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Chapter 11: printer server setup, Dding, Hared – Compex Technologies NetPassage 18A User Manual

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Chapter 11: Printer Server Setup

(For NP18 1A, 2B)
The router can also act as a network print server that is easy to operate. When
its print server functionality is enabled, you can print from any wired or wireless
computer on the network to the USB printer(s) connected to the router.


After connecting your USB printer to one of the USB ports of the router, turn on
the printer. The corresponding USB LED will light up, indicating that the router
has detected your printer. Ensure that the printer driver is already installed on
your PC and open the web interface of the router:

Adding A Shared Printer Via LPR in Windows XP

For Windows XP Users

Under the HOME USER FEATURES command menu, click on Printer Server Setup.


1. Simply choose Enable or Disable for

the Status of Printer Server.


2. Click on the Apply button.

3. When you connect the printer to

the USB port of the router, the
printer will be automatically
displayed in the Printer List.

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NOTE: You need to install the printer driver software (provided

by the printer manufacturer) onto all the PCs in the network
that will share the USB printer.

In this chapter, the step-by-step procedures on using

LPR printer are described individually for Windows XP, 2000, 98,
and ME users.