Planet FPS-3300 User manual

Multi-Port
Fast Ethernet Print Server
FPS-3300
User’s Manual
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Revision
User’s Manual for PLANET Multi-Port Fast Ethernet Print Server
Model: FPS-3300
Rev: 1.0 (February. 2006)
Part No. EM-FPS3300
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................................... 5
1.1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW ..........................................................................................................................................5
1.2 PACKET CONTENT ...............................................................................................................................................5
1.3 PRODUCT FEATURES...........................................................................................................................................5
1.4 LED INDICATORS.................................................................................................................................................6
1.5 HARDWARE INSTALLATION...................................................................................................................................6
2. PRINT SERVER INSTALLATION......................................................................................................................7
2.1 PREPARATION...................................................................................................................................................... 7
2.2 CONFIGURATION SOLUTION TABLE.....................................................................................................................7
3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION............................................................................................................................ 8
3.1 QUICK INSTALLATION........................................................................................................................................... 8
3.2 CONFIGURATION UTILITY INSTALLATION ...........................................................................................................11
3.2 UNINSTALLING THE PSADMIN ON WINDOWS PC.............................................................................................. 13
4. CONFIGURE WITH PSADMIN.........................................................................................................................14
4.1 WIZARD.............................................................................................................................................................. 14
4.2 PRINT SERVER PROPERTIES.............................................................................................................................17
4.3 UPGRADE...........................................................................................................................................................22
4.4 RESET................................................................................................................................................................ 23
4.5 REFRESH............................................................................................................................................................23
5. HP WEB JETADMIN..........................................................................................................................................24
5.1 HP WEB JETADMIN OVERVIEW.........................................................................................................................24
5.2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS...................................................................................................................................24
5.3 INSTALLING HP WEB JETADMIN........................................................................................................................ 24
5.4 CONFIRMING INSTALLATION AND SUPPLY ACCESS...........................................................................................24
5.5 CONFIGURING AND MODIFYING A DEVICE......................................................................................................... 24
5.6 REMOVING HP WEB JETADMIN UTILITY ...........................................................................................................25
6. CONFIGURATION WITH WEB BROWSER..................................................................................................26
6.1 STATUS ..............................................................................................................................................................26
6.2 SETUP................................................................................................................................................................33
7. NETWORK PRINT MONITOR..........................................................................................................................43
7.1 TCP/IP PROTOCOL INSTALLATION.................................................................................................................... 43
7.2 IPX/SPX-COMPATIBLE PROTOCOL INSTALLATION ...........................................................................................44
7.3 NETBEUI PROTOCOL INSTALLATION ................................................................................................................44
7.4 WINDOWS 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003 MANUAL INSTALLATION................................................................... 44
8. LPR PRINTING INSTALLATION.....................................................................................................................47
8.1 ASSIGNING AN IP ADDRESS ..............................................................................................................................47
8.2 WINDOWS NT LPR PORT PRINTING INSTALLATION .........................................................................................47
8.3 WINDOWS 2000/XP/2003 STANDARD TCP/IP PORT PRINTING INSTALLATION..............................................48
8.3 UNIX INSTALLATION..........................................................................................................................................51
8.4 REDHAT LINUX 9................................................................................................................................................51
9. SMB PRINTING WITH WINDOWS XP ...........................................................................................................55
10. UPGRADING PRINT SERVER ........................................................................................................................59
10.1 UPGRADING THE PRINT SERVER FROM PSADMIN......................................................................................... 59
10.2 UPGRADING THE PRINT SERVER FROM WINDOWS NT/2000/XP/2003........................................................59
10.3 UPGRADING THE PRINT SERVER FROM UNIX ...............................................................................................59
10.4 UPGRADING THE PRINT SERVER FROM BROWSER........................................................................................ 60
11. RESET TO DEFAULT........................................................................................................................................ 61
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11.1 HARDWARE ....................................................................................................................................................61
11.2 SOFTWARE..................................................................................................................................................... 61
12. TROUBLESHOOTING.......................................................................................................................................62
RESET BUTTON............................................................................................................................................................ 67
REBOOT THE PRINT SERVER:........................................................................................................................................67
PERFORM A FACTORY DEFAULT ...................................................................................................................................67
SPECIFICATION ............................................................................................................................................................68
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS.........................................................................................................................69
ADDITIONAL INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS .....................................................................................................71
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1. Introduction
Equipped with the Parallel printing interfaces, the FPS-3300 makes your printer sharing available in most
popular network environments.
With the embedded web server, the FPS-3300 is configurable through your network PC’s Web Browser.
Moreover, PLANET also provides a management utility for Microsoft Windows systems. With various network
printing methods including Windows Peer-to-Peer printing, NetWare and Windows server based queues
printing, LPR printing, Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) and AppleTalk for Macintosh, FPS-3300 can be applied
to any network easily.
