Conceptronic C54PSERVU
Wireless Print Server
User’s Manual
Version: 1.0
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R&TTE Compliance Statement
This equipment complies with all the requirements of DIRECTIVE 1999/5/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND
THE COUNCIL of March 9, 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunication terminal Equipment and the mutual
recognition of their conformity (R&TTE)
The R&TTE Directive repeals and replaces in the directive 98/13/EEC (Telecommunications Terminal Equipment
and Satellite Earth Station Equipment) As of April 8, 2000.
Safety
This equipment is designed with the utmost care for the safety of those who install and use it. However, special
attention must be paid to the dangers of electric shock and static electricity when working with electrical
equipment. All guidelines of this and of the computer manufacture must therefore be allowed at all times to
ensure the safe use of the equipment.
EU Countries Intended for Use
The ETSI version of this device is intended for home and office use in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United
Kingdom.
The ETSI version of this device is also authorized for use in EFTA member states: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway,
and Switzerland.
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software described in this manual is sold or licensed "as is". Should the programs prove defective following their
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servicing, repair, and any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect in the software.
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1. Introduction
1.1
Product Introduction
Thank you for purchasing and using our print server. This print server allows your printer to become a
shared 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 maintenance required.
This print server provides IEEE 802.11g/b wireless LAN (up to 54Mbps data transfer rate), an Ethernet
network port (10/100Mbps Ethernet) and one print port for printer.
This print server supports IPX/SPX, NetBEUI, TCP/IP and AppleTalk protocols. It is the best network
printing solutions for various common network operating systems such as Windows
95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003, NetWare, Unix/Linux and MAC OS, etc.
With the help of Installation Wizard, you can easily and instantly complete the settings for the printing
environment, and start enjoying the fantastic features provided by the print server.
In the following chapters, we will introduce in detail the printing features, installation methods, and
system configuration for different network environments.
If you would like to set up and install print server quickly, please refer to the Quick Installation Guide
that comes along with this print server.
1.2
Product Package
This package contains the following components:
• One Print Server
• One Antenna
• One Power Adapter
• One UTP Network Cable
• One Quick Installation Guide
• One CD-ROM (Including all the software utilities, drivers and User’s Manual)
1.3
Network Printing Architecture
This section illustrates how print server functions and operates on the network. Before you install and
use print server, it is strongly recommended that you read this section completely, and select only the
chapters you need according to your network operating system by “Contents of the User’s Manual” in
next section.
This section will first introduce the role every component plays in the network-printing environment.
Print Server
Client User
Network Server (optional)
Network Printing Environment
Network Server
Print Server
Client User
Unix
Print Server
Windows NT Server
NetWare Server
Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 98
Workstation
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1.3.1 Print Server Network Functions
Print Server
Unix
Print Server
Windows NT Server
NetWare Server
Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 98
Workstation
Because print server supports IPX/SPX, NetBEUI, TCP/IP and AppleTalk network protocols, any
networked computer can directly print to the print server from any of its installed protocol.
1.3.2 Network Printing Functions for Clients
Client User
Unix
Print Server
Windows NT Server
NetWare Server
Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 98
Workstation
Common operating systems for clients are classified as following:
Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003
Our print server system provides PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) driver and utilities for Windows
95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 users. PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) supports TCP/IP protocol.
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In the client installation procedure, after PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing Driver) is installed into Windows,
the system will automatically (manual configuration is also allowed) search all the print servers on the
network, and then add their printing ports into Windows’ printing port (see below).
PTPP
P1
P2
P1
Windows 98
P3
Print Server
MIS-2
Print Server
MIS-1
UNIX / Linux
UNIX (include HP/UX, SCO Unix, SunOS, Solaris, Unixware DECUnix, IBM AIX and others) and Linux use
the system-standard LPR to print through print server.
MAC OS
MAC OS can use the system-standard AppleTalk network to print through print server.
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1.3.3 Network Printing Functions for Network Server
Network Server
Unix
Print Server
Windows NT Server
NetWare Server
Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 98
Workstation
Common network servers are classified as following:
Windows NT/2000/2003
Our print server system provides PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) driver and utilities for Windows
NT/2000/2003. After PTPP is installed, the server can directly print through print server. Adding this
printing function into Windows NT/2000/2003 Server allows print queue, user authority management,
and many other advanced features to be used.
NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.x
In NetWare environment, print server offers various printing modes like print queue, remote printer,
etc.
1.4
Network Printing Environment
Common network environment are classified as following:
Windows Peer-to-Peer Network
The client’s PTPP driver will use TCP/IP protocol to print through print server.
Windows NT/2000/2003 Network
Network printing function will become available after PTPP driver is installed into Windows
NT/2000/2003. Adding this printing function into Windows NT/2000/2003 Server allows print queue, user
authority management, and many other advanced features to be used.
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NetWare Network (see below)
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1.5
Contents of the User’s Manual
Chapter 2 explains print server’s hardware installation and configuration. It is strongly recommended for
you to read.
The following chapters introduce:
Chapter 3. Windows Peer-to-Peer Network
Chapter 4. Windows NT/2000/2003 Server-Based Network
Chapter 5. NetWare Network
Chapter 6. UNIX System Network
You may select the appropriate chapters and sections to read depending on your network printing’s
requirement.
Chapter 7 and chapter 8 introduce print server’s management and configuration utilities on Windows and
Web Browser’s environment respectively. You may select the appropriate management utility according
to the administrator’s computer platform.
