Restricting Access To An External Usb Device From A Computer - Epson WF-6590 User Manual

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❏ When sharing an external device inserted in the printer between computers connected over USB and over a
network, write access is only allowed to the computers that are connected by the method you selected on the
printer. To write to the external USB device, enter the Setup on the control panel, and then select System
Administration > Printer Settings > Memory Device Interface > File Sharing and a connection method. Data
can be read by computers connected over USB and over a network.
❏ To write to an external USB device connected to the computer over a network, enter the Setup on the control
panel, and then select System Administration > Printer Settings > Memory Device Interface > File Sharing >
Network.
Note:
It takes a while to recognize data from a computer if a large external USB device, such as 2TB HDD, is connected.
Windows
Select an external USB device in Computer or My Computer. The data on the external USB device is displayed.
Note:
If you connected the printer to the network without using the software disk or Web Installer, map a USB port as a network
drive. Open Run and enter a printer name \\XXXXX or a printer's IP address \\XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX to Open:. Right-click
a device icon displayed to assign the network. The network drive appears in Computer or My Computer.
Mac OS X
Select a corresponding device icon. The data on the external USB device is displayed.
Note:
❏ To remove an external USB device, drag and drop the device icon to the trash icon. Otherwise, data in the shared drive
may not be displayed correctly when another external USB device is inserted.
❏ To access an external storage device through the network, select Go > Connect to Server from the menu on the desktop.
Enter a printer name cifs://XXXXX or smb://XXXXX (Where "xxxxx" is the printer name) in the Server Address, and
then click Connect.
Related Information
"System Administration" on page 29
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"External USB Device Specifications" on page 193
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Restricting Access to an External USB Device From a Computer

You can make settings to authenticate the user for the following operations.
❏ Accessing from a computer to an external USB device, such as a USB flash memory, connected to the printer.
❏ Saving received faxes on a computer using FAX Utility.
Use Web Config or Epson Net Config to make the settings. The following describes the procedure for Web Config.
1. Start Web Config on the computer connected to the same network as the printer.
2. On the Web Config window, select Services > MS Network.
3. Select Use Microsoft network sharing.
4. Select Enable for Enable a user authentication for sharing a file and saving a fax on a computer.
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