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    Copyright © by Edimax Tec hnology Co, LTD. al l rights reserved. No part of this publicati on may be reproduced, tr ansmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any l anguage or computer language, in any form or by any mean s, electronic, mechanical, m agnetic, optical, chemical, manual or othe rwise, without the prior ...

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    Federa l Comm unic atio n Comm issi on Interfer ence St atem ent This equipment has been tested and found to comp ly with the limits for a Class B di gital devi ce, pursuant t o Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reas onable protection against harmful interference in a residen tial installation. This equipment generates, use ...

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    DISCLAIMER This company makes no represen tations or warranti es, either expressed or implied, with resp ect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warrantie s, merchantabili t y or fitness for any particular purpose. Any software described in this manual is sold or licensed "as is". Should the program s prove defectiv e fo ...

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    Contents 1. INTRODUCTION .................... ........................ ....................... ............ 1 1.1 Product Introducti on .............................................. ........... 2 1.2 Product Package ...................... ........................ ............... 3 1.3 Network Printing Ar chitecture ............................... ...

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    5. NETWARE NETWORK .......... ........................ ....................... .......... 50 5.1 System Architectu re ........................... ............................ 51 5.2 NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.x In stallation & Se tup ....................... 53 5.2.1 Installation Using PCONSOLE ....................... .. .............. ............ 53 6. ...

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    8. WEB MANAGEMENT............. ....................... ........................ .......... 92 8.1 Introduction ........ ....................... ........................ ............. 93 8.2 Getting Print Server Information .... ................... ............. 96 8.3 Getting Printer St atus ........................ ............................ 97 ...

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    1 1. Introduction ...

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    2 1.1 Product Introduction Thank you for purchasing and us ing our print server . This print server allo ws your printe r to become a shared devi ce on the network. It offers printing fl exibility and manageabilit y on your Local Area N etwork at an e xtremely low cost and with an abs olute minimum setup and maintenance required. This print server ...

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    3 1.2 Product Package This package cont ains th e following components: One Print Server One Pow er Adap ter One Quick Inst allation Gui de One CD (Utilit y , Mult i-languag e Quick Installation G uide & User Manual) ...

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    4 1.3 Network Printing Architecture This sectio n illustrates how print serve r functions and operates on the network. Befo re you in stall and us e print server , it is strongly reco mmended that yo u read this section completely , and select only the chapters you need according to your network o perating system by “Contents of the User ’ s Ma ...

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    5 1.3.1 Print Ser ver Network Functions Window s NT Se rver NetWare Serve r Window s 98 Window s NT Work sta ti on Windows 2000 Unix Print Se rve r Print Server Because print server suppor ts IPX/SPX, NetBEUI, TCP/IP and AppleT alk network protocols, any networked computer can directly pri nt to the pr int server from any of its installed protocol. ...

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    6 Common operating sy stems for client s are classified as following: Windows 98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/V ist a Our print server system pr ovides PTPP (Peer-to- Peer Printing) driver an d utilities for Win dows 98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/V is t a users. PT PP (Peer-to- Peer Printing) supports TCP/IP protocol. In the client inst allation pr ocedure, afte ...

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    7 W indow s 98 PTPP Prin t Server MIS-2 P1 P2 P3 P1 Print S erver MIS-1 UNIX / Linux UNIX (include HP/UX, SC O Unix, SunOS, Solaris, Unixware DECUnix, IBM AIX and others) and Linux use the system-standard LPR to pr int through pr int server . MAC OS MAC OS can use the system-s tandard AppleT alk network to print throug h print server . ...

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    8 1.3.3 Network Printing Fu nctions for Network Ser ver Window s NT Se rver NetWare Serve r Window s 98 Window s NT Work sta ti on Windows 2000 Unix Print Se rve r Network Server Common networ k servers ar e classified as following: Windows NT/2000/2003 Our print server system pr ovides PTPP (Peer-to- Peer Printing) driver an d utilities for Win do ...

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    9 1.4 Network Printing Environment Common network environm ent are classifi ed as following: Windows Peer-to-Peer Network The client’s PTPP driver will use TCP/IP protocol to print through print server . Windows NT/2000/2003 Network Network printing function wi ll become available after PTPP driver is installed into Windows NT/2000/2003. Adding t ...

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    10 NetW are Network (see below) ...

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    11 1.5 Contents of the User’s Manual Chapter 2 explains print server ’ s hardware installation and configurat ion. It is strong ly recommended fo r you to read. The following chapters 3, 4, 5, and 6 introduces: Chapter 3. Windows Peer-to-Peer Network Chapter 4. Windows NT/2 000 Server-Based Netw ork Chapter 5. NetW are Network Chapter 6. UNIX S ...

