User's Manual Print Server User’s Manual
User's Manual 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Product Introduction 1.2 Product Models 1.3 Product Package 1.4 Network Printing Architecture 1.5 Network Printing Environment 1.6 Contents of the User’s Manual 1.7 Firmware & Printing Function 2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION 3. WINDOWS PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK 3.1 System Architecture 3.2 Administrator Installation and Setup 3.3 Administrator Utilities 3.4 Client Installation and Setup 3.5 Client Utilities 4. WINDOWS NT/2000 NETWORK 4.
User's Manual 4.2 Windows NT/2000 Server Installation and Setup 4.3 User Installation and Setup 5. NETWARE NETWORK 5.1 System Architecture 5.2 NetWare 3.x Installation & Setup 5.3 NetWare 4.x/5.x Installation & Setup 6. UNIX SYSTEM NETWORK 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Enable PrintSir’s TCP/IP Support 6.3 Setup PrintSir’s IP Address 6.4 Verify PrintSir’s IP Address 6.5 Configure Remote lpd Printing on the Host 6.6 Print a Test Page 7. CONFIGURATION UTILITY 7.1 Introduction 7.
User's Manual 7.12 DHCP Cfg - DHCP Server Configure 7.13 DHCP Information - DHCP Information 7.14 Mail Print Cfg - Email Printing Setting 7.15 SNMP Cfg - SNMP Parameter Setting 8. WEB MANAGEMENT 8.1 Introduction 8.2 WebDESK Utility 8.3 Web Management of PrintSir 9. EMAIL PRINTING 9.1 Introduction 9.2 System Requirement 9.
User's Manual 1. Introduction 1.1 Product Introduction Thank you for purchasing and using GetNet's PrintSir series print server. PrintSir allows your printer to become a shar ed device on the network. It offers printing flexibility and manageability on your Local Area Network at an extremely low cost and with an absolute minimum setup and maintenance required. PrintSir provides a network port (10Mbps or 10/100Mbps Ethernet) and one or three printer's parallel ports.
User's Manual Network Connector Bi-Directional Flash Memory Size Network LED Status LED Firmware Upgrade Power-OnSelf-Test Network Protocol Support IPX/SPX TCP/IP NetBEUI Network Environment Windows Peer-to-Peer Printing Windows Server-Based Printing NetWare Bindary Mode Printing NetWare NDS Mode Printing NetWare Remote Printer TCP/IP Remote Printing Unix LPR Printing Administration Windows Configuration Utility Web Management Server Web Management Utility SNMP Protocol Printer Port Management IP Assignmen
User's Manual Email Printing Yes Direct Print Yes Logical Printer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Language EnglishChinese EnglishChinese EnglishChinese EnglishChinese EnglishChinese EnglishChinese EnglishChinese CD-ROM Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 1.3 Product Package This package contains the following components: PrintSir Print Server x 1 Power Adapter x 1 CD x 1 Quick Installation Guide x 1 1.
User's Manual Network Printing Environment Network Server Print Server Client User Unix PrintSir NetWare ServerWindows NT Server Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 98 Workstation Detailed examples will then be illustrated through actual network environment. 1.4.
User's Manual Workstation 1.4.2 Network Printing Functions for Clients Client User Unix PrintSir NetWare ServerWindows NT Server Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 98 Workstation Common operating systems for clients are classified as following: z Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000 Our print server system provides PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) driver and utilities for Windows 95/98/NT/2000 users. PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) supports IPX, TCP/IP, and NetBEUI protocols.
User's Manual In the client installation procedure, after PTPP (Peer-toPeer Printing Driver) is installed into Windows, the system will automatically (manual configuration is also allowed) search through all the PrintSir print servers on the network, and then add their printing ports into Windows’ printing port.
User's Manual z Windows NT/2000 Our print server system provides PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing) driver and utilities for Windows NT/2000. After PTPP is installed, the server can directly print to PrintSir. Adding this printing function into Windows NT/2000 Server allows print queue, user authority management, and many other advanced features to be used. z NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.x In NetWare environment, PrintSir offers various printing modes like print queue, remote printer, etc. 1.
