IOGear GPSR01U manual

Wir eless USB Print Server 1 Port User Manual (GPSR01U) ®[...]

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Thank you f or purchasing one of the most f eature-rich wireless print ser vers on the market. IOGEAR ® ’s Wireless USB Print Ser v er’ s are first rate connectivity accessories designed to help reduce the frustration of dealing with cables in your home or office. IOGEAR ® ’ s palm sized single-port Wireless USB Print Server allows an y net[...]

Table of Contents P ackage Contents.................................................................................................................................. Overview ................................................................................................................................................. Features.....................[...]

2 Un-installation......................................................................................................................................... Appendix................................................................................................................................................. T echnical Suppor t......................[...]

Pa ckage Contents This package contains: 1 – Wireless USB Print Server 1 – User Manual 1 – Installation CD 1 – W arr anty/Registration card 1 – P ow er Adapter * If any items are damaged or missing, please contact y our dealer . 3[...]

4 IOGEAR ® ’ s palm siz ed single-port Wireless USB Print Server allows any networked computer to wirelessly share a USB printer . It complies with USB 1.1 specifications and the 802.11b Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) standard. It supports data transmission rates of up to 11Mbps, and a wireless access range of up to 150ft indoors and 500[...]

• Easily connect your USB printer to a wireless network • Allows multiple computers to share one USB printer on the wireless network • Print from any computer on your netw ork or from across the Inter net • Supports DHCP Client and multiple networ k protocols • W orks with 802.11b or 802.11g wireless networks • Data transfer rate up to [...]

System Requirements Operating Systems: • Windows ® 98SE/ME/2000/XP • Nov ell (iBindery/NDS) • Mac OS 8.6 or Later (supports-enabled Mac only)* • Unix/Linux * The print server only suppor ts post-script printers under Mac OS 8.6 or later Printers: • Most printers with USB connections are suppor ted • Limited support on multi-function pr[...]

Product Overvie w External pr int servers enhance capability by letting y ou place y our printers, plotters, or equality printers at conv enient locations directly on the Ethernet networ k, and by increasing network printer performance and management. Network Management The print servers suppor t the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), which[...]

Reset Button LED Indicator Operation Mode (Normal/DIAG) Pow e r (3.3V 2A) Pictorial Introduction: Reset Button – Recessed button resets the unit. LED Indicator – Y ellow color indicates the P ower/ POST process Green color indicated data is being transmitted and receiv ed via the W -LAN port. Operation mode – Normal / Diagnostic Po wer – 3.[...]

Installation Before y ou start, y ou should prepare : • One Windows ® 98/Me/2000/XP PC with CD-ROM • One 802.11b Access point and Wireless Adapter • One USB printer • Network Protocol TCP/IP m ust be installed Hard ware Installation 1. T ur n the power off to the printer . 2. Connect the printer to the Print Server. 3. Plug the A C pow er [...]

Note: F or some specific printers you may need to connect the pritner to the computer and install the driver first and then connect it to the print server . 10 Installation Software installation 1. Insert the CD on any Windows 98/ME/2000/XP computer and the Setup Wizard will start. Select Driver Installation. Select the Wireless Setup Wizard. The W[...]

The Wizard will search f or the print ser v er on your network. If the print ser v er does not sho w up , clic k the [Refresh] button. Note: If you’ re Print Server does not show up after clic king the Refresh button, you ma y need to change the SSID of the Print Ser ver to match the SSID of your network. T o change the SSID on the Print Server ,[...]

This window allows y ou to configure the print server . Select “ Y es, I want to change settings” and click Next. By default, there is no pass word. 6. 12 Installation Once the wizard is finished searching, highlight the print server and click Next. 5.[...]

Basic Wireless Settings - In this windo w y ou can change the Communication T ype, SSID and Data T ransmission rates. Change the SSID to match your wireless network SSID . 7. Unless you are concerned about unauthorized access to the print ser ver , or if your netw ork utilizes web encryption, leav e the Enable W eb Encryption box un-chec k ed and c[...]

