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Page 1 - Wired Printer Server

P-201 / P-201U Wired Printer Server User’s Manual

Page 2 - DISCLAIMER

In the client installation procedure, after PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing Driver) is installed into Windows, the system will automatically (manual con

Page 3 - CONTENTS

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11. LPR Setting in MAC OS LPR Printing (Line Printer Remote technology) allows Macintosh computers to connect to printers via TCP/IP. LPR Printi

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Step4. Click “Add” to add the new Print Server through TCP/IP. Step5. Enter the “Printer Type”, “Printer Address” and “Queue Name” and

Page 6 - 1.1 Product Introduction

Printer Address: Input the IP Address of the Print Server Queue Name: The queue name of the Print Server is “lpt1” Printer Model: Select the Printer

Page 7 - 1.2 Product Package

Step7. You can print a file to check whether the Print Server is installed successfully.

Page 8 - Network Printing Environment

12. UPnP Setup When the UPnP function is enabled, the print server can be detected by UPnP compliant system such as Windows XP. The print server wi

Page 9 - Client User

Step1. Click “Yes” on the above message or click “Start”, choose “Settings” and select “Network Connections” to enable UPnP manually. Step2.

Page 10 - Print Server

Step3. In the “Local Area Connection Properties”, select “Advanced” option menu and click “Settings”.

Page 11 - Network Server

Step4. The “Windows Firewall” screen will be popped up, select “Exceptions” option menu. Step5. Enable “UPnP Framework” fr

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Page 13 - NetWare Network (see below)

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 ser

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13. Windows XP SP2 Setup In Windows XP SP2, XP SP2’s firewall would block the unknown communications. This print server has allowed the communicati

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Step4. Select “Exceptions” tab and click “Add Program…”.

Page 17 - 2. Hardware Installation

Step5. Click “Browse” to add a new program. Step6. Open the “NPUtil” file from “C:\Program Files\PrintServer Utilities” (where C:\ is the system

Page 18 - 3.1 System Architecture

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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1.4 Network Printing Environment Common network environment are classified as following: Windows Peer-to-Peer Network The client’s PTPP driver wi

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NetWare Network (see below) 8

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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 t

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Chapter 13 In Windows XP SP2, you may not find any print server listed on the “Available Ports” in “Network Ports Quick Setup”. Please follow the ins

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1.6 Firmware & Printing Function The print server provides a complete network printing solution. The feature set is listed below: PTPP (Peer-

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2. Hardware Installation 1. Unpack the print server package and verify that all the items listed in the section 1.2 are provided. 2. Connect the

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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 fo

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3.2 Install Print Server driver and utility The Print Server windows utility can be performed on Windows 95/98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 with the sa

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COPYRIGHT Copyright ©2006/2007 by this company. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stor

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3.The “Print Server Utilities” window will be displayed. Click “Next”. 4.Click “Next” to install the utilities in the default folder or click “Chang

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5.The system will start to install the utilities automatically. 6. The Print Server windows utilities Installation procedure is totally completed.

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3.3 Print Server Utilities After Print Server Utilities is completed, there will be four utilities in print server’s Program folder. Network Por

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3.3.1 Network Ports Quick Setup Network Ports Quick Setup Utility offers a very simple method to add or remove print server’s printer port from

Page 33 - 4.1 System Architecture

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 con

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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 pri

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Page 36 - 5. NetWare Network

3.4 Windows Add Printer Procedure After adding a “Network Port” of the print server to your PC by Administrator or Client Installation Program, y

Page 37 - Print Queue

Step5. Choose the suitable “Print Server Network Port” which was created by the Administrator Installation or Client Installation process and click

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CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 PRODUCT INTRODUCTION ... 1 1.2 Product Packa

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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

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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 27

Page 42 - 6. UNIX System Network

4.1 System Architecture In Windows network environment, other than the Peer-to-Peer network printing architecture described in the previous chapt

Page 43 - 6.1 Introduction

4.2 Windows NT/2000/2003 Server Installation and Setup Please follow the procedures described below for installation and construct a peer-to-peer

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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 N