User's Manual z Windows NT/2000 Network Network printing function will become available after PTPP driver is installed into Windows NT/2000. Adding this printing function into Windows NT/2000 Server allows print queue, user authority management, and many other advanced features to be used. Print Queue Windows 98 Windows NT Server TCP/IP PTPP TCP/IP * TCP/IP * IPX * NetBEUI IPX Windows 2000 z NetWare Network (see below) Print Queue Windows 98 * TCP/IP * IPX * NetBEUI NetWare 3.x/4.x/5.
User's Manual Windows 2000 1.6 Contents of the User’s Manual Chapter 2 explains PrintSir’s hardware installation and configuration. It is strongly recommended for you to read. The following chapters 3, 4, 5, and 6 introduces: Chapter 3. Windows Peer-to-Peer Network Chapter 4. Windows NT/2000 Server-Based Network Chapter 5. NetWare Network Chapter 6. UNIX System Network You may select the appropriate chapters and sections to read depending on your network printing’s requirement.
User's Manual 1.7 Firmware & Printing Function In order to provide a complete network printing solution, PrintSir supports Multiple Feature Sets function for users to select the appropriate Printing Feature Set to use depending on individual’s printing requirement.
User's Manual NetWare NDS / Remote Printer and other printing functions; however, it will not support NetBEUI, Email Printing and other Standard Feature Set’s special functions.
User's Manual 2. Hardware Installation 1. Unpack the print server package and check all the items listed in section 1.3. 2. Connect the print server to the printer you want to share on the network z For direct attach models, plug the print server directly to the printer’s centronics port. z For palmtop/desktop models, connect the printer to print server by the standard printer cable. 3. Connect the power adapter to the print server. 4.
User's Manual 3. Windows Peer-to-Peer Network 3.1 System Architecture PrintSir supports Windows Peer-to-Peer network printing mode, w h i c h i s s u i t ab l e f o r mo s t med i u m and small network environments. Through quick and simple installation procedure, users can immediately enjoy the convenience of network printing.
User's Manual 2. Client Installation and Configuration (refer to section 3 for more detailed information). Client users must install Windows PTPP driver (Peer-to-Peer Printing) for network printing. In addition, after PTPP is installed, the system will automatically search for all print servers on the network, and add all printing ports (P1/P2/P3) of the print servers into Windows’ printing port (refer to Network Printing Architecture in section 1.4 for more detailed information). 3.
User's Manual 3. Click “Administrator Installation” and the “Utilities Setup” window will be displayed. 4. Click “Next”, and specify the destination folder where the utilities will be installed. 5. Click “Next”, and select the components you want to install. It is highly recommended to install all provided components.
User's Manual 6. Click “Next”, and specify the program folder where the program icons will be added. 7. Click “Next” to start installation. 8. In a while, the program will finish installing all the utilities and drivers you selected. Thus far you have completed the installation phase and prepare to configure the Print Server. Click “Next”, and the “Choose Print Server” dialog box will be displayed as following.
User's Manual NOTE: If this is the first time you configure the print server, the “Print Server Name” is the same as the “Device Name” printed at the rear side of the print server. 9. Click “Next”, and the “Name the print Server” dialog box will be displayed as following, You can assign a meaningful name for the management consideration. But note that, this name will be the “Identifier” for the Peer-to-Peer Printing (PTPP). 10. Click “Next” to configure network protocol in the following screen.
User's Manual About the TCP/IP, you can either (1) assign a fixed IP address for the print server or (2) configure it later by the configuration utility. 11. Click “Next”, and the configuration summary is displayed in the window. Now, you have completed the “Print Server Setup”. By clicking “Next”, your system will perform “Add network port” of the print server to your PC. 12. Finally, the “Installation complete” window is displayed to indicate that the Administrator Installation procedure is finished.