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    12 Chapter 1 1 introduces Print Se rver ’ s LPR Printi ng function and Windows XP/V ist a and MAC OS 10.x st andard setup procedures. The LPR Printi ng (Line Printer Remote technology) allow s users to c onnect to printers via TCP/IP for printing s haring. Chapter 12 In Windows XP SP2, you may not find any print serv er listed on the “ Availabl ...

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    13 1.6 Firmware & Printing Function The print server provides a complete network printing solution. The feature set is listed below: PTPP (Peer-to-P eer-Pri nting) TCP/IP (LPR) IPP Printing NetW are Bindery Printing AppleT alk SMB Printing ...

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    14 2. Hardware Inst allation 1. Unpack t he print serv er pa ck age and verify that all the items listed in the sect ion 1.2 are pr ovided. 2. Connect the print server to the printer you want to share on the network by standard Parallel cable. 3. Connect the print server to your network by attached the network cable to the UTP port of the print ser ...

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    15 3. Windows Peer-to-Peer Network ...

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    16 3.1 System Architecture Print server supports Win dows Peer-to-Peer network printing mode , which is suit able for most medium and small network environments. Through quick and simple installation procedure, user s can immediat ely enjoy the convenience of network printing. Instal lation procedure i s sep ara ted into following two parts: 1. Adm ...

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    17 Client users mus t install Wi ndows PTPP driver (Peer-to- Peer Printing) for network printing. In addit ion, after PTPP is installed, the syst em will automatically search for all pr int servers on the network, and add the printing port of the print servers into Windows’ printing port (r efer to Netw ork Printing Architecture in se ct ion 1.4 ...

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    18 3.2 Installation Wizard This wizard can be run in Windows 2000/XP/Vista. The following procedures are operated in Windows XP. If you lose the CD ROM or y ou prefer the traditional setup procedure, please follow the instruct ion as following step in this quick installation guide. ...

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    19 3.3 Administrator Installation and Setup **PLEASE FIND THE UTILIT Y MANU ALL Y FROM CD-ROM DRIVE’S ROOT DIRECT OR Y OR DOWNLOAD IT FROM EDIMAX WEBISTE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QU ESTI O N PLE ASE CH ECK WI TH EDIMAX LOCAL TECHNICAL SUPPORT TEAM. The Administrator I nstal lation Pr ogram executes a wizard-dri ven procedure that performs the following t ...

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    20 2.The “Print Server Utilities” window will be displayed. Click “Next” . 3.Click “Next” to in stall the utilities in the def ault folder or click “Change” to speci fy the destination folder where you would like to install the utilit ies. ...

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    21 4.Select the components you want to install. It is h ighly recommended to install all provided co mponents. Click “Next” to continue. ...

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    22 5.The system w ill st art to inst all the utili ties automatically . 6.Y ou have complete d the installation phase and prepare to configure the Print Server . The “Choose P rint Server” will list all Pr int Servers with in the netw ork. Se lect the Print Server you woul d like to config ure and click “Next”. ...

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    23 NOTE 1: If this is the firs t time you configure the Print Server, the “Print Server Name” is the last 6- digit of M AC ID with pr efix “PS”. Please check the MAC ID on the print ser ver. NOTE 2: The list can only di sp lay the devic es fr om t he same manufacturer. 7.S pecify a recognizable name for the Print Server and click “Next” ...

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    24 8.S pecify the IP Address for the Print S erver manuall y or click “Next” to keep default IP Address, i.e. 10.0.0.1 9.The configuration summary is displa yed in t he window . Now , you have comp leted the Pr int Server setup. Click “Finish” and your system wil l add network port of the Pr int Server to your PC automatically . ...

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    25 10.The Administrator Insta llation procedure is totally completed. Click “Finish”. The Administrator Inst allation Program have execut ed the installation procedure that performs the following t asks: Install all utilities and dr iver s to the administrator ’ s PC. Configure the print server (i nc luding the print ser ver name and network ...

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    26 3.4 Administrator Utilities After Administrator Installatio n is complete d, there w ill be four utilities in print server ’ s Program folder . Network Ports Quick Setup – Add the network ports of print serv ers within t he network to your PC. Print Server Config uration – Allows you to configure the print server ’s IP Address, network p ...

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    27 3.5 Client In stallation and Setup *PLEASE FIND THE UTILI TY MANU ALLY FROM CD- ROM DRIVE’S ROOT DIRECTORY OR DOWNLOAD IT FROM EDIMAX WEBISTE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION PLEASE CHECK WITH EDIMAX LOCAL TECHNICAL SUPPORT TEAM. The Client Inst allation Program is a wizard driv en procedure whi ch will perform the following tasks:  Ins tall clien ...

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    28 2.The “Print Server Utilities” window will be displayed. Click “Next” . 3.Click “Next” to in stall the utilities in the def ault folder or click “Browse” to specify t he destination folder where you would like to install the utilit ies. ...

