Planet Technology FPS-1010G manual

802.11g USB2.0 Print Server FPS-1010G User’s Manual[...]

Copyright (C) 2005 PLANET Technolo gy Corp. All rights reserved. The products and programs described in this Us er’s Manual are licensed p roducts of PLANET Technology, This User’s Manua l cont ains proprietary inf ormation protected by copyright, and this User’s Manual and all accompanyi ng hardware, softw are, and doc umentati on are cop yr[...]

Table of Contents CHAPTER1 INTRODUCTION ............................................ 5 1.1 Product Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 5 1.2 Product Package ........................................................................................[...]

7.10.2 Ad-Hoc Mode ............................................................................................................................... .4 8 7.11 SNMP ............................................................................................................................... ................... 52 7.12 Wizard .........................[...]

Chapter1 Introduction 1.1 Product Introduction Thank you for purchasin g and using our FPS-1010G. This pri nt server allows your print er to become a shared device on the network. It offe rs printing flexibility and manageability on your Local Area Network at an extremely low co st and with an absolute minimum setup and maintenance required. 1.2 Pr[...]

Right View Left View Top View LED Status Description WLAN On: Indicates wireless interface is enable. Off: Indicates wireless interface is disable. Blink: Data is transferring via wireless interface. ACT Blink: Indicates pri nt serve r is transfer data to printer. LAN On: LAN port is connected. Off: LAN port is not connected. Blink: Data transferri[...]

Print Server Client User Network Serve r ( optional ) Windo w s NT S erv er NetWare Server Windo ws 98 Windows NT Wo rkstation Windo ws 2000 Unix Print Serv er Net work Prin tin g Envir onm ent Print Server Client User Network Server Detailed examples will then be illustrate d through actual network environment. 1.4.1 Print Serv er Network Function[...]

1.4.2 Network Prin ting Functions for Clients Win d ows NT S erv er NetWare Server Windows 98 Windows NT Wo rkstation Windo w s 2000 Uni x Print Se rve r Client User Common operating sy stems for clients are cla ssified as following: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP Our print server system provides PTPP (Peer-to- Peer Printing) driver and utilities for [...]

In the client installation procedure, after PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing Drive r) is installed into Windows, the system will automatic ally (manual configuration is al so allowed) search through all the print servers on the n etwork, and then add t heir printing port s into Windows’ printing p ort. (See below) W indow s 98 PTPP Print S erver MIS-2[...]

1.4.3 Network Printing Functions for Network Server Windo ws NT Se rve r NetWar e Server Windo ws 98 Windo ws NT Works ta ti on Window s 2000 Unix Print Serve r Network Server Common network servers are classified as following: Windows NT/2000 Our print server system provides PTPP (Peer-to- Peer Printing) driver and utilities for Win dows NT/2000. [...]

Network printing function will beco me available after PTPP driver is installed into Windows NT/2000. Adding this printing function into Wi ndows NT/2000 Server allows p rint queue, user authority management, and many other advanced feat ures. NetWare Network (see bel ow) 1.6 Contents of the User’s Manual Chapter 2 explains print server’s hardw[...]

Chapter 6. UNIX System Network You may select the appropriate chapters and sections to read dependin g on your network printing’s requirement. Chapter 7 and chapter 8 introduce print serv e r’s management and configuration utilities on Windows and Web Browser’s environment re sp ectively. You may select the appropriate management utility acco[...]

Chapter2 Hardware Inst allation 1. Make sure the power is OFF, then con nect printer to the Print Server's printer port. 2. Connect the LAN cable to the RJ -45 p ort of the Print Server. 3. Connect the other end of the LAN cabl e to a switch or your PC directly. 4. Connect the supplied Power Adapter. 5. Please make sure the LAN LED is light on[...]

Chapter3 Windows Peer-to-Peer Network 3.1 System Architecture Print server support s Windows Peer-to-Peer net work printing mode, whi ch is suitable for most medium and small network environments. Through qu ick and sim ple installation procedure, users can immediately enjoy the convenience of network printing. Installation procedure is separat ed [...]

2. Click on “Administrator In stallation” hyper link to initiate the installation. Or you can click the “Start” button and choose “Ru n”. (Suppose “E” is yo ur CD-ROM drive). When the dialog box appears, enter “E:UtilitySetup. exe” and press enter key. Y ou will see the dialog box as below. Please click “Next” to continue.[...]

