Sharing A Usb Printer - Fritz! Box 7490 Installation And Operation Manual

Sharing a USB Printer

19.6 Sharing a USB Printer
You can connect a USB printer to the FRITZ!Box to make it
available to all participants in your home network.
Setting Up a USB Printer as a Network Printer
Connect the USB printer to the USB port of the FRITZ!Box.
Setting Up a USB Printer in Windows 7, Vista or XP
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Suitable playback devices like TV sets, web radios,
smartphones and the Windows Media Player can then
call up the data from the media server for streaming.
Playback devices to be used in connection with the me-
dia server must support the UPnP AV standard. The term
"DLNA" is often used to designate this support.
Enable the "Media Server" function in the FRITZ!Box user
interface under "Home Network / Media Server".
Click "Start / Control Panel" and select the printer cate-
gory of your operating system:
– "Devices and Printers" (Windows 7)
– "Printers" (Windows Vista)
– "Printers and Faxes" (Windows XP)
Click the printer icon with the right mouse button and se-
lect "Properties" or "Printer properties".
If the printer is not displayed, you must first install the
printer drivers for this device. Consult the documenta-
tion of your printer for instructions.
Switch to the "Ports" tab.
Click "Add".
Double-click the "Standard TCP/IP Port" entry and click
"New Port", then "Next".
Enter "fritz.box" in the "Printer name or IP address"
field.
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