LevelOne FPS-2101TXU manuale d’uso

L L e e v v e e l l O O n n e e P P r r i i n n t t e e r r S S e e r r v v e e r r s s EPS-3001TU FPS-3001TXU FPS-2111TXU FPS-2101TXU FPS-2101USB FPS-2013TXU FPS-2003TXU U U s s e e r r G G u u i i d d e e Cop yright  2002. A LL R IG HT S R ESERVED . Docum ent Version : 1.3 (Janu ary , 2002) P/N: 959 0B502A 0 All trademark and trade n ames are [...]

Table of Contents 1. Introduction .......................................................................................................1 Features ................................................................................................................... 1 Safety Instru ctions ...............................................................[...]

Other Printing Methods ......................................................................................... 59 9. Windows NT Server (TC P/I P) .......................................................................60 Software Re quirements ......................................................................................... 60 LevelOne Pri[...]

Introduction This chapter p rovides details o f your LevelOne Printer Server' s features and components. Congratulations on the purchase o f your new LevelOne Printer Server. This device was designed to pr ovide a simple and efficient network printin g solution. Features  Versatili ty. The L eve lOne Print er Server su pports u p to five pr[...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers Safety Instru ction s For your own s afety, and to protect y our LevelOne Printer Server, please obs erve the following safety adv ice. 1. Unplug this device f rom its pow er source before clean ing. Use only a slightly dampened cloth for clean ing. Do not use liquid or aerosol cl eaners . 2. Avoid us ing this product ne[...]

Introd uction Package Contents You should find the following ite ms packaged with your LevelOne Pr inter Server. If any items are missing, contact y our dealer immediately. • LevelOne Printer Server • Pow er Adapter • On e CD-ROM cont aining all su pport program s and t he complete Us er Manual in on- line format (PDF and HTML). • This User[...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers Models This section contains details o f all LevelOne Printer Ser ver models covered by this manual. Please take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with your new LevelOne Printer Server. EPS-3001TU ( 10Bas eT D irect A ttach) Figure 1: EPS-3001TU Item Descriptio n 1 Male Parallel Port, for direct connection to the pri[...]

Introd uction FPS-3001TXU ( 100Ba seT Direct A tt ach) 1 3 4 5 2 Figure 2: FPS-300 1TXU Item Description 1 Male Parallel Port, for direct connection to the printer. 2 Orange Error L ED. See page 11 for details. 3 Green Status LED. See page 11 for details. 4 5V Pow er port 5 10/100Base T Conn ector. The FPS-2111 TXU offe rs su pport for both 10BaseT[...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers FPS-2111TXU Figure 3 FPS-21 11TXU Item Descriptio n 1 Parallel Port 2 Red Error LED . See page 11 f or details . 3 Green Link LED See page 11 f or details . 4 12V Pow er port 5 10/100Bas eT Sw it ches See page 11 f or details. 6 10/100Bas eT STP C onnect or 7 10/100Bas eT Li nk L ED - 6 -[...]

Introd uction FPS-2101TXU Figure 4: FPS-210 1TXU Item Descriptio n 1 Parallel Port 2 Green Link LED. See page 11 f or details . 3 Red Error LED . See page 11 f or details . 4 12V Pow er port 5 Diagnostic push button. See p age 12 for details. 6 DIP Switches. See page 11 for details. 7 10/100Bas eT Link LEDs. • If u sing 100BaseT, t he upper L ED [...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers FPS-2013TXU Figure 5: FPS-201 3TXU Item Descriptio n 1 Parallel Port 1 2 Parallel Port 2 3 Parallel Port 3 4 Red Error LED . See page 11 f or details . 5 Green Link LED. See page 11 f or details . 6 Reset But ton. This w ill Reboot t he LevelOne Pri nter Se rver. 7 10/100Bas eT Sw it ches. See page 11 f or details. 8 10/[...]