5. Specify the program folder name where the program icons will be add to. Please click “Next” to start installation. 6. For a while, the program will finish installing utility and driver you selected. Thu s far you have completed the installation pha se and prepare to configure th e Print Server. The “Choose Print Server” dialog box will b[...]

7. “Name the print Server”, you can assign an easy to memorize name for management. But note that, this name will be the “Identifie r” for the Peer-to-Peer Printing.[...]

NOTE: If this is the firs t time you configure the print server, the “Print Server Name ” will be the same as the “Device Name” printed at the bottom of the print server. 8. Y ou can either assign a f ixed IP address for the print serve r or select “Don’t change” for configure it later by the configur ation utility. Please click “Ne[...]

10. The “Setup complete” windo w is displayed to indicate that the Administrator Installation procedure is finished. Please cli ck “Finish”. After the installation, you have completed the following tasks,  Install utility and driver to the administrator’s PC  Configure the print server (inclu ding the print server name and network p[...]

Now, you have completed t he administrator’s set up for most of the network environment. You can then perform the “ Client Installation ” procedure (secti on 3.4) on all client’s sides of the network. If you want to print from this administrator’s PC to the print se rver, all you need to do is to perform Windows’ standard “Add Printer[...]

Step5. Choose the “ Print Server’s Network Port” which was creat ed by the administrator installation process and click “ Next” . Step6. Complete the rest of the questions to finish the network p rinter setup. 3.3 Administrator Utilities After Administrator Installation is completed, there will be four utilities in print server’s Progra[...]

2. Remote Ports Remote Ports Utility offers a convenient way for you to manage and add printer port of the remote FPS-1010G. From the assi stant of this utility, you can print to other FPS-101 0G outside the subnet across network se gment. Howe v er, please note that this function only supports TCP/IP network protocol. Please follow the procedures [...]

4. Uninstall Assistant for removing all installed administrato r software. 3.4 Client Installation and Setup The Client Installation can be performe d on Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP and Serve2 003 with the same user interface. Before the in stallati on procedure, please confirm that your PC has connected to the network and installed at lea s t one [...]

Chapter4 Windows NT/2000 Network 4.1 System Architecture In Windows network environm ent, other than the Peer-to-Peer network printing archite cture described in the previous chapter, we also o ffer the Serve r-Based Printing archite cture for Windows NT/2000 server. Only one Windows NT/2 0 00 is required to have Windows PTPP (Peer- to-Peer Printin[...]

If this is your first time installing print serv er, please install the administrator software on Windows NT/2000 serve r first. Refer to sect ion 3.2 for installation instruction s. If your network has already installed a work ing print server and your Windows NT/20 00 server has not yet installed the PTPP driver, please install the client softwar[...]

Chapter5 NetW are Network 5.1 System Architecture We implement NetWare print sharing functionality in to the print server itself, thus allowing one or more printers attached by a print server to be connected to the network. Embedded print server, which emulates the “queue management functio nality” of NetWare print server, PSERVER program runni[...]

1. Run NetWare ’ s PCONSOLE program t o create a NetWare print server an d print queue with the appropriate names. 2. Refer to section 7.7 and use print server c onfiguration utility, to configure pr int server attach to NetWare server print qu eue. Print server will get the print job f rom the print queue and print. 5.2.1 Installation with Pcons[...]

9. Press Enter t o select t he n ewly created print server. 10. Select Print Server Configuration. 11. Select Printer Configuration. 12. Select Printer 0 (or Printer 1, Printer 2), and press Enter, then select Parallel LPT1 (or LPT2, LPT3) in the Type field. If your print server is with only one port, you do not need to configure this Type field. 1[...]

Chapter6 UNIX System Network 6.1 Introduction The print server is available for TCP/IP printing by Unix LPD (Line Printer Dae mon) protocol. The LPD protocol originated with Unix release is based on the BSD version of Unix and sup ported under most versions of Uni x. This chapter explains how to configure the print server for TCP/IP operation, and [...]

recommend that the BOOTP server should be locat ed on the same subnet as the print server. If you use Network Information Service s (NIS) in your system, you may need to rebuild the NIS map with the BOOTP services befo re doing the following BOOT P configuration. To reb uild the NIS map, please refer to your system documentation . To configure the [...]

