SMC Networks SMCWPS-G manual

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    1 T ABLE OF C ONTENTS C OPYRIGHT ................................................................................................................... ..................... 3 1. INTRODUCT ION ...................................................... ...................................................................... 4 P RODUCT O VERVIEW .............[...]

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    2 A SSIGNING AN IP A DDRESS ............................................................................................................. 56 W INDOWS NT LPR P ORT P RINTIN G I NSTALLATIO N ....................................................................... 57 W INDOWS 2000/XP /2003 S TANDARD TCP/IP P ORT P RINTING I NSTALLATION ................[...]

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    3 T rademarks NetWare is a registe red trademark of Novell Inc and Windows 95/9 8/Me and Windows NT/2000/XP/2 003 are regist ered tradema rks of Microsoft Corp. All other brands and product names are trade m ar ks o f t hei r respective companies. Copyright No part o f this pu blication ma y be reproduce d i n any form or by any means or used to ma[...]

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    4 1. Introduction Product Overview The external print servers enhance capability by letting y ou place your p rinters at convenient locations directly on the Ethernet ne twork, and by increasing ne twork printer performance and management. Please note t hat the pr int server does not supp ort prin ting with host-ba sed printers, e.g. CAPT, GDI, PPA[...]

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    5 Components and Features Print server ˙ 1 USB2.0 por t ˙ POST (Power On Self Test ) ˙ LED Lights Power: Green, ind icating Powe r/ POST process (flas h 5 times) WLAN Active: Green, i ndicating the linkage and data tra nsmission via w ireless connectivity. USB: Green, indicating the linkage and da ta t r a nsmissio n of USB po r t . ˙ 1 setup C[...]

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    6 Hardware Installation To install t he pr int servers, you need to compl ete these st eps: ˙ Confirm th at your printe r USB po rt works well . ˙ Connect the print server to the netw ork and printer, and pl ug in the print server. Follow t h es e ins t ruct i ons to install t he pr int servers, plea se r ef er t o any periphera l you are connect[...]

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    7 Network Environment Wired Network with Print Server: Printer Prin t Server Computer Computer Computer HUB Wireless Network with Print Server: Infrastructure (Access Point) Mode: Printer Print Server Computer Com puter Computer HUB Access Point Laptop Laptop[...]

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    8 Ad-Hoc (PEER-to-PEER) Mode: Printer Print Server Laptop Laptop[...]

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    9 2 . P rint S erver I nstallation Preparation To meet users’ networ k printing needs in to da y’s heterogeneou s and multiple pr ot ocol networking environmen ts, th e pr int server suppor ts industr i al stan da r d pr o to c ols, including TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, Net BEUI and AppleTalk. This means that the print server supports the most popular net[...]

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    10 print server , include alert and consumables Internet Pri nting Prot ocol Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 Printing via the internet to Internet P rintin g Protocol- enabled print server Allows saving distribu tion of HQ hardco py document over Internet, re placing fax, mail Comment Configuratio n solution Ta ble has many insta llations w ay to setup Win[...]

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    11 3. Software Installation The PSAdmin is a proprietary Windows-based ma nagement program t hat can assist you in configurin g and managing you r print s erver in Net Ware envir onments. The program can be installe d from the setup CD of print server. Installing the PSAd min and Print Server’s Driver 1. To enabl e network co mmunication w ith pr[...]

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    12 3. Choose Setup Wizard to install the print server and con figure the conne cted printer. Note: The setup CD will install the pri nt server’s driver , PSAdmin an d Setup Wizard into your computer . The default insta llation director y will be C:Program filesNetwork Print Monitor . 4. Click Next , the wizard wil l automati ca lly discover the[...]

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    14 6. On the Change Settings screen, select No or Yes : Click No if you want the pr int server t o keep using t he default IP ad dress and keep t he default Infrastruct ure settin gs: z Infrastructure mode z SSID: <ANY> z Channel: 6 z Encryption: none z DHCP clien t: off z IP addres s: DHCP client Click Yes if you want change wir eless set t [...]

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    15 z Enter the proper SSID of your wireless network . - Channel : optional - Data Transmi t Rates : se lect Auto or others - Transmit Mode: select Au to or others z On the Wireless Securit y screen, enable o r disable WEP/WPA/W PA2 encryption , configure accordi ng to your wireless ne tw ork and clic k Next . z On the TCP/IP Settings screen, specif[...]