User's Manual PC. Now, you have completed the administrator’s setup for most of the network environment. You can then perform the “Client I n s t a l l a t i o n” procedure (Section 3.4) on all clients’ sides of the network. If you want to print from this administrator’s PC to the print server, all you need to do is to perform Windows’ standard “Add Printer” procedure as described below. Step1. Click “Start” button, choose Setting => Printers Step2. Double click “Add New Printer” Step3.
User's Manual Step5. Choose the “Print Server’s Network Port” which was created by the administrator installation process and click “Next”. Step6. Complete the rest of the questions to finish the network printer setup. 3.3 Administrator Utilities After Administrator Installation is completed, there will be six utilities in PrintSir’s Program folder.
User's Manual z Network Ports Quick Setup Local printer port management tool (see section 3.5). z Remote Ports Remote printer port management tool (see section 3.5). z NetWare Quick Setup NetWare quick installation software (see chapter 5). z PrintSir Configuration Complete PrintSir management tool (see chapter 7 – PrintSir Configuration). z Uninstall Assistant for removing all installed administrator software.
User's Manual 1. Insert the CD shipped along with the print server into your CD-ROM drive. The Autorun.exe program should be executed automatically by Windows. If not, run Autorun.exe manually from CD-ROM drive’s root directory. 2. The "Installation Manager" will be displayed on the screen as following. 3. Click “Client Installation”, and the “Utilities Setup” window will be displayed. 4. Click “Next”, and specify the destination folder where the utilities will be installed.
User's Manual 5. Click “Next”, and specify the program folder where the program icons will be added. 6. Click “Next” to start installation. 7. Now, the installation procedure is completed, and the next step is to set up the client’s computer. Click “Continue”, and all the print server’s network ports detected on the network will be added to your PC.
User's Manual 8. Finally, the “Installation complete” window is displayed to indicate that the Client Installation procedure is finished. After the installation, you have completed the following tasks: z Install all utilities and drivers to the client’s PC. z Add all the print server’s network ports of the network to the client’s PC. You can then perform the Windows’ standard “Add Printer” procedure as described below to add network printers to your PC. Step1.
User's Manual Step3. Select “Local printer” => click “Next”. Step4. Select the suitable printer manufacturer and model, then click “Next”. Step5. Choose the “Print Server’s Network Port” which has been created in the client installation process and then click “Next”.
User's Manual Step6. Complete the rest of the questions to finish the network printer setup. 3.5 Client Utilities After Client Installation is completed, there will be three tools in PrintSir’s Program folder (see below). z Network Ports Quick Setup z Remote Ports z Uninstall Network Driver The Uninstall Network Driver will assist you in removing all installed client software. The other two tools are described as following: 3.5.
User's Manual Network Ports Quick Setup Utility offers a very simple method to add or remove print server’s printer port from the client’s computer. During the client’s installation procedure, the system will automatically search for all PrintSir print servers on the network, and add them into the printer ports of the client’s computer. (see below) If you have just installed another new PrintSir on the network, you must run this program first.
User's Manual Chosen Chosen Please be aware that Network Ports Quick Setup Utility can only detect and configure all PrintSir print servers on the same network, it cannot search and configure print servers on other subnets across network segments. You must use Remote Ports Utility described in the next section to manage remote (across network segments) PrintSir print servers. 3.5.
User's Manual Step2. Press Add, then enter the print server’s name, IP address, and port number. Step3. Press OK to add the remote printer port into your computer’s printer ports. In order to use the remote pr inting function, you will have to proceed with normal Add Printer procedure and select your printer port as the newly added remote printer port.
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User's Manual 4. Windows NT/2000 Network 4.1 System Architecture In Windows network environment, other than the Peer-to-Peer network printing architecture described in the previous chapter, we also offer the Server-Based Printing architecture for Windows NT/2000 server. Only one Windows NT/2000 is required to have Windows PTPP (Peer-toPeer Printing) driver installed and share the printing service on the network. Other network users can simply connect to the server and access the shared printer.
User's Manual Print Queue Windows 98 Windows NT Server TCP/IP PTPP TCP/IP * TCP/IP * IPX * NetBEUI IPX Windows 2000 Step1. If this is your first time installing PrintSir print server, please install the administrator software on Windows NT/2000 server first. Refer to section 3.2 for installation instructions. If your network has already installed a working PrintSir print server and your Windows NT/2000 server has not yet installed PrintSir PTPP driver, please install the client software.