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    29 4.The system will start to install the utilities automatica lly . ...

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    30 5.Now , the inst allation proc edure is completed, you are ready to set up the client’s computer . All network ports of the Print Serve rs detected on the network w ill be added to your PC automaticall y , click “Continue”. Note that if there are no print server s detected in the network currently , please clic k “Continue” to finish t ...

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    31 6.The Cli ent Instal lation pr ocedure is comp leted. Click “Finish”. After the installation, you have comple ted the following tasks: Install all utilities and drivers to th e client’s PC. Add all th e print serv er ’ s network ports of the network to the client’s PC. Y o u can then perform the Wind ows’ standard “Add Printer” p ...

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    32 3.6 Client Utilities After Client I nstallation is c omplete d, there w ill be three tools in print server ’ s Program fol der . Network Port s Quick Setup Remote Por ts Uninstall Network Driver The Uninstall Network D river will assist yo u in removin g all installed client softwa re. The other two tools are described as f ollows. ...

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    33 3.6.1 Networ k Ports Quick Setup Network Ports Quick Se tup Ut ilit y offers a very simple method to add or re move print ser ver ’ s printer port from the client’s computer . During the c lient’s inst allati on procedure, the system will automatically search for all pr int servers on the network, and add them into the pr in ter ports of t ...

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    34 Please be awa re that Network Po rts Quick Setup Utility can only detect and configure all prin t servers on the same network, it cannot search and configure print servers on other subnets ac ross network segments. Y ou must use Remote P orts Utility descr ibed in t he next section to manage remote (across network segments) print servers. Select ...

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    35 3.6.2 Remote Ports (Utility ) Remote Por ts Utili ty of fers a convenient way for you to manage and add printer port of the remote print server . From the assistant of this utilit y , yo u can print to other print servers outside the subn et across network segment. However , pl ease note that th is functi on only support s TCP/IP network protoco ...

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    36 S tep3. The new r emote prin t port is displayed as follows. In order to use th e remote pr in ting function, you will h ave to proceed with normal Add Printer procedure and select your printer port as the newl y added remote pri nter port. ...

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    37 3.7 Windows Add Printer Procedure After adding a “Network Port” of the print server to your PC by Administr ator or Client Inst allation Program, you can follow the pr ocedures described in t he following sections to add printer to the Windows. 3.7.1 Windows Vista The following “Add P rinter” st eps are running in Windows Vis ta. Click ? ...

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    38 Choose the suitable printer po rt which was created by the installation process and click “Next”. Select the prin ter manufacturer and the printer model and click “Next”. If your printer is not in the list, click “Hav e Disk…” to install the driver of the printer . After installat ion, the printe r model will be added to the list. ...

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    39 Name your printer an d set the default prin ter , click “N ext”. The printer drivers ar e bein g installed. ...

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    40 It is recommended to print a test p age. Click “Finish”. The printer is added to “Pri nters” page, you have added the printer to y our comput er successfully . Now you can start to print from your co mputer to the print server . ...

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    41 3.7.2 Windows XP The following “Add P rinter” st ep s are running in Windows XP , the steps in other Op erating Systems such as Windows 98SE/Me/2000 are si milar . Click “S tart”, choose “Setting s” and select “Printers and Faxes”. Click “Add a Printer”. The “Add Printer Wizard” is displ ayed. Click “Next”. ...

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    42 Select “Local printe r attached to this computer” and m ake sure that “Automatical ly det ect and install my Plug and Play printer” i s not selected. Click “N ext”. Choose the suit able “Pri nt Server Network Port” which was created by the Admini strator Install ation or Client Installation process and click “Next”. ...

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    43 Select a suitable printer manufactur er and the printer model and click “Next” . If your printer is not in the list, click “Have Di sk…” to inst all the driver of the printer . After inst allation, the prin ter model will be added to the list. Name your printer and setup the defaul t print er , click “Next”. ...

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    44 Choose to print the test page or not. It is recommended to print a test page. Click “Next”. Y o u have added the printer to the PC successfully . The information of the prin ter is displayed in the windows. Click “Finish”. Now you can start to print from your PC to the print server . ...

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    45 4. Windows NT/2000/2003 Network ...

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    46 4.1 System Architecture In Windows network environmen t, other than the Peer-to- Peer network printing arch itecture descr ibed in the previous chapter , we also of fer the Server-Based Printing architecture f or Windows NT /2000/2003 serv er . Only one Windows NT/2000/2003 is requ ired to have Windows PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Prin ting) driver inst a ...

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    47 4.2 Windows NT/2000/2003 Server Installation and Setup Please follow the procedur es described below for installation and construct a peer-to-peer connecti on (PTPP) between Windows NT /2 000/2003 Server and Print Server . S tep1. If this is your first time inst alli ng print server , please instal l the admini strator soft ware on Windows NT/20 ...

