Getting Started, Hardware Installation Procedure

4. Getting Started

Before you start, you should have:

One computer with Windows 2000 SP4 above or Windows XP SP1 above

One GDI printer or printer with USB port and an installation CD

One Category 5 Ethernet Cable

One USB Cable

4.1Hardware Installation Procedure

1.Unpack the Print Server package and verify that all the items listed in the previous section are provided.

2.Plug the USB cable to the Print Server with the GDI printer that you want to share on the network.

3.Connect the Print Server to your network by attached the network cable to the network port of the Print Server.

4.Connect the power adapter to the Print Server. The Print Server will perform the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) after it is powered on. When the Status LED is unlighted, the Print Server is ready.

Note:

1.You must use the power adapter shipped along with the Print Server, do NOT use any other power adapter from other sources.

2.To prevent the compatibility problem between Print Server and a few GDI printer or printer, it is recommended that you power on the Print Server before the GDI printer or printer.