14 Installation TCP/IP Settings – In this window you can configure the Wireless Print Serv er to obtain an IP address automatically from your DHCP serv er , or you can specify an IP address if y our network does not hav e a DHCP server . Select which fits your netw ork best and click Next. 9. Confirm Settings – V erify that all the information [...]

15 Installation Installation complete. Clic k Finish to close the wizard. 11. NOTE: If you had to change the SSID of the print server to match your network SSID , it can now be taken out of diagnostic mode. Flip the dip switch to the left bac k to normal mode.[...]

16 Installation Change the SSID of you network card back to the SSID used on your network and change the Network T ype back to Infrastructure. 12. 13. N ow select the Netw ork Print Ser v er Setup Wizard. This wizard will guide y ou through the installation of the network print ser ver .[...]

The wizard will now search f or print servers on the network. 17 Installation 15. 14. Be fore w e proceed, make sure y our print server and printer are on. Once that is verified, clic k Next.[...]

Once the server finds the print server , highlight it and click Ne xt. 18 Installation 16. 17. Since we hav e already set-up the print server in the previous section, select “No , I don’t want to change the settings, ” and click Ne xt.[...]

19 Installation 18. The wizard will help you set up the printer that is connected to the print ser ver . Select “Add New Printer” . If your driver is already installed, select the driver and click Ne xt. 19. The “Help for Adding a Ne w Printer” window has specific instructions to help you add the printer .[...]

21. Select Local Printer . Click Next. Make sure auto detect is not check ed. 20 Installation 20. The next window is the Add Printer wizard. Click Next.[...]

21 Installation 23. Click on the TCP/IP tab . The wizard will now search f or your print server . Highlight y our print server and click OK. If your print ser ver does not appear , select the Refresh button and the wizard will look for y our print server . 22. Select Create a new port and from the drop down box select Netw ork Printer P or t. Click[...]

22 Installation 24. Select your printer from the list and click “Ne xt”. 25. The wizard will ask y ou if you want to keep the e xisting driver or use the new one . Select “K eep e xisting driver (recommended)” and clic k Next.[...]

23 Installation 27. Indicate whether y ou want to share this printer on your network and clic k Ne xt. Note: There should be no reason to share it as the pr int server will take care of that for y ou. 26. Assign your printer a name. Select Y es to set this printer as the default printer .[...]

29. Click Finish to complete the Add Printer wizard. 24 Installation 28. On the print test page window, select Y es or No whether you w ant to print a test page. Click Nex t to continue.[...]

25 Installation 30. Now that you added y our printer , it should sho w up in the list. Highlight y our printer and click Ne xt. 31. The following windo w displa ys a summary of your Wireless Pr int Server settings. Select Next.[...]

Select “Exit” to complete the installation. 33. 26 Installation 32. Installation is complete. Select Finish to complete the wizard.[...]

27 Macintosh Installation IOGEAR Wireless Print Server Installation in Mac OSX 1. Open the bo x the Wireless Print Server came in. Follo w the proper included instructions for hooking it up to your Printer . 2. After the print server has been plugged in, mov e the switch on top of the Wireless Print Server to enable Ad Hoc mode. Flip the DIP switch[...]

you ma y need to reset y our Wireless Print Server . Y ou can do this b y unplugging the unit, plugging it back in, and waiting a f ew moments. Repeat steps 2 through 4. 4. Select WLAN-PS from the drop-do wn list. NO TE: If you see the follo wing message, 5. After y ou’v e selected WLAN-PS from the list, y our Mac is now directly connected and co[...]

29 Macintosh Installation 6. Since the IP address is 192.168.5.1, y our network may not be on the same subnet as the Wireless Print Ser v er . Y ou will need to change y our subnet temporarily to alter the configuration of the Wireless Print Ser v er and tailor it to y our setup . 7. Open System Pref erences[...]

30 Macintosh Installation 8. Once y ou’ve opened the System Pref erences , select Network 9. When y ou select Network, you will see the network Status of your Mac.[...]

