TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Rev: 2.0.
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CONTENTS Chapter 1. Introduction.........................................................................................1 1.1 Product Overview ...................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Components and Features ........................................................................................ 1 1.3 LED Indicator............................................................................................................. 1 1.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 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. 1.2 Components and Features ¾ One USB2.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Chapter 2. Hardware Installation 2.1 Preparation Before you start, you should prepare the following items: ¾ One printer with USB port ¾ One USB printer cable ¾ One Router 2.2 Connection Follow the instructions below to connect the print server. Figure 2-1 is a typical typology for the print server. ¾ Power off the printer. ¾ Connect the print server to your printer with the USB cable.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Chapter 3. How to Configure the Print Server 3.1 Using PSWizard in Windows XP/ Windows Vista/ Windows 7 To connect to the print server using PSWizard, the configuration for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 are similar. Here take Windows XP for example. 1. Insert the setup CD into your CD-drive. The autorun program will be started as shown in Figure 3-1. Select the model (TL-PS110U) of your print sever. Figure 3-1 2. Choose Setup Wizard.
TL-PS110U 3. Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Then you will enter to the “Welcome” page as shown in Figure 3-3. Click Next. Figure 3-3 4. From the “Select A Print Server” screen as shown in Figure 3-4, select the print server that you want to configure and click Next.
TL-PS110U 5. Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server On the Change Settings screen as shown in Figure 3-5, select Yes or No. ¾ Select “Yes” if you want to change the settings. The TL-PS110U is produced without password. Click Next and then appears “TCP/IP Settings” screen as shown in Figure 3-6. Proceed with the following steps. ¾ Select “No” if you don’t need to change any settings. Click Next and then appears Figure 3-9. Skip to Step 8. Figure 3-5 6.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Figure 3-6 7. Confirm your settings on the screen in Figure 3-7. Click Next and your changes will be saved as shown in Figure 3-8.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Figure 3-8 8. After that the “Select a Printer” page will appear, as shown in Figure 3-9. ¾ If the printer desired has already existed in the list, select it and then click Next and skip to Step 16 to complete the installation. ¾ If you never use a printer on your computer before but also want to share printing, click Add New Printer button in Figure 3-9 and then Figure 3-11 appears. Follow the steps below to install the printer driver.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Figure 3-9 ) Note: To add a new printer, you can also go Start > Printers and Faxes, and then click “Add a printer” on the left to begin the following installation as shown in Figure 3-10. Figure 3-10 9. Click Add New Printer to launch Windows Add Printer Wizard. Click Next.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Figure 3-11 10. Make sure the Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer check box is NOT checked. Then click Next. Figure 3-12 11. Check “Use the following port” radio button and select “LPT1: (Recommended Printer Port)” from the pull-down list. Then click Next.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Figure 3-13 12. Select Manufacturer and Printer from the lists of printer’s driver. Then click Next. Figure 3-14 13. If you already have the printer’s driver installed, you will be asked whether to keep it or to replace it. Click Next. Supply a name for the printer and choose whether you want to make it your default printer. Then click Next.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Figure 3-15 14. Then, choose whether you want to share the printer with other network users, print a test page (please select No.), etc. Select the appropriate radio-button and click Next. Figure 3-16 15. Click Finish.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Figure 3-17 16. Then you will see the printer be added to the list. Select the printer and click Next. Follow the step by step instruction to finish the installation. Figure 3-18 17. From Windows system, go to Start > Printers and Faxes and highlight your newly installed printer. Right-click it, and then select Properties.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Figure 3-19 18. Select Ports and verify that the print server’s port appears. Figure 3-20 19. Go to General; click Print Test Page to verify the configuration.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Figure 3-21 ) Note: If you wish to install more print servers, repeat the above steps. 3.2 Using Web Management Page in Windows XP/ Windows Vista/ Windows 7 To connect to the print server using the web management page, the configuration for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 are similar. Here take Windows XP for example. 1. On the Windows taskbar, click the Start->Control Panel.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Figure 3-22 2. Select and double-click Networking Connections. Figure 3-23 3. Right click Wireless Network Connection, and select Properties.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Figure 3-24 4. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and then double click it or click Properties. Figure 3-25 5. Select “Use the following IP address” and input a static IP address 192.168.0.X (1
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Figure 3-26 6. Open a web-browser and type in the IP address of the print server (the default is 192.168.0.10) in the address field of the browser to login to the web management of the print server. Figure 3-27 7. After a moment, a login window will appear, similar to the Figure 3-28. Enter admin in lower case letters for the User Name. Then click the OK button or press the Enter key.