Chapter 9 introduces Print Server’s IPP Printing function and setup procedure. The IPP Printing provides
a convenient way to print documents across the Internet by the IPP protocol.
Chapter 10 introduces how to deal with the problem that if you can’t find any print server listed on the
“Available Ports” in “Network Ports Quick Setup” in Windows XP SP2.
1.6
Firmware & Printing Function
The print server provides a complete network printing solution. The feature set is listed below:
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PTPP (Peer-to-Peer-Printing)
TCP/IP (LPR)
IPP Printing
NetWare Bindery Printing
AppleTalk
SMB Printing
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2. Hardware Installation
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Unpack the print server package and verify that all the items listed in the section 1.2 are provided.
Connect the print server to the printer you want to share on the network.
Connect the print server to your network by attached the network cable to the UTP port of the print
server.
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Connect the power adapter to the print server. The print server will perform the Power-On-Self-Test
(POST) after it is powered on. During the POST, the Status and Ready LEDs will be on. When the LEDs
are unlighted, the print server is ready.
NOTE1: MUST use the power adapter shipped with the print server, do NOT use
any other power adapter from any sources.
NOTE2: To prevent the compatibility problem between print server and a few
printer, it is recommended that you power on the print server before the
printer.
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3. Windows Peer-to-Peer Network
3.1
System Architecture
Print server supports Windows Peer-to-Peer network printing mode, which is suitable for most medium
and small network environments. Through quick and simple installation procedure, users can
immediately enjoy the convenience of network printing.
Installation procedure is separated into following two parts:
1. Administrator Installation and Setup (refer to section 2 for more detailed information).
System administrators must:
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Install administrator’s utilities into his/her computer.
Configure print server from administrator’s configuration utility.
2. Client Installation and Configuration (refer to section 3 for more detailed information).
Client users must install Windows PTPP driver (Peer-to-Peer Printing) for network printing.
In addition, after PTPP is installed, the system will automatically search for all print servers on the
network, and add the printing port of the print servers into Windows’ printing port (refer to Network
Printing Architecture in section 1.4 for more detailed information).
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3.2
Administrator Installation and Setup
The Administrator Installation can be performed on Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 with the same
user interface. Before the installation, please verify that your network protocol is installed on your PC
(TCP/IP, IPX and/or NetBEUI). It will be helpful in your installation process.
Insert the CD shipped along with the print server into your CD-ROM drive. The Autorun.exe program
should be executed automatically. If not, run Autorun.exe manually from CD-ROM drive’s root directory.
The “Autorun Menu” will be displayed on the screen as following.
Click “Install Print Server Manager”.
The “Server Manager Setup” window will be displayed. Click “Next”.
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Click “Next” to install the utilities in the default folder or click “Change” to specify the destination
folder where you would like to install the utilities.
Select the components you want to install. It is highly recommended to install all provided components.
Click “Next” to continue.
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The system will start to install the utilities automatically.
After the installation, the “Choose Print Server” will list all Print Servers within the network. Select the
Print Server you would like to configure and click “Next”.
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 “CP”. Please check the
MAC ID on the print server.
Specify a recognizable name for the Print Server and click “Next”.
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Specify the IP Address for the Print Server manually or click “Next” to keep default IP Address, i.e.
192.168.2.2.
The configuration summary is displayed in 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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The Administrator Installation procedure is totally completed. Click “Finish”.
The Administrator Installation Program have executed the installation procedure that performs the
following tasks:
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Install all utilities and drivers to the administrator’s PC.
Configure the print server (including the print server name and network protocol)
Add the network port of the print server to the administrator’s PC.
If you want to print from this administrator’s PC to the print server, all you need to do is to perform
Windows’ standard “Add Printer” procedure (please refer to Section 3.6).
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3.3
Administrator Utilities
After Administrator Installation is completed, there will be four utilities in print server’s Program folder.
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Network Ports Quick Setup – Add the network ports of print servers within the network to your PC.
Print Server Configuration – Allows you to configure the print server’s IP Address, network protocols
and other advanced functions. Please refer to Chapter 7 for the detail instruction of the
configuration.
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Remote Ports – Add the network port of remote printer server to your PC.
Uninstall – Assistant for removing all installed administrator software.
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3.4
Client Installation and Setup
The Client Installation can be performed on Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 with the same user
interface. Before the installation procedure, please confirm that your PC has connected to the network
and installed at least one network protocol.
Insert the CD shipped along with the print server into your CD-ROM drive. The Autorun.exe program
should be executed automatically. If not, run Autorun.exe manually from CD-ROM drive’s root directory.
The "Autorun Menu" will be displayed on the screen as follows. Click “Install Print Server Network
Driver”.
The “Network Driver Setup” window will be displayed. Click “Next”.
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Click “Next” to install the utilities in the default folder or click “Change” to specify the destination
folder where you would like to install the utilities.
The system will start to install the utilities automatically.
After the installation, all network ports of the Print Servers detected on the network will be added to
your PC automatically, click “Continue”.
The Client Installation procedure is completed. Click “Finish”.
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After the installation, you have completed the following tasks:
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Install all utilities and drivers to the client’s PC.
Add all the print server’s network ports of the network to the client’s PC.
You can then perform the Windows’ standard “Add Printer” procedure to add network printers to your
PC. Please refer to Section 3.6.
