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Windows 2003
Q: My
computer use Windows XP, can the PrintSir Utility run under Windows XP?
A: Yes,
our Print Server Administrator Utilities can work
under Windows 2003.
However, the Print Server Client
Driver can not be installed in Windows 2003.
We suggest you assign a fixed IP address to Print
Server unit. Then add the Standard TCP/IP Port in the Ports tab of your
Printer Driver property.
Windows
XP
Q: My
computer use Windows XP, can the Print Server Utility run under Windows XP?
A: Yes,
our PrintSir Administrator Utilities and Client Drivers program can work
under Windows XP. Please download the most updated software from
http://www.edimax.com.
Should you
experience any difficulty or get any error message, please let us know
by email to service@edimax.com.tw.
Q: How
to configure a Windows XP system to print to Print Server?
A: You
can either install the Print Server Client Driver (by following the general
procedure) to create the Print Server
Network Port or use the Standard TCP/IP Port.
By using the default standard TCP/IP port provided
by Windows XP/2000/2003, you do not need to install Print
Server Client Driver in your system.
Q:
How to setup a Standard TCP/IP Port to
print to Print Server?
A:
The following is the installation procedure for adding printer on
Windows 2000/XP/2003. If you
already install the printer driver, you can skip step3 and step4.
- Know the IP address of
your Print Server and the IP address of your machine.
To know the IP address of a Windows machine, type 'ip config /all' under
the DOS command prompt. For example here, IP address of the machine is
192.168.123.10. You might need to change IP address of your machine by
going to TCP/IP property in Network of Control Panel.
To know the IP address of the PrintSir unit, you can run the PrintSir Configuration
Utility and then click 'PrintSir Status' tab. The value for 'Active
IP' is the IP address of PrintSir. For example here, IP address of
PrintSir is192.168.123.20. To assign IP address of PrintSir, you
can click 'IPCfg' tab in the PrintSir Configuration Utility. Input the IP address. Click Write then click Reset button.
- Test the
connection by running the PING command in DOS command prompt.
PING the IP address of PrintSir. For example here, C:\Windows>
ping 192.168.123.20
Make sure you get 4 success
replies. If not, go back to step1 and make sure IP addresses are setup
right.
- Click "Add Printer" icon
from Printer group.
- Select "Local
printer" and uncheck "Automatically detect my printer".
- Create a new port.
Select "Standard TCP/IP port". Click New Port button.
- Click the "Next"
button.
- Enter the IP
address of Print Server in "Printer Name or IP Address" field, the Port
Name will be like IP_192.168.123.20. If your print server is for single
printer only, click next. If you have a three port printer server,
change the port name like IP_192.168.123.20_p1 for port 1 printer,
IP_192.168.123.20_p2 for port 2 printer, IP_192.168.123.20_p3 for port 3
printer. The port name will show in the printer port list of Printer
Property after these are done.
- Select "Custom"
item for "Device type", and click "Setting" button.
- Select "LPR" for
Protocol, type lpt1 for "Queue Name" if you have a single port printer.
If you have a three port printer
server, type in lpt1 for port 1 printer, lpt2 for port 2 printer, or
lpt3 for port 3 printer. Click OK. Click Next. Then click Finish
- Select the printer
driver based on the printer manufacturer model.
- Click OK or Apply. Then
print the test page from the General tab. Check whether you can get the
test print out.
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