Intellinet 1-Port Parallel Print Server Manuale Utente

Print Server User’s Manual Version: 2.0 (January, 2006)

5 1.3.1 Print Server Network Functions Windows NT ServerNetWare ServerWindows 98Windows NTWorkstationWindows 2000Unix Print ServerPrint Server Be

95 8.4.1.1 Advanced Settings You can enable/disable the printing protocols from the screen. To enable the function, please select “Enable”; to d

96 8.4.2 TCP/IP You can configure the print server to automatically get IP from DHCP server or manually specify static IP. The print server als

97 “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 se

98 printer is interrupted unexpectedly because of paper out or off line. 8.4.4 SNMP The print server supports SNMP configuration. If it is en

99 8.4.5 NetWare This print server supports NetWare Bindery Printing method. The print server periodically polls the NetWare server printer que

100 8.4.6 AppleTalk AppleTalk is a data communication protocol often used by Macintoshes. The print server can use these parameters to join the

101 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 Sav

102 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 c

103 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 firmw

104 9. IPP Printing

6 Common operating systems for clients are classified as following: Windows 95/98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Our print server system provides PTPP (Peer-

105 9.1 Introduction IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) Printing provides a convenient way of remote printing service by TCP/IP. The print server can

106 9.2 System Setup 9.2.1 Print Server Side It is needless to do any setting on the print server side. Make sure the print server has correct

107 Step3. The “Add Printer Wizard” is displayed. Click “Next”. Step4. Select “A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer”. Cl

108 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:/

109 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

110 Step8. You have added the network printer to the PC successfully. The information of the printer is displayed in the windows. Click “Finish”.

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

112 Step3. Select “Advanced” tab and click “Settings…”.

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

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

7 Windows 98PTPPPrint ServerMIS-2P1P2P3P1Print ServerMIS-1 UNIX / Linux UNIX (include HP/UX, SCO Unix, SunOS, Solaris, Unixware DECUnix, IBM AIX and

115 Step7. A new program “Network Ports Quick Setup” is displayed in the list, click “Ok”.

116 Step8. Click “Ok”. You have completed the setting. The Windows XP SP2 will allow the incoming network connections activated by the program.

8 1.3.3 Network Printing Functions for Network Server Windows NT ServerNetWare ServerWindows 98Windows NTWorkstationWindows 2000Unix Print Server

9 1.4 Network Printing Environment Common network environment are classified as following: Windows Peer-to-Peer Network The client’s PTPP driver

10 NetWare Network (see below)

11 1.5 Contents of the User’s Manual Chapter 2 explains print server’s hardware installation and configuration. It is strongly recommended for yo

12 “Available Ports” in “Network Ports Quick Setup” in Windows XP SP2.

13 1.6 Firmware & Printing Function The print server provides a complete network printing solution. The feature set is listed below:  PTPP (

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

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15 3. Windows Peer-to-Peer Network

16 3.1 System Architecture Print server supports Windows Peer-to-Peer network printing mode, which is suitable for most medium and small network

17 2. Client Installation and Configuration (refer to section 3 for more detailed information). Client users must install Windows PTPP driver (Peer

18 3.2 Administrator Installation and Setup The Administrator Installation can be performed on Windows 95/98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 with the same u

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

20 5. Select the components you want to install. It is highly recommended to install all provided components. Click “Next” to continue.

21 6. The system will start to install the utilities automatically. 7. You have completed the installation phase and prepare to configure the Print

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

23 9. Specify the IP Address for the Print Server manually or click “Next” to keep default IP Address, i.e. 192.168.2.2.

24 10. The configuration summary is displayed in the window. Now, you have completed the Print Server setup. Click “Finish” and your system will ad

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25 The Administrator Installation Program have executed the installation procedure that performs the following tasks:  Install all utilities and dr

26 3.3 Administrator Utilities After Administrator Installation is completed, there will be four utilities in print server’s Program folder.  Ne

27 3.4 Client Installation and Setup The Client Installation can be performed on Windows 95/98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 with the same user interface.

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

29 5. The system will start to install the utilities automatically.

30 6. Now, the installation procedure is completed, you are ready to set up the client’s computer. All network ports of the Print Servers detected o

31 After the installation, you have completed the following tasks:  Install all utilities and drivers to the client’s PC.  Add all the print serve

32 3.5 Client Utilities After Client Installation is completed, there will be three tools in print server’s Program folder.  Network Ports Quick

33 During the client’s installation procedure, the system will automatically search for all print servers on the network, and add them into the print

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

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35 Step1. Run Remote Ports Utility. Clicks “Add” to add a remote print port. Step2. Enter print server’s name, IP address, select used port

36 select your printer port as the newly added remote printer port.

