SEH ThinPrint TPG60 User manual

ThinPrint® Gateway
TPG60 / TPG120
User Manual

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Table of Contents
1 General Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.1 ThinPrint® Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.2 Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.3 Support and Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.4 Your Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.5 First Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.6 Saving the IP Address in the TPG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2 Administration Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.1 Administration via the TPG Homepage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.2 Administration via the InterCon-NetTool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.3 Administration via an FTP/FTPS Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
2.4 Administration via the TPG Status Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3 Status Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
3.1 How to Display TPG Status Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
3.2 How to get Printer Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.3 How to Get Status Information on the Printer Connections . . . . . . . . . 33
3.4 How to Display the Job History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
3.5 How to Print a Status or Service Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
4 Network and Device Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
4.1 How to Configure TCP/IP Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
4.2 How to Configure the DNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
4.3 How to Enable/Disable Bonjour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
4.4 How to Adapt the Network Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
4.5 How to Configure the Device Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
4.6 How to Configure the Language of the Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
4.7 How to Determine a Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
5 ThinPrint® Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
5.1 How to Define the ThinPrint® Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
5.2 How to Define the Bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
5.3 How to Integrate Printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
5.4 How to define Timeouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
5.5 How to Use the ThinPrint® Connection Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

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6 Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
6.1 How to Define a Password for the TPG (Read/Write Protection) . . . . . 61
6.2 How to Protect the TPG against Unauthorized Access
(IP Sender Control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
6.3 How to Enable/Disable FTP & HTTP (Port Control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
6.4 How Does the TPG Receive Encrypted Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
7 Network Authentication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
7.1 How to Configure EAP-MD5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
7.2 How to Configure EAP-TLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
7.3 How to Configure EAP-TTLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
7.4 How to Configure PEAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
7.5 How to Configure EAP-FAST. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
8 Certificate Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
8.1 How to Create a Self-Signed Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
8.2 How to Create a Certificate Request for CA Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
8.3 How to Save CA Certificates in the TPG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
8.4 How to Save PKCS12 Certificates in the TPG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
8.5 How to Save Root Certificates in the TPG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
8.6 How to Delete Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
8.7 How to Install Certificates on a Windows Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
9 Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
9.1 How to Save TPG Parameters (Backup) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
9.2 How to Reset Parameters to their Default Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
9.3 How to Perform an Update. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
9.4 How to Restart the TPG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
10 Appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
10.1 Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
10.2 Parameter List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
10.3 List of Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
10.4 Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

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1 General Information
What information do
you need?
• ’ThinPrint® Gateway’ Ö6
• ’Documentation’ Ö8
• ’Support and Service’ Ö10
• ’Your Safety’ Ö11
• ’First Steps’ Ö12
• ’Saving the IP Address in the TPG’ Ö13

This chapter contains information concerning the
device and the documentation as well as notes about
your safety. You will learn how to benefit from your TPG
and how to operate the device properly.

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1.1 ThinPrint® Gateway
What is ThinPrint
.print?
ThinPrint .print is a software-based technology with many print
management functions for network printing, among them the possi-
bility to compress print jobs and to control bandwidth usage. It signi
cantly reduces print data tra c between the application server or print
server and the local printer, relieving the network.
The ThinPrint® technology enables the transmission of compressed
and bandwidth-optimized print jobs within a network. Print jobs are
compressed using the server component of the .print technology,
the so-called .print Engine. The server sends the compressed print
data to a device with the implemented .print Client. This client then
decompresses the print data, transferring it to any printer.
Purpose
The TPG (ThinPrint®Gateway) contains a completely integrated Thin-
Print® .print client . This ThinPrint .print client allows you to receive
and decompress print data.
The ThinPrint .print gateways TPG60 an TPG120 were especially deve-
loped for environments using ThinPrint .print technology for print job
compression and bandwidth control.
Up to six network printers can be quickly and easily connected to the
network via the TPG60 with integrated ThinPrint .print Client v7.x.
The TPG120 connects up to twelve printers. Users send compressed
print jobs to the ThinPrint .print gateways which in turn decompress
these print jobs and send them to the respective printers.