User's Manual IPX Windows 2000 After server side’s installation is completed, client side will be able to find the server’s shared printer in Network Neighborhood. You only need to perform Window’s standard Add New Printer procedure, select “Network Printer” shown in the screen below, and complete the configurations afterwards to access the shared printer.
User's Manual 5. NetWare Network 5.1 System Architecture We implement NetWare printer sharing functionality into the PrintSir itself, thus allowing one or more pr inters attached by a PrintSir to be connected to the network. We have developed the PrintSir to support both NetWare print server and remote printer functions: Embedded print server, which emulates the “queue management functionality” of NetWare print server, PSERVER program running on the NetWare server.
User's Manual Remote Printer Windows 2000 Co mp are with NetWare printing functionality, the advantages of embedding the NetWare network printing functionality in the PrintSir include: z Installation is easier and quicker. z Network management is easier. z Printing performance is enhanced. z Relieve NetWare file server’s burden. z Relieve the need of a workstation running the remote printer utility. z Improve productivity by locating the printer near the workgroup.
User's Manual Better printing performance. The Advantage of a Remote Printer Save user licenses. NOTE: This remote printer feature is not available for the 10/100Mbps 3-port PrintSir models. 5.2 NetWare 3.x Installation & Setup Once your PrintSir is connected to your Ethernet network, you can set it up for use with your networking software. There are two methods you can use to do this easily: Please note that, you need install the IPX protocol before the following procedure, 1.
User's Manual To use this method, 1. Log into your NetWare server as SUPERVISOR. 2. Insert the CD-ROM included with the PrintSir, and change to the appropriate drive and directory. Ex. e:\dosutil\ 3. Run the INSTALL program 4. Select your new PrintSir from the displayed list and press Enter. The name listed will be the same as the Device Name printed on a label on your PrintSir. 5. A list of defaults will be displayed.
User's Manual 6. The quick installation program will not only set up the PrintSir, b u t c r e a t e a n d s e t up all required objects on the file server. When the setup is complete, it will also display an execution command as following that you can run after logging in to the file server to redirect print commands to the new PrintSir. : capture /S=III /Q=PRINTSIR_Q1 /nt /nff /nb /l=1 /ti=10 This redirects the LPT1 port (/l=1) to the print queue PRINTSIR_Q1 on the file server named III.
User's Manual 5.2.2.1 Configuring as Print Server Mode For more complex setup needs, you can use the PSETUP program in conjunction with the NetWare PCONSOLE program. The installation procedure is as follows: 1. From a workstation, log in to your NetWare server as SUPERVISOR. 2. Run the PSETUP program included on the CD-ROM. ( Ex. e:\dosutil\psetup.exe ) 3. Select your new PrintSir from the list provided. 4. Choose NetWare Configuration from the menu. 5. Select Print server in the Printing mode field.
User's Manual 6. Change the Alias name if you want. 7. Set the Primary File Server to be the file server where the PrintSir’s queue will be located. 8. Press Escape to exit the PrintSir Configuration screen, confirm that the changes should be saved, and exit PSETUP. At this point the PrintSir setup is complete, and you can begin setting up the NetWare print server and print queue objects: 9. Run the NetWare PCONSOLE program. 10.
User's Manual The print server name can be identical to the PSxxxxxx name printed on the label of the PrintSir, or you can use an alias name you have assigned using PSETUP. 17. Press Enter to select the newly created print server. 18. Select Print Server Configuration. 19. Select Printer Configuration. 20. Select Printer 0 (or Printer 1, Printer 2), and press Enter, then select Parallel LPT1 (or LPT2, LPT3) in the Type field.
User's Manual 23. Press Insert and add your newly created print queue to the list of queues serviced by the printer. Enter a priority number for the queue service, or press Enter to accept the default. 24. Repeatedly press Escape to exit the PCONSOLE program. 25. Reset the PrintSir to have the changes take effect. NOTE: If the PrintSir you have is with multiple printer connectors, you may create multiple print queues and printer objects. Your PrintSir should now be ready to use.