12. Once y ou select TCP/IP , there is a menu called Configure Ipv4: Select Manually 31 Macintosh Installation 10. Select Airpor t, and then click Configure . 11. After y ou’ve clic k ed Configure, y ou will be presented with your Airpor t Network Settings. Select TCP/IP from the men u 13. After you select Manually , enter 192.168.5.2 for the IP [...]

15. The Wireless Print Ser ver’ s web-interface will appear . Clic k on Setup. 32 Macintosh Installation 14. After you clic k Apply No w , simply open Saf ari (or Internet Explorer) and type in the following web address: 192.168.5.1[...]

33 Macintosh Installation 16. Once y ou select Setup , you will now see the configuration menus as you scroll do wn. 17. The first section is for the Print Ser ver Status. Device Name – Here you can name y our print server . It must be a single name with no spaces . System Contact – Y ou may leave this b lank. This is for administrativ e purpos[...]

34 Macintosh Installation 18. This is the wireless section. Basic Settings – Here you will configure the Mode , SSID , Channel , and Data T ransmission rates of the Print Server . Mode – Select Infrastructure SSID – In the pull down box, select y our Wireless Router from the list. Channel – This will def ault to what channel your Wireless R[...]

35 Macintosh Installation 19. The next section is for setting up y our Print Ser ver in a Novell en vironment. These settings must be tailored to how your Nov ell network is setup . Unless you are using a No vell netw ork, this section may be skipped. 20. The ne xt section is for setting up TCP/IP preferences . This section will require you to tail[...]

36 Macintosh Installation address on the Print Ser ver 192.168.1.254 , or 192.168.1.253 , etc. It will not matter what the last series of numbers are ( x.x.x.254 ) are as long as they are not conflicting with anything else already on your network. If y ou are unsure of y our network settings, check the manual that came with y our Wireless router, o[...]

23. Y ou may now Save y our settings . 37 Macintosh Installation 22. AppleT alk Settings Y ou may leav e these as default. 24. Once you ha v e clic ked Sa v e , your Print Ser v er will reboot. W ait 20 seconds then click on the Home link.[...]

25. During this time, y ou ma y change your Netw ork Settings back to what you had them set to bef ore. Ex. If y ou were using DHCP bef ore , you will select it from the Configure menu, and then click Apply Now . 26. Y ou may now close the Network Pref erences. 27. Mo v e the s witch on the top of y our Wireless Print Ser v er from Ad Hoc to Standa[...]

30. Click Add. 31. In the top pull do wn bo x, select IP Printing. NO TE: Y ou can select AppleT alk as well. It will not require you to enter an IP address and will install the same. Printer T ype – Leav e as LPD/LPR Printer Address – This is where you will type in the IP address you entered in the Wireless Print Server setup (e x. 192.168.1.2[...]

Click Add when finished. Please Note: Y our Print Ser ver is now installed and should function properly . If y ou ha v e any difficulties, please do not hesitate to contact us for assistance. 33. Y our printer will is now installed. 40 Macintosh Installation 32. Under Printer Model , select the model of printer you ha v e. In this example, it is an[...]

Changing the SSID on the Print Server T o change the SSID on the Print Ser v er , you must wirelessly connect to the print ser ver in AD-HOC (Computer-to-Computer) mode while the Print Server is in a Diagnostic mode , unplug the unit, flip the DIP switch to the right side , the side near the power connector , and plug the unit bac k. Y ou need to c[...]

Next right-clic k on the wireless network connection and click on properties. In the general tab click on the wireless networks tab. 2. 3. Changing SSID on Print Server 42[...]

T a ke note of the name that is sho wn f or y our wireless router . In the example below is “linksys”, we are going to need that inf ormation later. Click on the “Advance” button. 4. 5. Choose “Computer-to-computer (ad-hoc) networks only . ” Then select the Close b utton. Changing SSID on Print Server 43[...]

