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Digitus DN-13014-1 User manual

Manual is about: USB-PRINTER WIRELESS LAN PRINTSERVER

Summary of DN-13014-1

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    Usb-printer wireless lan printserver (dn-13014-1) user’s manual.

  • Page 2: Copyright

    Copyright copyright 2008/2009 by this company. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, che...

  • Page 3: Interference Statement

    Federal communication commission interference statement this equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class b digital device, pursuant to part 15 of fcc rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installa...

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    Federal communication commission (fcc) radiation exposure statement this equipment complies with fcc radiation exposure set forth for an uncontrolled environment. In order to avoid the possibility of exceeding the fcc radio frequency exposure limits, human proximity to the antenna shall not be less ...

  • Page 5: Disclaimer

    Disclaimer this company makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties, merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Any software described in this manual is sold or licensed "as is". Should...

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    Contents 1. Introduction ................................................................. 1 1.1 product introduction ......................................................... 2 1.2 product package ............................................................. 3 1.3 network printing architecture .......

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    5.2.1 installation using pconsole ................................................... 53 6. Unix system network .............................................. 57 6.1 introduction .................................................................... 58 6.2 enable print server’s tcp/ip support ...........

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    8.3.2 printer ......................................................................................... 107 8.3.3 tcp/ip........................................................................................ 108 8.3.4 smb ................................................................................

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    10.2 system setup .............................................................. 154 10.2.1 print server side ...................................................................... 154 10.2.2 client side ................................................................................ 154 11. Windows...

  • Page 10: 1.    Introduction

    1 1. Introduction.

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    2 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 ...

  • Page 12: 1.2     Product Package

    3 1.2 product package this package contains the following components: one print server one antenna one power adapter one quick installation guide one cd-rom (including all the software utilities, drivers and user’s manual).

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    4 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 sy...

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    5 1.3.1 print server network functions windows nt server netware server windows 98 windows nt workstation windows 2000 unix print server print server because print server supports ipx/spx, netbeui, tcp/ip and appletalk network protocols, any networked computer can directly print to the print server ...

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    6 common operating systems for clients are classified as following: windows 98se/me/nt/2000/xp/2003/vista our print server system provides ptpp (peer-to-peer printing) driver and utilities for windows 95/98se/me/nt/2000/xp/2003/vista users. Ptpp (peer-to- peer printing) supports tcp/ip protocol. In ...

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    7 windows 98 ptpp print server mis-2 p1 p2 p3 p1 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 pr...

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    8 1.3.3 network printing functions for network server windows nt server netware server windows 98 windows nt workstation windows 2000 unix print server network server common network servers are classified as following: windows nt/2000/2003/vista our print server system provides ptpp (peer-to-peer pr...

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    9 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/vista network network printing function will become available after ptpp drive...

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    10 netware network (see below).

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    11 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/vista server- based networks chapter 5...

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    12 chapter 11 in windows xp sp2, you may not find any print server listed on the “available ports” in “network ports quick setup”. Please follow the instruction in this chapter and resolve the problem..

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    13 1.6 firmware & printing function the print server provides a complete network printing solution. The feature set is listed below: ptpp (peer-to-peer-printing) tcp/ip (lpr) ipp printing netware bindery printing appletalk smb printing.

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    14 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 print server to the printer you want to share on the network. 3. Connect the print server to your network by attached the network cable to the utp port ...

  • Page 24: 3.    Windows Peer-to-Peer

    15 3. Windows peer-to-peer network.

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    16 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 s...

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    17 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...

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    18 3.2 administrator installation and setup the administrator installation can be performed on windows 98se/me/nt/2000/xp/2003/vista 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 helpfu...

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    19 the “utilities setup” window will be displayed. Click “next”. Click “next” to install the utilities in the default folder or click “browse” to specify the destination folder where you would like to install the utilities..

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    20 select the components you want to install. It is highly recommended to install all provided components. Click “next” to continue. Specify the program folder where the program icons will be added to, click “next”..

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    21 the system will start to install the utilities automatically. You have completed the installation phase and prepare to configure the print server. The “choose print server” will list all print servers within the network. Select the print server you would like to configure and click “next”..

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    22 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 “ps”. Please check the mac id on the print server. Note 2: the list can only display the devices from the same manufacturer..

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    23 specify a recognizable name for the print server and click “next”. Specify the ip address for the print server manually or click “next” to keep default ip address, i.E. 192.168.2.2..

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    24 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. The administrator installation procedure is totally completed. Click “finish”..

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    25 the administrator installation program have executed the installation procedure that performs the following tasks: 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 serve...