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    48 S tep2. Please add/configure the Pee r-to-Peer Printing of the Windows NT/2000/2003 network printer and ver ify that you can print from Wind ows NT/2000/2003 to the print server by the installed P TPP dri ver . S tep3. Share the above server ’ s pr inter to the network by performing the standard Window s printer sharing pr ocess. ...

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    49 4.3 User Installation and Setup After server side’ s installati on is completed, client sid e will be able to f ind the server ’ s shared p rinter in N etwork Neighborhood. Y o u only ne ed to perform Window’ s standard Add New Printer pr ocedure, select “Network Printer” shown in the screen be low , and complete the configurations aft ...

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    50 5. NetW are Network ...

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    51 5.1 System Architecture We implemented NetW are printe r sharing functionality i nto the print serv er itsel f, thus allowing one or more printers attached by a print server to be connec ted to the network. W e have developed the print s erver to support NetW are print server . Embedded print server , wh ich emulates the “queue management func ...

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    52 Printing performa nce is enhanced. Relieve NetW are file server ’s burden. Relieve the need of a work st ation running the remote printer utilit y . Improve productivity by loca ting the printer near the workgroup. Each prin t server s hould log into a NetW are server before servicing the print jo bs. Each print se rver will occ upy a user acc ...

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    53 5.2 NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.x Inst allation & Setup Once your print server i s connected to your Ethernet network, you can set it up fo r use with your networking software. 5.2.1 Installati on Using PCONSOLE 5.2.1.1 Configuring as Print Server Mode 1. Run the NetW are PCONSOLE program. 2. Change the current file server , if necessary , using the C ...

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    54 6. Y ou have now successful ly created the print queue that your print server will se rve. Press the Escape key until the A vailable Options main menu is displayed . 7. Select Print Server Information. 8. Press the In sert key to add a new NetW are print server object. The pr int server name ca n be identical to the PSxxxxxx name printed on th e ...

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    55 13. Press Escape, and answ er Y es to the Save Changes question. 14. Select Queues Serviced by Prin ter , then select Printer 0 (or Printer 1, Pr inter 2) and press Enter . 15. Press Insert and add your newly cr eated print queue to the list of queues serviced by the printer . Enter a priority number for the queue service, or press Enter to acce ...

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    56 16. Repeatedly p ress Esca pe to exit the PCONSOLE program. 17. Reset the print server to have the changes t ake ef fect. NOTE: If the pr int server you hav e is w ith mult iple pr inter connectors, you may create multiple prin t queues and printer objects. Y o ur print server s hould now be ready to use. Y ou should be able to redirect printing ...

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    57 6. UNIX System Network ...

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    58 6.1 Introduction The print server is available for TCP/IP printing by Unix LPD (Line Printer Daemon) protoc ol. T he LPD protocol originated with Unix rel ease is based on the BSD v ersion of Unix and supported unde r mos t versions of Unix. This chapter explains how to configure the print server for TCP/IP operation, and how to modify c onfigur ...

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    59 6.2 Enable Print Server’s TCP /IP Support The default configuration of the print server i s with TCP/IP support enabled. Anyway , yo u can configur e the print server to enable TCP/IP supp ort using the configuratio n program. ...

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    60 6.3 Setup Print Server’s IP Address The print server must have a un ique IP addres s in order to be recognized by the network. Y o u can set up the IP add ress on the various Uni x systems using any one of the following methods: 1. ARP & Ping Assignment (Recommend for Unix) 2. DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol ) 3. BOOTP (Bootstrap ...

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    61 (the Node ID is printed on the rear side of the print server) Assign IP address: 203.66.191.12 arp –s 203.66.191.12 00-00-B4-01-01-01 ping 203.66.191.12 At the mean t ime, print server ’ s IP will “temporarily ” be set to 203 .66.191.12 (will re store after reboot). Therefore, you need to run your web browser to set a permanent IP addres ...

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    62 6.3.3 BOOTP If you have the BOOTP da emon, bootpd, running on your UNIX system that is ac cessible by the print server , you can use the BOOTP protocol to set up the IP address of the print server . W e reco mmend that the BOOTP server should be located on the s ame subnet as the print server . If you use Network Inform atio n Services (NIS) in ...

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    63 Lines should be indented wi th tabs. Where hostname is the devi ce name of a print server , the ht=1 tag specifies the ha rdware type is Ethernet, the ha= tag specifi es th e Ethernet address of a print server , which is the Node ID located on the print server . The ha tag must be preceded by th e ht tag. The i p= tag should correspond to the IP ...

