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1. Multi Port Fast Ethernet Print Server FPS 3121 User s Manual Copyright c 2005 PLANET Technology Corp All rights reserved The products and programs described in this User s Manual are licensed products of PLANET Technology This User s Manual contains proprietary information protected by copyright and this User s Manual and all accompanying hardware software and documentation are copyrighted No part of this User s Manual may be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any electronic medium or machine readable form by any means by electronic or mechanical Including photocopying recording or information storage and retrieval systems for any purpose other than the purchaser s personal use and without the prior express written permission of PLANET Technology Disclaimer PLANET Technology does not warrant that the hardware will work properly in all environments and applications and makes no warranty and representation either implied or expressed with respect to the quality performance merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose PLANET has made every effort to ensure that this User s Manual is accurate PLANET disclaims liability for any inaccuracies or omissions that may have occurred Information in this User s Manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of PLANET PLANET assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this User2. This page will show the SMB Group Name 8 35 SNMP This page displays the current SNMP settings of the print server SYSTEM SNMP System Contact Disabled Printer SNMP System Location Disabled TCP IP SMB NetWare AppleTalk Rendezvous This page will show the SNMP System Contact and SNMP System Location If the settings are empty this page will show you the settings Disabled 8 3 6 NetWare This page displays the current NetWare settings of the print server General Settings SYSTEM Polling Time 3 seconds NetWare Bindery Settings Use Bindery Mode Enabled TCP IP Name of the File Server fs NetWare Port Settings Port Attachd Queue PQ Off Line SNMP Port Attachd Queue PQ Off Line Port3 Attachd Queue P23 Off Line Printer SMB AppleTalk Rendezvous This page lists NetWare settings include Polling Time Use Bindery Mode Name of the File Server and Queue Name of each Port 8 3 7 AppleTalk This page displays the current AppleTalk settings of the print server AppleTalk Settings SYSTEM AppleTalk Zone Name Printer 1 Printer Printer Type LaseryVriter TCP IP Printer 2 SMB Printer Type LaseryVriter Printer 3 SNMP Printer Type LaseryYriter NetWare Rendezvous This page lists AppleTalk settings include AppleTalk Zone Name and Printer Type of printers connected to all print ports 8 3 8 Rendezvous This page displays
3. 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 Chapter6 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 Servers TCP IP Support Set up Print Server s IP address Verify Print Server s IP Address gt W N 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 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 or PSETUP program in our CD ROM included with the Print server 6 3 Setup Print Server s I
4. 3 Laservvtiter 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 9 Rendezvous Configuration BER Rendezvous Settings A Service Mame Port 1 Port 2 Porta Save Cancel The latest version of MAC OS provides a new feature that is called Rendezvous Rendezvous is a revolutionary networking technology standard that lets you create an instant network of computers and devices which can be used throughout Mac OS 10 2 to provide innovative ways to share files and printers and even contact other people on the network 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 7
5. Password are admin Login P5735818 xj User Name Password Login Cancel 7 5 General Configuration General P5735818 J xj eneral Settings Device Info MAC ID 00 30 4F 73 55 18 Type FPS3121 Version 1 09 Port No 3 Server Mame Ps7asat S SME Group Name WORKGROUP IT Set User Name Password de User Name Password Retype Password Save Cancel 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 User Name and Password here Printer Server Name 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 Name of your network PCs can find this printserver in Network Neighbor and attach to this printserver as a Network Printer when they are in the same Workgroup User Name Password You can change the User Name and Password as your mind Before changed it will keep use default value 7 6 TCP IP Configuration TCP IP P5735818 TOPAP Settings an C Auto IF Ce Static IF D Address 1192 Subnet Mask 1255 Gateway 192 Double Click TCP IP icon and the TCP IP configuration window will pop up If there is a DHCP Server in your LAN You can configure the print server to au