Introd uction FPS-2003TXU Figure 6: FPS-200 3TXU Item Descriptio n 1 Parallel Port 1 2 Parallel Port 2 3 Parallel Port 3 4 Green Link LED. See page 11 f or details . 5 Red Error LED . See page 11 f or details . 6 Diagnostic push button. See p age 12 for details. 7 DIP Switches. See page 11 for details. 8 100BaseT Li nk LED - lights if using 100Bas [...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers FPS-2101USB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Figure 7: FPS-210 1USB Item Descriptio n 1 ERR LED 2 ACT LED 3 LAN LED 4 USB Conn ector 5 10/100Base T Conn ector 6 Reset But ton. This w ill Reboot t he LevelOne Pri nter Se rver. 7 12V Power Port - 10 -[...]

Introd uction LED Indicators All LevelOne Printer Servers are fitted with 2 LED indicators. T he red LED is the Status/Error indicator. The green LED is th e Power/Link indicator. The LED indicator modes are des cribed in th e follow ing table. Green LED Red/Orange LED Status De scriptio n Off Off No power. On On Hardware error. Flashi ng Flashi ng[...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers Diagnostic Push Button Models FPS-2101TXU and FPS-2003TXU are fitted w ith a "Diagnostic Push Button". This button is used to resto re the factory default settings, or to print a test page. The test page will contain all the current settings, and will be output to the printer attached to port 1. To restore the [...]

LAN Install ation This chapter d escrib es how to i nstall th e LevelOne Printer Server in your Local A rea Network. Procedure 1. Fin d th e Defa ult Lev elOne P rinte r Se rve r Na me • The Default Server Name is shown on a stick er on the bas e of the dev ice. It consists of 8 letters and/or d igits. • Record this name, it will be ne eded dur[...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers 4. Power Up and Check • Plug in the powe r adapter cable. • If using 10/100Base T on m odels FPS- 2101TXU or FPS- 2003TXU, ch eck th e LAN conn ection LEDs nex t to the 10/100Base T conn ector. If nei ther the 10Bas eT nor the 100Base T LED lig hts when the Le velOne Prin ter Server is powered up, auto-negotiation ha[...]

Configuration This chapter p rovides an overv iew of the con figuratio n process. Required Confi gurati on The Leve lOne Print er Server is des igned t o support m any differen t platform s, and th e configuration required will de pend upon the environment in which it is i nstalled. Depending upon the s ituation, any of the foll owing may require c[...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers WebAdmin Window s NT Serv er (TCP/IP) Web Brow ser WebAdmin is installed on the NT Server, and th en accessed using a Web Brows er. WPConfig Win dows 3.1 (IPX/SPX) Not all LevelOne Printer Server features are available. - 16 -[...]

BiAdmin Utility P rogram This chapter c overs th e inst allati on and opera tion of th e BiAdmin util ity. Requirements This program requ ires: • Win dows 95, Windows 98 or ME • Win dows NT 3.51, Win dows NT 4.0, Win dows 2000 or XP Additional Reco mmendations : • Screen resolution of 800 * 600 or greater. • If u sing Novell NetWare, inst a[...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers Main Sc reen Start th e program by using the icon created by the setup prog ram. When run, th e program searches th e network for all active LevelOne Printer Servers, then lists them on screen, as shown by the exam ple screen below . Figure 8: BiAdmin M ain Screen - 18 -[...]

BiAdmin Utility Program Groups On the left side of the screen is a column for Groups . Each LevelOne Printer Server m ay be placed in a group, u sing the Configur ation-Sys tem C onfigurat ion-Groups m enu opti on. • If a g roup is selected, o nly LevelOne Printer Servers in that group will be listed on the right side of the screen. • By defaul[...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers If the desired device is not listed, try the following: • Ch eck that the device is installed and ON, then Refresh the list. • Use the InitDevice - Find menu option to search for the LevelOne Printer Server. You need to kn ow the Default Nam e of the LevelOne Printer Server. The Default S erver Name is shown on a sti[...]

BiAdmin Utility Program allows you to configure both the LevelOne Printer Server and the NetWare server from wi thin BiAdmin. • If this Novell NetWare Client 32 is NOT installed, you can configure only the LevelOne Printer Server itself, n ot the NetWare server. See Chapter 6 for more details on using BiAdmin with NetWare Servers. TC P/IP C onfig[...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers Menu Opti ons Status Menu Device Info Same as Device button. Display all the config uration and status infor mation about the selected LevelOne Printer Server. The data is pr esented in a scrolling, read-only window. Port Same as Port Stat us butt ons. InitDev ice Menu Attach Remote This is used to co nnect to a LevelOne[...]