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    64 6.3.4 RARP The procedure below en ables the RARP daemon running on your system to respond to a RARP request from the print server and to as sign the IP address to the print server . 1. Log in the host of RARP server as the superuser (root). 2. Assign a name cor resp onding to the print server ’ s IP address. Y ou can add this a ddress to the / ...

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    65 6.4 Verify Print Server’s IP Address T o verify that your print serv er is responding to the newly assigned IP address us ing a PING command: ping ip-address ...

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    66 6.5 Configure Remo te lpd Printing on the Host The procedure you use to conf igure your Unix host(s) to allow printing to your networ k remote print server varies between dif ferent varieties of Unix. The procedure below can be used for Unix vari ants that are relate d to BSD Unix, such as SunOS or Linux. Fo r ot her versions of Uni x, consult y ...

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    67 mkdir /var/spool/lpd/pserverd chown daemon /var/spool/lpd/pserverd chgrp daemon /var/spool/lpd/pserverd chmod 775 /var/spool/lpd/pserverd 3. Add an entry to the host ’ s /etc/printcap fi le, simila r to the following: printer -name: :lp=: :rm=203.66.191.186: :rp=lpt1: :lf=/var/spool/lpd/pserverd.log: :sd=/var/spool/lpd/pserverd: :mx#0: L ...

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    68 The rp= entry should correspon d to the port nam e of the remote printer . The values shou ld be one of lpt1, lpt2 or lpt3 depends on th e printer port. The print server should now be available for printi ng from your Unix host. ...

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    69 6.6 Print a Test Page T o print to the print server , you can use the lpr command: lpr -Pprin ter-name file ... or , you can use the lp comma nd on SCO Open Server: lp –d printer-name file ... Where printer-name is one of the names for the printer in the /etc/printcap f ile, which you crea te d in the previous step. Consult your system documen ...

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    70 7. Configuration Utility ...

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    71 7.1 Introduction This chapter introduces print server ’ s system configuration utility in Win dows environme nt. This utilit y is automatically ins talled duri ng Windows Administrator Utility installation procedur e - refer to section 3.2 and 3.3. This ut ility provides the mo st complete management and configuration functio ns on the print s ...

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    72 SMB : Configure the SMB Group Name. System Configuration : Print Server N etwork Abilit y Setting and Firmware Upgrade. E-Mail Pri nting: E- Mail Prin ting con f iguration. Please refer to Chapter 9. Setup Wizard : Gu ide Y ou Through All the Se ttings. Repor t : List the S tatus of All A v ailable Pri nt Servers on the Network. We will explain ...

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    73 7.2 Search for A ll Available Print Ser ver Every time when you run print server ’s configur ation utilit y , click the “Search” icon on the tool bar . The configuration utility will de lay for several seconds beca use the utility is us ing system’s av ailable n etwork protocols to search for all print servers on t he network. All a vail ...

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    74 7.3 Status of Print Server Click “S t atus” icon on the tool bar , the st atus of the current se lected print server will be showe d on the right side of the wi ndow . The information of the print server displ ayed are MAC ID, Model T ype, Firmware V ersion, status of each printer port, NetW are file server name, NetW are file server polling ...

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    75 Y o u can restart the print serv er by pressing the “Reboot” button . ...

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    76 7.4 Setup the Print Server Click “Setup” i con on the tool bar , the setup items of the current selected print server w ill be showed o n the right side of the window . Double click one of the icons to s et up th e selected p rint server . A screen will pop up to verify “User Name” and “Password” of the pr int server . The default va ...

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    78 7.5 Genera l Configuration Double Click “General” icon and the General configur ation window will pop-up. Y o u can see basic print server inf orm atio n in t his page. Y o u also can configure the “P rint Server Name”, “SMB Group Name”, “User Name ” and “Password” here. Server Name , the name of the prin t server . Y ou can ...

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    79 7.6 TCP/IP Configuration Double Click “ TCP/IP ” icon and the TCP/IP configuration window will pop-up. Y o u can configure the print serv er to automatic ally get IP from DHCP server or m anually speci fy st atic IP . The print server also has a built-i n DHCP server . Y ou can enable this DHCP server and let it manages IP for you. ...

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    80 Click the “IP” button to ente r the IP setting p age. If you need the print server to au tomatically get an IP from DHCP server , select “Auto IP”. Y ou also can select “S tatic IP” to manually assign “IP Address”, “S ubnet Mask” and “Gateway” for the print server . Click the “DHCP Server” bu tton to enter the DHCP se ...

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    81 7.7 Netware Print Server Configuration Double Click “NetWare ” icon and the NetW are configuration wi ndow will pop-up. This print server supports NetW are Bindery P rinting method. The print server peri odically polls the NetW are server printer queues for printing jobs . Y o u have to assign the NetW are server name, print server polling i ...

