PLEASE RETAIN PROOF OF PURCHASE AND THE WARRANTY INFORMATION. To register your product, get product support or obtain product information and product documentation, go to You will find technical support information at through the Customer Support area. If you want to contact technical support by telephone, see the support information card for the correct telephone number for your country. Technical support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. NETGEAR, INC. E-mail: support@NETGEAR.com ©2002 by NETGEAR, Inc. All rights reserved. NETGEAR and AutoUplink are trademarks or registered trademarks of NETGEAR, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Information is subject to change without notice. Introduction Thank you for purchasing a NETGEAR PS101 Mini Print Server. With this print server you can share your printer with all the computers in your home or office that run Microsoft® Windows® 95 OSR2, 98, 2000, NT 4.x, Me, or XP operating system. This installation guide shows you how to connect the print server to your printer and configure it to use with your computers. Setup is easy – if you follow the instructions in this guide, the print server will soon be up and running for your computers. If you have problems, there is a troubleshooting section on page 9 to help you. You can get more detailed troubleshooting information from the Reference Manual on the CD or online at in our Support section. Installation Procedure Overview Estimated time: 30 minutes 1. Unpack the box and verify the contents. 2. Connect the print server to the printer and to the network. 3. Configure the print server to be recognized on the network. 4. Configure each computer to print through the print server. Note: You only need to go through procedures 1 through 3 once. Repeat procedure 4 for each computer that will share the printer with the print server. It takes less than 5 minutes to configure and test each computer. On the PS101 Resource CD, you will find a Reference Manual containing more detailed information about installation, troubleshooting and configuration. 1 11 Unpack the Box and Verify the Contents PS101 Mini Print Server Resource CD, PS101 Mini Print Server Power adapter installation guide, support information card & warranty/registration card When you open the box, verify that you received everything. The package includes: • PS101 Mini Print Server • AC power adapter • PS101 Resource CD, including a full Reference Guide and print server software • PS101 Installation Guide (this document) • Warranty and registration card • Support information card 2 22 Connect the Print Server The PS101 Mini Print Server connects directly to the Centronics parallel port on your printer. After connecting it to your printer, you then connect the print server to a network device (like a hub, router, or switch). Before you share the printer with the NETGEAR PS101 Mini Print Server, you should have at least one computer connected to an Ethernet network and have one unused port on an Centronics parallel port on the printer Ethernet hub, switch, or router. Note: For printers with a Mini- Centronics C port, you will need to use one of the other NETGEAR Print Not Compatible with Mini Centronics-C Printers Servers such as the PS111W, PS110 or PS113 along with the correct cable. Note: The procedures described in this guide are for a TCP/IP-based network environment. For NetBEUI protocol printing, please see the Reference Manual. 1. With the printer turned off, connect the print server to the Centronics connector on the printer. 2. Insert one end of an Ethernet patch (or straight-through) cable into an open Ethernet port in the network device (hub, switch, or router) and insert the other end into the Printer with PS101 attached Ethernet port on the print server. Printer with PS101 attached Netgear Router DSL modem Note: You may use a Category 3 (or higher) Ethernet cable. 3. Turn the printer on. 4. Connect the power adapter’s cord into the back of the print server and then plug the adapter into a power source (such as a wall socket or power strip). When power has been applied to the print server: The LINK light (green) should light up and may blink to show network activity. The ALERT light (yellow) should be off. Note: If any light does not operate as indicated, go to the Troubleshooting section on page 9. 3 33 Install Printer Server Software and Setup the Print Server The PS101 comes with several software components that allow you to set up the print server and use administrative tools. You should install all the software onto one Windows computer to act as the print server administrator. For the other computers, only install the NETGEAR Add Printer Wizard as described in procedure 4. To install the NETGEAR Print Server software: 1. Insert the PS101 Printe...

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