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®
Instant EtherFast Series
®
EtherFast Wireless-
Ready USB PrintServer
Use this Guide to install:
Model No.: PPS1UW
User Guide
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COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Copyright © 2002 Linksys, All Rights Reserved. Instant EtherFast and EtherFast are reg- istered trademarks of Linksys. Microsoft, Windows, and the Windows logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and brand names are the property of their respective proprietors. LIMITED WARRANTY ® ® Linksys guarantees that every Instant EtherFast EtherFast Wireless-Ready USB PrintServer will be free from physical defects in material and workmanship
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® ® EtherFast Wireless-Ready USB PrintServer Instant EtherFast Series Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction 1 Chapter 7: Advanced Properties 28 ® The AppleTalk Page 28 The Instant EtherFast Wireless-Ready USB PrintServer 1 The Internet Printing Page 29 Features 1 The Logical Printers Page 30 Package Contents 2 The NetBEUI Page 31 ® The SNMP Page 32 Chapter 2: Getting to Know the EtherFast Wireless-Ready USB PrintServer 3 Chapter 8: Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) 34 The Wireless-Ready USB
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® ® Instant EtherFast Series EtherFast Wireless-Ready USB PrintServer ® • One EtherFast Wireless-Ready USB PrintServer Package Contents Chapter 1: Introduction ® Wireless-Ready USB PrintServer The Instant EtherFast ® Congratulations on your purchase of the Instant EtherFast Wireless-Ready USB PrintServer, the fastest and easiest way to network your printers. Now you can share your printing resources without tying up your workstation per- formance with pending print jobs. ® The Instant EtherF
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® ® EtherFast Wireless-Ready USB PrintServer Instant EtherFast Series The Wireless-Ready USB PrintServer’s Ports Chapter 2: Getting to Know the ® EtherFast Wireless-Ready USB PrintServer The Wireless-Ready USB PrintServer’s LEDs Figure 2-2 LAN Green. The LAN LED serves two purposes. If the LED is continuously illuminated, the USB This USB Port connects to your printer. PrintServer is successfully connected to a device through the LAN port. If the LED is LAN This port connects to your wired net
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® ® Instant EtherFast Series EtherFast Wireless-Ready USB PrintServer Connecting the Wireless-Ready USB PrintServer to Your Chapter 3: Hardware Installation Network Overview The PrintServer does not have an ON/OFF power switch. Whenever its power Before starting the physical installation, be sure to find the PrintServer’s adapter is plugged into a power supply, the PrintServer is powered on. The Default Name first. The information may be hard to access after the PrintServer can be powered
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® ® EtherFast Wireless-Ready USB PrintServer Instant EtherFast Series The Autorun Bi-Admin Management Utility Installation Chapter 4: Windows Driver Setup 1. Insert the Setup Utility CD. A built-in autorun will begin the installation of Overview the PrintServer’s Bi-Admin Management Utility, and display Figure 4-1. Click the product you wish to install, followed by the Install tab to continue. This section installs the PrintServer’s software on your Windows 95, 98, Millennium, NT, 2000, or XP c
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® ® Instant EtherFast Series EtherFast Wireless-Ready USB PrintServer 3. The next screen that appears, shown in Figure 4-3, will request you to choose Installing the Wireless-Ready USB PrintServer’s Drivers a destination folder. You can either use the default folder by clicking the Next button or choose an alternate folder by clicking the Browse button and Note: Make sure you have an IP address for the computer and an IP selecting a folder from the window that pops up. Click the Back button to
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® ® EtherFast Wireless-Ready USB PrintServer Instant EtherFast Series 3. Click Next to accept the default Destination Directory, shown in Figure 4-7 5. Driver installation is now completed, but the Print Driver still needs to be (recommended). If you choose to utilize another directory, click the Browse configured. The PrintServer will not function properly until the Print button, and choose the appropriate directory. Then, click the Next button. Driver is configured. Check the box beside Con
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® ® Instant EtherFast Series EtherFast Wireless-Ready USB PrintServer 7. The Printer Port Setup screen will display the PrintServer and all of the 9. The Add Printer Wizard screen will come up at this point. Follow the stan- printers with which it communicates. Here, you have the option of installing dard procedure for adding printers under Windows. If you have any ques- the printer by highlighting its description and clicking the Next button. You tions on adding printers, please refer to your
