D-Link DPR-1061 - Manuals

1 Introduction The D-Link DPR-1061 Print Server is an Ethernet/USB print server that connects to your Ethernet, Fast Ethernet or USB network anywhere you wish to locate printer services. The DPR-1061 manages the flow of print files from workstations or file servers to connected printers, delivering ...

2 „ Because the DPR-1061’s very portable and inexpensive compared to a PC-based print server, and Print Server connects to your file servers through the network, printers can be deployed to locations of maximum convenience to users. „ Use USB redirection software (PS-Link) to support MFP printer’s p...

4 External Features Port Connectors The DPR-1061’s three printer ports are located on its rear panel. Two USB and one parallel ports are labeled USB1, USB2, and LPT. These printer ports are independently configurable using the Web Configuration Interface. The Print Server’s Web configuration permits...

6 LED Indicators The front panel of the Print Server features five LED indicators: „ Power Steady green confirms that the Print Server is powered ON. „ Link/Act Steady green confirms that the Print Server has a good connection to the Ethernet or Fast Ethernet network. The indicator blinks off briefl...

7 Setting up the DPR-1061 Installing the Print Server WARNING : Configuration problems may result if the Print Server is powered up without first establishing its network connection. Follow this procedure to avoid complications at the configuration stage. 1. Confirm proper operation of each of the p...

8 Power ON Self-Test Every DPR-1061 has been factory-tested to operate properly. When the DPR-1061 is powered ON, it also automatically performs a Self-Test on each of its major components. The final result of the Self-Test is signaled by the state of the USB1, USB2 and LPT LED indicators following ...

10 Getting Started Below is a sample network using the DPR-1061. The DPR-1061 has a built- in Web-based management feature that allows users to easily configure and manage multiple print queues through TCP/IP. WARNING : Only a USB printer may be connected to the USB port of the DPR-1061. Do not conn...

11 Using PS Software This chapter will introduce you the installation and operation of various useful software program – PS Software (contains PS-Link and PS-Wizard) with which the MFP Server is featured. Auto-Run Installation Insert the Installation CD-ROM into your computer’s CD-ROM drive to initi...

12 PS Software To avoid the conflict in your network, you can use PS Software to change the related settings of your MFP Server (such as the IP address) after finishing the installation of PS Software on your PC. The PS Software contains two utilities: PS-Link and PS-Wizard . Installing PS Software ...

13 2. Click Next> button in the welcome window of InstallShield Wizard . 3. Specify the destination location by pressing Browse… button. Otherwise, leave the default setting and click Next> button to continue.

14 4. You may enter a new folder name in the Program Folder field if you want to change the default name. Otherwise, you may leave the default setting and click Next> button to go on the installation. 5. The InstallShield Wizard starts to install the software, and the Progress bar indicates the i...

15 After installing the program, the application program for the MFP Server is automatically installed to your computer, and creates a folder in Start Î Programs Î PS Software . The PS Software contains two utilities: PS-Link and PS-Wizard .

18 [Setup Wizard] – Setup Wizard is a step-by-step setup interface, which correspond with the Configuration of the Web-based Configuration Utility , allowing user to do basic setup easily. When this button is clicked, a welcome window will show up as the following. The Setup Wizard allows you to do ...

23 After done the configuration, click Save to restore the current setting or Cancel to abort.

26 Installing and Using MFP/GDI Printer This section will introduce you how to start the initial installation of various MFP/GDI printer in the use of the printer manufacturer’s CD-ROM. Likewise, how to use MFP/GDI printer through the PS-Link utility of the MFP Server after the printer manufacturer’...

27 For HP: 1. When the installation program asks you to connect the USB cable, you are allowed to connect the printer with you computer later by checking the box. Then click Next> button to continue the rest of the installation (generally, for other multimedia software such as scanner driver, etc...

29 As long as the connection is linked successfully, a prompt of PS-Link as below will show up to inform you. Press OK to exit. 3. Now the MFP/GDI printer is ready to serve you with its multi-functions (Print/Scan/Copy/Fax). You may start to use the MFP/GDI printer through your computer.

31 1. When the installation program asks you to connect the USB cable of the MFP/GDI printer to your computer, you are not allowed to ignore it; therefore, you need to utilize PS-Link to complete it. 2. Launch the PS-Link utility and click the [Link] button.

