Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product TEW P21G TRENDnet
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- 2 - T ABLE OF C ONTENTS ABOUT THIS GUIDE ................................ ................................ .................. 4 1. INTRODUCTION ... ................................ ................................ .................. 5 P ACKAGE C ONTENTS .
- 3 - 5. WEB CONFIGURATION ...................... ................................ ................ 30 W EB C ONFIGURATION U TILITY ...................................... ............................. 30 M ANAGEMENT ........................ ..........
- 5 - 1 I NTRODUCTION Congratulations on purchasing y our Wireless Print Serv er, the easiest and fa stest way to de ploy print ers on your netwo rk. This compact print server can connect your network.
- 7 - General Features ♦ Equipped with 1 parallel port and 2 USB ports allows user to share three printers on LAN simultaneously. ♦ Compliant with USB 2.0 High-speed printing. ♦ Equipped one 10/1 00 auto-MDIX Fast Ethernet LAN port. ♦ Multi protocol su pport is ideal for sh ared printing in mixed-LAN environments.
- 9 - LEDs Description Power Steady light confirm s that the Print Server is powered on. USB1 When it blinks, t he printer connected is printin g. USB2 When it blinks, t he printer connected is printin g. LPT When it blinks, t he printer connected is printin g.
- 11 - Inst alling the Print Server Follow these steps for a trouble-free start of prin t server operations with you r Wireless Print Serv er . 1. Confirm proper operation of the printer to be connected to the print server. 2. When you have confirmed prop er operation of the printer, turn off the power.
- 13 - • User's Guide – click to preview the Use r's Guid e in PDF format for detailed information of the Wireless Print Server. • Install Utility – click to install PS-Utility. Please refer to the next section for detailed information on installing th e utility.
- 15 - 3. The InstallShield Wizard starts to install the software, and the Progress bar indicates the installation is proceeding . 4. When completed, click Finish . After installing the utility, the application program for the print server is automatically installed to your computer, and creates a folder in StartProgramsPS-Utility .
- 17 - - Show Web Setup: Click this button to open you r web browser and launch the Configuration Utility. Alternately , you can doub le-click the print server in t he Device List to launch the Con figuratio n U tility . - Factory Reset: Click this button to reload the factory settings of the print server.
- 19 - 2. In the following window, select one printer in the Printer List to set up port connection, and then click Next > . 3. Select one printer port in the Print Server List, a nd click Next > . Choose one connected printer within the networ k.
- 21 - 4 P RINTING IN MAC OS Rendezvous Uses in MAC OS 10.2 The latest version of MAC OS provid es a new feature tha t is called Rendezvous . Rendezvous is a revo lutionary networking tech nology standard that lets you create an instant network of co mputers and devices, which can be used throughout Mac OS 10.
- 23 - 4. Select the des ired printer, and the foll owing pop- up menu di splays the printer’s manufacturer. S elect Generic . 5. The printer is installed into the system successfully. - 24 - Setting Up Apple T alk/LPR Printing For MAC OS X User With MAC OS X, you can use AppleTalk or LPR printers to print through the prin t server.
- 25 - 3. To print, open a document and select File > Print from the menu. 4. Select Edit Printer List from the Printer dialog box. 5. Click Add Printe r . Then, select the desired printing protocol ( AppleTalk or LPR Printers using IP ). Select this option.
- 27 - For MAC OS 9 User If you use MAC OS 9, you can use the AppleTalk network protocol for network communications over standard Ethernet or Fast Ethernet using the EtherTalk transport, or over a proprietary lo w-speed LocalTalk transport. Your print serv er can be used for network printing to PostSc ript prin ters.
- 29 - 4. If you have not previously set this printer as the default, your computer will prompt you for a Pos tScript Printer Description file. Choose Select PPD . 5. Select th e ap prop riate p rint er desc ription file for your printer. Click Open .