6. After it goes back to the “Wireless Network Connection Properties. ” Click the Add button. 7. On the Network name (SSID) enter “WLAN-PS”. Uncheck other bo x es. Press the OK button. Changing SSID on Print Server 44[...]

Changing SSID on Print Server 45 8. Go back to the Wireless Setup Wizard. Click on refresh. The Pr int Server will show up this time. 9. Bring back the PS Admin. It should have been installed in the Network print Ser ver group . As shown on the figure below .[...]

Changing SSID on Print Server 46 10. Once it is started, the PS Admin application will show the Print Ser v er on it. Doub le-click on it to change its settings. 11. T ap on the Wireless tab .[...]

Changing SSID on Print Server 47 12. Change the SSID to match y our router SSID . Mentioned on step 4. (Linksys in this e xample) 13. The pr inter server will get reset it and the changes made will be completed.[...]

Changing SSID on Print Server 48 14. T ur n the printer ser v er off by unplugging it Change the mode from AD_HOC on the Printer Server Hardware, b y flipping the DIP s witch to the left-side, the side f ar from power connector . T urn the pr inter server on by plugging it bac k. Return the wireless connection to the nor mal status (Any av ailable [...]

Changing SSID on Print Server 49 16. Clic k on Adv ance. 17. Clic k on An y a vailab le Netw ork, and close.[...]

Changing SSID on Print Server 50 18. Go bac k to the “Wireless Setup Wizard. ” Click on Refresh. The Pr int server should show up on it. Once printer ser ver is f ound, clic k on Next. 19. On the f ollo wing screen, click on y our choice of changing the settings or not, then click Next.[...]

Changing SSID on Print Server 51 20. Select Finish. Go back to the initial screen and choose Network Print Ser v er Setup wizard. 21. The f ollo wing screen will show y ou the Print ser v er after it searches for it.[...]

Changing SSID on Print Server 52 23. The setting will be shown on the next screen. 22. Y ou can choose the pr inter to use.[...]

Changing SSID on Print Server 53 24. Clic k on Finish and proceed to use the ne w printer.[...]

IPP Overview Print ser v er(s) suppor t the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP). Using the appropriate software on y our system, you can create an IPP print path from your system as Windows PC ov er the Internet. Note: For incoming print path requests, the netw ork administrator has to configure the firew all to accept incoming IPP requests. Windows N[...]

Select the appropriate printer manufacturer and printer type again and click Nex t . 8. In URL ’ s bo x, input print server’ s IP address, f or example , http://192.168.10.182/lp1. Then Clic k Next . ** One port should be the por t name as lp1. ** Three ports should be the por t name as lp1, lp2, and lp3. It will check if the print server is co[...]

If you want y our Windows-based programs to use this printer as the default printer , please select Ye s , and click Nex t . 9. Click Finish. 10. Internet Printing 56[...]

Configuration from Embedded W eb Server W eb Based Configuration Overview The Print Ser v er contains an embedded web server that can be accessed through a supported w eb browser on a LAN, f or example , IE 4.0, Netscape 4.0 or abov e is recommended. The embedded web server provides access to configuration and management pages f or the print server[...]

Y ou will be able to view system status, such as Device Name , System Contact, System Location, System Uptime, and Firmware V ersion. Printer Status Printer status displays the inf ormation for the printer that is connected to the wireless printer ser ver . System Status System Status displays the current state of the wireless print ser v er. W eb [...]

SSID: The Ser vice Set ID . This should be set to the same value as other wireless de vices in y our network. (Default: ANY) Channel Number: The r adio channel through which the Print Ser ver comm unicates. Data T ransmit Rate: Set the r ate of data transmitted from the Print Server . The lower the data rate, the longer the transmission distance. ([...]

Use DHCP/BOOTP: This option allows y ou to view DHCP/ BOOTP status . If there is a DHCP/BOO TP server on your netw ork, this option allows the print server to obtain IP-related settings automatically from your DHCP server . IP Address: This option allows y ou to vie w IP address from the print ser v er . The IP address must meet the IP addressing r[...]