BiAdmin Utility Program Configuration Menu The System option allows you to: • Ch ange the name of the selected LevelOne Printer Server. • Change the "Group" for the selected LevelOne Printer Server . • Set the Netw ork Protocols u sed th e selected L evelOne Pri nter Serv er. (Any protocols not us ed on y our LAN may be disabl ed. T[...]

AppleT alk This chapter d etail s using the LevelOne P rin ter Server in the AppleTalk environmen t. The Lev elOne Prin ter Serv er support s Appl eTalk (Eth erTalk), PAP, A TP, NB P, ZIP an d DDP protocols, enablin g Macintosh com puters on the network to v iew and use the LevelOne Printer Server as a regular AppleTalk printer. Configuring and pri[...]

AppleTal k Advanced Setup and Management Thi s sectio n de scrib es t he con figur atio n cha nge s whic h ca n be made to yo ur Le velO ne Printer Server device. Changing the Device Configuration Wi nd o ws S of t ware In a mixed Windows PC/Macintosh environment, you can use the BiAdmin utilit y program to co nfigur e t he Le velO ne P rinte r Ser[...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers A ppleTalk Settings Whe n e dit ing the CONF IG file, only the par ameter s hould be changed. The par ameter is the last part of the line, after the colon (:). Ensure that y ou use only valid parameter s . 0001 Device Name: xxx xxxxx The Device Name will initially be the Default S erver Name . The Default Server Na me is[...]

NetW are This chapter d escribes usin g your Leve lOne Prin ter Se rver in the NetW are environmen t. Over vi ew This section describes how the LevelOne Printer Server functions in the No vell NetWare environm e nt. The Lev elOne Prin ter Server fully su pports both Bindery and NDS N ovell sy stems, and be configured as either a NetWare Printer Ser[...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers Configuration Methods To support t he w idest poss ible rang e of users , the Leve lOne Printer S erver is suppli ed with the utilities listed in the following table. Note that this document co vers only BiAdmin with Novell's Client 32 so ftware installed on your PC. For more details about the other methods, refer t[...]

NetWare Using Bi Admin w ith Cl ient 32 With NetWare Client 32 installed on your PC, BiAdmin’s NetW are capabilities are enha nced . As well a s conf igur in g the Leve lOne Pr inter Serv er, you c an c onfi gure the NetWare Server or Servers. Preparation 1. Ensure that y ou are logged into the NetW are serv er(s) y ou wish to u se. You need to h[...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers Print Server Mode - Bindery If Bindery Print Server Mode is selected, the following screen will appear: Figure 11: Bindery Print Ser ver Mode Data Print Server Name Change the name of the selected Lev elOne Printer Server if you wish. (T his fie ld is also on the Configurat ion-System m e nu.) Master File Server Name of [...]

NetWare Quickset Butt on (Bindery) The Quickset button on the prev ious screen w ill configure the NetWare server us ing default values deri ved from the default n ame, as shown on the f ollowing exampl e. Figure 12: Bindery Quicks et This screen displays the name the selected LevelOne Printer Server, and th e following information for each port: P[...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers • The right column lists any available servers. Note that to be available, you must be logged into the Server with Sup ervisor rights. • Use the “<<” and “>>” buttons to move file servers to and fro m the Serviced Fileserver list on the left. • When completed, click Next . This will create a Net[...]

NetWare "Prin ter" B utto n 1. After selecting the Printer button on the screen abov e, the NetWare printer objects ( 1 for each port on the LevelOne Printer Server) will be created if they do not yet exist. 2. The next screen (shown belo w) allows you to select the desired port on the LevelOne Printer Server. This also selects the prin t[...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers A ssigning Pri nter Queues (Required) This screen will be displa yed when a port b utton is clicked on the previous screen. Use this screen to assign q ueue(s) to the prin ter object associated w it h the selected port. Figure 16: Assign Q ueues (B indery) This screen displays the n ame of the NetWare Printer on the top [...]