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    26 3.3 administrator utilities after administrator installation is completed, there will be four utilities in print server’s program folder. 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 prin...

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    27 3.4 client installation and setup the client installation can be performed on windows 98se/me/nt/2000/xp/2003/vista 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 ...

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    28 the “utilities setup” window will be displayed. Click “next”. Click “next” to install the utilities in the default folder or click “browse” to specify the destination folder where you would like to install the utilities..

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    29 specify the program folder where the program icons will be added to, click “next”. The system will start to install the utilities automatically..

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    30 now, the installation procedure is completed, you are ready to set up the client’s computer. 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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    31 after the installation, you have completed the following tasks: 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. ...

  • Page 41: 3.5     Client Utilities

    32 3.5 client utilities after client installation is completed, there will be three tools in print server’s program folder. 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 ...

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    33 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). If you have just installed another new print server in the network, you must run this program first. Thi...

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    34 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 (acro...

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    35 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 pr...

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    36.

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    37 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 ...

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    38 4. Choose the suitable printer port which was created by the installation process and click “next”. 5. Select the 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 print...

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    39 6. Name your printer and set the default printer, click “next”. 7. The printer drivers are being installed..

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    40 8. It is recommended to print a test page. Click “finish”. 9. The printer is added to “printers” page, you have added the printer to your computer successfully. Now you can start to print from your computer to the print server..

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    41 3.6.2 windos xp step1. Click “start”, choose “settings” and select “printers and faxes”. Step2. Click “add a printer”. Step3. The “add printer wizard” is displayed. Click “next”..

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    42 step4. 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”. Step5. Choose the suitable “print server network port” which was created by the administrator installation or client installation p...

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    43 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. Name your printer and setup the default printe...

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    44 step8. Choose to print the test page or not. It is recommended to print a test page. Click “next”. Step9. You have added the printer to the pc successfully. The information of the printer is displayed in the windows. Click “finish”..

  • Page 54: 4.    Windows Nt/2000/2003

    45 4. Windows nt/2000/2003 network.

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    46 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 ptp...

  • Page 56: Installation and Setup

    47 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 a...

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    48 step3. Share the above server’s printer to the network by performing the standard windows printer sharing process..

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    49 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 comple...

  • Page 59: 5.    Netware Network

    50 5. Netware network.

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    51 5.1 system architecture we implemented 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...

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    52 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 p...

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    53 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 5.2.1.1 configuring as print server mode 1. Run the netware pconsole program. 2. Change the current...

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    54 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 ident...

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    55 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...

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    56 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...

  • Page 66: 6.    Unix System Network

    57 6. Unix system network.

  • Page 67: 6.1     Introduction

    58 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 t...

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    59 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 the print server to enable tcp/ip support using the configuration program..

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    60 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 ip address on the various unix systems using any one of the following methods: 1. Dhcp (dynamic host configuration protocol) 2. Bootp (bootstrap protocol...

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    61 services before doing the following bootp configuration. To rebuild the nis map, please refer to your system documentation. 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 e...

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    62 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:.

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    63 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 ip-address.

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    64 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 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 lin...

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    65 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=p1:\ :lf=/var/spool/lpd/pserverd.Log...

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    66 the print server should now be available for printing from your unix host..

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    67 7. Configuration utility.

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    68 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 c...

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    69 bonjour configuration : mac osx protocol setting. Smb : configure the smb group name. Snmp configuration : snmp information configuration. Setup wizard : guide you through all the settings. System configuration : print server network ability setting, firmware upgrade and language setting. Wireles...

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    70 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. The configuration utility will delay for several seconds because the utility is using system’s available network protocols to search for all print serve...

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    71 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 ...

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    72 you can restart the print server by pressing the “reboot” button ..

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    73 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..

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    74 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. User name: admin password: 1234.

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    75 7.5 general configuration 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 “server name”, “user name” and “password” here. Server name , the name of the print server. You can use this ...

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    76 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 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...

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    77 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 ente...

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    78 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 ...

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    79 netware server is the name of the netware file server that provides printer queues..

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    80 7.8 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 work...

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    81 7.9 bonjour configuration bonjour enables automatically discovery of computers, devices and services on ip network. The service name will be seen by users on ip network, you have to designate the unique and friendly name to describe the device..

  • Page 91: 7.10   Snmp Configuration

    82 7.10 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 p...

  • Page 92: 7.11   Smb Configuration

    83 7.11 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 use this print server by smb protocol..

  • Page 93: 7.12   System Configuration

    84 7.12 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, assign name for each printer port of this print server,.

