Lantronix 900-633-R manual Configuring Printers, Enabling or Disabling Discovery

4: Configuration

Configuring Printers

Note: Discovery in the xPrintServer from a PC requires Bonjour®, which may be installed via iTunes® or Safari or Bonjour Print Helper ® at www.apple.com.

All printers are added and configured to the xPrintServer via discovery where the xPrintServer discovers and provisions all network-connected printers as AirPrint printers. Discovery happens in one of two ways:

Auto Discovery: This is the automatic method of printer discovery and provisioning. Auto discovery is enabled by default so that each time the xPrintServer starts up or a printer is connected to the USB port, the Discovery protocol automatically runs one time, discovering and provisioning all printers connected since the last start up. This automatic feature can be disabled.

Discovery: This is the user-activated method of discovering and provisioning printers that can be initiated after the xPrintServer is up and running. This method is useful in situations where printer(s) have been added since the last xPrintServer start up. A user may wish to discover and provision the printer(s) at a particular moment rather than waiting until the auto discovery opportunity at the next xPrintServer startup.

Note: Only printers listed among the Lantronix xPrintServer published list of printers will be auto- provisioned after Discovery (see http://www.lantronix.com/it-management/mobile-print-servers/supported-printer-list.html). Configuration options to manually add a printer and modify advanced printer settings are available under Printers > Advanced. Use these advanced options only if instructed to do so by Lantronix Technical Support.

Enabling or Disabling Discovery

The auto discovery utility of xPrintServer is enabled by default so that whenever you start up your xPrintServer device, auto discovery will automatically run one time. Auto discovery may be disabled or re-enabled at any time. Utilize these instructions to access where you may disable or re-enable auto discovery.

1.Login to the xPrintServer user interface (see Logging In).

2.Click the Printer tab to access the Printers > List page.

3.Click the Discovery link to the left of the page to reach the Printer Discovery page. The current auto discovery mode will be displayed at the top of the page.

Figure 4-2 Printer Discovery Page