NetWare To Assign Users to Q ueues (Required) Select the queue, then click Us er s on the screen above to see the f ollowing screen. The current qu eue name is shown on th e top of the screen. Figure 17: Assig n Users to Queue (Bindery) • Ass ign a user or g roup b y s electing th e m on the righ t, a nd click ing the “<<” bu tto n. •[...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers Password Clicking the Pass word button on the screen shown in Figure 14: Conf igure N etWar e Server (Binder y PS mode), allow s you to simultaneously change the NetWare password f or the Master File S erver , and the NetW are login password stored in the LevelOne Printer Server. (The LevelOne Printer Server must be able[...]

NetWare Print Serv er Mode - NDS If Print Server - NDS Mode was chosen, th e following screen will appear. Figure 20: NDS Print Server M ode Data Print Server Name Change the name of the selected Lev elOne Printer Server if you wish. (T his fie ld is also on the Configurat ion-System m e nu.) NDS Tree Name Select the File Server's NDS tree na [...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers Quick set Button (NDS) The Quickset button on the screen abov e will configu re the NetWare server with def ault values bas ed on th e default n ame of the Lev elOne Prin ter Server. You will see a screen like the follo wing example. Figure 21: NDS Quickset Change the default val ues if you wish, then clic k Setup to cre[...]

NetWare • Passwo rd - Change the login pass w ord used b y the LevelOne Printer Server when it connects to the NetWare serv er. By default, there is no pas sword. See Passw ord (ND S) for details. Printer button 1. After select ing Printer above, the NetWare printer objects (1 for each port on the LevelOne Printer Server) will be created if they [...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers • Stop servicing a queue by selecting it from the list on the left, and clicki ng the “>>” button. • When a Queu e on the left is selected, the Users, Ope rators, and Information b uttons become available. To Assign Users to Q ueues (Required) Select on queue on the s creen above, then click Users to see th[...]

NetWare The current Queue an d Context are displayed at the top of t he screen. • Use the Change C ontext button to change the cu rrent context. The Available O p erators list on the right will then change to sho w the queues available in that co ntext. • Ass ign an operator by selecting them on th e right, and cli cking the “<<” butt[...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers Remote Printer Mode - Bindery If, on th e original screen, Remote Printer Mode - Bin dery , was selected, the following screen will be shown. Figure 28: Bindery Remot e Printer Data Device Name Change the name of the selected LevelOne Printer Server if y ou wish. (T his fie ld is also on the Configurat ion-System m e nu.[...]

NetWare Remote Printer Mode - NDS If, on th e original screen, Remote Printer Mode - NDS was selected, the following screen will be sho wn. Figure 29: NDS Remote Prin ter Data Device Name Change the name of the selected LevelOne Printer Server if y ou wish. (T his fie ld is also on the Configurat ion-System m e nu.) NDS Tree Name Select the NDS tre[...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers NDPS (NetWare 5) Overv iew • The Lev elOne Printer Server must first be conf igured as a valid device on your TCP/IP netwo rk. See Chapter 7 - TCP/ IP for details. • To use DNPS (Novell Distributed Printing Services), the No vell server must be running Novell NetWare 5, and the PCs (clients) must be running IntranetW[...]

NetWare 8. Clic k Crea te . The new NDPS Manager will app ear in the main browser window. • To start the NDPS Manager in fu ture, enter the following comman d at the console: LOAD NDPSM then select the NDPS Manager object. • To start the NDPS Manager when ever you bring up the server, add a comm and like the following to your server's AUTO[...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers Figure 32: Configure Port Ha ndler 10. In the Host address IP field, enter the IP A ddress previously assign ed to the LevelOne Printer Server device. 11. In the Printe r Name field, enter the L ogical Port name on the LevelOne Printer Server. (e.g.: L1) Note : For LevelOne Printer Servers with one parallel port, the log[...]

NetWare Figure 33: NDPS M anager - Client 4. The printer (e.g.: SerPrinter in th e example above) appears in the main Printer Manager win do w in t he Name li st, and is available for print job s. Printer drivers are automatically downloaded from the server as required. 5. The printer w ill appear in your W indows printer list, and may be used from[...]

TC P / I P This chapter c overs co nfigu ration of th e LevelOne Printer S erver in a TCP/IP environmen t. Over vi ew • The fol lowing procedu re can NOT be us ed wit h model EPS- 3001TU. For th is model , the BiAdm in utilit y program should be used for configuration. See Chapt er 4 for details on inst alling an d using BiA dmin. • If u sing T[...]

