USB Printers
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FRITZ!Box Fon 5124 – 5 USB Devices
1.
Click the name of the mass storage device in the “USB
Devices / Mass Storage Device” menu or open a web
browser and enter “FTP://fritz.box” in the address field.
2.
The folder structure of the USB mass storage device is
displayed in your web browser.
If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer, you can
simply copy files from your mass storage device to your
computer and vice versa (by means of “drag and drop”,
for instance). If you use a different browser, see the cor-
responding documentation for instructions about ex-
changing files via FTP.
Files from the mass storage device cannot be executed
or opened in a suitable program until they have been
copied to your computer or your local network.
5.3 USB Printers
The FRITZ!Box Fon is equipped with a printer server that al-
lows you to use a USB printer connected to the USB host
controller as a network printer. The printer is then available
to all computers connected with the FRITZ!Box Fon.
Please note the following when connecting the printer:
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Only printers that can be addressed with the device
class “Printer” are supported. Please note that a many
multi-function devices (like fax-scanner-printer combi-
nations) can not be addressed with the USB device
class “Printer”.
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Host-based printers, like those that work according to
the GDI system, are not supported for operation with
the FRITZ!Box Fon.
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For multi-function devices (printers with additional
functions like fax or scanning), only the printing func-
tion is supported.
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If your printer is equipped with a status monitor, you
may not be able to use this.
