Lantronix 900-633-R manual Installation Steps, Topology Support

2: Installation

Installation Steps

With all xPrintServer package contents and the requisite user-supplied items listed above, you may begin installation.

1.Make sure printing from your Windows or Mac computer (from which the USB printer is directly attached) is working before proceeding. If you are installing a new USB printer, this may require downloading and installing print drivers to your desktop from the printer manufacturer.

2.Connect the USB printer cable to the USB port of the xPrintServer.

3.Connect the network cable from the wireless router/switch to the xPrintServer.

4.Power on the xPrintServer with the supplied power cord. The xPrintServer will automatically set-up all printers on your network. The glowing “X” will blink quickly for about 30 seconds, then it will pulse slowly to show it’s ready for printing.

5.Monitor the LEDs on the xPrintServer for activity and status information (see Ethernet LEDs and Status LEDs).

Figure 2-2 Quick Connect Diagram

Topology Support

The xPrintServer is hardwired (via standard CAT-5) cabling to a router, switch or hub. The system requires an Access Point (A/P) be also hardwired and connected to the network. The iOS devices associates with the A/Pand communicates to the xPrintServer when a print job is ready to be processed. The xPrintServer communicates with network attached printer(s); the printers may either be wired or wirelessly connected to the network.

For the xPrintServer to auto-detect printers on bootup, the xPrintServer and printers must be on the same subnet. After auto-detection has been completed, the xPrintServer can then be relocated to a different subnet (WI-FI connected subnet that iOS devices are connected to) assuming that subnet can route to the previous subnet.

The xPrintServer uses Zeroconf to advertise print services to the iOS device(s) and requires either one or both of the following:

Both the iOS device and the xPrintServer are on the same subnet.

The iOS device and xPrintServer are on different subnets but multicast traffic is communicated between the subnets.

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