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® ® Instant EtherFast Series EtherFast Wireless-Ready USB PrintServer 11. The Printer Port Setup screen will appear again, displaying the printers which are now communicating with the PrintServer. Click the Next button Chapter 5: Bi-Admin: PrintServer to add any more printers or Close to complete the installation and config- uration procedure. Management Overview The PrintServer is managed by a utility program called Bi-Admin on the Wireless-Ready PrintServer’s Setup CD. Fully compatible with W
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® ® Instant EtherFast Series EtherFast Wireless-Ready USB PrintServer Using Bi-Admin Obtaining Device Information: The Device Information Icon To access information about the Wireless-Ready PrintServer, either click on it in the Device List window (on the right side of the Bi-Admin window), or highlight the PrintServer and click on the Device Information icon, shown in Figure 5-2. You can also highlight the PrintServer Figure 5-2 and then click on Status to select Backup/Restore Device Informat
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® ® Instant EtherFast Series EtherFast Wireless-Ready USB PrintServer Refreshing the Device List: Exiting Bi-Admin: The Refresh Icon The Application Exit Icon To force Bi-Admin to refresh its list of PrintServers on the To exit the Bi-Admin program, just click on the Exit icon. network, click Refresh, and Bi-Admin will scan the net- work for available PrintServers to update the Default Names, Device Names, and Printer Port charts. Figure 5-3 Figure 5-7 Checking the Status of a Printer Port: Pr
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® ® Instant EtherFast Series EtherFast Wireless-Ready USB PrintServer Changing the Device Name Attaching Bi-Admin to a Remote Linksys PrintServer The PrintServer comes with a default device name printed on the bottom of the The Bi-Admin program can locate Linksys PrintServers on networks other than unit, it always starts with the prefix SC (for example, SC489392). The SC name your own, given your network is running TCP/IP across a WAN or other net- is the name of the PrintServer any time users
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® EtherFast Wireless-Ready USB PrintServer ® Instant EtherFast Series The Server Page Chapter 6: Configuring the When the Configure ® Server screen appears, EtherFast Wireless-Ready USB enter the PrintServer name (in Figure 6-3, the PrintServer Using the Web- example is SCA71107). Then enter your pass- word (if you created Based Utility one) into the Password Accessing the Web-Based Utility field, and type it again You can use the PrintServer’s built-in Web-based Utility to configure the in the
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® ® Instant EtherFast Series EtherFast Wireless-Ready USB PrintServer The TCP/IP Page The Wireless Page Figure 6-5 Click the TCP/IP tab to view or change the TCP/IP values of the PrintServer. If you are using DHCP to assign IP addresses, select DHCP Client. By default, DHCP is enabled. If you need to assign the PrintServer a Fixed IP Address (also known as Static IP Address), select this option, and enter the appropriate values under Device IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Gateway IP Address. To fi
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® ® Instant EtherFast Series EtherFast Wireless-Ready USB PrintServer The Status Page Chapter 7: Advanced Properties The Advanced Properties section of the Web-based Utility is for users who have a thorough understanding of networks and network settings. Changing these settings can cause interruption of network communication and make the PrintServer cease to function properly. To access the Advanced Properties, click the Advanced tab in the Web-based Utility. The AppleTalk Page Figure 7-1 App
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® ® Instant EtherFast Series EtherFast Wireless-Ready USB PrintServer The Internet Printing Page The Logical Printers Page Click the Internet Printing tab to view or change the Internet Printing values of the PrintServer. Internet Printing allows you to automatically print any e-mails that are sent to a specific e-mail account on your network. This is especially useful for printing information when you are not connected to the network. You can print from anywhere that you can access e-mail.
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® ® Instant EtherFast Series EtherFast Wireless-Ready USB PrintServer The NetBEUI Page The SNMP Page Figure 7-4 Note: Linksys does not provide technical support for the NetBEUI protocol. Click the NetBEUI tab to view or change the NetBEUI connection settings of the PrintServer. Enter the name of the domain that you want the PrintServer associated with in the Domain Name field. If you are unsure of the Domain Name, you can find it out by looking on any computer already on the network. In Win
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® ® Instant EtherFast Series EtherFast Wireless-Ready USB PrintServer General SysContact Text Field - Name of the contact person. Chapter 8: Internet Printing SysLocation Text Field - Location of the contact person. Protocol (IPP) Management Stations IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) is a new standards-based system to allow remote printing from a PC to any accessible printer. Normally, the printer will Station No. Select the Management station (1..4), and click the Get Data but- be attached to
