Planet Multi-Port Fast Ethernet Print Server... User manual

Multi-Port
Fast Ethernet Print Server
FPS-3121
Quick Installation Guide

Table of Contents
Package Content............................................................................. 4
Physical Installation......................................................................... 5
Print Server Setup .......................................................................... 6
Administrator PC Setup ................................................................... 7
>> Windows Peer-to-Peer Printing.............................................. 7
Install Peer-To-Peer Print Driver .......................................... 7
>> Macintosh (AppleTalk) .........................................................12

This Quick Installation Guide contains brief instructions for the following
environments:
● Windows95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Sever2003Peer-to-PeerNetworks
● Macintosh(AppleTalk)
For other environments, or any problems, please refer to the full User’s
Manual in the CD-ROM.

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Package Content
1 x Print Server
1 x Quick Installation Guide
1 x Drivers and User’s Manual CD
1 x Power Adapter

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Physical Installation
1. Make sure the power is OFF then connect printer to the Print Server's
printer port.
2.ConnecttheLANcabletotheproperconnectorofthePrintServer.
3.ConnecttheotherendoftheLANcabletoa10Base-Tor100Base-TX
hub or switch.
4. Connect the supplied Power Adapter.
5. Please make sure the POWER LED is light on.

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Print Server Setup
In the following situation, you do not need to congure the Print
Server. Just follow the procedures on section “Administrator PC Setup”
to share your printer. If you want to install print server to a client PC,
you may refer to our manual in the CD-ROM.
Windows users:
●AlreadyinstalledTCP/IPprotocol.
Apple Macintosh users: Already installed AppleTalk protocol.

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Administrator PC Setup
>> Windows Peer-to-Peer Printing
Install Peer-To-Peer Print Driver
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 “Administrator Installation” hyper link to initiate the installa-
tion. 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.

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3.Specify the destination folder where the utility will be installed. Click
“Next”.
4. Select the components you want to install. It is highly recommended
to install all provided components in administrator installation. Please
click“Next”.

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5. Specify the program folder name where the program icons will be
addto.Pleaseclick“Next”tostartinstallation.
6.For a while, the program will nish installing utility and driver you
selected. Thus far you have completed the installation phase and
prepare to congure the Print Server. The “Choose Print Server”
dialog box will be displayed as following. Please select the print
serverandclick“Next”.

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7.“Name the print Server”, you can assign an easy to memorize name
formanagement.Butnotethat,thisnamewillbethe“Identier”for
the Peer-to-Peer Printing.
Note
If this is the first time you configure the print server, the
“PrintServerName”willthesameasthe“DeviceName”
printed at the bottom of the print server.

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8.In the system default, IPX and NetBEUI are enabled. But the Peer-
to-Peer printing is not support those protocols, so it will show those
protocolsarenot supported. About theTCP/IP,you caneitherassign
a xed IP address for the print server or congure it later by the
congurationutility.Pleaseclick“Next”.
9.Conguration summary will display in this screen. Now, you have
completed the “Print Server Setup”. By clicking “Finish”, your system
will perform “Add network port” of the print server to your PC.

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10.The “Setup complete” window is displayed to indicate that the
AdministratorInstallationprocedureisnished.Pleaseclick“Finish”.
>> Macintosh (AppleTalk)
1.ClicktheAppleiconandthenControlPanel-Network.
2. Ensure that EtherTalk is selected under AppleTalk Connection.
3.ClickChooser.TheChooserpanelwillopen.
4.ClickeithertheLaserWriter8icon(recommended)ortheLaserWriter
7 icon.
5. Select a Print Server from the printer list. Print Server names appear
in the form PSxxxxxx (PS followed by 6 digits), as recorded on the
base of the Print Server.
6.ClicktheClosebox.Congurationisnowcomplete.