LevelOne FPS-3003 - Manuals

5 Chapter1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing the FPS-3003 USB MFP server. This product is designed to connect your printers, USB Mass Storage/Memory Card Reader, and scanners of HP Office Jet series all-in-one printers (MFP), anywhere in your network, allowing all network users access to shared ...

6 Chapter2 Product Overview 2.1 Package Contents Verify that nothing is missing from the FPS-3003 USB MFP server package by using the checking list below. Please contact your dealer if anything is missing or damaged. All packing materials are recyclable. Please confirm the items in the Package below...

7 2.3.1 Ethernet Connector The network connector of FPS-3003 is designed for 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps Ethernet networks and connects to the network via a twisted pair category 5 cable (10baseT and 100baseTX) or better. 2.3.2 USB Host Ports FPS-3003 has two USB host ports which are USB 1.1/2.0 low and ful...

8 2.4 Installation Methods 2.4.1 Installation and Integration Refer to the table below to select the appropriate installation method. LevelOne MFP Control Center tool is available on the FPS-3003 USB MFP Server Product CD or from LevelOne’s web site. Function OS Method Description Standard Windows A...

10 Chapter3 Basic Installation 3.1 Connecting the Hardware 1. Make sure that your USB devices are switched off and that the MFP server’s Power Adapter is disconnected. 2. Connect the USB devices to the USB ports using the USB cables. 3. Connect the MFP server to the network using a twisted pair cate...

12 Center tool. 3.2.7 Set the IP Address Using LevelOne MFP Control Center 1. Install LevelOne MFP Control Center. LevelOne MFP Control Center is available in the FPS-3003 USB MFP Server Product CD. 2. Start LevelOne MFP Control Center and Auto-searching MFP server window will appear. 3. If the tool...

15 6. Click Submit to save your settings. And the server will reboot. You have now finished the procedure of setting the IP address. 3.3 Naming Your USB Devices 3.3.1 Printer Names Default Printer Name 1. The system will set the printer model names as the default printer names. The system only allow...

16 then you have to select a MFP server from the server list. 3. Double click the highlight list and type the server’s administrator (default: admin ) and password (default: admin ). 4. After you login successfully, from the Server menu, select USB Device Information. The Set USB Device Information ...

18 Chapter4 Adding Printers in Windows 4.1 Overview of Installation Methods This chapter describes how to add network printers to Windows PC. Table List for Installing Network Printer Windows Platform Printing Protocols Method Standard Windows Add Printer Wizard SMB Printing LevelOne MFP Control Cen...

19 4.2 Connecting FPS-3003 MFP Server To configure your server correctly, you have to know your server connecting to what type of network topology. 4.2.1 MFP Server and Windows PC on Same LAN 4.2.2 MFP Server and Windows PC on Different LANs 1. Wired Windows PC across Internet Internet Router Router...

20 2. Wireless Windows PC 4.3 Setting up Local Windows Printer Driver You are advised to install your Windows printer driver in advance. For most printers, you can install the printer drivers as the following procedure: 1. Click Start, click Control Panel , click Printers and Other Hardware, and the...

22 4.4.2 Using LevelOne MFP Control Center Tool for SMB Printing Windows Platform: Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP and 2003 1. Start LevelOne MFP Control Center, select your MFP server and click Add Printer . 2. Select USB1 Port or USB2 Port to add the printer in Add the printer box, choose to use host nam...

26 9. Click OK to finish. 4.4.4 Using LevelOne MFP Control Center Tool for LPR Printing Windows Platform: Windows 2000, XP and 2003 1. Start LevelOne MFP Control Center, select your MFP server and click Add Printer .

29 If your server is running on a different LAN than your Windows PC such as wireless Windows PC, you must type server’s IP address in Printer Name or IP Address box. 6. Click Next . 7. Click Custom/settings . 8. The click Settings and confirm that the settings are as below. The default Port Number ...

31 port box. 3. Click Apply . 4. Select the desired printer driver and click Set Port to Printer . 5. If you can not find any printer driver in Printer List, please install your printer driver first or click Add New Printer to install the printer driver. 4.4.7 Using Standard Windows Method for IPP P...

32 4. Click the Next button. On the next window, select Connect to a printer on the Internet or on a home or office network. In the URL: field, enter the following to connect to MFP server: http://sercver’s host name /printer name or http:/server’s IP address /printer name For example, http://FPS-30...

33 Chapter5 Adding Printers in Unix/Linux This chapter describes how to add network printers to Unix/Linux PC. 5.1 Configuring Host File If using IP administration system like DNS, manually registering the host name and IP address may be not required. Otherwise, you have to edit hosts file and conta...

35 B. Use the “lpr” command. - # lpr -P Printer1 <print file name> - # lpr -P Printer2 <Print file name> 5.4 Using RedHat Linux Printer System Manager In the RedHat x-window user interface, do the steps as follows: 1. Form the Start menu, choose Programs -> Administration -> Click ...

37 Chapter6 File Server Function This chapter describes the file server function of FPS-3003 MFP server which allows USB storage devices to be shared across a network by using SMB: NetBIOS over TCP/IP and FTP protocol. 6.1 Preliminary 1. This product supports a file format of FAT12/16/32. It will no...

38 6.4 Supported Code Pages - What is codepage? Used by the system to encode and interpret string characters. Codepage formats are not the same for each language. Some languages, such as Japanese have multibyte characters, while others, such as English and German, need only one byte to represent eac...