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7. f SMB SYSTEM Printer Type LaserWriter NetlVare Printer Type LaserWriter Printer Type LaserWriter SNMP Rendezvous Save Settings 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 When you select Enable 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 lf 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 7 Rendezvous This page allows you to configure Rendezvous settings for the Print Server Leave the settings boxes blank and Click Save amp Next if you don t use the Rendezvous Rendezvous Settings Rendezvous Enable Enabled TCP IP Port Service name SMB Port Service Name SYSTEM Port3 Service Name SNMP HetWWare AppleTalk Save Settings Rendezvous is a new data communication protocol used by new Mac OS The new OS can connect to printserver directly via this protocol When you select Enable you have to setu
8. l q xX Print Server Mame OK IP Address Cancel Part A EE E Step3 Press OK to add the remote printer port Then you can find the Print Server port had been add into your computer s printer ports Remote port setup 3 0 x Remote port list PS Port Di Add Delete BE 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 3 Print Server Configuration Complete print server management tool see chapter 7 Print Server Configuration 4 Uninstall Assistant for removing all installed administrator software 3 4 Client Installation and Setup The Client Installation can be performed on Windows 95 98 Me NT 2000 XP and Serve2003 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 The installation is the same as Administrator Installation besides the step 4 Please unselect Utility option and press Next to continue Select Components Select the components pon want to install clear the components pon do not want to install Components a Utilities Driver Description This selection will install the Windows Print Server Administration Utility Space Required 2312F Avallable 3005988 E Back Carcel Clients just need to i
9. page you can backup currect configuration into a config file When you want to work with old configuration Please select Restore Settings form file and click Browse to find out the config file then press OK to restore Chapter9 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 lt 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 public 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 select Network Printer shown in the screen below and click Next gt Add Printer Wizard Local or Network Printer The wizard needs to know which type of printer to set up Select the option that descri
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11. the current Rendezvous settings of the print server Rendezvous Settings SYSTEM Portl Service Name null Printer Port Service Name null EPA Port3 Service Name null SMB SNMP HetWare AppleTalk This page lists the Rendezvous port names 8 4 Setup Wizard 8 4 1 System This Menu allows you to configure general system settings of the Print Server Click Save and Next to continue System Settings Print server Name PS73581 S WE PORT1 Name ipn SMB PORTZ Name pt SNMP PORT3Name pp NetWare AppleTalk Rendezvous Save Settings You also can configure the Print Server Name User Name and Password here Printer Server Name the name of the print server You can use this name to identify the print server when you are searching for the print server by the administration and client utilities Port Name The name of the printer port Each printer port has to be assigned a name The printserver driver uses this name to access the printer port 8 4 2 TCP IP This Menu allows you to configure TCPJIP settings for the Print Server Click Save and Next to continue TCPHP Settings C Enable Obtain TCPAP settings automatically use DHCP BOOTP Disable Use the following TCPIIP settings SME IP Address 192 168 99 38 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 SNMP Gateway 192 168 99 253 HettVare ave MEX AppleTalk Rendezvous Save Settings You can configure the print serv
12. the network port of the print server to the administrator s PC Now you have completed the administrator s setup for most of the network environment You can then perform the Client Installation procedure section 3 4 on all client s sides of the network 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 as described below Step1 Click Start button choose Setting gt Printers Step2 Double click Add New Printer Printers de tire e ibarra aid Preta CANTA iF Step3 Select Local printer gt click Next E 0 LE o e g e HP Lasenlet 551 Mopier PS HP LazerJet BL PCL HF LaserJet BMP Gestetner HF Laseler BP Hermez HP Lazendet BP BmMP PostScript y HP Laselet II Step5 Choose the Print Servers Network Port which was created by the administrator installation process and click Next Add Printer Wizard Communications Port Communications Port Creates a file on disk ECP Printer Port PrintSernver Network Port P53060149 P1 PrintServer Network Port Step6 Complete the rest of the questions to finish the network printer setup 3 3 Administrator Utilities After Administrator Installation is completed there will be 4 utilities in print server s Program folder 1 Network Ports Quick Setup Network Ports Quick Setup utility offers a very simple m