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Features
The TPG supports the following features:
• The feature .print AutoConnect allows you to automatically
create the required printer objects for the relevant client on the
server. .print AutoConnect will automatically connect all
selected printers on the server with a ThinPrint® port; provided
that templates exist.
• The .print Connection Service allows you to print to .print
clients, that are found behind a firewall, for example. This allows
the connection via masked networks as well as the assignment
of the relevant print job to the respective end device.
• ThinPrint SSL encryption safely protects print data during their
transmission in the network. ThinPrint .print Clients or Gateways
decrypt the data before printing.
System
Requirements
The TPG has been designed for the use in TCP/IP-based networks. A
ThinPrint® server must be integrated within this network. The net-
work printers involved must support socket printing (printing via
TCP/IP ports) or LPD-Printing. If you want to use the .print Connec-
tion Service, you need a license.

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1.2 Documentation
Structure of the
Documentation
The TPG documentation consists of the following documents:
Document Features This documentation has been designed as an electronic document
for screen use. Many programs (e.g. Adobe Reader) offer a bookmark
navigation feature that allows you to view the entire document
structure.
This document contains hyperlinks to the associated information
units. If you want to print this documentation, we recommend using
the printer setting ’Duplex’ or ’Booklet’.
Terminology Used in
this Document
The explanation of technical terms used in this document is summa-
rized in a glossary; see: Ö104. The glossary provides an overview
of technical matters and background information that are necessary
for a proper installation and configuration.
User Manual
Detailed description of the TPG configuration and
administration.
Quick Installation Guide
Information about security, hardware installation, and the
initial operation procedure.
PDF
Printed
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Symbols and
Conventions
A variety of symbols are used within this document. Their meaning is
listed in the following table:
Table 1: Conventions within the documentation
Symbol / Convention Description
Warning
A warning contains important information that
must be heeded. Non-observance may lead
to malfunctions.
Note
A notice contains information that should be
heeded.
Proceed as follows:
1. Mark ...
The ‘hand’ symbol marks the beginning of
instructions. Individual instructions are set in
italics.
ªConfirmation The arrow confirms the consequence of an
action.
;Requirements Hooks mark requirements that must be met
before you can begin the action.
Option A square marks procedures and options that
you can choose.
• Eye-catchers mark lists.
This sign indicates the summary of a chapter.
Ö The arrow marks a reference to a page within
this document. In the PDF file, you can jump
to this page by clicking the symbol.
Bold Established terms (of buttons or menu items,
for example) are set in bold.
Courier Command lines are set in Courier font.
’Proper names’ Proper names are put in inverted commas

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1.3 Support and Service
Support If questions remain, please contact our hotline. SEH Computertech-
nik offers extensive support and user training sessions.
Current Services The following services can be found on the SEH website at
www.seh.de.
• current update files
• current tools
• current documentation
• current product information
• product data sheet
• FAQ
• and much more
Monday through Thursday
Friday
from 8:00 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. and
from 8:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. (CET)
℡[phone]
@[email protected]

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1.4 Your Safety
Read and observe all safety regulations and warnings found in the
documentation, on the device and on the packaging. This will avoid
potential misuse and prevent damages to people and devices.
SEH Computertechnik GmbH will not accept any liability for perso-
nal injuries, property damages and consequential damages resulting
from the non-observance of the mentioned safety regulations and
warnings. Non-observance will result in the warranty claims beco-
ming void.
Intended Use
The TPG is used in TCP/IP networks. The TPG allows communication
between up to six/twelve network printers and one ThinPrint® ser-
ver. The TPG has been designed for use in office environments.
Improper Use
All uses of the device that do not comply with the TPG functionali-
ties described in the documentation are regarded as improper uses.
It is not allowed to make modifications to the hardware and soft-
ware or to try to repair the device.
Safety Regulations Before starting the initial operation procedure of the TPG, please
note the safety regulations in the Quick Installation Guide. The
Hardware Installation Guide is enclosed in the packaging.
Warnings Read and observe all warnings mentioned in this document. War-
nings are found before any instructions known to be dangerous.
They are presented as follows:
Warning!

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1.5 First Steps
This section provides all the information that you need to operate
the TPG.
Proceed as follows:
1. Connect the TPG to the network and the mains supply. ’Quick
Installation Guide’.
2. Make sure that an IP address is stored in the TPG; see: ’Saving
the IP Address in the TPG’ Ö13.
3. Define the ThinPrint® port and other ThinPrint® settings; see:
Ö52.
4. Define the printers to which the TPG will send print jobs; see:
’How to Integrate Printers’ Ö54.
ªThe TPG is operational.