TCP/IP Connecting to th e LevelOne Printer Serv er 1. Start y our Web Brow ser 2. In the Address box, enter HTTP:// foll owed by the IP Addres s of th e LevelOne Printer Server. e.g. http://192.168.0.21 3. You will then be pro mpted for the password. If no password has been set, just press E NTER . 4. Use the top m enu bar to move about. Rem ember [...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers TCP/IP Configuration Selecting TCP/ IP will display the screen be low. Figure 34: TCP/IP Screen Data - TCP/IP S creen IP Addres s The LevelOne Printer Server is able to obtain an IP Address dynamically, using DHCP, Bootp, or rarp. Normally, it will check these methods in sequence, but each m ethod can be individually dis[...]

TCP/IP Logical Printer Configuration Logical Printers can be used to create a “ V irtual” printer. For example, to create a Landscape printer, y ou could define a Log ical Printer as follows: Pre-string Printer Control cod es to switch the printer to Landscape mode Post-string Printer Control codes to reset the printer, restorin g the default s[...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers Telnet Telnet can be used to monitor the status of the printers attac hed to the LevelOne Printer Server. Operation Establish a connection to the LevelOne P rinter Server, by starting your Telnet program and providin g the IP A ddress of the LevelOn e Print er Server. (No port n um ber is requi red.) e.g. telnet 192.168.[...]

Unix This chapter d escribes usin g your Leve lOne Prin ter Se rver in the Unix envir onment. Over vi ew Soft ware Req uire ments • TCP/IP protocol, FTP (Optional: - BOOTP, Rarp, Telnet) • LPD printing system (for LPD printing) • C Compiler (for PSfilter proprietary printing syste m only). IP A ddress Configuration The LevelOne Printer Server[...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers Using BOOTP If using bootp, n o arp table entry is necessary , but the f ollowing configuration is required: 1. Add th e following e ntry t o the Boot Table /etc/bootptab NAME :ht=ether:vm=rfc1024::ha= PA :ip= IP :sm= SM :gw= GW Where NAME is the LevelOne Printer Server’s name PA is the hardware address of the LevelOne[...]

Unix FTP (File Transfer Protocol) FTP is also a standard print method in most UNIX s ystems, but it is NOT recommended except as a test and back -up method of printing, because it does not use a prin t queue. LPD Printing Confi guration LPD is a built- in print ing protocol f or mos t UNIX sys tems, and i s also su pported in Window s NT 3.5 or l a[...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers LPD on System V Before beginning LPD Setup, ensure that an IP Address h as been assigned to th e LevelOne Printer Server. Keep the following points in mind: • Th e remote host na me is the name of th e LevelOne Printer Server. • Th e remote printer name is the print queue name for the Logical Printer. Logical printer[...]

Unix Where: printe r_name is the Print Queue name used to st ore jobs for the corres ponding logical printer PS_NAME is the LevelOne Printer Server name defined in /etc/hosts Logical_Pr inter_nam e is the logical printer name on the LevelOne Printer Server (L1..L 3 or L1..L8, depen d ing on your m odel) Spooler_dir ectory is th e directory y ou cre[...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers A dding Remot e Printers A remote printer is added by inserting the following line in the /etc/printcap file. The entry is really one line, but can be entered as shown. Use a TAB character w here shown. printer_name | Remote_Printer_Alias: [T AB ] :lp=: [T AB ] :rm= PS_NAME : [T AB ] :rp= Logical_Printer_name : [T AB[...]

Unix Other Printi ng Methods Your L evelOne Prin ter Server supports 2 other prin ting methods: • DSI (Direct Socket In terface) • PSfilter (Proprietary print method) Printing Using DSI Logical printers must be con figured on the L evelOne Printer Server as explained in Chapter 7 - TCP/IP (DS I supports only 3 Logical Pri nters ). Socket number[...]

Windows N T Server (T CP/IP) This chapter e xplains how t o configu re and use your L evelOne Printer S erver in t he Windo ws NT Server TCP/IP envir onment. Softw are Requirements • Win dows NT3.51 or lat er • TCP/I P netw ork protocol • TCP/IP remote printing system (provided with Windows NT; configuration is described in thi s document). L[...]