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

The rm= entry should correspond to the IP address you have a ssigned to the print serve r. You can also use a host name if you have assign ed one in the /etc/hosts file. The sd= entry should corresp ond to the spool dire ctory you create d in the previous step. The rp= entry should corresp ond to the port name of the remote printer. The values shou[...]

Chapter7 Configuration Utility 7.1 Introduction This chapter introduces FPS-1010 G system config u ration utility in Windows environment. This utility is automatically installed during Windows Ad ministrator Utility installation procedure - refer to section 3.2 and 3.3. This utility provides the most complete manag ement and configu ration function[...]

7.2 Search for All Available Print Server Every time when you run print server’s configuration utility, click the “Sea rch” icon on the tool bar. The configuration utility will delay fo r several seconds because the utility is using system’s available network protoc ols to search for all print servers on the network. All available print ser[...]

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 the right side of the window. The information of the print server di splayed are MAC ID, model type, firmware version, status of each printer port, NetWare file server name, NetW ar e file server polling interval, Ne[...]

7.4 Setting up the Print Server Click “Setup” icon on the t ool bar, the setup items of t he current selected print server will be showed on the right side of the window. You can modify all settings of the print server here. When you first time into one the configure opti ons, system will ask you enter Password. The default Password are “1234[...]

7.5 General Configuration Double Click “General” ico n and the Gener al configuration window will pop-up. You can see basic print server info rmation in this page. You also can configure the “Print Server Name”, “User Name” and “Password” he re. Printer Server Name : Name of the print server. You can use this name to ident ify the p[...]

7.6 TCP/IP Configuration Double Click “TCP/IP” icon and the TCP /IP configuration window will pop-u p. If there is a DHCP Server in your LAN. You can c onfigure the p rint server to automatically obtain an IP address from DHCP server. Or you can m anua lly specify a static IP a ddress to th is print server . If you need the print server to auto[...]

7.7 Netware Configuration Double Click “Net Ware” icon and the NetWa re configuration window will p op-up. This print server supports NetWare Bindery Prin tin g method. The print server periodically polls the NetWare server printer queues fo r printing jobs. You have to assign the NetWa re server name, print server polling interval and the name[...]

7.8 AppleTalk Configuration Double Click “AppleTalk” icon and the A ppleTalk configuratio n window will pop-up. AppleTalk is a data communication protocol often u sed by Macintoshes. The p rint server can use these parameters to join the AppleTalk netwo rk and share the printer to other AppleTalk workstations. You have to setup the “Zone Name[...]

7.9 System Configuration Double Click “System” icon and the Sy stem configuration window will pop-up. In the System configuration page, you can select to enable/disable each printing proto col, assign name for each printer port of this print server a nd upgrade the new firmware fo r this print server. Upgrade Firmware : You can use this “Upgr[...]

7.10 Wireless Due to wireless interface is “Di sable” in default. If you want to use the print server through wireless interface, please set up the print serv er through Eth ernet firstly and make sure your wireless LAN settings are correct and Wireless Function is set to “Auto”. After configu re the wireless LAN settings, unplug the Ethern[...]

2. When you are select first option to continue, you will see this screen for scan the wireless network. Please select the wireless de vice t hat you want to connect and click “Next”. If you don’t have see the wireless device th a t you would like to connect ed, plea se click “Scan” to search again. 3. This print server suppor ts WEP and [...]

If you want to use WPA-PSK, you have to sele ct “WPA-shared key”. The wireless security setting should be the same with other wirel ess devices in the same network. WEP Security Mode:[...]

You can select “64 bit” or “128 bit” length and “H exdecimal ” or “ASCII” format for the encryption key. Longer key length can provide stron ger security but worth communication p erformance. Enter four key values by following the rules bel ow and select one key as the def ault key.  PassP hrase – A passphra se simplifies the W[...]

WPA-shared key Security Mode: When “WPA-shared key”, a lso named “WPA-PSK” requires users to select the advanced encryp tion methods, i.e . TKIP and enter a se t of shared key.  WPA Algorithms - TKIP (Temporal Key Int egrity Protocol) changes the temporal key every 10,000 packets. This insures mu ch greater security than the standard WEP[...]