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    85 upgrade the new firmware for this print server, and enable/disable wireless function. Port name is the name of the printer port. Each printer port has to be assigned a name. The client utility uses this name to access the printer port. Upgrade firmware : you can use this “upgrade firmware” tool t...

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    86 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 operating channel will be set to the print server before importing. If you ar...

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    87 7.13 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 star...

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    88 double click “wireless” icon and the wireless configuration window will pop-up. You use access point to build up wireless network, if will be “infrastructure mode”. After selecting the operation modes of the wireless function, click “next” to go to further detailed configuration. Infrastructure m...

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    89 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...

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    90 this print server supports wep, wpa-psk and wpa2- 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-psk”. If you wan to use wpa2-psk, you have to select ‘’wpa2-...

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    91 wep security mode:.

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    92 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. Passphrase – a pas...

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    93 wpa-psk mode: “wpa-psk” requires users to select the advanced encryption methods, i.E. Tkip or aes and enter a set of shared key. Tkip – tkip (temporal key integrity protocol) changes the temporal key every 10,000 packets. This insures much greater security than the standard wep security. Aes – a...

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    94 of ascii format to be the key for the authentication within the network. If “hex” is selected, please enter 64 digits of hex code which should be “0-9” and “a-f”..

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    95 wpa2-psk mode: “wpa2-psk” requires users to select the advanced encryption methods, i.E. Tkip or aes and enter a set of shared key. Aes – aes has been developed to ensure the highest degree of security and authenticity for digital information and it is the most advanced solution defined by ieee 8...

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    96 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 ...

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    97 click “save” to save the wireless configuration..

  • Page 107: 7.14   Wizard

    98 7.14 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..

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    99 step 1: set up the name of this print server, the port name for the print server and select to enable or disable the wireless function. Step 2: select to enable required printing protocol. Please refer to section 7.12 for detail information..

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    100 step 3: setup the ip of this print server and the dhcp server. Please refer to section 7.6 for detail information. Step 4: setup the netware printing. Please refer to section 7.7 for detail information..

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    101 step 5: 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 7.13 for detail information. Step 6: click “save” to finish setting..

  • Page 111: 7.15   Report

    102 7.15 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..

  • Page 112: 8.    We B Management

    103 8. We b management.

  • Page 113: 8.1     Introduction

    104 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 manag...

  • Page 114: 8.2     Login

    105 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 na...

  • Page 115: 8.3     Device Status

    106 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”, and the protocols enabled status, etc..

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    107 8.3.2 printer this page lists information of printer connected to the printer port..

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    108 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..

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    109 8.3.4 smb this page lists the smb group setting of the print server..

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    110 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”. Snmp system community: to enter the name of system group. Default name is ‘’public’’. Snmp system manager ip: the ip address will get trap alarm. Snmp t...

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    111 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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    112 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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    113 8.3.8 bonjour this page lists bonjour settings, including “port service name” of each port..

  • Page 123: 8.4     Setup Wizard

    114 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 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 utilit...

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    115 8.4.1.1 admin password it allows you to change the password of the print server. User name , the administrator name of the print server. If you change the user name, you have to login to the print server from administrator utility or web management with the new name. The default user name is ”ad...

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    116 8.4.1.2 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”..

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    117 8.4.2 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...

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    118 mode is the operation mode of wireless station. You need to have an access point as the wireless lan infrastructure, the wireless mode is “infrastructure” mode. Essid is the unique name identified by in a wireless lan. The id prevents the unintentional merging of two co- located wlans. Please ma...

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    119 8.4.2.1 site 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 ...

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    120 8.4.2.2 encryption this print server supports wep, wpa-psk and wpa2- 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-psk”. If you want to use wpa2-psk, you have to select ‘’wpa2- ...

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    121 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. Passphrase – a passphrase simplifies the wep encryption process by automatically generating the wep encryption keys for the print server. Defau...

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    122 wpa-psk security mode: “wpa-psk” requires users to select one of the advanced encryption methods, i.E. Tkip or aes and enter a set of shared key. Tkip – tkip (temporal key integrity protocol) changes the temporal key every 10,000 packets. This insures much greater security than the standard wep ...

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    123 network. If “hex” is selected, please enter 64 digits of hex code which should be “0-9” and “a-f”. Pre-shared key – the “pre-shared key” is different from the key format selection. Please see above description. Wpa2-psk security mode: “wpa2-psk” requires users to enter shared key with aes algori...