TL-PS110U 8. Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Then the print server web management page will appear, with which you can configure all print server settings. Figure 3-29 9. Click “Setup” and then choose “TCP/IP”. Check “Use the following TCP/IP Settings” radio button and then fill in the following parameters. ¾ IP Address: Specify an IP address for your print server. The IP address must be within the same subnet as your Router. For example, if the LAN IP address of your Router is 192.168.1.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Figure 3-30 10. Click Save & Restart and then wait the print server to save the changes and restart.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server 11. Enter the “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties” page as shown in Figure 3-32. Fill in the following parameters. ¾ IP Address: Specify an IP address for your adapter. The IP address must be within the same subnet as your Router. For example, if the LAN IP address of your Router is 192.168.1.1, the IP address should be set to 192.168.1.X (1
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Figure 3-33 2. On the new window, please choose Network. Figure 3-34 3. Follow the steps to set the airport’s IP address.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server 1 2 3 4 5 Figure 3-35 4. Open the Safari and log into the TL-PS110U. Change its IP Address, Subnet Mask and Default Router to 192.168.1.10, 255.255.255.0 and 192.168.1.1. After the configuration, click Save & Restart.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server 1 2 3 4 Figure 3-36 Figure 3-37 5. On the MACbook, change the airport’s IP Address, Subnet Mask and Router to 192.168.1.101, 255.255.255.0 and 192.168.1.1.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Figure 3-38 6. Click the Apple icon > System Performances > Print & Fax to add a Standard TCP/IP port for the printer.
TL-PS110U 7. Click Printing and then Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server . Figure 3-40 8. Select “IP Printer”, and then configure the following parameters. Select “LPD” for Protocol, enter 192.168.1.10 for Address and lp1 for Queue. Select your printer model from the list. Here takes EPSON Style Photo 720 for example. And then click Add.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server 1 2 3 4 5 6 Figure 3-41 9. Till now you've installed the print server successfully and can print through the TL-PS110U.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Figure 3-42 3.4 Printer Installation Other computers in the same local network that need to share the printing should add the Standard TCP/IP port on their system. There’re two conditions. Please choose one according to your system. In this section, we take Windows Vista for example. Section 3.4.1 is on the precondition that you have ever installed a printer driver and now you want to use a print server to share the printer through your network.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Figure 3-43 2. Find your installed printer icon, right-click on it, and select Properties. Figure 3-44 3. Click Ports > Add Port > Standard TCP/IP Port > New Port > Next.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Figure 3-45 4. Input the exact IP address of print server. Here takes 192.168.0.10 for example. Click Next. Figure 3-46 5. Select Custom, and click Settings.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Figure 3-47 6. Choose LPR, and input the queue name as lp1. Click OK. Figure 3-48 7. Click Next and then Finish, to complete the wizard.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Figure 3-49 Figure 3-50 8. Click Close and Apply.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Figure 3-51 Figure 3-52 9. Now, the printer port has been created. 3.4.2 If You Never Install A Printer Before 1. Click Star > Control Panel, and select Devices and Printers.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Figure 3-53 2. Click Add a printer. Figure 3-54 3. Select Add a local printer. Figure 3-55 4. Select “Create a new port”, and the type of port is “Standard TCP/IP Port”.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Figure 3-56 5. Input the IP address of the print server and click Next. The windows will detect the TCP/IP Port. Please wait for the next page.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Figure 3-58 6. On the following page, select Custom and click Settings. And then on the next page, please select LPR as the Protocol and the Queue Name is lp1. Figure 3-59 7. The windows will ask you to install the driver of the printer. You can select one in the list or click Have Disk to install other drivers. Please follow the steps to finish the installation.