User's Manual 3. Choose the Print Queue Information menu selection. 4. Press the Insert key to add a new print queue. 5. Type in a print queue name, such as “PQ” or “Q1”. 6. You have now successfully created the print queue that your NetWare print server will serve. Press the Escape key until the Available Options main menu is displayed. 7. Select Print Server Information. 8. Press the Insert key to add a new NetWare print server. 9. Press Enter to select the newly created print server. 10.
User's Manual the queue service, or press Enter to accept the default. 16. Repeatedly press Escape to exit the PCONSOLE program. 17. You must load NetWare print server on the NetWare file server so that the PrintSir configured as a remote printer can connect to that print server and service the print jobs. To load the NetWare print server, type “LOAD PSERVER.
User's Manual 4. Choose NetWare Configuration from the menu. 5. Select Remote Printer in the Printing mode field. 6. Type the print server‘s name in the Print server field. The print server will be serviced by the PrintSir that is being configured as a remote printer now. 7. Type the printer number assigned in PCONSOLE in the Printer Number field. 8. Press Escape to exit the NetWare Configuration screen, confirm that the changes should be saved, and exit PSETUP. 9.
User's Manual How NetWare 4.x/5.x is Different Novell NetWare version 3.x uses a database called the bindery for storing information such as user and group information, server configuration, and information about network services. Each NetWare 3.x file server has its own bindery, which is administrated separately from other file servers using commands such as SYSCON, PCONSOLE, and so on. NetWare version 4.x/5.x improved on the bindery concept by introducing NDS, NetWare Directory Services.
User's Manual 1. Log in to your NetWare server as ADMIN. 2. Insert the CD-ROM and change to the appropriate drive and directory. Ex. e:\dosutil\ 3. Run the INSTALL program with “NDS” option E :\dosutil\install /NDS 4. Choose your new PrintSir from the displayed list and press Enter. The name listed will be the same as the Device Name printed on a label at the your PrintSir. 5. A list of defaults will be displayed.
User's Manual The Current Tree and Current Context settings cannot be changed within the INSTALL program. If you need to change the tree or context where the PrintSir will be installed, use the CX command to change them before starting INSTALL program. 6. The quick installation program will not only set up the PrintSir, but create and setup all required objects on the network.
User's Manual 7. Set the NDS tree and NDS context where the PrintSir will be located. Do NOT set a Primary file server, as that would force the use of bindery mode. 8. Press Escape to exit the PrintSir Configuration screen, confirm that the changes should be saved, and exit PSETUP. 9. Run the NetWare PCONSOLE program. 10. Change the current context, if necessary, using the Change Context menu selection. 11. Choose Quick Setup from the menu. 12.
User's Manual 14. Set the Banner type to PostScript if you are using a PostScript printer, and to Text otherwise. 15. Press F10 to save the new configuration. 16. Reset the PrintSir to have the changes take effect. NOTE: The PrintSir may require up to a minute after power-up to log into a NetWare Directory Services context because of the large number of calculations NDS security requires. Your PrintSir should now be ready for use by workstation users.
User's Manual 4. Enter the print server name in the Print server field. 5. Assign printer and print queue names. 6. Set the Banner type to PostScript if you are using a PostScript printer, and to Text otherwise. 7. Set the Location to Manual Load. 8. Press F10 to save the new configuration and return to the main menu. 9. Choose Printers menu. 10. Select your newly created Printer from the Printers list. 11. You can view or edit the Printer number from 0 to 255. 12.
User's Manual following steps: 1. Log in to your NetWare server as ADMIN. 2. Run the PSETUP program included on the CD-ROM. ex: e:\DOSUTIL\psetup.exe 3. Select your new PrintSir from the list provided. 4. Choose NetWare Configuration from the menu. 5. Select Remote Printer in the Printing mode field. 6. Type the print server‘s name in the Print server field. The print server will be serviced by the PrintSir that is being configured as a remote printer now. 7.
