Advantek Networks APS-U3100 Manuale utente

3- Ports Print Server

(2 USB 2.0 + 1 Parallel)

Users Manual

Model #: APS-U3100

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................4

PRODUCT OVERVIEW...............................................................................................................4

COMPONENTS AND FEATURES...............................................................................................4

HARDWARE INSTALLATION......................................................................................................5

NETWORK ENVIRONMENT.......................................................................................................6

WIRED NETWORK WITH PRINT SERVER:...............................................................................6

2. PRINT SERVER INSTALLATION.....................................................................7

PREPARATION............................................................................................................................7

CONFIGURATION SOLUTION TABLE.......................................................................................7

3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION...........................................................................9

INSTALLING THE PSADMIN AND PRINT SERVER’S DRIVER.................................................9

USING PSADMIN.......................................................................................................................18

WIZARD.....................................................................................................................................19

MANUAL SETUP.......................................................................................................................21

REFRESH..................................................................................................................................23

MULTIPLE PRINT QUEUES CONFIGURATION.......................................................................24

UNINSTALLING THE PSADMIN ON WINDOWS PC................................................................24

4. INTERNET PRINTER CONNECTION AND HP WEB JETADMIN.................26

IPP OVERVIEW.........................................................................................................................26

HP WEB JETADMIN OVERVIEW..............................................................................................28

INSTALLING HP WEB JETADMIN............................................................................................29

REMOVING HP WEB JETADMIN UTILITY...............................................................................29

5. CONFIGURATION FROM EMBEDDED WEB SERVER................................29

OVERVIEW................................................................................................................................30

USING EMBEDDED WEB SERVER..........................................................................................30

SETUP MENU............................................................................................................................37

INSTALLING PRINT SERVER ON NETWARE 4.X/5.X.............................................................42

SETTING UP A MACINTOSH COMPUTER..............................................................................44

6. NETWORK PRINT MONITOR.........................................................................47

PREPARATION..........................................................................................................................47

TCP/IP PROTOCOL INSTALLATION........................................................................................48

IPX/SPX-COMPATIBLE PROTOCOL INSTALLATION.............................................................49

NETBEUI PROTOCOL INSTALLATION....................................................................................49

WINDOWS 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003 MANUAL INSTALLATION PROCEDURE.................50

UNINSTALLING NETWORK PRINT PORT ON WINDOWS 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003.......52

7. TCP/IP LPR PORT PRINTING INSTALLATION.............................................53

BASIC TCP/IP INSTALLATION OVERVIEW.............................................................................53

ASSIGNING AN IP ADDRESS...................................................................................................53

WINDOWS NT LPR PORT PRINTING INSTALLATION............................................................54

WINDOWS 2000/XP/2003 STANDARD TCP/IP PORT PRINTING INSTALLATION................55

UNIX INSTALLATION................................................................................................................59

8. UPGRADING PRINT SERVER.......................................................................64

OVERVIEW................................................................................................................................64

UPGRADING THE PRINT SERVER FROM PSADMIN.............................................................64

UPGRADING THE PRINT SERVER FROM WINDOWS NT/2000/XP/2003 (THROUGH

TCP/IP)………………………………….……………………………………………..………………..64

UPGRADING THE PRINT SERVER FROM UNIX (THROUGH TCP/IP)..................................65

UPGRADING THE PRINT SERVER FROM BROWSER...........................................................65

9. TROUBLESHOOTING....................................................................................67

GENERAL TROUBLESHOOTING OVERVIEW.........................................................................67

POWER RELATED PROBLEMS...............................................................................................67

PRINT PORT RELATED PROBLEMS.......................................................................................68

WINDOWS 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003 TROUBLESHOOTING..............................................68

MOVING THE PRINT SERVER TO A NEW SEGMENT...........................................................69

MOVING YOUR COMPUTER TO A NEW SEGMENT..............................................................70

NOVELL NETWARE TROUBLESHOOTING.............................................................................70

TCP/IP TROUBLESHOOTING...................................................................................................70

APPENDIX:...................................................................................................................................73

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS........................................................................................78

ADDITIONAL INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS.......................................................................80

Trademarks

NetWare is a registered trademark of Novell Inc and Windows 95/98/Me and Windows

NT/2000/XP/2003 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. All other brands and product

names are trademarks of their respective companies.

