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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. 1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW........................................................................................................ 1 WIRELESS SPECIFICATIONS................................................................................................ 1 COMPONENTS AND FEATURES...........................................................................................
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9. TROUBLESHOOTING .............................................................................................. 76 GENERAL TROUBLESHOOTING OVERVIEW................................................................. 76 POWER RELATED PROBLEMS ..............................................................................................76 PRINT PORT RELATED PROBLEMS.........................................................................................77 WINDOWS 2000/XP TROUBLESHOOTING .....
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802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 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 remo
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802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Components and Features 802.11n Wireless Print Server ˙1 USB2.0 port ˙Fast Ethernet network port: RJ-45 for 10Base-T or 100Base-TX ˙1 LED to indicate Status: Orange ˙1 LED to indicate USB port: Green ˙1 LED to indicate WLAN status: Orange ˙Built-in WPS Button ˙Built-in Reset Button ˙One Setup CD for Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7, User Guide ˙One external AC power adapter ˙One Quick Installation Guide LED Indicators LED State
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802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Hardware Installation To install the print servers, you need to complete these steps: ˙Confirm that your printer 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 the USB cabl
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802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Network Environment Wired Network with Print Server: Wireless Network with Print Server: Infrastructure (Access Point) Mode: Ad-Hoc (PEER-to-PEER) Mode: 4
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802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 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 Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7, UNIX/Linux systems and Macintosh computer. As such, there
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802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Internet Printing Protocol Windows Printing via the internet Allows saving distribution of 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7 to Internet Printing HQ hardcopy document over Protocol- enabled print Internet, replacing fax, mail server Comment Configuration solution Table has many installations way to setup Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7, UNIX / Linux system and Mac computer. Firstly, we introduce PSAdmin utility, HP Web JetAdmin program and Internet Printi
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802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 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
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802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 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. 8
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802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 5. From the Select A Print Sever page, select the print server that you want to configure and click Next. 6. On Change Settings page, select No or Yes: a. No: 9
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802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Click No if you want the print server to keep using the default IP address and keep the default settings: IP address: 192.168.0.10 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 WLAN default settings Password: None (Leave it blank) Ad-Hoc mode SSID: WLAN-PS Channel: 6 Encryption: none DHCP client: off IP address: 192.168.0.10 b. Yes: Click Yes if you want change wireless settings or assign a static IP address to the print server:
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802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual On Wireless Security page, enable or disable WEP/WPA/WPA2 encryption, configure according to your wireless network and click Next. On TCP/IP Settings page, specify a fixed or dynamic IP address for the print server, a fixed IP address is highly recommended. Click Next. 11
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802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Note: 1. The IP address of print server must be within the same subnet as your network adapter. 2. After you save the new IP address, the print server will automatic reboot once to make ready for the new IP address. It may take a couple of seconds. 12
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802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 7. On Change Settings page a. Select an already configured printer from the list, and click Next. b. Select Add New Printer if the print server is connected to a printer that hasn’t been installed before and does not appear in the list. 13
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802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual When Windows Add Printer Wizard appears, click Next to continue. Select Local Printer, make sure the Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer check box is NOT checked. Then click Next. 14
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802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual Make sure the Use the following port radio-button is selected and select LPT1: (recommended Printer Port) from the drop-down menu. Then click Next. Select Manufacturer and Printer from the lists of printer’s driver. Then click Next. 15
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802.11n Wireless Print Server User Manual 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. 16