32 When the connection is completed successfully, a prompt as below will show up to inform you. Press OK to exit. 3. Then you have to go back to continue the installation of the MFP/GDI printer CD-ROM on your computer in order to complete the rest of installation steps. 4. When the whole installatio...

33 For Canon: 1. When the installation program asks you to attach the MFP/GDI printer to your computer, you are not allowed to skip this step; therefore, you need to utilize PS-Link to complete such physical connection.

35 When the connection is completed successfully, a prompt as below will show up to inform you. Press OK to exit. 3. Then you have to go back to do the installation of MFP/GDI printer CD-ROM on your computer in order to complete the rest of installation steps. 4. When the whole installation of the M...

38 When the connection is completed successfully, a prompt as below will show up to inform you. Press OK to exit. 3. Then you have to go back to finish the installation of MFP/GDI printer CD-ROM on your computer for completing the rest of installation steps. 4. When the whole installation of the MFP...

45 For Fuji Xerox: 1. Owing to the installation program of Xerox MFP/GDI printer will not request you to do physical connection between the printer and your computer during the installation of the MFP/GDI printer driver on your computer, you may just accomplish the whole installation on your compute...

48 Print Server : This field allows you to manually discover the connected MFP Server and to do further configuration of the MFP Server that is selected from the list.

51 After done the selection of printer driver, the wizard will ask you to confirm your selection again in the following window. Beside, you are allowed to edit the name of the printer in the field “ Network Printer Name ” and enable this printer as the default printer by checking the box “ Use this ...

52 When the following window shows up, you may do print test by clicking Print Test Page button to check if you can do printing normally. If yes, then click Finish button to exit the installation window and now you may start your printing tasks.

53 Using the Web Configuration Home To begin managing the DPR-1061, simply launch the browser (e.g. Internet Explorer 6.0 used in this manual) you have installed on your computer and direct it to the URL address: dlink-xxxxxx, where xxxxxx are the last six digits of DPR-1061’s MAC address. The MAC a...

54 display its submenu and select a desired option listed in the left column, and then the corresponding content will show up in the center column.

55 SETUP > Print Server Setup The Print Server Setup screen allows you to modify the Print Server Name and Port Name , as below shows. D-Link does not recommend changing these settings unless asked to do so by your network administrator.

56 Print Server Name In this field, you can configure the basic information of MFP server. The basic information contains a name of the print server, assigned in Server Name field, and a location for the print server, assigned in Location (optional) field. Port Settings In this field, you can assign...

57 SETUP > LAN Setup The LAN Setup screen allows you configure the local network settings of MFP server. Please note that this section is optional and you should not need to change any of the settings here to get MFP server up and running. TCP/IP This field allows you to assign IP address in manu...

58 SETUP > Printer Setup The Printer Setup screen allows you install the printer drivers for the printer currently connected to your print server. Network Printer Wizard Clicking Next to download and run a windows wizard program which will install a network printer onto your computer. When you cl...

59 The above screen is the Network Printer Wizard so please click RUN , and if a second window appears as below click RUN again.

60 Please select the printer required, then click NEXT to continue.

61 The wizard provides three ways for you to select printer driver: 1. Show current installed drivers: You may select this option, “ Show currently installed drivers ”, to check if the same printer driver already existed for use. If not, you may try the next method. After done the selection of print...

62 2. Select from manufacturer list: Check this option, “Select from manufacturer list”, to manually select your printer from drop-down menus by brand and model. Click Next> button to continue when you find a desired driver. If not, try the last way ( Have Disk ). After done the selection of prin...

65 When the following window shows up, you may do print test by clicking Print Test Page button to check if you can do printing normally. If yes, click OK button to close the D-Link Add Printer Wizard dialogue screen.

66 If yes, then click Finish button to exit the installation window and now you may start your printing tasks.

67 ADVANCED > Advanced LAN The Advanced LAN screen allows you to further network setting of MFP server, while you are recommended better not to change the settings unless instructed to modify the setting by your network administrator. The Advanced LAN screen contains these fields: TCP/IP , Micros...

