Edimax PS-3103P User manual

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Print Server
User’s Manual

1. INTRODUCTION.............................................................4
1.1 Product Introduction..........................................................4
1.2 Product Models.................................................................5
1.3 Product Package...............................................................6
1.4 Network Printing Architecture ...........................................7
1.5 Network Printing Environment ........................................11
1.6 Contents of the User’s Manual........................................14
1.7 Firmware & Printing Function..........................................15
2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION......................................17
3. WINDOWS PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK.....................18
3.1 System Architecture........................................................18
3.2 Administrator Installation and Setup ...............................20
3.3 Administrator Utilities ......................................................28
3.4 Client Installation and Setup...........................................30
3.5 Client Utilities..................................................................35
4. WINDOWS NT/2000 NETWORK..................................40
4.1 System Architecture........................................................40
4.2 Windows NT/2000 Server Installation and Setup............41
4.3 User Installation and Setup.............................................42
5. NETWARE NETWORK.................................................44
5.1 System Architecture........................................................44
5.2 NetWare 3.x Installation & Setup....................................47
5.3 NetWare 4.x/5.x Installation & Setup ..............................60
6. UNIX SYSTEM NETWORK...........................................70
6.1 Introduction.....................................................................70
6.2 Enable PrintSir’s TCP/IP Support...................................71
6.3 Setup PrintSir’s IP Address.............................................71
6.4 Verify PrintSir’s IP Address.............................................75
6.5 Configure Remote lpd Printing on the Host.....................75
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6.6 Print a Test Page............................................................77
7. CONFIGURATION UTILITY..........................................79
7.1 Introduction.....................................................................79
7.2 General - General Information of PrintSir........................80
7.3 PrintSir Status - PrintSir Network Status.........................81
7.4 Printer Status - Attached Printer Status..........................81
7.5 IP Cfg - IP Address Configuration...................................82
7.6 NW PS Cfg - NetWare Print Server Configuration..........82
7.7 NW RP Cfg - NetWare Remote Printer Configuration.....84
7.8 NW Information - NetWare Printing Summary................84
7.9 PrintSir Cfg - PrintSir Network Ability Setting..................85
7.10 Restore Default - Restore to Default.............................86
7.11 Upgrade - Firmware Upgrade / Update.........................86
7.12 DHCP Cfg - DHCP Server Configure............................87
7.13 DHCP Information - DHCP Information.........................89
7.14 Mail Print Cfg - Email Printing Setting...........................90
7.15 SNMP Cfg - SNMP Parameter Setting..........................91
8. WEB MANAGEMENT...................................................93
8.1 Introduction.....................................................................93
8.2 WebDESK Utility.............................................................93
8.3 Web Management of PrintSir..........................................95
9. EMAIL PRINTING .......................................................106
9.1 Introduction...................................................................106
9.2 System Requirement ....................................................106
9.3 System Setup................................................................107
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1. Introduction
1.1 Product Introduction
Thank you for purchasing and using Edimax's PrintSir
series print server. PrintSir allows your printer to become a
shared device on the network. It offers printing flexibility
and manageability on your Local Area Network at an
extremely low cost and with an absolute minimum setup
and maintenance required.
PrintSir provides a network port (10Mbps or
10/100Mbps Ethernet) and one or three printer's parallel
ports. Please refer to the information of various types of
PrintSir in the following sections for more detailed
explanation.
PrintSir supports IPX, TCP/IP, and NetBEUI
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, NetWare, Unix/Linux, 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 PrintSir.
In the following chapters, we will introduce in
detail the printing features, installation methods, and
system configuration for different network environments.
If you would like to set up and install PrintSir
quickly, please refer to the Quick Installation Guide that
comes along with this PrintSir.