3.5
Client Utilities
After Client Installation is completed, there will be three tools in print server’s Program folder.
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Network Ports Quick Setup
Remote Ports
Uninstall Network Driver
The Uninstall Network Driver will assist you in removing all installed client software. The other two tools
are described as follows.
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 client’s computer.
During the client’s installation procedure, the system will automatically search for all print servers on
the network, and add them into the printer ports of the client’s computer (see below).
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If you have just installed another new print server in the network, you must run this program first. This
program will search for new print servers and allow you to add the new network printer port into client’s
computer conveniently. Perform the standard Add Printer procedure, then you can print directly to the
printer through the newly installed print server.
Please be aware that Network Ports Quick Setup Utility can only detect and configure all print servers on
the same network, it cannot search and configure print servers on other subnets across network
segments. You must use Remote Ports Utility described in the next section to manage remote (across
network segments) print servers.
3.5.2 Remote Ports (Utility)
Remote Ports Utility offers a convenient way for you to manage and 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 function only supports TCP/IP network protocol.
Please follow the procedures described below:
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Step1.
Run Remote Ports Utility. Clicks “Add” to add a remote print port.
Step2.
Enter print server’s name, IP address, select used ports, and enter LPR queue name of each
port. Click “Ok”.
Step3.
The new remote print port is displayed as follows.
In order to use the remote printing function, you will have to proceed with normal Add Printer
procedure and select your printer port as the newly added remote printer port.
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3.6
Windows Add Printer Procedure
After adding a “Network Port” of the print server to your PC by Administrator or Client Installation
Program, you can follow the procedure described below to add printer to the Windows.
Note that following “Add Printer” steps are running in Windows XP, the steps in other Operating Systems
are similar.
Step1.
Step2.
Step3.
Click “Start”, choose “Settings” and select “Printers and Faxes”.
Click “Add a Printer”.
The “Add Printer Wizard” is displayed. Click “Next”.
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Step4.
Step5.
Step6.
Select “Local printer attached to this computer” and make sure that “Automatically detect
and install my Plug and Play printer” is not selected. Click “Next”.
Choose the suitable “Print Server Network Port” which was created by the Administrator
Installation or Client Installation process and click “Next”.
Select a suitable printer manufacturer 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 installation, the
printer model will be added to the list.
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Step7.
Name your printer and setup the default printer, click “Next”.
Step8.
Choose to print the test page or not. It is recommended to print a test page. Click “Next”.
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Step9.
You have added the printer to the PC successfully. The information of the printer is displayed
in the windows. Click “Finish”.
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4. Windows NT/2000/2003 Network
4.1
System Architecture
In Windows network environment, other than the Peer-to-Peer network printing architecture described
in the previous chapter, we also offer the Server-Based Printing architecture for Windows NT/2000/2003
server.
Only one Windows NT/2000/2003 is required to have Windows PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) driver
installed and share the printing service on the network. Other network users can simply connect to the
server and access the shared printer (see below).
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
(PTPP) between Windows NT/2000/2003 Server and Print Server.
Step1. If this is your first time installing print server, please install the administrator software on
Windows NT/2000/2003 server first. Refer to section 3.2 for installation instructions.
If your network has already installed a working print server and your Windows NT/2000/2003 server has
not yet installed the PTPP driver, please install the client software. Refer to section 3.4 and 3.5 for
installation instructions.
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Step2. Please add/configure the Peer-to-Peer Printing of the Windows NT/2000/2003 network printer
and verify that you can print from Windows NT/2000/2003 to the print server by the installed
PTPP driver.
Step3. Share the above server’s printer to the network by performing the standard Windows printer
sharing process.
4.3
User Installation and Setup
After server side’s installation is completed, client side will be able to find the server’s shared printer in
Network Neighborhood. You only need to perform Window’s standard Add New Printer procedure,
select “Network Printer” shown in the screen below, and complete the configurations afterwards to
access the shared printer.
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5. NetWare Network
5.1
System Architecture
We implement NetWare printer sharing functionality into the print server itself, thus allowing one or
more printers attached by a print server to be connected to the network. We have developed the print
server to support NetWare print server.
Embedded print server, which emulates the “queue management functionality” of NetWare print server,
PSERVER program running on the NetWare server. A user first prints a job at a workstation, the job is
routed to a NetWare server, the NetWare server stores the job in a print queue and then the print server
gets the print job from the queue to printers.
Print Queue
Windows 98
Netware Server
Print Server
Windows 2000
Compare with NetWare printing functionality, the advantages of embedding the NetWare network
printing functionality in the print server include:
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Installation is easier and quicker.
Network management is easier.
Printing performance is enhanced.
Relieve NetWare file server’s burden.
Relieve the need of a workstation running the remote printer utility.
Improve productivity by locating the printer near the workgroup.
Each print server should log into a NetWare server before servicing the print jobs. Each print server will
occupy a user account with which it can log into the NetWare server.
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
5.2.1.1Configuring as Print Server Mode
1. Run the NetWare PCONSOLE program.
2. Change the current file server, if necessary, using the Change Current File Server menu selection.
3. Choose the Print Queue Information menu selection.
4. Press the Insert key to add a new print queue.
5. Type in a print queue name, such as “PQ” or “Q1”.
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6. You have now successfully created the print queue that your print server will serve. Press the
Escape key until the Available Options main menu is displayed.
