User Manual

1-port USB 2.0 Print Server

GPSU21W6
PART NO. M1210-b

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Welcome

Thank you for purchasing this 1-port USB 2.0 Print Server that allows any networked computer to share
a USB printer. It complies with USB 2.0 specifications (and is backward compatible with USB 1.1), and
provides an auto-sensing Ethernet port that works with either 10Base-T or 100Base-T networks. This
unit also supports multiple protocols and multiple operating systems, and it integrates Internet Printing
Protocol (IPP) to allow users to print from anywhere using the internet. The built-in web management
feature provides more convenience by allowing the user to configure, monitor and even reset the print
server via a web browser. This eliminates the need to place the printer right next to the computer. Print
jobs can be sent to a printer in another country just as easily as to a printer in the same office. Why
bother sending a degraded fax image while you can print an original at the destination?

We hope that you will enjoy using your Print Server and find it to be a useful solution.

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Table of Contents

Package Contents 5 Setup Internet Printing – Windows Vista 32

Features 6 Technical Support 39
System Requirements 7 Federal Communications Commission 40
(FCC) Statement
Hardware Installation 8
CE Compliance 41
Software Installation – Windows XP 9
Limited Warranty 42
Software Installation – Windows Vista 17
Contact 43
Software Installation - Mac 27
Setup Internet Printing – Windows XP 29

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Package Contents

This package should contain:

1 x USB 2.0 Print Server
1 x CAT5 Patch Cable
1 x Power Adapter
1 x Installation & Manual CD
1 x Warranty/Registration Card

* If any items are damaged or missing, please contact your dealer.

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Features

• Easily connects your USB printer to a network

• Allows multiple computers to share one USB printer on the network
• Print from any computer on your network or from across the Internet
• Supports DHCP Client and multiple network protocols
• 10Base-T/100Base-T auto-sensing
• Supports Telnet and Web Management software

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System Requirements

This USB 2.0 Print Server supports:

• Windows® 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003/, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows10
• Mac OS 9.22 or later
• Unix/Linux
• Printer with a USB connection

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Hardware Installation

1. Connect a USB cable from the printer to the 3. Connect the other end of the ethernet cable
USB port on the print server. to the network. It can be plugged into a
2. Connect one end of the ethernet patch cable router, ethernet switch/hub, or bridge.
to the ethernet port on the print server. 4. Connect the Power adapter to the print
server.

Network

1- Port USB 2.0 USB Printer

Print Server

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Software Installation – Windows XP

Important Note: Please make sure your

printer driver is properly installed on your
system before installing the software for
print server.

1. Insert the installation CD into the CD-ROM of

your computer. The setup utility will launch
automatically. If it does not, browse to your
CD drive and launch the autorun.exe file from
the CD. Click the Setup Wizard option from
the main menu.

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2. A wizard will guide you through the entire
process for Windows XP computers. Click
Next to continue.

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3. The wizard will scan your network for the
print server and display and results in the
list. If no server is found, disable all firewall
software and any extra network cards (such
as a wireless adapter) on your computer
except the one that connects to the network
the print server is on, then click Refresh to
search again.

Select the available print server in the list

and click Next to continue.

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4. Changing the network settings of the print
server to a fixed IP address is not necessary
but will provide more performance stability,
especially in the event of a power outage. It
can also be useful if you are setting up IPP
(Internet Printing Protocol) to print over the
Internet. Click Next and skip to step 9 if
you do not need to specify an IP address.
Otherwise, select the option to change set-
tings (no password is needed by default) and
then click Next.

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5. Here you can specify the network settings
the print server will use. If you will be printing
from the Internet, it is important that the
Gateway IP Address is set to the IP of your
router. Please visit your router’s user manual
for more details. Click Next to continue.

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6. All existing printers installed on your
computer will show up in this list. Select the
model that is now attached to the print
server and click Next to continue. If the
printer you are setting up does not show up
in the list, click Add New Printer and install
your printer’s drivers as needed. If asked
which port to use, choose LPT1 but do
NOT print a test page yet. The printer will be
changed to the correct port in the next step.

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7. If you get the following message, the print 8. A summary screen will show the name of the
server’s IP settings are not set up correctly printer to be modified and the IP of the print
for your network. Click Back until you see server which will be used. If this information
the screen in step 4, then change the print is correct click Next.
server’s network settings. You may use
DHCP to set them automatically if the print
server is connected to a router.

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9. Setup of your print server is now complete. 10. Setup of your print server is now complete.
Click Finish to close the wizard. Click Finish to close the wizard.

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Software Installation – Windows Vista

Important Note: Please make sure your

printer driver is properly installed on your
system before installing the software for
print server.

1. Insert the installation CD into the CD-ROM of

your computer. The setup utility will launch
automatically. If it does not, browse to your
CD drive and launch the autorun.exe file from
the CD. Click the Setup Wizard option from
the main menu.

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2. The installation wizard will take you through 3. The installation wizard will install the files
the installation process for Windows Vista to the designated folder, but you may also
computers. Click Next to continue. change the destination folder of your choice.
Otherwise, click Next to continue.

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4. The print server setup wizard will then guide
you through the entire process on Windows
Vista computers. Click Next to continue.

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5. The wizard will scan your network for the
print server and display and results in the
list. If no server is found, disable all firewall
software and any extra network cards (such
as a wireless adapter) on your computer
except the one that connects to the network
the print server is on, then click Refresh to
search again.