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    16 8. Click Add New Printer to l aunch Windows Add Printer Wizard . 9. Click Next and select Local Printer , make sure the Automatically detect and instal l my Plug and Play printer check box is NOT checked. Then click Next .[...]

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    17 10. Make sure the Use the following port radio-button is cl icked and sel ect LPT1: (recom me nd e d Pr in t e r Po rt ) fr o m th e pu ll- down list . Then click Next . 11. Select Manufacturer and Printer from the l ists of printe r’s driver. Th en click Next .[...]

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    18 12. If you already have the pr inter’s driver inst alled, you will be asked whether to kee p it or to replace it. Click Next . Supply a name for the printer and ch oose whether yo u want to make it your de fault printer. Then click Next . 13. Then, choose whet her you want to share the prin ter with othe r network user , print a test page (ple[...]

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    19 16. Right-click, select Properties -> Ports and verify that the pr int server’s po r t a ppe ars.[...]

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    20 17. Go to General ; click Print Test Page to verify the configu ration. 18. Done. Note: If you want to install more pr int servers, start se tup w izard from yo ur Window s Start menu: start -> All Programs -> N etwork Print Server -> PSWizard and repeat the installa tion procedur e. Using PSAdmin After the software of set up CD is succ[...]

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    21 Wizard Wizard is a configura tion program that can assist yo u in setting up the necessary parameters for your pri nt server device to functio n. Setup a print server b y using Wizard. TCP/IP Wizard 1. Click Wizard button just like a pictu r e   .and select TCP/IP Wizard . 2 Select “ Obtain an IP address from DHCP serv er ”. If there i[...]

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    22 4 (Opt ional) In the Subnet Mask option, type the Subnet Mask yo ur LAN or ne twor k segment is curre nt ly configured to us e. 5 (Opt ional) In the Gateway field , type the IP address of gateway. 6 When done, click OK button. The program wil l save the above settings into the print server. 7 Done NetWare Wizard 1. Log into your NetWare f ile se[...]

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    23 Manual Setup Manual Setup is a conf iguration pr ogram designed for mo r e experienced u sers of Net Ware. To setup the p rint server by using Manu al Setup fol low the step s: 1. Run PCONSOLE in Ne tWare 3. x or NetWare 4. x and create the necessary parameter s (Refer to you r Novell NetWare pr int server/Services manual for details). 2. Log in[...]

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    24 Properties –TCP/IP Options The TCP/IP options allow you to modif y the print server’s TCP/ IP settings. Each opt ion is detailed a s follows. Obtain an I P addr ess from a DHCP serve r: This option enables or disab les the DHCP feat ure of t he print ser ver. When this option is enabled, th e print server will obtain an IP addres s automatic[...]

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    25 Upgrade Upgrade allows the user to upgrade th e print server device. In o rder to up grade the unit please perform th e st eps as follows: 1. Click Upgrade button just like a picture   , as shown as follow picture 2. S elect General Upgrade . Make sur e that the upgr ade file is located in the s ame directory as PSAdmin. Reset 1. Click Res[...]

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    26 Note : Conf igure the p rint speed in the Adva nced label, must match the printer’s speed which connect to th e print server . Undependable configura tion will cause pr inter to abnormal p rinting. Multiple Print Queu es Configuration To configure the print server t o service multiple print queues, please follo w the instructions listed below:[...]

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    27 3. Click Change or Remove Programs tab. 4. Select Network Print Monitor for Window s 95/98/NT/2000/XP/2003 and cl ick Change/Remov e button. 5. The un-installa tion wizard pr o gr a m will be launched. 6. Follow the directions o n th e scr e en t o complete the un -installatio n pr o c ed ur e.[...]

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    28 4.I nternet P rinter C onnection and HP W eb J etAdmin IPP Overview Print serv er(s) support the Intern et Printing Pr otocol (IPP) . Using t he appropriat e software on your system, you can create an IPP print path from your system as Windows PC over the Internet. Note: For incomi ng print path requ ests, the netw ork administra tor have to co [...]

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    29 6. In URL’s box, input prin t server’s IP add ress, for example, http:/ /192.168.10. 182/lp1. Then Click Next . ** One port shou ld b e th e po r t n ame as lp1. 7.It will check print server to connect t o HP printer, if not, it will appear as follow picture . Then Click OK . 8. Select the appropriate printer manufa cturer and printer type a[...]

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    30 9.If you want your Windows- based programs to use this printer as the de fault printer , please select “ Yes ”, and Click Next . It will appear as fol low picture 19. Click Finish butt on. 20. Done. HP Web JetAdmin Overview HP Web JetAd min allow s you to use a We b browse to revise, view , manage and diagno se devices connected to th e pr i[...]