Windows NT Server (TCP/IP) Window s NT Host Configuration Thi s sectio n co vers co nf igur ati on of a Wind ows NT ho st. T he Leve lOne shou ld be configured f irst. For Windows NT configuration in a Peer-to- Peer environm ent, see Chapter 10 - Window s Peer-t o-Peer . Host File Entry (Optional) If you wish to refer to the newly-installed LevelOn[...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers Preparing for TCP/IP Printing To create a TCP/IP remote printer, Micros oft TC P/IP Print ing Support m ust be installed. If it is already installed, proceed to Adding a TCP/IP R emote Printer . Otherwise, the procedure to in stall TCP/IP pri nting s upport is as follows . Windows NT 3.51 1. Start the Network option in C[...]

Windows NT Server (TCP/IP) Providing LPD Server Name Of Printer On That Machin e Enter the appropriate logical printer number (L1..L 8) 5. When the Create Printer dialog box reappears, ch eck the Shar e This Pri nter On The Network o ption. 6. In the Share Name box, Printer Manager creates a MS-DOS compatible resource name, whic h yo u can c hange [...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers Printi ng with Windows NT Windows A ppl ications The LevelOne Printer Server’s printers will appear as Netw ork Printers to users on the LAN. • To install the printer on each PC, use the Add Printer wi zard. Select Network Printer when prom pted, and then select the appropria te destin ation. • To print a file from[...]

Windows Pe e r - t o - Pe e r This chapter d e scrib es oper ation in a Windows Peer -to-Peer Networking environment. Over vi ew In a peer-to- peer environmen t, each PC communicates directly with the L e velOne Printer Server. The Lev elOne Prin ter Serv er supports both Ne tBEUI and TC P/IP. Both protocol s can be used si mult aneo usl y. The fol[...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers Figure 35: Add Port (Pee r-to -peer Print Driver) If y our Leve lOne Pr inter Serv er is no t listed: • Select "List all Print Servers", and click the " Refresh" button. • Ch eck that both the LevelOne Printer Server and the printer are properly connected, an d powered on . • Make sur e the Le v[...]

Windows Peer -to-peer Figure 36: Configure Printer Port 8. Select the correct Windo ws printer in the Existing Printers list, and click the " Connect" button. If the correct printer type is not listed, click "Add New Printer" to run the Win dows Add Printer w izard. Step through the Wizard and ins tall the required printer: • [...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers Port Opti ons The options for the Peer-to-peer Print Dr iver are accessed via the Port Settings button. Use Start - Sett ings - Pri nters to open the Printers folder, then right-click the Printer, and select Properti es . The Port Sett ings button is on the Details or Ports t ab, dependin g on y our versio n o f Wind ows[...]

Special Features This chapter c overs t he spe cial featu res of the LevelOn e Printer Server. When us ing the TCP/IP p rotocol , the L evelOne Prin ter Server s upports 2 special f eatures: • Intern et Printing • SNMP Internet Printing Overv iew The Internet Printing System allo ws users (employees, colleagues, suppliers, customers…) to prin[...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers Internet P rinter S erv er • TCI P/IP Protocol. The LAN m ust use th e TCP/IP prot ocol. • Mail Server Access. The LevelOne Printer Serv er must be able to access the Mail Server using a s ingle IP address. • Mail Account. The LevelOne Printer Server must have a Mail Account. Users p rint by sending an E Mail to th[...]

Spec ial Features Internet Mail Printing Configuration The LevelOne Printer Server must be configured with the data in the following table. This can be done w ith either the supplied BiA dm in utility prog ram (see Chapt er 4) or y our Web Browser (s ee Chapter 7). Mail Server IP Address The IP Address of the E Mail Server used by the LevelOne Prin[...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers • Directory - C: Program FilesIntern et_Printer • Start Menu folder - InterNet Printing Port Driver 3. You will then see the Configur e Port screen , as shown in the following screenshot. Figure 38: InterNet Printer P ort 4. The follow ing data mus t be provided. Port Nam e En ter a descriptive name (e.g. “WAN”[...]

