If your printer has Ethernet port or Wi-Fi function please ignore this article, and contact technical support of your printer's company.
Find the relevant printer driver or software in the list of applications. What to do if you still have printer problems in macOS Catalina. If your printer doesn’t use a driver or if you already have a 64-bit driver installed, use the instructions below to resolve other common printer problems in macOS Catalina. Application for Mac OS. How to Launch/Exit the TP-LINK USB Printer Controller To launch the USB Printer Controller, double-click the icon on your desktop. To exit the USB Printer Controller, you have two ways: Click TP-Link USB Printer Controller - Quit, when the printer controller is on the process. Or you can press the keyboard. A problem I am having with the TP-Link USB Printer Controller for Mac. I try to install a Canon ip4500 as usb network printer on my Mac, but when I click on. Tp link catalina. This package contains the files needed for installing the USB Printer Controller for TP-Link Archer C2 v1 Router. If it has been installed, updating (overwrite-installing) may fix problems, add new functions, or expand existing ones.
Definition: Print server is a function embedded in your Router. It allows you to share your printer with computers that are connected to the Router.
Preparation:
TP-Link Router with USB port which supports print server function
USB printer and USB cable
Computer with Windows XP/ Windows Vista/ Windows 7/ Windows 8/Windows 8.1/Windows 10/Mac
Note:
Make sure you have already installed the printer’s driver on your computer. Otherwise, please install it first.
Any computer in your LAN must first install the software if it wants to share the print server via the Router.
Installation - For Windows Vista, XP, 7, 8, 8.1 &10 (For Mac OS)
Step 1
Download the setup software TP-Link USB Printer Controller utility from our website: home;?>'>www.tp-link.com. Go to Support ->Download Center, find your product model and click Utility on the next page, then you can select the USB Printer Controller Utility and download it.
Step 2
Double-click TP-Link USB Printer Controller Setup.exe you’ve downloaded.
Step3
Click NEXT to start installing the printer share software.
Step 4
Please enter your information in the requested field and then click Next.
Step 5
Click Change… to select another destination folder, or leave it default and click Next.
Step 6
Click Install to begin the installation.
Step 7
Please wait a while, Click Finish to complete and exit the Install Shield Wizard.
Installation - for Mac OS
Step 1
Download the setup software TP-Link UDS Printer Controller Installer.dmg from our website: www.tp-link.com.
Step 2
Double-click the software you’ve downloaded.
Step 3
Double-click the TP-Link UDS Printer Controller Installer.app in the windowthat pops up
Step 4
Click Install to start the installation process.
Step 5
Click Restart to finish the software installation.
Application - For Windows Vista, XP, 7, 8, 8.1 &10 (For MAC OS)
After successful installation, the icon will appear on the desktop of your computer.
Step 1
Double-click the icon To Launch the TP-Link USB Printer Controller
Step 2
Highlight the printer you want to set as auto-connect printer.
Note: If your printer is not displayed,
a. Check the physical connection;
b. Re launch the Printer Controller;
c. Our TP-Link would be compatible with a large proportion of USB printers from most of main brands, like HP, Canon, Epson, Brother, Samsung and Lenovo, etc. If your printer is still not working with our router, it might be the compatibility issue.
Step 3
Click the inverse triangle mark on the Auto-Connect for printing tab to pull down the list, where you can select Set Auto-Connect Printer.
Step 4
Tick the name of the printer you would like to set as auto-connect printer, and then click Apply.
Application - for Mac OS
Step 1
Double-click the icon to launch the USB Printer Controller
Step 2
Highlight your printer.
Step 3
Click the tab Auto-Connect for printing to pull down a list, whereyou can select Set Auto-Connect Printer.
Step 4
Select the printer you would like to set as auto-connect printer, and then click the Apply button.
After successful setting, you will see the printer marked as Auto-Connect Printer. You can execute your printing tasks automatically.
I Had a problem with the above applet in that it has been up to now 32 Bit. TP Link has now released a 64 bit version. This app is for use now on Mac OS Catalina and previous Os that will accept 64 bit is s very 'useful bit of gear'. In a network environment where and adsl router or a fibre router is connecter by Wlan port to a TP-Link Ethernet & Wifi Router it allows a printer to be directly plugged into the router, thus not requiring that the local pc/mac nearest to the printer be actually switched on. It means that the Router in a sense works like a printer server saving lots of connection PT.
I contacted TP-Link and found that they actually responded, , had an updated controller about to be released and they have uploaded it on their support site. It means that those of us who were stuck using Mojave or buy a new printer will be able to migrate to a 64bit Catalina environment - if all our other programs have also been updated... I have an Archer D5 router but I believe that they have done this applet across the board.
obviously look for the similar update in the section for your TP-Link Router.
This just tells me what a brilliant investment TP-Link Routers are in that they have a team that makes sure that their routers and helping software will work on the Mac OS. Its an older model. They could have called it quits. They continued to provide an ongoing service... Next time I buy a router I will look their way....
Tp Link Usb Printer Utility
Posted on Nov 22, 2019 6:09 AM