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    31 Installing HP Web JetAdmin Before installing the HP We b JetAdmin soft ware, you must have domain adminis trator or r oot privileges: Download the inst alla tion files f r om HP Cust omer Care Online a t http:/ /www.hp.com/g o/webjet admin/ . Follow the instruction s on t he sc r een to install t he HP We b Jet Admin software . Note: Instal lati[...]

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    32 5. C onfiguration from E mbedded W eb S erver Overview The Print Serv er contains an embedded web server that can be accessed through a supported web browser on a LAN, f or example, IE 4.0, Net scape 4.0 or above is recommended. The embed ded w eb server provide s acce ss to con figuratio n and man agement pa ges fo r the print server and the co[...]

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    33 Device Na me: This option allows you t o view device name of the print se rver. To corr ect the print serv er ’s device name. System Contact: This option allows you to view contact name of the print server. To check the print server’s contact na me who in charge of this de vice. System Location: This option allows you to view Location na me [...]

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    34 Manufacturer: This option allows y ou t o vie w ma nuf acturer of th e pr inter. When th e pr int er connected with the pr in t ser v er, it will be show in the manufac tu r e bo x. Model Number: This optio n allows you to view model of the printer. When th e printer connected wi th the pri nt server, it wi ll be show in the model bo x. Printing[...]

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    35 Mode: This option sho ws the wir eless operation m ode of your pr int server . Type: Infra structure or Ad-Hoc mo de. AP’s MAC Address: This op tion shows th e MAC addr ess of Access Point that as sociated with pri nt server. SSID: The SSID o f your wireless network. Channel Number: Current channel num ber. Transmit Mode: Curren t wireless tra[...]

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    36 2.Click TCP/IP , it then as shown i n the fo llowin g picture. Use DHCP/BOO TP: This optio n allows yo u to view DHCP/ B OOTP status. If there is a DHCP/BOOTP server on you r network, thi s option allows the print se rver to obtain IP-re lated setti ngs automatica lly from your DHCP server. IP Address: This option allows you to view IP address f[...]

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    37 General Settings: Print Server Name: Th is option a llows you to view print server’ s name woul d be configured by PSAdmin utility. Polling Time : This option allow s you to view polling time from the print server. This function is search for NetWare Serve r by per time . NetWare NDS Setting: Use NDS Mode: Enable or Disable . Name of the NDS T[...]

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    38 2.Click AppleTalk , it then as shown in the f ollowing picture. Zone Name: If no any zone exists, the print server itse lf disp la ys th e zon e name as a n asterisk ( * ) in the current AppleTalk Status of the print ser ver in th e web browser. Port Name: < ATALK_PS > -xxxxxx-1 , where xxxxxx repr esents th e last six digit s of the print[...]

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    39 SNMP Communitie s: This option allows you to view SNMP co mmun it ies fr o m the pr in t server. There a r e two co mmun itie s that control message from t he networ k management of t he pr in t server. SNMP Traps: This option allows you to view SNMP trap s from the print server. Setup Menu Meanwhile, you have finishe d the IP addre ss configura[...]

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    40 Device Na me: This option allows you to i nput device name of the p rint server. To correct th e print serv e r ’s de vice nam e. System Contact: This op tion allows you to input cont act name of the print ser ver. To check the print server’s contact na me who in charge of this de vice. System Location: This option allows you to input Lo cat[...]

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    41 Printer Setup 1. Click Setup , it th en appears the sub- menu. 2. Click Printer , it then a s shown i n the fol lowin g picture. LPR Queue Name : This option allows you to define t he queue na me of the print server’s po rt when you wa nt to use the LPR printin g. Wireless Setup: 1.Click Setup , it then appe ar s t he sub-menu. 2.Click Wireles[...]

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    42 Basic Settings: Mode: Infrastr uct ure or Ad-Hoc mode. Select SSID or Manuall y Enter SSID Below: You can use Site Survey to help you assign a SSID or in put in manually. Channel: Specify a Chan ne l nu mbe r tha t meet your wireless environ m en t. Transmit Mode: B on ly, G only or Auto. Data Transmit R ates: Choose th e transmit rate of your w[...]