7. Select Print Server Information.
8. Press the Insert key to add a new NetWare print server object. The print server name can be
identical to the CPxxxxxx name printed on the label of the print server.
9. Press Enter to select the newly 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 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.
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13. Press Escape, and answer Yes to the Save Changes question.
14. Select Queues Serviced by Printer, then select Printer 0 (or Printer 1, Printer 2) and press Enter.
15. Press Insert and add your newly created print queue to the list of queues serviced by the printer.
Enter a priority number for the queue service, or press Enter to accept the default.
16. Repeatedly press Escape to exit the PCONSOLE program.
17. Reset the print server to have the changes take effect.
NOTE: If the print server you have is with multiple printer connectors, you may create
multiple print queues and printer objects.
Your print server should now be ready to use. You should be able to redirect printing to your print
server using a CAPTURE command such as the one shown in the previous section.
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6. UNIX System Network
6.1
Introduction
The print server is available for TCP/IP printing by Unix LPD (Line Printer Daemon) protocol. The LPD
protocol originated with Unix release is based on the BSD version of Unix and supported under most
versions of Unix.
This chapter explains how to configure the print server for TCP/IP operation, and how to modify
configuration files on your Unix system to allow printing to the print server. The configuration examples
in this manual follow the syntax for BSD based Unix systems.
Please refer to the related system documentation for the correct syntax of your systems.
To configure the print server for LPD printing, perform the procedures below:
1. Enable Print Server’s TCP/IP Support.
2. Set up Print Server’s IP address.
3. Verify Print Server’s IP Address.
4. Configure remote LPD printing on the host.
5. Print a test page.
In the next sections, we will describe these five procedures step by step.
6.2
6.3
Enable Print Server’s TCP/IP Support
The default configuration of the print server is with TCP/IP support enabled. Anyway, you can configure
the print server to enable TCP/IP support using the configuration program.
Setup Print Server’s IP Address
The print server must have a unique IP address in order to be recognized by the network.
You can set up the IP address on the various Unix systems using any one of the following methods:
1. DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)
2. BOOTP (Bootstrap Protocol)
The print server will use the last three methods to obtain its IP address automatically if its IP address is
configured as Auto (0.0.0.0).
6.3.1 DHCP
There are many Unix systems that support DHCP protocol, and the procedures to configure the DHCP
server database are different. This manual does not describe the DHCP server configuration on the Unix
systems. It is highly recommended that the DHCP server should be located on the same network as the
print server.
6.3.2 BOOTP
If you have the BOOTP daemon, bootpd, running on your UNIX system that is accessible by the print
server, you can use the BOOTP protocol to set up the IP address of the print server. We recommend that
the BOOTP server should be located on the same subnet as the print server. If you use Network
Information Services (NIS) in your system, you may need to rebuild the NIS map with the BOOTP services
before doing the following BOOTP configuration. To rebuild the NIS map, please refer to your system
documentation.
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To configure the IP address data for the BOOTP server, you will need to log in the host of BOOTP server
as the superuser (root). Perform the following steps to add address entries,
1. Optionally, assign a name corresponding to the print server’s IP address. You can add this address to
the /etc/hosts file, by adding a line such as:
203.66.191.12
pserver
2. Add an entry to the host’s /etc/bootptab file, similar to the following:
hostname:\
:ht=1:\
:ha=print_server_ethernet_address:\
:ip=print_server_ip_address:
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
Ethernet, the ha= tag specifies the Ethernet address of a print server, which is the Node ID located on
the print server. The ha tag must be preceded by the ht tag. The ip= tag should correspond to the IP
address you want to assign to the print server.
For example, a print server with the following configuration:
Node ID: 0000B4010101 (this implies Ethernet
address is 0000B4010101),
IP address: 203.66.191.12
The entry for this print server in the /etc/bootptab file should be:
PS010101:\
:ht=1:\
:ha=0000B4010101:\
:ip=203.66.191.12:
6.4
6.5
Verify Print Server’s IP Address
To verify that your print server is responding to the newly assigned IP address using a PING command:
ping ip-address
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 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 system
documentation, keeping in mind that:
1. The print server should be treated as a BSD networked print server host.
2. The host name should be the name (or IP address) that you have assigned to the print server.
3. The printer name (or queue name) on the remote host should be lpt1, lpt2 or lpt3, the name of the
printer port on the print server.
You will need to perform the tasks below, logged in as the superuser (root).
To configure your Unix host for printing:
1. Optionally, assign a name corresponding to the print server’s IP address. You can add this address to
the /etc/hosts file, by adding a line such as:
203.66.191.186
pserver
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2. Create a spool directory for the printer in the same directory where spool directories are normally
kept on the machine, such as /var/spool or /var/spool/lpd:
mkdir /var/spool/lpd/pserverd
chown daemon /var/spool/lpd/pserverd
chgrp daemon /var/spool/lpd/pserverd
chmod 775 /var/spool/lpd/pserverd
3. Add an entry to the host’s /etc/printcap file, similar to the following:
printer-name:\
:lp=:\
:rm=203.66.191.186:\
:rp=lpt1:\
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/pserverd.log:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/pserverd:\
:mx#0:
Lines should 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 assigned to the print server. You can also
use a host name if you have assigned one in the /etc/hosts file.
The sd= entry should correspond to the spool directory you created in the previous step.
The rp= entry should correspond to the port name of the remote printer. The values should be one of
lpt1, lpt2 or lpt3 depends on the printer port.