- 31 - Management The Management Screen of th e Configuration Ut ility - 32 - The Management screen displays the basic information of the print server, including the foll owing fo ur categories: z System z Wireless z Network z User Management J System As shown above, the System displays the status of your print server, printer, and network.
- 33 - Management J Wireless Click the Wireless item in the left colum n to display the information of the wireless LAN. Clicking Refresh will update the information.
- 35 - Auto IP This field contains the current settings of TCP/IP, including DHCP/BOOTP, UPnP, and MAC Rendezvous. The items in this field are configured in Configuration > Network > TCP/IP . TCP/IP Printing In this field, you can monitor the status of you r printing tasks through TCP/IP.
- 37 - Configuration Configuration J System System Device In this field, you can configu re the basic information of yo ur print server. - Serve r Name: Assign a name to the print server. - Location (optional) : Assign a location for the print server - 38 - - Admin Contact (o ptional) : Assign the Admin Contact’s nam e for the print server.
- 39 - Configuration J Wireless Wireless Interface - Connection M ode: Select one of the three connection modes. • Infrastructure (default) - Connects to compatibly configured wireless AP or router in a WLAN. • Ad-Hoc - Connect to compatibly configured wireless clients in the peer-to-peer mode.
- 41 - Configuration J Network - 42 - TCP/IP This field contains three options that allow you to configure the TCP/IP setting: IP Address , UPnP , and MAC Rendezvous . - IP Address: This op t io n a llow s y ou to se t the I P ad d re s s manually or automaticall y.
- 43 - Configuration J User Printing Control By configuring the Enable User Printing Control option ( Yes or No ), the user in the User List is per mitted to a ccess the print server or not. For the user(s) who is not in th e User List, you can also limit the access right by setting the Allow Undefined Users Printing option to Yes or No .
- 45 - E-mail Notifica tion You can set the print server to send an alter message when the printer status changes through E-mail. To enable this function, set the Enable e-mail notification for printer status changing option to Yes . Then, input the administrator’s E-mail address in the Admin E- mail Add ress box.
- 47 - T ools Tool J Print Test Print Test Choose one of the print ports and click Test to print a test page. - 48 - Tool J E-mail Test E-mail Account Click Test to send a test E-mail to the given administrator’s E-mail address. Receive E-mail Click Yes to immediately check and receive E-mail, and then print out the mail when available.
- 49 - Tool J Reset Reset Click Yes to immediately reset the print server. - 50 - Tool J Factory Reset Factory Reset Click Yes to reload the factory setting s of the print server.
- 51 - Tool J Firmware Upgrade Firmware Upgrade When a new version of firmware is available (e.g. downloading from the manufacturer’s website), you can upgrade the firmware of your print server. Click Browse to poin t to th e firmware fil e, and then click Upgrade .
- 53 - Help This screen displays the info rmation of the print server. - 54 - 6 P RODUCT S PECIFICA TIONS Printer Connection Printer Interface : Two USB ports, compliant with USB 2.0 Hi-speed standard. Network Connection Wireless Networking Network Standards : Wireless LAN standard IEEE802.
- 55 - Network Protocol Support Transport Protocols: TCP/IP, SMB, NetBEUI, and AppleTalk. TCP/IP Protocols Support: BOOTP, SNMP, Telnet, FTP, LPD, DHCP, and IPP. Hardware SDRAM : 8MB. Flash ROM : 2MB. Operating System Support - Window s 95/98/ ME, Window s NT, Wind ows 2000/ XP/2003 ; - NetWa re 5.
Limited Warranty TRENDware warrants its products against defects in material and workmanship, under normal use and serv ice, for the following leng ths of time from th e date of purcha se.
Technical Support You can find the most recent d river/firmware/software and user documentations o n the TRENDw are w ebsite . TRENDw are provides FREE technical supp ort for all customers for the duration of the warranty per iod on this product. TRENDware Tec hnical Support Tel: +1-310 -626-6252 Fax: +1-310- 626-6267 E-mail: support@trendw are.
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