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TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Figure 3-62 8. After that, the new printer is in the list. And you can enjoy the sharing.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Chapter 4. More Configuration for the Print Server The Print Server contains an embedded web server that can be accessed through a supported web browser on a WLAN, for example, IE6, Firefox or above is recommended. The embedded web server provides access to configuration and management pages for the print server and the connected peripheral device. To use the embedded web server, you should first connect your adapter to the print server. 4.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Figure 4-3 4.2 Status The Status page shows the current information about the print server as shown in Figure 4-3. By clicking the corresponding tab, you can view the following information, including System, Printer, and TCP/IP.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server 4.2.1 System Figure 4-4 ¾ Print Server Name: This option allows you to view device name of the print server. To correct the print server’s device name. ¾ System Contact: This option allows you to view contact name of the print server. ¾ System Location: This option allows you to view Location name of the print server and to confirm the print server’s location name where the print server is located in the office’s LAN.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server 4.2.2 Printer Figure 4-5 ¾ Manufacturer: This option allows you to view manufacturer of the printer. When the printer connected with the print server, it will be show in the manufacture box. ¾ Model Number: This option allows you to view model of the printer. When the printer connected with the print server, it will be show in the model box. ¾ Printing Language Supported: This option allows you to view command to set the printer.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server 4.2.3 TCP/IP Figure 4-6 ¾ Use DHCP/BOOTP: This option allows you to view DHCP/ BOOTP status. If there is a DHCP/BOOTP server on your network, this option allows the print server to obtain IP-related settings automatically from your DHCP server. ¾ IP Address: This option allows you to view IP address from the print server. The IP address must meet the IP addressing requirements of the network segment. (default: 192.168.0.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Figure 4-7 ¾ E-mail Alert: This option allows you to receive alert of the device. ¾ SMTP Server IP Address: Enter the IP Address of the SMTP Server. ¾ Administrator E-mail Address: Enter the e-mail address used to receive alert. ¾ Print Server Name: This option allows you to input device name of the print server. To correct the print server’s device name. ¾ Password: This option allows you to change password of the print server.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Figure 4-8 ¾ Use DHCP/BOOTP: This option allows you to select DHCP/ BOOTP option. If there is a DHCP/BOOTP server on your network. This option allows the print server to obtain IP-related settings automatically from your DHCP server. ¾ IP Address: This option allows you to input IP address from the print server. The IP address must meet the IP addressing requirements of the network segment.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Figure 4-9 4.4.2 Firmware Upgrade Click Browse… to select the firmware file and then click Firmware Upgrade to upgrade the firmware of the print server.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server 4.5 Restart Click OK to reboot the print server.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Appendix A: How to Reset the Print Server If you lose the connection with the TL-PS110U by doing wrong configuration, you need to reset it to factory and reconfigure it again. Here are the steps for the resetting 1. Unplug the power adapter of the TL-PS110U; 2. Press and hold the Reset button on the TL-PS110U; 3. Plug in the power adapter of the print server with the Reset button pressed for about 10 seconds. 4. Release the Reset button. 5.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Appendix B: Troubleshooting General Troubleshooting Overview The most common problems, which cause the print server to perform improperly, are covered in this chapter. If a problem still exists after reading this chapter, please contact your dealer for technical support. 1) LED Light Indicators The print server is equipped with LED lights to assist in diagnosing problems that are the result of the network and/or the print server hardware itself.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server print server's configuration file and save its IP address permanently. I can't, therefore, continue installing the print server." Regarding this problem, there are three possible causes: A. The print server's Node ID you specified in the "arp" command is not correct.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server 2. If the solution described above is not applicable, you have to follow the instructions below to set up the print server's IP address. For the purpose of explanation, we assume the NT server is on Segment A and its IP address is 192.72.214.66 (subnet mask: 255.255.255.224), the print server is going to be installed on Segment B, with IP address, for example, 192.72.214.100. 1.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Appendix C: Frequently Asked Questions 1) Question A: Print jobs are sent to the print queue successfully, but fail to be sent to the printer. Possible explanations: 1. The Print server Name/Print Queue configuration is incorrect. 2. The Print server name specified and stored in the print server memory doesn’t match the same one. 3. The power adapter connected to the print server is loose or disconnected. 4.
TL-PS110U 1) Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Check the wireless network connection, especially from the workstation running the PSAdmin to the print server unit. 2) 4) Upgrade the print server again by PSAdmin or WEB browser. Question D The setup Wizard can’t find print server. Possible Explanation: The Personal Firewall installed in your computer blocks the connection. Solution: Please disable the Personal Firewall temporarily or adjust the security level to lower.
TL-PS110U Single USB2.0 Port Fast Ethernet Print Server Appendix D: Additional Installation Instructions Panasonic KX-P6100/6300/6500 If you are using a Panasonic KX-P6100/6300/6500 laser printer with the print server through the Network Print Port under Windows 95/98, please redirect the printer named “Panasonic KX-P6100 PCL” or “Panasonic KX-P6300 PCL”, or “Panasonic KX-P6500 PCL” to the print server through the Network Print Port.