The print server should now be available for printing from your Unix host.
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7. Configuration Utility
7.1
Introduction
This chapter introduces print server’s system configuration 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 complete management and configuration functions on the print server
side. This utility only provides configuration functions for print server itself; it does not include
configuration functions for client side or other file server or NetWare server in the network
environment.
The Configuration Utility provides the following configuration and management functions:
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Search Print Server: Search All Available Printer Servers on the Network.
Print Server Status: Display Print Server Network Status.
AppleTalk Configuration: AppleTalk Protocol Setting.
General Configuration: General Information of print server.
NetWare Configuration: NetWare Printing Configuration.
System Configuration: Print Server Network Ability Setting and Firmware Upgrade.
TCP/IP Configuration: IP Address and DHCP Server Configuration.
Wireless Configuration: Wireless LAN Configuration.
SNMP Configuration: SNMP Information Configuration.
Setup Wizard: Guide You Through All the Settings.
Report: List the Status of All Available Print Servers on the Network.
We will explain each function separately in the following section.
7.2
Search for All Available Print Server
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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 servers on the network. All available print servers will be listed
under “Print Server Group” on the left side of the window.
You must select the print server you would like to configure from the list. The system will, at the same
time, display the selected print server’s status on the right side of the window.
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 displayed are MAC ID, Model Type, Firmware Version, status of each
printer port, NetWare file server name, NetWare file server polling interval, NetWare printer queue
names, IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, AppleTalk printer type, AppleTalk zone and print
server printing ability…etc.
You can refresh the print server’s status by pressing the “Refresh” button
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You can restart the print server by pressing the “Reboot” button
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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 the selected print server. A screen will pop up to verify “User
Name” and “Password” of the print server. The default values are as follows.
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User Name: admin
Password: 1234
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7.5
AppleTalk Configuration
Double Click “AppleTalk” icon and the AppleTalk configuration window will pop-up.
AppleTalk is a data communication protocol often used by Macintoshes. The print server can use these
parameters to join the AppleTalk network and share the printer to other AppleTalk workstations. You
have to setup the “Zone Name” and “Printer Type” for each printer port of this print server.
Zone Name:
Print server has to join zones of AppleTalk before it can be shared to other workstations.
Only workstations in the same zone can share the printer. If you want to share the
printer to all workstations in all Zones, you should enter only “*” in the “Zone Name”
field.
Printer Type: The type of printer attached to each printer port. You can get the printer type from the
manufacturer of the printer.
7.6
General Configuration
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Double Click “General” icon and the General configuration window will pop-up.
You can see basic print server information in this page. You also can configure the “Print Server Name”,
“SMB Group Name”, “User Name” and “Password” here.
Printer Server Name: the name of the print server. You can use this name to identify the print server
when you are searching for the print server by the administration and client
utilities.
SMB Group Name:
the name of 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.
User Name / Password: is used to authenticate the administrator by the Web administration tool.
7.7
Netware Print Server Configuration
Double Click “NetWare” icon and the NetWare configuration window will pop-up.
This print server supports NetWare Bindery Printing method. The print server periodically polls the
NetWare server printer queues for printing jobs. You have to assign the NetWare server name, print
server polling interval and the name of queue on the NetWare server for each printer port.
Polling Time
Is the polling interval of the print server for waiting printing jobs on the NetWare
server.
NetWare Server Is the name of the NetWare file server that provides printer queues.
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7.8
System Configuration
Double Click “System” icon and the System configuration window will pop-up.
In the System configuration page, you can select to enable/disable each printing or management
protocol, upgrade the new firmware for this print server, and enable/disable wireless function.
Upgrade Firmware: You can use this “Upgrade Firmware” 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 default factory settings,
please click “Load Default”.
Wireless Function: You can select “Enable” or “Disable” to manually enable or disable the wireless
function. If you manually enable wireless function, the print server’s wireless LAN
will be always enabled and Ethernet will be always disabled. If you manually
disable the wireless function, the print server’s wireless LAN will be always
disabled and Ethernet will be always enabled.
You also can select “Auto” to let the print server automatically decide to enable
or disable the wireless 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 print server starts up, it will auto-detect if the LAN port
is connected to an active network by an Ethernet cable.
If the print server is connected to an active network by Ethernet cable when
starting up, the print server will run in Ethernet mode. If the print server is not
connected to an active network by Ethernet cable when starting up, the print
server will run in wireless LAN mode. The print server default is in “Auto” mode.
Domain Country:
The wireless channels are different from country to country. Generally, the
channels are from 1 to 11 in USA and from 1 to 13 in Europe. The Domain Country
setting is for you to set the available channels according to your location.
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7.9
TCP/IP Configuration
Double Click “TCP/IP” icon and the TCP/IP configuration window will pop-up.
You can configure the print server to automatically get IP from DHCP server or manually specify static
IP. The print server also has a built-in DHCP server. You can enable this DHCP server and 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 server, select “Auto IP”. You also can select “Static IP” to manually assign “IP Address”,
“Subnet Mask” and “Gateway” for the print server.
Click the “DHCP Server” button to enter the DHCP server’s setting page. You can “Enable/Disable” the
DHCP server or set “Auto” and assign a range of IP addresses here. The DHCP server is disabled by
default. If “Auto” is selected, the DHCP Server of print server will be enabled only when there is no
other DHCP Server within the network.
