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Introduction 

Product Overview 

The external print servers enhance capability by letting you place your printers, plotters, or 
equality printers at convenient locations directly on the Ethernet network, and by increasing 
network printer performance and management. 

 

 

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 prop web 
browser. We also subsidiary Windows-based PSAdmin utility which help administrator to 
setup print server environment. For example, Netware, Windows 95/98/Me, Windows 
NT/2000/XP, Mac or Unix system. 

 
 

Components and Features 

 

1-USB Port Print Server 

 

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1 USB 1.1 port 

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

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1 LED to indicate Status, 2 LED’s to indicate 10/100M link lights 

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One Setup CD for  Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003, User’s Guide 

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One external AC power adapter 

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One Quick Installation Guide 

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Built-in Reset Button 

 

 

 

 
 

 

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Summary of Contents for ZPS1000

Page 1: ...JETADMIN UTILITY 27 5 CONFIGURATION FROM EMBEDDED WEB SERVER 28 OVERVIEW 28 USING EMBEDDED WEB SERVER 28 SETUP MENU 34 INSTALLING PRINT SERVER ON NETWARE 4 X 5 X 37 SETTING UP A MACINTOSH COMPUTER 40...

Page 2: ...RVER FROM BROWSER 62 9 TROUBLESHOOTING 64 GENERAL TROUBLESHOOTING OVERVIEW 64 POWER RELATED PROBLEMS 64 WINDOWS 95 98 ME NT 2000 XP TROUBLESHOOTING 65 MOVING THE PRINT SERVER TO A NEW SEGMENT 66 MOVIN...

Page 3: ...1976 FCC Warning This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to subpart J of Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide...

Page 4: ...on 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 prop web browser We also subsidiary Windows ba...

Page 5: ...To ensure your printer s work well do one of the following Send data through the parallel USB port of each printer you are connecting to the print server or generate a printer self test page 2 Turn of...

Page 6: ...k 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 Bindery NDS and NDPS Microsof...

Page 7: ...net 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 w...

Page 8: ...r CD ROM drive 2 The Autorun program starts and the following window appears If the setup program does not start automatically run Autorun exe in the root folder from the CD Rom 3 Choose Install Setup...

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Page 10: ...Click NEXT the wizard will automatically discover the print server 6 Select YES if you want to change the configuration and press NEXT to continue 10...

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Page 12: ...a DHCP server on the network select Obtain an IP address automatically or click Specify and IP address and input the IP Mask and Gateway IP addresses Click Next 8 TCP IP settings saved click Next to s...

Page 13: ...9 Click Next and choose the printer you want to install You can also add a new printer in this step 13...

Page 14: ...r is not listed under Printer Name click on Add New Printer and follow the below instruction After new printer is added the printer will be listed under the Print Name section select the printer and c...

Page 15: ...10 Click Next and setup program will display the summary of your printer s configuration 11 Now your print server has been successfully connected with your printer 15...

Page 16: ...he screen will then appear as follow picture All print server s feature Novell NetWare function on the LAN will be displayed along with their respective device name MAC Address print server name firmw...

Page 17: ...er by using Wizard TCP IP Wizard 1 Click Wizard button just like a picture and select TCP IP Wizard 2 Select Obtain an IP address from DHCP server If there is a DHCP server on your network This option...

Page 18: ...When done click OK button The program will save the above settings into the print server 7 Done NetWare Wizard 1 Log into your NetWare file server as a Supervisor Admin or equivalent 2 Click Wizard b...

Page 19: ...p follow the steps 1 Run PCONSOLE in NetWare 3 x or NetWare 4 x and create the necessary parameters Refer to your Novell NetWare print server Services manual for details 2 Log into your NetWare file s...

Page 20: ...the DHCP feature of the print server When this option is enabled the print server will obtain an IP address automatically from the DHCP server on your LAN The default value is Disable Note 1 Once this...

Page 21: ...om the DHCP server or manually specified The option also allows you to manually specify the IP address of the gateway to the print server if DHCP option is disabled This value is optional Upgrade Upgr...

Page 22: ...nt queues 7 Select the Print server name you specify in Step 5 8 Select the Print server Configuration option and select the Queue Serviced by Printer option For NetWare 4 x s PCONSOLE please select P...

