D-Link PS Admin User manual

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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
D-Link Print Server Administration Features............................................. 6
INSTALLING AND STARTING THE PS ADMIN PROGRAM ...............8
System Requirements ................................................................................. 8
Installing PS Admin................................................................................... 9
Starting PS Admin ................................................................................... 11
GETTING STARTED SETTING UP YOUR PRINT SERVER.............13
Choosing a Name for Your Print Server................................................... 13
Setting a Password for Your Print Server................................................. 15
Changing Print Server Port Settings........................................................ 17
Testing Your Print Server......................................................................... 20
SETTING UP NOVELL NETWARE 3.X PRINTING ........................22
Introduction to Novell NetWare Printing ................................................. 22
Print Server Setup Procedure................................................................... 26
Remote Printer Setup Procedure.............................................................. 28

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Printing from Client Workstations............................................................ 30
Windows 95 Client Workstations...................................................................... 30
Windows NT 4.0 (and later) Client Workstations.............................................. 33
Windows NT 3.51 Client Workstations............................................................. 35
Windows 3.x and Windows for Workgroups 3.11 Workstations......................... 37
MS-DOS/PC-DOS Workstations....................................................................... 38
NetWare Settings..................................................................................... 40
SETTING UP NOVELL NETWARE 4.X PRINTING ........................43
NetWare Directory Services..................................................................... 43
Setting up as a NetWare Print Server....................................................... 44
Setting up as a NetWare Remote Printer.................................................. 49
Printing from Client Workstations............................................................ 50
Windows 95 Workstations ................................................................................ 50
Windows NT 4.0 (and later) Client Workstations.............................................. 51
Windows 3.1 and Windows for Workgroups 3.11 Workstations......................... 53
MS-DOS/PC-DOS Workstations....................................................................... 54
SETTING UP MICROSOFT NETWORK PRINTING.........................55
Setting up the Print Server for Microsoft Networking............................... 55
Printing from Client Workstations............................................................ 57
Windows 95 Client Workstations...................................................................... 58
Windows NT 4.0 (and later) Client Workstations.............................................. 60
Windows NT 3.51 Client Workstations............................................................. 62
Windows for Workgroups Client Workstations..................................................64
MS-DOS/PC-DOS Workstations....................................................................... 67
Keeping the Print Queue on a Windows NT Server................................... 68
SETTING UP APPLETALK PRINTING ........................................70
Setting up the Print Server for AppleTalk Printing................................... 70
Printing from MacOS Client Workstations............................................... 72

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SETTING UP UNIX TCP/IP PRINTING ......................................75
Configuring TCP/IP Network Settings...................................................... 75
Allowing SNMP-based Management................................................................. 77
Setting up SNMP Traps .................................................................................... 78
Printing Text Files from Unix .................................................................. 79
Printing from BSD Unix Versions ............................................................ 80
Printing from SCO Unix System V/386..................................................... 82
Printing from Solaris............................................................................... 84
Printing from Windows NT....................................................................... 85
Printing using TFTP................................................................................ 87
PS ADMIN ADMINISTRATION ..................................................89
The PS Admin Main Window.................................................................... 89
Filtering the List of Print Servers............................................................. 92
Working with Environment Files and Preferences.................................... 93
Monitoring Printer Status........................................................................ 95
Checking NetWare Print Jobs.................................................................. 96
Configuring NetWare Print Services........................................................ 98
Managing Print Queues..................................................................................... 98
Managing Printers........................................................................................... 101
Managing Print Servers................................................................................... 102
Resetting the Print Server...................................................................... 104
Upgrading the Print Server’s Internal Firmware.................................... 105
TROUBLESHOOTING PRINT SERVER PROBLEMS....................108
Using the PS Admin Device Diagnostics Window................................... 108
APPENDIX: TELNET INTERFACE ADMINISTRATION..................111

