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LevelOne
FPS-9023/WPS-9123
Wired/Wireless Printer Server w/Multi - Port
User Manual
V1.0.0-0606
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CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 PRODUCT INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 2 1.2 PRODUCT PACKAGE .......................................................................................................................... 3 1.3 NETWORK PRINTING ARCHITECTURE ..
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7.8 APPLETALK CONFIGURATION ..........................................................................................................69 7.9 BONJOUR CONFIGURATION ..............................................................................................................71 7.10 SNMP CONFIGURATION ..................................................................................................................72 7.11 SMB CONFIGURATION .............................................
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10.2.1 Printer server Side ...............................................................................................................133 10.2.2 Client Side ...........................................................................................................................133 11. LPR SETTING IN MAC OS ............................................................................................................138 12. UPNP SETUP.............................................
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1. I n tr od u cti o n 1
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1.1 Product Introduction Thank you for purchasing LevelOne FPS-9023/W PS-9123 printer server. This printer server allows your printer to become a shared 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. W PS-9123 printer server provides IEEE 802.11g/b wireless LAN (up to 54Mbps data transfer rate), an Ethernet network port (10/100Mbps Ethernet), tw
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1.2 Product Package This package contains the following components: FPS-9023 or W PS-9123 Antenna (For W PS-9123 only) Power Adapter CD Manual/Driver/Utility Quick Installation Guide 3
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1.3 Network Printing Architecture This section illustrates how printer server functions and operates on the network. Before you install and use printer server, it is strongly recommended that you read this section completely, and select only the chapters you need according to your network operating system by “Contents of the User’s Manual” in next section. This section will first introduce the role every component plays in the network-printing environment. Printer server Clie
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Because printer server supports IPX/SPX, NetBEUI, TCP/IP and AppleTalk network protocols, any networked computer can directly print to the printer server from any of its installed protocol. 1.3.2 Network Printing Functions for Clients Client User Unix Print Server Windows NT Server NetWare Server Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 98 Workstation Common operating systems for clients are classified as follow ing: W indows 98SE/ME/2000/XP/ Our printer server system provides PT
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In the client installation procedure, after PTPP (Peer-to-Peer Printing Driver) is installed into W indows, the system will automatically (manual configuration is also allowed) search all the printer servers on the network, and then add their printing ports into W indows’ printing port (see below). PTPP P1 P2 Windows 98 P1 P3 Print Server MIS-2 Print Server MIS-1 UNIX / Linux 6
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UNIX (include HP/UX, SCO Unix, SunOS, Solaris, Unixware DECUnix, IBM AIX and others) and Linux use the system -standard LPR to print through printer server. MAC OS MAC OS can use the system -standard AppleTalk network to print through printer server. 1.3.3 Network Printing Functions for Network Server Network Server Unix Print Server Windows NT Server NetWare Server Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 98 Workstation Common network servers are classified as following: W indows 20
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1.4 Network Printing Environment Common network environment are classified as following: W indows Peer-to-Peer Network The client’s PTPP driver will use TCP/IP protoco l to print through printer server. W indows 2000 Network Network printing function will become available after PTPP driv er is installed into W indows 2000. Adding this printing function into W indows 2000 allows print queue, user authority management, and many other advanced features to be used. 8
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NetW are Network (see below) 9
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1.5 Contents of the User Manual Chapter 2 explains printer server’s hardware installation and configuration. It is strongly recommended for you to read. The following chapters introduce: Chapter 3. W indows Peer-to-Peer Network Chapter 4. W indows 2000 Server-Based Networks Chapter 5. NetW are Network Chapter 6. UNIX System Network You may select the appropriate chapters and sections to read depending on your network printing’s requirement. Chapter 7 and chapter 8 introduce
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1.6 Firmware & Printing Function The printer server provides a complete network printing solution. The feature set is listed below: PTPP (Peer-to-Peer-Printing) TCP/IP (LPR) IPP Printing NetW are Bindery Printing AppleTalk SMB Printing 11
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2. Ha r dw ar e I n st al l a ti o n 1. Unpack the printer server package and verify that all the items listed in the section 1.2 are provided. 2. Connect the printer server to the printer you want to share on the network. 3. Connect the printer server to your network by attached the network cable to the UTP port of the printer server. 4. Connect the power adapter to the printer server. The printer server will perform the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) after it is powered on. During
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LED Status Instruction Wired Printer Server: FPS-9023 LED Color Status Description The LAN cable is connected to the Printer On Server. LAN Green Off No network connection. Network traffic transferring or receiving through Blinking the LAN port. If the Printer Server is upgraded failed, the LED On will be lighted steadily. Print 1 ~ 3 Green Off No printing jobs. The Printer Server is sending printing jobs to Blinking printer. The Printer Server is ready. On If the Printer
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Wireless Printer Server: WPS-9123 LED Color Status Description On The LAN cable is connected to the Print Server. Off No network connection. LAN Green Network traffic transferring or receiving through Blinking the LAN port. If the Printer Server is upgraded failed, the LED On will be lighted steadily. Print 1 ~ 3 Green Off No printing jobs. The Printer Server is sending printing jobs to Blinking printer. If the Printer Server is upgraded failed, the LED On will be lighted st
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2.2 Hardware Description Front Panel for WPS-9123 Front Panel for FPS-9023 Rear Side 15
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3. Wi n d ow s P e er -to- Pe er N e tw or k 16