4. You can select to let the print server automa tically obtain IP sett ings from DHCP Server or manually assign the IP settings. If you manually assign the IP settings, you have to enter IP address, subnet ma sk and default gateway address. When you finish configurin g the IP settings, click “Next” to confirm the IP Address configuration. 5. P[...]

7.10.2 Ad-Hoc Mode 1. If you are select “Ad-Hoc Mode” and cli ck “Nex t” in section 7.11, you will see the dialog box below. You can let the print server automatically associate with other wirel ess station or manually assign the SSID of your wireless n etwork. You ca n let the print server automatically select the channel that is the sam e[...]

3. This print server suppor ts WEP and WPA-PSK security m ode. If you want to use WEP encryption to protect your wireless network, you have to select “WEP(ASCII)” or “WEP(HEX)”. If you want to use WPA-PSK, you have to sele ct “WPA-shared key”. The wireless security setting should be the same with other wirel ess devices in the same netw[...]

You can select “64 bit” or “128 bit” length and “H exdecimal ” or “ASCII” format for the encryption key. Longer key length can provide stron ger security but worth communication p erformance. Enter four key values by following the rules bel ow and select one key as the def ault key.  PassP hrase – A passphra se simplifies the W[...]

When “WPA-shared key”, a lso named “WPA-PSK” requires users to select the advanced encryp tion methods, i.e . TKIP and enter a se t of shared key.  WPA Algorithms - TKIP (Temporal Key Int egrity Protocol) changes the temporal key every 10,000 packets. This insures mu ch greater security than the standard WEP securit y.  Shared Key - E[...]

5. Please click “Save” to save the wireless configuration. 7.11 SNMP Double Click “SNMP” icon and the SN MP configurat ion window will pop up. Contact: You can ente r the print server administr ator’s contact information here. This information will be displayed in the SNMP manageme nt tool. Location: You can enter the installed location o[...]

7.12 Wizard Click “Wizard” icon on the tool bar, the setup wizard it em of the current selected print server will be showed on the right side of the window. Double click the “Print Server Wizard”, the setup wizard w ill gui de you through all the setup process from next page.[...]

Step 1: Setup the Print Server Name and SMB Grou p Name of this print server and the name of each printer port. Please refer to se ct ion 7.5 and 7.9 for detail information. Step 2: Select to enable required printing prot ocol. Please refer to section 7.9 for detail information.[...]

Step 3: Setup the IP of this print server. Plea se refer to section 7.6 for detail informatio n. Step 4: Setup the NetWare printing. Please re fer to section 7.7 for d etail information.[...]

Step 5: Setup the AppleTalk printing. Please re fer to section 7.8 for detail informat ion. Step 6. Setup Status Summary. This screen will show you the total settings of this print server. If those settings are correct, please p ress “Set” for nex t step to save the settings or press “Cancel ” or “<<Back” button to modify the sett[...]

Step 10. Please press “Yes” to save the settings.[...]

7.13 Report Click “Report” icon on the tool bar, the Report window will pop-up. The report list basic information of all availabl e print servers on the netwo rk. The informat ion includes Device Name, MAC ID, Model Type, Fi rmware Version and Status of print server.[...]

Chapter8 Web Management 8.1 Introduction Print server can be configu red and managed on the web browse r. Through Local Area Network, or even Internet when this print server has an l egal IP address. Ad ministrator can easily configure and manage print server’s variou s main functions in web browsers. Simply enter print server’s IP address into[...]

8.3 Device Status 8.3.1 System In this page, it will show you all the system info rmation such as “Device Name”, “Print Server Name”, “Model Type”, “Firmware Version”, “MAC Address” and other inform ation. 8.3.2 Printer This page will display the information of printers conne cted to all printer ports.[...]

8.3.3 TCP/IP This page lists all TCP/IP Settings, include “I P Address”, “Subnet Mask” and “Gateway”. 8.3.4 SMB This page will show the SMB Group Nam e.[...]

8.3.5 SNMP This page will show the SNMP System Conta ct and SNMP System Location. If the settings are empty, this page will show you the settings “Disabled ”. 8.3.6 NetWare This page lists NetWare settings, include “Polling Ti me”, “Use Bindery Mode”, “Nam e of the File Server” and “Queue Name of each Port ”.[...]

