D-Link AirPlus DP-G310 User manual

Print Server Administration User’s Guide
Print Server Administration Program
User’s Guide
Rev. 03 (April, 2003)

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Table of Contents
ABOUT THIS GUIDE ................................................................ 1
What’s Not Covered in This User’s Guide..................................................... 1
Contents of the User’s Guide......................................................................... 2
INTRODUCTION ....................................................................... 3
Background on Print Servers......................................................................... 3
Print Server Administration Features............................................................ 5
INSTALLING AND STARTING THE PS ADMIN PROGRAM............... 7
System Requirements ..................................................................................... 7
Installing PS Admin ....................................................................................... 9
Starting PS Admin.......................................................................................... 9
PRINT SERVER WIRELESS SETTING IN PS ADMIN PROGRAM 11
Ad-Hoc Mode:.............................................................................................. 12
Infrastructure Mode:.................................................................................... 16
WEP Encryption Key ................................................................................... 20
GETTING STARTED SETTING UP YOUR PRINT SERVER ............. 22
Choosing a Name for Your Print Server...................................................... 22
Setting a Password for Your Print Server.................................................... 24
Changing Print Server Port Settings ........................................................... 25
Testing Your Print Server ............................................................................ 29

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SETTING UP MICROSOFT NETWORK PRINTING ........................ 30
Setting up the Print Server for Microsoft Networking ................................. 30
Printing from Client Workstations............................................................... 32
Windows 95 (and later) Client Workstations ......................................................... 32
Windows NT 4.0 (and later) Client Workstations.................................................. 35
Windows NT 3.51 Client Workstations ................................................................. 37
Windows for Workgroups Client Workstations ..................................................... 39
MS-DOS/PC-DOS Workstations ........................................................................... 42
Keeping the Print Queue on a Windows NT Server..................................... 43
SETTING UP APPLETALK PRINTING ........................................ 46
Setting up the Print Server for AppleTalk Printing...................................... 46
Printing from MacOS Client Workstations.................................................. 48
SETTING UP UNIX TCP/IP PRINTING ...................................... 50
Configuring TCP/IP Network Settings......................................................... 50
Printing Text Files from Unix ...................................................................... 51
Printing from BSD Unix Versions................................................................ 52
Printing from SCO Unix System V/386........................................................ 54
Printing from Solaris ................................................................................... 56
Printing from Windows NT .......................................................................... 57
Printing using TFTP .................................................................................... 59
Printing using FTP ...................................................................................... 60
PS ADMIN ADMINISTRATION.................................................. 61
The PS Admin Main Window ....................................................................... 61
Filtering the List of Print Servers ................................................................ 62
Working with Environment Files and Preferences ...................................... 63
Monitoring Printer Status ............................................................................ 66

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Checking NetWare Print Jobs...................................................................... 67
Configuring NetWare Print Services ........................................................... 69
Managing Print Queues.......................................................................................... 69
Managing Printers .................................................................................................. 72
Managing Print Servers.......................................................................................... 73
Resetting the Print Server ............................................................................ 76
Upgrading the Print Server’s Internal Firmware........................................ 77
TROUBLESHOOTING PRINT SERVER PROBLEMS ...................... 79
Using the PS Admin Device Diagnostics Window ....................................... 79
APPENDIX:TELNET INTERFACE ADMINISTRATION.................... 82
Setting an IP Address without PS Admin..................................................... 82
Accessing the Telnet Interface ..................................................................... 83
Changing TCP/IP Settings........................................................................... 84
Changing Server Settings............................................................................. 85
Changing the Print Server Password........................................................... 87
Changing Port Settings................................................................................ 88
Changing AppleTalk Settings....................................................................... 90
Displaying Configuration Information ........................................................ 91
Resetting the Print Server ............................................................................ 92
Upgrading Print Server Firmware .............................................................. 93

Print Server Administration User’s Guide
Print Server Administration
User’s Guide
About This Guide
This User’s Guide describes the operation of the PS Admin
program, which can be used to conveniently configure and manage
your print server from any personal computer running the
Windows 3.1x, Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Windows NT 3.51,
Windows NT 4.0 or later, or Windows 95 or later operating
systems. Once your print server is configured, you can use it for
printing from any Novell NetWare, TCP/IP, AppleTalk, or
Microsoft network.
This Guide also describes the telnet interface, which you can
use to configure your print server without the use of a Windows-
based PC.
What’s Not Covered in This User’s Guide
This User’s Guide concentrates on the software setup and
management of your print server. Information about how to
connect the print server to the network, to power, and to your
printer(s), is covered in the print server’s hardware User’s Guide.

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Contents of the User’s Guide
This User’s Guide is divided into three parts:
Part I gives an overview of your print server and of the
Windows-based PS Admin program you can use to manage it.
Part II covers the initial steps you will need to take to set up
your print server, configure it for printing from various
network systems, and allow client workstations to use it to
print documents.
Part III covers daily administration tasks, how to
troubleshoot problems with your print server, and how to use
the telnet interface.

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Introduction
This chapter introduces the printing and administration features of
the print server products, and of the PS Admin program that you
can use to set up and administer print server.
Background on Print Servers
Before personal computer networking became common, users who
wanted to print from their personal computers needed to have a
directly-connected printer. As laser printers became common, it
became too expensive for each user to have a dedicated printer,
and some form of print sharing became even more necessary.
The simplest form of print sharing involves a switch box:

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A switch box can make it more convenient for two or more users
to share a single printer, but it requires long print cables unless the
two users are close together. The users also have to coordinate
their printing, which becomes difficult if more than two computers
share a printer.
Server-based network operating systems (such as Novell NetWare)
make it possible for a larger number of users to share printers.
When a workstation user prints a document, network software on
the workstation takes a file of instructions for the printer and stores
them in a print queue on the server. The server takes each job in
the print queue and sends it to the printer, which is either attached
to the server itself or to one of the workstations on the network.
This arrangement allows a large number of people to share printers,
and makes it possible to centrally manage the printers and their
print queues.
This method has several disadvantages, however: