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4
Select
Connect to a printer on the Internet or on a home or office network:
and enter
http://192.168.1.1:631/printers/USB_PRINTER” as the URL to access the print server (VDSL
Router). Click
Next
.
Note: If you change the VDSL Router’s LAN IP address, use the new IP address in the URL
to access the print server.
5
Select the make of the printer that you want to connect to the print server in the
Manufacturer
list
of printers.
6
Select the printer model from the list of
Printers
.
7
If your printer is not displayed in the list of
Printers
, insert the printer driver installation CD/disk or
download the driver file to your computer, click
Have Disk…
and install the new printer driver.
8
Click
Next
to continue.
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9
Select
Yes
to use this printer as the default printer on your computer. Otherwise select
No
. Click
Next
to continue.
10
The following screen shows your current printer settings. Select
Finish
to complete adding a new
printer.
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2.15.2
Add a New Printer Using Macintosh OS X
Complete the following steps to set up a print server driver on your Macintosh computer.
2.15.2.1
Mac OS 10.3 and 10.4
This example shows how to connect a printer behind the VDSL Router to your computer using Mac
OS X v10.4.11. Some menu items may look different on your operating system.
1
Click the Finder icon on the Dock (a place holding a series of icons/shortcuts at the bottom of the
desktop) or double-click your Mac hard disk icon (
Mac OS X
in this example) on your desktop.
2
The Mac HD window displays. Open the
Applications
folder.
3
Open the
Utilities
folder.
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4
Double-click the
Printer Setup Utility
icon.
5
Click the
Add
icon at the top of the screen.
6
Click the
IP Printer
tab to set up your printer.
Press the
alt
key and click
More Printers
in the
Printer Browser
screen.
• Select
Advanced
from the top drop-down list.
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• Select
Internet Printing Protocol using HTTP
from the
Device
drop-down list.
Enter a descriptive name for the printer in the
Device Name
field.
In the
Device URL
URL to access the print server (VDSL Router).
Note: If you change the VDSL Router’s LAN IP address, use the new IP address in the URL
to access the print server.
Select your printer manufacturer from the
Printer Model
drop-down list and then select a
printer model. Click
Add
to save and close the
Printer Browser
configuration screen.
7
The new network printer displays in the
Printer List
. The default printer
Name
displays in bold
type.
8
Your print server driver setup is complete. You can now use the VDSL Router’s print server to print
from a Mac computer.
2.15.2.2
Mac OS 10.5 and 10.6
This example shows how to connect a printer behind the VDSL Router to your computer using Mac
OS X v10.6.2. Some menu items may look different on your operating system.

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