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Now devices in the blacklist cannot connect to your Touch P5.

2. 10.

Printer Server

The Printer Server app guides you how to share a printer with different computers

connected to your Touch P5.

1.

Install the Driver of the Printer

Make sure you have installed the driver of the printer on each computer that needs

printer service.

If you do not have the driver, contact the printer manufacturer.

2.

Connect the Printer

Connect a printer to the USB port of your Touch P5 via a USB cable. Restart the

Printer Server

app again to see the

Printer Name

listed on the screen.

Note:

You can check

Printer Compatibility List

at

to verify whether your

printer is supported by your Touch P5. Printers unlisted may be incompatible with your Touch P5.

3.

Install the TP-LINK USB Printer Controller Utility

TP-LINK USB Printer Controller Utility helps you access the shared printer. Download

and Install the utility on each computer that needs printer service.

You can get the utility from

. PC Utility for Windows

computers and Mac Utility for Mac computers.

Done!

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4.

Access the Printer

You should set the shared printer as Auto-Connect Printer on every computer that

needs printer service.

1 )

Double click the icon

on your desktop to launch the USB Printer Controller.

2 )

Highlight the printer you share.

Windows

Mac

3 ) Click the

Auto-Connect for Printing

tab to pull down a list, and then select

Set Auto-Connect Printer

.

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Windows

Mac

4 )

Select the printer you share and click

Apply

.

Windows

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Mac

5 ) You will see the printer marked as

Auto-Connect Printer

. Now you can print

with this printer.

Windows

Mac

Note:

The Print Server also allows different clients to share the scan feature of MFPs (Multi-Function Printers).

To scan with

TP-LINK USB Printer Controller

, right click the printer and select

Network Scanner

. Then, a scanning

window will pop up. Follow on-screen instructions to finish the scanning process.

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2. 11.

DDNS

Most ISPs (Internet service providers) assign a dynamic IP address to your Touch P5 and

you can use this IP address to access your Touch P5 remotely. However, the IP address

can vary any time and you don’t know when it changes. In this case, you might need

the DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name Server) feature on your Touch P5 to allow you and

your friends to access your Touch P5 and local servers (FTP, HTTP, etc.) using a domain

name, in no need of checking and remembering the IP address.

Note:

DDNS does not work if the ISP assigns a private WAN IP address (such as 192.168.0.x) to your Touch P5.

1.

On the menu screen, tap the

DDNS

icon to start it.

2.

Select a DDNS

Service Provider

(NO-IP or Dyndns). If you don’t have a DDNS account,

please register an account with a service provider such as

www.dyndns.com

.

3.

Enter the

Username

,

Password

,

Domain Name

(such as lisadns.ddns.net), and select

Update Interval

of the account.

4.

Tap

Login & Save

.

Note:

If you want to use a new DDNS account, please

Logout

first, then login with the new account.

2. 12.

LAN

The LAN app helps to change the default LAN settings of your Touch P5. Touch

P5 is preset with a default LAN IP 192.168.0.1, with which you can log in to its web

management page. The LAN IP address together with the Subnet Mask also defines

the subnet that the connected devices are on. If the IP address conflicts with another

device on your local network or your network requires a specific IP subnet, you can

change it.

1.

On the menu screen, tap the

LAN

icon to start it.