User's Manual 6. UNIX System Network 6.1 Introduction The PrintSir is available for TCP/IP printing by Unix lpd (Line Printer Daemon) protocol. The lpd protocol originated with Unix release is based on the BSD version of Unix and supported under most versions of Unix. This chapter explains how to configure the PrintSir for TCP/IP operation, and how to modify configuration files on your Unix system to allow printing to the PrintSir.
User's Manual 6.3 Setup PrintSir’s IP Address The PrintSir must have a unique IP address in order to be recognized by the network. You can set up the IP address on the various Unix systems using any one of the following methods: 1. ARP & Ping Assignment (Recommend for Unix) 2. DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) 3. BOOTP (Bootstrap Protocol) 4.
User's Manual ping 203.66.191.12 At the mean time, PrintSir’s IP will “temporarily” be set to 203.66.191.12 (will restore after reboot). Therefore, you need to run your web browser to set a permanent IP address (refer to section 8.3.7 for detailed IP configuration). 6.3.2 DHCP There are many Unix systems that support DHCP protocol, and the procedures to configure the DHCP server database are different. This manual does not describe the DHCP server configuration on the Unix systems.
User's Manual :ht=1:\ :ha=print_server_ethernet_address:\ :ip=print_server_ip_address: Lines should be indented with tabs. Where hostname is the device name of a PrintSir, the ht=1 tag s p ecif ies the hardware type is Ethernet, the ha= tag specifies the Ethernet address of a PrintSir, which is the Node ID located on the PrintSir. The ha tag must be preceded by the ht tag. The ip= tag should correspond to the IP address you want to assign to the PrintSir.
User's Manual can add this address to the /etc/hosts file, by adding a line such as: 203.66.191.12 pserver 3. Add the Ethernet address and the host name for the PrintSir to the /etc/ethers file, by adding a line such as: 00:00:B4:01:01:01 pserver Where the Ethernet address of the PrintSir is the Node ID located on the PrintSir. 4. If your system uses Network Information Services (NIS), you will need to make changes to the NIS host and ethers databases. 5.
User's Manual 3. The printer name (or queue name) on the remote host should be lpt1, lpt2 or lpt3, the name of the parallel port on the PrintSir. You will need to perform the tasks below, logged in as the superuser (root). To configure your Unix host for printing, 1. Optionally, assign a name corresponding to the PrintSir’s IP address. You can add this address to the /etc/hosts file, by adding a line such as: 203.66.191.186 pserver 2.
User's Manual Lines should be indented with tabs. More than one printer name can be used, with variants separated by vertical bars (name1|name2). The rm= entry should correspond to the IP address you have assigned to the PrintSir. You can also use a host name if you have assigned one in the /etc/hosts file. The sd= entry should correspond to the spool directory you created in the previous step. The rp= entry should correspond to the port name of the remote printer.
User's Manual 7. Configuration Utility 7.1 Introduction This chapter introduces PrintSir’s system configuration utility in W i n d o w s e n v i r o n me n t . T h i s u tility is au to matically in s talled d u r in g Windows Administrator Utility installation procedure - refer to section 3.2 and 3.3 (see below). This utility provides the most complete management and configuration functions on the PrintSir server side.
User's Manual Upgrade : Firmware Upgrade / Update DHCP Cfg : DHCP Server Configuration DHCP Information : DHCP Information Mail Print Cfg : Email Printing Setting SNMP Cfg : SNMP Parameter Setting We will explain each function separately in the following section. 7.
User's Manual 7.3 PrintSir Status - PrintSir Network Status The PrintSir Status page displays the network ability and status of the PrintSir in detail. 7.4 Printer Status - Attached Printer Status The Printer Status page displays the printer status for each port. 7.
User's Manual The IP Cfg page allows you to configure the IP address where the PrintSir is to be located. The PrintSir will obtain its IP address automatically if you configure the IP address as Auto. Click Write button to save the configuration to the PrintSir and Click Reset button to reset the PrintSir and have the changes take effect. 7.
