Edimax PS-1206P User manual

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Quick Installation Guide
Version 1.1 January. 2006

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1.1 Product Introduction
Thank you for purchasing and using our print server. This print
server allows your printer to become a shared device on the
network. It offers printing flexibility and manageability on your
Wired or Wireless Local Area Network with an absolute minimum
setup and maintenance required.
This print server supports TCP/IP, NetBEUI, IPX/SPX, and
AppleTalk protocols. It is the best network printing solutions for
various common network operating systems such as
Windows Peer-to-Peer Printing (95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP)
Microsoft Windows NT/2000 Server-Based Printing
Novell NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.x
Unix/Linux
MAC OS
With the help of Installation Wizard, you can easily and instantly
complete the settings for the printing environment, and start
enjoying the fantastic features provided by this print server.
This guide is used for quick installation on Windows peer-to-peer
printing environments and Novell NetWare network environments.
If you have a simple network you can simply follow the
procedures described in this guide step-by-step to complete the
installation. If you find any problem, please refer to the User’s
Manual on the CD-ROM for more detail information.
1.2 Product Package
This package contains the following components:
One Print Server
One Antenna (Wireless version only)
One Power Adapter
One Quick Installation Guide
One CD-ROM (Including utilities, drivers and User’s Manual)

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1.3 Hardware Installation Procedure
Unpack the print server package and verify that all the items
listed in the previous section are provided.
Connect the print server to the printer you want to share on
the network by standard USB or Parallel cable.
Connect the print server to your network by attached the
network cable to the UTP port of the print server.
Connect the power adapter to the print server. The print
server will perform the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) after it is
powered on. During the POST, the status LED will flash.
When the status LED is unlighted, the print server is ready.
Note: You must use the power adapter shipped along with the
print server, do NOT use any other power adapter from other
sources.
1.4 Administrator Installation and Setup
The Administrator Installation Program executes a wizard-driven
procedure that performs the following tasks:
Install all necessary utilities and drivers in your PC (including
the client utilities).
Prompt to setup the print server (including the print server
name and network protocols).
Add the network port of the print server to your PC.
After the installation, perform the standard “Add Printer”
procedure and choose the print server’s “Network Port” in the
“Available Ports” list. Then, you can test printing function from the
Administrator PC.
The Administrator Installation can be performed on Windows
95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP with the same user interface. Before the
installation, please verify that your network protocol is installed on
your PC (TCP/IP, IPX and/or NetBEUI). Please follow the steps
below to start installation.

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Insert the CD shipped along with the print server into your CD-
ROM drive. The Autorun.exe program should be executed
automatically. If not, run Autorun.exe manually from CD-ROM
drive’s root directory.
The “Installation Manager” will be displayed on the screen as
following. Click “Admin Utility”.
The “Admin Utility” window will be displayed. Click “English
Version”.

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Click “Next” to install the utilities in the default folder or click
“Browse” to specify the destination folder where you would like to
install the utilities.
Select the components you want to install. It is highly
recommended to install all provided components. Click “Next” to
continue.

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Specify the program folder where the program icons will be
added to, click “Next”.
The system will start to install the utilities automatically.
You have completed the installation phase and prepare to
configure the Print Server. The “Choose Print Server” will list all
Print Servers within the network. Select the Print Server you
would like to configure and click “Next”.

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NOTE 1: If this is the first time you configure the Print Server, the
“Print Server Name” is the same as the “Device Name” printed at
the rear side of the print server.
NOTE 2: The list can only display the devices from the same
manufacturer.
Specify a recognizable name for the Print Server and click
“Next”.

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The “Network Protocol Configuration” will display the network
protocols the Print Server is currently enabled. By default, TCP/IP
is enabled, while IPX and NetBEUI are disabled. Specify the IP
Address for the Print Server manually or click “Next” to keep
default IP Address, i.e. 192.168.2.1.
The configuration summary is displayed in the window. Now, you
have completed the “Print Server Setup”. Click “Finish” and your
system will add network port of the Print Server to your PC
automatically. The Installation procedure is completed. Click
“Finish”

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1.5 Client Installation and Setup
The Client Installation Program is a wizard driven procedure
which will perform the following tasks,
Install client utilities and drivers into your PC.
Automatically add all Network Ports to your PC.
The network port driver supports network protocol auto-
detection. It will automatically select an available network
protocol (TCP/IP, IPX or NetBEUI) of the client computer to
connect to the print server.
Since both the print server side and client side support multi-
protocols, the configuration process of the client side is fully
automatic.
After the installation, perform the standard “Add Printer”
procedure and choose the print server’s “Network Port” in the
“Available Ports” list. You can test printing from the PC to the
print server as your local printer.
The Client Installation can be performed on Windows
95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP with the same user interface. Before
installation, please confirm that your PC has already connected
to the network and installed at least one network protocol. Please
follow the steps below to start installation.
Insert the CD shipped along with the print server into your CD-
ROM drive. The Autorun.exe program should be executed
automatically. If not, run Autorun.exe manually from CD-ROM
drive’s root directory.

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The "Installation Manager" will be displayed on the screen as
follows. Click “Client Utility”. The “Client Utilities” window will be
displayed. Click “English Version”.
Click “Next” to install the utilities in the default folder or click
“Browse” to specify the destination folder where you would like to
install the utilities.

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Specify the program folder where the program icons will be
added to, click “Next”.
The system will start to install the utilities automatically.
Now, the installation procedure is completed, you are ready to set
up the client’s computer. All network ports of the Print Servers
detected on the network will be added to your PC automatically,
click “Continue”. when the Installation procedure is completed.
Click “Finish”

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.After adding a “Network Port” of the print server to your PC by
Administrator or Client Installation Program, you can follow the
procedure described in next pages add printer to the Windows.
1.6 Windows Add Printer Procedure
Step1. Click “Start”, choose “Settings” and select
“Printers and Faxes”.
Step2. Click “Add a Printer”.
Step3. The “Add Printer Wizard” is displayed. Click “Next”.

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Step4. Select “Local printer attached to this computer”
and make sure that “Automatically detect and install my Plug
and Play printer” is not selected. Click “Next”.
Step5. Choose the suitable “Print Server Network Port”
which was created by the Administrator Installation or Client
Installation process and click “Next”.

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Step6. Select a suitable printer manufacturer and the printer
model and click “Next”. If your printer is not in the list, click
“Have Disk…” to install the driver of the printer. After
installation, the printer model will be added to the list.
Step7. Name your printer and setup the default printer, click
“Next”.
Step8. Choose to print the test page or not. It is
recommended to print a test page. Click “Next”.

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Step9. You have added the printer to the PC successfully.
The information of the printer is displayed in the windows.
Click “Finish”.
Now you can start to print from your PC to the print server.
NOTE: The Above “Add Printer”steps are running under
Windows XP, the steps in other Operating Systems are
similar, please check user’s manual in CD for more info.