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1.2 Product Models
Model PS-901 PS-1001 PS-1101 PS-1201 PS-3101 PS-3101P
Hardware
Size Pocket Pocket Palmtop Pocket Desktop Desktop
Direct Attached Yes Yes No Yes No No
Number of Printer Ports 1 1 1 1 3 3
Printer Connector Centronics Centronics DB25 Centronics DB25 DB25
Network Speed 10M 10M 10/100M 10/100M 10/100M 10/100M
Network Connector UTP UTP/BNC UTP UTP UTP UTP
Bi-Directional No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Flash Memory Size 512K 512K 512K 512K 512K 512K
Network LED Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Status LED Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Firmware Upgrade Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Power-On-Self-Test Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Network Protocol Support
IPX/SPX Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
TCP/IP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
NetBEUI Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Network Environment
Windows Peer-to-Peer Printing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Windows Server-Based Printing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
NetWare Bindary Mode Printing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
NetWare NDS Mode Printing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
NetWare Remote Printer Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
TCP/IP Remote Printing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Unix LPR Printing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Administration
Windows Configuration Utility Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Web Management Server Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Web Management Utility Web Web Web Web Web Web
SNMP Protocol Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Printer Port Management Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
IP Assignment
ARP & Ping Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
DHCP Server Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
DHCP Client Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
BOOTP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
RARP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
DOS Utility Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Others
Email Printing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Direct Print Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Logical Printer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Language English
Chinese English Chinese English Chinese English Chinese English Chinese English Chinese
CD-ROM Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
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1.3 Product Package
This package contains the following components:
PrintSir Print Server x 1
Power Adapter x 1
CD x 1
Quick Installation Guide x 1
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1.4 Network Printing Architecture
This section illustrates how PrintSir functions and
operates on the network. Before you install and use
PrintSir, it is strongly suggested that you read this section
completely, and select only the chapters you need
according to your network operating system by “Contents
of the User’s Manual” in next section.
This section will first introduce the role every component
plays in the network-printing environment.
zPrintSir Print Server
zClient User
zNetwork Server (optional)
Windows NT Server
NetWare Server
Windows 98Windows NT
Workstation Windows 2000
Unix PrintSir
Network Printing Environment
Print Server
Client User Network Server
Detailed examples will then be illustrated through actual
network environment.
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1.4.1 Print Server Network Functions
Windows NT Server
NetWare Server
Windows 98
Windows NT
Workstation Windows 2000
Unix PrintSir
Print Server
Because PrintSir supports IPX, TCP/IP, and
NetBEUI network protocols, any networked computer
can directly print to the print server from any of its
installed protocol.
Windows NT Server
NetWare Server
Windows 98
Windows NT
Workstation Windows 2000
Unix
* TCP/IP
* IPX
* NetBEUI
TCP/IP
NetBEUI
IPX
TCP/IP
TCP/IP
IPX
1.4.2 Network Printing Functions for Clients
Windows NT Server
NetWare Server
Windows 98
Windows NT
Workstation Windows 2000
Unix PrintSir
Client User
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Common operating systems for clients are classified as
following:
zWindows 95/98/Me/NT/2000
Our print server system provides PTPP
(Peer-to-Peer Printing) driver and utilities
for Windows 95/98/NT/2000 users. PTPP
(Peer-to-Peer Printing) supports IPX,
TCP/IP, and NetBEUI protocols. While
printing after installation, PTPP will
automatically select the proper transport
protocol to connect to the print server
depending on the protocols installed in
each computer (client computer may only
have IPX or TCP/IP installed).
Windows 2000
Windows 98
* TCP/IP
* IPX
* NetBEUI
NetBEUI
PTPP
TCP/IP
PTPP
Application
PTPP
IPX TCP/IP NetBEUI
Application
PTPP
IPX TCP/IP NetBEUI
In the client installation procedure, after
PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing Driver) is
installed into Windows, the system will
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automatically (manual configuration is
also allowed) search through all the
PrintSir print servers on the network, and
then add their printing ports into
Windows’ printing port. (See below)
Windows 98
PTPP
PrintSir
MIS-2
P1 P2
P3
P1
PrintSir
MIS-1
zUNIX / Linux
UNIX (include HP/UX, SCO Unix, SunOS,
Solaris, Unixware DECUnix, IBM AIX and
others) and Linux use the system-standard
LPR to print to PrintSir.
1.4.3 Network Printing Functions for Network Server
Windows NT Server
NetWare Server
Windows 98
Windows NT
Workstation
Windows 2000
Unix
PrintSir
Network Server
Common network servers are classified as following:
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zWindows NT/2000
Our print server system provides PTPP
(Peer-to-Peer Printing) driver and utilities
for Windows NT/2000. After PTPP is
installed, the server can directly print to
PrintSir. Adding this printing function into
Windows NT/2000 Server allows print
queue, user authority management, and
many other advanced features to be used.
zNetWare 3.x/4.x/5.x
In NetWare environment, PrintSir offers
various printing modes like print queue,
remote printer, etc.
1.5 Network Printing Environment
Common network environment are classified as
following:
zWindows Peer-to-Peer Network
Since both the PrintSir and client’s PTPP
driver fully support IPX, TCP/IP, and
NetBEUI protocols, when printing, the PTPP
driver will automatically search and match up
the protocol for both client and print server’s
sides.