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    82 7.8 AppleTalk Configuration Double Click “AppleT alk” icon and the AppleT alk configuration wi ndow will pop-up. AppleT alk is a dat a communicati on protocol of ten used by Macintoshes. The pr int server can use these parameters to join the AppleT alk network and share the printer to other AppleT alk workstat ions. Y ou have to setup the ? ...

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    83 7.9 SNMP Co nfigurat ion Double Click “SNMP ” icon and the SNMP configuration window will pop up. Cont act: Y ou can enter the print server adminis trator ’ s contact information here. Th is informati on will be displayed in the SNMP management tool. Location: Y ou can enter the installed lo cation of the prin t server here. This informat ...

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    84 7.10 SMB Configuration SMB Group Name , the name of SMB group that this print server belong s to. All PC shou ld join the s ame group before they can use this pr int server by S MB protocol. Pass Job when Error O ccurred: When the pr inter is interrupted because of paper out or of f line while printing, user can set the interv al ti me to byp as ...

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    85 7.11 System Configuration Double Click “System” icon and the System configuration window will pop-up. In the System configuratio n page, you can select to enable/disable each printing or management protocol, assign name for each printer port of this print server , and upgrade the new firmware for this print server . Upgrade Firm ware : Y ou ...

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    86 Note that before you upgrade the firmware please make sure that the IP Address settin gs of the MFP Server are in the same network as your computer . ...

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    87 7.12 Wizard Click “Wizard” icon on the tool bar , t he setup wizard item of the current s elected pr int server will be showed on the right side of the window . Double click the “Print Serv er Setup Wizard” the setup wizard will gui de you thro ugh all the setup process. ...

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    88 S tep 1: Set up the name of th is print server . S tep 2: Select to enable requi red printing protocol. Please refer to section 7.1 1 for detail information. ...

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    89 S tep 3: Setup the IP of th is pri nt server and the DHCP server . Please refer t o sectio n 7.6 for detail informat ion. S tep 4: Setup the AppleT alk printing. Please r efer to section 7.8 for detail information . ...

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    90 S tep 5: Setup the NetW are printing. Please refer to section 7.7 for detail information . S tep 5: Click “Save” to finish setting. ...

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    91 7.13 Report Click “Report” icon on the tool bar , the Report window will pop up. The report lists basic in form ation of all available print servers on the network . The information includes Device Name, MAC ID, Model T ype and Firmware V ers ion of print server . ...

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    92 8. W eb Management ...

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    93 8.1 Introduction Print server can be configured and m anaged on the We b. Through Local Area Networ k , or even Internet, administrator can easi ly co nfigure and manage print server ’ s various main function s in browsers. Simply enter print server ’s IP address into your browser ’ s address field to manage a print server by print server ...

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    94 Print Server Info : General Information of print server . Printer St atus : Current status of th e attached printers. NetW are S t atus : Print Server connec tion informatio n of NetW are. DHCP S tatus : Current IP Address and DHCP server status and information. Devic e Cfg : Device configuration. IP Cfg : IP configuration. DHCP Cfg : DHCP param ...

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    95 password at that moment an d rel oad the configuration pages agai n. The configuration p ages will now be displayed in the browser window . ...

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    96 8.2 Getting Print Server Information Each time you run browser to connect to a print server , you will get this pr int server informa tion page initia lly . The print serv er informat ion page displays some genera l information of print ser ver . ...

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    97 8.3 Getting Printer Status The Printer status page ca n be used to display the status of att ached prin ter(s) for each port. ...

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    98 8.4 Getting NetWare Information The NetW are status p age displays the NetW are connection informati on of the print server . ...

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    99 8.5 Getting DHCP Status The DHCP st atus p age can be used to disp lay the print server ’s IP addr es s and the DHCP Server information. ...

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    100 8.6 Changing Device Configuration The Device Cfg page a llows you to set: Alias name , an alternate nam e by which the pri nt server can be called (in additi on to the PSxxxxxx name prin ted on the label). NetWare Protocol Support , which determines whether or not the print server support NetW are printing function. NetBEUI Protocol Support , w ...

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    101 Save to Print Server but ton : save the configuration to the print serv er . T ype new passw ord , change to new p assword. Re-type new password , confirm the new password. Change password button : sav e the new pas sword to the print server . The print server will verify your password (it will ignore the User Name it em) when you save the conf ...

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    102 8.7 Setting IP Address The IP Cfg page al lows you to configure the IP address where the print server is to be located. The print server will obtain its IP address automatically by the protocol DHCP , BOOTP , RA RP if you confi gure the IP address as Automatic. Cli ck Save to print server button to save the config uration to the print server . ...

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    103 8.8 Configuring DHCP Parameters The print server can be conf igured as DHCP server to provide dynamic IP addr esse s assignment. The DHCP Cfg page allows you to set. The DHCP server st artup, wh ich determine if the print server will act as DHCP server . If this item is set to Auto, the print serv er will detect if there is any ot her DHCP serv ...