With Auto-MDI/MDI-X function, users don’t need to concern about the cable type while connecting to different
LAN devices. It is capable of detecting the signal and changes its transfer/receive order on the cable
automatically. Moreover, FPS-3300 LAN port can auto-sense and adjust the current network speed, thus
eliminates the requirements for manually switching.
1.1 Product Overview
The external print servers enhance capability by letting you place your printers at convenient locations directly
on the Ethernet network, and by increasing network printer performance and management. Please note that
the print server does not support printing with host-based printers, e.g. CAPT, GDI, PPA.
1.2 Packet Content
1 x FPS-3300
1 x Quick Installation Guide
1 x Drivers and User’s Manual CD
1 x Power Adapter
1.3 Product Features
Support for most popular NOS
Supports Windows 98/2000/Me/NT/XP/Server 2003, Linux, Unix, Novell and Mac OS
Auto-Sensing
Supports 10/100Mbps Auto-Nway, Automatically Negotiates optimal mode, 10/20Mbps, 100/200Mbps
Ethernet 802.2, Ethernet 802.3, SNAP Auto-Detect
Auto-MDI/MDI-X
Auto detects the connected cable type while connecting to different LAN devices. It is capable
of detecting the signal and changes its transfer/receive order on the cable automatically.
Compatible with popular network utility
Unix, TCP/IP: LPD, TFTP
Windows: LPR, PTP driver, IPP, SMB (NetBEUI)
Apple: Ether Talk Chooser
Novell: IPX/SPX, TCP/IP (5.x and later)
Easy Management
Intuitive management utility provided for Windows 98/2000//Me/NT/XP and Server 2003
Web-Base Management
HP Web JetAdmin
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1.4 LED Indicators
LED State Indication
ACT Blinking for POST
(Green) When power switched on, the Status indicator will flash five times, and then on.
Link On (Green) LAN Port has a valid network connection.
Power On (Red) Print server’s power is on.
Before installation, you should prepare the following items:
zOne Windows-based computer with print server setup CD
zOne printer
zOne printer cable
1.5 Hardware Installation
1. Turn off the printer’s power.
2. Connect the print server to your printer with printer cable.
3. Turn the printer’s power on.
4. Plug the AC power adapter into the power connector on the print server.
5. Wait 10 seconds until all the LEDs have stopped flashing.
Note:
The ACT LED should be flash five times when POST. If not, please contact your local dealer for repair or
replacement.
Reset Button
LINK
POWER
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2. Print Server Installation
2.1 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. 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 and NDS)
․Microsoft Windows 95/98/Me
․Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP/2003
․Apple EtherTalk
․UNIX /Linux system
․Internet (via Internet Printer Connection software)
2.2 Configuration Solution Table
Setup Operating
System Function Remarks
PSAdmin utility / Setup Wizard
Windows 95/98/Me
Windows
NT/2000/XP/2003
Install a single network on a
peer-to-peer or client-server network Easy printer installation runs from print server setup CD
Embedded Web server
Windows 95/98/Me
Windows
NT/2000/XP/2003
Mac OS, Linux…
Remote setup print server from
private LAN Follow standard browse, e.g. IE or Netscape
HP Web JetAdmin
Windows
NT/2000/XP/2003 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, 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.
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3.Software Installation
3.1 Quick Installation
For the client PCs, you can run this program to add the print server to client PCs with most convenient.
1. Insert
Drivers and User’s Manual CD into the CD-ROM drive to initiate the autorun program. Once completed
a menu screen will appear.
2. Click on “Install Utility” hyper link to initiate the installation. Or you can click the “Start” button and choose
“Run”. (Suppose “E” is your CD-ROM drive). When the dialog box appears, enter “E:\Utility\Setup.exe” and
press enter key. You will see the dialog box as below. Please click “Next” to continue.
3. In Select A Print Server screen, please select the print server and its port number that your printer
connected and click “Next”. If you can not find your print server in the list, please press “Refresh” button to
scan you network again.
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4. In Change Settings screen, please select “No, ” and press “Next” to continue.
5. In the Select A Printer screen, please select the printer that is connected on the print server port which you
selected in step 4 from the list, click “Next”.
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6. Please check the information of Summary screen. click “Next” to continue.
7. Please click “Finish” to complete the print server installation.
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3.2 Configuration Utility Installation
For the client PCs, you can run this program to add the print server to client PCs with most convenient.
1. Insert Drivers and User’s Manual CD into the CD-ROM drive to initiate the autorun program. Once
completed a menu screen will appear.
2. Click on “Configuration Utility & Driver” hyper link to initiate the installation. Or you can click the “Start”
button and choose “Run”. (Suppose “E” is your CD-ROM drive). When the dialog box appears, enter
“E:\PSAdmin\Setup.exe” and press enter key. You will see the dialog box as below. Please click “Next” to
continue.
3. Specify the destination folder where the utility will be installed. Click “Next”.
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4. When installation complete, please click “Finish” to complete.
