ConnectGear GP-10P - Manual (Page 5)

User's Manual
1. Introduction
1.1 Product Introduction
Thank you for purchasing and using GetNet's PrintSir series print
server. PrintSir allows your printer to become a shared device on the
network. It offers printing flexibility and manageability on your Local
Area Network at an extremely low cost and with an absolute minimum
setup and maintenance required.
PrintSir provides a network port (10Mbps or 10/100Mbps Ethernet)
and one or three printer's parallel ports. Please refer to the information of
various types of PrintSir in the fo llowing sections for more detailed
explanation.
PrintSir supports IPX, TCP/IP, and NetBEUI protocols. It is the
best network printing solutions for various common network operating
systems, such as Windows 95/98/Me Peer-to-Peer Printing, Windows
NT/2000, NetWare, Unix/Linux, etc.
With the help of Installation Wizard, you can easily and instantly
complete the settings for your printing environment, and start enjoying the
fantastic features provided by PrintSir.
In the following chapters, we will introduce in detail the printing
features, installation methods, and system configuration for different
network environments.
If you would like to set up and install PrintSir quickly, please refer
to the Quick Installation Guide that comes along with this PrintSir.
1.2 Product Models
Model GP-10P GP-10PC GP-100M GP-102P GP-102m GP-300M GP-300P
Hardware
Size Pocket Pocket Palmtop Pocket Mini-Pocket Desktop Desktop
Direct
Attached
Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No
Number of
Printer Ports
1 1 1 1 1 3 3
Printer
Connector
Centronics Centronics DB25 Centronics Centronics DB25 DB25
Network
Speed
10M 10M 10/100M 10/100M 10/100M 10/100M 10/100M