Page 23: ...d Remove Programs icon 3 Click Change or Remove Programs tab 4 Select Network Print Monitor for Windows 95 98 NT 2000 XP and click Change Remove button 5 The un installation wizard program will be lau...

Page 24: ...P 2003 you can use a supported Web Browser for example Netscape or IE to view the embedded web server on the print server Contact your administrator to get the IP address or URL of the printer and bro...

Page 25: ...ort should be the port name as lp1 Three ports should be the port name as lp1 lp2 and lp3 7 It will check print server to connect to HP printer if not it will appear as follow picture Then Click OK 8...

Page 26: ...ion about a procedure or Windows in the HP Web JetAdmin software see about HP s relation document System Requirements HP Web JetAdmin software runs on Microsoft Windows NT HP UX Solaris Red Hat Linux...

Page 27: ...g For example http server domain port where server domain is the host name of your web server and port is the port number assigned during installation Supply users access to HP Web JetAdmin software b...

Page 28: ...h the print server please see the Properties TCP IP options of chapter 3 After an IP address is established on the print server perform the following step Status Menu Once you have finished the IP add...

Page 29: ...rint server is located in the office s LAN System Uptime This option allows you to view uptime of the print server When you start the print server it will compute the print server from start time to p...

Page 30: ...inting Language Supported This option allows you to view command to set the printer When the printer connected with the print server it will be show in the command box Current Status This option allow...

Page 31: ...st meet the IP addressing requirements of the network segment Subnet Mask This option allows you to view subnet mask from the print server The IP address must meet the IP addressing requirements of th...

Page 32: ...ew polling time from the print server This function is search for NetWare Server by per time NetWare NDS Setting Use NDS Mode Enable or Disable Name of the NDS Tree Name of the NDS Content Current Sta...

Page 33: ...the last six digits of the print server s Node ID Printer Type This option allows you to view printer type from the print server If you are using a PostScript printer you can select the LaserWriter 8...

Page 34: ...er You should use web browser to configure the print server The setup menu of the print server helps administrator to setup the print server s System Printer NetWare TCP IP SNMP and AppleTalk Preparat...

Page 35: ...act name of the print server To check the print server s contact name who in charge of this device System Location This option allows you to input Location name of the print server To confirm the prin...

Page 36: ...This option allows the print server to obtain IP related settings automatically from your DHCP server IP Address This option allows you to input IP address from the print server The IP address must m...

Page 37: ...me The time interval in which the print server unit polls the file server for servicing of print queues Logon Password This option allows you to input encrypted password from the print server The prin...

Page 38: ...file server console type load install 2 Select NCF files options 3 Select Edit AUTOEXEC NCF file 4 Add or Modify the SET BINDERY CONTEXT line to include the NDS organization O and all organization uni...

Page 39: ...if found We also assume that at least an AppleTalk Zone exists on the network If no any zone exists the print server itself displays the zone name as an asterisk in the current AppleTalk Status of the...

Page 40: ...ck OK If your printer does not appear in the PPD file list please contact your printer vendor You may also use the Generic PPD if you do not need any printer specific features 6 Close the Chooser Wind...

Page 41: ...n the print server received a SNMP request with a community name that does not match the community name the print server is configured with stored in the print server s memory an authentication failur...

Page 42: ...e with Read Only access right in default Support HP WebJetAdmin This option allows user determine to disable enable the Support HP WebJetAdmin SNMP Traps Enable the function of sending SNMP Authentica...

Page 43: ...to the print server section later in this chapter IPX SPX The IPX SPX compatible Protocol must be installed For further information please read IPX SPX compatible Protocol Installation section in thi...

Page 44: ...work icon 3 If the IPX SPX compatible Protocol is not already installed click Add 4 Select Protocol and click Add 5 Select Microsoft from the Manufacturers list 6 Select IPX SPX compatible Protocol fr...

Page 45: ...PSAdmin will appear Click OK 4 Click Start point to Settings and select Printers 5 Double click the Add Printer icon 6 Select Local Printer and click Next 7 Select the appropriate printer manufacture...

Page 46: ...ng picture By default the computer will first search for the print server s on the network by using the IPX SPX protocol If the IPX SPX protocol is installed the print server will be displayed along w...

Page 47: ...ove the software components from their Windows 95 98 Me NT 2000 XP systems in minutes Please follow the directions listed below to proceed with the un installation procedure After the Network Print Po...

