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6.3
USB Printers
The FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN is equipped with a printer server
that allows you to use a USB printer connected to the USB
host controller as a network printer. The printer is then avail-
able to all computers connected with the FRITZ!Box Fon
WLAN.
Please note the following when connecting the printer:
Only printers that can be addressed with the device
class "Printer" are supported. Please note that a many
multi-function devices (like fax-scanner-printer combi-
nations) can not be addressed with the USB device
class "Printer".
Host-based printers, like those that work according to
the GDI system, are not supported for operation with
the FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN.
For multi-function devices (printers with additional
functions like fax or scanning), only the printing func-
tion is supported.
If your printer is equipped with a status monitor, you
may not be able to use this.
The printer connection must be configured, and the suitable
printer drivers installed on every computer from which you
want to use the network printer. Print jobs are forwarded to
the IP address of the printer server in the local network via
the printer port.
Configuring the Printer Port in the Windows
Operating Systems
If the "FRITZ!Box" entry is already listed in the "Programs"
group of the start menu of the computer, this means that the
printer port is already configured on this computer.
Otherwise, work through the following steps to create the en-
try in the start menu and thus configure the printer port:
1.
Make sure that the FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN is connected to
the computer and accessible.
FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7170 – 6 USB Devices
USB Printers
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