TP-Link TL-WPS510U User manual

Quick Installation Guide
TL-WPS510U
Pocket-sized Wireless Print Server
Rev: 1.0.0
71065362

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1. Before you start, you should prepare the following items
¾Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista computer with print server setup CD
¾USB Printer(non-GDI/CAPT)
¾USB Printer cable
¾One 802.11b/g Access Point (optional)
2. Wireless Network with Print Server
Ad-Hoc mode (Peer to Peer) – Factory Default:
Infrastructure mode (Access Point):
3. Factory Default Settings
¾Username: admin
¾Password: 0000
¾Wireless Mode: Ad-Hoc (Peer-to-Peer)
¾Channel: 1
¾SSID: WLAN-PS

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¾IP Address: 192.168.0.10
¾Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
4. Hardware Installation
1) Turn off the printer’s power.
2) Connect the print server to your printer with the supplied printer cable.
3) Turn the printer’s power on.
4) Plug the AC power adapter into the power connector on the print server.
5) Wait 40 seconds as part of the print server’s Power On Self Test (POST).
5. Prepare Your Computer to Connect Wireless Print Server first
(Wireless Ad-Hoc Mode)
1) Please specify a proper IP address for your wireless adapter, e.g.
192.168.0.101.
2) Find the wireless print server by Windows Zero Configuration or vendor
utility of wireless adapter. Then click Connect.

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6. Software Installation
1) To enable network communication with print server, your computer must
have a proper IP address, e.g. 192.168.0.100 (the print server’s default IP
is 192.168.0.10)
2) Insert the setup CD into your CD-drive. The auto-run program will be
started.
3) Choose Installation to install the print server and configure the connected
printer.
4) Click Next, the wizard will automatically discover the print server.

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5) From the Select A Print Server screen, select the print server port that
you want to configure and click Next.
6) On the Change Settings screen, select No or Yes:

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¾Click No if you want the wireless print server to keep using the default IP
address and the default settings:
zUsername: admin zEncryption: none
zPassword: 0000 zDHCP client: off
zAd-Hoc mode zIP address: 192.168.0.10
zChannel: 1 zSubnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
zSSID: WLAN-PS
¾Or click Yes if you want change wireless settings or assign a static IP
address to the print server:
zOn the Basic Wireless Settings screen, select Communication Type
according to your network:
-Infrastructure
-Ad-Hoc
zEnter the proper SSID of your wireless network.
-Channel: optional
-Data Transmit Rates: select Auto or others
-Transmit Mode: select Auto or others
zOn the Wireless Security screen, enable or disable WEP/WPA/WPA2
encryption, configure according to your wireless network and click
Next.
zOn the TCP/IP Settings screen, specify a fixed or dynamic IP address
for the print server, a fixed IP address is highly recommended. Click
Next.

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)Note:
The IP address of print server must be within the same subnet as your network
adapter.
7) In the setup wizard, select an already configured printer from the list, click
Next, Next and then Finish to complete the installation.
or
Select Add New Printer if the print server is connected to a printer that
hasn’t been installed before and does not appear in the list.
8) Click Add New Printer to launch Windows Add Printer Wizard.
9) Click Next and select Local Printer, make sure the Automatically detect
and install my Plug and Play printer check box is NOT checked. Then
click Next.

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10) Make sure the Use the following port radio-button is clicked and select
LPT1: (Recommended Printer Port) from the pull-down list. Then click
Next.
11) Select Manufacturer and Printer from the lists of printer’s driver. Then
click Next.

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12) If you already have the printer’s driver installed, you will be asked
whether to keep it or to replace it. Click Next. Supply a name for the
printer and choose whether you want to make it your default printer.
Then click Next.
13) Then, choose whether you want to share the printer with other network
users, print a test page (please select No.), etc. Select the appropriate
radio-button and click Next and Finish.
14) In the setup wizard, finish the installation by highlighting the installed
printer in the Select a Printer list and click Next,Next ÆFinish.
15) From Windows system, go to start ÆPrinters and Faxes and highlight
your newly installed printer.
16) Right-click, select Properties ÆPorts and verify that the print server’s
port appears.

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17) Go to General; click Print Test Page to verify the configuration.
18) Done.
)Note:
If you wish to install more print servers, start setup wizard from your Windows
Start menu: start ÆAll Programs ÆNetwork Print Server ÆStandard
TCP/IP Printer Port ÆPSWizard and repeat the installation procedure.

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How to create print server port manually?
1. From your Windows Start menu: start ÆAll Programs ÆAccessories
ÆSystem Tools ÆControl Panel ÆHardware and Sound Æ
Printers.
2. Find your installed printer icon, right-click, select Properties ÆPorts Æ
Add Port ÆStandard TCP/IP Port ÆNew Port ÆNext.
3. Input the exact IP address of print server that you configured it. Click
Next.
4. Select Custom, and click Settings.
5. Choose LPR, and input the queue name as lp1.
6. Click OK ÆNext ÆFinish, to complete the wizard.
7. Click Close ÆApply.
8. Now, the print server port has been created.
How to know the current settings of print server?
1. Plug the AC power adapter into the power connector on the print server.
2. Wait 40 seconds as part of the print server’s Power On Self Test (POST).
3. Press the reset button for 8 seconds, and then release it.
4. Then, the test page includes the current settings of print server will be
printed out.

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