No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any

derivative (such as translation, transformation or adaptation) without the express written consent

of the manufacturer as stipulated by the United States Copyright Act of 1976.

FCC Warning

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device,

pursuant to subpart J of Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide

reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a

commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency

energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause

harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is

likely to cause harmful interference in which the user will be required to correct the interference at

their own expense.

Shielded (STP) network cables must be used with this unit to ensure compliance with EMC

standards.

All contents are subject to change without prior notice.

1. Introduction

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.

Network Management

The print servers support the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), which remote

printer management and a warning. A standard SNMP agent is permanent on these print servers.

Any standard SNMP-based application can be used to access and manage these print servers.

Network configuration

The print servers provide an embedded web server that can be accessed via a proper web

browser. We also subsidiary Windows-based PSAdmin utility which help administrator to setup

print server environment.

Components and Features

Network Print Server

˙1 Bi-directional parallel port (IEEE 1284) for port 1(PID1)

˙2 USB 2.0 High Speed ports for port 2, 3(PID2, 3)

˙Fast Ethernet network port: RJ-45 for 10Base-T or 100Base-TX

˙1 Setup CD contains driver and manual for Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003

˙One external AC power adapter

˙One Quick Installation Guide

˙Built-in Reset Button

LED Indicators

LED State Indication

On (Green) The Print Server’s power is on.Power

Off The Print Server’s power is off.

Status Blinking for POST

(Red)

When power switched on, the Status indicator will

flash four times, and then off.

100Mbps On (Green) LAN Port has a valid network connection at

100Mbps.

10Mbps On (Orange) LAN Port has a valid network connection at 10Mbps.

Parallel Blinking (Green) Data is being transmitted via Parallel Port.

USB1 Blinking (Green) Data is being transmitted via USB Port at USB 2.0.

Blinking (Orange) Data is being transmitted via USB Port at USB 1.1.

Blinking (Green) Data is being transmitted via USB Port at USB 2.0.USB2

Blinking (Orange) Data is being transmitted via USB Port at USB 1.1.

Before you start, you should prepare the following items:

 One Windows-based computer with print server setup CD

 One printer

 One printer cable

Hardware Installation

To install the print servers, you need to complete these steps:

˙Confirm that your printer parallel port or USB Port works well.

˙Connect the print server to the network and printer, and plug in the print server.

Follow these instructions to install the print servers, please refer to any

peripheral you are connecting to the print server:

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 Status LED should be flash five times when POST. If not, please contact your local

dealer for repair or replacement.

REAR PANEL

PARALLEL is Port 1(PID1)

USB1 is Port 2(PID2)

USB2 is Port 3(PID3)

Network Environment

Wired Network with Print Server:

2. Print Server Installation

Preparation

To meet users’ network printing needs in today’s heterogeneous and multiple protocol networking

environments, the print server supports industrial standard protocols, including TCP/IP, IPX/SPX,

NetBEUI and AppleTalk. This means that the print server supports the most popular network

operating systems today, including NetWare, Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003, UNIX

systems and Macintosh computer. 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, 6.0, 6.5 (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)

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 Remote Print server solution for

continual management

NT/2000/XP/2003 management of print

server, include

alert and consumables

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 printserver.

3. Software Installation

The PSAdmin is a proprietary Windows-based management program that can assist you in

configuring and managing your print server in NetWare environments. The program can be

installed from the setup CD of print server.

Installing the PSAdmin and Print Server’s Driver

1. To enable network communication with print server, your computer must have a proper IP

address, e.g. 192.168.0.100 (the print server’s default IP is 192.168.0.10)

2. Insert the setup CD into your CD-drive, and the following message appears:

3. Choose Setup Wizard to install the print server and configure the connected printer.

Note:

The setup CD will install the print server’s driver, PSAdmin and Setup Wizard into your

computer. The default installation directory will be C:\Program files\Network Print Monitor.

4. Click Next, the wizard will automatically discover the print server.

5. From the Select A Print Sever screen, select the print server and its port number that you

want to configure and click Next.

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