User manual NETGEAR PS101 REFERENCE GUIDE

[. . . ] Reference Manual for NETGEAR PS100 series Print Servers NETGEAR, Inc. 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA Phone 888-NETGEAR M-PS100NA-6 April 2002 © 2000, 2002 by NETGEAR, Inc. All rights reserved. Trademarks NETGEAR and NETGEAR Print Server are trademarks of NETGEAR, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT, Windows Me, and Windows XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. [. . . ] The advantage of FTP is that no host configuration is required. To print using FTP, use the command lines: #ftp Name ftp>put FileName Ln The definitions used are: Name is the name of the print server. Ln is the logical printer you want to print to. Printing Using DSI Logical printers must be configured on the print server. Even if you are using the PS100 series Print Sever that normally supports up to eight logical printers, using DSI to print limits the support to three logical printers. Socket numbers are defined as listed in table Socket Number Definitions. Socket Number Definitions Logical Printer Number Socket Number 1 2 3 4010 4020 4030 70 NetGear Print Server Manual Chapter 6 AppleTalk Printing This chapter contains information about configuring and using your NETGEAR PS100 series print server in an AppleTalk networking environment. 6-1 Setting up Print Server for AppleTalk There are 3 different ways to configure AppleTalk on a NETGEAR PS100 series print server: The recommended approach is through the print server's browser interface in an IP networking environment. For more information, please refer to chapter 3, "Web Management for Print Server". 6-1 Browser Interface for Configuring AppleTalk Through the NETGEAR Print Server Administration Program on a PC with Microsoft Windows. For more information, please refer to Chapter 8, "Using Advanced Management Tools". Through the NETGEAR PSTool Utility for the Macintosh environment. Described in this chapter. AppleTalk printing is enabled by default in NETGEAR Print Servers that support AppleTalk printing and the printers attached to the print servers are advertised in the default zone on the AppleTalk network. Configuration will only be necessary if the name of the print server is to be changed from the default, or if you have an AppleTalk network connected by AppleTalk routers and you wish the printers 71 NetGear Print Server Manual attached to the print server to be advertised in a specific AppleTalk zone, or if you need to change the communication protocol used between the print server and the printer. 6-2 Setting up Host Computer The host Apple computer to be setup for AppleTalk printing must be running System 7 Operating System or later. Install any printer driver provided by your printer manufacturer for the Mac OS©. Click the Apple icon and choose Control Panel. Ensure that EtherTalk is selected under AppleTalk Connection. Click on either the LaserWriter 8 icon (recommended) or the LaserWriter 7 icon. LaserWriter 8 makes use of the fonts installed in the printer itself, so the printing response time is quicker. LaserWriter 7 uses the fonts installed in the computer, which increases network traffic and takes more printing time. Select printers attached to the NETGEAR Print Server from the printer list by clicking on the appropriate name. Printers attached to the NETGEAR printer are advertised on AppleTalk networks as xxxxxx_P1, xxxxxx_P2, xxxxxx_P3, where xxxxxx is the name of the print server. if the NETGEAR Print Server is a 3 port model and the printer server name is PS543283, the printers attached to it will be advertised as PS543283_P1, PS543283_P2, PS543283_3. The default name of the print server's name is recorded on a label on the bottom of the print server as "Device Name". This name is consisted of 8 digits and/or numbers. Click on the Close box. 72 NetGear Print Server Manual 6-3 Using PSTool Utility This section describes how to use the NETGEAR PSTool Utility for Apple Computers to configure AppleTalk on a NETGEAR Print Server. It is not necessary to use the NETGEAR PSTool Utility to manage AppleTalk printing if your NETGEAR Print Server can be managed via the web browser interface or if you have Windows workstations running the NETGEAR Print Server Administration program. [. . . ] The new NDPS Manager is displayed in the main browser window. To start the NDPS Manager in future, enter the following command at the console: Then select the NDPS Manager object. To start the NDPS Manager whenever you bring up the server, add a command like the following to your server's AUTOEXEC. NCF file: LOAD NDPSM SerMGR. TeSupp LOAD NDPSM The last item is the name of the NDPS Manager object you want to load. After creating an NDPS Manager, you can create NDPS printers by using NetWare Administrator, which is explained in the following section. Creating an NDPS Printer Agent To create Public Access Printers using the NDPS Manager Object in NetWare Administrator, follow these instructions. You will need to repeat the procedure for any other ports on the print server or for any other logical printers you want to use. [. . . ]