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5. NetWare Network 31

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5.1 System Architecture We implemented NetWare printer sharing functionality into the print server itself, thus allowing one or more printers att

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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 lo

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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 you

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7.5 General Configuration ... 49 7.6 TCP/IP Configur

Page 50 - 7.1 Introduction

8. Press the Insert key to add a new NetWare print server object. The print server name can be identical to the PSxxxxxx name printed on the label

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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 cre

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6. UNIX System Network 37

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6.1 Introduction The print server is available for TCP/IP printing by Unix LPD (Line Printer Daemon) protocol. The LPD protocol originated with U

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6.2 Enable Print Server’s TCP/IP Support The default configuration of the print server is with TCP/IP support enabled. Anyway, you can configure

Page 55 - 7.6 TCP/IP Configuration

6.3 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 I

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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_a

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6.4 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 i

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6.5 Configure Remote LPD Printing on the Host The procedure you use to configure your Unix host(s) to allow printing to your network remote print

Page 59 - 7.9 SNMP Configuration

: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.

Page 60 - 7.10 SMB Configuration

10.2.1 Print Server Side ... 91 10.2.2 Client Side

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7. Print Server Configuration Utility 7.1 Introduction This chapter introduces print server’s system configuration utility in Windows environme

Page 62 - 7.12 Wizard

7.2 Search for All Available Print Server Every time when you run print server’s configuration utility, click the “Search” icon on the tool bar

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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 sid

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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 righ

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7.5 General Configuration Double Click “General” icon and the General configuration window will pop-up. You can see basic print server informati

Page 66 - 7.13 Report

7.6 TCP/IP Configuration Double Click “TCP/IP” icon and the TCP/IP configuration window will pop-up. You can configure the print server to aut

Page 67 - 8. Web Management

Click the “DHCP Server” button to enter the DHCP server’s setting page. You can “Enable/Disable” the DHCP server and assign a range of IP addresses h

Page 68 - 8.1 Introduction

7.7 Netware Print Server Configuration Double Click “NetWare” icon and the NetWare configuration window will pop-up. This print server supports

Page 69 - 8.2 Login

7.8 AppleTalk Configuration Double Click “AppleTalk” icon and the AppleTalk configuration window will pop-up. AppleTalk is a data communication

Page 70 - 8.3 Device Status

7.9 SNMP Configuration Double Click “SNMP” icon and the SNMP configuration window will pop up. Contact: You can enter the print server administr

Page 71 - 8.3.2 Printer

1. Introduction 1.1 Product Introduction Thank you for purchasing and using our print server. This print server allows your printer to beco

Page 72 - 8.3.3 TCP/IP

7.10 SMB Configuration SMB Group Name, the name of SMB group that this print server belongs to. All PC should join the same group before they can

Page 73 - 8.3.5 SNMP

7.11 System Configuration Double Click “System” icon and the System configuration window will pop-up. In the System configuration page, you can

Page 74 - 8.3.6 NetWare

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

Page 75 - 8.3.7 AppleTalk

Step 2: Select to enable required printing protocol. Please refer to section 7.12 for detail information. Step 3: Setup the IP of this print serv

Page 76 - 8.4 Setup Wizard

Step 4: Setup the AppleTalk printing. Please refer to section 7.8 for detail information. Step 5: Setup the NetWare printing. Please refer to se

Page 77 - 8.4.1.1 Admin Password

Step 6: Click “Save” to finish setting. Please reboot the print server to let these settings take effect.

Page 78 - 8.4.1.2 Advanced Settings

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 server

Page 79 - 8.4.2 TCP/IP

8. Web Management 62

Page 80 - 8.4.3 SMB

8.1 Introduction Print server can be configured and managed on the Web. Through Local Area Network, or even Internet, administrator can easily co

Page 81 - 8.4.4 SNMP

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 pr

Page 82 - 8.4.5 NetWare

1.2 Product Package This package contains the following components: One Print Server One Power Adapter One Quick Installation Guide One CD-ROM (I