Spec ial Features Using the new Port The Windows Control P anel is used to connect the correct printer to the InterNet Printing Port. In Window s 95/98/N T, the procedu re is: 1. Select the Printer which matches the remote printer, then choose Properties , as shown in the example below. Figure 39: InterNet Printer P roperties 2. Select the new port[...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers Printing through the Internet 1. Create or open t he docum ent you wish to print. 2. Select the Printer connected to the InterNet Printing Po rt. 3. If you do n ot have a permanent Intern et connection, establish a connection now. ( Note : The InterNet Printing Port will NOT establish a dial-up connection, but it will se[...]

Spec ial Features SNMP The Lev elOne Prin ter Serv er supports SNMP (Sim ple Network Managem ent Protocol). The Leve lOne Print er Server’s S NMP support allow s network su pervisors to monitor an d cont rol t he Le velO ne P rinte r Se rver usin g net wor k mana ge ment p latfo rms s uc h as HP OpenView, IBM SystemView, etc. This is accomplished[...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers Trap Severi ty In this version, all traps are level 1. Levels 2 and 3 will be implement ed in fu t ure versi ons. - 76 -[...]

T roubles hootin g This chapter d escrib es some prob lem situ ations which may arise, and the so lutions to them. Over vi ew If you encounter printing difficulties, please refer to the Hardware section first, then the Printing section, then the section for your specific situation. If, after f ollowing the advice i n these documents, the LevelOne P[...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers Printi ng - General Problem No. 1 When using 10BaseT cabling, th e LevelOne Printer Server unit does not w ork. Solution No. 1 Ch eck the Hub’s li nk LED for the port to which the LevelOn e Printer Server is connected. If it is off, there is a problem in the network cable. If using 10BaseT or 100BaseT, check th e LED n[...]

Trouble shooting AppleTalk Problem No. 1 Why do I get an incorrect printout? Solution No. 1 Som e possible reasons are: • You may have chosen Binary encoding to print the file. Tr y to use A SCII en coding. • Som e of the f o nts in y our print fi le may not be s upported by the printer. Try selecting LaserWriter 7 instead of LaserWriter 8. Pro[...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers page prin ting on the first or last pag e of y our document . • Ins tall the Apple LaserWriter 7 driver. You are having troub le printing with the Apple LaserWriter 8 driver. Problem No. 8 Why do I have t rouble printi ng with the LaserWriter 8? Solution No. 8 Your application software may not be compatible with the La[...]

Trouble shooting NetWare Problem No. 1 My LevelOn e Printer Server prints garbage. Solution No. 1 Follow the followin g steps to identify the pro blem: 1. Print a di agn ostic f ile using PSConf ig program . (a) Run PSCo nfi g and se le ct yo ur Leve lOne Pr inter Ser ver fr om the list. Then select Print D iagnostic Report (b) Select each port in [...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers • If the prin touts are the same, then the problem is NOT the LevelOne Printer Server. The problem might be that an incorrect printer driver was chosen or the timeout se tting in the CAPTURE co mmand is too short. • If the prin touts are NOT the same, there may be a problem with the LevelOne Printer Server. Call your[...]

Trouble shooting • Password Mism atch : Clear the NetWare password with PCONSOLE, or set the correct passw ord for the LevelO ne Pri nter Se rver usi ng W PCo nfig o r BiAd min. • Print Server Not Defined : Install LevelOne Printer Server again 4. Check NetWare to see if the login status of the Print Server to the file servers is Ready . If it [...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers Solution No. 5 Try the following. 1. Check if the printer attached to the LevelOne Printer Server is on-l ine. 2. Check if your LevelOne P rinter Server is logged into the file server (See Problem 3) 3. Check the cu rrent status of the queue. Run PCONSOLE and select P rint Queue Info rmation . T hen select the queue and [...]

Trouble shooting Solution No. 8 This means that the LevelO ne Printer Server did not log in the master file server. It might be that the Ethernet frame types do not match. 1. Try to fin d a workstation that use the same frame ty pe as the LevelOne Printer Server so that PSConfig can see the dev ice. Or load the N etBEUI protoc ol on y our PC an d u[...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers TCP/IP (Unix & Window s NT) Problem No. 1 LevelO ne Printer Server device is not recognized. Solution No. 1 Check the follo wing: • There are no rou ters betw een the LevelOne Printer Server and the UNIX host duri ng IP addr ess ass ignment. • There are no NetWare File Servers that do not have TCP/IP support betw[...]