68 TCP/IP This field contains four options that allow you to configure the TCP/IP setting: DNS Server Address , UPnP , Mac Bonjour/Rendezvous , and Second HTTP Port . „ UPnP : This option allows you to enable or disable UPnP function. „ Mac Bonjour/Rendezvous : This option allows you to enable or di...

69 ADVANCED > User Access The User Access screen allows you to create and maintain an authorized list of users that are allowed to access the MFP server. User Access By configuring the Enable Authorised User List option ( Yes ), the user in the User List is permitted to access the print server. A...

70 Authorised Users You can add or delete any user to or from the User List. The User List at the bottom of the screen displays the current defined user and related information for the print server.

72 Enable E-mail Notification You can set the print server to send an alert message when the printer status changes through E-mail. To enable this function, set the Enable e-mail notification option to Yes. Then, input the administrator's E-mail address in the Destination e-mail Address field. E-mai...

74 MAINTENANCE > Password The Password screen allows you to change the password of the MFP server by entering the current password in Current Password field and new password in New Password and Confirm Password fields. After done the configuration, click Apply Settings to enable and restore the n...

75 MAINTENANCE > Save/Restore Settings The Save/Restore Settings screen not only allows you to save the current configuration in a computer for backup by clicking Save, but also allows you to reload a configuration that you saved before by clicking Browse to direct to the backup file, and then cl...

76 MAINTENANCE > Firmware Upgrade The Firmware Upgrade screen displays you the current firmware’s information of the MFP server, and also allows you to upgrade the firmware of the MFP server when a new version of firmware is available. Click Browse to point to the firmware file, and then click Up...

77 MAINTENANCE > Diagnostics The Diagnostics screen allows you to test the printing for each port of the MFP server: USB1, USB2, and LPT. After done the port selection, click Print Test Page to print a test page.

78 STATUS > Device Info The Device Info screen displays the status of your MFP Server, printer, and network for your reference.

80 STATUS > Network The Network screen displays the general Network status of your MFP Server, including: Auto IP This field contains the current settings of TCP/IP, including DHCP/BOOTP, UPnP, and Mac Bonjour/Rendezvous. The items in this field are configured in Advanced Æ Advanced LAN Æ TCP/IP ...

82 STATUS >Print Log The Print Log screen displays the printing record of the authorized users. Print Log The items in this field display the user(s) information, which include the user(s) MAC address, IP address, name, and status of printing tasks.

83 HELP The Help screen provides you brief information about the MFP Server for your reference.

84 Reboot If you want to reset the MFP server, you may just click the Reboot for restarting. Refresh Printer Status Click USB1 , USB2 , LPT to refresh printer status.

85 TCP/IP Printing for Windows Vista Go to Start Î Control Panel Î Printers .

86 Click Add a printer . Select the first option, Add a local printer , and then click Next .

87 Select the second option, Create a new port , and highlight Standard TCP/IP Port from the pull-down menu. Click Next . Type the IP address of the MFP server (e.g. 10.62.31.15 used in this manual), which can be referred from the PRINTER SERVER STATUS of the MFP server’s Web configuration, and then...

94 After clicked Print a test page , a small dialogue box will show up as below. Click Close .

96 TCP/IP Printing for Windows XP Go to Start Î Printers and Faxes Î Add a Printer . When the following screen shows up, click Next .

97 Select the first option, Local printer attached to this computer , and click Next .

106 At this screen, you can input a name for the printer, and then click Next Select Yes to print a test page, click Next .

108 TCP/IP Printing for Windows 2000 Go to Start Î Settings Î Printers and Faxes Î Add a Printer . When the following screen shows up, click Next .

111 Click Next . Type the IP address of the MFP server (e.g. 10.62.31.15 used in this manual), which can be checked from the PRINTER SERVER STATUS of the MFP server’s Web configuration, and then the Port Name will automatically be filled in. Click Next

118 At this screen, you can input a name for the printer, and then click Next Select the first option, Do not share this printer , and click Next .

120 Click Finish . The printer is now ready for printing with Windows 2000 on your network.

122 Highlight Client and click Add . At this window, click Have Disk .

123 1. Insert the DPP-1061 CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. Select the letter representing the CD-ROM drive on your computer from the pull-down menu. 2. Double-click on the folder lpr . 3. Highlight lpr.inf 4. Click OK . Click OK to accept the location of the file.