Page 83 - 8.4.6 AppleTalk

8.3 Device Status 8.3.1 System System Information includes “Device Name”, “Print Server Name”, “Model Type”, “System Up Time”, “Firmware Ve

Page 84 - 8.4.7 Save Settings

8.3.2 Printer The Print Server can communicate with the printer to get the printer information including printer manufacturer, model number, pr

Page 85 - 8.5 System Tools

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 se

Page 86 - 8.5.2 Upgrade

8.3.4 SMB This page lists the SMB group and the pass job interval time settings of the print server. 8.3.5 SNMP This page lists the SNMP

Page 87 - 9.Telnet Management

8.3.6 NetWare This page lists NetWare settings, including “Polling Time”, “Use Bindery Mode”, “Name of the File Server” and “Port Attached Que

Page 88 - 9.2 Login

8.3.7 AppleTalk This page lists AppleTalk settings, including “AppleTalk Zone Name” and “Printer Type” of printers connected to all print ports

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8.4 Setup Wizard 8.4.1 System You can change the print server name and port name of the print server from here. Print Server Name, the nam

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8.4.1.1 Admin Password It allows you to change the password of the print server. Name is the administrator name of the print server. If you chan

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8.4.1.2 Advanced Settings You can enable/disable the printing protocols and management tools from the screen. To enable the function, please sel

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8.4.2 TCP/IP You can configure the print server to automatically get IP from DHCP server or manually specify static IP. The print server also

Page 93 - 9.5 Other Commands

1.3 Network Printing Architecture This section illustrates how print server functions and operates on the network. Before you install and use pri

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8.4.3 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 p

Page 95 - 10. IPP Printing

8.4.4 SNMP The print server supports SNMP configuration. If it is enabled, please set up the following parameters. SNMP System Contact: You ca

Page 96 - 10.2 System Setup

8.4.5 NetWare This print server supports NetWare Bindery Printing method. The print server periodically polls the NetWare server printer queues

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8.4.6 AppleTalk AppleTalk is a data communication protocol often used by Macintoshes. The print server can use these parameters to join the Ap

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. 8.4.7 Save Settings You can click the “Save Settings” to save the settings and restart the system.

Page 99 - “Next”

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 cleare

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8.5.2 Upgrade You can upgrade new firmware for this print server in this page. Click “Browse” to select the new firmware in your storage and th

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9.Telnet Management 9.1 Introduction Print server can be configured and managed by Telnet. Through Local Area Network, or even Internet, adm

Page 102 - Printer Type: LPD/LPR

9.2 Login Execute the Telnet client tool and connect to the print server IP. telnet 192.168.2.2 Then you will be prompted to enter the username and

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9.3 Get Setting Values – “get” Command “get” command is used to get the setting values of this print server. The format of “get” command is as foll

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Because print server supports IPX/SPX, NetBEUI, TCP/IP and AppleTalk network protocols, any networked computer can directly print to the print server

Page 105 - 12. UPnP Setup

on the NetWare server PORT1_QNAME=’PQ1’ applezone The name of AppleTalk zone that this print server joins to admin# get applezone PORT1_APPLEAONE=’*

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9.4 Modify Setting Values – “set” Command “set” command is used to modify the setting values of this print server. The format of “set” command is a

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SNMPC The administrator contact information of this print server for SNMP set SNMPC sbdjohn@hotm ail.com SNMPL The installed location of this print s

Page 108 - “Exceptions” option menu

9.5 Other Commands 9.5.1 ipconfig “ipconfig” command is used to quickly get the IP settings (IP, subnet mask, default gateway) of the print ser

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get argument ipconfig reboot exit 89

Page 110 - 13. Windows XP SP2 Setup

10. IPP Printing 10.1 Introduction IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) Printing provides a convenient way of remote printing service by TCP/IP. The

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10.2 System Setup 10.2.1 Print Server Side It is needless to do any setting on the print server side. Make sure the print server has correct I

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Step4. Select “A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer”. Click “Next”. Step5. Select “Connect to a printer on the Interne

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of the URL is http://192.168.3.66:631/lpt1. After entering the URL of print server, click “Next”. Step6. Select a suitable printer manufac

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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 suc

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