Page 48: ...twork Print Monitor utility 2 Manually specify using DOS commands or UNIX text mode commands This applies to Windows NT 2000 XP and UNIX systems Note The Network Print Monitor can only search for the...

Page 49: ...er name for example lp1 Click OK 8 In the Printer Ports box select Close 9 Click Next 10 Select the appropriate printer manufacturer and printer type list and click Next 11 Select Shared Type in a new...

Page 50: ...t the Standard TCP IP Port Click Next and Next 5 The Add Standard TCP IP Printer Port Wizard box will then appear as shown the picture as below and type in the IP address assigned to the print server...

Page 51: ...R form Protocol type in a queue name for example lp1 for Port 1 lp2 for Port 2 and lp3 for Port 3 8 Click OK and Next Note Please DO NOT type any other name than lp1 or lp2 or lp3 in this step 9 Click...

Page 52: ...a new Printer name or leave it in default and click Next button 12 A message reading To confirm that the printer is installed properly you can print a test page Select Yes Recommended and click Finish...

Page 53: ...3 You should get the responses from the print Server 4 Type tftp Print server s IP address For example tftp 192 72 214 103 At the tftp prompt type get config txt to retrieve the Print Server s configu...

Page 54: ...s some messages it will ask you a question If you re not sure answer n y n n n h Would you like this to be the system default printer y n n answer this question if you like to make it as a default pri...

Page 55: ...If you have done this please use the host name instead of the IP address 11 Type lpadmin pprinter 1 s Print server s IP address where printer 1 represents the Print Server s parallel port You can ent...

Page 56: ...ds will vary slightly depending upon which version is used the functionality of the Linux based variants is exactly the same Following are the outlined procedures recommended for all users on Red Hat...

Page 57: ...f Click New button g Click Forward button 57...

Page 58: ...name click Forward i In the Queue Type field choose Networked UNIX j In the Server field type the IP of print server k In the Queue field type a print server s port name which connect to the printer F...

Page 59: ...m In the Printer field choose Postscript Printer n Choose the model of printer and click Forward o Done 59...

Page 60: ...r for identification purpose 8 In Protocol field select lpd BSD 9 Select your printer s make and model from the Make Model list 10 In Printer Connection Type select On Remote Server 11 It then appears...

Page 61: ...nary file is located in your current working directory 2 Before upgrading print server please ensure print server is not printing jobs In case of printing you have to wait till the current print job i...

Page 62: ...type get upgrade 5 Change to binary mode 6 At tftp prompt type put mpsXX bin 7 Wait for the file transfer to complete 8 Quit from tftp 9 Done Upgrading the print server from Browser 1 Ensure binary fi...

Page 63: ...4 Click Upgrade form Browser and select the firmware file 5 Click Upgrade 6 Done 63...

Page 64: ...power If the unit does not flash five times contact your dealer for a replacement or repair Flow Link Green 100M Orange 10M If the network cabling is Twisted Pair Cable and when this light is ON the T...

Page 65: ...Segment Frame Type 802 2 Installation later in this section RIP for NWLink IPX SPX compatible transport Installation Procedure 1 From your Windows NT server that is used as a router select Start from...

Page 66: ...ter icon Select Properties 4 Click Details tab 5 Click Port Settings as shown in the picture below The print server will be displayed on the next print server s configuration screen Find your original...

Page 67: ...ou might encounter the following problem in your initial installation steps I can do the arp command However when I am going to ping or tftp the print server it always shows Request timed out I have c...

Page 68: ...le server 1 Due to the presence of this NetWare file server the IPX SPX protocol might be used on your network Therefore we strongly suggest you run the PSAdmin from any client computer and select Man...

Page 69: ...this new file and quit from your editor Please note in this step you must specify an IP address which is valid on Segment B such as 192 72 214 100 in this example rather than 192 72 214 68 7 Type for...

Page 70: ...an load the default value of print server by press the reset button Please press 5 to 10 seconds until the status LED flash and the default value is restored Or you can load the default setting from t...

Page 71: ...ted 4 Recheck the print server connection by running the PSAdmin It should read Connected Question B Print jobs start printing but print very slowly or print unknown characters Possible explanation an...

Page 72: ...name or the queue name Type in a new name without a space between two characters or replace a space by a dash or an underscore _ Question F The PSAdmin reports Print server Already Exists Printer Alr...

Page 73: ...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...

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