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ReadyNAS NVX Business Edition User Manual
Setting Up and Managing Your ReadyNAS NVX 2-25
v1.1, February 2009
and model of your printer and is listed in the USB Printers section of the Print Queue service
screen.
Print Shares over CIFS/SMB
The ReadyNAS NVX Business Edition can act as a print server for up to two USB printers for
your Windows or Mac clients.
To set up a printer in Windows:
1. Click Browse in RAIDar or simply enter \\hostname in the Windows Explorer address bar to
list all data and printer shares on the ReadyNAS NVX Business Edition.
2. Double-click the printer icon to assign a Windows driver.
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IPP Printing
The ReadyNAS NVX Business Edition also supports the IETF standard Internet Printing Protocol
(IPP) over HTTP. Any client supporting IPP printing (IPP is available natively on the latest
Windows XP OS and OS X) can now use this protocol to utilize printers connected to the
ReadyNAS NVX Business Edition. The simplest way to utilize IPP printing is to use Bonjour to
discover and set up the print queue. Bonjour is built into OS X and can be installed on Windows
computers (Bonjour for Windows is available for download from the Apple website at
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/bonjour/).
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