124 You should now be back to the Network Properties Page. Highlight LPR for TCP/IP Printing and click Properties .

126 Type in the IP address and Port Name of the MFP server, which can be referred from the PRINTER SERVER STATUS and PRINTER STATUS of the MFP server’s Web configuration, in the corresponding field, and then click OK . (The IP Address and Port Name here are just for example only.)

128 The IP Address and Port Name will be displayed in the following screen. (The IP Address and Port Name here are just for example only.) Click OK .

132 Type in the path if you know it; otherwise, click Browse .

136 Click Next Select Yes to print a test page. Click Finish .

137 To check whether the printer is installed, go to Start Î Settings Î Printers .

138 Unix/Linux Printing Printing Text Files form Unix Text files on Unix systems contain lines that end with “newline” characters, as opposed to MS-DOS and Windows-related operating systems that end with a carriage return followed by a linefeed. Most printers require a carriage return/linefeed pair ...

139 Printing form BSD Unix Versions For “flavors” of the Unix operating system derived from or related to the BSD releases, such as SunOS 4.x, Linux, BSD/OS, FreeBSD, or NetBSD, you can use the following procedure to enable users to print to a printer connected to your D-LINK network print server: 1...

140 chown bin.daemon /var/spool/hp5l chmod 775 /var/spool/hp5l 5. Add an entry for the printer to /etc/printcap , similar to the following: hp5l:\ :lp=:sd=/var/spool/hp5l :mx#0:\ :rm=ps-142634:rp=ps-142634-p1: The meaning of each of the entries is described below. The directory path in the sd spool ...

141 ◆ sd=dir The location of the printer’s local spool directory. ◆ mx#blocks The limit for print job files in the local spool directory; 0 means no limit. ◆ rm=address The host where the remote printer is located, in this case the D-Link print server. ◆ rp=printer The name of the printer on the rem...

142 Printing from SCO Unix System V/386 To allow printing to a printer attached to your D-LINK network print server from a SCO Unix System V/386 host. 1. Login as the superuser (root). 2. Add an entry for the print server in the host’s /etc/hosts file, giving a hostname for the print server’s IP add...

144 Printing from Solaris To allow printing from a Sun Solaris workstation, 1. Log in as the superuser (root). 2. Add an entry for the print server in the host’s /etc/hosts file, giving a hostname for the print server’s IP address. A line in /etc/hosts contains an IP address and one or more aliases ...

145 Printing from Red Hat Linux Adding a Printer 1. Click the printer icon at the bottom of the desktop. 2. Since no printer is set up so far, a prompt appears asking to run the printer configuration tool.

147 Printer Configuration Tool menu 5. The Add a new print queue menu appears, click Forward to continue.

148 6. Enter a unique name for the printer in the Name text field. The printer name cannot contain spaces and must begin with a letter. The printer name may contain letters, numbers, dashes (-), and underscores (_). Optionally, enter a short description for the printer, which can contain spaces. The...

150 If a printer has not been detected automatically, select the model from the list. You can manually select the name of the printer manufacturer from the Generic (click to select manufacturer) pull-down menu, and the printer model from the sub-list. Click Forward to continue. 9. The last step is t...

155 Mac OS X Tiger (10.4) supports five printing protocols: 1. AppleTalk 2. Bonjour 3. Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) 4. Line Printer Daemon (LPD) 5. HP Jet Direct – Socket To add an Internet Printing Protocol enabled, Line Printer Daemon enabled or HP

157 AppleTalk-enabled or Bonjour-enabled Printers To add an AppleTalk-enabled or Bonjour-enabled printer, click on the button in the Printer Browser menu.

159 The printer that has just been added will show up in the Printer List menu, it might take a few seconds depending on network conditions. When the printer appears listed it is ready for use. Quite the Printer Setup Utility and start printing.

160 Adding an IP Printer To add an Internet Printing Protocol enabled, Line Printer Daemon enabled or HP Jet Direct – Socket enabled printer, click on the IP Printer button in the Printer Browser window. Select the desired printing protocol from the Protocol drop-down menu.