When “Enable” or “Auto” is selected, you have to configure “Starting Address”, “Range”, “Subnet
Mask”, “Gateway Address” and “DNS”. The print server will assign a unique IP for each client.
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7.10 Wireless Configuration
If you want to use the print server through wireless LAN, please set up the print server through Ethernet
first and make sure your wireless LAN setting is correct. After setting the wireless LAN, unplug the
Ethernet cable and restart the print server, then you can start to use the print server through wireless
LAN.
If the wireless configuration does not work, please plug the Ethernet cable again, restart the print server
and configure the print server through Ethernet until the wireless LAN settings are correct.
The default settings of the print server wireless function are as follows:
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SSID: Default
Channel: 11
Double Click “Wireless” icon and the wireless configuration window will pop-up.
If you use access point to build up wireless network, you have to select “Infrastructure Mode”. If you do
not have any access point and want to use peer-to-peer connection to build up wireless network, you
have to select “Ad-Hoc Mode”.
After selecting the operation modes of the wireless function, click “Next” to go to further detailed
configuration.
Infrastructure Mode:
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In the Infrastructure mode, you have to let the print server associate with an access point. You let the
print server scan for an available access 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 point, the following window will pop up:
The list is the scanned available access points. Select an access point in the list and click “Next”. If you
cannot find the access point that you want to use, click “Scan” to let the print server scan again.
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 wireless network. You can let the print server automatically select the
channel that is the same with the peer or manually assign a channel.
If you select to let the print server scan for an active wireless station, the following window will pop up.
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The list is the scanned active wireless stations. Select a wireless station in the list and click “Next”. If
you cannot find 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 following procedure:
This print server supports WEP and WPA-PSK security mode. 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 select “WPA-shared key”.
The wireless security setting should be the same with other wireless devices in the same network.
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WEP Security Mode:
You can select “64 bit” or “128 bit” length and “Hexadecimal” or “ASCII” format for the encryption
key. Longer key length can provide stronger security but worth communication performance.
Enter four key values by following the rules below and select one key as the default key.
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PassPhrase – A passphrase simplifies the WEP encryption process by automatically generating the
WEP encryption keys for the print server. This setting is only valid when the security mode is in
“WEP(HEX)”.
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Key 1 to Key 4 – If the key length is 64-bit, enter 10-digit Hex values or 5-digit ASCII values as the
encryption keys. For example: “0123456aef“ or “Guest“.
If the key length is 128-bit, enter 26-digit Hex values or 13-digit ASCII values as the encryption keys.
For example: “01234567890123456789abcdef“ or “administrator“.
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WPA-shared key Security Mode:
When “WPA-shared key”, also named “WPA-PSK” requires users to select the advanced encryption
methods, i.e. TKIP and enter a set of shared key.
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TKIP – TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) changes the temporal key every 10,000 packets. This
insures much greater security than the standard WEP security.
Shared 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 “Next” to go to next step.
You can select to let the print server automatically obtain 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
address.
When you finish configuring the IP settings, click “Next” to confirm the IP Address configuration.
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Click “Save” to save the wireless configuration.
7.11 SNMP Configuration
Double Click “SNMP” icon and the SNMP configuration window will pop up:
Contact: You can enter the print server administrator’s contact information here. This information
will be displayed in the SNMP management tool.
Location: You can enter the installed location of the print server here. This information will be
displayed in the SNMP management tool.
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7.12 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 Server Setup Wizard” the setup wizard will guide you through all the setup
process.
Step 1: Set up the name of this print server and the SMB Group Name for the print server. Also set up
“Enable”, “Disable” or “Auto” for the wireless function here. Please refer to section 7.6 and
7.8 for detail information.
Step 2: Select to enable required printing protocol. Please refer to section 7.8 for detail information.
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Step 3: Setup the IP of this print server and the DHCP server. Please refer to section 7.9 for detail
information.
Step 4: Setup the AppleTalk printing. Please refer to section 7.5 for detail information.
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Step 5: Setup the NetWare printing. Please refer to section 7.7 for detail information.
Step 6: Select the Wireless Adapter mode and complete wireless LAN settings. The other procedures
are the same with “Wireless” Setting in “Setup” screen. Please refer to section 7.10 for detail
information.
Step 7: Click “Save” to finish setting.
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7.13 Report
Click “Report” icon
on the tool bar, the Report window will pop up.
The report lists basic information of all available print servers on the network. The information includes
Device Name, MAC ID, Model Type, Firmware Version and Status of print server.
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8. Web Management
8.1
Introduction
Print server can be configured and managed on the Web. Through Local Area Network, or even Internet,
administrator can easily configure and manage print server’s various main functions in browsers. Simply
enter print server’s IP address into your browser’s address field to manage a print server by print
server’s built-in Web Server.
The default IP Address, User Name and Password settings of the Print server are as follows:
IP Address: 192.168.2.2
User Name: Admin
Password: 1234
8.2
Login
You may use any Web Browser to review the status or configure the settings of the print server. After
entering the IP address of the print server, a login page display. You have to enter correct “User Name”
and “Password” before going to the Web Management pages.
Notes: Default User Name is “admin”, default password is “1234”.
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8.3
Device Status
8.3.1 System
System Information includes “Device Name”, “Print Server Name”, “Model Type”, “System Up Time”,
“Firmware Version”, “MAC Address”, “Wireless LAN Status” and the protocols enabled status, etc.