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    104 automatically; otherwise you w ill configure t he follow ing para me te r s: S tarting IP: specifies the starti ng IP address for assigning to DHCP clients. IP range: specifie s how many IP addresses are available to DHCP clients. Net mask: gives the network mas k. Gateway IP: gives the IP addr ess of the defaul t gateway . DNS server: gives th ...

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    105 8.9 Con figuring E-Ma il Prin ting Using print server ’ s email pr inting function, the cl ient user on the Internet can em ail the print ing file to a dedicate mailb ox, print se rver will aut omatica lly get th e email from that mailbox and prin t it to the att ached printer . The detail function descriptio n is described in th e Email Prin ...

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    106 Mail Account , the account of the mailbox in the mail server . Mail Password , the password of the mail account. Print Mail Header , which determines wh ether or not the printin g job will p rint ou t the mail hea der . ...

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    107 8.10 Configuring SMB All PC should join t he same group before they can use this print server by SMB protocol . SMB Group Name, the nam e of SMB group that this print server belongs to. Save to Print Server , save the configur ation to the print server . Make sure to reset the print server (des cribed in section 8.13) to have the ch anges take ...

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    108 8.11 Configuring AppleTalk AppleT alk is a dat a communicati on protocol of ten used by Macintoshes. The pr int server can use these parameters to join the AppleT alk network and share the printer to other AppleT alk workstat ions. Y ou have to setup the “Zone Name” and “Printer T ype” for ea ch printer port of this print server . Zone ...

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    109 8.12 Configuring SNMP Parameters The SNMP Cfg page allows you to confi gure the SNMP p arameters of this pr int server . These information can be browsed by the SNMP MIB browser . The page allows you to set: System Contact , the system Administra tor informatio n of this print server . System Location , the System location of this print server ...

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    110 8.13 System Utilities Y o u can perform several tasks from this Ut ilities page, as described below: The Software reset: which dete rmines whether or not to reset the print server . The Restore to factory defaul t: which determines whether or not to erase all of the pri n t server ’s setting and restore to the default config uration the print ...

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    111 make sure it is operating pr operly , or to isolate any installation proble ms. The Do it button: do the action specif ied in th e above. ...

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    112 8.14 Firmware Upgrading The page all ows you to upgr ade firmware of the print server . Clic k “Do it” button and enter the password, the system will guide you to fini sh the fir mware upgrading. Be aware that if you have star ted upgrading firmware, you have to follow all the upgrading steps or the print server can’t turn back to no rmal ...

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    113 9. IPP Printing ...

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    114 9.1 Introduction IPP (Internet Pri nting Protocol) Pri nting provides a convenient way of remote prin ting service by TCP/IP . The print server can support IPP pr inting by default. It is needless to do any setting. Any PC that can support IPP printing, for example Wi ndows 2000/XP , can directly uses the print ser ver by IP . By us ing the IPP ...

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    115 9.2 System Setup 9.2.1 Print Server Side It is needless to d o any setting on the print server side. Make sure the print server has correct IP settings. If you want to share the printer s to Internet users, you have to set a real IP to the print se rver . Y ou also have to make sure that any gateway; router or firewall does not block IPP protoc ...

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    116 S tep3. The “Add Printer Wizard” is displa yed. Click “Next”. S tep4. Select “A network prin ter , or a printer attached to another computer”. Click “Next”. ...

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    117 S tep5. Select “Connect to a printer on the Internet or on a home or of fice network” and en ter the URL of print server . The URL format is “http://I P:631/Port Name”. The IP should be the print server ’s IP . The number 631 is IPP standard port number . Por t Name is the port name of print server that your printer is connec ted to. ...

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    118 S tep6. Select a suitable printer ma nufacturer and the printer mode l and click “Next”. If your p rinter is not in the list, click “Have D isk…” to insta ll the driver of the printer . After i nstallati on, the printer model will be added to the list. S tep7. Choose to set the print wh ether as a default printer or not. Click “Next ...

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    119 S tep8. Y ou have added the network printer to the PC successfully . The information of the printer is displayed in the windows. Click “Finish”. ...

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    120 10. LPR Printing ...

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    121 10.1 Introduction LPR Printing (Line Printer Remote technology) allow s users to connect to printers vi a TCP/IP for printing sharing. The computer with Windows 98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003, Windows V ist a and MAC OS 10.x Operating Systems can use the protocol to share prin ting in the network. Print Server can support LPR printing by default. If y ...

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    122 10.2 Standard LPR Setting s in Windows XP T o configure the LPR setting in Windows XP , please follow the step s below . The LPR setup procedures in Wi ndows 2000 and 2003 are similar . Click “S tart”, choose “Setting s” and select “Printers and Faxes”. Click “Add a Printer”. The “Add Printer Wizard” is displ ayed. Click “ ...