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1.6 Saving the IP Address in the TPG
Why IP Addresses? An IP address is used to address network devices in an IP network.
TCP/IP network protocols require the storing of the IP address in the
TPG so that the device can be addressed within the network.
How Does the TPG
Obtain IP Addresses?
TPGs are shipped without an IP address. TPG is able to assign itself
an IP address during the initial installation. Boot protocols are used
to assign an IP address automatically to the TPG. Upon delivery, the
boot protocols ’BOOTP’ and ’DHCP’ are enabled.
Once the TPG is connected to the network, it checks whether an IP
address can be obtained from the boot protocols BOOTP or DHCP. If
this is not the case, the TPG assigns itself an IP address via ZeroConf
from the address range (169.254.0.0/16) which is reserved for Zero-
Conf.
Once the TPG has automatically received an IP address via a boot
protocol, you can save a freely definable IP address in the TPG. The
TPG's assigned IP address can be determined and changed using the
software tool ’InterCon-NetTool’.
Different methods for the assignment of the IP address are described
in the following.
• ’ZeroConf’ Ö14
• ’BOOTP’ Ö14
• ’DHCP’ Ö14
• ’ARP/PING’ Ö15
• ’InterCon-NetTool (IP Wizard)’ Ö16

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ZeroConf
If no IP address can be assigned via boot protocols, the TPG assigns
itself an IP address via ZeroConf.
Requirements ;The 'ZeroConf' parameter has been activated; see: Ö42.
For this purpose, the TPG picks an IP address at random from the
address range (169.254.0.0/16) which is reserved for ZeroConf and
sends a query to the network. If this IP address has already been
assigned elsewhere in the network, the TPG will receive a message.
The TPG then sends another query with a different IP address. If the
IP address is available, it is saved in the TPG.
If you wish to use an IP address different from the one assigned via
ZeroConf, you can save a freely definable IP address in the TPG later
on.
BOOTP
The TPG supports BOOTP, which means that the IP address of the
TPG can be assigned via a BOOTP server.
Requirements ;The 'BOOTP' parameter has been activated; see: Ö42.
If the TPG is connected, it asks the BOOTP host for the IP address and
the host name. The BOOTP host answers and sends a data packet
containing the IP address. The IP address is saved in the TPG.
DHCP
The TPG supports DHCP, which means that the IP address of the TPG
can be assigned dynamically via a DHCP server.
Requirements ;The 'DHCP' parameter has been activated; see: Ö42.
After the hardware installation, the TPG asks a DHCP server for an IP
address by means of a broadcast query. The DHCP server identifies
the TPG on the basis of its hardware address and sends a data packet
to the TPG. This data packet contains, among others, the IP address
of the TPG, the default gateway, and the IP address of the DNS ser-
ver. The data is saved in the TPG.

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ARP/PING
The assignment of the IP address to the hardware address can be
done via the ARP table. The ARP table is an internal system file in
which the assignment is temporarily saved (about 15 min). This table
is administered by the ARP protocol.
By means of the 'arp' and 'ping' commands, you can save the IP
address in the TPG. If the TPG already has an IP address, the 'arp' and
'ping' commands cannot be used to save a new IP address.
However, an IP address from the address range (169.254.0.0/16)
which is reserved for ZeroConf can be overwritten by means of the
'arp' and 'ping' commands.
The 'arp' command is used for editing the ARP table. The 'ping' com-
mand transfers a data packet containing the IP address to the hard-
ware address of the TPG. If the data packet has been successfully
sent and received, the TPG permanently saves the IP address.
The implementation of the 'arp' and 'ping' command depends on the
system used. Read the documentation for your operating system.
Requirements ;The 'ARP/PING' parameter has been activated; see: Ö42.
Edit the ARP table:
Syntax: arp -s <IP address><hardware address>
Example: arp -s 192.168.0.123 00-c0-eb-00-01-ff
Assign a new IP address to the TPG:
Syntax: ping <IP address>
Example: ping 192.168.0.123
The separators within the hardware address that are used in this example correspond
to the Windows platform.