User's Manual z The Write button: save the configuration to the PrintSir. z The Reset button: reset the PrintSir to let the changes take effect. 7.7 NW RP Cfg - NetWare Remote Printer Configuration The NW RP Cfg page allows you to set: z The Print Server, which will be serviced by the PrintSir configured as a remote printer. z The Printer Number, which is assigned in PCONSOLE. z The remote printer, which determines if the PrintSir works at remote printer mode.
User's Manual 7.9 PrintSir Cfg - PrintSir Network Ability Setting The PrintSir Cfg page allows you to set: z T h e D i a g n o s t i c P r i n t o u t , w h i c h d e t e r mi n e s w h e t h e r o r n o t a diagnostic printout should be printed on the printer to which the PrintSir is connected.
User's Manual The Restore Default page allows you to erase all of the PrintSir’s settings and restore them to the default settings the PrintSir had when it was shipped from the factory. z The Restore button: save the default configuration displayed in this page to the PrintSir. z The Reset button: reset the PrintSir to let the changes take effect. 7.
User's Manual an upgrade, z Make sure the updated PSxxROM.BIN (depending on your model) file is stored in your computer or CD-ROM. z Choose the updated firmware in File Name field. For example, \FLASHROM\\PSxxROM.BIN z Choose the suitable Feature Set (“Standard Feature Set - Type 1” or “NetWare Enhancement Feature Set – Type 2” ) and then click U p g r a d e b u t t o n t o u p g r a d e t h e P r i n t S i r’s flash memo ry.
User's Manual z IP Address: specifies the IP address of PrintSir itself. z S t a r t i n g I P: specifies the starting IP ad d ress for assigning to DHCP clients. z IP range: specifies how many IP addresses are available to DHCP clients. z Gateway IP: gives the IP address of the default gateway. z Netmask: gives the network mask. z DNS server: gives the IP address of the domain name server. z The Write button: save the configuration to the PrintSir.
User's Manual z Next available IP: displays the next available IP address that can be assigned to a DHCP client. z Gateway IP: displays the configured IP address of the default gateway. z Netmask: displays the configured network mask. z DNS server: displays the configured IP address of the domain name server. 7.
User's Manual z Mail Password, the password of the mail account. z Confirm Password, double check the password of the mail account. z Print Mail Header, which determines whether or not the printing job will print out the mail header. 7.15 SNMP Cfg - SNMP Parameter Setting The SNMP Cfg page allows you to configure the SNMP parameters of this PrintSir. These information can be browsed by the SNMP MIB browser.
User's Manual 8. Web Management 8.1 Introduction PrintSir print server can be configured and managed on the Web. Through Local Area Network, or even Internet, administrator can easily configure and manage PrintSir’s vari ous main functions in browsers. Simply enter PrintSir’s IP address into your browser’s address field to manage a print server by PrintSir’s built-in Web Server.
User's Manual 8.2.2 Starting WebDESK Utility When you execute WebDESK Utility, system will display PrintSir Web Console Page for approximately 5 seconds. At the mean time, system will be searching for all PrintSir print servers on the same subnet.
User's Manual The Window will be split into two parts: z PrintSir List on the left portion, which lists all PrintSirs found on the same network. z Web Pages for the selected PrintSir on the right portion, which displays the configuration information for the PrintSir. In the left frame, click on the PrintSir that you want to manage and configure, then the PrintSir’s Web configuration screen will be displayed in the right frame.
User's Manual z Control Panel : On the top, which contains several Hypertext links that links to a information or configuration page respectively. z Status Line : On the bottom, which is used to display warning or error message. z Configuration Pages : In the middle, which contains several information pages a b o u t P r i n t S i r an d its attach ed p r in ter ( s ) , an d s ev er al configuration pages used to set up PrintSir.
User's Manual window. 8.3.2 Getting PrintSir Information Each time you run browser to connect to a PrintSir, you will get this PrintSir information page initially. The PrintSir information page displays some general information of PrintSir. 8.3.3 Getting Printer Status The Printer status page can be used to display the status of attached printer(s) for each port. 8.3.4 Getting NetWare Information The NetWare status page displays the NetWare connection information of the PrintSir.