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    43 Authenticatio n Type : Open System, Shared Key or WPA/WPA2. Encryption: WEP-64/128bit for Op en System/Share d Key. Or TKIP/CCMP for WPA/WPA2. TCP/IP Setup: 1. Click Setup , it th en appears the sub- menu. 2. Click TCP/IP , it then as shown in the fol lowing picture. DHCP/BOOTP: This opti on all ows you to select D HCP/ BOO TP optio n. If there [...]

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    44 Subnet Mask: This option allows you to input subnet ma sk fr o m th e pr int server. The IP address must meet the IP addressi ng require ments of the n etwork segment. Gateway : This option allows you to input gate way from the pr int server. This IP ad dr e ss of gateway must meet the rou ter or gateway to go across of the ne tw ork segment. Re[...]

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    45 Logon Password: This opti on allows you to input encrypted password from the print server. The print server login to NetWa re server that administrator set passwo rd from selected print server. NDS Mode: To Enable NDS Mode, if you want t o setup NDS environment. To select Tree Name of NetWare th en input cont ext name in the Context box. Bindery[...]

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    46 Installation Procedure 1. At your file serve r cons ole, type “ load install ”. 2. Select “ NCF files options ”. 3. Select “ Edit AUTO EXEC.NCF fil e ”. 4. Add or Modif y the “ S ET BINDERY CONTEXT = ” line to includ e the NDS organization ( O) and all organizat ion unit (OU) objects wher e users are located. For example: SET BIN[...]

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    47 When an unusual co ndition or activity occurs, the SNMP agent alert s the SNMP manager through SNMP traps . Following list summaries SNMP trap message s that the pr int server will send out. Activitie s/SNMP Trap Messages Description Link Up or Link Down When the networ k inter face on the print server fails, a link down trap message is generate[...]

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    48 SNMP Community: The print server supp orts up to two community names. The defaul t community name is public (case-sensitive), with Read Only access right in default. Support HP WebJetAdmin: This option allows user dete r m in e to disable/enab le the Support HP Web JetAdmin. SNMP Traps: Enable t he function of sending SNMP Authent ication Fa ilu[...]

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    49 3. Zone Name: In this option, t ype an AppleTalk Zone na me that you want the print ser ver to belong to or le ave it in d efault (This enables th e print server automatically search and link itself t o the default zone th at is set on th e AppleTalk route r, if found) . We also assume that at least an App leTalk Zone exists on the ne twork. If [...]

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    50 Note: If y ou select a Zone that the PRINT SERVER doesn’t belong to , as you specified in the previous sect io n, no print ser ver will be displa yed in the St ep 4. 3. If you are usin g a Po stScript print er you can select the La serWriter 8 icon. 4. The Chooser window then displays PRINT SERVER (s) featuring the support fo r AppleTalk proto[...]

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    51 6. Network Print Monitor Preparation The print server supports TCP/IP , IPX/SPX and Net BEUI protocols under Window s 95/98/Me. Plea se make sure that the following steps have be en completed befor e proceeding with in sta llat io n under Windows PC. Select A Desired Protocol TCP/IP  The TCP/IP Protocol must be installed. For fur ther inform [...]

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    52 TCP/IP Protocol Installation 1. Click Start , point to Settings and sel ect Control Panel . 2. Double click the Network icon. 3. If the TCP/IP Protocol is not already installed, click Add . 4. Select Protocol and click Add . 5. Select Microsoft from the Manufacturers li st. 6. Select TCP/IP Protocol from the Ne twork Protoc ols list. 7. Specify [...]

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    53 NetBEUI Protocol Installation 1. Click Start , point to Settings , and select Control Panel . 2. Double click the Netw ork icon. 3. If the NetBEUI is not already installed, click Add . 4. Select Protocol and click Add . 5. Select Microsoft from the Manufacturers list. 6. Select NetBEUI from th e Network Protoco ls box and follow the instructions[...]

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    54 10. A message rea ding, “After your printer i s install ed, Window s can prin t a test page so you can confirm that th e pr int er is set up pr op er ly.” Se lec t No and click Fini sh . 11. Double-click the newly cre at ed Pr inter Name icon. 12. Select Printer and Properties . 13. Click Deta ils tab and sel ect Add Port . 14. In the Add Po[...]

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    55  By default, the computer will firs t search for the print server (s) on the network by using the IPX/SPX prot ocol.  If the IPX/SPX protocol is installed, the prin t server will be dis played along with its Node ID, as shown in Node col umn. (The last 6 digits of the Node ID, locate d on the back of the print server unit) . Select one of [...]

