ReadyNAS 2100 User Manual
Setting Up and Managing Your ReadyNAS 2100 2-25
v1.0, May 2009
Print Shares over CIFS/SMB
The ReadyNAS 2100 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 2100.
2. Double-click the printer icon to assign a Windows driver.
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IPP Printing
The ReadyNAS 2100 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 2100. 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/).
Managing Print Queues
From time to time, printers might run out of ink or paper, or simply jam up, forcing you to deal
with the print jobs stuck in a queue. The ReadyNAS 2100 has a built-in print queue management
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