Gigafast EE171-PR User manual

EE171-PR
USB PRINT SERVER
USER MANUAL
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
COPYRIGHT .........................................................................................................................4
1. INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................................5
PRODUCT OVERVIEW ...........................................................................................................5
COMPONENTS AND FEATURES...............................................................................................5
HARDWARE INSTALLATION ....................................................................................................6
2. PRINT SERVER INSTALLATION....................................................................................7
PREPARATION......................................................................................................................7
CONFIGURATION SOLUTION TABLE ........................................................................................7
3. THE SETUP UTILITY FOR WINDOWS-BASED..............................................................8
INSTALLING THE SETUP WIZARD............................................................................................9
USING PSADMIN................................................................................................................17
WIZARD.............................................................................................................................18
MANUAL SETUP .................................................................................................................20
REFRESH ..........................................................................................................................23
MULTIPLE PRINT QUEUES CONFIGURATION..........................................................................23
UNINSTALLING THE PSADMIN ON WINDOWS PC ...................................................................23
4. INTERNET PRINTER CONNECTION AND HP WEB JETADMIN.................................25
IPP OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................25
HP WEB JETADMIN OVERVIEW ...........................................................................................27
INSTALLING HP WEB JETADMIN ..........................................................................................28
REMOVING HP WEB JETADMIN UTILITY ...............................................................................28
5. CONFIGURATION FROM EMBEDDED WEB SERVER ...............................................29
OVERVIEW.........................................................................................................................29
USING EMBEDDED WEB SERVER.........................................................................................29
SETUP MENU.....................................................................................................................35
INSTALLING PRINT SERVER ON NETWARE 4.X/5.X.................................................................38
SETTING UP A MACINTOSH COMPUTER................................................................................41
6. NETWORK PRINT MONITOR .......................................................................................44
PREPARATION....................................................................................................................44
TCP/IP PROTOCOL INSTALLATION.......................................................................................44
IPX/SPX-COMPATIBLE PROTOCOL INSTALLATION.................................................................45
NETBEUI PROTOCOL INSTALLATION....................................................................................45
WINDOWS 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP INSTALLATION PROCEDURE .............................................46
UNINSTALLING NETWORK PRINT PORT ON WINDOWS 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP........................48
7. TCP/IP LPR PORT PRINTING INSTALLATION............................................................49
BASIC TCP/IP INSTALLATION OVERVIEW..............................................................................49
ASSIGNING AN IP ADDRESS.................................................................................................49
WINDOWS NT LPR PORT PRINTING INSTALLATION ...............................................................49
WINDOWS 2000/XP STANDARD TCP/IP PORT PRINTING INSTALLATION.................................50
UNIX INSTALLATION...........................................................................................................54
8. UPGRADING PRINT SERVER ......................................................................................62
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OVERVIEW.........................................................................................................................62
UPGRADING THE PRINT SERVER FROM PSADMIN...................................................................62
UPGRADING THE PRINT SERVER FROM WINDOWS NT/2000/XP (THROUGH TCP/IP)................62
UPGRADING THE PRINT SERVER FROM UNIX (THROUGH TCP/IP) ..........................................63
UPGRADING THE PRINT SERVER FROM BROWSER..................................................................63
9. TROUBLESHOOTING...................................................................................................65
GENERAL TROUBLESHOOTING OVERVIEW ............................................................................65
POWER RELATED PROBLEMS..............................................................................................65
WINDOWS 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP TROUBLESHOOTING........................................................66
MOVING THE PRINT SERVER TO ANEW SEGMENT .................................................................67
MOVING YOUR COMPUTER TO ANEW SEGMENT...................................................................68
NOVELL NETWARE TROUBLESHOOTING...............................................................................68
TCP/IP TROUBLESHOOTING ...............................................................................................68
APPENDIX:........................................................................................................................71
LOAD DEFAULT VALUE........................................................................................................71
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ........................................................................................72
ADDITIONAL INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS............................................................................74
EE171-R USB Print Server Incompatible Printers …………………………………………..74
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Trademarks
NetWare is a registered trademark of Novell Inc and Windows 95/98/Me and Windows
NT/2000/XP/2003 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. All other brands and product
names are trademarks of their respective companies.
Copyright
No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make
any derivative (such as translation, transformation or adaptation) without the express written
consent of the manufacturer as stipulated by the United States Copyright Act of 1976.
FCC Warning
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital
device, pursuant to subpart J of Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to
provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated
in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio
frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual,
may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a
residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which the user will be required to
correct the interference at own expense.
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1. Introduction
Product Overview
The external print servers enhance capability by letting you place your printers, plotters, or
equality printers at convenient locations directly on the Ethernet network, and by increasing
network printer performance and management.