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    56 7. TCP/IP LPR Port Printing Installation Basic TCP/IP Inst allation Overview When installing your print server in a TCP/IP en vironment, IP ad dresses are essentia l as a basic means of comm unications. It is there for e necessary to first assign an IP address to your print serv er unit. Afte r assigning an IP address, the print server can be co[...]

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    57 1. Use the Network Print Monitor utility. 2. Ma nually specify ( using DOS commands or UNIX te xt-mode comma nds. This applies to Windows NT/2000/ XP/2003 and UNIX systems). Note: The Network Print Monitor can only search for the print ser ver(s) o ver the s ame network segmen t the Windows NT/2000/XP/20 03/UNIX computer is located. You would li[...]

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    58 7. In the Name of printer or print queue on that server box, type in a print er name, for example, lp1. Click OK . 8. I n the Printer Por t s bo x, select Close . 9. Click Next . 10. Select the appropriat e pr int er ma nuf acturer an d pr int er type list and click Next . 11. Select Shared . Type in a new Share Name or leave it in defau lt and [...]

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    59 5. The Add Standa rd TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard box will then appear as shown t he picture as below, and type in the IP addr ess ass igned t o the print serve r in the Printer Name or IP Address box, Click Next . 6. In the Add Standard TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard box as sh own in the f ollowing picture , Select Custom , Click Settings button, and[...]

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    60 7. In th e Configure Standard TCP/IP Port Monitor box as shown in the following picture, select LPR form Pro to c ol, t y pe in a queu e na me, fo r example, lp1. 8. Click OK , and Next . Note: Please DO NO T type any othe r name than lp1 in this step. 9. Click Finish . 10. Select the appropria te prin ter manufacturer and printer type list and [...]

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    61 12. A message readin g, “To confir m that the print er is installed prop erly, you can prin t a test page”. Select Yes (Recommended) and click Finish . 13. Done.[...]

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    62 UNIX Installation After the static IP add ress is assigned , the Print Server is ready to be config ured. For some UNIX/Linux systems, we include the detail ed installation procedures be low. If you can’t find the installation procedure corre sponding to your UNIX system, please refer to your UNIX manuals for details ab out configurin g your U[...]

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    63 Redhat Linux 9 The Print Server can work u nder any Linux-based systems, in cluding Slackware, RedHat, etc, without any proble ms. Basically, the Linux's printing system is based on BSD system. Although many commercial Linux systems are available in the market and their commands will vary slightly, depending upon which version is us ed, the[...]

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    64 g. Click Forwa rd button. h. In th e Name field, type a us er - d ef in ed n ame , click Fo rwa rd .[...]

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    65 i. In the Queue Type field, choose Netw or ked UNIX . j. In the Server field , t y pe th e IP addr ess of print server k. In the Queue field, type a pr in t server’s port name, which conn ect to the printe r . For example: lp1. l. Click Forw ard button. m. In th e Printer field , choose Postscript Printer .[...]

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    66 n. Choose the model of prin ter and click Fo rward . o. Done.[...]

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    67 8.U pgrading P rint S erver Overview Upgrading print ser ver will allow yo u to upgrade it s firmware inside t he print serv er while the newer softwar e versio n of the p rint serve r is availa ble fr om yo ur loc al de aler. Dep ending on the different systems users might use, this chapter is divided into several Sections; please refer to the [...]

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    68 3. W ait f or the tran sf er successful message. 4. Done. Upgrading the print server from UNIX (Through TCP/IP) 1. Lo g in as root 2. En sur e binar y file is located in your current wor kin g dir ect o r y. 3. Type “ tftp <print server’s IP ad dress> ”. 4. At tftp prompt, type “ get upgrad e ”. 5. Ch ange to binar y mod e. 6. At[...]

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    69 5. Click Upgrade . 6. Done.[...]

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    70 9. T roubleshooting General Troubleshoo ting Overview The most common problems, which cause the print server to perform improperly, are covered in this chap ter. If a problem still exists after re ading this chapte r, please contac t your dealer for techn ica l sup por t. LED Light Indicators The print serv er is equipped with LED lights to assi[...]

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    71 Print Port Related Problems Printing data failur e may be caused by a loose connection of the pr int server to t he USB port of the pri nter. Check to see if any of the pi ns on the USB connector are damaged . In addition, check the cable connect ion. If the pins are dam aged, contac t your d ealer for a rep lacement connector. Windows 95/98/Me/[...]