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    124 pre-shared key format – select “passphrase” or “hex” key format. If “passphrase” is selected, please enter 8 to 63 digits of ascii format to be the key for the authentication within the network. If “hex” is selected, please enter 64 digits of hex code which should be “0-9” and “a-f”. When you fi...

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    125 8.4.3 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. If you need the print server to automatically get an ip from dh...

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    126 “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..

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    127 8.4.4 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. Further more you can enable ‘’pass job w...

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    128 8.4.5 snmp 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: y...

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    129 snmp trap: trap v1, trap v2.

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    130 8.4.6 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 printe...

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    131 attached queue is the name of the printer queue on the netware server. The printer queue keeps all printing jobs waiting on the netware server. You have to assign a printer queue for each printer port of this print server..

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    132 8.4.7 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 “p...

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    133 printer type , the type of printer attached to each printer port. You can get the printer type from the manufacturer of the printer..

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    134 8.4.8 bonjour bonjour enables automatically discovery of computers, devices and services on ip network. The service name will be seen by users on ip network, you have to designate the unique and friendly name to describe the device..

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    135 8.4.9 save settings you can click the “save settings” to save the settings and restart the system..

  • Page 145: 8.5     System Tools

    136 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..

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    137 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 f...

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    138 8.5.3 backup setting to backup the print server setting to a “config.Bin” file, select “backup settings from print server”..

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    139 8.5.4 restore system to apply the setting from the backup file, select “restore settings from file” and specify a file to restore..

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    140 8.5.5 language to apply the language you want to use, select ‘’tw’’ for chinese and ‘’en’’ for english then click ok..

  • Page 150: 9.   Te Lnet Management

    141 9. Te lnet management.

  • Page 151: 9.1   Introduction

    142 9.1 introduction print server can be configured and managed by telnet. Through local area network, or even internet, administrator can easily configure and manage print server’s various main functions by a telnet client..

  • Page 152: 9.2   Login

    143 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 password. After you successfully enter the correct username and password, the following prompt will be displayed and you can start to manage this pr...

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    144 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 following: get argument then the argument value will be displayed after the command. For example, if i want to get ip address of the print server, i type...

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    145 argument description example channel channel number used by wireless lan admin# get channel channel=11 wep the mode of wep 0: disable 1: 64 bit wep enabled 2: 128 bit wep enabled admin# get wep wep=0 defkey default wep key number 0: key 1 1: key 2 2: key 3 3: key 4 admin# get defkey wep_default_...

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    146 argument description example smbdg the name of the smb group name that this print server joins to admin# get smbdg smbd_name=’default’ snmpc the administrator contact information of this print server for snmp admin# get snmpc snmp_contact=’sbdjohn@hot mail.Com’ snmpl the installed location of th...

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    147 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 as following: set argument_name value then the value will be written into the system configuration. For example, if you want to set ip address of the ...

  • Page 157

    148 argument description example channel channel number used by wireless lan. Set channel 11 wep the mode of wep. The value should be “disable”, “wep64” or “wep128” set wep disable defkey default wep key number. The value should be 0~3. 0: key 1 1: key 2 2: key 3 3: key 4 set defkey 0 key641 64 bit ...

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    149 argument description example printertype1 the type of the printer attached to this print server set printertype1 laserw riter smbdg the name of the smb group name that this print server joins to set smbdg default snmpc the administrator contact information of this print server for snmp set snmpc...

  • Page 159: 9.5   Other Commands

    150 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 server: admin# ipconfig ip_addr=192.168.2.2 subnet_mask=255.255.255.0 default_gateway=192.168.2.254 9.5.2 reboot “reboot” command is used to restart the pri...

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    151 set argument value get argument ipconfig reboot exit.

  • Page 161: 10.   Ipp Printing

    152 10. Ipp printing.

  • Page 162: 10.1   Introduction

    153 10.1 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...

  • Page 163: 10.2   System Setup

    154 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 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 gatewa...

  • Page 164

    155 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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    156 step5. Select “connect to a printer on the internet or on a home or office network” and enter the url of print server. The url format is “http://ip:631/port name”. The ip should be the print server’s ip. The number 631 is ipp standard port number. Port name is the port name of print server that ...

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    157 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”..

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    158 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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    159 11 . 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...

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    160 step3. Select “advanced” tab and click “settings…”. Step4. Select “exceptions” tab and click “add program…”..

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    161 step5. Click “browse” to add a new program..

  • Page 171

    162 step6. Open the “nputil” file from “c:\program files\printserver utilities” (where c:\ is the system drive). Step7. A new program “network ports quick setup” is displayed in the list, click “ok”..

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    163 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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    164.