Network Management
The print servers support the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), which remote
printer management and a warning. A standard SNMP agent is permanent on these print
servers. Any standard SNMP-based application can be used to access and manage these
print servers.
Network configuration
The print servers provide an embedded web server that can be accessed via a prop web
browser. We also subsidiary Windows-based PSAdmin utility which help administrator to
setup print server environment. For example: Netware, Windows 95/98/Me, Windows
NT/2000/XP, Mac or UNIX system.
Components and Features
1-USB Port Print Server
․1 USB 1.1 port
․Fast Ethernet network port: RJ-45 for 10Base-T or 100Base-TX
․1 LED to indicate Status, 2 LED’s to indicate 10/100M link lights
․One Setup CD for Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003, User’s Guide
․One external AC power adapter
․One Quick Installation Guide
․Built-in Reset Button
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Before you start, you should have the following:
One Win9X/Me/2000/XP/2003 computer with CD-ROM
One Printer with USB port
Hardware Installation
To install the print server(s), you need to complete these steps:
․Make sure the printer that you’re trying to connect to is working properly.
․Connect the print server to the network and the printer(s), then plug in the print server.
․Create a configuration page from the print server.
Follow these instructions to install the print server(s), please refer to any peripheral
you are connecting to the print server:
1. To ensure if your printer(s) are working, do one of the following:
․Send data through the parallel (USB) port of each printer you are connecting to the
print server, or generate a printer self-test page.
2. Turn off the power for each printer.
3. Connect the print server to the printer(s).
4. Plug the AC power adapter to the print server.
5. Power on the Print Server.
6. If the lights on the unit do not flash at least 5 times after you have powered on the unit, or
do not function correctly, please contact the tech support number on the warranty card.
7. Turn on the power of your printer(s) to begin the printing process.
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2. Print Server Installation
Preparation
To meet users’ network printing needs in today’s heterogeneous and multiple protocol
networking environments, the print server supports industrial standard protocols, including
TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, NetBEUI and AppleTalk. This means that the print server supports the
most popular network operating systems today, including NetWare, Windows
95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003, UNIX systems and Macintosh computer (Postscript). As such,
there might be several ways to deploy the print server on your network.
Supported Networks
Print server supports a variety of network protocols, including TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, NetBEUI
and AppleTalk. In addition, we provide software for network configuration on the following
networks:
․Novell NetWare 3.12, 4.x, 5.x (Bindery, NDS and NDPS)
․Microsoft Windows 95/98/Me
․Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP/2003
․Apple EtherTalk(Postscript printer only)
․UNIX /Linux system
․Internet (via Internet Printer Connection software)
Configuration Solution Table
Setup Operating
System Function Remarks
PSAdmin utility
Windows
95/98/Me
Windows
NT/2000/XP/2003
NetWare 3.12,
4.x, 5.x
Install a single
network on a
peer-to-peer or
client-server
network
Easy printer installation runs from CD
Embedded Web server
Windows
95/98/Me
Windows
NT/2000/XP/2003
Remote setup
print server from
private LAN as
soon
Follow standard browse, for example, IE or
Netscape
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NetWare 3.12,
4.x, 5.x
HP Web JetAdmin
Windows
NT/2000/XP/2003
NetWare 3.12,
4.x, 5.x
Remote
management of
print server,
include
alert and
consumables
Print server solution for continual management of
multiple printers- anywhere on your LAN
Internet Printing Protocol
Windows
NT/2000/XP/2003 Printing via the internet to
Internet Printing
Protocol-
enabled print
server
Allows saving distribution of HQ hardcopy
document over Internet, replacing fax, mail
Comment
Configuration solution Table has many installations way to setup Windows 95/98/Me,
Windows NT/2000/XP/2003, and NetWare, UNIX / Linux system and Mac computer. Firstly,
we introduce PSAdmin utility, HP Web JetAdmin program and Internet Printing Protocol
solution. Then we will discuss Embedded Web Server Installation with print server.
3. The Setup Utility for Windows-based
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The PSAdmin is a proprietary Windows based management program that can assist you in
configuring and managing your print server in NetWare environments. The program can be
run from any Windows based Operating Systems.
Installing the Setup Wizard
To install Wizard, please follow the directions listed below.
1. Insert the Utility CD into your CD-ROM drive.
2. The Autorun program starts and the following window appears. If the setup program
does not start automatically, run Autorun.exe in the root folder from the CD-Rom.
3. Choose Install Setup Utility, the program will install the Setup Wizard into your
computer.
4. After installation completes, the Setup Wizard message appears.
Click on “Network Print Server Setup Wizard” to configure Print Server settings and add
Printer to the PC.
5. Click Network Print Server Setup Wizard and the following message appear.
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