TP-Link TL-WR842ND User guide

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Print Server Application Guide
This guide applies to the following models.
TL-WR2543ND TL-WDR4300TL-WR1042ND TL-WR1043NDTL-WR842ND

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CONTENTS
Chapter 1. Overview................................................................................................................... 1
Chapter 2. Before Installation ................................................................................................... 2
Chapter 3. Installation for Windows OS ................................................................................... 2
Chapter 4. Application for Windows OS .................................................................................. 7
4.1 To Launch/Exit the TP-LINK USB Printer Controller …………………………………………..……...7
4.2 To Utilize the TP-LINK USB Printer Controller …………………………………………………………..8
4.2.1 To Print ...................................................................................................................................... 8
4.2.2 To Scan ................................................................................................................................... 11
4.2.3 Other functions/ settings.......................................................................................................... 17
Chapter 5. Installation for Mac OS.......................................................................................... 19
Chapter 6. Application for Mac OS ......................................................................................... 21
6.1 To Launch/Exit the TP-LINK USB Printer Controller …………………………………………..…….21
6.2 To Utilize the TP-LINK USB Printer Controller ………………………………………………………...22
6.2.1 To Print .................................................................................................................................... 22
6.2.2 To Scan ................................................................................................................................... 25
6.2.3 Other functions/ settings.......................................................................................................... 31
Appendix: Troubleshooting.......................................................................................................33

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Chapter 1. Overview
Print server is a function embedded in your Router. It allows you to share your printer with computers that are
connected to the Router.
Typical Topology
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(1) The client utility TP-LINK USB Printer Controller supports Windows 7 32/64 bit, Windows Vista 32/64bit,
Windows XP 32/64bit, and Mac.
(2) Before connection, please check the Printer Compatibility List to verify whether your printer is supported
by the Router. You can refer to Appendix: Troubleshooting for downloading the Printer Compatibility List.
(3) Here in this guide, we take the configuration procedures of TL-WDR4300 for example.

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Chapter 2. Before Installation
Before installing the print server, please note the following points:
9Make sure you have already installed the printer’s driver on your computer. Otherwise, please install it first.
9Any computer in your LAN must first install the software if it wants to share the print server via the Router.
Before installing the print server, make sure you have the following devices and accessories:
9TP-LINK Router with USB port which supports print server function
9USB printer and USB cable
9Computer with Windows XP/ Windows Vista/ Windows 7/ Mac
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For Mac or Windows computers that do not have CD-ROM drive to run the resource CD, please download
the relevant software from our website: www.tp-link.com. Please refer to Appendix: Troubleshooting for
this.
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Chapter 3. Installation for Windows OS
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2. Select your Router model and click USB
Printer Setup.
1. Insert the Router’s Resource CD into the
CD-ROM drive.
3. Click START.
4. Connect your computer and printer to the
Router step by step as instructed. Click
NEX
T
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5. Check the LED lights and click NEXT.
6. Click NEXT to start installing the printer
share software.
7. Please wait a moment for the installation
p
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8. Click Next and go on to install the TP-LINK
USB Printer Controller.

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9. Please enter your information in the requested
field and then click Next.
11. Click Install to begin the installation.
12. Please wait a while for the installation
process.
10. Click Change… to select another destination
folder, or leave it default and click Next.

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13. Click Finish to complete and exit the
InstallShield Wizard.
When the installation is completed, the
TP-LINK USB Printer Controller will pop up,
with whose help you can print documents
via the Router now.
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In your LAN, each computer that wants to share the print server should also install the TP-LINK USB Printe
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Controller. Please follow the previous steps to configure other computers in your LAN.

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Chapter 4. Application for Windows OS
TP-LINK USB Printer Controller is used to operate the USB Printer on your own computer. After successful
installation, the icon will appear on the desktop of your computer.
4.1 To Launch/Exit the TP-LINK USB Printer Controller
¾To launch the USB Printer Controller, double-click the icon on your desktop.
¾To exit the USB Printer Controller, you have two ways:
zClick System->Exit on the TP-Link USB Printer Controller.
zRight-click the icon in the lower-right corner of your screen and then click Exit.

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4.2 To Utilize the TP-LINK USB Printer Controller
4.2.1 To Print
To print, first of all, you need to set your Auto-Connect Printer. After successful setting, you can execute your
printing tasks automatically.
Please follow the steps below to set your auto-connect printer.
Step 2: Click the inverse triangle mark on
the Auto-Connect for printing tab
to pull down the list, where you can
select Set Auto-Connect Printer.
Step 1: Highlight the printer you want to set
as auto-connect printer.
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After successful setting, you will see the printer marked as Auto-Connect Printer. Then you can execute your
printing task freely.
Step 3: Tick the name of the printer you
would like to set as auto-connect
printer, and then click Apply.
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¾If you want to disable your printer's auto-connect function, you can delete it.
Method One:
Select Delete Auto-Connect Printer
from the drop-down list of the
Auto-Connect for Printing tab.
Method Two:
1. Go to Tools->Auto-Connect Printer List.
2. Highlight your auto-connect printer and then
click Delete.

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4.2.2 To Scan
There are two methods available to realize the scanning function.
Method One: Network Scanner
Step 1: Highlight your scanner or MFP.
Step 2: Click Tools and then select
Network Scanner.

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Step 3: Select the type of picture you
want to scan, and then click Scan.
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Step 4: Name the image set, select the file
format, and choose the file
destination by clicking Browse…
or leave it default. Then click Next.

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Step 5: Wait a while for the scan process.
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tep 6: When it is 100% processed and
saved, please click Close to
complete it.
Then go to the location you’ve
chosen in the previous Step 4
and find your picture scanned.

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Method Two: Connect for Scanning
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If you choose this method for scanning, no one else in your LAN can share the scanner or MFP to either print or
scan, until you click the tab Disconnect for Scanning to release it or accept their Request to Connect.
Step 1: Highlight your scanner or MFP.
Step 2: Click the tab Connect for Scanning.
Successfully set and ready for scanning,
it will display Manually Connected by…,
when you can start your scanning task.

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Step 3: After finishing your scanning task,
please do remember to click the
tab Disconnect for Scanning
to release the scanner or MFP.
¾Request to Connect
When one computer in you LAN Connects for Scanning, it is occupying the scanner or MFP; then if you would
like to use the printer as well, you will have to Request for Connect.
Step 1: Highlight the scanner or MFP you
want to share for printing or scanning.
Step 2: Click the tab Request to Connect.

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Step 3: You will be prompted a window
that transmits your request.
Please wait patiently for the reply.
Step 4: If the other user Accepts your
request to connect, please click
Exit to start your printing or
scanning task.

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4.2.3 Other functions/ settings
¾Configuration
Go to Tools-> Configuration, tick the option Automatically execute when logging on Windows, and then
click OK.
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With this setting, the TP-LINK USB Printer Controller will run automatically every time you log on your computer.
¾About
Go to About -> About, a window will pop up and display some relevant information about this Control Center.

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¾Configure Server
Highlight the Router and click the tab Configure Server; the login window of the Router will pop up. You need to
enter the user name and password (both are admin by default.) to log in the web-based management page of
the Router.
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