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14. 9 1 Rendezvous Uses in MAC OS 10 2 For the printer connection the Mac OS 10 2 Print Center application uses Rendezvous to discover Rendezvous enabled printers on the network When you add your computer to a network Print Center automatically discovers the available printers All you have to do is selecting the one you want to use and then start printing You can add a new printer to the network and all the users on the network will see the new printer automatically appear in their Print Center without any configuration The following instructions provide a common procedure of installing the printer 1 Launch Print Center Press and hold the Option key click the Add button Pri nter List Cy 3 gt EA e 2 Select Rendezvous from the pop up menu AppleTalk Directory Services IP Printing me PS 8251C6 U1 PS B33842 111 a 1 Printer Model Generic j f ele i Cancel Add 3 When clicking the Rendezvous item the following window appears to display the connected Rendezvous enabled printers a 9 57068 Printer List Rendezvous harre 21 Location WEAR PS 8251C6 U PS 833842 U1 Printer Model Generic F ezancei A Cancel 4 Select the desired printer and the following pop up menu displays the printers manufacturer Select Generic Printer List Auto Select Printer Model Generic Other
15. Apple Brother ESP HP Lexmark Tektronix Xerox 5 The printer is installed into the system successfully Printer List PS 8251C6 U1 7 10 System Configuration System PS735818 wl vstem Settings 4 Enable Appletalk Printing Enable Rendezvous Printing I Enable LPR Printing 4 Enable Netware Binary Printing e Enable TCP RA Printing e Enable IPP Printing Je Enable SMB 4 Enable SMMP 4 Enable Telnet M Enable NetBEUI Port Mame Port 1 pt Fot 41 ot Port 2 ot Update p Upgrade 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 protocol assign name for each printer port of this print server and upgrade the new firmware for this print server 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 tool to update the newest firmware of the print server Click S button and select the correct firmware in you PC s storage After selecting the firmware file click the Upgrade button and wait for finish the firmware update process 7 11 Wizard LS ES File Help Print Server setup Wizard Hd 32010 Date Time Message 11 8 2005 6 38 19 PM Welcome 11 8 2005 6 39 20 PM Searching Please Wait 11 6 2005 6 39 29 Phl 1 server f
16. P 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 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
17. PS735818 B AppleTalk Settings fone Mame i Printer Type Port 1 Laserviriter Port 2 Laserviriter Port 3 Laservvriter Back Cancel Step 5 Setup the Rendezvous settings Please refer to section 7 9 for detail information Print Server Setup Wizard P5735818 l x Rendezvous Settings ci SCH service Mame Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 Back Cancel Next Step 6 Setup the NetWare printing Please refer to section 7 7 for detail information Print Server Setup Wizard P5735818 y xj NetWare Settings Polling Time E E Sec aueue Serviced By Printer File Server to be serviced NetWare Server lts Back Cancel Next Step7 Setup Status Summary This screen will show you the total settings of this print server If those settings are correct please press Save for next step to save the settings or press Cancel or lt lt Back button to modify the settings as you need Print Server Setup Wizard P5735818 7 11 Report lol x Status Par ssi OO 30 4F 3 50 10 FPS 21 Ai 1 09 Click Report icon K on the tool bar the Report window will pop up The report list 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 Chapter8 Web Management 8 1 Introduction Print server can be configured and managed on the web bro
18. assign a name corresponding to the print servers 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 tht 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 00304F010101 this implies Ethernet address is 0304F010101 IP address 203 66 191 12 The entry for this print server in the etc bootptab file should be PS010101 ht 1 ha 00304F010101 ip 203 66 191 12 6 4 Verify Print Servere IP Address To verify that your print server is responding to the newly assigned IP address using a PING command ping ip address 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 o
19. bes the printer you wantto use 5 Local printer attached to this computer vi losetup a network printer that is not attached to a print server JI use the Local printer option 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 LPT PORT 631 The IP should be the print server s IP LPT PORT is the port name of print server that your print is connected to For the one port print server the port name is lpt1 For the three port print server the port name is one of the three lot1 lpt2 or Ipt3 The last number 631 is IPP standard port number One example of the URL is http 192 168 12 13 lpt1 631 After entering the URL of print server click Next gt and complete the configurations afterwards to access the shared printer Add Printer Wizard specify a Printer A Ifyou don t know the name or address ofthe printer you can search for a printer that meets e _yourneeds What printer do you wantto connectto O Browse for a printer Connect to this printer orto browse for a printer select this option and click Next Name Example serve printer 3 Connect to a printer on the Internet or on a home or office network URL hitto 192 168 13 176 631 Example htto server orinters myprinter printer
20. can work with FPS 3121 or not Chapter3 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 d SS SIS fT PP PIPP S S PE Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows Hz Workstation Installation procedure is separated into following two parts 1 Administrator Installation and Setup refer to section 2 for more detailed information System administrators must Install administrator s utilities into his her computer e 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 3 2 Administrator Installation and Setup The Administrator Installation can be performed on Windows 95 98 Me NT 2000 XP Server2003 with the same user interface Before the installation please verify that your network protocol is in
21. d Add New Printer procedure select Network Printer shown in the screen below and complete the configurations afterwards to access the shared printer Add Printer Wizard How is this printer attached to pour computer Ir tre directly attached to your computer click Local Printer If it ig attached to another computer click Network Printer Local printer GG Network printer r E R IO TInSHONE lt Back Cancel Chapter5 NetWare Network 5 1 System Architecture We implement NetWare print sharing functionality into the print server itself thus allowing one or more printers attached by a print server to be connected to the network Embedded print server which emulates the queue management 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 then the print server gets the print job from the queue to printers Windows 98 Netware Server A Print Server 0 E Windows 2000 Compare with NetWare printing functionality the advantages of embedding the NetWare network printing functionality in the print server include 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
22. ds Management Tools Dimension Weight Power Supply Emission FPS 3121 1 port RJ 45 UTP IEEE802 3 10Base T IEEE802 3u 100Base TX Category 5 5e or above 2 pair 2 x USB 2 0 ports 1 x Parallel port TCP IP IPX SPX AppleTalk Windows 95 98 Me 2000 NT XP Server 2003 NetWare Linux Unix and MAC OS PTP Peer to Peer Windows LPD printing IPP Internet Printing Protocol LaserWriter Chooser EtherTalk Server Manager Windows Application Web based management HTTP 187 106 30 mm 265g 12VDC 1A FCC CE Chapter2 Hardware Installation Make sure the Print Server and printer are power OFF Connect printer to the suitable printer port on Print Server Connect the LAN cable to the RJ 45 port of the Print Server Connect the other end of the LAN cable to a switch or your PC directly Power on Print Server and printer Please make sure the Print Server LAN LED is light on OO ee I 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 NOTE3 Please be sure your printer is not a host base printer This kind of printer must be connected to a PC directly so they cannot work with Print Server You may check the printer specification or the GDI Printer List in our bundle CD to know this printer
23. ed ALLE NetBEUI Enabled AppleTalk Rendezvous In this page it will show you all the system information such as Device Name Print Server Name Model Type System Up Time Firmware Version MAC Address and other information 8 3 2 Printer This page displays the information of each printer connected to the print server Note if your printer does not support bi directional function some information will not be displayed correctly SYSTEM Manufacturer Model Number TCP IP Printing Language Supported SMB Current Status Off Line SNMP Manufacturer Model Number Printing Language Supported AppleTalk Current Status Off Line HetWare Rendezvous Manufacturer Model Number Printing Language Supported Current Status Off Line This page will display the information of printers connected to all printer ports 8 3 3 TCP IP This page displays the current TCPIIP settings of the print server TCPIIP Settings SYSTEM Use DHCPIBOOTP OFF IP Address 192 168 99 36 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway 19216399 253 Printer SMB SNMP NetWare AppleTalk Rendezvous This page lists all TCP IP Settings include IP Address Subnet Mask and Gateway 8 3 4 SMB This page displays the current SMB settings of the print server SMB Settings SYSTEM SMB Group Name WORKGROUP Printer TCP IP SNMP HetWare AppleTalk Rendezvous
