Edimax PS-901 User manual

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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Product Introduction
1.2 Product Models
1.3 Product Package
1.4 Network Printing Architecture
1.5 Network Printing Environment
1.6 Contents of the User’s Manual
1.7 Firmware & Printing Function
2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION
3. WINDOWS PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK
3.1 System Architecture
3.2 Administrator Installation and Setup
3.3 Administrator Utilities
3.4 Client Installation and Setup
3.5 Client Utilities
4. WINDOWS NT/2000 NETWORK
4.1 System Architecture

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4.2 Windows NT/2000 Server Installation and Setup
4.3 User Installation and Setup
5. NETWARE NETWORK
5.1 System Architecture
5.2 NetWare 3.x Installation & Setup
5.3 NetWare 4.x/5.x Installation & Setup
6. UNIX SYSTEM NETWORK
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Enable PrintSir’s TCP/IP Support
6.3 Setup PrintSir’s IP Address
6.4 Verify PrintSir’s IP Address
6.5 Configure Remote lpd Printing on the Host
6.6 Print a Test Page
7. CONFIGURATION UTILITY
7.1 Introduction
7.2 General -General Information of PrintSir
7.3 PrintSir Status -PrintSir Network Status
7.4 Printer Status -Attached Printer Status
7.5 IP Cfg -IP Address Configuration
7.6 NW PS Cfg -NetWare Print Server Configuration
7.7 NW RP Cfg -NetWare Remote Printer Configuration
7.8 NW Information -NetWare Printing Summary
7.9 PrintSir Cfg -PrintSir Network Ability Setting
7.10 Restore Default -Restore to Default
7.11 Upgrade -Firmware Upgrade / Update

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7.12 DHCP Cfg -DHCP Server Configure
7.13 DHCP Information -DHCP Information
7.14 Mail Print Cfg -Email Printing Setting
7.15 SNMP Cfg -SNMP Parameter Setting
8. WEB MANAGEMENT
8.1 Introduction
8.2 WebDESK Utility
8.3 Web Management of PrintSir
9. EMAIL PRINTING
9.1 Introduction
9.2 System Requirement
9.3 System Setup

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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.
1.2 Product Models
Model PS-901 PS-1001 PS-1102 PS-1202 PS-1202m PS-3101 PS-3101P
Hardware
Size Pocket Pocket Palmtop Pocket Mini-Pocket Desktop Desktop
Direct
Attached Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No
Number of
Printer Ports 1111133
Printer
Connector Centronics Centronics DB25 Centronics Centronics DB25 DB25
Network
Speed 10M 10M 10/100M 10/100M 10/100M 10/100M 10/100M

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Network
Connector UTP UTP/BNC UTP UTP UTP UTP UTP
Bi-Directional Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Flash Memory
Size 512K 512K 512K 512K 512K 512K 512K
Network LED Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Status LED Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Firmware
Upgrade Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Power-On-
Self-Test Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Network
Protocol
Support
IPX/SPX Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
TCP/IP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
NetBEUI Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Network
Environment
Windows
Peer-to-Peer
Printing
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Windows
Server-Based
Printing
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
NetWare
Bindary Mode
Printing
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
NetWare NDS
Mode Printing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
NetWare
Remote
Printer
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
TCP/IP
Remote
Printing
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Unix LPR
Printing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Administration
Windows
Configuration
Utility
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Web
Management
Server
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Web
Management
Utility
Web Web Web Web Web Web Web
SNMP
Protocol Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Printer Port
Management Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
IP Assignment
ARP & Ping Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
DHCP Server Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
DHCP Client Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
BOOTP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
RARP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
DOS Utility Yes 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
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)
Email Printing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Direct Print Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Logical Printer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Language EnglishChinese EnglishChinese EnglishChinese EnglishChinese EnglishChinese EnglishChinese EnglishChinese
CD-ROM Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

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Detailed examples will then be illustrated through actual network
environment.
1.4.1 Print Server Network Functions
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 98Windows NT
Workstation
Windows 2000
Unix PrintSir
Network Printing Environment
Print Server
Client User
Network Server
Windows NT Server
NetWare Server
Windows 98Windows NT
Workstation
Windows 2000
Unix PrintSir
Print Server
Windows NT Server
NetWare Server
Windows 98Windows NT Windows 2000
Unix
* TCP/IP
* IPX
* NetBEUI
TCP/IP
NetBEUI
IPX
TCP/IP
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1.4.2 Network Printing Functions for Clients
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).
Workstation
Windows NT Server
NetWare Server
Windows 98Windows NT
Workstation
Windows 2000
Unix PrintSir
Client User
Windows 2000
Windows 98
* TCP/IP
* IPX
* NetBEUI
NetBEUI
PTPP
TCP/IP
PTPP
Application
PTPP
IPX TCP/IP NetBEUI
Application
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In the client installation procedure, after PTPP (Peer-to-
Peer Printing Driver) is installed into Windows, the
system will 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)
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
Common network servers are classified as following:
Windows 98
PTPP
PrintSir
MIS-2
P1 P2
P3
P1
PrintSir
MIS-1
Windows NT Server
NetWare Server
Windows 98Windows NT
Workstation
Windows 2000
Unix PrintSir
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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.
Windows NT ServerNetWare Server
Windows 98Windows NT
Workstation
Windows 2000
Unix
* TCP/IP
* IPX
* NetBEUI
NetBEUI
PTPP
TCP/IP
IPX
TCP/IP
PTPP
IPX
PTPP
TCP/IP
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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.
zNetWare Network (see below)
Windows NT Server
Windows 98
Windows 2000
* TCP/IP
* IPX
* NetBEUI
TCP/IP
IPX
TCP/IP
PTPP
Print
Queue
NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.x
Windows 98
* TCP/IP
* IPX
* NetBEUI
IPX / IP
IPX
IPX
Print
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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.
For example, if you need to use NetWare NDS Printing, then you
must change the system’s default Standard Feature Set to the NetWare
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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.
Installation procedure is separated into following two parts:
1. Administrator Installation and Setup (refer to section 2 for more
detailed information).
System administrators must:
zInstall administrator’s utilities into his/her computer.
zConfigure PrintSir from administrator’s configuration utility.
Windows NT Server
Windows 98Windows NT
Workstation
Windows 2000
* TCP/IP
* IPX
* NetBEUI
NetBEUI
PTPP
TCP/IP
PTPP
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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).
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.
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3. Click “Administrator Installation” and the “Utilities Setup” window will be
displayed.
4. Click “Next”, and specify the destination folder where the utilities will be
installed.
5. Click “Next”, and select the components you want to install. It is highly
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6. Click “Next”, and specify the program folder where the program icons will be
added.
7. Click “Next” to start installation.
8. In a while, the program will finish installing all the utilities and drivers you
selected. Thus far you have completed the installation phase and prepare to
configure the Print Server. Click “Next”, and the “Choose Print Server” dialog
box will be displayed as following.