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Setting an IP Address without PS Admin................................................ 111
Accessing the Telnet Interface ............................................................... 112
Changing TCP/IP Settings..................................................................... 114
Changing Server Settings....................................................................... 117
Changing the Print Server Password...................................................... 118
Changing Port Settings.......................................................................... 120
Changing AppleTalk Settings................................................................. 122
Displaying Configuration Information................................................... 123
Resetting the Print Server...................................................................... 124
Upgrading Print Server Firmware ......................................................... 126
INDEX ................................................................................128

PrintServerAdministration
User’sGuide
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 D-Link 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 D-Link 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 D-Link 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
D-Link’s network print server products, and of the PS Admin
program that you can use to set up and administer your D-Link
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.

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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:
♦It increases the load on the file server.
♦The file server has a limited number of printer ports available.
♦If printers are attached to the file server, then they have to be
located near the server instead of near the users, which may
be inconvenient.
♦If printers are attached to user workstations, then print jobs
will be delayed or printed more slowly as they are sent to the
workstation. The remote printer software used on the
workstation may also be incompatible with other software
used on the workstation.
Remote print servers such as D-Link’s multi-protocol network print
servers make network printing more practical, because:

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♦Network print servers can be located anywhere on the
network, making it easy to place printers near the people who
will be using them.
♦It is easy to centrally manage network print servers.
♦The load on network servers is reduced.
♦Multi-protocol print servers make it possible for printers to
be shared by people using different network operating
systems.
D-Link Print Server Administration Features
D-Link print servers can be centrally administered using the PS
Admin program, making it convenient to manage all of your D-Link
print servers from a single Windows-based interface. PS Admin
features include:
♦Allows setup and modification of parameters for the server’s
printer ports, the server itself and for the NetWare
(IPX/SPX), Microsoft Networking (NetBEUI), TCP/IP, and
AppleTalk protocols.
♦Allows administrators to view the status of each of the
server’s printer ports, including the printer status display if
the printer supports PJL (Printer Job Language).
♦Can display server statistics and status for troubleshooting
purposes.
♦Provides a convenient interface for setting up Novell
NetWare 3.xservers (and 4.xservers in Bindery Emulation
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♦Allows the print server’s internal software to be conveniently
upgraded to a new version.
In addition to PS Admin server based administration, D-Link print
servers also support a telnet-based interface for networks that do
not use Windows-based personal computers. This interface
supports viewing and modifying all server, port, TCP/IP, and
AppleTalk-related settings.
Network administrators using the industry-standard SNMP
network management protocol can also monitor the print server
from any network management console.

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Installing and Starting the PS Admin Program
Installing and Starting the PS Admin Program
This chapter lists the requirements that your computer system
should meet before you can install PS Admin, tells how to install
the program, and how to start it.
System Requirements
D-Link recommends that your system meet the following
requirements to be able to use the PS Admin program:
♦A PC-compatible computer with a 386 or faster processor
♦One of the following Windows operating systems:
◊Microsoft Windows version 3.1x
◊Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.11
◊Microsoft Windows 95 or later
◊Microsoft Windows NT 3.51, 4.0 or later.
♦4 megabytes of main memory (RAM)
♦At least 4 megabytes of free hard disk space
♦A Windows-compatible mouse or other pointing device
♦An Ethernet network card with appropriate drivers (either
NDIS or ODI)
You should also check your computer’s settings:

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♦If you are using a screen resolution larger than 640 x 480
(standard VGA), you should use a “Small Fonts” setting.
♦You need to have the IPX network protocol and the Novell
NetWare client services enabled. PS Admin uses the IPX
protocol for communicating with the print server.
You only need to have one workstation that meets the above
requirements. It is not necessary to run the PS Admin program on
every workstation. Ordinary network stations will still be able to
print to your D-Link print server.
If you will only be using TCP/IP (UNIX) and/or AppleTalk
protocols, you can use the telnet interface instead of the
Windows-based PS Admin. For more information about using the
telnet interface, see the Appendix: Telnet Interface
Administration section on page 111.
Installing PS Admin
Follow the procedure outlined below to install PS Admin:
1. Insert PS Admin installation disk 1 into your system’s 3.5”
floppy drive (A: or B:).
2. If you are using Windows 3.1xor Windows NT 3.51, choose
Run… from the Program Manager’s File menu. Under
Windows 95/Windows NT 4.x or later Windows-based
operating systems, choose Run… from the Start menu on
the taskbar. When the dialog box appears, type the pathname
of the Setup program on the floppy drive (A:\SETUP or
B:\SETUP) and click OK.

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Installing and Starting the PS Admin Program
3. The Setup program will begin by copying some files and ask
for your confirmation. Click the Next > button to continue.
4. The Setup program will then ask you to select a directory on
your hard disk where you want it to install the PS Admin
program. If you want a destination directory path other than
the one shown, click the Browse... button to select it.
Click the Next > button to continue the installation.

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5. The setup program will copy PS Admin program files to the
directory you selected, as well as create a D-Link PS Admin
program group. Press the Finish button to complete the
installation.
Once the installation is complete, you can begin using PS Admin.
Starting PS Admin
If you are using Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 (or a later
version of Windows), to start the PS Admin program:
1. Press the Start button in the taskbar.
2. Within the Programs menu, select D-Link PS Admin.
3. Select the PS Admin program.
For Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups 3.1x, or Windows NT
3.51,
1. In the Program Manager, double-click on the D-Link PS
Admin program group icon to open it.
2. Double-click the PS Admin program icon.

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Installing and Starting the PS Admin Program
The PS Admin program will then be ready for use. A sample PS
Admin display is shown below:
Instructions for using PS Admin to perform D-Link network print
server “initial setup” tasks are found in the next chapter, Getting
Started Setting up Your Print Server. For information about using
PS Admin for other types of print server administration, see the PS
Admin Administration chapter starting on page 89.
Detailed explanation of the PS Admin main window display may be
found on page 89.

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Getting Started Setting up Your Print Server
Before you can print over the network using your D-Link print
server, you may need to perform some basic setup tasks. These
include:
♦Choosing a name for your print server.
♦Setting a password to protect your print server’s settings
from unauthorized modifications.
♦Choosing names for the print server’s individual printer ports,
and changing the port settings.
♦Testing the operation of the print server and checking that the
print server is connected properly.
Once you have finished with these tasks, you can proceed to set up
network printing for Novell NetWare, Microsoft Networks,
AppleTalk networks, and UNIX TCP/IP systems. Information
about setting up printing on these network types is covered in the
following chapters.
Choosing a Name for Your Print Server
Each D-Link network print server has a server name. When the
print server is shipped from the factory, it has a default name of the
form PS- xxxxxx , where xxxxxx represents the last six digits of
the Ethernet address found on the print server’s underside sticker.

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Getting Started Setting up Your Print Server
You can choose any name you like for your print servers, provided
that:
♦The server name is less than 15 characters long.
♦The server does not have the same name as any Novell
NetWare fileserver on your network.
♦The server does not have the same name as any of the print
servers configured for your Novell network.
♦The server does not have the same name as any Microsoft
Networking client or server.
Uppercase and lowercase letters are not distinguished in print
server names.
D-Link recommends that you limit your print server name to 15
characters, chosen from the letters Ato Z, the digits 0to 9, and the
hyphen (“-”) character. Names that violate this recommendation
may not be usable with some networks.
To change your print server’s name,
1. Select the print server in the PS Admin main window’s server
name display (or extended server display).
2. Choose Server Device... from the Configuration menu, or
press the Configure Server button in the toolbar. (If you
have already assigned a password to the server, you will have
to enter it at this point.) PS Admin will display the
Configuration - Server Device window.
3. In the Server Name field, enter the name you have chosen
for the server, and press OK.