24. er to automatically obtain an IP addddress from your LAN DHCP server or manually specify a static IP address If you need the print server to automatically get an IP from DHCP server select Enable Obtain TCP IP settings automatically Or you can select Disable Use the following TCP IP settings to manually assign IP Address Subnet Mask and Gateway for the print server 8 4 3 SMB This page allows you to configure SMB settings for the Print Server Click Save and Next to continue SMB Configure SYSTEM SMB Enable Enabled TCP IP SMB Group Name WORKGROUP SNMP NetWare AppleTalk Rendezvous Save Settings You may Enable Disable the SMB Printing protocl of this print server When this setting enable you have to enter the SMB Group Name you should set this name as your network PCs assigned Then the PCs can find this printserver in Network Neighbor and attach to this print server as a Network Printer 8 4 4 SNMP This page allows you to configure SNMP settings for the Print Server Click Save and Next to continue SNMP Configure SNMP Enable Enabled SNMP system Contact SNMP System Location NetWare AppleTalk Rendezvous Save Settings This printserver has support SNMP protocol for users user SNMP management tool to monitor from a remote site You can Enable this protocol and set the SNMP System Contact and SNMP System Location in this page SNMP System Contact Text Field Na
25. ethod to add or remove print server s printer port from the client s computer If you have just installed another new print server on 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 and you can print directly to the printer through the newly installed print server gt gt Network Ports Quick Setup 3 0 a E E X Available Forts Chosen Forts 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 2 Remote Ports 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 Step1 Run Remote Ports utility Then press Add button Remote port setup 3 0 X Add Delete Remote port list Step2 Enter the print server s name IP address and select the ports you want to add Create remote port
26. me 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 Ipt1 Ipt2 or Ipt3 depends on the printer port The print server should now be available for printing from your Unix host Chapter7 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 Search Print Server Search all available Print Servers on the network Print Server Status Print Server network status General Configuration General Information of print server TCP IP Configuration IP Address and DHCP Server configuration NetWare Configuration NetWare printing configuration AppleTalk Configuration AppleTalk protocol setting Rendezvous Configuration Apple Rendezvous setting System Configuration P
27. me of the contact person SNMP System Location Text Field Location of the contact person 8 4 5 NetWare This Menu allows you to configure the NetWare function of the Print Server Click Save and Next to continue General Settings SYSTEM Polling Time JB seconds min 3 max 29 seconds TCP IP NetWare Bindery Settings Name of the File Server lis SMB Attach Queuel PO1 Attach Queue Oz Attach Queues PO SNMP AppleTalk Rendezvous Save Settings 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 Name of the NetWare file server that provides printer queues Attached Queue 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 8 4 6 AppleTalk This page allows you to configure AppleTalk settings for the Print Server Leave the settings boxes blank and Click Save amp Next if you don t use the AppleTalk protocol Apple Talk Settings AppleTalk Enable Enabled y TCP IP AppleTalk Zone Name
28. nstall Peer To Peer driver so it is no need to install the Configuration Utility to the client PC Chapter4 Windows 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 XP 2003 server Only one Windows NT 2000 XP or 2003 Server is required to have Windows PTP Peer to Peer 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 Server Installation and Setup Please follow the procedures described below for installation and construct a peer to peer connection PTP between Windows NT 2000 XP 2003 Server and Print Server Step1 Please install the administrator software on Windows Server You may refer to section 3 2 for installation instructions Step2 Please add configure the Peer to Peer Printing of the Windows network printer and verify that you can print from Windows Server to the print server by the installed PTP driver Step3 Share the Windows 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 standar
29. ogram will finish installing utility and driver you selected Thus far you have completed the installation phase and prepare to configure the Print Server The Choose Print Server dialog box will be displayed as following Please select the print server and click Next Print Server List i Ki Choose print server If the Print Server is installed for the first time the Print Server Name is the last 6 digit of MAC ID of the Print Server with a PS prefis Refresh Back Cancel 7 Name the print Server you can assign an easy to memorize name for management But note that this name will be the Identifier for the Peer to Peer Printing Mame the Print Server gy x Device name Ps 35818 The unique senal number ot the print server Alias Name n alternate name for easy management Back Cancel NOTE If this is the first time you configure the print server the Print Server Name Alias Name will be the same as the Device Name printed at the bottom of the print server 8 Inthe system default IPX and NetBEUI are enabled But the Peer to Peer printing is not support those protocols so it will show those protocols are not supported About the TCP IP you can either assign a fixed IP address for the print server or configure it later by the configuration utility Please click Next Network Protocol and 1P Address Configuration x Pe M e
