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Overview

Chapter 7: Bi-Admin Management

Overview

If you use Windows, then you can manage the PrintServer using its web-based utility (see “Chapter 6:

Configuring the PrintServer Using the Web-based Utility”) or an advanced utility program called Bi-Admin. (If you

use a Macintosh or other non-Windows operating system, you can manage the PrintServer only by using its web-

based utility.)

Bi-Admin is provided on the PrintServer’s Setup CD-ROM and is fully compatible with Windows 98, Me, 2000, and

XP. It allows you to change the PrintServer’s internal settings, check on the unit’s status, and perform basic

diagnostic tests. Note that the Bi-Admin program must be installed only on the network administrator’s computer.

First, install Bi-Admin on your computer. Then, you will be able to use the management utility.

Bi-Admin Installation

1.

Make sure you have no programs or applications running on your computer.

2.

If you haven’t already done so, insert the Setup CD-ROM into the computer’s CD-ROM drive. The Setup CD-

ROM should run automatically. If it does not, click the

Start

button and choose

Run

. In the box that appears,

enter

D:\setupWizard.exe

(if “D” is the letter of your CD-ROM drive).

3.

Click

Bi-Admin Install

to continue, or click

Exit

to end the installation.

4.

The

Welcome

screen of the Bi-Admin Setup program will appear first. Click

Next

to continue with the Bi-

Admin installation, or click

Cancel

to quit the setup program, and then close the open programs.

Figure 7-2: Bi-Admin Setup Welcome

Figure 7-1: Welcome

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5.

The

Choose Destination Location

screen will appear. Choose the location where the B-Admin folder will be

installed. To install the driver in the default location, click

Next

. If you want the folder to be installed in a

different location, click the

Browse

button and select the location. Then click

Next

.

Click

Back

to return to the previous screen. Click

Cancel

to end the Bi-Admin installation.

6.

The

Select Program Folder

screen will appear. An icon will be added to the program folder listed. You may

change the name for the program folder, if you wish. Click

Next

.

Click

Back

to return to the previous screen. Click

Cancel

to end the Bi-Admin installation.

7.

When the Bi-Admin is installed, the

Setup Complete

screen will appear. Click

Finish

.

Figure 7-4: Select Program Folder

Figure 7-3: Choose Destination Location

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Starting the Bi-Admin Management Utility

Starting the Bi-Admin Management Utility

1.

To start the Bi-Admin program, click

Start

,

Programs

,

Print Server Utility

, and then

Bi-Admin

Management Utility

. If the Bi-Admin Management Utility icon has been created, you can just double-click it

instead. You can drag the shortcut icon onto your Desktop for easy access to the Bi-Admin Management

Utility.

2.

When the Bi-Admin Management Utility appears, it will ask for the Connected Protocol. Make sure the box

next to

TCP/IP

is checked. Click the

OK

button.

3.

The Bi-Admin Management Utility will automatically scan the network for the PrintServer.

Figure 7-6: Searching for Device

Figure 7-5: Connected Protocol

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The Bi-Admin Management Utility

The Bi-Admin Management Utility

The

Bi-Admin Management Utility

screen will appear next. Any hardware found on the network will appear on the

left-hand side of the screen. The Utility can be managed from this screen. The menu and icon options will be

explained in this section.

Menu Options

Main

. The options are Device Status, Printer Status, Configure, Upgrade, Refresh, and Exit. These options are the

same as the icons that are displayed below the menu options (viewed from left to right), and are described below:

•

Device Status

. This option allows you to view all of the device settings, optionally save the device settings to

a file, or restore a previously saved file to the device.

If you click

Device Status

, the

Device Information

screen will appear. A list of the PrintServer’s device

settings is displayed, including Hardware ID, Firmware version, Protocol ID, Default Name, Server Name, and

MAC Address. To save the information in a .txt (text) file, click the

Save to file

button.

To choose a different device that you configured, click the

Open

button. You may then browse for your file,

select it, and then click

Open

. The contents of the file will display on the right-hand side of the screen. To

save the file to the PrintServer, click

Restore to Device

.

Click the

Exit

button to return to the

Bi-Admin Management Utility

screen. For more information, click the

Help

button.

Figure 7-7: Bi-Admin Management Utility

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•

Printer Status

. This option allows you to view the printer status, as well as set port and printer parameters.

If you click

Printer Status

, the

Printer Status

screen will appear. The Device Name will be displayed and the

Current Selected Port will be highlighted. The status information for this port will be displayed.

Click the

Back

button to return to the

Bi-Admin Management Utility

screen. Click

Refresh

to refresh the

screen. For more information, click the

Help

button.

If the printer is bi-directional and not busy, the Printer Configuration

button will appear on the

Printer Status

screen. Click this button to view the printer’s Environmental Variable and Variable Value items. If the items

are not read-only, you can change them based on the options of your printer.

For more information, click the

Help

button.

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