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

38 Step4. Select “Local printer attached to this computer” and make sure that “Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer” is not se

39 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

40 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 P

41 4. Windows NT/2000/2003 Network

42 4.1 System Architecture In Windows network environment, other than the Peer-to-Peer network printing architecture described in the previous ch

43 4.2 Windows NT/2000/2003 Server Installation and Setup Please follow the procedures described below for installation and construct a peer-to-p

44 Step3. Share the above server’s printer to the network by performing the standard Windows printer sharing process.

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45 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 i

46 5. NetWare Network

47 5.1 System Architecture We implement NetWare printer sharing functionality into the print server itself, thus allowing one or more printers at

48  Printing performance is enhanced.  Relieve NetWare file server’s burden.  Relieve the need of a workstation running the remote printer utility

49 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

50 key until the Available Options main menu is displayed. 7. Select Print Server Information. 8. Press the Insert key to add a new NetWare

51 13. Press Escape, and answer Yes to the Save Changes question. 14. Select Queues Serviced by Printer, then select Printer 0 (or Prin

52 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

53 6. UNIX System Network

54 6.1 Introduction The print server is available for TCP/IP printing by Unix LPD (Line Printer Daemon) protocol. The LPD protocol originated wit

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55 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 configu

56 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 th

57 services before doing the following BOOTP configuration. To rebuild the NIS map, please refer to your system documentation. To configure the IP ad

58 For example, a print server with the following configuration: Node ID: 0000B4010101 (this implies Ethernet address is 0000B4010101), IP address: 2

59 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: pin

60 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 pr

61 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

62 The print server should now be available for printing from your Unix host.

63 7. Configuration Utility

64 7.1 Introduction This chapter introduces print server’s system configuration utility in Windows environment. This utility is automatically ins

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 o

65  SNMP Configuration: SNMP Information Configuration.  SMB: Configure the SMB Group Name.  System Configuration: Print Server Network Ability Se

66 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

67 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

68 You can restart the print server by pressing the “Reboot” button .

69 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

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71 7.5 General Configuration Double Click “General” icon and the General configuration window will pop-up. You can see basic print server infor

72 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

73 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”. Yo

74 7.7 Netware Print Server Configuration Double Click “NetWare” icon and the NetWare configuration window will pop-up. This print server suppor

3 1.2 Product Package This package contains the following components:  One Print Server  One Power Adapter  One Quick Installation Guide  One

75 7.8 AppleTalk Configuration Double Click “AppleTalk” icon and the AppleTalk configuration window will pop-up. AppleTalk is a data communicati

76 7.9 SNMP Configuration Double Click “SNMP” icon and the SNMP configuration window will pop up. Contact: You can enter the print server admini

77 7.10 SMB Configuration SMB Group Name, the name of SMB group that this print server belongs to. All PC should join the same group before they

78 7.11 System Configuration Double Click “System” icon and the System configuration window will pop-up. In the System configuration page, you

79 7.12 Wizard Click “Wizard” icon on the tool bar, the setup wizard item of the current selected print server will be showed on the right side

80 Step 1: Set up the name of this print server. Step 2: Select to enable required printing protocol. Please refer to section 7.11 for detail infor

81 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 AppleTalk pr

82 Step 5: Setup the NetWare printing. Please refer to section 7.7 for detail information. Step 6: Click “Save” to finish setting. Please reboot the

83 7.13 Report Click “Report” icon on the tool bar, the Report window will pop up. The report lists basic information of all available print se

84 8. Web Management

4 1.3 Network Printing Architecture This section illustrates how print server functions and operates on the network. Before you install and use p

85 8.1 Introduction Print server can be configured and managed on the Web. Through Local Area Network, or even Internet, administrator can easily

86 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

87 8.3 Device Status 8.3.1 System System Information includes “Device Name”, “Print Server Name”, “Model Type”, “Firmware Version”, “MAC Ad

88 8.3.2 Printer This page lists information of printer connected to the printer port.

89 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

90 8.3.4 SMB This page lists the SMB group and the pass job interval time settings of the print server.

91 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 Locatio

92 8.3.6 NetWare This page lists NetWare settings, including “Polling Time”, “Use Bindery Mode”, “Name of the File Server” and “Port Attached Q

93 8.3.7 AppleTalk This page lists AppleTalk settings, including “AppleTalk Zone Name” and “Printer Type” of the printer connected to the print

94 8.4 Setup Wizard 8.4.1 System You can change the print server name and password of the print server from here. Print Server Name, the n