10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet Print Server
FPS-5P-D
User's Manual
3.FPS-5P-D Installation Overview
3.1 Overview
To best meet users
network printing needs in todays heterogeneous and multiple protocol networking environments, the
FPS-5P-D supports industrial standard protocols, including TCP/IP, IPX/SPX,
and NetBEUI. This means that the FPS-5P-D supports the most popular network
operating systems today, including Novells NetWare, Microsoft Windows NT/2000, and over 20 UNIX
systems, as well as Windows 95/98 peer-to-peer networks. As such, there might be
several ways to employ the FPS-5P-D on your network.
We, therefore, recommend you read over this
chapter through Chapter 11 so that you can then choose a best way to employ your FPS-5P-D
on your network to meet your current network environment and printing requirements.
In addition, if you have problems when
installing the FPS-5P-D, we recommend you read Chapter 11 Troubleshooting and you
might find possible solutions to your problems.
3.2 Installing the FPS-5P-D
Several possible installation methods are
listed below:
- Installing the FPS-5P-D through the PSAdmin under
NetWare. (Refer to Chapter 7)
- Installing the FPS-5P-D through the Network Print Port
or the LPR Port Printing (under TCP/IP protocol) on Windows NT/2000.
(Refer to Chapter 6/ 5)
- Installing the FPS-5P-D through the Network Print Port
on your Windows 95/98 computers. (Refer to Chapter 4)
3.3 Examples
To illustrate the methods above, are below
three examples to install FPS-5P-D.
Example 1 - Installing a FPS-5P-D on a NetWare LAN, with Windows
95/98 client computers
Suppose you have a FPS-5P-D and a NetWare
file server on your LAN. In addition, your client computers are Windows 95/98s.
Method
A
Refer to Chapter 7 to install and configure your FPS-5P-D to
connect to your NetWare file server.
From your Windows 95/98 computer, create a printer, which is
then redirected to one of the print queues on your NetWare file server.
When you print jobs from your Windows based applications,
the jobs will be sent to the print queue on your NetWare file server. Then, the print jobs
will be serviced by the FPS-5P-D.
Method
B
- Refer to Chapter 4 to install and configure your FPS-5P-D on
your (each) Windows 95/98 computer.
- When you print jobs from your applications, the print jobs
will be spooled on your local Windows 95/98 system, through standard Windows printing
system and the FPS-5P-Ds
printing control component, the Network Print Port.
- Next, the print jobs will be despooled from your Windows
95/98, then serviced by the FPS-5P-D.
Method
C
- Combine Method A and B. You have to create two same printers
on your Windows 95/98 computer. One is connected (redirected) to the print queue on the
NetWare file server, and the other is connected to the FPS-5P-D, through the Network Print
Port, directly.
- With this configuration, you can select to print to the
FPS-5P-D through the NetWare or print directly to the FPS-5P-D.
- This method might be very useful while it is impossible to
print your jobs through your NetWare file server, such as NetWare file server is down.
- This method provides you certain degree of the fault
tolerance to your network printing systems.
Example 2 Installing a FPS-5P-D on a Windows NT/2000 LAN, with
Windows 95/98 client computers
Assume you have a FPS-5P-D and a NT/2000
server on your LAN. In addition, your client computers are Windows 95/98s.
Method
A
- Refer to Chapter 5, 6 or 9 to install and configure the
FPS-5P-D, through the Network Print Port or the TCP/IP LPR Port Printing, on your NT/2000
server.
- Share this printer to your NT domain users (i.e. Windows
95/98 clients).
- When you print jobs from your Windows based applications,
your jobs will be redirected to the NT/2000 computer first. Next, the print jobs are
despooled from NT/2000 and serviced by the FPS-5P-D.
Method
B
Refer to Chapter 4 to install and configure your FPS-5P-D on
your (each) Windows 95/98 computer.
When you print jobs from your applications, the print jobs
will be spooled on your local Windows 95/98 system, through the Network Print Port.
Next, the print jobs will be despooled from your Windows
95/98, then serviced by the FPS-5P-D.
Method
C
- Combine Method A and B. You have to create two same printers
on your Windows 95/98 computer. One is connected to the printer shared from NT/2000, and
the other is connected to the FPS-5P-D (through the Network Print Port) directly.
- With this configuration, you can select to print to the
FPS-5P-D through NT/2000 or directly to the FPS-5P-D.
- This method might be very useful while it is impossible to
print your jobs through your NT/2000, such as NT/2000 is down or not available.
- This method might provide you certain degree of the fault
tolerance to your network printing systems.
Example 3 Installing a FPS-5P-D on a mixed network
environment, with Windows 95/98 client computers
Assume you have a NT/2000 server and a
NetWare file server on your LAN. Your client computers are Windows 95/98s.
Under this kind of heterogeneous networking
environment, you can integrate and apply the methods in the Example 1 and 2 to install and
configure your FPS-5P-D to best meet users printing requirements from different operating systems.
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