30. ound AL d 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 Wizard the setup wizard will guide you through all the setup process from next page Step 1 Setup the Print Server Name and SMB Group Name of this print server and the name of each printer port Please refer to section 7 5 for detail information Print Server Setup Wizard P5735818 Ei General Settings Server Mame Ps7asat 5 SME Group Name WORKGROLP Port Mame Cancel Next Step 2 Select to enable required printing protocol Please refer to section 7 10 for detail information Print Server Setup Wizard P5735818 x System Settings Jh Enable Appletalk Printing Jh Enable Rendezvous Printing M Enable LPR Printing Jh Enable NetWare Binary Printing 4 Enable TCP RAW Printing 4 Enable IPF Printing 4 Enable SMB 4 Enable SMMP 4 Enable Telnet M Enable NetBEUI Back Cancel Step 3 Setup the IP of this print server Please refer to section 7 6 for detail information Print Server Setup Wizard P5735818 l x TCPHIP Settings Pl Auto IP Ge Static IP IP Address 132 165 99 Subnet Mask 255 ZO 299 Gateway 192 168 D Back Cancel Step 4 Setup the AppleTalk printing Please refer to section 7 8 for detail information Print Server Setup Wizard
31. p the Port Service Name for each printer port of this print server Port Service Name The name will show to MAC OS when it be found 8 5 System Tools 8 5 1 Load Default This page allows you to restore the factory default settings Upgrade from Browser Load Factory Defaults Backup Setting Are you sure you want to load factory defaults E You can restore print server to factory default settings in this screen All of your previous configuration will be cleared 8 5 2 Upgrade Firmware This page allows you to upgrade the firmware of the Print Server Note please make sure the firmware is correct before you proceed If you do not know which firmware file you should use please contact your local dealer for technical support Firmware Upgrade select a File Browse Load Default Backup Setting You can upgrade new firmware for this print server in this screen Click Browse button to locate the new firmware and then click OK the firmware will be updated in several minutes 8 5 3 Backup Setting This page allows you to backup the configuration of the Print Server Note please make sure the firmware is correct before you proceed If you do not know which firmware file you should use please contact technical support System Backup Load Default Upgrade from C Backup settings from Print Server Browser Restore settings from file Selecta File Browse E In this
32. r 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 Ipt1 Ipt2 or Ipt3 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 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 Ilp rm 203 66 191 186 1 rp lptin 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 na
33. r printer to become a shared device on the network lt 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 a LAN port 10 100Mbps Ethernet two USB 2 0 ports and one parallel port for printers This print server supports TCP IP IPX SPX and AppleTalk protocols It is the best network printing solutions for various common network operating systems such as Windows 95 98 Me Peer to Peer Printing Windows NT 2000 XP Server 2003 NetWare Unix Linux MAC OS etc With the help of Installation Wizard you can easily and instantly complete the settings for your printing environment and start enjoying the fantastic features provided by this print server In the following chapters we will introduce in detail the printing features installation methods and system configuration for different network environments 1 2 Product Package This package contains the following components 1 x FPS 3121 1 x Power Adapter 1 x Driver and User s Manual CD 1 x Quick Installation Guide 1 3 Contents of the User s Manual Chapter 2 explains print servers hardware installation and configuration It is strongly recommended for you to read The following chapters 3 4 5 and 6 introduces Chapter 3 Windows Peer to Peer Network Chapter 4 Windows Server Based Network Chapter 5 NetWare Network Chapter 6 UNIX System Net
34. rint Server network ability setting and firmware upgrade SNMP Configuration SNMP monitor configuration Setup Wizard Guide you through all the settings Report Shows the information of all available Print Servers on the network We will explain each function separately in the following section 7 2 Search Search for All Available Print Server Al Server Manager 3 8 37 i o S DI xj File Help PER S he ES fee A Model Type D E Version e SE Server Port nos Server Group r d i i SCH MAC ID g eS a JEC TCP IP Date Time THEORIN 2 SE 12 Ph Message Welcome A KEE EE Every time when you start print server s configuration utility or click the Search icon EN on the tool bar The configuration utility will delay for several seconds because the utility is using system s available network protocols to search 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 Status of Print Server nj xj File Help y E Y e Server Group BB MAC ID 00 30 4F 73 58 18 da Model Type FPS3121 d version 1 09 o Server Part ES TCP IP o E NetWare P5735818 H AppleTalk aL SNMP a Sy
