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Sharing a USB Printer
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Sharing a USB Printer
You can connect a USB printer to the FRITZ!Box to make it
available to all participants in your home network.
Using a USB Printer: Possibilities
A USB printer connected to the FRITZ!Box can be configured in
various ways:
Configuring a USB Printer as a Network Printer
Connect the USB printer to the USB port of the FRITZ!Box.
Preparing Configuration
1.
Open the FRITZ!Box user interface.
2.
Enable the advanced view.
3.
Select the “Home Network / USB Devices” menu.
Type of
Configuration
Your device is a
Network printer
•
A printer that is to be used simultaneously
and jointly by the participants in the home
network.
•
A printer that is to be used by computers
that use an operating system other than
Windows.
Printer with
FRITZ!Box USB re-
mote connection
•
An all-in-one device (fax/printer/scanner)
and the entire range of functions is to be
used.
•
A printer with convenience features like
ink level display, which are to be used.
•
A printer that uses bidirectional data ex-
change. In other words: Not only does the
computer send data to the printer, the
printer also sends status messages to the
computer. This communication in both di-
rections is typical of “Windows printers”
or “GDI printers” that work only with spe-
cial Windows device drivers.