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TP-Link td-w8970 Application Manual

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  • Page 1   Print Server Application Guide                                               Rev: 1.0.0  1910010854 ...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Contents Overview ................................

  • Page 3: Overview

                                                                                                                                                                Overview Print server is a function embedded in your modem router.

  • Page 4: Installation For Windows Os

                                                                                                                                                                Installation for Windows OS 1.
  • Page 5                                                                                                                                                             5.
  • Page 6                                                                                                                                                             9.
  • Page 7                                                                                                                                                             When the installation is completed, the TP-LINK USB Printer Controller will pop up, with whose help you can print documents...

  • Page 8: Application For Windows Os

                                                                                                                                                                        Application for Windows OS TP-LINK USB Printer Controller is used to operate the USB Printer on your own computer.
  • Page 9                                                                                                                                                                     Step 1: Highlight the printer you want to set as auto-connect printer.
  • Page 10                                                                                                                                                                     After successful setting, you will see the printer marked as Auto-Connected Printer.

  • Page 11: How To Scan

                                                                                                                                                                        2.
  • Page 12                                                                                                                                                                     Step 2: Click Tools and then select Network Scanner.
  • Page 13                                                                                                                                                                     Step 4: Name the image set, select the file format, and choose the file destination by clicking Browse…...
  • Page 14                                                                                                                                                                     Step 6: When it is 100% processed and saved, please click Close to complete it.
  • Page 15                                                                                                                                                                     Step 2: Click the tab Connect for Scanning.
  • Page 16                                                                                                                                                                     Step 1: Highlight the scanner or MFP you want to share for printing or scanning.

  • Page 17: Other Functions/ Settings

                                                                                                                                                                        Step 4: If the other user Accepts your request to connect, please click Exit to start your printing or...
  • Page 18                                                                                                                                                                     About Go to Help ->...

  • Page 19: Installation For Mac Os

      Installation for Mac OS                                                                                                                                                                                       -17-...
  • Page 20   Installation for Mac OS   1. Download the setup software TP-Link   UDS Printer Controller Installer.dmg   from our website: www.tp-link.com.             2. Double-click the software you’ve   downloaded.            ...
  • Page 21     4. Click Install to start the installation   process.             5. Click Restart to finish the software     installation.                            ...

  • Page 22: Application For Mac Os

      Application for Mac OS How to Launch/Exit the TP-LINK USB Printer Controller To launch the USB Printer Controller, double-click the icon on your desktop. To exit the USB Printer Controller, you have two ways: Click TP-Link USB Printer Controller -> Quit, when the printer controller is on the process. Or you can press the keyboard command + Q to quickly exit the controller.

  • Page 23: How To Print

      How 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 1: Highlight your printer.  ...
  • Page 24   Step 3: Select the printer you would like to set as auto-connect printer, and then click the Apply button. After successful setting, you will see the printer marked as Auto-Connect Printer. Then you can execute your printing task freely. -22-...
  • Page 25   If 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 tab Auto-Connect for Printing. Method Two: 1. Go to Tools->Auto-Connect Printer List. -23-...

  • Page 26: How To Scan

      2. Highlight your auto-connect printer and then click Delete. How to Scan   There are two methods available to realize the scanning function. Method One: Network Scanner Step 1: Highlight your scanner or MFP. -24-...
  • Page 27   Step 2: Click Tools and then select Network Scanner. Step 3: Select the kind of picture you want to scan and the destination you want to save it; name your picture and select the format of it. Then click Scan. -25-...
  • Page 28   Step 4: Wait a while for the scan process. Step 5: When it is completed, you will see the scan result shown in the middle. Then go to the location you’ve chosen in the previous Step 3 and find your picture scanned. -26-...
  • Page 29   Method Two: Connect for Scanning Note: 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.
  • Page 30   Step 3: After finishing your scan task, please do remember to click the tab Disconnect for Scanning to release the scanner or MFP. Request 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 it as well, you will have to Request for Connect.
  • Page 31   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 Close to start your printing or scanning task. -29-...

  • Page 32: Other Functions/ Settings

      Other functions/ settings About Go to TP-Link USB Printer Controller -> About; a window will pop up and display some relevant information about this printer controller.                         Configure Server Highlight the Router and click the tab Configure Server, the login window of the Router will pop up.
  • Page 33                                     Open at Login Left-click and hold the icon in the dock for a while, until you can select Option > Open at Login. With this setting, the TP-LINK USB Printer Controller will run automatically every time you log on your Mac.

  • Page 34: Troubleshooting

        Troubleshooting 1. Where can I find the printer compatibility list? Go to our website www.tp-link.com, then go to Products ->ADSL, find your product model and go to Download -> Document -> Printer Compatibility List. -32-...
  • Page 35   2. Where can I find the relevant software for installation? Go to our website www.tp-link.com, then go to Products ->ADSL, find your product model and go to Download ->Software -> Utility. Then next web page will be loaded, where you can select the USB Printer Controller_Utility and download it.
  • Page 36   3. How to manage the print server on the web-based management page? The modem router’s Print Server function is enabled by default. To disable the function, you need to log onto the Web-based management page. See the following instructions (Here takes that in Windows 7 for example): 1）...
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