Trouble shooting 3. Reconfigu re as for a new dev ice. Problem No. 6 Printing by FTP, I receive an error m essage: Invalid print queue Print queue not ready Solution No. 6 • Ch eck that the printer is ready • Ch eck that Logical printer(s) are defin ed on the LevelOne Printer Server. With FTP, you can print ONLY to a logical printer. • Reset [...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers Windows Peer-to-peer Problem No. 1 When I tried to install the Pr inting software for Peer-t o -Peer printing, I received an error m ess age and the installation was aborted. . Solution No. 1 This may be caused b y an existing installat ion of the printer port software. Before attempting another instal lation: • Remove[...]

Trouble shooting Details tab, as sho wn below. 7. Click the Add P ort button. On the resulting screen, select Other, then Printer Server, as the port to add, as shown below. 8. Click OK to see the P rint Port Configuratio n screen, as shown below. - 89 -[...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers 9. Click th e Bro wse Devi ce button, se lect th e desired Lev elOne Printer Server, and click OK. 10. Click OK to return to the Printers fold ers, and right-click on the Printer. Ensure that the Work off-line option is NOT checked. The Printer should n o longer be gray ed out, and is ready for use. Problem No. 3 I conne[...]

Trouble shooting • When the Details screen appears, click the Spool Settings button. • When th e Spool Settings dialogue box appears, choose Start printing af ter l ast page is spool ed and click OK. Problem No. 5 A printing dev ice connected to the LevelOne Printer Server port cannot print or prints garba ge. Solution No. 5 Check the follo win[...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers after Job contains a FF (Form Feed, d ecim al 12 or 0C in He x). See the section on Logical Prin ters in the Unix or NT Server sections for details of Logical Printers. Problem No. 6 The Print job see med to go through OK, but it was never received. Solution No. 6 Check the E Mail address. If you use more than on e Inter[...]

Specifications Direct A ttach Models EPS-30 01TU Po wer Cons umpt ion 3w max. External Power Adapter 9V DC LEDs 2 Parallel Port 1 Male DB-36 connector Ethernet cables 10Base-T FCC Statem ent This equip ment generates, uses , and can ra diate radio f reque ncy ener gy. It has been tested and fo und to comply with the limits for a Class B digital dev[...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers FPS-3 001TXU Po wer Cons umpt ion 4w max. External Power Adapter 5V DC LEDs 4 Parallel Port 1 Male DB-36 connector Ethern et cables 10/100Base- T FCC Statem ent This equip ment generates, uses , and can ra diate radio f reque ncy ener gy. It has been tested and fo und to comply with the limits for a Class A digital devic[...]

Spec ifications Enviro nmental Sp ecificat ions Operating Temperature 0 ~ 40°C Storage Temperature -10 ~ 70°C Shippi ng Temperatu re -40 ~ 70° C Operating Humidity 10 ~ 80% Storage Hum idity 5 ~ 90% Shippi ng Humidi ty 5 ~ 100% Parallel Po rt Pin Assignments Pin Signal Name Source 1 -St robe H 2 +Data 1 Bi-Di* 3 +Data 2 Bi-Di* 4 +Data 3 Bi-Di* 5[...]

Level O ne Printer Serv ers Other Model s FPS-2 111TXU Po wer Cons umpt ion 5 w max. External Power Adapter 12V DC LEDs 3 Parallel Port 1 Centronic female DB-25 connector Ethern et cables 10BASE- T , 100BAS E-T FPS-2 101TXU Pow er Consum ption 10w m ax. External Power Adapter 12V DC LEDs 4 Parallel Port 1 Centronic female DB-25 connector, ECP compa[...]

Spec ifications FCC Statem ent This equip ment generates, uses , and can ra diate radio f reque ncy ener gy. It has been tested and fo und to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, purs uant to Part 15 of the FCC rul es. These lim its are design ed to provide reaso nable prote ction against harmful inte rference in a domestic environm[...]

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