User`s guide

MBR W40 – Admin’s Manual
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Figure 32: Partitions
3.6.4 Shared Printer
With your W40, you can print documents and pictures from any computer in your local network. When connecting a
printer to the W40 USB port, it appears in the Home  Overview screen with a status “Connected”. Note: When
disconnecting the printer from W40, it reminds in the list with status “disconnected”.
Make sure that the printer is recognized on the computer connected to the LAN before printing (use the printer
network path for that), and that the printer’s driver is installed on the computer from which you wish to send the
printing job.
 To print a document
1. Connect the printer to the W40 USB port. It will automatically appear on the overview screen.
Figure 33: Shared Printer
2. From any computer connected to your LAN or WLAN, click on the “Start” button and type” \\mbr” in the run
field
3. The Windows Explorer window will be opened and the printer will appear on it.
4. Double click on the printer icon. An installation window will appear.
5. If the driver is not found, you will be notified asked to point on the location of the driver.
6. Once you install the driver, you will have to repeat step number 4.
7. Now the printer page will be opened. This means the driver is installed properly and your computer is
connected to the printer.
8. You can now print any document or picture with a printer connected to your device.
To monitor all the printing jobs, go to Local Network  Shared Storage. Click on the printer name. This screen
will appear. From here, you can monitor all the printer jobs online.
Figure 34: Online Print Jobs