Select the available print server in the list and

click Next to continue.

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6. Changing the network settings of the print
server to a fixed IP address is not necessary
but will provide more performance stability,
especially in the event of a power outage. It
can also be useful if you are setting up IPP
(Internet Printing Protocol) to print over the
Internet. Click Next and skip to step 9 if you
do not need to specify an IP address.
Otherwise, select the option to change
settings (no password is needed by default)
and then click Next.

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7. Here you can specify the network settings
the print server will use. If you will be printing
from the Internet, it is important that the
Gateway IP Address is set to the IP of your
router. Please visit your router’s user manual
for more details. Click Next to continue.

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8. Review the settings you have entered
carefully and click Next to confirm that they
are correct and save them to the print server.

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9. All existing printers installed on your computer
will show up in this list. Select the model
that is now attached to the print server and
click Next to continue. If the printer you are
setting up does not show up in the list, click
Add New Printer and install your printer’s
driver as needed. If asked which port to
use, choose LPT1 but DO NOT print a test
page yet. The printer will be changed to the
correct port in the next step.

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10. A summary screen will show the name of
printer to be modified and the IP of the print
server which will be used. If this information
is correct, click Next to continue.

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11. Setup of your print server is now completed.
Click Finish to close the wizard.

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Software Installation - Mac

Software Installation - Mac

1. No software from the Setup CD is needed on 2. At the top of the Printer Browser, click the
Macintosh systems. Simply open the Print icon for IP printer.
and Fax settings from your System
Preferences window. Click the plus (+) button
to setup a new printer..

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3. Select the LPD protocol, then type in the IP
address of the print server. Type “lp1” with
lowercase letters for the name of the Queue.
Name the new printer and select the model
below. Click Add when you are finished, and
you are ready to print.

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Setup Internet Printing – Windows XP

Software Installation - IPP

1. To print from a remote location, you will first 2. Click Next when the Add Printer Wizard
need to make sure port 631 is forwarded appears.
through your router’s firewall to the print
server. Then simply set up IPP using the
address http://(print-server-ip):631/lp1 as
shown here on an example Windows XP
system. Click Add a printer from your print-
ers and faxes window to begin.

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3. Select the option for a network printer, then 4. Select the option to connect to a printer on
click Next. the internet, and type in the full IPP address
as shown. You must use the external, or
WAN, IP address of your router if the print
server is behind one. You must also specify
port 631 and queue name “lp1” in
lowercase. Click Next to continue.

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5. The wizard will ask you to choose the model 6. Click Finish to complete the wizard and
of your printer. Click OK when you have begin printing to your home or office printer
chosen the appropriate driver. from anywhere in the world.

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Setup Internet Printing – Windows Vista

1. Click on the Vista logo, select Control Panel, 2. Click on Add a network, wireless or
then double click on Printers. Click on Add Bluetooth printer to continue.
a printer to continue.

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3. Since we are setting up a new IPP connection, 4. Select the option Add a printer using a
click on The printer that I want isn’t listed TCP/IP address or hostname, then click
to continue. on Next to continue.

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5. From the Device type drop down menu,
select TCP/IP Device from the list. For
the Hostname or IP address, please put in
“http://(router ip):631/lp1”. The router
IP address is the WAN IP address on your
router, please refer to the user manual of
your router for detail information. The 631
is a special port number that is needed for
standard IPP service. After putting in all
these information, click on Next to continue.

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6. If you get the following message, please
select the correct network card from the
Standard drop down menu. If you are
connecting through standard RJ-45 Ethernet
connection, then select Generic Network
Card. Otherwise, please make sure to select
the correct device type then click on Next
to continue.

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7. If you had installed the driver for your printer,
then select the manufacturer of your printer
from the Manufacturer list and select the
correct model from the Printers list. Click on
Next to continue.

If you have not installed the driver for your

printer, click on Have Disk…, insert the
driver CD that comes with your printer into
your computer, then follow the on screen
prompts to finish the printer driver
installation.

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8. If you already have the driver installed, then 9. You can choose to change the printer name
select the option Use the driver that is cur- here if you like to, or you may leave it as the
rently installed (recommended) and click on default name as displayed in the text box.
Next to continue. Click on Next to continue.

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10. You can choose to print a test page by click-
ing on the Print a test page to verify the
connection is established correctly. After a
test page is printed, then click on Finish to
complete the setup.

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Technical Support

If you need technical support, please check out our IOGEAR Tech Info Library (TIL) at
http://www.iogear.com/support for the latest tips, tricks, and troubleshooting. The TIL is designed to
provide you with the latest technical information about our products. Most of the answers to your
questions can be found here, so please try it out before contacting technical support.
Technical support is available Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm PST by calling our
toll-free number 866-9-IOGEAR (866-946-4327). International callers may need to use the number
949-453-8782. Help is also available by e-mailing us at [email protected].

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Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to
Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interfer-
ence in a residential setting. This product generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not
installed and used as directed, it may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Although this
product complies with the limits for a Class B digital device, there is no guarantee that interference will not
occur in a particular installation.

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CE Compliance

This device has been tested and found to comply with the following European Union directives: Electromag-
netic Capability (2004/108/EC), Low Voltage (2006/95/EC) and R&TTED (1999/5/EC).

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Limited Warranty

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Warranty Information
This product carries a 3 Year Limited Warranty. For the terms and conditions of this warranty,
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Important Product Information

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Serial Number__________________

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