40 4. Select your code page form File Server Code Page box and click Apply . 6.5 Sharing Your USB Mass Storages You can use the following protocols to share your USB Mass Storages in network: SMB: NetBIOS over TCP/IP FTP  Prior to using the above protocols, you must select Enable SMB Print/File Ser...

42 3. If you clear Enable FTP Authentication in Set Supported protocols, you login to the FTP server as anonymous login; otherwise you have to type user name and password to login to the server. 4. Perform FTP commands to use this FTP server.

43 Chapter7 Scan Server Function This chapter explains how to use the scan server function of this product. The scan server function enables a USB scanner of HP OJ series, connected to this product, to be shared as a network scanner. The scan server function is available in any platform that can use...

47 Chapter8 LevelOne MFP Control Center This chapter describes how to use LevelOne MFP Control Center in your Windows. 8.1 Installing Your LevelOne MFP Control Center 1. Click Install Product button. 2. Click Next , if you see Next button in installation windows. 3. Click Finish. 8.2 Using LevelOne ...

51 User Accounts: You can change administrator name and password or add a FTP account. If you forgot administrator name and password, you must to perform Restore Factory Default action by pressing Init button and plugging Power adaptor simultaneously. Please refer to Chapter 13 Restore Factory Defau...

52 SNMP: You can set community and some parameters for SNMP server. Furthermore, you can enable SNMP v3 for more security. Set SNMP Configuration Authentic Community: set Community name of SNMP server. Trap Community: set Trap Community name for SNMP server to send trap packets. Trap Address: type a...

55 Chapter 9 MFP Server’s Web Pages 9.1 Introduction FPS-3003 USB MFP server runs the daemon of http server, httpd on TCP port: 80. Users may use the web pages to see the server’s system status and configure the server. 9.2 Using Server’s Web Pages 9.2.1 Display Server Status You can see the status ...

58 in session number. - Set Passive Mode: select or clear Set Passive Mode support that FTP server can accept passive mode. - Enable FTP Authentication: select or clear Enable FTP Authentication support . If you select the support, you need to type user name and password to login to the server. If y...

60 EnableAuthenTrap: type 1 or 2 for the variable of EnableAuthenTrap that represents to enable (1) or disable (2) to send Trap packets receiving the wrong Community name. SNMP V3 Enable SNMP V3: select or clear Enable SnmpV3 support User Security name: set user security name of SNMP v3 Auth Passwor...

62 Chapter 10 Email Alerting FPS-3003 USB MFP server can send some email messages to the user while the following events occurs 1. Add/Remove USB device: When add new USB device or remove current USB device, the server will send the mail to notify the user. 2. System Error: When there are some error...

63 Chapter 12 Troubleshooting This chapter provides useful information to help you resolve difficulties you may experience with your FPS-3003 USB MFP server. Fault symptoms, possible causes and remedial actions are provided within a quick reference table. General USB ports in FPS-3003 USB MFP server...

65 Chapter13 Restore Factory Default This chapter describes how to restore default parameters of the MFP server. The server provides the following methods to achieve restoring default parameters of the MFP server. 13.1 Using Server’s Web Pages 1. Go to the server’s web page and click Maintenance 2. ...

66 13.2 Using LevelOne MFP Control Center 1. Start LevelOne MFP Control Center and Auto-searching MFP server window will appear. 2. If the tool finds MFP servers in your local area network, then you have to select a MFP server from the server list. 3. Double click the highlight list and type the ser...

67 13.4 Default Parameters List Host Information Comment (Optional): FPS-3003 USB MFP Server Host Name: FPS-3003 Workgroup: LevelOne Code Page of File Server: Western European Product ID: FPS-3003 xxxx, where xxxx represents the last 4 bytes of Ethernet address. TCP/IP Automatically get IP using DHC...

68 SysContact: [email protected] SysName: FPS-3003 USB MFP Server SysLocation: www.LevelOne.com EnableAuthenTrap: 2 (disable) User Account Administrator:admin Password: admin

69 Chapter14 Upgrade New Firmware This chapter describes how to upgrade your new firmware. You can use the following Procedures to upgrade new firmware Procedure A: Using PC User Software 1. Open the FPS-3003 MFP Control Center. It will automatically search the existing servers and display their sta...

70 automatically search FPS-3003 on the LAN. Then FPS-3003's IP address will be shown in control center. 4. Run any web browser, like Microsoft Internet Explorer. Go to http://a.b.c.d to access FPS-3003's home page, where a.b.c.d is FPS-3003's IP address. 5. Click "Maintenance" at the left s...

71 Chapter15 Init Button The Init button is used for: 1. Print Configuration Report: Press Init button for exceeding 3 seconds and then the connected HP printer or PCL supported printer will print out the system configuration. 2. Maintenance : Simultaneously press Init button and turn on (plug the p...

72 B. Perform a TFTP server. You can upgrade new firmware using any TFTP client tool. Chapter16 Technical Specifications Supported Printers Support for printers and MFPs from Brother, Canon, Epson, HP, IBM, Kyocera, Lexmark, Minolta, NEC, Oce, OKI, Ricoh, Sharp, Star, TEC, Toshiba, Zebra, Xerox, etc...

74 Chapter17 Appendix 17.1 Compatibility List FPS-3003 USB MFP server should support most USB printers (except Host-based/GDI printers), and USB disks or USB memory cards. FPS-3003 USB MFP server should support the scanners of HP Office Inkjet Series all-in-one printers (MFP). The supported MFPs are...

75 series, 7700 series, 7900 series Laser Printer most PCL black & white and color printers