162 For set up LPD Printing: 1. Enter the IP address of the print server to which the printer is attached in Address field. 2. Type the port name in queue field. Click Add button after done the section of printer model in the Print Using drop-down menu.

164 For set up Socket Printing: 1. Enter the IP address of the print server to which the printer is attached in Address field. After that, type “: 9100” for port 1, “: 9101” for port 2 or “: 9102” for port 3. 2. Keep the blank in queue field. Click Add button after done the section of printer model ...

165 When the Installable Options pop-up window shows up as below, click Continue button.

167 Setting up AppleTalk or LPR Printing in Mac OS X NOTE : Mac OS printing is supported by Postscript printers only! With Mac OSX you can use AppleTalk or LPR printers using IP protocols for printing through Print Servers. Open your System Preferences window and Click Network. Select the AppleTalk ...

172 Setting up AppleTalk Printing in Mac OS 9 NOTE : Mac OS printing is supported by Postscript printers only! The AppleTalk network protocol is used with computers using the MacOS operating system. It can be used for network communications over standard Ethernet or Fast Ethernet using the EtherTalk...

173 which zone the Print Server should be in. You should locate the Print Server in the same zone as most of the users who will be using it. If your network is not divided into zones, the AppleTalk Zone field should contain a single asterisk (*). For each Printer Port that will be used for AppleTalk...

175 Printer Type: Enter the printer's type in this box. PostScript Level: Select from the pull-down menu (Level 1 or Level 2). Font Group: Select from the pull-down menu. The exact procedure for selecting a PostScript printer connected to MFP server may vary slightly, depending on what printer drive...

176 If you have not previously set this printer as the default, your computer will prompt you for a PostScript Printer Description file. Choose Select PPD . Select the appropriate printer description file for your printer. Click Open. (If your printer is not listed, click Generic to use a generic pr...

177 Port Pinouts The following table lists the pinouts of the print server’s 25-pin parallel port connector (identical to the connector used on most personal computers), as well as the 36-pin Centronics connector used on most printers. Signal names beginning with n are active-low signals.

178 Technical Specifications Printer Connection Printer Port: USB 2.0 or Parallel Bi-directional Communication: Hewlett-Packard PJL (Printer Job Language) standard for bi-directional communication. Network Connection Network Standards: 100Base-TX Fast Ethernet Network Data Transfer Rate: 10/100 Mbps...

179 Appendix: DPR-1061 Printer Compatibility List MFP Supported on Windows 2000 SP4 and Windows XP Printer List Results (*Y=Pass, N=Fail, N/A=Non-available function) Printer Manufacturer Model Printing Scan Fax 1. Avision MF3100L Y Y N/A 2. Benq CM3000 Y Y N/A 3. Brother MFC-210C Y Y Y 4. Brother MF...

182 MFP Supported on Windows Vista 32-bit Printer List Results (*Y=Pass, N=Fail, N/A=Non-available function) Printer Manufacturer Model Printing Scan Fax 1. Avision MF3100L Y Y N/A 2. Benq CM3000 Driver not available N/A 3. Brother MFC-210C Y Y Y 4. Brother MFC-420CN Y Y Y 5. Brother MFC-3240C Y Y Y...

183 24. EPSON PM-A970 Y Y N/A 25. EPSON PM-A920 Y Y N/A 26. EPSON PM-A820 Y Y N/A 27. EPSON PM-A720 Y Y N/A 28. EPSON PM-A950 Y Y N/A 29. EPSON PM-A890 Y Y N/A 30. EPSON PM-A750 Y Y N/A 31. EPSON PM-A650 Y Y N/A 32. EPSON Stylus CX2900 Y Y N/A 33. EPSON Stylus CX3700 Y Y N/A 34. EPSON Stylus CX3900 ...

184 50. HP Photosmart C1610 Y Y N/A 51. HP Photosmart C3180 Y Y N/A 52. HP Photosmart C4180 Y Y N/A 53. HP Photosmart C5180 Y Y N/A 54. HP LaserJet 3050 Y Y Driver not available 55. Lexmark x3470 Y Y N/A 56. Lexmark x5470 Y Y Y 57. Samsung SCX-4100 Y Y N/A 58. Samsung SCX-4200 Y Y N/A Other Printers...