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InterCon-NetTool (IP Wizard)
The IP Wizard of the InterCon-NetTool helps you to configure the
TCP/IP parameters, e.g. the IP address. You can easily enter the desi-
red IP address and save it in the TPG using the IP Wizard.
Requirements ;The TPG is connected to the network and the mains voltage.
;The InterCon-NetTool is installed on the client; see: Ö19.
;By means of the InterCon-NetTool you can scan the network via
Multicast.
;The router in the network forwards multicast requests.
Proceed as follows:
1. Start the InterCon-NetTool.
2. Mark the TPG in the device list.
The TPG is displayed in the device list under 'ZeroConf' with an IP address from
the address range (169.254.0.0/16) which is reserved for ZeroConf.
3. Select Installation – IP Wizard from the menu bar.
The IP Wizard is started.
4. Follow the instructions of the Wizard.
ªThe settings are saved.
Fig. 1: InterCon-NetTool - IP Wizard

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2 Administration Methods
You will get information on when to use these methods and which
functions these methods support.
What information do
you need?
• ’Administration via the TPG Homepage’ Ö17
• ’Administration via the InterCon-NetTool’ Ö19
• ’Administration via an FTP/FTPS Connection’ Ö28
• ’Administration via the TPG Status Button’ Ö29
2.1 Administration via the TPG Homepage
The TPG Homepage comprises all features for the administration of
the TPG.
The TPG Homepage is stored in your TPG and can be started by
means of an internet browser (Internet Explorer, Netscape, Firefox,
Safari).
Requirements ;The TPG is connected to the network and the mains voltage.
;The TPG has a valid IP address.
.
Starting the TPG
Homepage
Proceed as follows:
1. Open your browser.
2. Enter the IP address of the TPG as the URL.
ªThe TPG Homepage appears.
If the TPG Homepage is not displayed, check the proxy settings of
your browser.
You can administer and configure the TPG in a number
of ways. The following chapter gives you an overview
of the various administration options.

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Fig. 2: TPG Homepage - Home
Structure of
the TPG Homepage
The available menu items are located in the navigation bar (left
hand). After selecting a menu item (simple mouse click), the corre-
sponding page with its content is displayed.
You can set the language of the TPG Homepage via General – Home.
Simply select the relevant flag. You will also see contact information
of the manufacturer.
Clicking the General - Manuals link brings you to the SEH web site.
Here, you can download the latest manuals as *.pdf files.
All other menu items are intended for the configuration of the TPG
and are described in this manual.

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2.2 Administration via the InterCon-NetTool
The software InterCon-NetTool has been developed by SEH Compu-
tertechnik GmbH for the administration of SEH network devices
(print server, TPG, ISD, etc.). Depending on the network device you
can configure various features via the InterCon-NetTool.
The InterCon-NetTool has been designed for use in Windows, Mac
OS X, and Linux networks. The software is installed on all clients that
are meant to access a network device in the network.
Basic Functions After the InterCon-NetTool is started, the network will be scanned
for connected network devices. The network range to be scanned is
freely definable. All network devices found will be displayed in the
'device list'.
You can modify the device list and adopt it to your individual needs.
You can mark and configure the devices in the device list.
Installation and
Program Start
In order to use the InterCon-NetTool, the program must be installed
on a computer with Windows, Linux, or Mac OS X operating system.
Different installation files are available, depending on the operating
system. You will find the InterCon-NetTool installation files on the
Product CD or on the Internet at www.seh.de.
If you use the InterCon-NetTool in Mac OS X or Linux networks,
some functions will notbe available.

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Windows
The installation file is available as ’*.exe’ for Windows systems.
Proceed as follows:
1. Start the InterCon-NetTool installation file.
2. Select the desired language.
3. Follow the installation routine.
ªThe InterCon-NetTool is installed on the system.
To start the program, double-click the InterCon-NetTool icon .
The icon is found on the desktop or the Windows start menu.
The settings of the InterCon-NetTool are saved in the ’NetTool.ini’
file. The file is stored in the directory ’Documents and Settings’ with
the relevant user name. (Only for multi-user operating systems)
MAC OS X
The installation file is available as ’*.dmg’ for MAC systems.
Proceed as follows:
1. Open the InterCon-NetTool installation file.
The content of the file will appear on the screen.
2. Start the ’.*.pkg’ file.
3. Follow the installation routine.
ªThe InterCon-NetTool is installed on the system.
To start the program, double-click the ’intercon-nettool.app’ file.
The program settings are saved in the ’InterCon-NetTool.ini’ file. This
file can be found in the directory '/Users/<NAME>/Library/Prefe-
rences/InterCon-NetTool'.