Apple T alk Apple T alk displays the AppleT alk settings of the print ser v er. General Settings Allows you to vie w NetW are Settings, such as Print Server Name, P olling Time, Netware NDS Setting, Netware Bindery Setting, and the Name of the File Ser v er . W eb Based Configuration It allows you to vie w Apple T alk Settings, such as Zone Name, P[...]

W eb Based Configuration Device Name: This option allows y ou to input device name of the print ser v er . T o correct the pr int server’ s device name . System Contact: This option allows y ou to input contact name of the print ser v er . T o check the print server’ s contact name who in charge of this de vice . System Location: This option al[...]

WEP Settings Use WEP : Enab le or Disable encryption. Key Format: Select whether you want the K e y format to be either alphanumeric or hexadecimal. WEP Key- Enter the alphanumeric or hexadecimal WEP Ke y in this bo x. Click the “Help” button f or assistance. Basic Settings Mode: Set the station operation mode to 802.11 Ad-Hoc for netw ork conf[...]

TCP IP Status This section allows y ou to configure the TCP/IP settings of the wireless print ser v er . DHCP/BOOTP: This option allows you to select DHCP/ BOO TP option. This option allo ws the print server to obtain IP-related settings automatically from your DHCP server . IP Address: This option allows y ou to input an IP address from the print [...]

NetW are Setup This section allows y ou to configure the NetW are settings of the wireless print server . W eb Based Configuration Print Server Name: This option allo ws y ou to input print ser v er name which configured b y PSAdmin utility or PCOMSOLE program. P olling Time: The time inter val in which the print server unit polls the file server f[...]

Web Based Configuration SNMP Setup This section allows you to configure the SNMP settings of the print ser v er. Support HP W ebJetAdmin: This option allows user determine to disable/enable the Support HP WebJetAdmin. SNMP Comm unity: The print ser v er supports up to two community names. The def ault community name is public (case-sensitive), with[...]

W eb Based Configuration Zone Name: T ype an AppleT alk Zone name that you want the print ser v er to belong to or leav e it in def ault (This enables the print server automatically search and link itself to the default z one that is set on the AppleT alk router) . If no z ones e xists, the print server displays the zone name as an asterisk ( * ) i[...]

1. Click on the Browse b utton and search for the binary file. 2. Once you’v e found the binary file, clic k the Upgrade b utton. Load Default This button allows y ou to reset the Wireless Print Server back to the f actory settings. W eb Based Configuration Upgrade This section allows y ou to upgrade the Wireless Print Ser v ers fir mware . 68[...]

Once you select the Load Def ault b utton, a windo w will appear . The window will ask y ou if y ou w ant to restore factory def ault settings. Click OK to restore the settings. Once you clic k OK and the settings ha v e been successfully restored, a new window will appear . Please wait f or the print ser v er to restar t. Once it restarts, it will[...]

70 Uninstalling the PSAdmin on Windows PC T o help users easily remo ve all installed softw are components of the PSAdmin from their Windo ws PC, the PSAdmin software comes with an un-installation wizard that can automatically remov e the software components from their Windo ws PC systems in minutes. Please follow the directions listed below to pro[...]

Select the W ireless tab. Enter the ESSID, Channel, Rates that meet your netw ork environment, then press OK. 71 5. Appendix Appendix: Dia gnostic Mode If you’ve had prob lems with the setup of your print ser ver in your wireless netw ork, please ref er to the following steps: 1. Change the print server to diagnostic mode by switching the DIP s w[...]

6. Done! The pr int server will restart. Flip the DIP switch on the print server bac k to normal mode (awa y from the po wer connector) and change your wireless adapter setting back to match the settings on your wireless netw ork. 72 7. Appendix[...]

73 If you are still experiencing prob lems after reading Product User Manual and the T roubleshooting section, you ma y either contact our technical support by phone OR, simply visit our URL address www.ioge ar .com to go to our company website and check the latest v ersion and other information about the product and/or software . Technical Support[...]

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