35. ss 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 of the print server Print Servers N 9 Press Enter to select the newly created print server 10 Select Print Server Configuration 11 Select Printer Configuration 12 Select Printer O or Printer 1 Printer 2 and press Enter then select Parallel LPT1 or LPT2 LPT3 in the Type field If your print server is with only one port you do not need to configure this Type field NetWare Print Cons 3 75 Friday July 31 199 ns nani 5 Name y InjiType Parallel LPT1 InllUse interrupts Yes IRQ Buffer size in K 3 Starting forn H Queue service mode Minimize form changes within queues 13 Press Escape and answer Yes to the Save Changes question 14 Select Queues Serviced by Printer then select Printer O or Printer 1 Printer 2 and press Enter 15 Press Insert key 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 N N N 16 Repeatedly press Escape to exit the PCONSOLE program 17 After setup the NetWare server Please write down those settings and refer to section 7 7 to enter the settings of print server NOTE lf the print server you have is with multiple printer connectors you may create multiple print queues and printer objects
36. stalled on your PC TCP IP IPX and or NetBEUI It will be helpful in your installation process 1 Insert Drivers and User s Manual CD into the CD ROM drive to initiate the autorun program Once completed a menu screen will appear 2 Click on Administrator Installation hyper link to initiate the installation Or you can click the Start button and choose Run Suppose E is your CD ROM drive When the dialog box appears enter E Utility Setup exe and press enter key You will see the dialog box as below Please click Next to continue Welcome to the Print Server Utilities 3 8 37 Setup Program xX Welcome This installation wizard will 1 Copy all necessary utilities and drivers Guide you through the print server setup process 3 Add the print server network print port to your computer lk is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before running this Setup program Click Cancel to out Setup and then close any programs you have running Click Next to continue with the Setup program WARNING This program i protected by copyright laws and international treaties Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and Will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law Cancel 3 Specify the destination folder where the utility will be installed Click Next Choose De
37. stem P5735818 Date Time Message 11 6 2005 2 44 05 Ph Welcome 118 2005 2 44 09 Phi Searching Please Wait 116 2008 2 44 78 Phi 1 server found Click Status con YY 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 icon A You can restart the print server by pressing the Reboot icon ES 7 4 Setting up the Print Server ioj x File Help Server Group PSF 35813 PS 35816 Date Time 11 8 2005 4 02 15 Phi 11 8 2005 4 02 15 Phi 11 8 2005 4 02 25 Phi ei P un General Neti are P AppleTalk Rendezvous SNMP Message Welcome Searching Please Wai 1 server found Click Setup icon Eb on the tool bar the setup items of the current selected print server will be showed on the right side of the window You can modify all settings of the print server here When you first time into one the configure options system will ask you enter User Name and Password The default User Name and
38. stination Location i x Setup will install Ponts erver Utilities to the following folder To install to this folder click Mest To install to a different folder click Browse and select another folder You can choose not to install PrintServer Utilities by selecting Cancel to exit the installation program Destination Folder Browse Cancel 4 Select the components you want to install It is highly recommended to install all provided components in administrator installation Please click Next C Program Piles Prints erer Utilities Select Components xX Select the componente you want to install clear the componenta pay do not want to install Components fy Utilities gt aia NO Description This section will install the PrintServer Windows Utilities Space Required 3135F Avallable APOT BR Hest gt Cancel 5 Specify the program folder name where the program icons will be add to Please click Next to start installation Select Program Folder xX Setup wll add program icons to the Program Folder listed below ou may type a new folder name or select one from the existing Folders list Click Nest to continue Program Folders PrintServer Utilities Existing Folders Administrative Tools Ahead Mero ASUS Utility Divs Hewlett Packard Intel Network Adapters Microsoft Office He Chariot Back Cancel 6 For a while the pr