8.3.2 Printer
This page lists information of printers connected to all printer ports.
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8.3.3 TCP/IP
This page lists all TCP/IP settings of the print server including “IP Address”, “Subnet Mask” and
“Gateway”. It also lists DHCP server setting.
8.3.4 SMB
This page lists the SMB group setting of the print server.
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8.3.5 SNMP
This page lists the SNMP settings of the print server. It includes the settings of “SNMP System Contact”
and “SNMP System Location”.
8.3.6 NetWare
This page lists NetWare settings, including “Polling Time”, “Use Bindery Mode”, “Name of the File
Server” and “Port Attached Queue”.
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8.3.7 AppleTalk
This page lists AppleTalk settings, including “AppleTalk Zone Name” and “Printer Type” of printers
connected to all print ports.
8.4
Setup Wizard
8.4.1 System
You can change the print server name and password of the print server from here:
Print Server Name: The name of the print server. You can use this name to identify the print server
when you are searching for the print server by the administration and client
utilities.
Password:
Enter the password you want to change to the print server. The password can be
up to 7-digit alphanumeric format. The default password is “1234”.
Re-type Password: Enter the password you want to change to the print server again.
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8.4.2 Advanced Settings
You can enable/disable the printing protocols from the screen. To enable the function, please select
“Enable”; to disable the function, please select “Disable”.
8.4.3 Wireless
If you want to use the print server through wireless LAN, please set up the print server through Ethernet
first and make sure your wireless LAN setting is correct. After setting the wireless LAN, unplug the
Ethernet cable and restart the print server, then you can start to use the print server through wireless
LAN.
If the wireless configuration does not work, please plug the Ethernet cable again, restart the print server
and configure the print server through Ethernet until the wireless LAN settings are correct.
8.4.3.1General Setting
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You can enable/disable the wireless function and set parameters that are used for the wireless stations
to connect to this print server from here. The parameters include “Function”, “Mode”, “ESSID” and
“Channel Number”. You can manually set the parameters of wireless LAN in this page or use the “Site
Survey” function to automatically search for an available access point and associate with it.
Function Is for user to disable, enable or let the print server auto select to connect to the wired or
wireless network. If “Disable” is selected, the print server can only connect to the network
through wired Ethernet. If “Enable” is selected, the print server can only connect to the
network through Wireless LAN. If “Auto” is selected, the print server can automatically decide
to enable or disable the wireless 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 print server starts up, it will
auto-detect if the LAN port is connected to an active network by an Ethernet cable.
If the print server is connected to an active network by Ethernet cable when starting up, the
print server will run in Ethernet mode. If the print server is not connected to an active
network by Ethernet cable when starting up, the print server will run in wireless LAN mode.
The print server default is in “Auto” mode.
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ESSID
Is the operation mode of wireless station. You can choose ether “Ad Hoc” or “Infrastructure”
mode. If you do not have any access point and want to use peer-to-peer connection, you have
to choose “Ad Hoc” mode. If you have an access point as the wireless LAN infrastructure, you
have to choose “Infrastructure” mode.
Is the unique name identified by in a wireless LAN. The ID prevents the unintentional merging
of two co-located WLANs. Please make sure that the ESSID of all stations and access points in
the same WLAN network are the same.
Channel Number Is the channel number of your wireless LAN. Please make sure that the channel number
of all stations and access points in the same WLAN network are the same.
8.4.3.2Encryption
This print server supports 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-PSK, you have to
select “WPA-shared key”. The wireless security setting should be the same with other wireless devices
in the same network.
WEP Security Mode:
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Key Length – You can choose “64-bit” to use WEP with 64-bit key length encryption or choose “128-
bit” to use WEP with 128-bit key length encryption. The longer key length can provide better
security but worse transmission throughput.
Key Format – You may select to use ASCII Characters (alphanumeric format) or Hexadecimal digits
(in the "A-F", "a-f" and "0-9" range) to be the WEP Key.
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PassPhrase – A passphrase simplifies the WEP encryption process by automatically generating the
WEP encryption keys for the print server.
Default Key – Select one of the four keys to encrypt your data. Only the key you select it in the
“Default key” will take effect.
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Key 1 – Key 4 – The WEP keys are 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
character as the encryption keys. For example: “0123456aef“ or “Guest“.
128-bit WEP: Input 26-digit Hex values (in the "A-F", "a-f" and "0-9" range) or 10-digit ASCII
characters as the encryption keys. For example:
“01234567890123456789abcdef“ or “administrator“.
WPA-PSK Security Mode:
When “WPA-PSK”, also named “WPA-shared key” requires users to select the advanced encryption
methods, i.e. TKIP and enter a set of shared key.
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TKIP – TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) changes the temporal key every 10,000 packets. This
insures much greater security than the standard WEP security.
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 confirm the configuration.
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8.4.3.3Site 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, includes SSID, BSSID, Channel, Type,
Encryption and Signal Strength. You can select one wireless device in the list for this print server to
associate with or you have to use General Setting to manually setup the wireless parameters.
There is “WLAN Function” setting for you to setup Auto/Disable/Enable wireless function of the print
server here. Please refer to section 8.4.3.1 to know more about the setting.
8.4.4 TCP/IP
You can configure the print server to automatically get IP from DHCP server or manually specify static
IP. The print server also has a built-in DHCP server. You can enable this DHCP server and let it manages
IP for you.