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3.2 Uninstalling the PSAdmin on Windows PC
To help users easily remove all installed software components of the PSAdmin from their Windows PC, and the
PSAdmin software comes with un-installation wizard program that can automatically remove the software
components from their Windows PC systems in minutes. Please follow the directions listed below to proceed
with the un-installation procedure.
After the PSAdmin is removed, the print server is no longer accessible via the PSAdmin. You have to re-install
the PSAdmin on your system in order to access the print server again.
Procedure:
1. Click Start, point to Settings, and select Control Panel.
2. Double click the Add/Remove Programs icon.
3. Click Change or Remove Programs tab.
4. Select Network Print Monitor for Windows 2000/XP and click Change/Remove button.
5. The un-installation wizard program will be launched.
6. Follow the directions on the screen to complete the un-installation procedure.
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4. Configure with PSAdmin
FPS-3300 has provide a Windows base utility for user to configure. After the configuration utility is successfully
installed, starts PSAdmin utility from your Windows Start menu: Start -> All Programs -> PSAdmin. The
screen will then appear as follow picture.
All print server(s) feature Novell NetWare function on the LAN will be displayed along with
their respective device name, MAC Address, print server name, firmware version, and status.
The terms are defined as follows:
Device Name: The name of the print server hardware used for identification purposes.
MAC Address: The Ethernet address of the print server.
Print server Name: The print server to which the device is attached.
Version: The firmware version of the print server.
Status: To come up a Printer’s status presently.
4.1 Wizard
FPS-3300 has provided two wizards for user to configure the print server step by step. When
click the icon < >, you will see Configuration Wizard screen.
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4.1.1 TCP/IP Wizard
1. Select TCP/IP Wizard in Configuration Wizard screen and click “Next”.
2. Select “Obtain an IP address from DHCP server”. If there is a DHCP server on your network. This
option allows the print server to obtain IP-related settings automatically from your DHCP server. This
setting, by default, is disabled. If you would like to manually specify an IP address to the device, please
skip to the following step.
3. In the IP Address option, type an IP address for the print server. The IP address must meet the IP
addressing requirements of the network segment.
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4. In the Subnet Mask option, type the Subnet Mask your LAN or network segment is currently configured to
use.
5. (Optional) In the Gateway field, type the IP address of gateway.
6. When done, click OK button. The program will save the above settings into the print server.
4.1.2 NetWare Wizard
1. Log into your NetWare file server as a Supervisor (Admin.) or equivalent.
2. Select TCP/IP Wizard in Configuration Wizard screen and click “Next”.
3. Select the NetWare File Server to which the print server device will be attached.
4. Type in a Print server.
5. Type in a Print Queue Names.
Note: Each print queue corresponds to each print port of the print server.
6. Click “OK”.
7. From your NetWare client computer, such as Windows 95/98/Me, create a printer that is connected
(redirected) to one of the NetWare print queues serviced by the print server.
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4.2 Print Server Properties
.4.2.1 General
In this option, you can modify the Device Name and change the password as you want. When you press the
Password button, you will see a dialog box as below for you to change password. After the password changed,
please write down the password in a note. That can prevent the print server has to process the hardware
default reset when you forget the password.
After Password assigned, FPS-3300 will start asking you to enter the password in next time you configure
FPS-3300.
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4.2.2 TCP/IP
If there is a DHCP Server in your network, you may select “Obtain an IP address from a DHCP server” to let this
FPS-3300 get the IP address from DHCP Server. If no, please select “Specify an IP address” and enter the IP
address, Subnet Mask and Gateway settings.
4.2.3 Netware
Before Netware configuration begin. You may login to your Netware Server with below steps:
1. Run PCONSOLE in NetWare 3.x or NetWare 4.x and create the necessary parameters (Refer to your
Novell NetWare print server/Services manual for details).
2. Log into your NetWare file server as a Supervisor (Admin.) or equivalent. From your Windows 95/98/Me,
run PSAdmin.
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Netware Settings: Please type in the Print server that created during PCONSOLE. And set the Polling Time
interval of the print server for waiting printing jobs on the NetWare server. Default is 3 seconds.
Bindery Settings: Select NetWare file server(s) that print server can do Bindery mode.
NDS Settings: Select NetWare file server(s), NetWare 4.x or later that print server can do NDS mode.
Encrypt Password: If you have set a password in Netware Server for user login. Please enter the password in
this field.
Click OK. From your NetWare client computer, such as Windows 95/98/Me, create a printer that is connected
(redirected) to one of the NetWare print queues serviced by the print server.
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4.2.4 Apple Talk
Select “Apple Talk” option and the AppleTalk configuration window will pop-up.
AppleTalk is a data communication protocol often used by Macintoshes. The print server can use these
parameters to join the AppleTalk network and share the printer to other AppleTalk workstations. FPS-3300 will
auto-search the AppleTalk network and join it.
Apple Talk Settings: Print server will join to the AppleTalk network automatically. Please make sure the Zone
Name and Port Name which the print server gotten is correct.
Printer Type: The type of printer attached to each printer port. You can get the Printer Type and the Data
Format from the manufacturer of the printer.
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