39. tBEUI This print server not supports lPe NelBE0 network protocols TCPAIP Assign the Print Server an IF address IP Address i 92 168 99 38 Configure the IP Address later Back Cancel 9 Configuration summary will display in this screen Now you have completed the Print Server Setup By clicking Finish your system will perform Add network port of the print server to your PC add network Pore E Device Mame eszasera Click Finish the program Alias Name Ps 39878 will add the Nerwork Port P suppot Disable of the Print Server to your NetBEUI uppat Disable PC automatically TCP IP suppot Enable IP Address Assignment Manual IP Address 32 168 99 38 Cancel 10 The Setup complete window is displayed to indicate that the Administrator Installation procedure is finished Please click Finish Setup Complete Congratulation You have completed the PrintServer Utilities Installation procedure The Setup program has added Network port to this computer The neut step vou have to do is to add a printer from the Printers program folder For more detailed instructions please refer to the User s Manual or the Quick Installation Guide After the installation you have completed the following tasks eo Install utility and driver to the administrator s PC e Configure the print server including the print server name and IP address e Add
40. the remote printer utility eo 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 amp Setup Once your print server is connected to your Ethernet network you can set it up for use with our configuration utility Please note that you need to install the IPX protocol before the following procedure 1 Run NetWare s PCONSOLE program to create a NetWare print server and print queue with the appropriate names 2 Refer to section 7 7 and use print server configuration utility to configure print server attach to NetWare server print queue Print server will get the print job from the print queue and print 5 2 1 Installation with Pconsole 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 vailable Options i ge Current File server t Queue Information 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 Pre
41. tomatically obtain an IP address from DHCP server Or you can manually specify a static IP address to this print server If you need the print server to automatically obtain an IP address from LAN DHCP server select Auto IP Or you can select Specify IP to manually assign IP Address Subnet Mask and Gateway for the print server 7 7 Netware Configuration xl Polling Time E E Sec aueue Serviced By Printer le Server to be serviced NetWare Server lts 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 Default is 3 seconds 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 NetWare Server is the name of the NetWare file server that provides printer queues 7 8 AppleTalk Configuration AppleTalk PS735818 x AppleTalk Settings fone Mame f Port 1 Laserviriter Port 2 Laserviter Port
42. work 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 1 4 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 SMB IPP Printing NetWare Bindery Printing AppleTalk 1 5 LED Indicators PWR Green Off Printserver is not power on On Printserver is working Off Parallel port is no connected P1 Green On Parallel port is connected Blink Data transferring Off USB printer is not connected P2 Green On USB printer is connected Blink Data transferring Off USB printer is not connected P3 Green On USB printer is connected Blink Data transferring Off LAN port is not connected Green On LAN port is connect to 100Mbps device LAN Blink Data transferring Off LAN port is not connected Blink Data transferring 1 6 Specification Model Media Interface Standards Cabling Printer Ports Protocols NOS Support Printing metho
43. wser Through Local Area Network or even Internet when this print server has an legal IP address Administrator can easily configure and manage print server s various main functions in web browsers Simply enter print servers IP address into your browser s address field to manage a print server by print server s built in Web Server 8 2 Web Management of Print Server 8 2 1 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 dialog box 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 admin Enter Network Password o ax q Please type pour user name and password Site 192 168 0 1 Realm Default adminadmin User Name Password Save this password in your password list Lancel 8 3 Device Status 8 3 1 System This page displays the current system settings of the print server ystem Information Device Name Ras lla Raw Printing Enabled Printer Server Name Aa IPP Printing Enabled Printer Model Type FPS3121 LPR Printing Enabled m System Up Time Oday 00h 2 fms fs Rendezvous Enabled Firmware Version 1 09 AppleTalk Printing Enabled SMB MAC Address 00 30 4F 73 56 16 NetWare Printing Enabled USB Port Number 2 SMB Enabled SNMP LPT Port Number 1 SNMP Enabled Telnet Enabl
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