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    72 11. Repeat the Steps 8-12 f or t he other Ethe r net adapter . 12. Restart the compute r . 13. Done. Moving the print server to A New Segment If the print server i s moved from on e network segme nt to another after the initi al installati on, through the Ne twork Print Port, the pri nt server must be reco nfigured on the original Windo ws NT se[...]

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    73 9. Done! Moving Your Computer to A New Segment If you are u sing the pr int server t hrough the Network Print Po rt on your NT or Wind ows 95/98/Me com puter and your comput er is going to be moved onto anot her segment, you have to reconfig ure the pri nt server on your comp uter to use your pri nt server. However, this situation is like moving[...]

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    74 B. The print server's IP addr ess is duplicated or is as s am e as a nother computer's IP address o n the n etwork. If this is the case, pleas e consult your network administrato r to obtain an un used IP address for your print serve r. C. The print server is on one segment and your Windows NT server is on the other segment. (This trou[...]

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    75 5. Type "edit config.tx t" to mo dify this con figurati on file. 6. In your editor, modify " BoxIPAddress " field from "0.0.0.0" to "192 .72.214.100" . Leave other options as default and do not chan ge their values . When done , save this new file and quit from y our editor. Please note, in this step you m[...]

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    76 Appendix: Diagnostic Mode (Wireless) If you ha ve no the twisted- pair cable to conf igure print server and ha ve problems to config ure it on wirel ess netw ork. Please refer to th e follo wing steps: 1. Change the print ser v er t o diag no stic m ode by switc hing the DIP switch t o DI AG mode. 2. Change your wireless adap ter to Ad-hoc mode,[...]

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    77 6. Done. The print server will restart. 7. Switch t he DIP back to no rmal mode and c hange your wir eless adapter setting. Rendezvous with Mac OS X 10.3.7 1. Enable the Rend ezvo us settings from the print server’s WEB configuratio n.[...]

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    78 2. Click " Printer Setup Utility ” from the bo ttom tool box o f Mac.[...]

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    79 3. Click " Add ". 4. Choose " Rendezvous ", and the n Mac OS wi ll au tomatical ly search th e print server on the network.[...]

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    80 5. Choose the prop er pr int er model that connect ed to print ser ver , and then click " Add ".[...]

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    81 6. Now th e network prin ter with Rend ezvous has be en successfully i nstalled . SMB Printing with Windows XP 1. Enable the SMB set tings from th e print server ’s WEB config uration. Assume your computers use the “ WORKGR OUP ” as the SMB w orkgroup name i n Windows. Please assig n the same SMB name to your print server. If print serve r[...]

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    82 2. Now you can find the print server from t he SMB workgroup o f Windows. Then, double click it.[...]

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    83 3. Double click it again. 4. Now you have to inst all the printer’s driver.[...]

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    84 5. Choose it from the “Add Printe r Wizard”. 6. Install printer successfully. 7. Now, you can find your pri nter’s icon and you can use th e SMB printing mode.[...]

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    85 Reset Button Reboot the Print server : 1. Verify t he power of print se rver is turned on. 2. Press the reset button once, and th en release it. WARNING: This will rest a r t t he print serve r and stop all on-go ing and pending print jobs! Perform a Factory Default : 1. Disconnect t he extern al power adapter . 2. Hold down the reset bu tt on. [...]

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    86 z DHCP clien t: off z IP addres s: 19 2.168.2. 1 5[...]

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    87 Frequently Asked Questions Question A Print jo bs are sent to the print queue su ccessfully, bu t fail to be sent to the printe r. Possible ex planations 1. The Print ser v e r Name/ Pr in t Q ue ue co nf iguration in PCONSOL E is in cor r ect. 2. The Print serve r name specified and stored in the print ser ver memory doesn’t ma tch the same o[...]

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    88 Question D The Power LED light kee ps blinking afte r POST. Possible exp l anation and sol utio n The last upgrade process was not comple ted. The print server must be upgraded again by using the PSAdmin. P lease see Chapter 3 for det ails. Question E The PSAdmin reports “Create Pr in t server Error”, “Create Prin ter Error”, or “Creat[...]

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    89 Additional Installation Instructions Panasonic KX-P6100/630 0/6500 If you are using a Panasonic KX-P6100/ 6300/6500 las er printer wit h the print serv er through the Network Print Port under Windows 9 5/98, plea se redirect the printe r named “ Panasonic KX-P6100 PCL ” or “ Panasonic KX-P6300 PCL ”, or “ Panasonic KX-P65 00 PCL ” to[...]

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