8.3.7 AppleTalk This page lists AppleTalk setting s, include “AppleTal k Zone Name” and “Print er Type of printers connected to all print ports”. 8.4 Setup Wizard 8.4.1 System You also can configure the “Print Server Name”, “User Name” and “Password” here. Printer Server Name , the name of the print server. You can use this name[...]

Port Name : The name of the printer port. Each printer port has to be assigned a name. The printserver driver uses this name to acce ss the printer port. 8.4.1.1 Advanced Settings You can enable/disable the printing protocols from the screen. To enable the function, please select “Enabled”; to disabl e the function, please select “Disa bled?[...]

network by Ethernet cable when starting up, t he print serve r will run in Ethernet mode. If the print server is not connec ted to an active network b y Ethernet cable when starting u p, the print server will run in wireless LAN mo de. T he print server default is in “Disable” mode. Mode is the operation mode of wireless statio n. You can choos[...]

8.4.2.2 Encryption This print server supports WEP and WPA-PSK security mode. If you want to use WEP encryption to protect your wire less network, you hav e to sele ct “WEP”. If you want to use WPA-PSK, you have to select “W PA-shared key”. The wireless security setting should be the same with other wirele ss devices in the same network. WEP[...]

 Key Format - You may select to use ASCII Chara cters (alphanumeric format ) or Hexadecimal digits (in the "A-F", "a-f" and "0-9" range ) to be the WEP Key.  Key Length - You can choose “64-bit” to use WEP with 64-bit key length en cryption or choose “128-bit” to use WEP with 128-bit key length encryption[...]

 WPA Key – Enter 8 to 63 digits of ASCII format to be the key for the authentication within the network. When you finish configuring the wireless security, click “Save & Next” to c onfirm the configuration. 8.4.2.3 Site Survey You can use this “Site Survey” f unction to search for available a ccess points in you location. In the li[...]

8.4.3 TCP/IP You can configure the print server to automatically obtain an IP addddress from your LAN DHCP server or manually specify a static IP address. If you need the print server to automatically get an I P from DHCP server, select “Enable Obtain TCP/IP settings automatically”. Or you can sele ct “Disable Use the following TCP/IP setting[...]

8.4.5 SNMP This printserver has support SNMP pr otocol for users use SNM P management tool to monitor from a remote site. You can Enable thi s protocol and set the SNMP System Contact an d SNMP System Location in this page. SNMP System Contact : Text Field - Na me of the contact person. SNMP System Location : Text Field - Locatio n of the contact p[...]

name, print server polling interval and the name of queue on the NetWare server for each pri nter port. Polling Time : The polling interval of the print server for waiting printing jobs on the NetWare server. Name of the File Server : Name of the NetWare file serv er that provides printer queues. 8.4.7 AppleTalk AppleTalk is a data communication pr[...]

8.5 System Tools 8.5.1 Load Default You can restore print server to factory default settings in this screen. All of your previous configuration will be cleared. 8.5.2 Upgrade Firmware You can upgrade new firmware for this print server in this screen. Cli ck “Browse...” button to locate the new firmware and then click “OK”, the firm ware wil[...]

Chapter9 IPP Printing 9.1 Introduction IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) Printing provides a co nvenient way of remote printing service by TCP/IP. The print server can support IP P printing by default. It is needles s to do any setting. Any PC that can support IPP printing, for example Windows 2000/XP, can dire ctly uses the print server by IP. By u[...]

“http://192.168.12.13/lpt1:631”. After entering the URL of pri nt server, click “Next >” and complete the configurations afterwards to access the sh ared printer.[...]

Appendix A S pecification Model FPS-1010G Wired Interface Media Interface 1-port RJ-45 UTP Standards IEEE802.3, 10Base-T; IEEE802.3u, 100Base-T X Cabling Category 5/5e or above, 2-pair Wireless Interface Frequenc y 2.4 to 2.4835 GHz (ISM Band) Standards IEEE802.11b; IEEE802.11g Encryption WPA-PSK, 64 bits & 128 bits WEP Data Rate 802.11b: 1, 2,[...]