Firewall ” screen will be popped up, select “ Exceptions ” option menu.[...]

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    122 5. Enable “ UPnP Framew ork ” from the “ Programs and Services list ” and click “ OK ”.[...]

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    123 13. Windows XP SP2 Setup In Windows XP SP2, XP SP2’s firewall would blo ck the unknown communication. This p rint serve r has allowed the communi cations data passed through the XP SP2’s firewall. In case that you do not find any print server listed on the “ Available Ports ” in “ Net work Ports Quick Setup ”, please follow the step[...]

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    124 3. Select “ Advanced ” tab and click “ Se ttings… ”.[...]

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    125 4. Select “ Exceptio ns ” tab and click “ Ad d Program… ”.[...]

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    126 5. Click “ Bro wse ” to add a new program.[...]

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    127 6. Open the “ NPUtil ” file from “ C:Program FilesPrintServer Utilities ” (where C: is the system drive).[...]

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    128 7. A new program “ Network Ports Quick Setup ” is di splayed in the list, click “ OK ”.[...]

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    129 8. Click “ OK ”. You have completed the setting. The Windows XP SP2 will allow the incoming network conn ecti ons activated by the program.[...]