User's Manual 8.3.5 Getting DHCP Status The DHCP status page can be used to display the DHCP information when the PrintSir’s client DHCP function is enabled. 8.3.
User's Manual z Alias name, an alternate name by which the PrintSir can be c a l l e d ( i n a d d i t i o n t o t h e P S x x x x x x n a me p r i n t e d o n t h e label). z NetWare Protocol Support, which determines whether or not the PrintSir support NetWare printing function. z NetBEUI Protocol Support, which determines whether or not the PrintSir support NetBEUI network protocol.
User's Manual PrintSir is to be located. The PrintSir will obtain its IP address automatically by the protocol DHCP, BOOTP, RARP if you configure t h e I P a d d r e s s a s A u t o . C l i c k S a v e t o P r i n t S i r b u t t o n t o s av e t h e configuration to the PrintSir. The PrintSir will verify your password (it will ignore the User Name item) when you save the configuration. Make sure to reset the P r i n t S i r ( d e s c r i b e d i n s e c t i o n 8 . 3 .
User's Manual IP range: specifies how many IP addresses are available to DHCP clients. Net mask: gives the network mask. Gateway IP: gives the IP address of the default gateway. DNS server: gives the IP address of the domain name server. z The Save to PrintSir button: save the configuration to the PrintSir. Make sure to reset the PrintSir (described in the section 8.3.11) to have the changes take effect. 8.3.
User's Manual z Mail Account, the account of the mailbox in the mail server. z Mail Password, the password of the mail account. z Print Mail Header, which determines whether or not the printing job will print out the mail header. 8.3.10 Configuring SNMP Parameters The SNMP Cfg page allows you to configure the SNMP parameters of this PrintSir. These information can be browsed by the SNMP MIB browser. The page allows you to set: z System Contact, the system Administrator information of this PrintSir.
User's Manual z The Software reset: which determines whether or not to reset the PrintSir. z The Restore to factory default: which determines whether or not to erase all of the PrintSir’s setting and restore to the default configuration the PrintSir had when it was shipped from the factory. z The Print diagnostic page: which determines whether or not to print a diagnostic page to a attached printer connected at either LPT1, LPT2 or LPT3 of the PrintSir.
User's Manual 9. Email Printing 9.1 Introduction Email Printing provides a new way of printing service. After installation, Windows will establish a new Printer Driver which will convert the printing document to an Email and send to the mail account assigned by PrintSir. PrintSir will periodically retrieve Emails in the mail account and print it to the attached printer directly. 9.2 System Requirement 9.2.
User's Manual Step3.In the Mail Print Cfg page，configure Mail polling time and Mailbox parameters. Mail Polling Time : Default is 1 minute; Intervals for PrintSir to check Emails in the Mailbox. Mail Server, Mail Account and Password are Mailbox’s Email server's IP address, account, and password respectively. Step4. Press "Write" then "Reset" button. 9.3.2 Client User Side At first, please confirm that the client computer has installed and setup the TCP/IP protocol correctly.
User's Manual 3. Click “Next” and choose a installation path or use the default, 4. Click “Next” and assign a program folder name, 5. Click “Next” and the system will install the “Email Printing Driver”.
User's Manual 6. Click the “AddPort” Button, and you can see the following dialog box, 7. Please input the proper value in the fields described as following, Port Name: The Printer Port Name for Email Printing. It will be used when you execute the “Add Printer” E-Mail Address: The email address serviced by the PrintSir. Outgoing Mail Server: The mail server of your client computer for sending the email. Your E-mail address: The information which will be printed at the header of the printing document. 8.
User's Manual command and choose the Email Printer Port Name assigned in the above procedure. Please refer section 3.4 for detail “Add Printer” procedure. 9.3.2.2 Directly send an Email to the email account serviced by the PrintSir. For a client user who want to pr int a text email to the printer attached by the PrintSir but without the “Email Printing Driver”, he (or she) can, just as usual, run the mailing tool, key in the content and send the email.