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Windows NT Server
NetWare Server
Windows 98
Windows NT
Workstation Windows 2000
Unix
* TCP/IP
* IPX
* NetBEUI
NetBEUI
PTPP
TCP/IP IPX
TCP/IP
PTPP
IPX
PTPP
TCP/IP
PTPP
zWindows NT/2000 Network
Network printing function will become
available after PTPP driver is installed into
Windows NT/2000. Adding this printing
function into Windows NT/2000 Server
allows print queue, user authority
management, and many other advanced
features to be used.
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Windows NT Server
Windows 98
Windows 2000
* TCP/IP
* IPX
* NetBEUI
TCP/IP
IPX
TCP/IP
PTPP
Print
Queue
zNetWare Network (see below)
NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.x
Windows 98
Windows 2000
* TCP/IP
* IPX
* NetBEUI
IPX / IP
IPX
IPX
Print
Queue
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1.6 Contents of the User’s Manual
Chapter 2 explains PrintSir’s 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 NT/2000 Server-Based Network
Chapter 5. NetWare Network
Chapter 6. UNIX System Network
You may select the appropriate chapters and sections to
read depending on your network printing’s requirement.
Chapter 7 and chapter 8 introduce PrintSir’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 PrintSir’s Email Printing function
and setup procedure. The Email Printing provides a new
way to print documents across the Internet by the Email.
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1.7 Firmware & Printing Function
In order to provide a complete network printing
solution, PrintSir supports Multiple Feature Sets function
for users to select the appropriate Printing Feature Set to
use depending on individual’s printing requirement.
Currently, the system provides two Feature Sets for users
to choose:
Standard Feature Set
zPTPP (Peer-to-Peer-Printing)
TCP/IP (LPR)
NetBEUI
IPX
zEmail Printing
zNetWare Bindary Printing
NetWare Enhancement Feature Set
zTCP/IP Printing (LPR)
zNetWare Bindary Printing
zNetWare NDS Printing
zNetWare Remote Printer
(Single Port PrintSir Only)
All feature sets are included in PrintSir CD’s firmware file.
<CD Driver>\FLASHROM\<Model Name>\PSxxROM.BIN
Please refer to section 7.11 for instructions on how to
select and setup the Feature Set.
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For example, if you need to use NetWare NDS Printing,
then you must change the system’s default Standard
Feature Set to the NetWare Enhancement Feature Set. In
the meantime, PrintSir will support NetWare NDS / Remote
Printer and other printing functions; however, it will not
support NetBEUI, Email Printing and other Standard
Feature Set’s special functions.
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2. Hardware Installation
1. Unpack the print server package and check all the items listed
in section 1.3.
2. Connect the print server to the printer you want to share on
the network
zFor direct attach models, plug the print server directly
to the printer’s centronics port.
zFor palmtop/desktop models, connect the printer to
print server by the standard printer cable.
3. Connect the power adapter to the print server.
4. The print server will perform the Power-On-Self-Test (POST)
after it is powered on. The Status LED will flash 6 times to
indicate that the print server is ready.
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 PrintSir and a few
printers, it is recommend that you power on the PrintSir before
the printer.
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3. Windows Peer-to-Peer Network
3.1 System Architecture
PrintSir 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.
Windows NT Server
Windows 98
Windows NT
Workstation Windows 2000
* TCP/IP
* IPX
* NetBEUI
NetBEUI
PTPP
TCP/IP
PTPP
IPX
PTPP
TCP/IP
PTPP
Installation procedure is separated into following two
parts:
1. Administrator Installation and Setup (refer to
section 2 for more detailed information).
System administrators must:
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zInstall administrator’s utilities into his/her
computer.
zConfigure PrintSir 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 all printing ports (P1/P2/P3) of
the print servers into Windows’ printing port (refer
to Network Printing Architecture in section 1.4 for
more detailed information).
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3.2 Administrator Installation and Setup
The Administrator Installation can be performed on
Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000 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). It will be helpful in your installation process.
1. Insert the CD shipped along with the print server into
your CD-ROM drive. The Autorun.exe program should
be executed automatically by Windows. If not, run
Autorun.exe manually from CD-ROM drive’s root
directory.
2. The "Installation Manager" will be displayed on the screen as
following.
3. Click “Administrator Installation” and the “Utilities Setup”
window will be displayed.
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