How to install TP-Link Print Server by using Standard TCP/IP port in Windows Vista and Windows 7
173486 you ever connected directly a printer to your computer by a usb cable or a parallel cable, and installed the printer driver. now you want to use a print server to share the printer through your network. you need to change the printer port to standard tcp/ip port.
step 1 click start-> control panel -> classic view -> printers.
step 2 find your installed printer icon, right-click, select properties.
step 3 click ports -> add port -> standard tcp/ip port -> new port -> next.
step 4 input the exact ip address of print server that you configured it. click next.
step 5 select custom, and click settings.
step 6 choose lpr, and input the queue name as lp1. click ok.
step 7 click next, finish, to complete the wizard.
step 8 click close and apply.
now, the printer port has been created.
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