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If you need the print server to automatically get an IP from DHCP server, select “Enable Obtain TCP/IP
Settings Automatically (Use DHCP/ BOOTP)”. You also can select “Disable Use the following TCP/IP
Settings” to manually assign “IP Address”, “Subnet Mask” and “Gateway” for the print server.
You can enable/disable or set auto for the print server’s DHCP server. The DHCP server is disabled by
default. If the DHCP Server is enabled or set Auto, you have to assign a range of IP addresses here. Fill in
the “Start IP”, “Range”, “DNS”, “Subnet Mask” and “Gateway”, and the print server will assign a
unique IP for each client. Note that when “Auto” is selected, the DHCP Server of the print server will be
enabled only when there is no other DHCP Server within the network.
8.4.5 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.
8.4.6 SNMP
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The print server supports SNMP configuration. If it is enabled, please set up the following parameters.
SNMP System Contact: You can enter the print server administrator’s contact information here. This
information will be displayed in the SNMP management tool.
SNMP System Location: You can enter the installed location of the print server here. This information
will be displayed in the SNMP management tool.
8.4.7 NetWare
This print server supports NetWare Bindery Printing method. The print server periodically polls the
NetWare server printer queues for printing jobs. You have to assign the NetWare server name, print
server polling interval and the name of queue on the NetWare server for each printer port.
Polling Time:
The polling interval of the print server for waiting printing jobs on the
NetWare server.
Name of the File Server: The name of the NetWare file server that provides printer queues.
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8.4.8 AppleTalk
AppleTalk is a data communication protocol often used by Macintoshes. The print server can use these
parameters to join the AppleTalk network and share the printer to other AppleTalk workstations. You
have to select to enable or disable AppleTalk, and setup the “Zone Name” and “Printer Type” for each
printer port of this print server.
AppleTalk Enable:
Enable or disable “AppleTalk”.
AppleTalk Zone Name: Print server has to join zones of AppleTalk before it can be shared to other
workstations. Only workstations in the same zone can share the printer. If you
want to share the printer to all workstations in all Zones, you should enter only
“*” in the “Zone Name” field.
Printer Type:
The type of printer attached to each printer port. You can get the printer type
from the manufacturer of the printer.
8.4.9 Save Settings
You can click the “Save Settings” to save the settings and restart the system.
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8.5
System Tools
8.5.1 Load Default
You can use this page to restore the factory default settings. All of your previous setup will be cleared.
8.5.2 Upgrade Firmware from Browser
You can upgrade new firmware for this print server in this page. Click “Browse” to select the new
firmware in your storage and then click “OK”, the firmware will be updated in several minutes.
Be aware that if you have started upgrading firmware, you have to follow all the upgrading steps or the
print server can’t turn back to normal configuration.
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9. IPP Printing
9.1
Introduction
IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) Printing provides a convenient way of 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 Windows 2000/XP, can directly uses the print server by IP.
By using the IPP printing, you can share the printer to all the PC’s that can access the print server by IP.
You can even share your printer to Internet users.
9.2
System Setup
9.2.1 Print Server Side
It is needless to do any setting on the print server side. Make sure the print server has correct IP
settings. If you want to share the printers to Internet users, you have to set a real IP to the print server.
You also have to make sure that any gateway, router or firewall does not block IPP protocol if you have
these gateway devices installed in your network.
9.2.2 Client Side
You only need to perform Window’s standard Add New Printer procedure.
Step1. Click “Start”, choose “Settings” and select “Printers and Faxes”.
Step2. Click “Add a Printer”.
Step3. The “Add Printer Wizard” is displayed. Click “Next”.
Step4. Select “A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer”. Click “Next”.
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Step5. Select “Connect to a printer on the Internet or on a home or office network” and enter the
URL of print server.
The number 631 is IPP standard port number.
Port Name is the port name of print server that your printer is connected to. The default port
name is “lpt1”.
server, click “Next”.
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Step6. Select a suitable printer manufacturer 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 installation, the
printer model will be added to the list.
Step7. Choose to set the print whether as a default printer or not. Click “Next”.
Step8. You have added the network printer to the PC successfully. The information of the printer is
displayed in the windows. Click “Finish”.
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10. Windows XP SP2 Setup
In Windows XP SP2, XP SP2’s firewall would block the unknown communications. This print server has
allowed the communications data passed through the XP SP2’s firewall.
In case that you do not find any print server listed on the “Available Ports” in “Network Ports Quick
Setup”, please follow the steps below:
Step1. Click “Start”, choose “Settings” and select “Network Connections”.
Step2. Right click “Local Area Connection” and select “Properties”.
Step3. Select “Advanced” tab and click “Settings…”.
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Step4. Select “Exceptions” tab and click “Add Program…”.
Step5. Click “Browse” to add a new program.
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Step6. Open the “NPUtil” file from “C:\Program Files\Conceptronic\C54PSERVU\Server Manager\”
(where C:\ is the system drive), if you have installed the Server Manager.
Open the “NPUtil” file from “C:\Program Files\Conceptronic\C54PSERVU\Network Driver\”
(where C:\ is the system drive), if you have installed the Network Driver only.
Step7. A new program “Network Ports Quick Setup” is displayed in the list, click “Ok”.
Step8. Click “Ok”. You have completed the setting. The Windows XP SP2 will allow the incoming
network connections activated by the program.
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