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    123 Select “L ocal Print er attached to t his computer ” and click “Next”. Choose “Create a new port” and “S t andard TCP/IP Port”. Click “Next” . ...

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    124 Please make sure that the Pr int Server an d the Printer have turned on and connecte d to the network correctly before you co ntin ue. C lick “Next”. Enter the IP Address of the Pr int Server i n the “Printer Name or IP Addre ss”. Click “Next”. ...

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    125 Select “Custom” an d click “Settings”. When you have finished the setti ngs at step 9, click “Next” to continue. Select “LPR” and enter “lpt1” in the “Queue Name”, cli ck “OK”. By default the queue na me of the Print Server is “lpt1”. ...

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    126 Click “Finish”. ...

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    127 Select a suitable printer manufactur er and the printer model and click “Next” . If your printer is not in the list, click “Have Disk…” to install t he driver of the printer . After inst allation, the prin ter model will be added to the list. Choose to set the print whether as a default print er or not. Click “Next” . ...

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    128 Y o u have added the network prin ter to th e PC successfu lly . The information of the printer is displayed in the windows. Click “Finish”. ...

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    129 11.3 Standard LPR Setting s in Windows Vista T o configure the LPR setting in Windows V ist a, please follow the steps bel ow . Click “S t art”, select “Settings Printers”. Click “Add a Printer”. The “Add Printer” wizard is displayed. Sele ct “Add a local printer”. ...

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    130 Choose “Create a new port” and select “S tandard TCP/IP Port”. Click “Next”. Enter the IP Address of the Pr int Server i n the “Hostname or IP address” fi eld. Click “Next ”. ...

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    131 Select “Custom” an d click “Settings”. When you have finished the setti ngs at step 7, click “Next” to continue. Select “LPR” and enter “lpt1” in the “Queue Name”, cli ck “OK”. By default the queue na me of the Print Server is “lpt1”. ...

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    132 Select the prin ter manufacturer and the printer model and click “Next”. If your printer is not in the list, click “Hav e Disk…” to install the driver of the printer . After installat ion, the printe r model will be added to the list. ...

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    133 Name your printer an d set the default prin ter , click “ Next”. The printer drivers ar e bein g installed. ...

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    134 It is recommended to print a test p age. Click “Finish”. The printer is added to “Pri nters” page, you have added the printer to y our comput er successfully . Now you can start to print from your co mputer to the print server . ...

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    135 11.4 Standard LPR Setting s in MAC OS 10.x 11.4.1 MAC 10. 4.x T o enable LPR Printi ng in Macintosh 10.4.x, pl ease follow the procedures below . Open Print and Fax from the System Prefer ences. With the Printing tab select ed, click the “Add” button. When the Printer Browser op ens, select “IP Printer”. In the “IP Printer” screen, ...

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    136 11.4.2 MAC 10. 3.x T o enable LPR Printi ng in Macintosh 10.3.x, pl ease follow the procedures below . In the Desktop, click “System Preferences ”. Click “Print & Fax”. ...

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    137 From the “Print & Fax” screen, click “Set Up Printers …”. Click “Add” to add the new Pr int Server through TCP/IP . ...

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    138 Enter the “Printer T ype”, “Printer Address” and “Queue Name” and select the “Printer Model” to se tup the Print Server . Click “Add ” to continue. Printer Type: LPD/LPR Printer Address: Input the IP Address of the Print Server Queue Name: The queue name of the Print Server is “lpt1”. Printer Model: Select the Printe r M ...

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    139 The Print Server is i nstal led completely . Y o u can see it in the “Printer List ”. Y o u can print a file to check whether the Prin t Server is installed success fully . ...

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    140 12. Windows XP SP2 Setup In Windows XP SP2, XP SP2’ s firewall would block t he unknown communications. This pr int server has allowed the communications data p assed through the XP SP2’s firewall. In case that you do not find any print server lis ted on the “Available Ports” in “Network Ports Quick Setup”, please follow the steps b ...

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    141 S tep3. Select “Advanced” tab and click “Settings…”. ...

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    142 S tep4. Select “Exceptions” tab and click “Add Program…”. ...

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    143 S tep5. Clic k “Browse” to add a new program. S tep6. Open the “NPUt il” file from “C:Program FilesPrintServer Ut ilities” (w he re C: is the system drive). ...

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    144 S tep7. A new program “Net w ork Ports Quic k Setup” is displayed in the list, click “Ok”. ...

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    145 S tep8. Click “Ok”. Y ou ha ve completed the setting. The Windows X P SP2 will allow the incoming ne twork connections activated by the program. N 2037 9 ...

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    146 ...

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