Before you start, you should prepare the following items
¾ Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista computer with print server setup CD
¾ USB Printer(non-GDI/CAPT)
¾ USB Printer cable
¾ One 802.11b/g Access Point (optional)
Hardware Installation
1. Turn off the printer’s power.
2. Connect the print server to your printer with the supplied printer cable. The
following image is the classic infrastructure topology for reference:
3. Turn the printer’s power on.
4. Plug the AC power adapter into the power connector on the print server.
5. Wait 40 seconds as part of the print server’s Power On Self Test (POST).
Factory Default Settings
¾ Username: admin
¾ Password: 0000
¾ Wireless Mode: Ad-Hoc (Peer-to-Peer)
¾ Channel: 1
¾ SSID: WLAN-PS
¾ IP Address: 192.168.0.10
¾ Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
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Assign a static IP address to your wireless adapter
Assign the IP address
192.168.0.101 to your wireless
adapter, subnet mask is
255.255.255.0. Please refer to
T1 in Troubleshooting guide
on page 13 if you need assistant
Connect to the print server
Click the icon and select
Connect to a network
Click Refresh
Select WLAN-PS
as your network
Click Connect
Note For Windows XP, it’s almost the same way as the above to connect your
wireless adapter to the Print Server.
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Select the Print Server
Insert the provided CD into your
computer’s CD dirve, the Setup
Wizard will automatically pop up
on your computer’s screen.
Select TL-WPS510U
Note If you don’t have a CD-ROM, you can log onto our website
http://www.tplink.com/support/download.asp
to download the setup wizard PrintServer_Setup_Wizard.
Click Setup Wizard
Click Next
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On the Select A Print Server
screen, TL-WPS510U will be
detected as “1P_PrintServXXX”.
Select the print server
Click Next
Configure the Print Server
Please select Yes. The
default password is 0000
Click Next
Communication Type: Infrastructure
SSID: the SSID of your wireless
Router or Access Point
Click Next
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Configure the Wireless Security
according to your Wireless
Router or Access Point
Click Next
Assign a static IP address to your
Print Server. The IP address should
be within the same subnet of your
Wireless Router or Access Point
Click Next
Note The IP address of the print server must be within the same subnet with your
Wireless Router or Access Point, for example:
Network device IP address
Router / AP 192.168.1.1
Print server 192.168.1.10
Note Remember the IP address of the Print Server, because you may log into the
Print Server by this IP next time.
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Then it will prompt you to confirm the
settings. Pleas click Next to continue.
PSWizard is saving the
configurations to the print server
Click Next
This page will display when the
configurations are saved to the
Print Server.
Since you have changed the IP address of your Print Server, you may lose the
connection with the Print Server. To continue the left configurations, you must firstly
rebuild the connection with the Print Server.
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Rebuild the connection with the Print Server
1. Reconfigure the IP address of
your wireless adapter.
Select Obtain an IP address
automatically
Select Obtain an DNS server
address automatically
Click OK
Note If your computer is not able to obtain an IP address automatically, please
assign a static IP address to your wireless adapter. The IP should be within
the same subnet as your Wireless Router or Access Point.
2. Connect your wireless adapter to your
Wireless Router or Access point.
Click the icon and select
Connect to a network
Click Refresh
Select your wireless network by the
SSID of your Wireless Router or AP
Click Connect
Note For Windows XP, it’s almost the same way as the above to connect your
wireless adapter to the wireless router or AP.
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Now come back to the Select A
Printer page to finish the left
configurations.
If your printer has already
appeared in the Printer Name list,
please follow the instruction .
Otherwise please follow the
instruction
Select an existing printer
by the printer name
Click Next, and then follow the
step by step instructions to
complete the installation
You have now installed the print server and the printer successfully. You can print
through the wireless network.
Note The print server needs to be configured only once, other users who want to
share the printer only need to install the printer’s driver and configure the
TCP/IP port on their computers. Please refer to the User Guide on the
resource CD, “Chapter 6. TCP/IP LPR Port Printing Installation” for more
details.
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Click Add New Printer
Click Next
Select Local printer
attached to this computer
Click Next
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Select Use the following port and
select LPT1: (Recommended
Printer Port) from the pull-down list
Click Next
Select the manufacturer
and model of your printer
Click Next
Note If you already have the printer’s driver installed on your computer, you will be
asked whether to keep or replace it. Please select replace it.
Enter a name
for your printer
Click Next
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Select No
Click Next
Click Next, and then follow
the step by step instructions
to complete the installation
You have now installed the print server and the printer successfully. You can print
through the wireless network.
Note The print server needs to be configured only once, other users who want to
share the printer only need to install the driver of the printer and configure the
TCP/IP port on their computers. Please refer to the User Guide on the
resource CD, “Chapter 6. TCP/IP LPR Port Printing Installation” for more
details.
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T1. How can I assign a static IP address to the wireless adapter?
For Windows XP:
On the Windows taskbar, click the Start_>Control Panel, then select and
double-click Network Connections. Right click Wireless Connection, and click
Properties. .
This dialog box will display.
Click Properties
Select Use the following
IP address and enter the
IP address 192.168.0.101,
mask 255.255.255.0
Click OK
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For Windows Vista:
On the Windows taskbar, click the Start_>Control Panel, then select and
double-click Network and Sharing Center. Click Manage network connections.
This page will display.
Right click Wireless
Network Connection
Click Properties
Select Internet Protocal
Version 4(TCP/IPv4)
Click Properties
Select Use the
following IP address
and enter the IP
Address 192.168.0.101,
mask 255.255.255.0
Click OK
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